Saturday, October 3, 2009

Short Attention Span Review: "Stargate Universe" Premiere - 10/2



Here's a new show that wants to fill the big boots of not one but TWO major SyFy franchises: Stargate SG-1 and Battlestar Galactica.

Take a mix of military and civvy people, throw in a scientist with a shaky moral compass who could be a hero or a villain (depending upon his mood at the time), and dump them all on a starship a bazillion light years from home.

Hi, welcome to SGU!

I didn't hate it. Maybe I gave it more of a chance because the "us" character is a pudgy gamer geek who solves a puzzle on an MMORPG and wins a ticket to the Stargate program. But the characters - particularly Nash, played by Robert Carlyle - are interesting enough to keep me watching for a little while.

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