THIRD AND FINALLY: “Philosophical.” The second 30-second spot premiered Friday, April 3. It’s a softer, more personal look at some of the show’s characters. View all screen caps.
Lt. Matthew Scott (Brian J. Smith) is a young officer serving in Earth’s Stargate program, probably assigned to the Icarus Base. We don’t know much about Lt. Scott yet, other than the fact that he’ll be called on to lead others before he feels ready. We expect that Scott may often serve as an “away team” leader.
Master Sergeant Ronald Greer (Jamil Walker Smith) is a Marine, also probably assigned to the Icarus Base. (Other than Colonel Telford, we don’t know if any of our other team members were intended to be a part of the Destiny mission.) Greer is described as having something of a mysterious past.
Here’s a better shot of Eli Wallace, one of the civilians on board the ship.
Telford has been left behind, but is able to keep up with what is happening on the Destiny thanks to the ol’ body-swapping technology known as the Ancient long-range communications device. Though the Colonel missed the boat and got stuck back at Homeworld Security on Earth, the technology allows him to temporarily occupy the body of someone on the ship.
Now who’s in command? The Icarus Base commander and ranking military officer? The head of the ninth chevron project, who is way smarter than you? The I.O.A. rep who could get you fired … if only being cut off from Earth didn’t blunt her authority? Or the displaced consciousness of the man who was supposed to lead a team to the Destiny?
Another member of the military team is Master Sergeant Tamara Johansen (Alaina Huffman). Tamara originally wanted to be a doctor, but enlisted in the Air Force when she couldn’t afford medical school. She’s a competent field medic — and that makes her the most medically qualified on the ship.
Chloe’s final words in the teaser have served as an early theme for the new series: “We’re not supposed to be here.” Stargate Universe is about a whole lot of fish out of water, men and women from a variety of backgrounds who are thrown together, far from home, in a fight for survival. If you couldn’t return home, if you didn’t know where you were going, if you didn’t even know if you would be able to eat or breathe an hour from now … how would you act?
Stargate Universe premieres this fall on SCI FI in the U.S., Sky1 in the U.K., and SPACE in Canada! Learn more about the new show, its cast of characters, and other Season One episodes in GateWorld’s SGU Launch Center. Use the links above to watch the three teasers and to view all the screencaps in our gallery!
(Thanks to Morjana and John for contributing!)
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How much of this is guesswork?
Jedi_Master_Bra'tac | April 30 @ 4:44 pmThat is a good question… cause I would prefer it if Telford actually does make it through the gate to the Destiny. Though it would be interesting how they have him as a regular but only his consciousness is on the ship using that ancient device. I’m excited to see the premier.
1andonlyHax | April 30 @ 6:23 pmJust a little thing, the opening line, “SCI FI Channel has aired three different video teasers to date that featuring actual footage”, shouldn’t ‘featuring’ just be ‘features’?
Can’t wait to see Robert Carlyle in action. One of the main reasons in watching this show.
McL. | April 30 @ 7:46 pmgood decription about icarus. i thought i was the only one out there who understood it. WOOT daren got it!!!!
gavatarman | April 30 @ 8:50 pmlooks like Battle Star Galactica just worse
citac | May 1 @ 12:51 amnot trying to be Mr negative
Shallowly, I am waiting for the hot guys…
Sylvia | May 1 @ 1:37 amI’m so excited ;)
Seythia | May 1 @ 2:13 amLooks like a mix of ST:Voyager and BSG but I don’t expect people to come up with entirely new things. There’s simply too much there already.
This seems to be great <3
“It also may be a hint at the sort of location needed to dial a 9-chevron address. Fans are speculating that, due to power requirements, the base may be located on a moon, or perhaps a space station in near orbit of a star.” – Gateworld
I was thinking using the time-dilation devise, you could sit on the edge of a blackhole like the super gate.
aGeneral | May 1 @ 3:00 amLot’s of guesswork I’d say. I only hope Col. Telford is NOT left behind. He needs to be a 24/7 presence. Phillips & Carlyle are the reasons I’ll be watching…
SGAfanatic | May 1 @ 12:04 pmSorry still not feeling the love, just leaves me cold. So far NOTHING, I have read or seen to date has even remotely changed my initial view.
I’ll stick to my first impressions, gonna give it a miss, I think I’ll just focus on geting season 5 box set SGA to complete my collection then I’ll be happy camper.
Atlantis Rocks | May 2 @ 11:02 amRobert Carlyle is the F man. Want to see him in action very bad. :)
universacred | May 2 @ 12:35 pmI could see myself watching it only if Lou Diamond Phillips was one of the main cast, not just a recurring character – I’m a big fan of his.
And, uhm, we now get to ship senator’s children to space? Really? Ugh *head/desk* Shouldn’t this be, I don’t know, a TOP SECRET project?
All this doesn’t make me excited at all, to be honest. Actually, the more I read about it, the more I find the whole thing eye-roll inducing.
katikatnik | May 3 @ 4:08 amOH DEAR, no sorry but no, didn’t have very high hopes in the first place.
The trailers and some of the other interviews have not helped either.
BUT this OH DEAR, NO, NO NO NO!.
Just read also read Michaels Shanks interview and OH DEAR, NO!
After having read this, I think my minds now firmly made up and I will be giving this a miss. This is NOT the Stargate I have come to love over the years.
Dumbledore | May 3 @ 6:06 amNice thing this “analysis”. Here is my analysis;
Vorcha | May 3 @ 4:28 pmFirst ditch 75 % of the characters and their relationships and add people from SG1 and Atlantis, Then maybee the show will be interesting. The SGU ideea is great BUT the current characters are NOT.
I am actually liking Vorcha’s idea, cause these characters so far aren’t grabbing me or piquing my interest.
