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Well, SyFy announced that the final episodes of Stargate:Universe will air starting May 7th, Monday.
I believe there are still 10 episodes to go.
Since SG-1 premiered in July 1997 we have not been without a Stargate show. Now it's 14 years later, and the shows are ending, not with a bang, but a whimper.
To me the "Glory Days" were the three season overlap of SG1 and Atlantis. Adding in Dr. Who or later Battlestar Galactica on Friday nights, it was, for me, the heyday of tv science fiction.
Despite a terrible first season SG1 quickly improved to be one of the greatest televison shows ever. Not just scifi, but of all shows.
Richard Dean Anderson was the only regular who had any kind a resume, and he carried the show on his shoulders all the way thru the glory years. Outside of Don Davis, Anderson was the only one who had even really acted before.
But, as O'neill (with two L's) he made the rest of the team look really good.
Whether Stargate:Universe could have survived its very slow start and made a long run of it, we will never know. It certainly improved the second season, but by then it was clear SyFy wanted to get rid of it. Maybe the times have changed and shows that start slowly won't ever recover. Would Seinfeld have made it in todays you must be successful immediately climate?
So, gather round your kids, tune in to Universe and tell them you used to know Stargate when it was great. And when they don't believe, stream a few episodes.
Goodbye, Stargate. It's been great.
I believe there are still 10 episodes to go.
Since SG-1 premiered in July 1997 we have not been without a Stargate show. Now it's 14 years later, and the shows are ending, not with a bang, but a whimper.
To me the "Glory Days" were the three season overlap of SG1 and Atlantis. Adding in Dr. Who or later Battlestar Galactica on Friday nights, it was, for me, the heyday of tv science fiction.
Despite a terrible first season SG1 quickly improved to be one of the greatest televison shows ever. Not just scifi, but of all shows.
Richard Dean Anderson was the only regular who had any kind a resume, and he carried the show on his shoulders all the way thru the glory years. Outside of Don Davis, Anderson was the only one who had even really acted before.
But, as O'neill (with two L's) he made the rest of the team look really good.
Whether Stargate:Universe could have survived its very slow start and made a long run of it, we will never know. It certainly improved the second season, but by then it was clear SyFy wanted to get rid of it. Maybe the times have changed and shows that start slowly won't ever recover. Would Seinfeld have made it in todays you must be successful immediately climate?
So, gather round your kids, tune in to Universe and tell them you used to know Stargate when it was great. And when they don't believe, stream a few episodes.
Goodbye, Stargate. It's been great.