I nearly laughed myself silly when Col. Young (Justin Louis) calmly tried to explain to Gen. O'Neill that he was declining to follow orders because he had always looked up to O'Neill and his decision to always do the right thing no matter what. Young is so far from Jack it's hard to believe the character was supposed to be similar to him.
And while there was the honest moment of hilarity when Jack confessed that Carter had saved him numerous times using science he didn't understand, there was a touch of realism that does not appear in SG1 or Atlantis. Let these scientists do their job and bring you home; follow my orders because I've ordered you to. Well at least Jack still wants to always get his own way.
In Universe, we've found that, despite the characters being on the other side of the universe, a lot more action takes place on Earth. Young is busy trying to win back his wife, which he succeeds in doing, only to have the transmission device fail briefly in the middle of intercourse. And so Col. Telford (Lou Diamond Phillips), who appears to be a villain, later appears at the wife's door for who knows what illicit action. And if that's not enough, Eli (David Blue) is not only busy pining after the useless Chloe (Elyse Levesque), but is also suffering from being told he's a good friend and therefore not a love interest. If this is going to be the focus of the show, why bother sending them to the other side of the universe?
I want to see planets. New planets with more going on than just a search for water or sand. I want Rush (Robert Carlyle) to figure out how the ship works and for the heroes, while exploring Destiny, to come across neat gadgets. And I want to laugh! I want to laugh at a turn of phrase, an event or a comment that doesn't involve Eli or Jack. Where are the lines like "I'm sorry for shooting everybody" or "How do I know you are better; you referred to me as Lucy".
Stargate Universe has pulled out of the station, and it is headed somewhere at a respectable clip, but sometimes I just can't help but feel like they left too many things behind and didn't pick up enough new things is this edgier Stargateverse story. Do you feel the same way?
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