This is the first episode of Stargate Universe, and we have the incredible pleasure to see Amanda Tapping and Richard dean Anderson again on the sci fi world as the epic characters of Stargate SG1!... great ep, the effects are perfect!
They obviously clone the crews! Nah, jokes aside, he's usually asigned to shakedown cruises and during a few missions before returning to the Daedalus, after all, he's one of the most experienced navigators and gun operators around there
@@justanotherhotguy Star Trek Generations. The Enterprise B (Excelsior Class) was designated to do a simple Test-Run from Earth to Vulcan with lots of Press on board and the old TOS Bridge Crew. Kirk, Uhura, Chekov & Scotty. The Enterprise received a emergency call and was - oh wonder - the only ship in range to intercept the emergency call. Because every Crewman on Bridge was inexpierenced the Captain of the Enterprise handed the command over the Ship to Kirk who couldn't really hold back. They came to the coordinates and most of the important stuff (Weapons, Tractorbeam and some other) weren't installed. The building crew wanted to install them next Tuesday.
Even in his cameos on the other Stargate series, O'Neill gets some of the funniest lines. "By lawyer, I assume you mean mother." To Chloe Armstrong in the pilot episode: "I had some of my favorite arguments with your father."
DaedalusTV how, even half Ascended Anubis and Replicators could only go so far, these people aren't geniuses or technicians, they're former slaves and smuggler unleash an Ascended being helped them, remember the Daedalus class is an even match for an ANCIENT Warship unless each of those ships has a pair of ZPMs that's stupid
Lol love how the Daedalus class ship got damaged during that small fire fight, I mean come on people, this is the class of ships that fought against the Ori ships there is no way the shields would even come close to "failing"
We should grant latitude that technological upgrades could have been made to Ha'tak vessels since the end of SG-1 which make them more formidable against a 304.
Also they likely don’t have the shields up constantly, that’d drain the power supply unnecessarily. I can see the lucian ships managing to get enough hits in before the shields got up that they perhaps damaged the hammond enough for it to be possible to win.
Bleed through damage is not uncommon with most shields in Stargate, however it seems to be most severe with designs that utilize electricity based systems (Tauri, Traveler...) This could probably be mitigated by using separate power grids and powergenerators for shields and other systems, that would however also mean that you can't reallocate power to different systems on a need by need bases.
Remember that they were shielding the base from direct energy weapons, due to the fact that the naquadah-based weapons of the Ha'tak will undoubtedly trigger the chain reaction for the naquadriah core.
love the whole sam/jack scene at the end. cause they havent shared a scene in an episode since the shroud but they did share a few scenes together in Continuum.
Let me get this straight: the Generald Hammond, a 304 battlecruiser, one of the series of ships that can take down Ori Motherships AND Wraith Hiveships, with powerfull beam weapons, shielding and all those cool Asgard things... is loosing against 3 Lucian Alliance Ha'taks? Ha'taks?! The weakest of the ships in the Stargateverse? No amount of upgrades (unless they are of replicator origin) can possibly explain this. No wonder SGU didnt last long...
Yeah they could have find way to explain that (like the George hammond had his shield down and had it's asgard weaponry damaged, or perhaps there was a treator onboard who sabotages the ship Even if lucian alliance ship are upgraded ha'taks they were still one shot during the super gate battle so yeah
In real life, weapons technology far outperforms defensive technology. Doesn't matter how advanced you are. Whoever lands a shot first will win. The element of surprise would be enough
Couldn't they have just said that the Hammond didn't have Asgard weapons retrofitted yet? It'd be perfectly plausible that building more Asgard weapons would take a lot of time.
I think the problem with SGU is the fact that it took so long to actually get moving. SG-1 and Atlantis had an overarching story but, for the most part, each episode was it's own story. SGU on the other hand, was just the same damned episode pretty much every week. Go through Stargate, get supplies, unlock new part of the ship, crew drama - repeat.
i'd hate to rain on your parade but SG-1 specifically suffered from a lot of the flaws you're describing. Haven't watched atlantis myself but i can only assume that it wasn't too different there. it had its charms but that hardly made the series good, the crew interactions is what really made this series what it was. I dare you to think what this series would've been without it. because it's not pretty.
