Stargate: Universe – Is it more BSG than SG1?

Is the new Stargate series more like ‘traditional’ Stargate:SG1 fare, or is it more like the reimagined Battlestar Galactica of Ronald Moore & David Eick?

Stargate: SG1 Stargate: Universe Battlestar Galactica (RDM)
Filmed in lovely British Columbia, Canada x x x
Limited resources needed for basic survival x x
Random destinations varying from episode to episode x x x
Travel by use of Stargate x x
Travel by use of FTL x x
Centrally based around a building or headquarters that houses a star gate x x
Based on or around a ship’s journey through space x x
An ‘ancient’ ship of busted old technology past its prime but still both functional and awesome x x
80s Cred MacGyver LDP aka “That Guy” from Young Guns Castillo from Miami Vice
Female politician type you find strangely more attractive in that position of power x x
Brilliant scientist looking out only for his own ulterior motives seems nefarious, yet his breakthroughs are necessary for everyone else’s advancement Robert Carlyle as Nicholas Rush James Callas as Gaius Baltar
Cancon Icon Amanda Tapping Louis Ferreira Donnelly Rhodes
Premiere 2hr feature length movie starring Kurt Russell 3hr mini-series style, episodes aired sequentially 3hr mini-series style, episodes aired sequentially

Where exactly do we draw the line between homage and cliché? I’m inclined to think that SGU is ably filling a gap in my science fiction diet left lacking without Battlestar. Really, if my biggest complaint about the show is that it reminds me of BSG, then they are definitely doing something right.

Stargate Universe airs Friday nights 9PM EST on Syfy in the US and 10PM EST on SPACE in Canada

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