Brian J. Smith as Matthew Scott
SciFi Wire has just published the first part of a new video interview with Stargate Universe actor Brian J. Smith! Smith plays Lt. Matthew Scott on the hit new series.
Smith hints (spoiler free) at what fans have to look forward to in the back half of SGU’s first season, which returns to Syfy Channel on Friday, April 2. “I think what you’re going to see in the last half of the season is us having to deal with a lot of outside threats — external people who are trying to harm us, [and] to harm the ship,” he said. “There are some continued divisions within the ship. We also are going to come across some incredibly powerful natural forces.
“This last half is about taking what we’ve established and then really messing with it.”
The season finale in particular is sure to disturb viewers, according to the actor. “We’re going to leave you with the last episode that … when I read it, I got upset,” he said. “There is something that happens in that last episode that is so upsetting, so cruel, and so wrong that just thinking about it gives me goosebumps.”
“It’s actually a blessing that we have such an opinionated and passionate and devoted following of people,” the actor said. “It’s been a really fantastic year getting in touch with the fans, and getting some live feedback from people — trying to see, ‘OK, maybe some people like this aspect of the show and they didn’t care for this aspect.’ It’s all information; it’s all good to hear.”
Watch the full video below, courtesy of SciFi Wire. And stick with GateWorld for continuing coverage of Stargate Universe as we prepare for the show’s return in just over two weeks!
(Thanks to Morjana for the tip!)
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Kind of wish he hadn't revealed that about the finale, would have been much better as a surprise.
this info is just a bomb waiting to go off.
usually I'm a spoiler @$$, but after reading the responses of you 2, I'm not reading this article. No doubt the finale is cool and after spoiling myself with stargate for years and years, starting today, I'm not reading the spoiler, nope, I'm just gonna go back to the forum's stargate tech and continue learning about bosons and gauges. Yup, I am not going to read/watch the spoiler---maybe just a peek.......
“There is something that happens in that last episode that is so upsetting, so cruel, and so wrong that just thinking about it gives me goosebumps.”
A major character death. I bet that is what is shocking in the season 1 finale. If it turns out that I am right, I hope that the 'Daniel Jackson Manuever' will kick in somehow.
"Daniel Jackson Maneuver"
Meaning: 'When a major character dies in the Stargate franchise but is always brought back somehow, either by alien intervention or mystical interpretation'.
“There is something that happens in that last episode that is so upsetting, so cruel, and so wrong that just thinking about it gives me goosebumps.”
I know what happens, in the very last minute a big "To be continued" appears on the screen. It's upsetting, so cruel, and so wrong...
The heating is going to go out and the crew are going to burn a bag of kittens for warmth. However we then find out one of those kittens was only days from retirement, and Telford and Young were having an affair with the tabby.
As for me, I've decided to give these people the benefit of the doubt. I won't mind a slow start if the second half provides a lot of payoff. So, I'm going to wait and see with a hopeful attitude. Anybody with me?
"[Stargate Universe] is so upsetting, so cruel, and so wrong that just thinking about it gives me goosebumps.”
Haha, just kidding of course (sort of).
I agree it'll be a "major" character death. But really, who do we care enough about to feel a sense of loss for??
Wasn't there a scene in one of the new trailers where someone was underwater drowning? I think it was the girl who never stops crying? Or possibly the IOA lesbian? Anyway, maybe that's the big upsetting thing, since drowning is not a nice way to go - although kind of similar to the guy in Ep1 suffocating... thanks to shields that leak oxygen...but that can keep out all the radiation from the sun while skimming it... but I digress.. O_o
Right behind you Pioneering!
poor kittens :(