That Which Lies In Between |  Stargate Universe Pilot

After viewing Stargate Universe first time airing, I’m giving the show a three point headups in television watching.  I am still mourning the end of Battlestar Galactica.

I like this new show.  It has an atmosphere of Battlestar Galactica, where there are doom and hope as running themes.  The characters aren’t perfect, aren’t necessarily a genius and if they are, they are surely lacking in other areas.

Dr. Rush – is a brilliant scientist with his own agenda.  He obviously, when the opportunity presents itself, will walk the edge of morality.  He makes decisions on his idea of choosing death for the greater of the common good.  The question becomes could Dr. Rush sacrifice himself for the common good.  It’s easy to point out which person lacks the skill and talents of another person.  The answer:  too soon to tell and I’m not in a hurry to find the answer.  It’s all in the character development.  It will be interesting to see Dr. Rush evolve in characterization.  Is he really this egotistical posturing, self-serving man or is there something deeper going on, that has yet to be revealed.

Eli – a nice change from Daniel and Rodney McKay.  Really, Daniel and Rodney should be compared to Dr. Rush.  So Eli, is a genius in the making.  He’s also a kid for heaven sake, whose brilliance surfaces through videoing game playing.  Which resolves to,  does he even know how he got there?  He just knows he has these mathematical abilities.  It all could be a fluke.  I think I will be liking Eli a lot with his awe-inspiring wonderment of new worlds and space travel.  Then among the try and true, staid characters of the elders, his choices will be of the younger generation.  “I don’t believe they still use a whiteboard.”  Paraphrase: Eli

Lt. Scott – Not a John Sheppard or a Colonel O’Neill.  He’s a young man learning the ropes of the military suddenly carrying serious shoulder weight of the current situation.  His youthfulness comes out when he took time out for nookie amid a devastating event, like how the people will survive with the air running out.

Overall, SGU pilot brings me back to Scifi Friday.  It shows a lot of promise.  Perhaps could fill the void left behind by the ending of Battlestar Galactica series.  For me, nothing could replace BSG.

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