PaperLuigi44My amazement is at maximum capacity.Registered Userregular
Yeah, The Storm and The Eye are two of my favourites, especially the part where
Shepard activates the shield when reinforcements are about to arrive
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Okay that part was stone cold and I could see the Genii being jerk after that.
The whole
you killed my father thing was really dumb and clumsy though. Oh this guy is making too much noise so instead of smothering and/or stabbing him I'm going to shoot him with my loud gun and ruin the stealth mission
PaperLuigi44My amazement is at maximum capacity.Registered Userregular
That episode did give us another awesome Shepard moment
When he reveals the hidden Puddle Jumpers when the Genii try to backstab them
I'll agree it's kinda dumb how the feud starts, but overall I love the Genii because of how douchey they are, and when you're one of the only Pegasus Galaxy races with an (albeit miniscule) chance of standing up to the Wraith, I can understand them being ruthless.
That episode did give us another awesome Shepard moment
When he reveals the hidden Puddle Jumpers when the Genii try to backstab them
Yeah, that part was badass. You knew the double cross was coming, but I didn't expect him to have gunship support.
More Shepard awesome:
When he's fighting that one wraith on the desert planet and uses a chocolate bar to call in an airstrike. It wasn't their best episode overall, but I did enjoy the back and forth over dealing with this one nasty ancient wraith who just wouldn't die.
First they came for the Muslims, and we said NOT TODAY, MOTHERFUCKER!
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Joe Flannigan was on last week's Fringe.
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PaperLuigi44My amazement is at maximum capacity.Registered Userregular
Actually, thinking about The Storm/Eye something is hilarious in hindsight
When their relationship with the Genii originally falls through the episode ends with Weir mentioning a different race that they are establishing contact with
Their entire purpose in the series is to snitch to the Genii about the evacuation
I've resurrected this thread because it seemed to be the newest Stargate thread that google could find.
I'm here to note that Amazon Prime appears to have all of the Stargate-material on instant watch (the original movie, SG-1, Atlantis, Universe and the two SG-1 movies). Whereas Netflix appears to only have the original movie on instant watch.
I'm also here to complain about how terrible Stargate: Universe's predictable characters, nonsensical shaky cam and cliche dialogue is, while also mourning the wasted premise. I want to watch it because I feel like it could get better, but it is so hard to watch after about 5 episodes.
I'm also here to mention that Window of Opportunity in season four of SG-1 is still fantastic.
Universe gets a lot better after the first half-season. It has probably the shakiest start of the three Stargate series, true, but stick with it and it gets real good.
I don't think they knew what they were trying to do with Stargate: Universe. On one hand, they were trying to build a new audience by getting away from all the baggage of the old continuity. But then they kept going back to all the Lucian Alliance stuff that the new viewers they were trying to attack didn't know anything about.
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ArtreusI'm a wizardAnd that looks fucked upRegistered Userregular
I actually wish they'd given Universe some more time to get better
The only problem with comparing this to Universe is that the camerawork is far too steady.
I have continued to venture into the abyss that is Universe (...unless it stops plummeting into a hole). Still more whining, predictable soap opera love triangles/cheating and a Richard Dean Anderson phoning it in. But people tell me it gets better. I'm assuming that's true.
I have no idea how the Lucian Alliance could possibly fit into the show as-is in a coherent way. As I recall they were a marginal subplot in the last season (or two) and played a bit role in the pilot. It's kind of like the mob attacking the space shuttle.
The only problem with comparing this to Universe is that the camerawork is far too steady.
I have continued to venture into the abyss that is Universe (...unless it stops plummeting into a hole). Still more whining, predictable soap opera love triangles/cheating and a Richard Dean Anderson phoning it in. But people tell me it gets better. I'm assuming that's true.
I have no idea how the Lucian Alliance could possibly fit into the show as-is in a coherent way. As I recall they were a marginal subplot in the last season (or two) and played a bit role in the pilot. It's kind of like the mob attacking the space shuttle.
The Lucian Alliance is the Space Mob. After the defeat of the Goa'uld, the Ori, Ba'al, the Replicators and the Wraith, they're the biggest enemy Earth has left going against them. I like the idea of them. Completely ruthless, amoral humans only recently freed from slavery, equipped with all the advanced Goa'uld technology they left lying around (which the Goa'uld themselves stole in the first place), saying HEY POWER VACUUM LET'S RULE THIS GALAXY GUYS.
They make sense as a credible threat when you keep in mind the "they got all the Goa'uld stuff at a bargain" angle.
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I'll agree it's kinda dumb how the feud starts, but overall I love the Genii because of how douchey they are, and when you're one of the only Pegasus Galaxy races with an (albeit miniscule) chance of standing up to the Wraith, I can understand them being ruthless.
Yeah, that part was badass. You knew the double cross was coming, but I didn't expect him to have gunship support.
More Shepard awesome:
Their entire purpose in the series is to snitch to the Genii about the evacuation
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I need to watch all of this again. I love Stargate.
Season 8's was also pretty damn good, though. Felt far more finale, and was big enough (but not as big as 7's).
I would watch it with you.
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I'm here to note that Amazon Prime appears to have all of the Stargate-material on instant watch (the original movie, SG-1, Atlantis, Universe and the two SG-1 movies). Whereas Netflix appears to only have the original movie on instant watch.
I'm also here to complain about how terrible Stargate: Universe's predictable characters, nonsensical shaky cam and cliche dialogue is, while also mourning the wasted premise. I want to watch it because I feel like it could get better, but it is so hard to watch after about 5 episodes.
I'm also here to mention that Window of Opportunity in season four of SG-1 is still fantastic.
I kind of liked it.
The only problem with comparing this to Universe is that the camerawork is far too steady.
I have continued to venture into the abyss that is Universe (...unless it stops plummeting into a hole). Still more whining, predictable soap opera love triangles/cheating and a Richard Dean Anderson phoning it in. But people tell me it gets better. I'm assuming that's true.
I have no idea how the Lucian Alliance could possibly fit into the show as-is in a coherent way. As I recall they were a marginal subplot in the last season (or two) and played a bit role in the pilot. It's kind of like the mob attacking the space shuttle.
The Lucian Alliance is the Space Mob. After the defeat of the Goa'uld, the Ori, Ba'al, the Replicators and the Wraith, they're the biggest enemy Earth has left going against them. I like the idea of them. Completely ruthless, amoral humans only recently freed from slavery, equipped with all the advanced Goa'uld technology they left lying around (which the Goa'uld themselves stole in the first place), saying HEY POWER VACUUM LET'S RULE THIS GALAXY GUYS.
They make sense as a credible threat when you keep in mind the "they got all the Goa'uld stuff at a bargain" angle.