Beware of minor SPOILERS for the premiere of Stargate Universe in the clip and report below.
The first look at SCI FI Channel’s new fall series Stargate Universe has arrived! The 30-second preview aired tonight on the cable network, alongside the 2-hour series finale of Battlestar Galactica.
Check it out below (the Full Screen option is near the bottom right corner), and come back soon for screen caps and a higher quality version of the video. You can also watch it at SciFi.com.
In this clip, titled “Frantic,” a team of Earth scientists and military personnel are in the middle of an emergency evacuation to the uninhabited Ancient ship Destiny.
Nearly every main character can be spotted in the quick-cut video. Robert Carlyle’s Dr. Nicholas Rush is front-and-center, but also watch for clear shots of Chloe Armstrong (Elyse Levesque), Matthew Scott (Brian J. Smith), Eli Wallace (David Blue), Everett Young (Justin Louis), Tamara Johansen (Alaina Huffman), and Colonel Telford (Lou Diamond Phillips).
With the tagline “The only mission is survival,” the clip reveals the dark and dangerous tone of the series — a dramatic (pun intended) departure from Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis. The challenge for SGU will be to do that while maintaining familiar connections to the established mythology of the shows that have preceded it.
Find out more about the show in GateWorld’s exclusive SGU Launch Center! We have details on the first 10 episodes of Season One, character breakdowns, an interview with actor Brian J. Smith, the first cast photo, and more.
Stargate Universe premieres this fall on SCI FI Channel in the United States.
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This is very, very concerning. It does look like a carbon copy of BSG. The first three seasons of BSG were ok but, the 4th i stopped watching because it was so fracking stupid. I mean these people are fighting for their lives and let’s bicker and fight over petty crap. — I don’t think so. I loved the series finale though — that was good writing.
My fear is that this is going to be just like it with all the petty crap about who’s in charge, the petty BS of romantic entanglements and love triangles, etc…
I was hoping for something new and inventive. This just seems to be a retread of BSG. “something bad happened and now we are on a ship in the middle of nowhere and have to try and get back.” Along the way, each fracking character will have a love interest, a fight, do something completely asinine and either get a way with it, be forgiven or be killed.
Edgy to me would be them fighting for their against some really BAD A__ aliens. Not the cartoon character like wraith.. but I mean something like in ALIEN.. some bad freaking bug that wants to eat your A__ if you don’t kill them first…. That’s edgy…
This looks like more of an attempt to put an impossible number of attractive people in the same place at the same time, like 90210 in space.
One thing is certain, if they follow their previous series rule, one of the expensive characters will die in the premier. My guess is Lou Diamond Phillips because his character was new. They always kill of some poor schmuck at the beginning. It was Kowalski in SG1, Sumner in Atlantis, and now one of these folks in Universe. Besides, they have to. They are all probably too expensive to keep on the show for a full season.
I hope I am wrong about this but, I have a sinking suspicion that SyFy (their new name) wants to standardize their offering (wow, here’s an idea – get rid of all that stupid WWF crap on your channel)… Wow…. did I say that?
The Gate looks like a cross between the Milky Way and Pegasus system, with blue lights and what looks like a inner ring that moves. Hopefully after the first 6 episodes now that the characters have settled down we get to see gate travel and gate related problems, all episodes in a ship will bore eventually.
Hopefully this series will bring a new twist to the series but not pull away from the established mytgology.
it looks like Rising except someone forgot to switch on the lights and everyone tripped on the first step. Seems to me Atlantis started out like Voyager and then morphed into a DS9. Universe shaping up to be Voyager. I’m not liking the pattern. I hope I’m wrong and they give us something unique.
I am pissed to see the color of the gate is not the original red. The Ancients put gates in Milky Way, Ida(Asgard galaxy) and the Ori/Ancients home galaxy the gates in universe should match because of the same time frame. Millions of year later when the Ancients left for Pegasus they changed the gate. Why would they put red gates at home, change to the ones shown on the promo then back to the red for milky way and Ida? The only other thing I can think is maybe their home galaxy, Milky Way and Ida were the first galaxies to get gates and they sent Destiny out after that, meaning that Destiny never visited Milky Way, Ida and obviously Pegasus. What does everyone think?
im not hating it yet, but so far im not liking it at all. So many random people together and if i want survival drama ill watch BSG, but thats why I hated BSG. o lets cry for a whole episode because my shoe is untied.
