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    Image of omnibus_spiritus omnibus_spiritus
    08:57 AM

    In reply to Syfy Doesn't Think SGU Makes Good Christmas Viewing After All
    SGU Christmas special:

    Christmas

    1. Scott discovers that they do not have enough tinsel to decorate the tree.
    2. Chloe cries about how she will miss her mother this holiday season.
    3. Scott use Stargate to go down to a tinsel planet.
    4. Meanwhile Lou Diamond Philips (pretending he is Young using the comm stones) drops by Mrs. Young's house for some mistletoe fun.
    5. Tinsel is actually alien life form that puts a strangle hold on Scott.
    6. Chloe cries because Scott might die. Eli comforts her.
    7. Santa Claus appears, loads up Scott and flies through Stargate just as it is about to close.
    8. Chloe stands up overjoyed, kneeing Eli in the groin when she sees all the hoiday miracles.
    9. Destiny goes to light speed.
    10. Eli says "God bless us everyone", to much laughter.
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    Darklighter promoted this comment omnibus_spiritus was starred omnibus_spiritus was unstarred
    Image of Dunny0 Dunny0
    09:10 AM

    @omnibus_spiritus: You forgot to include Rush being grumpy and against the idea of celebrating Christmas, and Eli making some semi-oblique yet still mainstream SciFi reference.

    Otherwise, perfection!
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    Image of Mike Caprio Mike Caprio
    09:19 AM

    @Dunny0: Actually the epilogue is a scene of Rush preparing to vivisect Rudolph.
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    RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch! promoted this comment Mike Caprio was starred Mike Caprio was unstarred
    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch! RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch!
    09:30 AM

    @Dunny0: Rush would be such a Grinch. I'm sure his heart will grow 3 sizes larger at some point (possibly due to an alien hemotoxin of some kind).

    Actually, considering his Scottish-ness Scrooge might be a better comparison.
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    Image of Dunny0 Dunny0
    09:56 AM

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch!: I can almost hear Rush saying "Humbug".
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    Image of loudlyquiet loudlyquiet
    08:50 AM

    In reply to Syfy Doesn't Think SGU Makes Good Christmas Viewing After All
    I love marathons. There is no holiday that isn't made better with some kind of marathon. Movies are not marathons. (Well some series of movies, but then the most you can really get is a like 6 hours in most cases...though the local cheap theather just had a 12 hour day of LOTR...) I intend to finally sit down and watch The Sarah Conner Chronicles as my holiday marathon.
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    Chuck promoted this comment loudlyquiet was starred loudlyquiet was unstarred
    Image of Chuck Chuck
    09:26 AM

    @loudlyquiet: I'm working through the Venture Brothers as my holiday marathon...
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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    08:47 AM

    In reply to Syfy Doesn't Think SGU Makes Good Christmas Viewing After All
    ... Er, I appear to have missed a couple of memos, *shuffles through papers*, 'bulkhead sex' is like, officially 'a thing' now, is it?

    ... and 'Serenity' is an 'old movie'?

    Jeez, that was quick, I'm starting to feel like Sol Roth ... pass me a Soylent cracker and some strawberry jam, and book me a place at the 'clinic' :)
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    08:40 AM

    In reply to Syfy Doesn't Think SGU Makes Good Christmas Viewing After All
    As adorable as that picture is, it gives the impression that SGU is a bunch of high schoolers playing laser tag.
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch! RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch!
    08:59 AM

    @LittleDragon: Makes me think of this.

    It never gets old . . .
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    09:09 AM

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch!: lol. That entire episode was great. lol I can't even pick a great line because they are all great.
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    Edited by LittleDragon at 12/22/09 9:11 AM LittleDragon was starred LittleDragon was unstarred
    Image of ThirzaLepidus ThirzaLepidus
    09:14 AM

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch!: How bad is it that the current SG series was parodied by the original SG series some 5+ years before the current one aired?

