Stargate Universe

[tifreak8x]

Soo.. Anyone here enjoyed the previous Stargate incarnations? Well, I have managed to download and watch this. If you enjoyed Atlantis, you might actually enjoy this one.


General plot:
A group of researchers are attempting to access the 9th chevron. Frustrated, the head researcher put his problem into a game that is played worldwide in the hopes a genius reveals himself and unlocks it. Of course one does and is taken there, but the planet they are researching on becomes under attack, and the core of the planet becomes unstable. So they are forced (after figuring out why they couldn't dial the 9th chevron) to go through the gate and end up on an Ancient ship.

Just like how Atlantis starts out, they have more problems they have to contend with. And at the end of the episode, they leave you in a cliff hanger.

Anyone else watch it?

[simplethinker]

I did. The only thing that I didn't like was that it didn't show much of the Hammond kicking the other ships' asses (I'm a sucker for space battles).

[tifreak8x]

lol, same here XD

Tho I would have to say they upgrades on visuals of those enemy ships was kinda nice, looked a bit more real.

I think this is a nicer start than we were led to believe. Will still be skeptical for at least the next few episodes to see what happens.

[tr1p1ea]

I thought this thread might be about some Stargate MMO, which would be great. Then i remember that there is actually a Stargate based MMO in the works ... isnt there?

[Eeems]

I watched it, it was amazing
I really like how they make the characters seems really plausible. It makes it seem more real.
I loved SG1 and Atlantis, but I've got to say Universe, from what I've seen so far, it takes the cake

[Super Speler]

Should I watch other Stargates first or is this a good place to start?

[tr1p1ea]

Have you seen the first film? If you havent watch that.

[simplethinker]

[Eeems]

if I were you I would start with the movie, then watch the other ones, but you could just go on wikipedia and then start with Universe

[fougere]

[fougere]

If I remember correctly from a few Atlantis episodes, doesn't the 8th chevron require a special control crystal that only earth's and atlantis's stargates have? (that's why you have stop and get off at "Midway Station" to switch from Pegasus's to Milky Way's gates while travelling via the McKay-Carter intergalactic gate bridge) I don't recall either it or another control crystal for the 9th chevron being mentioned in SGU. Inconsistencies like this always bother me.

Also, I sincerely hope that each new Stargate series does not degrade to darker and darker plots like what happened with Star Trek.

[brandonw]

[tr1p1ea]

I knew you couldnt stay away from a Stargate topic for too long brandon! Will you be signing up for Stargate Worlds? .

[brandonw]

[tifreak8x]

Well, so far it isn't -that- bad. Many things could be worse about it. I like the idea of a ship falling apart as it moves along, tho if it is so low on power, why isn't it stopping to conserve energy? *shrugs*

One would imagine that eventually they will be able to crack any security on the computer system and be able to alter course to a different point. Or convince the AI that seems to be aboard it to change course. Will give it a few more episodes before I jump on the 'kill it' band wagon.

And boy, RDA got a touch on the chubby side.. o.o

[IAmACalculator]

Spaceships shouldn't NEED so much power unless they're in a gravitational field. To speed up/slow down would indeed consume energy, but moving at a constant velocity [s]would[/s] should be the default with zero gravity and air pressure.

:P

[simplethinker]

[brandonw]

They mentioned that the ship ahead of them is consuming resources as it finds them and automagically building stargates and depositing them on worlds. The Destiny may be doing something similar by searching for resources for fuel. Or you could just accept that the ship has a complement of ZPMs...3 was enough to keep the Atlantis shield powered at the bottom of the ocean for 10,000 years.