Man If all you guys think stargate universe is turning into 90210, you must be ancient. Like 70 years old or something. These actors are not that young at all. All of people need to stop whining and give the show a chance. And there’s nothing wrong with having attractive actors at all. It gets more people to watch. Personally, I’d rather the main characters be attractive so that I can fully enjoy watching them, not be thinking “damn is he ugly!” at the same time.
Wow, the gate is modeled after the atlantis gate more than the Milky Way gates, or so it appears. Also what color are the chevron, is it blue or purple, I can’t really tell from the one pic they give. And the gate kind of seems smaller, I don’t know, not a lot of info yet
Look, no personal jibes eh!, people are intitled to their opinion.
Let’s not count our chickens before they hatch either.
We’ve only seen a clip. Yes, it definitely has the colour and dark mood of BSG. Do I like it , No!. I don’t think this departure bodes well for what was a brilliant franchise.
Ok . . the teaser is better than most of the Stargate Franchise combined!! It has a sort of Battlestar Galactica feel to it and appears to take Stargate into that dark, gripping place where BSG lies.
Mixing up my two top shows was an awesome move . . i am SO freaking excited!! This year is going to be a blast!!
Thank you STARGATE!!
well i am looking forward to it. I think it will all work out just fine. Im also sure there will be some humor in it also. You wouldnt be able to call it stargate without just a little… right??? I cant wait until it airs. Hope everyone is looking forward to it at least a little bit
So what if it’s darker? Think about it, it’s a ship sent far away, with a gate on board for people to come on board. The ship itself is unpopulated. Why wouldn’t it be dark. Do you guys really expect that there would be bright lights for no one on board? Remember when Atlantis was first boarded by humans, it was completely dark, and it became brighter once it rose from the surface. This is just a promo, don’t judge the entire series by it.
Some of the cast are young and very good looking, which makes us think that a younger audience is being catered for.
Nothing wrong with that but, does that mean what gets more people to watch is not the calibre of the work?.
Perhap the other people who posted come from a loyal Stargate fan base who resent the axing of the shows. I identify with them. And on some level they identified with the shows.
Look eye candy is fine, I get that, but we are an intellient species, we also need a good story or we get bored and change the channel.
Some people don’t like the direction in which the show seems to be going, a kind of ‘dumbing down’ of the work.
This may not be true at all but everyones entitled to voice their concerns.
It will be a mistake to lose LDP, unless the eye candy can carry a script. No insult intended.
Idk, hopefully we’ll see the return of the Nox and the Asguard. There’s nothing that says the Asguard had other lost tribes, and the Nox we saw in the Milky Way was a colony of Nox from another galaxy.
Haha, I am vaguely surprised by the audacity of the SG producers in thinking they can make BSG 2. Putting aside the questionability of whether they can pull it off or not, the balls it takes to do that just when BSG has ended must be enormous.
It’s occured to me that the people who can’t see the cast photo may have an older graphics card or pc.
Just a thought!.
Wingsabre -(cool name) I also think the Asgard in particular, were a brilliant concept. But since they can’t reproduce in the biblical sense and were a dying race, it’s unlikely they’ll return.
I reckon they will develope a whole new concept of alien, that’s if they are not spending too much time consentrating on the humans all the time.
This is very, very concerning. It does look like a carbon copy of BSG. The first three seasons of BSG were ok but, the 4th i stopped watching because it was so fracking stupid. I mean these people are fighting for their lives and let’s bicker and fight over petty crap. — I don’t think so. I loved the series finale though — that was good writing.
