SGU Mini-Review

Going into the premiere of Stargate Universe, I held three truths: I love the Stargate franchise, David Blue (Ugly Betty‘s Cliff) is awesome, and Robert Carlyle seems like a dick.

Well, after this week, one of my truths is clinging to life while the other two are overstated. With the exception of a few cameos (*Hi, Sam! Hi, Jack, Daniel, Walter!*) and a gate, this is not Stargate. SG-1 and SGA had fun and never really took themselves too seriously. Stargate Universe has no heart, no joy, no interesting characters (yet), and the ones I *thought* would be favorites, quite frankly, suck.

Eli Wallace is played by the aforementioned David Blue. I made the mistake of following David on twitter for a couple of days around the premiere. His constant posting and ranting turned me off so much that now I don’t even think I’ll like Eli that much (not that I cared for the character AT ALL in the two-hour premiere). The other big surprise was how much I wanted Robert Carlyle, as Dr. Rush, to kick everyone’s shins and show them all what’s up. Easily my favorite character of the show, largely because he’s the only one with more than 1/2 of a dimension, but still, a favorite. I’m still not sure what Lou Diamond Phillips’ role is, but I’d like to see more of him, too.

The overacting of two cast members was so atrocious that I can see them being the reason I tune out if they don’t get it together. Jamil Walker Smith is Master Sgt. Ronald Greer and acts like he’s never been on camera before. His pacing and volume elicited laughs and groans during the premiere, and I hope he was only overacting because he was directed to, and not that this is how it’s going to be all the time. Elyse Levesque as Chloe Armstrong was ridiculous as well. First off, she needs bangs. I said it because it needed to be said. Now, she gets a pass because I believe my true annoyance with her truly was script-based. That crying scene went on way too long; literally, MINUTES too long. We get it, she’s sad. We understand. It’s not some foreign concept to be sad if your parent dies. Sad. OK. We didn’t need to see the snotting and the nasal flaring. Sick. She reminds me of ANTM Cycle 5 Winner, Nicole, but with no charm.

Overall, I’m going to watch at least a few more episodes because the two-hour premiere and next week’s episode are actually considered a multi-part arc, but if we don’t get some fun or interest in the characters, I’m out.

8,383 thoughts on “SGU Mini-Review”

  1. Good post. I learn something totally new and challenging on sites I stumbleupon everyday. It will always be helpful to read through content from other writers and practice a little something from their sites.

  2. My family members every time say that I am killing my time here at net, however I know I am getting experience all the time by reading thes nice content.|

  3. I’ve learn some just right stuff here. Definitely worth bookmarking for revisiting. I surprise how much attempt you place to create such a fantastic informative site.|

  4. Hello! I could have sworn I’ve been to this blog before but after browsing through some of the post I realized it’s new to me. Anyhow, I’m definitely delighted I found it and I’ll be book-marking and checking back often!|

  5. Hello! Someone in my Facebook group shared this website with us so I came to take a look. I’m definitely enjoying the information. I’m bookmarking and will be tweeting this to my followers! Superb blog and terrific design.|

  6. I know this if off topic but I’m looking into starting my own weblog and was curious what all is needed to get setup? I’m assuming having a blog like yours would cost a pretty penny? I’m not very internet smart so I’m not 100 sure. Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated. Kudos|

  7. I have been exploring for a bit for any high quality articles or blog posts on this sort of space . Exploring in Yahoo I at last stumbled upon this web site. Reading this information So i am glad to show that I have an incredibly excellent uncanny feeling I discovered just what I needed. I most indubitably will make certain to do not fail to remember this website and give it a glance regularly.|

  8. Wow, superb blog layout! How lengthy have you been running a blog for? you make blogging look easy. The overall look of your web site is excellent, let alone the content!

  9. Today, I went to the beach with my children. I found a sea shell and gave it to my 4 year old daughter and said “You can hear the ocean if you put this to your ear.” She placed the shell to her ear and screamed. There was a hermit crab inside and it pinched her ear. She never wants to go back! LoL I know this is entirely off topic but I had to tell someone!|

  10. Magnificent beat ! I wish to apprentice while you amend your web site, how can i subscribe for a blog web site? The account aided me a acceptable deal. I had been a little bit acquainted of this your broadcast provided bright clear idea|

  11. May I simply just say what a comfort to uncover a person that really understands what they’re talking about online. You certainly understand how to bring a problem to light and make it important. More and more people should look at this and understand this side of the story. It’s surprising you are not more popular because you most certainly have the gift.|

  12. My brother suggested I might like this website. He was entirely right. This post truly made my day. You can not consider just how much time I had spent for this info! Thanks!|

  13. I believe what you posted made a lot of sense. However, what about this? suppose you added a little content? I am not suggesting your information is not good., but suppose you added something that makes people want more? I mean BLOG_TITLE is a little vanilla. You should glance at Yahoo’s front page and see how they create article headlines to get viewers interested. You might add a video or a picture or two to get people excited about everything’ve written. Just my opinion, it might bring your website a little livelier.|

  14. Admiring the time and effort you put into your site and detailed information you present. It’s good to come across a blog every once in a while that isn’t the same out of date rehashed material. Excellent read! I’ve saved your site and I’m including your RSS feeds to my Google account.|

  15. I am really impressed with your writing skills as well as with the layout on your weblog. Is this a paid theme or did you customize it yourself? Anyway keep up the nice quality writing, it’s rare to see a nice blog like this one nowadays.|

  16. Incredible! This blog looks just like my old one! It’s on a completely different subject but it has pretty much the same layout and design. Superb choice of colors!|

  17. Hi, i think that i saw you visited my weblog so i came to “return the favor”.I’m trying to find things to improve my web site!I suppose its ok to use some of your ideas!!|

  18. An interesting discussion is definitely worth comment. There’s no doubt that that you ought to write more about this subject matter, it might not be a taboo subject but typically people do not talk about these subjects. To the next! Many thanks!!|

Leave a Reply to ??????? Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *