I enjoyed Stargate so far, SG1, the direct-to-DVD movies, Atlantis etc. So I had high hopes for Universe. Now that the thing is running for a rather long time already, I can say: It’s .. well .. it’s not really what I expected. :-P First of all, what’s going on with all that “Beverly Hills 90210″ inside the SciFi framework? Jeez, if I wanna watch a soap opera, I do so by watching an actual soap opera, not a supposed SciFi series. Plot writers, don’t get me wrong, I understand that this is what humans do, but heck, does it have to be 30% of the whole storyline – of a _SciFi_ series? Then, the whole alpha dog stuff between the scientist and the military guy. Well thank god this is over now, it was getting very annoying.
Well, all in all, I keep watching it, because I still hope the story goes a bit more interesting and the last two episodes were actually quite good. Besides the fact that the poor guy’s girlfriend got killed. Of course, the nerd’s girlfriend got killed eh? It seems that the series is really just about whom’s girl-/boyfriend gets killed, injured or possessed by alien’s meddling with their minds. :P Well at least that adds some sort of irony. :-P
Anyhow, we’ll see. I kinda miss SG Atlantis, it was at least a bit more witty from time to time.