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Stargate Universe episode 3: Air: Review
10/10/09
This is the first real episode of Stargate Universe and I'm encouraged.
It turns out that the bickering amongst the crew does add a little more thoughtful depth to the series. I liked the military-scientist rift; where the scientist, Rush, psychoanalyzes the soldier, Greer, in order to denigrate him (a common tactic for those only able to compete with their minds, or so they think. Most really...).
Another instant depth charge is religion and SGU includes the real kind (some moderns really believe it), SG-1 and SGA having only dealt with dead or invented (for the show) myths. Pretty respectful for TV, too. The priest who took care of LT Matthew Scott was only a drunk. I think Scott wears a cross. He could turn into some kind of Catholic TV saint, doing for Catholics what Will from Will and Grace did for gays.
The story was fine for E03, even suspenseful: A little deus ex machina , but still requiring heroism from the characters.
The communication stones led to some decent melodrama. Chloe Armstrong seems to be responsible for the social-moral conscious (Daniel Jackson handled some of this area in the early years of SG-1), feminine (Dr. Keller in SGA) parts of the Destiny's psycho-atmosphere.
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I can't figure out why the military guys seem to have so much respect for that big whiner, Eli. And that whole scene where Dr. Rush was baiting Greer, the soldier released from the stockade only because they were about to be vaporized in an attack--I didn't get it. Dr. Rush otherwise seems smarter than that. And Greer didn't strike me as too smart to blow away Dr. Rush even though he's probably their best hope of getting home.I appreciate their efforts to bring a BSG feel to Stargate, but the writing isn't quite there yet. I'll keep tuning in though.
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