John Blood My main problem is that Universe did not have the same chemistry as the teams from SG1 and Atlantis, as well as Universe did not have as much humor as the latter 2.
Scottx125Productions - Spiffingly Serious British Gaming! fair enough but Universe wasn't meant to have the kind of humorous atmosphere about it. The people are stranded in space aboard an alien ship with limited resources and almost daily life threatening problems. Personally i do think it was a poor choice to make something with such a serious and drama filled atmosphere that connects to SG-1 and Atlantis but, if you look at it as its own thing, i'd say it preformed quite well as a story. and as for the chemistry, Universe did have that, it wasn't as pronounced or in focus like it was in Sg-1 or Atlantis but it was there. the main focus of Universe was the circumstances they were in and how the people were coping with it instead of it all being in complete focus on the crew and their chemistry.
They should have just kept making Stargate and Atlantis , those shows were fun with good characters. SGU tried to go all dark and gritty but it just didn't work, didn't help that none of the characters were particularly likable
Sad fact is Atlantis received consistent viewership. Universe received thr same viewership when it started, decline after the first few episode, then went back after the mid season. And continue to go up well into second season. Universe was doing better than Atlantis.
Damn I forgot how gorgeous this series was. Too bad the writing wasn't better. Anyone ever notice when a scifi franchise gets a serious budget increase the writing suffers for it? Almost seems like scifi is only good when it looks bad.
It wasn't so much the writing that was the problem, it was pacing and a not as much thought given to some of the characters. I know they wanted to push the fish out of water dynamic, but they may have pushed it a little too hard while they should have spent more time on the characters themselves. And I say Deep Space Nine was far better (in writing, story, character, setting, virtually all of the above) than The Next Generation, and still looked much MUCH better.
@@Latinofire202 Yeah. It's fine. There are elements I enjoy. But it was far below the quality of SG1 and SGA. Maybe that's just cause it was cancelled early so didn't have the chance to develop into something good. After SGA hit the ground running with a great first season SGU felt like a serious downgrade. Especially considering that SGU essentially replaced SGA. Atlantis was cancelled so more resources could be devoted to SGU and then when fans got mad about that they axed SGU as well. SGU wasn't terrible but I don't like the tone they went for. There was a certain charm to the humour of SG1 and SGA which SGU just lacked. An example of this is that RDA in SG1 would frequently ad lib lines and his cast mates, especially Michael Shanks would roll with it. These takes would frequently end up in the final product. In SGU every single ad lib that any of the oms crew did was cut because their humour didn't fit the tone of the new show. And I think I it lost something by trying to be that serious.
@@BadWolf739 well the aspects are completely different. In SG1 and SGA, the crews get to go back to base every episode. Obviously SGU didn't have that option so their situation was dire. There's nothing funny about being stuck on a ship with people who really have no business on this mission. They don't even have a doctor. Just a medic.
@@Latinofire202 There wasn't anything funny about be stranded a galaxy away from home in an ancient city that wasn't maintained and threatened to kill the inhabitants every other week. The "back to base" aspect between SGA and SGU was very similar in that both Destiny and Atlantis were inherently unstable and potentally just as dangerous as whatever planet they were just on. The point is not about the situation, it's that a show that piles on the dire and piles on the dire and piles on the dire without ever having moments of levity to reprieve the audience from that sense of doom has no where to go when things are supposed to get worse. It can't raise the tension because the tension is already pulled taught. The result was that they were a second away from destruction every minute of every episode and there's only so much of that you can really milk before it becomes a case of "Dawn's in trouble again, must be tuesday." You need a balance. It's why shows like Witcher have the serious Geralt paired with goofy Jasker. 100% Geralt isn't enjoyable. It didn't help that everyone on Destiny was constantly at each others throats. It's very hard to root for characters when they're all behaving like self righteous jackasses. SG1 and SGA had team cohesion. That's not to say they never had interpersonal conflict but there was always a trust that at the very least they wouldn't shoot you in the back the moment they had a chance. It's hard to have a show where the two main leads try to kill each other on a planet and I can't care less which one wins cause they're both insufferable.
the one awesome thing to come from the cancellation of SGU? Carlye as Rumplestiltskin on Once Upon a Time. Can you imagine someone else playing Rumple?
