Hi, all!

So I've started watching Stargate Universe.  So far I mostly like it, although there are a couple of characters I find most annoying.  As with Stargate Atlantis it's the scientist.  Why do they do that?

<== WyzMike ==>

LOL!

Although I don't think they'll find coffee in that thar nebula like with Vger :-)

<== WyzMike ==>

      Dude, You're a moderator --didn't you realize you were posting this in the wrong folder?

      As to the annoying scientists in the SG franchise: Rush is a whole new kind of annoying. He doesn't compare to Rodney McKay of Atlantis at all, who was annoying while always trying his best to do the right thing even in the face of his own cowardliness. Rush, on the other hand, is a villain, or close to one anyway, and right within the ranks of these people who are desperate to get home. I wouldn't even compare the two.

>>The writers don't seem to have a clear idea what story they want to tell.  Are they writing a survival story with elements of exploration?  Or are they writing a story of exploration with elements of survival?<<

      It's a little early to tell yet. We're only four installments in at the moment after all.

  Axiom's Edge: Television Review: Stargate Universe

>>Well, after Dark and Light, it's clear that Rush is Zachary Smith.  They had the possibility of making him a complex character, but by strongly insinuating that he knew the solution all along, they turned him into a mustache-twirling villain.<<

      Well, they don't trust him, and apparently he doesn't wan to be trusted on top of it, that's why he was the only one with a sourpuss in that scene. However, the charge was only barely credible at best, and the bulk of the evidence showed that Rush didn't know they would survive. He saw the flight path of the ship, and it was headed straight for the star, combined with the extreme age of the Destiny, he had every reason to believe they wouldn't survive, and even if he suspected that the ship might protect itself and its inhabitants given the prior evidence which showed that to be its method of operation, there was no reason to believe that they wouldn't blow up as a result of systems failure. Aside from which, Rush openly admitted to Eli that he was never so happy to have been flat-out wrong in his life prior to Young leveling the accusation at him.

      I don't think it's really quite as bad as you make it sound as of right now, but that's not to say that it won't get there before long. I just hope that it doesn't happen however.