I have noticed that there is really no official thread for SGU, like other shows have. So this is it. Anything relating to SGU can go here.

Recently there has been confirmation of Richard Dean Anderson guest-starring for some half-dozen episodes, as well as Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, and Gary Jones having cameo appearances.

I wouldn't rule out Beau Bridges or Robert Picardo showing up either, given their charcters' positions.

I'm always happy to see more of Jack and Daniel, and it actually makes since that they'd appear on SGU, given Jack's position at Homeworld Security and Daniel's the leading expert on anything Ancient.


Another bit of news: Apparently one of the female leads on SGU (Ming-Na's character, Camille Wray) will be a lesbian.

 

The SGC is no more. It has been converted into the Icarus Base.

http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2009/05/03/may-3-2009-transforming-stage-5-from-stargate-command-to-icarus-base/

 

Hmm... It sad to see SGC go... but hey I wonder if they'll include small easter eggs that hint at what it used to be...

 

The structural buildin is till the same kinda, so it will still kinda look like the SGC but with a face lift.

 

I think they'll restructure the set back to the SGC for the SG1 movies. They'd kind of have to.

 

Plus, no doubt Universe is going to want sets on Earth at some point. They're obviously gonna sell out and allow contact with Earth ridiculously early in the series (unlike, say, Voyager).

 

I don't know. Reading through the wiki page, it all sounds a little over-optimistic in the way of breaking 'new-ground', darker, more depressing, etc. Personally, I don't think it'll last more than two seasons, and that long only because the fanboys will attach themselves to the Stargate name with all the usual fervour.

I might watch a couple of episodes, but I'm an Atlantis fan all the way, so the fact that they haven't planned and Flannigan or Hewlett cameos isn't a plus.

 

I'm impressed. I'll be watching after all. Trailer looks pretty impressive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFRCXdNZ7RA

 

Huh that trailer actually looked amazingly better than I was expecting, Ill admit my interest is peaked, if they could throw in Joe Flannigan and Rachel Luttrel somehow Im satisfied.

 

The trailer looks pretty good. I'm finally glad they decided to upgrade their EVA suits. It got a little ridiculous with the new tech/old tech clash in SG1.

 

I'm tired of all the LED's they put around to make it look high tech.
That and the stupid XPS dell laptop.

Otherwise yeah... that is a bitchin trailer. If I didn't know better I would think it was for a movie.

Is anyone else getting a battlestar galactica vibe from the trailer. That scientist dude who came with oneil totally gave off a baltar feel.

 

The scientist guy, is he from 28 Weeks Later?

 

I was just discussing this with my flatmate when I found this thread. I'm not totally sure about this series. As a major fan of the original series I just don't know if this is going to be good enough to stand alongside it. It does have Robert Carlyle in it, so it can't be that bad, but the trailer just looks as though its going to be partially over the top and partially really really gritty, and won't manage to find a comfortable middle ground.

 

It reminds of me of Stargate meets Star Trek Voyager. The thing I loved most about Stargate was the technology involved and a vision of a future which wasn't so bad for humanity.

 

Yeah, Robert Carlyle.

I loved SG-1 until it jumped the shark and started being about the Ori and all that Arthurian shit. I completely adored Atlantis and was really upset to see it cancelled. I'm trying really hard to get excited over Universe, but the thing is... there's not all that much for me to get excited about. There's nothing to draw me in and make me care about these people. SG-1 I can get behind, because they're based on Earth and defending us from the bad guys. Atlantis I can get behind, because even though they're based in a different galaxy they have frequent contact with Earth and the main story arc for the series is stopping the Wraith from using Earth as an all you can eat buffet.

This new series doesn't seem like it'll have any of that. The major selling point is that they're stranded and cut off from Earth, stuck on their little ship billions of light years away. It's essentially Star Trek Voyager in the Stargate universe, which is another series I had real trouble getting into for much the same reason.

I'll still watch the first few episodes out of some misguided sense of loyalty. Voyager eventually grew on me, so maybe this will too.

 

It is going to take some fine writing and acting to keep the series going.
I would never have signed off (as a tv exec) on this series if it wasn't part of the star gate series. I predict shark jumping within two years.

But what do I know?

 

I liked Atlantis once the actors grew into their roles and stopped trying to emulate the original SG1 cast, they hold their own in the Stargate universe as a decent part, much better than the Ori series of SG1, I can see Universe struggling for it's first series, they need to distance them selfs from the other shows but stay close enough related to the other series that we see how all three shows intertwince with each other.

Interaction between all three series is key to actually evolving the stargate universe as a series of shows, not just spin-offa, but different aspects of what is going on in the show.

 

Eh... I'll probably watch the first few episodes the Rush guy intrigues me simply for this line

"Looks like we've entered the Hoth system."

Gets a look from everyone.

"Empire Strikes Back..."