StarGate Universe premiere 2 Oct (spoilers)

[dragon]

So who's going to watch it.
Since I'm stuck here where I can't get make sure you guys post spoilers.

Fans of the popular Stargate series will be glad to know it is the Premiere of the new television show titled “Stargate Universe” tonight in the US. The series will start with an episode called “Air” which consists of 3 parts, with the first two parts showing tonight and the third continued next week. If you read our post early last month, you can see what a few of the cast thought about the new series.

If you are unaware of what the new Stargate series is all about, head on over to daemonstv.com where they have written up a quick Q&A about the television show.

You may want to know what the premise is and how it is related to the past Stargate shows amongst other questions, please view the above the link.

The premiere of the new Stargate series can be watched tonight in the U.S. at 9/8c on Syfy, and at 9e on SPACE for Canadian viewers. People in the U.K will have to wait a little bit longer until 6th October on Sky1 from 8pm, and Australian viewers can catch it a week after its initial premiere on 9th October on SCI FI.

Are you excited about the new Stargate series? Will you be watching it? Is it going to be as exciting as it’s hyped up to be? Let us know your thoughts.

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[KrauserKrauser]

I'll set it to record and watch it later.

Atlantis soured me on Stargate and the main series I lost interest in, we'll see how this series fares.

[NecronLord]

Almost everything I've heard about this series enthuses me. I shall be watching it.

[Solauren]

I generally try to give a new tv series of any interest to me a 3 - 4 episode watch before deciding 'this is crap' and walking away.

The same with series I liked that went down hill and changed staff.

I shall definately give SG-U a try.

[Themightytom]

I have to watch it on hulu because my loser room mate is in charge of the cable this year and he chose the shittiest plan ever.

[Spanky The Dolphin]

I've been pretty interested in the show since it was first announced, so I'll definitely be catching the premiere.

[Crazedwraith]

I'm following the same general rules as I did for Torchwood: Children of Earth. If I remember to watch the first episode, that's all to the good. If not, I'm not fussed either and probably won't bother with the rest of the series either. (Although if it goes anything like CoE, i'll forget and everyone else will think its awesome)

[NecronLord]

I think, as the opener is three parts, they're going to do the 'repeat the previous one before part two' thing, and one and two before part three. So missing it shouldn't be a problem. That might just be some of the US channels though.

[Darksider]

I'm watching it and i'm not impressed.

"Hey, we've got this highly complex mathamatical equation we can't solve. How do you think we should get help with it? Maybe contact any one of a hundred mathmaticians and scientists we have on roster or something?"

"Nah. Let's put it in a video game and see if some fat-ass nerd on the internet can solve it"

"Brilliant! Why didn't I think of that!"

EDIT: Also, on LT "i'm not john sheppard" getting busy with his girlfriend. I'm no prude, but didn't these people specifically re-do the pilot just to edit out the nudie scene? This seems like a shameless attempt to nab Neo-BSG's viewer base.

[Gasphemer]

I'm definitely looking forward to this, and am going to hit up Hulu later this week. I don't have cable at all and the internet usually has everything I want to watch. I wasn't too big on SG-A though, but if it's close enough to seasons 2-8 of SG-1 I'll be an extremely happy camper.

[Aeolus]

I am liking the show so far. I like the cast and camera work and Lt. Scott is all sorts of cute.

[TimothyC]

Rush is disconnected from what is going on, which makes me wonder what his angle is.

[Slacker]

It was interesting, I'll say that. I'm willing to give it a few more episodes. As a fat nerdy gamer guy, I naturally sympathized with...the fat nerdy gamer guy. Yeah, that's probably intentional.

[CaptJodan]

First impressions are pretty good. I like the new tone of the show for the most part. The second half moved pretty slowly, but not in such a way as it pissed me off. Pilots are usually too quick to rush to give you everything at once, and while I know why they do it, it doesn't make for good TV. Having the initial encounter with a old, beat up, and unknown ship, and not solving the initial problem in the first two hours when you're just trying to introduce your audience to the cast as best you can is a good way to go.

Surprised to say this, but I'm cautiously optimistic.

