SGU 2x01 "Intervention" *Spoilers*

Richard Dower

Not not now!

ixoy

Folks - and I'm looking at you in particular Richard - remember the spoiler rules. You can only talk about 2x01, or previous episodes, without spoiler tags in this thread.
Do NOT talk about any later episodes, even the teasers, without clearly marked spoiler tags.
Thanks!

RolandIRL

C is for Carter

so it's presumed that if you're reading this thread, you've seen this episode and all previous episodes prior to this, and can discuss them here without spoiler tags. that right ixoy?
would that also apply to SG1 and SGA discussion in this thread cos i've only just started watching them cos of SGU.

ixoy

whiteman19 wrote: »

so it's presumed that if you're reading this thread, you've seen this episode and all previous episodes prior to this, and can discuss them here without spoiler tags. that right ixoy?

Yeah, that's right! The thread title says "Spoilers" which is a green light for discussion of everything up to this. Just not beyond that. I always try and remain spoiler free, and love just seeing what happens week by week with no idea of the future! Reckon others do too.

would that also apply to SG1 and SGA discussion in this thread cos i've only just started watching them cos of SGU.

It's a tough one. I kind of think it shouldn't - that's because episodes can reference previous story lines spanning across the shows. They're too interlinked. For example, the Lucien Alliance are an important part here and it's only fair that people can discuss their origins back from the parent series. Maybe we can try and not tie it into specific episodes? I'm open to having my mind changed on this if there's sufficient pull on it.

RolandIRL

C is for Carter

ixoy wrote: »

Yeah, that's right! The thread title says "Spoilers" which is a green light for discussion of everything up to this. Just not beyond that. I always try and remain spoiler free, and love just seeing what happens week by week with no idea of the future! Reckon others do too.

cheers for clearing that up i don't like knowing what's going to happen either. prefer the surprise of it all

ixoy wrote: »

It's a tough one. I kind of think it shouldn't - that's because episodes can reference previous story lines spanning across the shows. They're too interlinked. For example, the Lucien Alliance are an important part here and it's only fair that people can discuss their origins back from the parent series. Maybe we can try and not tie it into specific episodes? I'm open to having my mind changed on this if there's sufficient pull on it.

i suppose most people on the stargate forum have been watching it from the start. i have been reading the stargate wikia, so i'm sure i can get the background info if needs be so i won't be lost in the discussion

Overheal

C is for Carter

No Poll?

Peace

C is for Carter

Overheal wrote: »

No Poll?

Uh oh... thread fail imminent .....

helimachoptor

D is for Daniel

Cant wait for this, will probably watch the last couple of episodes tonight/tomorrow

ixoy

Overheal wrote: »

No Poll?

Poll added to stop imminent thread collapse.

Peace

C is for Carter

ixoy wrote: »

Poll added to stop imminent thread collapse.

You may even say a stable wormhole connection has been established...

Antar Bolaeisk

E is for Eli

Bah! This thread had me thinking Universe would be available to watch today when in reality it won't be airing until the 29th our time.

Boo Hiss etc.

(I'm holding you personally responsible for my bitter disapointment Richard Dower)

Conor108

Sneak peak released by SyFy (Obviously contains minor spoiler)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NgQBngHWTw

Overheal

C is for Carter

ixoy wrote: »

Poll added to stop imminent thread collapse.

Wha, Me?

RolandIRL

C is for Carter

just watched it there. very good episode. a tad predictable with the fact that everyone gets out alive. though it was dark with tj's baby dying though they kinda put a spin on it that she could still be alive on the Faith planet.
wonder will they integrate Kavos and the others into the crew or drop them off at a habitable planet?

all in all, i was happy with the conclusion. bit predictable but very good anyway

don ramo

C is for Carter

good opener, noting spectacular, kinda took me a minute or two to remember what exactly what happened (should really have watch the last 2 eps of season 1 again),

i was thinking more would possibly die, yerman was a lunatic i knew he was gonna die, cause there was no way to get out of that situation with him alive,

so now we have 4 factions on the ship we have young and rush on the earth side, and the split in the lucian alliance with the ones that stayed loyal to yerman and were kicked off the ship with him, and the ones that stayed on the ship,

it should be interesting to see who stays and who goes, id say there will deffinately be some leaving, hope that good looking one running the system for the LA stays, and probably all the ones that got kicked off the ship,

the rest will either be kicked off or will e killed in some explosion, or even be aliens,

also s trange twost on TJs baby, would be interesting to see if anything further happens later on,

i gave it a B anyway, not great, but set up a lot of storylines,

D-Generate

D is for Daniel

Nothing great about the episode to be honest. Just a standard resolution of a foothold situation that SG writers do by the numbers these days.

Was anyone else strangely happy that TJ's baby died? Adding a baby to the cast or any young character invariably ruins shows.

Overheal

C is for Carter

D-Generate wrote: »

Was anyone else strangely happy that TJ's baby died? Adding a baby to the cast or any young character invariably ruins shows.

They never planned on it, I think she found out she was pregnant shortly before filming on the first season began.

Episode felt par for the course. Oh hey, everyone's alive. And oh yeah I'm not bleeding out anymore and all the color has returned to my face after a bullet tore clean through my leg. Here I am walking and talking, "Oh that? Oh no it's fine. Nothing you have to worry about." Who is she trying to impress?

The next episode looks far, far more interesting... URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYsK2zwGHEw"]spoilers[/URL

Antar Bolaeisk

E is for Eli

Bit of a boring episode I thought and they had a song again (even if it was from the excellent Mumford and Sons)

Sarn

B is Ba'al

I actually really enjoyed it. That's probably due to withdrawal symptoms though.

