I just learned that stargate universe has been canceled. This brings me both joy and sadness.
The joy comes from the fact that I moderately hate SGU, as I may have mentioned before.
To summarize quickly: SGU has NONE of the characteristics of SG1 or Atlantis which I love immensely. None of the Star gate humor, none of the great friendships and cooperation between characters, and science fiction driven stories with lots of adventure, with the exception of Eli, I pretty much disliked everyone of the SGU characters, and if I wanted to watch constant fighting I would watch one of the countless other “reality” shows.
I don’t mind change, but what was the point of calling the show Stargate when it was just a drama series in space which tried (and failed) at copying elements from Battlestar Galatica, Reality television and Lost. If it had been called “Alien ship drama”, I would not have minded it at all, I just would not have watched it, along with lots of other people, which leads me to the proposition that the only reason to append the Star Gate name to SGU was to trick people into watching a totally unrelated show.
I’m also still bitter for the fact that Stargate Atlantis was canceled, and THIS was what we got instead.. This seems to be a common phenomena of SG1/SGA fans, even to the point where Brad Wright actually blames SG-1/SGA fans for hurting SGU. I somehow doubt the blogs and forums where people have been critical of SGU was the cause of the huge and constant drop in viewers. Personally I count at least 20 science fiction shows that I LOVE.. And I only hate a single one (guess which). There are just no redeeming elements of SGU (except the mere fact that it takes place on a space ship).
The sadness comes out of sympathy, while I personally don’t like seeing the Stargate name dragged through the mud, there are (believe it or not) a lot of people that actually love SGU, however I don’t think any of the sci-fi geeks I know were particularly sad to see it go.
I do feel for all you guys who really liked it, cause like most/all sci-fi fans I know all to well how much it sucks when a show you like gets canceled. And there are after all far worse crap on TV than SGU, Sy-fy keeps airing Ghost Hunters, and Oprah even got her own channel.
In conclusion, I feel a little bad about my Schadenfreude, after all why should I care about what other people watch? I don’t really,. I”m just disappointed in that SGU for me and many others did not live up to the previous shows (or any sci-fi show for that matter), and that it reduces the average quality of the Stargate franchise.