OpenGL4ever The effect are different from Atlantis. And one thing that I notice here is the slightly shaky cam. It's true, Atlantis had great space battles, but somehow in this battle I see elements from Battlestar Galactica.
It's actually the shaky cam that makes the SGU's CGI sequences feel more real. Also SG1 and SGA used mostly still camera on ships, while in here the camera moves around more. Great example here is 2:15 , where the camera watches the CGI outside the bridge window, then turns towards Carter. This motion gives us more spatial awareness of the bridge, allowing us better to feel what it's like to be on the bridge, which again means more realistic feeling for the audience.
he actually looks a lot better than he did about a year ago! He had knee and back surgery (I think) and he gained a lot of weight from being in bed and all that. Good to see him back on his feet! Im sure he will continue to get back into shape.
Mr.Hate - There was one episode of Atlantis where carter died crashing a daedalus class ship into a hive taking out 3 hives at once in an alternate timeline after Sheperd was sent several thousand years into the future if I remember correctly
The entire cast of Stargate including Apophis and the Asgard and even Worm Hole Extreme couldn't have saved this horrible Battlestar Galacrica wannabe show.
Stargate Universe wasn't more mature than Stargate SG1, it was less so. It takes more courage to be optimistic and friendly in the face of adversity, than it does to be dark and cynical.
Adam Wade There's differance between adult entertainment and entertainment for adults. Sex scenes,violence and melodrama doesn't mean SGU is more mature.
mshara1, I totally agree with you. I think exactly like you and when we see soldiers' testimonies we see how vital it is to stand together, united, positive and to protect each other. It's a matter of survival. And adversity creates very deep intimate bonds. The complete opposite of SGU which is a caricature of screenwriters.
If solving the math problem in the game opened a door. How did Dr. Rush know what the correct answer was to the math problem to open the door if he needed help solving it?
I was quite sad when this show got cancelled so early. As a casual Stargate fan who had seen nearly every episode of SG1 and a good portion of Atlantis, this series was by far the most fascinating to me. I simply couldn't believe it got canned so soon.
@@Devin-O hollow argument, TV networks do nothing but recycle and more garbage sticks around for long periods of time while unique ideas die. You have your opinion, but I stick by my (now quite old) statement that it was more interesting than the preceding series and the vast majority of sci-fi series we've seen since.
@@Naraku-no-Hana-WE SG1 had so much story, plot, synergy with the cast with light and dark humor it made you feel and root for the characters even the side cast. I did not feel any of that for SGU it was just trying to follow a linear path of a dark themed nature and the cast just zero chemistry. So I do stand by my previous comment it was just recycled dark drama show that fell on it's face.
@@Devin-O Yes, I'm well aware of your opinion and you should be well aware of mine. I don't agree one bit and arguing it over a show that's not coming back is pointless. SG1 had years and movies to get you invested in the characters and plot, SGU wasn't given that opportunity.
Indeed. Alas, I've always felt that it was due to it coming out so soon after Battlestar Galactica and the whole MGM bankruptcy. Not to say it was a ripe off of BSG. You go back and watch it now and it's astounding! But it's look and feel very much reflected BSG and thus people (at that time) were like, oh lord, not this style again. lol My two sense. ;)
Yes, the show overall sucked... But still.. Fellow Gaters, we got to see 3 Ha'tak ships in glorious, updated 2009 era 3D! That was *amazing* and well worth it. The ships looked fantastic at 2:08.
Sucked? Hardly. It wasn't GREAT, but there was lots of opportunity for growth and improvement. And even at its worst, it was still better than a lot of its contemporaries (with only a few notable exceptions)
2:15 and cater prooves that she is the wrong captain of the General Hammond... any other Daedalus class captain would have SLAUGHTERED the 3 Ha'tak's within seconds!
I've only seen SG1 and SGA, I haven't seen SGU, but I thought the humans of Earth had Asgard tech and the Lucian alliance had Goa'uld tech. Shouldn't Carter had been able to annihilate the Lucians?
The writers explained that the Hammond couldn't use it's Asgard beam weapons otherwise it would set off the naquadah radiation coming from the planet which would have destroyed the atmosphere.
