Normally I don't like the time wasting with the scenes back on Earth. I think they take away from the series and are used mostly as filler. This is one of the very few episodes where it's actually interesting. The scene with Eli and his mother and her eventual visit on the destiny to see her son in person was actually good writing. However, Camille's scenes on Earth, not related to Eli, could have been completely cut out. Overall, I'd say this episode was good....but there was too much non-sense. Even Eli's scenes with his mom could have been cut down a bit. If the scenes with Eli's mom had been streamlined, it could've been one of the few examples where the communication stones were not being used as a writing crutch.
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True Sciance Fiction
xxhelterskelterxx26 October 2010
A lot of things going on in this episode, and A, B, C and D storyline to keep track of, and all handled seamlessly. Two character arcs (Eli/hismother and Sharon/Wray) merged and resolved in one, plus three ongoing grander plots being expanded featuring Chloe and what happened to her, Rush and the bridge, and Simeon and the rest of the Lucian Alliance forces. The musical montage at the end was particularly classy, featuring music from Ludovico Einaudi. There were particular stand out performances from Glynis Davies (Maryann Wallace, Eli's mother) who had some emotional scene with Eli (David Blue) and Robert Knepper, who plays Simeon. This episode seems to have signalled the start of his arc, as he realises something disturbing about the rest of the Lucian Alliance forces. All in all a great episode, with the characteristic high quality we have come to expect from Stargate Universe!
Space of our life's
LOL101LOL26 October 2010
Here I am again reviewing this days (space) of our life's sci-fi show that should and could have been a hit. I am still hanging in for it to pick up, to steer away from all the drama's, the romance, although I have been told this show was written that way to capture a particular group of viewers, but damn that leaves us real sci-fi lovers put in the cold. It still is an insult to all the previous Stargate series, I just want to see more space ships, aliens, adventures on never seen planets, but this series just seem to hang on the space of our life's theme. Sorry but to many love angles, kissing and hugging does not make for great sci-fi viewing. The first season was awful, with a few hints that it might pick up, but I was wrong, the second series has gone backwards even more. Please stop this tampon sci-fi rubbish, and give us what this show stood for for so many years.
Episodes like this get sci-fi series canceled
Mischief8105 September 2014
Do you want to know why SGU was yanked after only two seasons? It's because of low budget, boring soap opera episodes like this one.
What were Wright and Cooper trying to do with SGU--make it a Grey's Anatomy in space? How stupid.
Most avid sci-fi fans are men. When you turn a great franchise like Stargate into a prime time soap opera, you lose even your most loyal viewers, and the demographic you're trying to reach aren't going to be interested because when it comes to a knockoff of Grey's Anatomy and the real thing, women will choose the real thing every single time.
Don't get me wrong--the acting in this episode is top notch. The music is good. It's just that this is not the genre for this kind of drama.
To the creators of the next nascent sci-fi franchise, here's a clue: Your target audience is men, who want to see alien encounters, space battles, evil villains, spectacular effects and heroes saving the universe.
Episodes like this one (and others that litter season 2) tank the ratings and kill the interest of the demographic you need most. Ugh.
What were Wright and Cooper trying to do with SGU--make it a Grey's Anatomy in space? How stupid.
Most avid sci-fi fans are men. When you turn a great franchise like Stargate into a prime time soap opera, you lose even your most loyal viewers, and the demographic you're trying to reach aren't going to be interested because when it comes to a knockoff of Grey's Anatomy and the real thing, women will choose the real thing every single time.
Don't get me wrong--the acting in this episode is top notch. The music is good. It's just that this is not the genre for this kind of drama.
To the creators of the next nascent sci-fi franchise, here's a clue: Your target audience is men, who want to see alien encounters, space battles, evil villains, spectacular effects and heroes saving the universe.
Episodes like this one (and others that litter season 2) tank the ratings and kill the interest of the demographic you need most. Ugh.
Disappointed again
rds_127 October 2010
Warning: Spoilers
First of all this show is such a rip-off of BSG (sucky show btw). Now Rush also sees "ghosts" just like Baltar in BSG.
The most annoying thing of this show is the dragging out of all the little things. Everything that happened so far would have been done in approx 5 epi's if it had been SG-1.
Every time that I watch a new epi I hope things will change and the show starts to become something to look forward to. But no, every single time disappointment.
The lack of explanations is ridiculous as well. They always run into things but don't even ask the questions we want to have answered. For instance the aliens they have come across don't even have a name, not even a given name.
Wat happens this time around, well nothing much. - Rush still hasn't told that he has control of the ship. Which has been the basic goal since epi 1. - Eli goes to see his mom because she's stopped taking her meds so he tries to tell her (finally!!) that he's on the other side of a number of galaxies. Takes way to long and he isn't very convincing towards his mom. The mom ends up visiting the ship which was actually a nice thing to do, no hassle with annoying "secrecy" (earth still hasn't been told about the stargate program, people should hang for keeping such secrets). - Some Lucian guys nag about getting more freedom. Robert Knepper plays the bad guy again. Everything where he's in got kinda (extra) sucky, why do they keep casting him!? - Rush lies again, this time about Chloe and fixing her (to secretly use her). This is getting really old all the secrets and going behind peoples backs.
I really hope the writers of this show read this and change the hell out of this show. It still has some potential. But it shouldn't take to long or I'll find myself not watching anymore rater sooner than later.
The most annoying thing of this show is the dragging out of all the little things. Everything that happened so far would have been done in approx 5 epi's if it had been SG-1.
Every time that I watch a new epi I hope things will change and the show starts to become something to look forward to. But no, every single time disappointment.
The lack of explanations is ridiculous as well. They always run into things but don't even ask the questions we want to have answered. For instance the aliens they have come across don't even have a name, not even a given name.
Wat happens this time around, well nothing much. - Rush still hasn't told that he has control of the ship. Which has been the basic goal since epi 1. - Eli goes to see his mom because she's stopped taking her meds so he tries to tell her (finally!!) that he's on the other side of a number of galaxies. Takes way to long and he isn't very convincing towards his mom. The mom ends up visiting the ship which was actually a nice thing to do, no hassle with annoying "secrecy" (earth still hasn't been told about the stargate program, people should hang for keeping such secrets). - Some Lucian guys nag about getting more freedom. Robert Knepper plays the bad guy again. Everything where he's in got kinda (extra) sucky, why do they keep casting him!? - Rush lies again, this time about Chloe and fixing her (to secretly use her). This is getting really old all the secrets and going behind peoples backs.
I really hope the writers of this show read this and change the hell out of this show. It still has some potential. But it shouldn't take to long or I'll find myself not watching anymore rater sooner than later.
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