This can vary a lot from Stargate fan to Stargate fan, is Universe quality writing a good thing or a bad thing?
From seeing the people in charge and how they handled the announcement, I’m kind of expecting something in line with SG-1/Atlantis, but looking forward to hearing more about the direction.
is Universe quality writing a good thing or a bad thing?
It’s a bad thing.
Stargate, much of the time, was competency porn. Writers threw that away and did a man-vs-man-survival style story in an enclosed space aboard a runaway starship. The story heavily borrowed cues from LOST and Battlestar Galactica (reboot) instead, relying heavily on characters spontaneously acting blind/deaf/dumb for no reason, seemingly as a plot-device to keep the drama going. The way to survival and broader frontiers was clearly to just work together, but that was just constantly and frustratingly out of reach. When the audience is used to the opposite of all that, it makes for a very miserable watch.
Tbf, I still enjoyed it for what it was, while recognizing it was very different and not as good as it’s predecessors. So long as it isn’t worse than that, I’m happy for new Stargate content, although I’m holding out hope it will be more like the earlier iterations.
Charitably, I could say that they were a little ahead of their time. Something I’ve noticed about nearly all of the best TV/Movies/etc. these days is that they’re all heavily character-focused. It’s the well-written characters that are the soul of good stories, and the situations and settings are just a vehicles for character exploration and interaction. So, Universe, from my perspective, was an attempt to make a character-focused show.
But the characters they WROTE in Universe… well, there were a few really good ones, a few reeeeeeeeeeally not so good ones, and a lot of rather boring mediocre ones.
That being said, it’s still Stargate. I stillnreally liked the show and wasnpissed it got cancelled. I refuse to believe it was because the show got really bad numbers, on its own merit. But there is quite a lot to criticize about it.
I’m excited. I’m expecting Universe quality writing. i hope to be pleasantly surprised, but i don’t expect it.
still gonna watch it tho. i just bought the damn dvd collection last winter i don’t want to buy any more stargate shit for a while
Same here. Hopes are high, expectations are low.
This can vary a lot from Stargate fan to Stargate fan, is Universe quality writing a good thing or a bad thing?
From seeing the people in charge and how they handled the announcement, I’m kind of expecting something in line with SG-1/Atlantis, but looking forward to hearing more about the direction.
It’s a bad thing.
Stargate, much of the time, was competency porn. Writers threw that away and did a man-vs-man-survival style story in an enclosed space aboard a runaway starship. The story heavily borrowed cues from LOST and Battlestar Galactica (reboot) instead, relying heavily on characters spontaneously acting blind/deaf/dumb for no reason, seemingly as a plot-device to keep the drama going. The way to survival and broader frontiers was clearly to just work together, but that was just constantly and frustratingly out of reach. When the audience is used to the opposite of all that, it makes for a very miserable watch.
Tbf, I still enjoyed it for what it was, while recognizing it was very different and not as good as it’s predecessors. So long as it isn’t worse than that, I’m happy for new Stargate content, although I’m holding out hope it will be more like the earlier iterations.
Sorry, best I can do is 20 episodes of Wormhole Extreme!
Damn you, Jeffrey Bezos!!!
Honestly, I wouldn’t be mad
It’s a mixed bag, for me.
Charitably, I could say that they were a little ahead of their time. Something I’ve noticed about nearly all of the best TV/Movies/etc. these days is that they’re all heavily character-focused. It’s the well-written characters that are the soul of good stories, and the situations and settings are just a vehicles for character exploration and interaction. So, Universe, from my perspective, was an attempt to make a character-focused show.
But the characters they WROTE in Universe… well, there were a few really good ones, a few reeeeeeeeeeally not so good ones, and a lot of rather boring mediocre ones.
That being said, it’s still Stargate. I stillnreally liked the show and wasnpissed it got cancelled. I refuse to believe it was because the show got really bad numbers, on its own merit. But there is quite a lot to criticize about it.
Universe was half stargate half cw teen drama.