Stargate: Universe = Star Trek: Voyager???

[delericho]

My apologies. I meant Stargate SG-1, not Stargate Atlantis.

I've only seen season one of Stargate Atlantis, and I found it to be ok but not as good as Stargate SG-1 in its heyday (of which seasons 8-10, it can be debated, do not figure).

Actually, I found that SG-1 became rather repetitive after a while (certainly by the mid-sixth season). The eighth season in particular seemed very tired. However, I felt it improved a lot in the 9th and 10th seasons, partly due to the single long arc, and partly because of the new blood in the cast.

That may be an artifact of my not watching it when it was on, but instead watching all 10 seasons on DVD over the last eighteen months.

 

[Sir Brennen]

They are going for a younger cast and more drama. Its not Stargate: Voyager. Its Stargate: Voyager, 90210.

Anyone catch the Atlantis episode with the all-chick SG team guest-appearing? They went to a lot of lengths to give you an idea of the character of each member of the team, and had a couple of recognizable faces from the sci-fi/fantasy genre (Nicole De Boer and Christina Cox specifically). I had a strong feeling that we were being shown the potential main characters of the upcoming spin-off.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Anyone catch the Atlantis episode with the all-chick SG team guest-appearing? They went to a lot of lengths to give you an idea of the character of each member of the team, and had a couple of recognizable faces from the sci-fi/fantasy genre (Nicole De Boer and Christina Cox specifically). I had a strong feeling that we were being shown the potential main characters of the upcoming spin-off./QUOTE]
I'd like that...

Overall, I think Stargate always seemed a little repititive with its "village of the week" stories, which seem to be most of them. I suppose the concepts of Stargates itself invites this concepts, and having the village be very different (maybe more advanced cultures, not just pseudo-medieval ones) each time is to expensive for the show. But it would probably spice up a lot, since the different villages never seem to be all that different. (Probably an artifact of using the same set or so...)

 

[Orius]

The set dressings do seem to have a lot of similarity. But at least it makes some sense, since supposedly the Goa'uld and Wraith make a habit of destroying civilizations advanced enough to challenge them, and likely the Ori found it useful to suppress technological advancment.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

The set dressings do seem to have a lot of similarity. But at least it makes some sense, since supposedly the Goa'uld and Wraith make a habit of destroying civilizations advanced enough to challenge them, and likely the Ori found it useful to suppress technological advancment.

Sense doesn't imply interesting or varied here, though, which is why I'd prefer a different approach.

 

[Kaledor]

Anyone catch the Atlantis episode with the all-chick SG team guest-appearing? They went to a lot of lengths to give you an idea of the character of each member of the team, and had a couple of recognizable faces from the sci-fi/fantasy genre (Nicole De Boer and Christina Cox specifically). I had a strong feeling that we were being shown the potential main characters of the upcoming spin-off.

I had the exact same feeling.
I was curious if we were getting a preview of the Stargate Universe team...
Unless they are setting up a character as a love interest (for two episodes), then we don't often get to see the fleshing out of extra characters.