Stargate Universe - SGU: Season 1.5 [Blu-ray]

This show started out great and it just keeps getting better and better. Robert Carlyle is stand-out in the episode "Human" providing arguably the best acting television has ever seen. More planets feature in this half of the scene, which is a much-needed change for both viewers and characters as the ship can be depressingly claustrophobic after a while.I am slightly concerned about some of the plot holes that are starting to arise in the more action-centric episodes, such as "Space," "Sabotage" and "Incursion," which is in stark contrast to the first half of the season, which other than Greer's magical flamethrower, I couldn't find anything logically wrong with. However, the show is definitely exceeding the quality it already matched for itself in in the 2009/2010 season. Now, onto the episodes:Space - Very exciting episode that kicks off a new arc. The visual effects on the aliens are stunning - which makes sense after I found out that they were done by the same people who did District 9, which also had photo realistic VFX done on the cheap. Slight logical concerns in this episode, however - why did Dunning not do anything to help Chloe being abducted when he was in the same hallway as it happened? Why did they not take him too? How did Rush and Chloe get off the ship so easily? 4/5Divided - Very dark, tense, thrilling episode that is both stand-alone and a sequel to Space. Paul Mullie never ceases to amaze me with his writing. I love the scene at the beginning where Col. Young accuses Dr. Rush of keeping a communication stone for himself for his own purposes. Dr. Rush's response? "Oh well." 5/5Faith - An outstanding episode providing lots of soft, touching moments and some humor. Stand-out is the seconds-long shot during the montage on the planet showing the team playing soccer with eachother to pass the time. Dances around religious discussions without being in-your-face or taking to one viewpoint. 6/5Human - Overwhelmingly good acting in this episode by Robert Carlyle and Louise Lombard. The plot leaves a bit to be desired, and the acting can't make up for it entirely. The "46" thing in Rush's story is a little too easy, and Greer emptying half a magazine into a spider and bringing the catacomb down was way too stupid for me, bordering on plot hole. If the acting wasn't so good, I would give this a 3. 4/5Lost - Great episode. It's nice to have some classic Stargate thrown in here every once in a while. Greer's flashbacks were enlightening, but didn't completely explain why he's so messed up. Hopefully we'll get more Greer flashbacks in the future, that might even connect with Young and Telford's past. 5/5Sabotage - This episode was bad. In the first draft of the script for this episode, Rush had sex with Amanda Perry while she's in Wray's body, but the writers apparently pussied out. And add onto that Scott, Chloe and Eli strolling through the gate Atlantis-style... bad. So bad. 2/5Pain - For someone who's seen SG-1 and Atlantis twice, I didn't enjoy this episode too much, plot-wise, as it's just a rehash of the classic "characters experience hallucinations/nightmares because of an alien virus" episode. The acting is beyond amazing, however, especially from Volker, James and Scott. Volker's claustrophobic scenes are somewhat haunting. 4/5Subversion - My favorite this season, after time. It feels like an SG-1 crossover, with an edge. Guest starring Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks and the gorgeous Rhona Mitra (Doomsday, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans) as Kiva, commander of the Lucian Alliance. Science fiction thriller at its best. 10/5Incursion - Action packed, dark and grim - just the way I like it. This two part finale features the Lucian Alliance boarding Destiny that starts off with a frantic shoot-out that I must say was the most intense thing I've ever seen on television. I was holding my breath the whole time because of the 18 episodes of character development that came before it. I was terrified that a character I liked was going to die. And that's why this show rocks. However, prepare yourself for a nasty cliffhanger at the end that you'll have to wait til season two to have concluded. 5/5

The story is is OK, I don't like it as much as previous Stargate series. Sadly it wasn't clear in the text, this is only the second half of the season. Make sure you get the full season.

1.5 is the second half of the first season. I really hate how they've started doing that but in any case, everything about season one part one continues here (I guess see my review for 1.0 for full details of my opinion on that). As there, Stargate Universe split the fan base right down the middle into people who loved Stargate so hated Universe because it was too much like Battlestar Galactica, and people who hated Universe because it was too much like Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis. Having said that, there were leftovers in the middle and we loved this show. The balance of Stargate tech and complete, complex realistic characters who interact like real people, screw up, try to do right, are self-serving or just misguided was catnip. And the spectacular performances were the best part. (The totally cool ship was nice too.) Yes, the premise sounds like Star Trek Voyager, but the show itself was nothing like that. Try part one and if you like it, you'll want to see the rest. If you don't like it, don't bother with this half. It's pretty consistent all the way through.One caveat: they're big on cliffhanger endings, especially over the season break so if you find yourself hooked on season one, try to have season two lined up before you watch the finale. PS Season 2 is not currently available on Blu-ray.As for the Blu-ray set itself, it does include all the very many extras the DVD sets have and a few more. There are cast interviews, commentaries on every single show, specials and the entire collection of Kino Diaries that were on the net during the show's run are here.

40$ for 20 episodes @ 40+ minutes is a bargain. Movies @ 90 minutes sell for 15-20$! It's amazing how people are not willing to pay for quality product. Tv is littered with cheap and poor quality productions, so is the cinema. When you can get a full season of fantastic tv for 40 dollars that is a bargain indeed. Remember that season 1.5 comes with a cardboard housing so that you can keep both sets 1.0 and 1.5 as a season pack.This is a fantastic show. I for one thought the franchise had met it's demise with the halfbaked straight to dvd movies. But these guys are back with Tv magic. It is truly sad that "fans" are willing to degrade the show by giving it 1 star reviews because you don't like the price.Sure, it resembles Battlestar too much, but that is what the syfy channel ordered. If it weren't dark and broody with a nonstable camera it wouldn't be on tv. It's worth it however, in order to be back exploring the universe through the stargates. How happy were I when they started exploring planets again, I honestly feared they would be stuck on that ship 24/7. The stones are a great way of bringing the crew back to earth eventhough they are on the other side of the galaxy.All in all I am positively surprised, could do with less of a wandering camera, but hey, it's Stargate damnit, I'm a 15 year veteran and I'll enjoy for a few more years hopefully.Can't wait for season 2.0 Stargate Universe SG-U: 1.5Stargate Universe SG-U: 1.0

Love the series intact and plays

The season had too many flashbacks into the lives of the actors before entering Dynasty. It was boring at times. Season 2 finally got into the adventure of the series

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I am actually a bigger fan of SGU then I was of SG1 or SGA. As much as I liked the other series I like this more character driven series with a darker overshadow. There are a few Canadian actresses in this series I was a fan of from before who I am enjoying them in this series very much as they have awesome characters. These would be Elyse Levesque, Alaina Huffman (who is awesome in Smallville also) and Julia Benson (aka Julia Anderson) who's character needs way more screen time :-)

really good