What will SGU's writers/producers rip-off next?

[Overmind One]

Good points.

As a middle-aged fucker, I want to say that I resemble that remark.

MOST of us here do, man! But we are the science fiction audience and our numbers are no laughing matter.

SGU has borrowed some of the superficial elements of recent successful genre and non-genre shows. However, this borrowing makes SGU appear to be derivative. When one sees dark lighting, one immediately thinks of the re-imagined BSG, not SGU. When one sees two characters mindlessly having sex, one thinks of 90210, not SGU. When one sees characters in a spacecraft that is very far from earth, one thinks of ST: Voyager, not SGU. When one sees the ancient spacesuits on SGU, one thinks of the evil Asgard on SGA, not the dearly departed Alterans on SGU.

None of these elements have been exploited to a degree such that they have become associated, not with the original show, but with SGU.

Exactly. This show has borrowed stuff from many shows, but they forgot to puree it and make those parts more subtle. They left it in chunks and we can still see all the identifiable parts, right down to the characters...knockoffs of more popular actors, except Carlyle. I dont know what they were trying to do and I dont think they knew either :icon_e_wink:.

 

[tetrion]

Aww, We got a stray troll! Can we keep him?

By the looks of Josh's posts, we've got a troll... Maybe we should introduce him to Calibos and stick 'em in a cage for our enjoyment...

 

[Overmind One]

Thats the thing with pro SGU trolls.

By the looks of Josh's posts, we've got a troll... Maybe we should introduce him to Calibos and stick 'em in a cage for our enjoyment...

Pro SGU trolls squee "just because". They dont have ratings they can flaunt, their show is in trouble, and we called it long before it happened. Gateworld censors pro-Stargate/anti-SGU fans, but we dont censor pro-SGU fanbois/fangurls because we dont have to. They get frustrated and run out of steam and then run back to the protected sanctuary of Gateworld. :roll:

 

[stclare]

Viewing figures are from: http://www.gateworld.net/news/2010/06/sgus-season-one-ratings-report/

I have doubts that viewing figures will end this show. i think its more likely costs that will put it out of its misery. though that's a new graph to add to the collection I believe Briangate/Squall who works for syfy and is a poster on GW & SYFY forums said that 1.6 mill is what there looking for for live numbers so they did pretty badly for the 2nd half of season 1.

& welcome