ScifiWire recently posted a new trailer for Stargate: Universe, the latest spin-off from the Stargate Franchise. Although the original movie (Stargate starring James Spader and Kurt Russel, circa 1994) was pretty, well, lets just say awful, the tv shows have become one of my regular science fiction indulgences. I watched SG-1 religiously, and caught up on Atlantis as soon as the DVDs hit the library (If I get the Sci-Fi Channel, I will never leave my house or get anything done), and now with the passing of Atlantis, a new series gives me hope.
While I’m sad to see Atlantis go, I think this move should help Universe hit the ground running. Past series in franchises like Star Trek and Buffy the Vampire Slayer have suffered when their creators had too many irons in the fire.While I haven’t seen the fifth and final season of Atlantis, I hope this prevents it from suffering the same fate of SG-1, in the 6th through 10th seasons, in which they tried to revitalize the show by changing all the bad guys and some of the main characters
SG: Universe looks dark and gritty from the trailers, like Battlestar Galactica, but I’m betting they’re just trying to capitalize on the void left by BSG. To me the concept is Stargate meets Star Trek: Voyager, which makes me happy as a clam. I’ll be watching this as soon as possible. For more SGU goodness, chech out this SciFiWire article.
And for your current viewing pleasure, here’s the first official trailer for the show:
