I've never liked the Stargate franchise, though I did find the pilot episode of Stargate Atlantis to be a step up from what I had seen of the original SG-1 show. It didn't prove enough to keep me going with it, but it seemed okay.
But I've been watching the new SG:U show on Hulu and iTunes and I have to say, it's pretty engrossing. Obviously they're trying to make it look and feel more like "Battlestar Galactica" than the previous two series did, what with all the dark stuff (inlcuding literally very dark sets, as well as thematic dark stuff) and conspiracies and "moral shades of gray" and character-driven stories, etc. That's fine. It also makes me laugh to consider how they're following the exact same arc as STAR TREK's modern incarnations: First series: General travel around the galaxy. (ST: TNG and SG:1) Second series: Everyone's on a big alien base/station. (DS9 and Atlantis) Third series: The cast is stuck on a ship lost a gazillion miles from Earth, trying to get home. (Voyager and Universe) So will the next Stargate show be a prequel, a la Enterprise?? :-) --Van -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
