Comments on: Stargate Universe So Far

By: Pie Man 70

Pie Man 70 — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:06:01 +0000

It woudl be an interesting fight. Coudl probably have some good stuff for Eli, the military guy who hooked up with the senator’s daughter and the senators daughter as both of them have the potential to be caught in the middle. Eli is Rush’s protege, but has also been Young’s eyes on Rush, and of course the senator’s daughter and her bloke could cause tensions.

Of course its not a great sign that I’m still not remembering names coudl show character interest, I remember Young, Telford (mostly ), Eli, Rush and Greer.

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:21:12 +0000

Yeah, I reckon Rush returning may well be a catalyst. If nothing else I imagine Rush will be more than happy to use the simmering tensions against Young. And keep in mind, the military may be better armed, but most of the scientists are civilians, so they could potentially use the Destiny’s systems against the military to bottle them up with bulkheads and forcefields.

By: Pie Man 70

Pie Man 70 — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:10:27 +0000

Good point, effectively you could say Young may have killed spencer at some point later. I think the Civvies vs. military may blow up when (if) rush returns, although tehre was also that scene where Greer was about to lead a coup to restore Young to command. There may be more civilians, but the military folk are better armed.

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:41:17 +0000

Another interesting comment I was just reading. The crux of the case against Young is that he likely killed Spencer as Spencer was an increasingly unstable and dangerous person in the crew, so he did away with him for the benefit of everyone.

Which is pretty much exactly what Young’s now done with Rush.

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:42:00 +0000

A really simple example of the problem of body swapping was pointed out by Chloe going out and getting hammered in that club. Bet the woman she swapped with was really grateful for that hangover.

Justice for me was probably my favourite episode of the first 10, helping that in some ways it brought some of the conflicts that have been teased to a head. I still think we’re due a big Civilians/Military blow out, but they’re bubbling a lot closer to the surface now. (Interestingly, on the Gateworld podcast its suggested that since Wray was throwing open the vote to the entire crew, does that hint that there’s more civilians than military on board?)

Greer’s a really nice character, who’s been slowly built up on over these episodes. Another great moment for him was when they found the chair. While Young and Rush were arguing over it, in the background he was standing saying “Hell, if it’ll get us home, I’ll sit in the damned thing”. The “sweet potato” moment was great as well. Initially I thought he was just winding them up by pretending it tasted nice, then I realised that, nope, its just a purely practical matter for him.

By: Pie Man 70

Pie Man 70 — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:35:59 +0000

Pretty much agree with you. The implications of the body swap haven’t really been explored I actually thought that was Young’s boss, name escapes me here, Was trying to pretend he was young to get in with his wife, since Young had been inhabiting his body. Similarly, say someone bodyswaps and commits a murder?

Just ice was a good ep, really illustrated the possible tensions that not having a clear leader will create. That and teh civilians don’t like being treated in a military fasion.

Greer is fast becoming a very interesting character. Think he’s the first Major character who isn’t an officer (Walter?) and it was nice to see him being a bit more Sergenty in this ep (The aside with the sweet potato, its food, cook it eat it)