Sylvia | May 4 @ 1:29 amBut I’d LOVE to see my favorites from SGA and SG1 on the Destiny…
The idea of: Getting back to Destiny before if leaves or they’ll get trapped on the planet is kinda reminicent of what they did in Sliders.
Col.Connell | May 4 @ 1:18 pmI don’t know – seems to me that this team should run into trouble and all of SG1 and SGA would have to go to their rescue. I’d watch them. I’ll give this new crew a chance – but I’m not sure this is going to work with these choices of newbys. I miss SG1 & SGA a lot.
gatelover | May 5 @ 7:18 pmIndeed.
Gamer-X | May 5 @ 11:09 pmI’m curious how Telford managed to evade and survive the attack.
The analysis confirms itm and Connell is right: all we need is Kate Mulgrew as Kathryn Janeway, and you’ve got Slidergate: Voyager. Pretty old concept guys….
These days the last thing anyone wants to see on TV is any representation of any kind of politician, real or otherwise, and this thing has two. Robert Picardo could get away with it on Atlantis because…
1. He’s Robert Picardo.
2. Although his backstory and image on SG1 & Atlantis was a shifty bureaucrat, he’s Robert Picardo and can believably change character direction in less than a season.
3. When in doubt, refer to #1.
Forget Lou Diamond Phillips being a regular – if he’s communicating through the Ancient Com device, you’ll see someone on the Destiny change voice and appearance like a Gould and talk weird to make it seem like LDP is talking through him. But you won’t actually see him. Think Robert Patrick.
What really sucks is that they just couldn’t understand that Atlantis had a lot more life in it. The last 2 seasons were its best, and they shelved (I think) because they didn’t believe Robert Picardo could take over for Amanda Tapping. He proved even me wrong – I didn’t think he could either, but he did a hell of a job.
Normally if there wasn’t any communication with Earth, the senior military member would be of Rank – the Senator doesn’t have command authority as he’s not in the Executive branch, and therefore isn’t in the military chain of command. While the IOA may have budget authority, they also don’t have command authority over the military. Lastly, us Vets are the only ones trained for survival in hostile environments, so if they want to live, they’ll shut up and like it.
However – since they DO have coms with Earth via the Ancient device, someone will establish a command/control protocol likely based on the Atlantis Expedition, though I still can’t see a Senator or any Congressman in charge of anything. That’s why historically they’re not elected President – it’s happened only very few times in our history.
Now, the best episode in the beginning is if they leave the IOA rep AND the Senator dude and his kids stranded on some rock with a new gate. Or just the Senator and IOA dweeb = they can argue between themselves Who’s on First.
Katikatnik – it’s not unusual for family members of age of congressmen and government officials who have special clearance to be cleared to a certain level themselves for security reasons. Security Clearance is based on a Need to Know basis, so while they can have clearance, it doesn’t mean they have access or need to know for everything. It’s typical for family members to work for their fathers/mothers who are Congressmen/women also, so they could also be cleared senatorial aides accompanying him on a fact-finding mission.
aGeneral – the Supergate at the Event Horizon of a black hole (for Power requirements) doesn’t need or use a time dilation device as it only affects things within the field. Time slows naturally the closer you get to the EV anyway. I was thinking also the base might be near a black hole, but it would need some type of maneuvering device to keep it within an outer orbit so it doesn’t get sucked in. That’s why you DON’T want a TD Field – you need to be aware if you’ve crossed the EV or fail-safe point and are accelerating toward the center of the hole. Remember TD affects only what’s inside the field, not outside. You can be inside a field and a BH will still suck you in.
Personally I would’ve loved to see a new SG series based during the time period when the Ancients, Nox, Furlings, and Asgard were all allies, and how they seeded the gate systems in Pegasus and the Milky way. We know the Asgard looked much different back then, and that the Alterans were arrogant idiots even then. They could’ve had something with Janus in it, so we could see what other nifty experiments he came up with to destroy the Universe and all the Stargates by accident, time travel jumpers, how they created the Wraith, etc. The Ancients, for all their technology, advancements and longevity, were arrogant to the core, rude, condescending and just plain not fun to be around. BSG proved that human flaws are what we like to see most, and if the Ancients had anything, it was major flaws to go with all their greatness. In the end, it was their arrogance that got them killed.
Then again, who says the Destiny was launched by the Alterans in the Pegasus Galaxy or in the Galaxy where the Ori were? We could see the Destiny suddenly jump to hyperspace after putting everyone in auto-stasis, and return to its home galaxy for whatever reason where a group of Ancients haven’t ascended, have never heard of the Wraith War or the Ori.
Story concept guys…
TSD_-RAVEN- | May 7 @ 4:42 amThat last concept would be great. They definetly need to do that although I would miss the SGC! I already miss the SGC!
WildGameAngel | May 10 @ 11:52 pmOMG this thing is even worse than I thought it could be and THAT WAS ALREADY BAD!!!!!!
BACK BACK SGA
shepsgirl4ever | May 14 @ 10:51 amOnly recently found out that Sga has been stopped, just checked out the trailers WHY SO DARK? and all that stupid screaming!, these are supposed to be professional people not a bunch of silly little girlies. This is horrible the above analysis wow , cant believe this. And Robert Carlyle WTFs that all about, didn’t he do enough with ruining 28 Weeks Later let alone Stargate.When’s Atlantis coming back, this has to be a joke.
Everything has been nicked from other shows, straight from Space 1999, Sliders, Voyager, Lost in Space and Battlestar an gods knows what else.
Wheres the originality.?
Joycelm2 | May 16 @ 11:50 amNO Seriously when’s Atlantis coming back? Coz this is just plain bad!