Stargate Universe

New ground for the Stargate team as they concentrate less on the stargate and more on another physical object, in this case an ancient alien spaceship called Destiny. Trapped their after a relatively unimportant attack (in the grand scene of things) required a quick escape through a stargate, the crew are millions of light years away from Earth and are unable to get home. With the crew made up of a variety of Air Force personell, members of the public, scientists and nobodies, the biggest task is surviving rather than finding their way home. The plot seems very familiar to that of Star Trek Voyager and in fairness is pretty much a clone ...  Read the complete review

Stargate Universe is the latest spin off in the Stargate franchise and comes with an impressive cast including Robert Carlyle, Lou Diamond-Philips, and Ming-Na. The premise a group of scientists, diplomats and military staff based on a distant planet, are investigating the mysterious 9th chevron. When the base comes under attack, a wormhole is opened to an unknown destination, and the team are forced through the gate in order to survive. They reappear on an Ancient ship in a distant galaxy unable to return home. With limited resources they are forced to survive as best they can. The first episode aired in the UK on Sky1 on Tuesday 6th September as ...  Read the complete review

Oh me, oh my. How excellent! A franchise that is continuing to grow and is adapting but remaining awesome. I've been waiting for some time for this to come out now and it's not a dissapointment - it's not met my expectations. It's completely different and it's good, how awesome is that? You sit and wait, chat on forums and chat rooms and tie something down to what you think it should be and then it's nothing like that; it's better. That is the hallmark of a successful franchise. However, having said that - we're all only 6 episodes into the first season, it may change and swing round radically but all signs point to awesome. Dr ...  Read the complete review

MGM are certainly getting their money's worth out of the Stargate franchise, with 3 Stargate movies, SG1 and Atlantis, an Atlantis movie in production, Stargate Infinity, talks on a new SG1 project (possible 4th movie) and now Stargate Universe. == What's this one about == In a nutshell Stargate Universe follows the lives of a rag tag team who, because of an attack from the Lucian Alliance, have ended up on an ancient ship (The Destiny) which is travelling across the universe on a preset course. The unmanned ship set off thousands of years earlier, so the life support system and other systems are past their best. Luckily the ship has ...  Read the complete review