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Scott Watson
14 years ago

Somehow I don’t think so.

Cheapshot
Cheapshot
14 years ago

That shakey cam BS is absolutely horrible!!!!!!! The worst idea to come to video of any kind. Why do the writers/directors feel they need to copy the lame ideas of other shows?

Sylvia
Sylvia
14 years ago

Maybe it’ll be a cross between Cloverfield and Sunnydale – Buffy the Shaky Cam Hunter in Space!

Mrja84
Mrja84
14 years ago

I like the hand-held camera approach. True, people tend to adopt techniques that get popular. But I honestly like this, like the SG1 episode Heroes.

I just wished the peopl that use it come up with a reason with why it is being used. Such as a kino or a film crew, not just absently there for no reason.

Retiredat44
retiredat44
14 years ago

months before SGU aired, I begged all not to let the powers that be make SGU anything like the miserable horrible terrable crap cloverfield garbage! Now I see that someone or some people are actually going to do just that!! Aackk Arrghh GRRRRR!

NOOOOOOOooooooooooo!!!!!!

That will only make me bummed out..

talyn2k1
talyn2k1
14 years ago

I’m not generally a fan of the hand-held camera approach, I thought it looked terrible in films like Blair Witch and Cloverfield.
However, I thought it really worked in “Time” and I don’t think I would’ve liked the episode as much if it had shown in the usual manner.
So if they are going to repeat that success, I am all for it.

Pioneering
14 years ago

: I couldn’t agree more. The shakey cam was a bad idea, is a bad idea, and will continue to be a bad idea. TPTB are copycats and also-rans. Cooper & Wright = Berman & Braga. It’s all downhill from here. Ignore the fans and you get what you deserve: failure & cancellation.

prion
prion
14 years ago

Well, I thought Cloverfield sucked big time. The camerawork is fine for a few minutes, but not an hour or two. Heh, Cloverdale is probably a blending of Cloverfield and Sunnydale (or was that vale? – the high school in Buffy). Ah, I can see it now, monsters roaming around alien high school eating students. Well, at least it would be amusing. They could air that episode on Saturday night then ;)

Daffymjb
daffymjb
14 years ago

Cloverfield’s shakey-cam BAD idea!
I like to see the detail and enjoy the show, not get dizzy watching a program filmed as if by a 4 year old…
Will not be watching this anymore!

Kosh
Kosh
14 years ago

I didn’t like Cloverfield because of the filming style. I was interested to see what a full movie shot like that would be like, and afterwards I definitely felt it was way, way too much. I don’t mind the Kino’s that much (would be great though if they were used for more exploration and less drama filming!), but I definitely don’t want to see more entire episodes based around them and shot in this manner. I’ve pretty much written off the rest of Season 1 since they’ve finished filming it before they could take in and consider the backlash such… Read more »

mrs john sheppard
mrs john sheppard
14 years ago

oh god cloverfield gave me a bad headache so did quarantine i went home dizzy.

TV Junkie
TV Junkie
14 years ago

What, because the word “Clover” is half of the episode title? I think you all are over-reacting to what is little more than conjecture.
On the other hand, at least disliking a certain cinematography technique is a little more valid than the usual “ZOMG SGU is more porn than porn!” complaint.

daxmaryrussel
daxmaryrussel
14 years ago

LMAO! That was a great title/summary.
Just bought Cloverfield (£3) and my God my brain is shaking… If I wanted to watch a shaky video like that, well get any home video made by a child or something :)

gimpy
gimpy
14 years ago

Should SGU go to a Cloverfield style of filming, I’ll find something else to watch.

After 5 minutes I’ll be to nauseated to continue.

mythos
mythos
14 years ago

No….just no.

mistergroenevingers
14 years ago

Handycam style filming as in Cloverfield sucks big time. It was simply too bad to watch. In Blair Witch it wasn’t as bad as in Cloverfield, the script seemed more suited to it, though it wasn’t particularly pleasing either. All-in-all I would say handycam-style filming is just a bad bad thing. I much prefer steady-shot filming which can be properly enjoyed on a full hd screen.

alumplus
alumplus
14 years ago

I HATE the shakey camera affect. It makes me sick to watch it. I extremely dislike Blair Witch. It was actually worse than SGU if that is possile. It really doesn’t matter because I am finished watching this ‘tired’ show with it’s WONDERFUL new effects.

SGU Online
SGU Online
13 years ago

Yey nice

The episode was great!