3 hours ago
Angry Robot BooksHurtling Out of Control
Joani and I just watched the 2nd episode of Stargate Universe last night. We have not really talked about it much yet, but I am getting the feeling she is not impressed. The cast is not to bad, even if Lou Diamond Phillips is showing up once in a while. As is usual with a new show it takes about 4 or 5 episodes to tell if thing swill work or not so I am not going to go there yet.
I just realized after watching this episode how limited the creative bucket is again. Essentially we are getting another version of the Hurtling out of Control Trope. For me anyway this device was made famous by Lost in Space and Space 1999. Space 1999 fits the most closely because of the larger group dynamic. Technically it was the device in the original and to some extent the recent Battlestar Galactica shows, I’ll grant them the “Running for our Lives” variant. Another obvious spin is the “Fighting to get back Home” of Star Trek Voyager.
Ok, you get the idea, so lets return to the Hurtling out of Control. SGU and LiS are really pretty close the more you think about it.
- Dr. Zachary Smith = Dr. Nicholas Rush
- Will Robinson = Eli Wallace
- Judy Robinson = Cloe Armstrong
- Dr. John Robinson = Colonel Everett Young
- Penny Robinson = TBD
- Major Don West = Lieutenant Matthew Scott
- Maureen Robinson = TBD
- The Robot = Not Found Yet
Now the TBD roles up there are probably going to rotate out among the other crew/staff who are “not ready” for their situation. I am betting the Robot role will be filled somewhere mid season by an alien they pick up on one of their ship induced stops.
That is all I have on this right now, I may return later if the show makes it worth my time to continue watching. So far I am turned off on just the complete parallel they have taken with its development and that of the New versions of the Star Trek shows.
- Next Generation = Stargate
- Deep Space Nine = Stargate Atlantis
- Voyager = Stargate Universe
The new show is nice and pretty and it is keeping those CGI folks employed so it ain’t all bad.
2 comments:
I have not seen it running anywhere, but Netflix has the whole thing available. (17 disks .. unfortunately, would monopolize your queue for quite some time)
Wow, a Space 1999 reference! I’m impressed. I thought I was the only one that remembered such Sci-Fi classics! Does that get the re-run treatment anywhere? I’d love to watch it again and be reminded of how easily I was impressed with simple graphics!