The second best episode of SGU. It's popularity and praise is well deserved; the idea of alternate people may have been done before but the idea that these are our descendents is one that grabs you in immediately. The fact that they manage to build all of this stuff, the fact that they're praising them.
But wait, there's more. Unlike Atlantis's "The Game", this is actually taken seriously. You can see that the producers were clearly intending to lay down a wide history for these people; a planet called Novus, a fight between two beliefs, technological advancements that we haven't even thought of yet and just look at how literal the title is in the racial differences. Wray meets what is essentially an asian version of her ancestor, Scott and Chloe meet what appear to be similar people and there's even a couple of descendents from the geniuses of the pack. It is just amazing how common these people are and it provides a broader statement in how common we are from ourselves; how race and society and human nature can spawn from just one group of people. It makes us think about ourselves and the scope of things.
The concept of this causes nearly every actor to step their game up. Wray has that inviting charm that makes her fun to watch, she actually feels somewhat like her "Mulan" character the way she interacts and the way she speaks. Eli manages to be both funny and serious, utilizing his wide imagination to rationalize these people that they met through past events and the Kino flashbacks? Everybody provides what is esentially an inviting family vibe that makes us care for these people, care for their lives; it's like icing on the cake. You know the first steps of how they got there and yet you want to know more... In fact the next episode provides you with more. TJ provides one of her best performances yet as she seems natural delivering the baby and almost convincing in her performance and it is in her next episode where her breakthrough would happen.
Few things bring it down like the grey area of whether or not it would be viable to take them to a planet that may or may not exist (but I did like the no man left behind mantra); it just didn't do anything to make itself seem complex and it further wore out the grey area mentality that the show had and some of the comedic dialog failed to land. I did not like to hear about SimCity and Futura and I felt like they were aiming a bit to far to capture that old SG feeling, to me their type of comedy has to come naturally and has to fit in with the environment. There is just no room for such sillyness on the Destiny. Plus they couldn't decide upon an ending, is the ending them giving the food, is the ending the attack, is the ending them stranded? Pick one.
Other than that, this episode is good, it's a fine example of SGU getting somewhere and I liked the CGI of the reveal of Novus. It was thought-provoking, it was insightful and best of all, it was entertaining. Now this is what I call progress!
But wait, there's more. Unlike Atlantis's "The Game", this is actually taken seriously. You can see that the producers were clearly intending to lay down a wide history for these people; a planet called Novus, a fight between two beliefs, technological advancements that we haven't even thought of yet and just look at how literal the title is in the racial differences. Wray meets what is essentially an asian version of her ancestor, Scott and Chloe meet what appear to be similar people and there's even a couple of descendents from the geniuses of the pack. It is just amazing how common these people are and it provides a broader statement in how common we are from ourselves; how race and society and human nature can spawn from just one group of people. It makes us think about ourselves and the scope of things.
The concept of this causes nearly every actor to step their game up. Wray has that inviting charm that makes her fun to watch, she actually feels somewhat like her "Mulan" character the way she interacts and the way she speaks. Eli manages to be both funny and serious, utilizing his wide imagination to rationalize these people that they met through past events and the Kino flashbacks? Everybody provides what is esentially an inviting family vibe that makes us care for these people, care for their lives; it's like icing on the cake. You know the first steps of how they got there and yet you want to know more... In fact the next episode provides you with more. TJ provides one of her best performances yet as she seems natural delivering the baby and almost convincing in her performance and it is in her next episode where her breakthrough would happen.
Few things bring it down like the grey area of whether or not it would be viable to take them to a planet that may or may not exist (but I did like the no man left behind mantra); it just didn't do anything to make itself seem complex and it further wore out the grey area mentality that the show had and some of the comedic dialog failed to land. I did not like to hear about SimCity and Futura and I felt like they were aiming a bit to far to capture that old SG feeling, to me their type of comedy has to come naturally and has to fit in with the environment. There is just no room for such sillyness on the Destiny. Plus they couldn't decide upon an ending, is the ending them giving the food, is the ending the attack, is the ending them stranded? Pick one.
Other than that, this episode is good, it's a fine example of SGU getting somewhere and I liked the CGI of the reveal of Novus. It was thought-provoking, it was insightful and best of all, it was entertaining. Now this is what I call progress!
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