Tuesday, May 17, 2011

The Failure of Stargate Universe

Once upon a Spacetime Dreary, while I pondered week and weary... This pretty much sums up the bleak and depressing Stargate Universe. This may seem strange coming from me; a lover of Vampire, Horror and Dark Surrealism and Dark Sci-fi flicks. However, Stargate Universe never gave us any chance of hope, nor was it exceptionally Dark enough to be Artful. The Dark and Dreary wasn’t just the situations faced by the crew - it WAS the crew. Many of the lead characters were so flawed that you really wanted to jettison them out into space. Arguments and more arguments - while Space is left largely unexplored. Hello. This isn’t the movie Alien, where the Dark Atmosphere was so excellently crafted. This was a series that failed to deliver, and instead, focused on relentless conflicts.

Good Sci-fi is fantastic escapism, allowing one the chance of getting away from some of life’s stressful moments. I felt drained after most episodes of Stargate Universe. So many Arguments, and so much endless damage to a ship that if allowed, could have propelled us to fantastic adventures. Where was the Sleek, Sexy, Kick-Ass Adventure that many of us wanted... Not on Stargate Universe.

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3 comments:

  1. I found the people as flawed as humans usually are, and their endless self-involvement and me-first-ness read true. I liked the series.

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  2. True enough that SGU never lived up to its potentiol, but then, what sci fi show ever does? Alien lost its way after the second film and The Matrix lost its way after the first one.

    I thought Stargate Universe was finally starting to make a bit of sense-but then again, I may just have a soft spot for lost causes.

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  3. I did try to like Stargate Universe, and I do think it was Improving. But, it had already lost much of its fan base. Yes, first two Alien films were fantastic, and then...

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