Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
Stargate Universe actually increased its viewership for Air, Part 3 this week. (Sorry, Dollhouse.) And they scored the biggest gains among the coveted target markets between 18 and 45. Apparently a ratings increase is quite rare. Hopefully it can be sustained.
It may have been helped along by the return of Sanctuary. SG1 alum Amanda Tapping’s show also saw a huge increase in ratings.
Ugh. Let’s hope SyFy doesn’t think this is because of their name change.
The part of SGU that people universally wanted more of has arrived. The official site has Dr. Jackson‘s Stargate Tutorial on their site.
Okay, not the many hours of Stargate theory promised, but still funny.
And speaking of Stargate alum, Amanda Tapping has now been sufficiently harassed by her Stargate and Sanctuary families to get on Twitter.
Also, in anticipation of Friday’s episode, GateWorld talks to David Blue (Eli).
Any excuse for a gallery, and this time io9’s is concept art that reimagines the greatest space epics. The Star Wars offerings are the best of the bunch, naturally.
The Doctor gets spiffed up for new season. As if Flopsy McEmohair wasn’t enough of a change, the BBC has unveiled a new logo/branding for Doctor Who. It’s a tad sophomore-year design project, but I kinda dig it.
Second verse, same as the first. Dollhouse is in trouble! How novel! The campaign is thataway.
Ride into Westeros. Horse-riding extras are needed in Northern Ireland for HBO’s A Game of Thrones later this month.
Stargate Universe had a lot of folks intrigued, apparently. They beat Dollhouse (poor Dollhouse) with 2.3 million viewers in the US. In Canada, they set a record for the highest episode ever on Space. And its UK premiere last night was the highest rated show in its timeslot for the night.
Now they just have to keep this going. (I was pleased, but reactions around the web do include a fair percentage of folks who weren’t.)
Yesterday was SyFy Press Day in Vancouver. Expect all sorts of articles to be cropping up in the next few days and weeks about Stargate and the other SyFy shows (Sanctuary, Caprica).
Yes. Things are getting a bit hyped for Stargate Universe, but those of you who dismiss Stargate as a franchise might want to try this one out. It’s getting some good reviews by non-Stargate fans:
Just a few of the many positive reviews out there. And, quite honestly, I’m not seeing much in the way of negative reviews. So folks might want to give it a shot.
Plus, John Scalzi is a creative consultant. Can this be a bad thing?
Well, the deluge of SGU coverage continues. Let’s just list out the non-spoilery stuff, shall we?
SGU kicks off on Friday, October 2nd in the US and Canada. (October 6th in the UK.) Thanks to Wraithfodder for gathering most of this!
Okay, so you’ll just have to live with me hyping Stargate Universe, this week. Did I mention it premieres on October 2nd? (That’s this Friday.)
Great interview with Brian J. Smith about his character Lt. Scott. I think he and David Blue will be fighting it out for favorite character on this show. (They very kindly put slightly spoilery stuff under a picture.)
And they link to the adorable picture of Brian’s temporary dog in combat boots.
It’s finally here! Stargate Universe finally premieres this Friday in the US and Canada. The UK gets it October 6th. (Cruel.) Given the loads of good reviews it’s getting, I suspect that even those Stargate fans who are still annoyed about how it all went down will want to check it out.
Here’s a particularly enlightening, yet non-spoilery review from ChicagoNow. (Do you know how hard it is to find a non-spoilery one?) He’s so excited about it, he’s dedicating his whole week to it!
The cast and crew got to watch it on the big screen on Saturday. They’re pretty psyched about it, too.
So is SyFy who is actually promoting it with videos. And it looks like they’re spelling the character names correctly, as well. Could this be a new era for SyFy and Stargate?
Can we get any more excited?!
Other than Neal Patrick Harris as host, there wasn’t much for genre fans at the Emmys last night – though Dr. Horrible did break in briefly. (I was underwhelmed.) But, good news for fans of a certain tiny psychopath – Michael Emerson took home Best Supporting Actor in a Drama for his turn on Lost.
On a refreshing note, I find this bit to be funnier the second time around. Go fig.