And again, he’s right, all the angst over SGU boils down to: “Just because you call this ‘Stargate’ doesn’t make it so.”

At least we can fill the void with Fringe, Warehouse 13, & Eureka but I will miss seeing those same kinds of interpersonal dynamics in the off-world space-faring setting, like the original Stargate Franchise had.

You know, there are plenty of great shows done much more cheaply than can be done in Canada given the exchange rate. Maybe they ought to think about that instead of frankensteining their lineup to fit what this particular studio can do for the budget on hand.

Absolutely greed, and in the end this is exactly what it comes down to. The title of the show “Stargate Universe” could not possibly be more ironic. There is not a sci-fi show set in space that engenders a culture, a feel, an objective, a cast, an interpersonal dynamic, and a set of character-types that is more OPPOSITE than those found in SG1 or SGA.

Not to mention … WHERE’S THE Stargates!? The entire ability to go wherever YOU WANT in a flash, across the univers is precisely what laid the foundation for a sense of empowerment that underscored the whole franchise.

Because I believe in live and let live, I say to MGM: keep this show if the viewership justifies the expense but have the dignity if not the fiscal sense to call it something else … like “Stupid Depressing Broken Ship in a Universe where Stargates are useless and there’s no comraderie” (SDBSIAUWSAUATNC).

And then give us back the real Stargate universe, and watch the advertising dollars roll in when the Nielsen Ratings blow “SDBSIAUWSAUATNC” out of the water. And while you’re at it, yeah can you fix a few things … like at least provide a sensible tech like a babelfish that was missing from the original series. “Saving money” shouldn’t mean “no writing creativity”.

I don’t even care if an entirely different (cheaper) cast is used, and done somewhere cheaper than Canada … just bring back something true to the real SG universe, not something diametrically opposed to it with “Stargate” in it’s title.

Frankly I’d be an idiot to complain about anything having too much story. There’s an adequate amount of action and the ideas and concepts are certainly not boring.

What absolutely infuriates myself and the fans that I know is the arrogance and pretentiousness of the shows creators to take a beloved mythology and introduce elements that have never been part of the show while simultaneously lobotomizing things that are.

Just because you call this “Stargate” doesn’t make it so. It’s Voyager-Galactica dressed up in Stargate uniforms and Stargate phrases and Stargate props but it’s as far from Stargate as M. Night Shyamalan’s Last Airbender is from the brilliant animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender.

This is nothing more than the latest trend in soul-crushing sci-fi that is permeating the sci-fi genre like a plague.

The reason SG-1 and SGA were so popular for so long is that we liked what it gave us. Hope. Fun. Adventure.

SGU’s characters and stories only offer depression, hopelessness, anger, hate, petty politics and dark, uninteresting and unappetizing people and places.

It deserves to die of it’s self-inflicted wounds and the sooner the better. The quicker the way is cleared for a series that’s true to the franchise can inherit the crown that this poser stole.

In my opinion, season 2 has really picked up. Yeah, it seems a little depressing maybe. But I think it does capture a reality that other sci-fi shows haven’t grabbed hold of.

To all of you “haters” of the show, I do not judge you for it. But I think if more people put on their seatbelts, take it for a spin, and give the show a chance, I think you may like it a little more.

(I am hating it that they killed Ginn… I mean, that was gonna be Eli’s nookie for the rest of the trip. Bummer for him! Lol!)

I believe my problem with the show is that the show doesn’t go anywhere. Every episode you get a problem of some sort, and you get a measure of a solution by the end but barely. Every week after watching an episode I ask myself what do I know that I didn’t know before, and sadly sometimes the answer is a big fat nothing. For a character based show I should learn something about some of these characters each week. I am astounded that I don’t know very mucg about quite a few of the characters. I can barely remember some of the people’s names.

I see a lot of comparisons to BSG, but BSG had to go for a more character themed show because we always knew how it would end. It was all about the ride, but the ending was mostly predetermined. Stargate Universe has the potential to do both character development and some version of exploration. I do find it odd that they are not exploring their surroundings more.

I just hope they start to fix the problems, or at least start to acknowledge them.

Many of you have brought up DS9 as a comparison, but no one mentions that DS9 was the start of StarTrek decline. After that it never could recover and I am afraid that is what this is going to do for Stargate. Who would want to invest money on a declining fan base? Not me!

Then to talk about their well thought out storylines, are you kidding me? Who in their right mind would think that a ship has been traveling for thousands of years just take fire from other ships and then into FDL is crazy? It has to have some type of defense to make it this far. Also, to think that an alien race would just use 3 ships to attack, when they have been trying to get into the ship for years? Come’ on, if you tried to get into a door for years would you not keep getting more and more people together until you broke it down? If they have been doing this for years, then I would think they would either have more ships or develop better weapons to bring down the shield faster. Each time they stop the FDL count down is never the same, why? And having that extra time in spots would not help the bad guys? We are talking about a ship that is supposed to be smart enough to take them to a planet where there is water, food, etc… whenever they want, but not smart enough to fight back in an attack? Also, you can’t tell me that even the “wrong people” can’t figure out old technology. They have all the knowledge from Alanta, you can’t tell me that older tech is harder to understand? Then they bring in this alliance group that seems to have a better understanding of the ship then we do, get real. Then they put large segments in of Camile spending a month with her “roommate”, why? How is that related to the big storyline? My point is that these storyline is not about the big picture of the show like it should be or like “Lost, BSG, etc.” but to show the character? Like others said, this is not a soap, or big brother, or a reality show, but an adventure of places we hope and dream of going.

After 15 years of dedication, I am not just going to quit watching because I don’t like it, but I am willing to stick it out and hope they will hear our words and go back to the core values of what made Stargate Great!!

There are only so many “oh no we have run out of air/food/water/power/milky bars/good actors/interesting things” episodes one person can take. The writing is so bad that even by episode 6 they’ve had to re-use the same crappy sand-storm alien twice… I mean seriously, after 15 years is that the best thing they can come up with?

I hate the new teenie-bopper cast, they don’t even look old enough to pull me a pint let alone secure top secret jobs in the government and military. The sooner they kill off the weasal-looking Lieutenant, Senator’s daughter and fat nerd kid the better.

I was gutted when they canned SG-1 and Atlantis, but unless things massively improve, this is one Stargate show I’d happily see the back of.

Interpersonal character drama can work in Sci Fi (Battlestar Galactica, Defying Gravity, Lost), with even a degree of sex or sexiness. And all of the three examples I gave (BG, DG, and Lost) are cerebral. And I enjoy them all for what they are.

Stargate Universe is just juevenile in its attempts at being serious sci fi. The Stargate franchise has been all about camaraderie and fun. Here, there’s an attempt to redefine itself, but with the same “team” that created the previous series, and it FLOPPED.

Can you imagine a “more adult” Battlestar Galactica penned by Richard Hatch or Glen Larson? No, it required a completely new direction and it had to become something completely different than its 1979-1980 incarnation.

Mediocre at best, sickening at worst, SGU has almost NO redeeming qualities.