    I really need to get SG-1 & SGA on dvd so I can marathon through them at a whim... (Hulu not an option for a slow/capped connection like mine)
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    RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch! promoted this comment ThirzaLepidus was starred ThirzaLepidus was unstarred
    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch! RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch!
    09:21 AM

    @ThirzaLepidus: My significant other (a master at internet shopping) found me all 10 seasons of SG-1 for $100, somewhere on the internet. I wish I could be more helpful, but we're currently in different provinces - it's out there though, somewhere.
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch! RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch!
    09:24 AM

    @LittleDragon: I'm a big fan of the young-Teal'c, young-Daniel exchange. Also, invisible Jack. And the closing scene with Walter. And the fake interviews with the Wormhole X-treme actors. And . . . yep, this could go on for a while.
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    Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex
    10:05 AM

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch!: OMG it's Finn! I completely forgot that actor was in this episode of SG1. A Glee and SG crossover! I wonder how good Amanda Tapping's signing voice is?
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    Image of G8-167/Super Aguri G8-167/Super Aguri
    08:36 AM

    In reply to Syfy Doesn't Think SGU Makes Good Christmas Viewing After All
    Hey, at least it's not a wrasslin' marathon.
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    SJ_Edwards promoted this comment G8-167/Super Aguri was starred G8-167/Super Aguri was unstarred
    Image of Davio Davio
    08:26 AM

    In reply to Syfy Doesn't Think SGU Makes Good Christmas Viewing After All
    Oh godammit. Why can't I watch Hulu! Why do you hate the UK America!
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    Image of TemporalSword TemporalSword
    08:32 AM

    @Davio: Goes back to this little tiff we had back in the late 1700's. Some people just can't let go.
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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    08:38 AM

    @Davio: It's okay, they're damned to Hades for all perpetuity, anyway.
    Founded by the 'wrong' bunch of Puritans, dontcha know ...
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch! RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch!
    08:53 AM

    @Davio: You don't suffer alone - apparently they're still pissed off about the whole "party crashing/looting and torching of the White house " incident because we Canadians are also denied Hulu access. It's just not fair.
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    Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex
    09:01 AM

    @Davio: It's your food. Bloody awful. With the one exception of combining salty fries/chips with vinegar. That one was brilliant.

    On the flip side you gave us Yanks Doctor Who and Shaun of the Dead. So that's a plus.
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    Image of Chuck Chuck
    09:28 AM

    @Davio: Why do we hate the UK?

    We're holding Hulu hostage until you give us Spotify...
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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    09:30 AM

    @Davio: just use a proxy server
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    Image of rek rek
    08:15 AM

    In reply to Syfy Doesn't Think SGU Makes Good Christmas Viewing After All
    My fellow Canadians: All 10 aired episodes of SGU will be marathoned on Space on January 3rd.
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    Image of TemporalSword TemporalSword
    08:32 AM

    @rek: Proving once again that your sci-fi channel is now better than ours.
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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    08:10 AM

    In reply to Syfy Doesn't Think SGU Makes Good Christmas Viewing After All
    i still say they should just call Carter and have her use math to fix everything.
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch! RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch!
    08:57 AM

    @GreyHammer: Seriously (without commenting on the actual quality of the show), the whole premise (oh no! we're trapped x-distance from earth, we'll never get home!) has been used a couple of times in SG-1.

    Carter always wrapped the whole thing up in two episodes at the most.

    I'm starting to think that Rush's arrogance comes from his desperate attempts to mask the fact that he's just not very good with Ancient tech. I suspect even Dr. Lee could show him up.
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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    09:04 AM

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch!: seriously my point. there are dozens of time on SG-1 where they are stuck stranded etc. Carter always used super math and saved them. the whole premise of the show is weakened by the fact it takes place in an IP that daniel jackson died a dozen times and carter makes naquita reactors out of scrap metal. rush seriously sucks at his job.
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch! RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch!
    09:12 AM

    @GreyHammer: Yup, thinking back to the number of times they've ended up on a planet with no DHD/power source and then the ways they got around it - one time there was a cold-fusion plant. A cold-fusion plant.