Bek359 I'm not really sure but didn't they say that USS Hammond wasn't complete yet by that time because it was a new ship and they used for the transport in this episode (for Eli, Chloe etc.) because it's "just transport" and they didn't expect anything like this to happen?
Re-watched SGU and I enjoyed it far more than i originally did. I would like to see the series continued now. There were a few problems with SGU that if removed, i think could lead to the series taking off: 1. No 'major' threat. Hear me out on this, yes we had the drones and the Blue aliens but they were poorly executed. The Drones are faceless enemies with no character. They were just there for trouble and the Blue aliens all we knew is they wanted Destiny, nothing more. With SG-1, SGA we knew the major threats and why. They were also a consistent foe that was developed. SGU could not seem to choose or develop a foe with character which led to them being boring. Yeah we had the Lucian Alliance, but apart from the ninth chevron thing they already did, what else could they do? Unless the writers found a way to get the Lucian Alliance ships near Destiny i think it wouldn't have worked either. 2. The constant personal stuff back on Earth A good idea on paper but it was over done, alot. It also detracted from the sense of isolation they were going for. SGA got this right, Stargate command came to the rescue at the end of the first season but it was never a they're going to be there all the time kinda thing. What they could have done, is had SGC send through a full compliment, fix Destiny and then proceed with less contact with Earth. That could have carried the story further than have SGC pop up possibly in a future major episode. 3. The lack of allies Yes this sort of relates to the alone aspect but the people of Novus could have been developed as a future ally. Sort of how SG-1 had the Asgard, Tok'ra and later Free Jaffa, SGA had the Travellers, Athosians and Todd. It could have made for a potentially interesting ally or possibly even a foe? Those are the things that come to mind for me but i still enjoyed the show more the second time through. Definitely has potential.
It reminded me a bit of Lost. Stranded in an unknown enviroment, trying to figure it out, with a focus on the characters. When I was watching it at first I hated it since I had just finished watching SG1 and Atlantis, so I stopped watching very early on. But a few months later, I came back to and really enjoyed it. There were some great storylines and Robert Carlyles acting was incredible. A lot of the younger characters who I hated early on developed really well later on as well, especially Eli. I think the series kinda suffered from its connection to Stargate, it was quite different.
Well.. the problem is you can't undo the already done episodes. The series kind of failed, mostly because of the poor writting, acting, low budget, etz. . Even if they get it together now... the first season already killed it for most fans or people who are interested in it. I don't know, how they could bring this back. I mean, even if you repair all the things. The mood, the settings, everything. This was supposed to be like atlantis, but more isolated, adventure style. But it just, wasn't done well. What would it be now? It's a bit too late for that.
Right now ... I feel like watching Helen Magnus (Sanctuary) in Stargate, reporting to Jack XD Seeing Sam with dark hair is strange, because I'm used to associate this image of Amanda Tapping with Helen Magnus and it makes everything look like a weird crossover. I wish SGU would have been more like Stargate SG-1...
Agreed. Amanda could have worn a wig just to keep the illusion of Samantha blonde. I recognize she was doing Sanctuary at the time but I didn't like the crossover. I prefer her the way she was.
THE BEST SCENE of this STARGATE SPINOF - imagine those types knocking on YOUR DOOR and telling you that sermon with " we beem you a board of our spaceship " Everyone would react the way the actor had demonstrated it.
Just finished binge watching SGU yet again. SGU was ahead of it's time, people weren't ready for another space scifi series in 2010.. fast forward to 2020, this show would make a killing today especially with Netflix and how popular space and scifi series are on Netflix. MGM needs to work out a deal get season 3 going. They did a fantastic job with SGU and I don't think SG fans at the time were ready for the different style of filming and editing they used for SGU but I loved it. It was more mature, realistic, better CGI, better props, better quality filming etc. This show would more than likely do very well in ratings today than it did then.