I agree that it's good that they got rid of the baby. That was one dynamic the show definitely didn't need. It seems as if the people left behind have ascended or are on the road to ascending. No doubt they'll pop up again at some improbable time with her daughter having mysteriously aged. TJ seeing the nebula was also predictable, couldn't have her moping around again for a few episodes.

Time to replace Young as commander. His handling of the situation was pathetic for someone of his military rank.

They've also identified the key "Maquis" from the Lucian's who will blend in nicely with the rest of the crew. It took me a moment to recognise the new Lucian woman (from Supernatural). So how long before Scott moves in on her?

Guess someone has nanobots in their blood. Miraculous healing FTW.

FreudianSlippers

E is for Eli

D-Generate wrote: »

Nothing great about the episode to be honest. Just a standard resolution of a foothold situation that SG writers do by the numbers these days.

Was anyone else strangely happy that TJ's baby died? Adding a baby to the cast or any young character invariably ruins shows.

Totally agree with you. Was looking forward to the show's return, but I was bored and disappointed.

Few new characters (Sarn is right about the Voyager-esque storyline - in fact the whole show is basically Stargate: Voyager tbh)
Few uninteresting deaths, faux drama... hope it gets better, but I've been saying that since day one.

Roll on Caprica!

Tefral

D is for Daniel

Took me a while to figure out what was going on with Varro, i thought he was just an actor from another series or movie, but then i remembered he was also Odai Ventrell that killed Netan in SG-1 and took over the Lucian Alliance. Im wondering why they didnt continue that? He was also in that Episode with Adrian Conrad as some Russian minor character.

Episode was predicatable unfortunately... I was hoping for more action.. I cant wait to see what happens when rush finds the Bridge, hopefully things pick up then.

Random

it was all very weird. i think it was a bit sloppy how everything just got sorted all of a sudden. seems like lazy writing to me .. but we'll see, it's miles ahead of season 1 part 1 still.

Overheal

C is for Carter

It seems as if the people left behind have ascended or are on the road to ascending.

That hadn't even crossed my mind! Good call.

hightower1

Overheal wrote: »

And oh yeah I'm not bleeding out anymore and all the color has returned to my face after a bullet tore clean through my leg. Here I am walking and talking, "Oh that? Oh no it's fine. Nothing you have to worry about." Who is she trying to impress?

I'd imagine thats a lead up to her eventual transformation into what we have seen in the season 2 promo clips. Hopefully its not a one episode...oh chloe is sick... oh we cured her. Be nice to see her have to stay half or fully transformed into an alien for the whole season or at least a good few episodes.

token56

D is for Daniel

I thought it was an ok episode, just seemed all a bit of a mess and a bit disjointed but I've still got a lot of hope that its going to be a good season.

GarethWA

B is Ba'al

hightower1 wrote: »

I'd imagine thats a lead up to her eventual transformation into what we have seen in the season 2 promo clips. Hopefully its not a one episode...oh chloe is sick... oh we cured her. Be nice to see her have to stay half or fully transformed into an alien for the whole season or at least a good few episodes.

I'd reckon she'll keep it secret for a few episodes, and at the very end of each one, we'll see her looking at her leg getting worse until someone(€100 on Eli) finds out and then it'll become the main story, or at least a somewhat important factor in the episodes

alastair_doom

C is for Carter

All the cliffhanger elements were resolved a little too conveniently for my liking, especially the TJ baby story arc. Found it even worse than the SG:Atlantis cliffhanger where the control room blew up, and they all survived by ducking behind a console. This is meant to be the believable stargate franchise. Kinda pointless if its only gonna be realistic when its convenient.

If you can get past that, the rest of the ep wasn't too bad, and I did like the resolution to the foothold situation

Richard Dower

D is for Daniel

The numbers, once again...are woeful:

Stargate Universe (9pm)
- 1.175 million viewers
- 0.8/1 HH
- 0.5/1 A18-49

Richard Dower

D is for Daniel

Overheal wrote: »

They never planned on it, I think she found out she was pregnant shortly before filming on the first season began.

Episode felt par for the course. Oh hey, everyone's alive. And oh yeah I'm not bleeding out anymore and all the color has returned to my face after a bullet tore clean through my leg. Here I am walking and talking, "Oh that? Oh no it's fine. Nothing you have to worry about." Who is she trying to impress?

The next episode looks far, far more interesting... URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYsK2zwGHEw"]spoilers[/URL

I think they implied Chloe had been altered by those aliens in some way, tryna make her interesting and give her a storyline...not working lads, she's a dullard and nothing more then the ships bike :rolleyes:

Richard Dower

D is for Daniel

Sarn wrote: »

I actually really enjoyed it. That's probably due to withdrawal symptoms though.

I agree that it's good that they got rid of the baby. That was one dynamic the show definitely didn't need. It seems as if the people left behind have ascended or are on the road to ascending. No doubt they'll pop up again at some improbable time with her daughter having mysteriously aged. TJ seeing the nebula was also predictable, couldn't have her moping around again for a few episodes.

Time to replace Young as commander. His handling of the situation was pathetic for someone of his military rank.

They've also identified the key "Maquis" from the Lucian's who will blend in nicely with the rest of the crew. It took me a moment to recognise the new Lucian woman (from Supernatural). So how long before Scott moves in on her?

Guess someone has nanobots in their blood. Miraculous healing FTW.

Not long, he's banged every female on the ship...lucky bastid! :mad:

Richard Dower

D is for Daniel

I disliked they coped out on the baby TJ death....why try twist it to a happy ending?...let the little bugger die straight out. Overall the ep. was just OK, nothing great.