Stargate Universe was a tricky venture, but a risk I'm glad I got to see for as long as it lasted. The show drew heavy criticism from many franchise fans almost immediately, and never quite got the attention it needed, but it was an entertaining ride. The second, and final, season found our crew battling for control of Destiny, continuing efforts to get home, and running into several time … [Read more...]
Stargate Universe is a bizarrely controversial show, and if you need proof, just take a look at my initial review of the show. Somewhere in the realm of "mildly positive, but hopeful," the review doesn't exactly oversell the show, but there are few comments that aren't from "Stargate Purisits" taking shots at the changes in format and tone. Not that there aren't plenty of reasons to avoid the … [Read more...]
The season three premiere of Sanctuary is tonight, October 15th, at 10pm on SyFy, and to kick things off I have a great giveaway for you. In order to combine the excitement with the recent return of Stargate Universe, we have some crossover to the giveaway. Check out some info on the new season, then we'll get to the prizes. The season three opener of Sanctuary finds the team desperately … [Read more...]
Stargate Universe looks to be trying to balance a lot of things, and while the series reinvention seems to be the science-fiction hopeful of the season, I'm not sure how all that balancing is going to work out. For now, it isn't working so well, but there is certainly enough potential to look past the stumbles of the first episodes. Once the general theory stabilizes and gets past the … [Read more...]
I've run into too much stuff to talk about again, and I've decided to turn it over to others once again. I've also decided to take a spin at making this the weekly round up and mash it together with the lesser known DVDs I've been trying to feature here under the ScreenIt? title. Thus, each Wednesday I'll put together a lot of links, and hopefully there will be some cool DVDs to feature … [Read more...]