@@KevinSmith-gu7fb Characters were great, acting was phenomenal, story was actually interesting the more you paid attention to the story line. I felt the same way as you when I first saw SGU, It reminded me of Battlestar Galactica more than a Stargate Series but the more I rewatched it over the years, the more it became clear to me that SGU was exactly what the stargate series needed to compete with other modern sci-fi show but as a stargate SG1 fanatic when SGU first aired, I didn't like the changes it had i.e story, film style, actors etc but today i appreciate it a lot and i enjoy it just as much as i did with SG1 and Atlantis.
@@slothystyle I gave SGU an entire season plus maybe a little bit of the second season. I stopped watching in an episode where some blonde lady had a vision or dream about some cloud in the sky. Later, as she was walking through the ship, I said, "She's going to walk out there and see that cloud she dreamed about." Of course, that's what happened. I was done after that. When I don't care about the characters, don't care what happens with the story, and am mostly annoyed more than entertained by the show, there's no reason to keep watching. I also tried watching Battlestar Galacta twice, and it was the same way. Again, I never made it past the second season of it. It was the same for The Expanse for the same reasons.
This episode demonstrated from the start how bad it was at fitting into the actual universe they were playing with. You got a General going to a civilian house, behaving like this and being surprised at the reaction Eli gives them. Anyone who actually watched Atlantis or SG-1 should be livid about O'Neil behaving this way. They straight up drop a bombshell on Eli then abduct him anyway and threaten to mind wipe him for non-compliance with an NDA he does not even get time to read. Why even give him the NDA if your going to that ? The SGC just casually accepts abducting and mind-wiping now ? They wont even give Eli enough time to pack a bag or let anyone know where he is going within moments... not going to be suspicious at all or just a product of the lazy world building this entire series was going to demonstrate for the entire run. Cut to the the Lucian Alliance "suddenly" jumping in capability to take on the SGC which no-one should be buying without a VERY large explanation on the backs of SG-1 or SGA. That fight should have ended the moment Carter said "open fire".
@@neovoltron25 lol yeah. there clearly were similarities between the two. battlestar galactica too was more chill + dialog based entertainment instead of action all the time. i guess that is why it was not as popular
Holy fuck, SGU is that old?!!? I could swear it was only canceled like 5 maybe 6 years ago at most but...13 years?! JEsus christ Edit: Also, everyone talking about O'Neill and Carter, but no one mentions the cameo from poor Walter
Yeah time flies when you have a country being torn apart by lunatics for 8 years, an agenda driven lying media trying disrupt everyone's lives with fake causes for protests and racial divides that were gone for decades and then a plandemic for no reason except to steal more control and destroy the country and people further. It can take its toll on a brain and body.
0:20 Ok, ok, whatever you guys think I did, I swear you got the wrong guy. Do I look like someone who would be standing here if I didnt already know everything there is to know about you? No, not really - this is so awesome 0:41 You spent a long time playing an online fantasy game called Prometheus. Big brothers have nothing better to do. xD also great I love colonel O'Neill look in this shot, he is just awesome.
But you got to emit that by the end of Stargate Universe it was getting pretty good, they should maybe do a final movie of it, and with the age differences they can just say that the stasis pods malfunctioned causing everyone to age normally, but still all in a hibernation keeping them alive on only energy, and taking a bit longer than expected to reach the next galaxy by like idk ah 8 years just doubled the estimated time. All caused by the aliens Eli defended the ship from in the comic book. Everyone was assumed KIA until Jack randomly appears on Destiny not knowing how the hell he got there, he thinks he's dreaming so he clanks his feet together like Dorthy and it did not work so then he's disappointed. The way he's now on Destiny is because of the crystals, malfunctioning and switching bodies, because everyone got released from the pods super confused, super late, and older. If you want me to write more I will, but for right now it's 3 in the morning ish, and i'm tired, and want to go to bed.
Might be time to come up with a sequel to Stargate Universe, after all the folks on that ship were in hibernation and Eli was left running the ship. Maybe it's time to wake some of them up and finish their trip on the other side of the universe.
What ruined this show was its insistence on being Battlestar Galactica. Also, the battle with the alliance makes no sense given the Asgard plasma weapons.
The Phoenix first appeared in an alternate timeline (SGA: "The Last Man") in the war against the Wraith known as Michael. The Phoenix was rushed into service & originally did not have many of the Asguard systems until Carter, McKay and Zelenka finished installing them. With Sheppard traveling back in time, the "true" timeline unfolded differently. Hence, it ended up renamed to George Hammond & may have been waiting on IOA budget approval for the beam weapons install at the time it was deployed.
