Direwolf
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I'll throw my two cents into the ring and say that the second episode (Air: Part 3) really impressed the hell out of me. John Scalzi is one of my favorite authors, and he's the creative consultant on Stargate Universe, and I see his fingerprints all over this show.
I was not really a fan of the other two series, but so far this is playing directly to what I'm interested in for a sci-fi series. Almost everything is understated and character-centric, and theres no evil empire/evil aliens/evil force forcing the forces of good against the forces of evil. Not that there is anything wrong with that type of plot, but it seems to crop up in almost every sci-fi show. Instead they've laid it out as a survival plot for the time being, with the characters just having to deal with staying alive. There is no really good reason that Stargate needed a new series so soon, so I'm glad to see they're taking some serious chances and going in an entirely different direction.
I just finished the fourth episode (Darkness), and it didn't do anything to change my opinion. No crazed aliens, laser battles, or explosions. Just a lot of solid character interaction and an attempt to be realistic about the psychology of people in survival situations.
I was not really a fan of the other two series, but so far this is playing directly to what I'm interested in for a sci-fi series. Almost everything is understated and character-centric, and theres no evil empire/evil aliens/evil force forcing the forces of good against the forces of evil. Not that there is anything wrong with that type of plot, but it seems to crop up in almost every sci-fi show. Instead they've laid it out as a survival plot for the time being, with the characters just having to deal with staying alive. There is no really good reason that Stargate needed a new series so soon, so I'm glad to see they're taking some serious chances and going in an entirely different direction.
I just finished the fourth episode (Darkness), and it didn't do anything to change my opinion. No crazed aliens, laser battles, or explosions. Just a lot of solid character interaction and an attempt to be realistic about the psychology of people in survival situations.