Robert Carlyle: Stargate Universe is More Character-Driven, Less Aliens
Sci-Fi TV News, Stargate: Universe TV Series — By Nix on March 18, 2009
According to Robert Carlyle, the latest Stargate series Universe will have more character-driven drama and less alien interaction. Which, if you’re a Stargate fan, is like saying, “Yeah, we’re going to call it Stargate, but we’re not REALLY going to do a Stargate show.” Hopefully when Brad Wright and Robert Cooper convinced Carlyle to join the show, they had to lie to him, because a Stargate show without aliens is pretty damn stupid if you ask me.
But hey, don’t take my word for it, here’s what Carlyle told SciFiWire:
I think this one, while it’s retaining the features that made the other ones successful, hopefully, it’s slightly different in the respect that this is about a struggle for survival. The guys, everyone’s been transferred onto this massive spaceship, the Destiny. They think it’s actually a planet, because it’s so big. The Destiny is where the story then really takes off, and it’s how these guys survive. … Simple things like life support, air … The first three episodes are called “Air,” the struggle to breathe; “Water,” that’s another title; “Fire” is another; “Earth” is another. So there’s something quite basic about it. There’s not so much, maybe, alien interaction. It’s maybe a bit more drama this time, a bit more character-driven.
That’s like saying there’s no room for drama with the alien storylines, or that the two things are not compatible, because there were plenty of drama in both SG1 and Atlantis, and they both also had plenty of alien interaction in every episode.
Originally, I was afraid The Powers That Be were going too much in the Stargate 90210 route (i.e. younger, more selfish teens), but now I’m getting this bad feeling they’re veering more towards the Stargate Galactica route. If I start to hear the words “gritty” and “angst” being thrown around the show, I’m going to know we’re in trouble.
Oh yeah, Carlyle also talks about his two-faced character in the article. Read it and weep.
Below: “Pssst. Don’t worry, dude’s nuts. There’ll be plenty of cameos for you, buddy.”
3 Comments
It is my feeling if they get this new series wrong, quite likely in my opinion especially As the Sci Fi channel is now the Sy Fy channel we will get a reset mid season after all they have the same crew & writer on hand from the to classic SG shows. So hopefully around E10 or so once they get the viewing figures & with episodes still in production they can do a rethink other wise I doubt they will get to season 5 let alone 10.
dave
Much hassle and expense could have been avoided if they had just kept Stargate Atlantis going, preferably with Paul McGillion back as Carson Becket.
Don't forget people that they are producing Stargate Universe to make money, and they will do that by getting a bigger audience with this drama-destiny-galactica-show. And they will succede making us stargate SG-1 (and atlantis) fans keep on watching because we will never know: “maybe there will be some space battles or alien intrusion or information about the Destiny's destination” in the NEXT episode. I think I will just skip it all, keep on living, and maybe drop in if I hear about an episode WITH real stargate action.