The IOA was about the gate itself, it didn't have anything to do with the construction of the ships, also no one would build a ship without their main weapons being installed.
i dont get this nerfing. SGC got asgard beam weapons that took out the Ori toilet bowl- class ship in one hit, maybe two. how the hell did out of date stolen ha tak even stand up to them?
I think that the ninth chevron thing sounds very cool. the fact that they are traveling through the universe on an ancient ship gives also a sense of mistery. The idea itself is great and makes hundreds of new possibilities in new series to come. But I think the atmosphere will not so "cool" as in the previous series...
I adore Jack and Sam and love SG1 and SGA. Hell, I watched the movie and the very first episode of SG1 to air on tv when I was 7 and never ever missed an episode. SGU on the other hand... The creators got greedy and started ignoring the fans, they claimed all will be well once the fans got their new "Stargate Fix". SGU was a failure from the moment it got the green light, and not even bringing in Rick, Amanda, and Michael could save it. To those that love SGU, *shrug*
Stargate isn't a perfect series. Lots of Mcguffins, Deus Ex machina and Plotholes But I've never seen so many as in SGU. And with out the mirth and humor that was synonymous with the other series SGU was just charmless bad TV.
+jazzthieve SGU was really bad. Too much niche fan service, and kowtowing to media. The media only liked BSG because "muh feminism" and "muh space soap opera" rather than for its sci fi
The camera work is another reason why this was a horrible show. Shots like 0:18, 2:05 and 2:54 forward give that uncomfortable and dirty feeling of peeping on your neighbors and eavesdropping on coworkers. Even the slowly moving side-to-side camera movements and the over-the-shoulder shots of characters talking to each other (as if you are there hiding behind a door and listening on to someone else's private conversation) all throughout this show add to that awful feeling.
us air force: You solved a puzzle in a game you won a star trek style trip into outerspace. Me: Ok I've really got start doing more of these sidequests
It was great to see RDA and Amanda together again on SG. I hope they get to make more appearances on SGU. I saw where Michael Shanks will be making an appearance on SGU. That should be good. Thanks for posting this video. Nice scene.
@@schwartzy65 Bullcrap, if you get a good cast it can still work. Look at Atlantis. Amazing show without the the original cast. Sure, RDA + Amanda Tapping is a special team, but the main thing which made this series great is the writing + dialogue and if you get actors who can deliver it, it doesn't really matter.
@@B20C0 that why remakes and reboots are mostly shit... But if they include all the lore of the previous shows and bring atleast some old cast as main or cameos ect it can work but not remakes ect
I miss this franchise and in a way I miss SGU, if only for the potential that it held after it seemed the show was starting to come into its own, especially the last handful of episodes that appeared to show the show runners were trying to get back on track after a pitiful first season. It's just as shame that potential came too late and Syfy pulled the plug.
You all say that. ENT & SGU. It was "just getting good", it had "such potential" Everything has potential Every show can be fixed Not every show should be. Neither show had anywhere to go.
saquist Can you explain why you feel that SGU was a show that in your words could be fixed yet had nowhere to go? A statement with contradictions such as yours warrants more than a little elaboration as it currently reads as a divisive and mostly worthless remark meant to foster an "us vs. them" mentality and little else.
earlyriser03 Fixing SGU is easy. Step One: Create a true villain. Rush was perfect for the role. He's like House M.D...has his own agenda and doesn't care about everyone else. Entertain us with him DON'T GLOSS OVER HIS SHENANIGANS. Step Two Give us at least ONE HERO. Every Yang needs a Yin. Don't make him too perfect but don't make him or her as unscrupulous as Young or Telford. Give him room to grow Step Three: No more Deus Ex resolutions. If you put people in danger then kill them. That's what a gritter and dark show should do. Turn the cast over and shock us from the beginning and put the audience on notice. (No one is safe) Step Four: No more stupid people These maybe the wrong people on the wrong ship but for God's sake it's the Stargate program. A super-secret organization expanding the limits of mankind. You don't let stupid people find out about the gate unless it's politicians. Step Five: Real Conflict: Don't pass up good conflict like the politics vs Military...That's good stuff. That should be constant tension. If Eli is smarter pit him against Rush as whenever you can don't make Eli the smart pet of the ship. **Why does the show have no where to go** They designed SGU to be about the characters because they knew this ship's real mission was never going to be truly interesting and they didn't have a clue about what it's ultimate mission was. It was just a plot device to sustain constant conflict. People called Voyager "Gilligan's' Island because they were always going to be twarted with their efforts. The premise was going to be dragged out as long as humanly possible. The same was true with SGU and ultimately that a concept that will exhaust our suspension of belief.
