Tag: Stargate Universe
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Review: Incursion Part II
Not big on action, just a crew-in-peril It’s something of a tradition that season finales have to be big on action, dramatic and leave every character in imminent peril of dying. Incursion Part 2 does achieve two of three of these: it’s dramatic and it leaves the fate of its…
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Review: Incursion Part I
Just enough intriguing questions Incursion Part 1 is the meat in the finale sandwich between the very good Subversion and the yet to be seen, and imaginatively entitled, Incursion Part 2. Like all middle sections, it risks being boring and nothing more than a continuation of the set-up to the…
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Review: Subversion
End of season begins on a high note The beginning of the end of SGU’s inaugural season starts with Subversion, and it has to be said it starts on a high note. It’s dramatic, packed with revelations, action and character moments. It makes the most of Stargate mythology, helped by…
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Review: Pain
Tense and well-executed if lacking in originality What Pain lacks in originality, it more than makes up in tension as suppressed emotions bubble to the surface under the guise of an alien tick infection. The actors put in great performances, the direction is sharp and the tension fantastically taut with…
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Review: Sabotage
Off-screen controversy leads to lack of drama Considered one of the most controversial episodes before its airing, Sabotage ultimately ends up not pushing the envelope enough, allowing one of the arcs to end in something of an anti-climax and another to really pay-off in a way that leaves jaws dropped…
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Review: Lost
Goop. Enjoyable goop but goop nevertheless. Not for the first time, I come away from Stargate Universe having enjoyed the episode but wondering what the heck actually happened. Did anything happen? In fact, a lot happened in Lost as it showcases the attempt to rescue Team SGU left behind at…
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Review: Human
Best of old and new Stargate Human is a fascinating mix of old school Stargate mixed with the new. On one hand it delivers the standard format of going through the Stargate and getting into trouble, and yet on the other a compelling character study as the story delves into…
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Review: Faith
Beautifully paced, balanced and judged After the excitement of space aliens and onboard stand-offs between the military and civilian characters, Faith provides something of a breather for Destiny’s embattled crew, and for SGU’s own audience. Yet somehow Faith manages the impossible and makes a slow episode intriguing thanks to a…
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Review: Divided
Entertaining and enthralling Tense and dramatic, Divided is my second favorite episode of the season so far. It delivers on every front from the tightly woven plot to the incredible acting to the great special effects to the musical underscore as the power-play arc reaches a stunning climax and the…
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Review: Space
Slow as treacle Space, the final frontier: these are the…ah, right; wrong franchise. Still, the latest episode of SGU definitely showcases funky new life as the Destiny crew stumble across an alien life-form, and boldly goes where, well, pretty much every other sci-fi show has gone before in terms of…
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