‘We’re not supposed to be here…’
It’s the final leg of the Stargate Rewatch! For the past 15 months thousands of fans from all over the world have been enjoying every episode and movie from the Stargate franchise all over again. In November we’re dialing up the ninth chevron and stepping through to the Destiny, with Season One of Stargate Universe.
The show premiered on Syfy Channel in 2009, introducing not only a new cast of characters and a new mission but also a very different style of Stargate on television: darker (both thematically and visually), hand-held, with characters more flawed and less heroic. For some it wasn’t Stargate enough; for others, it was the first Stargate they were actually interested in watching.
We want to hear from you! If you are blogging about your Rewatch, writing new fanfic, creating artwork, or doing something else related to SGU Season One, e-mail us a brief description and a link.
Learn more about the Stargate Rewatch and how you can join us for the final weeks of the fandom community event. Here’s your intro to the first season of SGU, with links to everything related on GateWorld.
The Icarus Base’s compliment of military personnel and civilians are forced through the gate to the ship when the Lucian Alliance launch a surprise attack, and the rest, as they say, is history.
As the refugees fight to survive and hope for rescue, they struggle with still more problems: a ship they can’t control, a hostile alien race trying to seize Destiny, and what looks like an inevitable coup among their own people.
SGU Season One on GateWorld:
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Nominations, Please!
We’re now taking your nominations for the following categories for the SGU Season One Awards. Use this forum thread if you want your nominations to count. One nomination for each category per person, please. (All nominations must be from SGU Season One and Season One only!)
Those “moments” can be a single moment, a line of dialogue, a scene, or in some cases even a full episode’s storyline.
Remember: The point of the Rewatch is not just to watch everything again, but to watch it together as a fan community! So post your thoughts on your blog, on Twitter (hashtag: #SGRewatch), Facebook, or over at GateWorld Forum. Write a new piece of fanfic to go along with what you’re watching, create a new piece of art, chat it up on your podcast — whatever your creative outlet is! Be sure to post a link so we can see it and share it with other Stargate fans.
Come back in a couple of weeks to cast your ballot for this month’s SGU Awards!
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"The show premiered on Syfy Channel in 2009, introducing not only a new cast of characters and a new mission but also a very different style of Stargate on television: darker (both thematically and visually), hand-held, with characters more flawed and less heroic. For some it wasn’t Stargate enough; for others, it was the first Stargate they were actually interested in watching."
Perfect summary of SGU. It is probably my favorite Stargate show, even though I love SG-1 and Atlantis.
The reason SGU failed, well for oen part it was something different than the previous two but the biggest was there was no good opening credits. Loved the show as well as I love Sg-1 and SGA and wished it would have lasted longer but we wouldn't be doing this. But yes if it had a biggere opening sequence like SGA and SG-1 then it would have made it.
The SG-1 and SGA rewatch was fun but I'm going to have to end my participation here. I'm surprised it even got an entire season and even more surprised it got a second season. I am a long time Stargate fan so I watched both season just hoping it would get better. It didn't. The only character that was worth a damn was Eli. I didn't care what happened to anyone else. Every week I was hoping they would find a cool way to kill of Chloe.
TW- My favorite theory so far.
TW- I have to disagree with you. While I do not like the current trend of not having a credit sequence, I have never started, continued, or stopped watching a show because of the opening credit sequence. If opening credit sequences helped bring in viewers, we would not see shows getting rid of them like we do right now.
Just remember Lost's opening credits... oh well.
SGU is my favorite STARGATE!
Loved sg-1 when it was out, but always wanted more character development. SGU was the answer!
And if you didn't like that pilot episode...you just hate tv in general then
:)
Guys just wondering, wheres the nomination for best Greer moment?
Thanks for the reminder, Chris -- I'd added it to the forum thread where nominations are taking place, but forgot to come back here with the fix.
oneme, Character development was all the show was and the characters ****** (except Eli). 95% of the show was fighting between the characters or someone crying. The Stargate mythology, team work, sense of adventure and heavy sci-fi stories were what made SG-1 and SGA so good. SGU had hardly any of that.
The only part of the pilot episode that was any good was the battle above Icarus planet, the part where they recruited Eli and Eli figuring out how to dial the 9th chevron.
If you liked SGU you might like: 90210, Smallville, The Vampire Diaries, Supernatural.
Go back and watch "200" from SG-1 where they had the parody of SG-1 where they were all over-dramatic teenagers. That was what SGU was. Stargate: 90210.