EW Previews the Sci-Fi Movies at Comic Con ‘09 with New Images

Entertainment Weekly is previewing a number of sci-fi movies (and one TV show, the SyFy Channel’s Stargate: Universe) that will be holding panels and making splashes at this year’s Comic Con, and have included new images from the movies/show in their preview. They include Shane Acker’s “9″, “Pandorum” with Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster, and Stargate: Universe. In the article, they quote Universe producer Robert Cooper as saying this about the new show:

The creators of this latest Stargate series, SGU, gave themselves one clear directive: ”Completely rethink everything,” says exec producer Cooper. Out are the ”rubber-faced, alien, English-speaking bad guys”; in is a darker, sexier, more character-driven story about a group of civilians, scientists, and military personnel stranded via a Stargate on an ancient alien spaceship.

Great. “Darker, sexier, more character-driven story”. Why don’t they just come out and say, “We’re trying to ride the coattails of Battlestar Galactica.” Sheesh. The more I see and hear about this show, the more I realize I might not like it. And me not liking a Stargate show is, well, it’s gonna be a first, I’ll tell you that.