Stargate Universe

I love Stargate...love it. Got the entire SG1 series on DVD. In my opinion, one of the best TV shows ever. And with 10 seasons and 214 episodes on of the longest running and successful ones as well.

Which brings me to Stargate Universe. To be honest...I like this show, but I don't know if I love it. I miss the humour that both SG1 and Atlantis had. It was one of the most endearing parts of those shows. The ability not to take themselves to seriously help make those shows what they were. I understand that the producers of the Stargate Universe are just trying to take it in a new direction, trying to be a little more gritty and realistic. But I find they are almost trying to hard and are coming across as a little bit of a BSG knockoff. That is the vibe I get when I watch the show. So dark...so serious. With the only humour coming from the character of Eli Wallace played by David Blue.

I'm not saying I can really find any thing wrong with the show. All the characters are interesting and well played by the cast. The story lines so far have been kind of cool...but I still miss some of the lightness that made Stargate what it was. I'm not saying that they should tone down the show to SG1's level, but nor should they in my opinion be trying to be like a certain other sci-fi show that recently ended. With any luck they will find a happy middle ground.

Never the less, I will continue to watch the rest of the season...and if I'm not lying to myself, baring any act of God and/or bad ideas from the network (see SG1 episode "200" and the younger versions of the team...funny stuff.) I will give them the chance to hit their stride. I love Stargate too much not to. I just hope they find a sense of humour. Being that intense and serious is no way to go through life

Caprica 90210

I have been trying my best to keep up with Caprica. I am an old school Battlestar fan, as I grew up watching the original back in the late 70's. So when the "re-imagined" version came around I watched it sceptically. But I enjoyed it for the most part and by the end really enjoyed the whole experience. After the final episode came a straight to DVD release of the pilot for a spin off...Caprica. Set 58 years before the events of Battlestar Galactica, it is the story of life in the colonies before the first Cylon war told through the eyes of two family's. The Adama's and the Graystone's. I thought the pilot was alright. Not what I was expecting, but, hey, they had warned us that is wasn't going to be anything like BSG.


Well, here we are well into the first season...and so...what you are trying to tell me is that the super bad-asses of the universe...the very first one...the prototype that all others are based on is the mind/avatar of some spoiled, rich, 16 year old girl rebelling against her parents. Really....? wow.

You know...I have been a fan of all forms of science fiction, fantasy and anything related for most of my life. But I really think they lost me on this one. I work with youth and have known many 15-16 year old's who where opinionated and hated most adults. Think back to when you were that age....you knew everything and all adults where idiots that knew nothing. If this is the general premise I am shocked that it takes the Cylons that long to wipe out civilization. Most the rebellious teens I know, given an all-powerful robot body would get down to business a lot faster than that! God help us all.