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Carlyle played Nicholas Rush on Stargate Universe. From "Pathogen"
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This week on the GateWorld Podcast Darren and David welcome back our very own science expert, Diane Turnshek! We talked with Diane during the first season of Stargate Universe about the real-world science behind elements of the show — like F.T.L. travel and alien life forms. (Check out Episode #98.) This time around we’ll discuss topics particular to the first half of SGU‘s new, second season: Destiny‘s mental projections, the ship as an A.I., “Visitation” and the reanimation of life, Chloe’s transformation, and of course, Destiny‘s mission.
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What science fiction? It's a soap opera....
@oliver Agreed!
a soap opera in space...with aliens, stargates, and spaceships = sci-fi
@olive & jonah1956: You've obviously never seen a soap opera in your life & have no idea what you're talking about. Anti-fan rhetoric yet again.
There is no significant science in Stargate Universe! What would a soap opera need with pesky science? Those communications stones are more likely to be explained by Professor Dumbledore than they are by science. And magical shields which can withstand the corona and magnetosphere of a star, but are trashed by alien weapons fire? I am a science fiction fan and a 15-year fan of Stargate. SGU was never science fiction. Its drama wearing a spacesuit. A soap opera in space.
@Gaeth: Come on! Take SGU, take of the space, depression and leave the plotlines. What do you get? Soap Opera.
"Anti-fan"? No, anti-other-side-of-the-fanbase-split.
I mean "take out"
@ the overmine one, you just lestened to a whole podcast with a scientist, who uses SGU and other sci-fi shows in her lectures.
ohh and those "magical shields" are no diffrent from the one i n star trek that can deflect asteriods and other objects with mass. Also there is a diffrence between weapons fire and the sun cornona, destinys shields was designed to whitstand the sun corona, but weapons fire, we dont know what it is, it can be a particle beam, or any number of things. Its also obvious that that the aliens have been followed destiny a while, with could mean that their weapons are buildt/tweaked for defeating destiny.
Its not implausible for a race that invented the stargate that could build intergalatic cummunications.
Sorry i know sgu os mostly a drama, but the point im makeing its significant science in SGU and thats why its interesting, and thats why SGU wont work with out its strong sci-fi elements.
ohh i forgot, i wanted to say it was an awsome podcast and i thank Diane Turnshek for particpiating, it was very interseting to hear, yours and hers speculation about what going on with destiny.
PS you should get a edit button for the comment section, unless i have missed it.