Stargate Universe “Air” Parts I and II

Robert Carlyle as Dr. Nicholas Rush

Louis Ferreira as Col. Everett Young

Brian J. Smith as 1st Lt. Matthew Scott

Elyse Levesque as Chloe Armstrong

David Blue as Eli Wallace

Alaina Huffman as 1st Lt. Tamara Johansen

Jamil Walker Smith as Msgt. Ronald Greer

Ming-Na as Camile Wray

This Post May contain Spoilers,

you have been warned.

Stargate Universe Premiered a couple of days ago (02/10/2009) and as i am in the UK i have to wait until the 6th but i have found another way to see it. I have sat through the 2 part episode a couple of times, 1 to watch it, 2 to look at the details and the 3rd i took notes so i can write this. From this point on the could be spoilers, if you have not seen Stargate Universe of you are waiting to see it I would suggest that you leave and come back once you have seen it, but there is nothing stopping you from reading on.

SG-U Stargate Universe

The Destiny

The episode started with  a ship dropping out of FTL (Faster Than Light) and the SGU logo, we then pass over the ship, this is similar to the starting of Atlantis, then the shot changes to the interior corridors and you get a feel for how big the ship is, the camera then stops at the gate room and the gate is spinning and it then activates. After the activation of the gate Lt. Scott is throw clear from the gate.

This starting for the show is different form anything that we have seen it starts in the middle of the story which is a good way to start a show.

the way that every one and every thin came through the gate is interesting as they come through and are thrown across the gate room. once Colonel Young has com through the gate closes and we discover that hes is Injured, Badly.

Then we are looking at a game being played and it is Eli playing it, he solves the problem in the game and the game then restarts, and Eli seems to be rather annoyed by this. the day after O’Neill and Rush arrive at the door, they seem to know allot about Eli, we then find out that the game is called “Prometheus” and the problem is for the “Dakara weapon” and i like the call back to SG1 there. they beam out Eli and he is on the observation deck of the U.S.S. George Hammond and here Eli is given some information and we learn about Eli’s Mother.

Daniel Jackson

The use of Daniel for the teaching of the Stargate and all other things Related is a nice touch. the merging of the Audio of the tapes is a good feature as it is showing that there is allot of information being given and Eli is loosing concentration and becoming confused.

then we meet Chloe Armstrong in the Hammond’s Mess and she seems to know a bit about Eli as well.

Rush, Eli and scott on the observation deck

Back on to the ship and it seems that Rush had disappeared and Eli and Scott are looking for him, when they find him he is on an Observation deck and he makes a comment about the Ship,

“The design is clearly Ancient in the truest scene of the word” – Dr Rush

The Life support then fails and the title of the episode is then evident as they are running out of “Air”.

We then see something of Colonel Young’s past as he is arguing with someone, who appears to be his wife, about his reassignment, young then collapses and we see TJ looking over him and tending to him.

We are back to the Hammond and it is dropping out of HyperSpace over Icarus and then we have the Sex scene, it was a brave choice to have this in the show and it is showing that it is a very different to SG1 and Atlantis, the show could have done without it but it was important in the showing of its difference.

Senator Armstrong is introduced to the Base Military  and Rush attempts to dial the 9 Chevron Address but it dose not work, this makes Rush annoyed.

The Whiteboard

Eli makes a point about Rush using a whiteboard when there are computers everywhere on the base. I like this as when rush erases the equations from the board Eli starts saying “Save” over and over.

There seems to be a distrust of Rush as when he is trying to fix the Life support Eli comments that rush dos not know what he is doing and then Msgt. Greer aims a weapon at rush.

Colonel Samantha Cater in charge of the USS George Hammond

Cater and young think that the ships that are attacking Icarus Base are of the Lucien alliance which is another call back to SG1.

during the attack Eli makes a comment that the gate address could be a code and that the Earth Point of Origin is needed to dial, this is an idea that i had and i was pleased that i was correct about this.

The journey of the Destiny

We then see the course that the ship took and this took one of my theory’s out, i believed that the ship was sent from the original Galaxy where the Alterans and the Ori Originated but it turns out that it was from the Milky-Way and it took a course through Pegasus. this is a nice part to the plot as you discover the history of the ship and that it has traveled along way.

General Jack O'Neill

Dr Bill Lee

after jack and same have a conversation and discover that they never came back to earth Rush goes of to a secluded area of the ship and opens a case and there is a device that look’s earth made, we then find out that it is a communication terminal due to the fact that there is one on earth with a Communication stone on it and Dr Lee is sitting by it and this is who Rush uses to talk to people on earth, with the new design of the Communication terminals it means that they are able to stop the connection better that in the past.

Senator Armstrong Sacrifices himself to save everyone on the ship by sealing a section of damaged ship that can only be sealed from the damaged side. this is showing that the show is much darker that SG1 and Atlantis and this was important in showing this.

The discovery of the ship’s name towards the end of the episodes is a nice touch as it gives hope to the people that are around Rush that hear it.

Ticking Clock

at the end of the episode the gate dials a planet that Rush clams is one with what they need. the discovery of the clock is important as it means that there is a time restraint on how long that they can stay on the planet before the destiny leaves.

the episode ends on a cliffhanger where the team embark to the planet and the episode ends when rush enters the gate. I am going to have to wait for the next episode to find out what happens but i can say that the show so far is really good.

Rush Leaving for the Planet

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(Maybe we aren’t suppose to be here )