{4.5\/5} “We can’t all be Mozarts, right? Some of us are Salieris. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. I… I like Salieri.”<\/p>\n
In “Darkness” the Destiny experiences a severe loss of power — lights go out, and basically everything except life support is nonfunctional. Then the ship enters a solar system — but it’s headed straight for the sun. In “Justice” there’s a death on board the Destiny — and the gun that shot the dead man is found in Colonel Young’s quarters. In “Space” Colonel Young is using one of the communication stones — but instead of Earth he winds up on an alien ship. Soon afterwards, the aliens find the Destiny — their one-word response to Eli’s greeting is “Surrender.”<\/p>\n
Stargate Universe<\/strong> season 1 originally aired in 2009-10.<\/p>\n Universe<\/strong> is a very different Stargate<\/strong> show. The characters are on an Ancient ship they didn’t intend to board, travelling faster than light away from home with no immediate way of getting back. At first I was going to say that this is the Voyager<\/strong> of the Stargate<\/strong> universe but I quickly realized that it’s Stargate<\/strong>‘s answer to Battlestar Galactica<\/strong>. It’s a grittier show — a group of characters who don’t necessarily get along, and a dire situation.<\/p>\n The other two Stargate<\/strong> shows were very episodic, whereas in this one the ongoing story is more important. Also, the other two Stargate<\/strong> shows took a while to start producing great episodes, whereas this one was great from the beginning.<\/p>\n The characters are a mixture of military personnel and scientists. They have the ability to communicate with people back on Earth by using some Ancient communication stones — when you use them you switch bodies with the person on the other end.<\/p>\n The season ends on a cliffhanger with lots of people in jeopardy.<\/p>\n Joel Goldsmith provides great music for the show, as he did for Stargate Atlantis<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n