I've just finished watching Stargate SG-1 (all of it) for the third time (on Amazon). I tried to start watching Atlantis ... and just couldn't do it. I mean - I watched a lot of it when it came out but ... not again ... Star Gate Universe ... this thing sucked ... and then it got Politically Correct and ... I stopped watching altogether .... Such a shame. The descent from Excellence through mediocrity to ... shit ... So sad. .
@@ladrok97 Where? If you've seen it I'd think you'd know. In the 11 years since it came out though I've actually forgotten the exact details. It was the inclusion of Diversity though. I'm clear on that. Hollywood became devoted to serving the Diversity Agenda about this time and ... I stopped watching. No desire what so ever to have someone's political agenda served up to me as entertainment. .
@@BobSmith-dk8nw Then compare it with today's productions. In Universe it was only about races. It's all. They still had characters (that weren't only comedic relief like Dr Rodney Mac Kay - yeah I liked him a lot, but was mainly for this reason). Now compare it to Doctor Who season 11. Or Stargate Origins. Or Star Trek
@@ladrok97 It may not have been as bad as today's stuff (I'm not watching anything you mentioned) but I ask you - how many little flecks of shit is acceptable in your glass of milk? .
@@BobSmith-dk8nw Show me which is PC that you hate so much and then I will reconsider your problem with food digestion. Easy, it do not need to be your opinion, you can find someone's else old post that prove what you says. It had so much PC in it, so someone created this thread for sure.
The special effects had gotten so good compared to earlier sg1 episodes.. a shame they couldn't have done some sort of sg1 type show to take advantage of this..
when did you watch this ep? The Hammond was still under construction they send it because they did not expect a fight and still it could hold it's own agaisnt 3 Ha'tak
Both O'Neill and possibly Carter are more bad ass than I thought, O'Neill has (and I could not say for sure about Carter) The Air Force Sr Master Parachutist wings. Takes a little bit of work to get it. The Master Parachutist badge requires 36 months of jump status and 65 jumps of which 4 must be at night, 25 must be with prescribed equipment, and 5 must be airborne assaults (or 10 test jumps). Or it is another case of Hollywierd needing actual wardrobe people that know something about the uniform. Like in that short run TV show where the hero could jump back a short bit in time, in one episode the top Marine on the ship was a member of the 9th Infantry Division as that division patch was clearly visible on his left shoulder where ones current unit is displayed. I am not sure if the Corp allows ex-Army to wear Army unit patches on the right side which would denote having served in combat with the unit but I know they do not allow them on the left. Yes, I am aware that I am picking nits and I find this more funny than offensive unlike clowns that claim they were Seals or other Special Warfare members and never served much less in elite units. Apologize for the wall of text.
Kinda wondering why they aren't using the Asgard beams... a post-Atlantis BC-304 should have no trouble with an entire fleet of Goauld/Lucian Alliance vessels.
It’s obvious now, Universe and Atlanta’s did not have the dedicated actors that SG-1 had. Choosing actors is like choosing a basketball team. EVERYONE has to have a specific skill.
Shouldn't the Hammond have been able to let loose on those ha'taks with its Asgard plasma beam weapons (which it should have equipped, since the Daedalus and Apollo were also fitted with them)? I mean, a couple of shots were enough to destroy an Ori warship and an Asuran cruiser, and both are far superior vessels; one shot would vaporize a measly ha'tak! I swear, the Lucian Alliance and their stupid "space corn" were the lamest attempt at creating a recurring enemy in the entire Stargate franchise!
