Stargate Universe: Season One

mattcaruso:

After what feels like only a few weeks, the first season of the Stargate franchise’s third series is over. It’s been quite the ride since October aboard the Destiny. I started posting weekly reviews of each episode after the midseason premiere, “Space,” so I figured I’d write this retrospective to pay some honors (and maybe a few dishonors) to the first half of the season. 

From the very first shots of “Air,” I knew that Universe was going to be a whole new kind of Stargate. I’m a media production student, so allow me to get oddly specific. The music was no longer orchestral. It was ambient and percussion based, slightly more like the score of Battlestar Galactica. The title font was a sans-serif (I know, my nerd is showing) and it was much less classic than the other two shows. The camerawork was handheld… and what the hell is a “kino” and why does it look so strange!? It hasn’t been for a while, but the premiere of Universe marked the very end of Kurt Russel’s Stargate. 

Here’s my lengthy, in-depth take on Season One as a whole. I debated breaking this into several posts, but ehhh, you guys can handle it. Put your thinking caps on and click “Read More.”

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