Truth Seeker
Adventurer
Visitation
The Destiny crew members who chose to remain on the alien planet somehow cross the galactic void to meet with Young and the others.
STARGATE UNIVERSE #9:Visitation/Season 2/2010
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Thanks to the new night SGU airs, I haven't watched most of the new season. But I did watch last night and it reminded me of BSG and Starbuck and the cloned viper, which disappointed me, except they all died, which was final. The preview for next week looks like space combat and I'm a whore for space combat.
More questions, slow pace, not much of anything resolved. Starting to feel like Lost.
Which I call the art of the stall, in which they draw out the meta plot as long as they possibly can.
They also did this with new BSG too. The Cylons didn't have any real plan other that to throw temper tantrums throughout the universe because their creators didn't pay enough attention to them. And was more than likely to do it with Caprica, which is why one reason Caprica failed.
That's the danger of this, is if the meta plot is drawn out too long, it can seem like the show has no direction and is just rambling places with the occasional adventure thrown in.
However, I liked this episode. It also showed that those obelisk beings were aware of the people and did have a sense of compassion. After all, the kinos showed that Caine was sitting in the shuttle covered with blanket, then he said "Please I don't want to die." To which there was a blinding burst of light, then a shiny new shuttle caught up with the Destiny that was presumably hundreds of thousands of light years away.
If you don't have any sense of compassion, they simply would not have responded.
And it showed those obelisk beings were aware of the Destiny crew.
The themes of the episode was saying goodbye. There can be only two outcomes to their situation, that somewhere along the lines they'll find some way to return to earth, like Atlantis did, or they'll never be able to return home.
Because that's the one thing the show seems to ignore, at least so far, is the problems of relative time. The stones seem to be able to completely ignore that problem, but they've spent several months on the Destiny since they're arrival, they've been traveling at ftl speeds for most of those times, and they're so far that at below light speeds there won't be a solar system there to return to.
As it is, there is no way to tell how much time has passed on earth since they've been on the Destiny, and so far only the stones seem to be able to ignore the problem of relative time.
So I personally don't believe they'll be getting home. That would be the more plausible outcome.
But, they could go the Voyager route and find some magical way to get home and destroy a major foe on the way. Personally, I hope not. But I'm not sure which way the show'd swing at this point.
So perhaps this particular episode was also a more subtle way of saying goodbye to earth.
Mark CMG
Creative Mountain Games
Mark CMG
Creative Mountain Games
That was, indeed, a Greer-defining moment. Also, when she lives beyond this (and I've no doubt she will), she's definitely picked up some major loyalty points with the toughest guy on the ship.
LightPhoenix
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Once again, I find myself liking Wray and Greer. I really wish these were the characters we started out with, because they're a lot less of a stereotype. I could buy Greer's character as a Lawful Jerk. Still, he's looking out for his friends. Plus, by far my favorite beat - him and Park. It's a little thing, but makes them more human and less character.
I liked this episode surprisingly more than I thought I would. The magically appearing Kino footage, like the Nebula before it, kind of ruined the impact of the story, the idea of faith. I wish it hadn't been there. Still, it was a minor detail in an otherwise good story. I don't know if they sat down and changed something, but whatever they did it's working, IMO.
Destiny regaining their shuttle was a little meh for me, but a necessary evil. I would have preferred the crew to find a hangar bay or something, but whatever.
My problem with the episode was it was mostly filler (if the Obelisk Aliens are a metaplot). Like Trial and Error (Ep. #6), I wouldn't care so much except that there still weren't any real consequences; nothing changed. There were some good character moments, and a good premise, but otherwise there was little to no impact (beyond regaining a shuttle).
Anyway, I'm glad to see that SGU actually can be a decent show. I hope it keeps up.
I liked this episode surprisingly more than I thought I would. The magically appearing Kino footage, like the Nebula before it, kind of ruined the impact of the story, the idea of faith. I wish it hadn't been there. Still, it was a minor detail in an otherwise good story. I don't know if they sat down and changed something, but whatever they did it's working, IMO.
Destiny regaining their shuttle was a little meh for me, but a necessary evil. I would have preferred the crew to find a hangar bay or something, but whatever.
My problem with the episode was it was mostly filler (if the Obelisk Aliens are a metaplot). Like Trial and Error (Ep. #6), I wouldn't care so much except that there still weren't any real consequences; nothing changed. There were some good character moments, and a good premise, but otherwise there was little to no impact (beyond regaining a shuttle).
Anyway, I'm glad to see that SGU actually can be a decent show. I hope it keeps up.
I'll say this: Greer is turning out to be a far, far better written character than i thought he'd be after SG:U's Pilot.
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