[Darksider]

I don't know. It seems like they're taking too many cues from Neo-BSG for my liking.
Usually Stargate works best when it's a relatively upbeat show about finding a way to defeat an enemy like the Goa'uld or Wraith, or exploring the universe. The "coming up this season" preview makes me thing this will focus waaay too much on the grimdark and the soap opera character drama bullshit.

[Coyote]

The whole concept reminded me of another Sci-Fi show: "Space: 1999". A bunch of accidental survivor-heroes, hurtling through space in some manner they cannot really control, buzzing past various planets/civilizations/opportunities and exploring their environment, etc.

Not a bad premise, really, just... hard to pull off.

[JME2]

It wasn't the strongest of the Stargate pilots, but still interesting; it's kind of the anti-"Rising". After SG-1 and SGA, it was necessary to take the franchise in a different, darker direction. That having been said, I liked the nods to the past via the cameo appearances of O'Neill, Carter, Daniel, Walter, and even Dr. Lee -- not to mention the nod to Atlantis, the Ancient Database, the Pegasus Galaxy, and the George Hammond.

I ultimately don't want a repeat of VGR or nBSSG. If it can find the balance, the show might do well.

Edit -- Minor quibble -- why the hell didn't the George Hammond have Asgard beam tech to slice and dice the Ha'taks?

[Slacker]

They mentioned they might be Lucien Alliance-maybe they bought themselves some Ori black market upgrades, meant Carter couldn't pound them as easily as the SGC normally handles Ha'taks.

[Themightytom]

They mentioned they might be Lucien Alliance-maybe they bought themselves some Ori black market upgrades, meant Carter couldn't pound them as easily as the SGC normally handles Ha'taks.

Riiight because the ori did so well against the beam weapon

[CaptainChewbacca]

Shaky-cam gets old quick. Also, are we all clear on Rush = Baltar, and the fat computer nerd is specifically designed to give us all someone to identify with?
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I'm bummed about the senator, I thought he'd stick around for conflict. The colonel not dying was a surprise, though.

[His Divine Shadow]

I was incredibly soured on stargate after S8 and the useless piece of shit that was Atlantis, but I'll go ahead and check this out since I got nothing better going on.

[Themightytom]

Shaky-cam gets old quick. Also, are we all clear on Rush = Baltar, and the fat computer nerd is specifically designed to give us all someone to identify with?
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I'm bummed about the senator, I thought he'd stick around for conflict. The colonel not dying was a surprise, though.

Right, I thought he was going the way of the LAST Colonel.



...and I'm pretty sure that the fat kid was also a walking commercial for Stargate Worlds.

BTW everyone its on hulu.

This one pilot just F'ed over Atlantis, there's more character depth in this one episode than we got in five years over there, I doubt Joe Flannigan will be seeing that movie now. The SG-1 alums actually seemed almost out of place in such a driven movie,
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Carter's bit could just as easily have been cut scenes from either of the earlier series. Richard Dean Anderson kept his mouth shut-Good call but why do they even pay him anymore? Daniel's role was actually pretty good, he is a logical "Guide" for a training video, and somehow WALTER merited a cameo over any of the other cast members? i mean I knew the farscape and firefly crew weren't likely guests but I was thinking at least teal'c could get a shot. Oh well. Walter as O'neill's Smithers has always been kind of funny. overall though, the sendoff, didn't really do much to establish this all in the same universe, SG-U really has a new feel which i definitely like.

[Darwin]

Shaky-cam gets old quick. Also, are we all clear on Rush = Baltar, and the fat computer nerd is specifically designed to give us all someone to identify with?

At least Rush doesn't have rampant obvious narcissism and douchebaggery issues like Baltar, but, yeah.

And Eli is so obviously the POV character they gave him a shirt with YOU ARE HERE just to ram it home YEAH WE GET IT.

That aside, I like where the show is going so far.

[His Divine Shadow]

My god RDA has let himself go.

[His Divine Shadow]

Oh really Spoiler

those wacky megasuperduper ancients has got some kind of FTL travel that is not hyperspace, how... trite