My fear is that this is going to be just like it with all the petty crap about who’s in charge, the petty BS of romantic entanglements and love triangles, etc…
I was hoping for something new and inventive. This just seems to be a retread of BSG. “something bad happened and now we are on a ship in the middle of nowhere and have to try and get back.” Along the way, each fracking character will have a love interest, a fight, do something completely asinine and either get a way with it, be forgiven or be killed.
Edgy to me would be them fighting for their against some really BAD A__ aliens. Not the cartoon character like wraith.. but I mean something like in ALIEN.. some bad freaking bug that wants to eat your A__ if you don’t kill them first…. That’s edgy…
This looks like more of an attempt to put an impossible number of attractive people in the same place at the same time, like 90210 in space.
One thing is certain, if they follow their previous series rule, one of the expensive characters will die in the premier. My guess is Lou Diamond Phillips because his character was new. They always kill of some poor schmuck at the beginning. It was Kowalski in SG1, Sumner in Atlantis, and now one of these folks in Universe. Besides, they have to. They are all probably too expensive to keep on the show for a full season.
I hope I am wrong about this but, I have a sinking suspicion that SyFy (their new name) wants to standardize their offering (wow, here’s an idea – get rid of all that stupid WWF crap on your channel)… Wow…. did I say that?
pjcase2004 | March 21 @ 10:46 amFantastically awesome!!!! I cannot wait for “Stargate: Universe”!!!! :) :) :)
Alan | March 21 @ 10:50 amLooks Great!
daffymjb | March 21 @ 10:51 amDarker and more edgy than the other 2.. Defiantly going in the right direction.
Looking forward to seeing his.
I can only count 7 chevrons….why can i only count 7 chevrons….wait are there only 7 chevrons some one needs to have a sit down with me
Luthorville | March 21 @ 10:54 amI think the other chevrons are just being blocked by the other people.
pjcase2004 | March 21 @ 11:39 amTell ya’ll what, I have nothing but interest for SGU, comparatively, i have a lot of interest for Caprica,so we’ll see.
Coremae | March 21 @ 12:30 pmThe Gate looks like a cross between the Milky Way and Pegasus system, with blue lights and what looks like a inner ring that moves. Hopefully after the first 6 episodes now that the characters have settled down we get to see gate travel and gate related problems, all episodes in a ship will bore eventually.
Hopefully this series will bring a new twist to the series but not pull away from the established mytgology.
Horcrux | March 21 @ 12:34 pmLooks very BSG like to me but could be interesting
Lizzie | March 21 @ 1:14 pmJayb44 has a great point – no other SG team has ever been in such a tight spot which does not leave too much room for humour!
stewart4 | March 21 @ 1:19 pmit looks like Rising except someone forgot to switch on the lights and everyone tripped on the first step. Seems to me Atlantis started out like Voyager and then morphed into a DS9. Universe shaping up to be Voyager. I’m not liking the pattern. I hope I’m wrong and they give us something unique.
zq | March 21 @ 1:38 pmI am pissed to see the color of the gate is not the original red. The Ancients put gates in Milky Way, Ida(Asgard galaxy) and the Ori/Ancients home galaxy the gates in universe should match because of the same time frame. Millions of year later when the Ancients left for Pegasus they changed the gate. Why would they put red gates at home, change to the ones shown on the promo then back to the red for milky way and Ida? The only other thing I can think is maybe their home galaxy, Milky Way and Ida were the first galaxies to get gates and they sent Destiny out after that, meaning that Destiny never visited Milky Way, Ida and obviously Pegasus. What does everyone think?
jimv1983 | March 21 @ 2:20 pmI think the new gate has a lighter color than the Pegasus gate. It looks like it could be the gates in the Ori galaxy.
wingsabre | March 21 @ 3:14 pmim not hating it yet, but so far im not liking it at all. So many random people together and if i want survival drama ill watch BSG, but thats why I hated BSG. o lets cry for a whole episode because my shoe is untied.
mehteh | March 21 @ 3:27 pmMan If all you guys think stargate universe is turning into 90210, you must be ancient. Like 70 years old or something. These actors are not that young at all. All of people need to stop whining and give the show a chance. And there’s nothing wrong with having attractive actors at all. It gets more people to watch. Personally, I’d rather the main characters be attractive so that I can fully enjoy watching them, not be thinking “damn is he ugly!” at the same time.
