SGU Stargate Universe

Pilot/AIR: The first thing that got to me in SGU was the music. Exotic, electronic and intense. One of Goldsmith’s best works. In comparison with the original series, this new one is filmed more aggressively and more experimentally, similarly to my favorite, Lost. The idea with the ninth symbol is superb and the O'Neill, Jackson and Carter cameos were nice to see. But now we get to the most important aspect and that’s the actors. Robert Carlyle and his Machiavellian Dr. Rush is excellent, balanced between a positive hero and a cold-blooded swine who is interested in nothing else but his research. I was pleasantly surprised by nice-guy David Blue, typical soldier boy prototype, Brian J. Smith and the fatherly Justin Louis. I’m very happy with it so far. I hope it lasts. Season one: This really is a different gate than we were used to and you can see that the creators are only slowly getting used to it themselves. The camerawork still bothers me a little, inside the ship it should have been more static, you don’t have to stuff dynamic camera into everything, it should be balanced and everything will be fine. The casting is really superb and some characters are beginning to show their colors nicely (while others lose them). I don’t want to get into how excellent Carlyle is as Rush, but I really wasn’t expecting much from the new boy David Blue, but in fact his Eli has become one of my favorites on the ship. The conflict with Rush is making Young and Greer is becoming the ultimate hardman who is building a pretty large fanbase for himself in my home. Scott and Chloe and the other main characters are a disappointed. Although they have their bright moments, most of the time they are there to make up numbers. It’s nice to see guest stars from SG-1, and the same applies for Lou Diamond Phillips who crops up here and there. The stories are more or less constant, and I think the only episode that stands out is Time and the really sweet half-season finale peaking in the episode titled Space. SGUhas potential and I hope the creators make good use of him in season two and won’t just keep running on the spot. Season two: I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. In season two, Stargate Universe fulfilled the potential that I saw in it and has become one of the highest quality and most consistent Stargates of them all. Revealing the Destiny’s mission was something the creators should have done straight away in season one. It was a mistake that had proved fatal. But from that moment on, there was almost nothing to criticize about the Gate. Before that there had been too much running on the spot and character introductions. What we have now is a dark, flinty sci-fi with excellent acting performances. Bobby Carlyle rules as Rush, but in places Young and Eli (even the superfluous Chloe rocks) are equally impressive. Thanks to those three, I was near tears in the last episode, but in fact it’s an excellent ending if you don’t know if there will be a next season or not (dipshits, canceling a show just as it’s starting to get going properly). But the ending is as it is, so there exists a chance for a return (what about in 3 years’ time?) and I certainly hope it happens. Because this was the Gate I was hoping for (when I grew up a little O’Neill’s jokes began not to be enough). A Gate with ETs who don’t look like people and with blue stars, tense confrontations on alien spaceships and planets that look... different. While in season one I had trouble finding any episodes that were excellent, now I almost all of them can be described excellent. And Goldsmith’s music is genius. And to conclude? Just that I not gonna miss just Stargate, I’m gonna miss the Universe. See you on the other side. (2009.10.04) (kevesebbet) (több)