On Stargate

[stephbg]

There's a Stargate-shaped hole* in my fannish viewing. I watched the movie in 1994 (OMG 15 years ago?) and remember being disappointed. I failed to bond with any of the characters except the yak. A decade and a half later even the yak is getting fuzzy**.


When the TV show first aired I saw a couple of episodes, which was enough to establish that the series was better than the movie. However, I was working and studying and had to sacrifice viewing time. I chose to cut Stargate in its entirety. After a couple of years it seemed too late to catch up, so I never bothered. The broadcast schedule was also discouragingly flexible, and occasionally fictional.

Despite not actually watching it I've kept a strange mutant eyeball on the whole business through fanfic (not so much reading it as reading about it) and general discussion amongst friends. You can also learn a lot about a show by watching all the episode promos, if not the episodes themselves.

When John Scalzi announced that he would be creative consultant on the new series Stargate: VoyagerUniverse I thought that might give me an opportunity to get involved again, but I had to wait for television to do its thang. Which it did tonight, and which I recorded whilst having a bath then watching a history of American Slapstick with Husband.

Anywho, reactions online to the new series seem to be unenthused at best. What thinkest thou, friends? I will try to watch it in the next couple of days before I fly to Adelaide.

(*) Which seems curiously appropriate.

(**) Which also seems curiously appropriate.

Comments

[possbert.livejournal.com]

I saw the first ep and, like you, thought, hmmm, Voyager, but stuck with it.

I think we're up to episode 5 on SciFi and I turned over after the first 15 or so minutes.

The series is now in summer/winter hiatus, not returning until early next year, so I'll see if absence has made the heart grow fonder and check it out again.

[bardiegrub.livejournal.com]

I find it dark and gloomy and I don't like any of the characters. No substitute at all for my beloved Atlantis.

[thefon.livejournal.com]

It's worth watching, but hasn't hit its stride.
The original series is very good in places, especially after the first or second season when they develop a continuing story.
Atlantis never really caught me. I've been meaning to give it another try but haven't found inspiration to put the DVDs in the machine.

[ratfan.livejournal.com]

I rather enjoyed it, but then I've had very little sf to watch since it all moved over to the new channels which my "old" tv (yeah, old, less than three years!) can't access. No TrueBlood, no Sarah Connor...so this was a good night. Knowing John Scalzi was involved explains a lot :-)

[stephbg.livejournal.com]

I've just seen a Channel 7 promo for SGA so it looks like we can both catch up.

Are you a fan of John Scalzi?

[ratfan.livejournal.com]

Got everything he's written except Agent to the Stars which I didn't fancy. I'm certainly willing to give this new show a decent chance and hope that Scalzi gets a few of his aliens and ideas aboard it.

[shrydar.livejournal.com]

I loved the movie, haven't seen much of any of the serieses, thought a random season finale I watched of Stargate-the-series looked promising, as did the premier of SG:U I caught on cable-tv in the UK. Just haven't gotten around to watching much more than that..


Oh, and I've read a few bits of SGA slash, but I blame cupidsbow's most excellent recs for that.

[stephbg.livejournal.com]

She's to blame for my few encounters with SGA slash too.

[alias_sqbr]

I found SG1 watchable (and sometimes even enjoyable) in bits when I watched the best rated episodes but eventually got bored.

I only got through the first season of SGA before giving up in disgust.

I didn't even get through the first episode of SGU.