alteran1 | March 21 @ 3:59 pmWow, the gate is modeled after the atlantis gate more than the Milky Way gates, or so it appears. Also what color are the chevron, is it blue or purple, I can’t really tell from the one pic they give. And the gate kind of seems smaller, I don’t know, not a lot of info yet
But I agree this looks incredible.
ferrari20092 | March 21 @ 4:04 pmLook, no personal jibes eh!, people are intitled to their opinion.
Let’s not count our chickens before they hatch either.
We’ve only seen a clip. Yes, it definitely has the colour and dark mood of BSG. Do I like it , No!. I don’t think this departure bodes well for what was a brilliant franchise.
We’ll see, we’ll see, we’ll see.
Danybrean | March 21 @ 4:42 pmDoes anyone know if there is a high quality image of the new Stargate available?
horans015 | March 21 @ 4:55 pmOk . . the teaser is better than most of the Stargate Franchise combined!! It has a sort of Battlestar Galactica feel to it and appears to take Stargate into that dark, gripping place where BSG lies.
lenton6390 | March 21 @ 6:01 pmMixing up my two top shows was an awesome move . . i am SO freaking excited!! This year is going to be a blast!!
Thank you STARGATE!!
In the link below.. you can see there are 9 chevrons on the Universe Gate…
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll105/AusGamer30/StargateUniverse9chevronGate.jpg
AusGamerForever | March 21 @ 7:09 pmwell i am looking forward to it. I think it will all work out just fine. Im also sure there will be some humor in it also. You wouldnt be able to call it stargate without just a little… right??? I cant wait until it airs. Hope everyone is looking forward to it at least a little bit
texasguy590 | March 21 @ 7:18 pmSo what if it’s darker? Think about it, it’s a ship sent far away, with a gate on board for people to come on board. The ship itself is unpopulated. Why wouldn’t it be dark. Do you guys really expect that there would be bright lights for no one on board? Remember when Atlantis was first boarded by humans, it was completely dark, and it became brighter once it rose from the surface. This is just a promo, don’t judge the entire series by it.
wingsabre | March 21 @ 7:19 pm(post script) Alteran 1,
There’s nothing wrong with being 70.
Some of the cast are young and very good looking, which makes us think that a younger audience is being catered for.
Nothing wrong with that but, does that mean what gets more people to watch is not the calibre of the work?.
Perhap the other people who posted come from a loyal Stargate fan base who resent the axing of the shows. I identify with them. And on some level they identified with the shows.
Look eye candy is fine, I get that, but we are an intellient species, we also need a good story or we get bored and change the channel.
Some people don’t like the direction in which the show seems to be going, a kind of ‘dumbing down’ of the work.
This may not be true at all but everyones entitled to voice their concerns.
It will be a mistake to lose LDP, unless the eye candy can carry a script. No insult intended.
As always we wait.
Danybrean | March 21 @ 7:24 pmIdk, hopefully we’ll see the return of the Nox and the Asguard. There’s nothing that says the Asguard had other lost tribes, and the Nox we saw in the Milky Way was a colony of Nox from another galaxy.
wingsabre | March 21 @ 7:42 pmHaha, I am vaguely surprised by the audacity of the SG producers in thinking they can make BSG 2. Putting aside the questionability of whether they can pull it off or not, the balls it takes to do that just when BSG has ended must be enormous.
AutumnDream | March 21 @ 8:34 pmIt’s occured to me that the people who can’t see the cast photo may have an older graphics card or pc.
Just a thought!.
Wingsabre -(cool name) I also think the Asgard in particular, were a brilliant concept. But since they can’t reproduce in the biblical sense and were a dying race, it’s unlikely they’ll return.
I reckon they will develope a whole new concept of alien, that’s if they are not spending too much time consentrating on the humans all the time.
Danybrean | March 21 @ 8:58 pm