    At this point I can only assume that the whole thing was a set up for the SGC to get rid of a bunch of useless/annoying people without having to pay them severance. Well played SGC, well played.
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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    09:14 AM

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch!: they didnt count on those annoying stones though
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    Image of Belabras Belabras
    08:09 AM

    In reply to Syfy Doesn't Think SGU Makes Good Christmas Viewing After All
    Hulu of stuff like Better Off Ted is the only TV I'm going to be watching over the break.
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    Image of PlaidNinja PlaidNinja
    08:04 AM

    In reply to Syfy Doesn't Think SGU Makes Good Christmas Viewing After All
    Wouldn't this be better for the day after new year's? You're hung over, got the day off, take a break, watch the gate.
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    The Curse of Millhaven promoted this comment PlaidNinja was starred PlaidNinja was unstarred
    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    08:08 AM

    @PlaidNinja: This is just Syfy caving into the War on Stargate.
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    Image of SenorHumper SenorHumper
    12/14/09

    In reply to SGU Gets Another Season And Takes Responsibility For Sexism-Gate
    This show blows because of its glacial pacing and the incredibly dull characters. I think looking for fault in the portrayal of female characters is a bit nit-picky.

    If there is going to be criticism on the portrayal of characters, it should be on the fact that that every minority character is portrade as violent, incompetent, scheming, or untrustworthy.

    SGU has the first Black NON-alien on a Stargate show and the character has to be the 'angry black guy' way to go SyFy.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment SenorHumper was starred SenorHumper was unstarred
    Image of firstanointed firstanointed
    12/14/09

    In reply to SGU Gets Another Season And Takes Responsibility For Sexism-Gate
    Maybe if the writers/producers step back from the characters and instead of trying to write "Lt Dumbass, sounds/acts like Colonel Competent", they just wrote people and assigned genders to them, they could figure out what they actually want versus what they actually need. Perhaps we'd get some more solid characters in general out of that.

    I in fact recommend this as a writing excessive -- just write a character without pre-assigning a gender to them and see whether they turn out to be male or female. The results can be freakish/cool.

    But back to the show, it's fine to have characters that have sexuality, but what's the point in forcing them to put it out there and let it all hang out when that isn't something they would be doing in a realistic situation? If SGU was realistic, somebody would have gotten raped by somebody by now. How's that for sexuality? Where are the abusive relationships, the psychotic mind-jobs and vindictive revenge-sex sessions? If we have to deal in extreme sexual situations, at least make it interesting. Don't just throw random naked people at us. It's crude.
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    Image of Cjay79 Cjay79
    12/14/09

    @firstanointed: You've got a point with the writing theory - CCH Pounder's character in The Shield was written from day one as male, and they continued that long after she was cast in order to make her a formidable presence within the testosterone hothouse that was The Barn.
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    firstanointed promoted this comment Cjay79 was starred Cjay79 was unstarred
    Image of zark169 zark169
    12/14/09

    @firstanointed: And the done-to-death love triangle of "nerd loves slutty girl loves jock" really offends me. They seriously couldn't some up with a better angle?
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment zark169 was starred zark169 was unstarred
    Image of Ben Babcock Ben Babcock
    12/14/09

    In reply to SGU Gets Another Season And Takes Responsibility For Sexism-Gate
    I've always tried to ignore what Robert C. Cooper says as much as possible.

    One thing I noticed when comparing the Stargate: The Ark of Truth commentary to the Stargate: Continuum commentary is that Cooper seems much more interested in the technical aspects of making television than he is in the actual development of story or character. There's nothing wrong with that, but I don't think it's a coincidence that some of my least favourite parts of Stargate SG-1 come from episodes in which Cooper has been heavily involved as a writer or director.

    It's too early for me to say whether I would commit to another season of Stargate Universe. The mid-season finale intrigued me, sure, but I need to see how the rest of the season plays out before I make any decisions.
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    MISS MERCY STREET promoted this comment Ben Babcock was starred Ben Babcock was unstarred
    Image of Cash907Censored Cash907Censored
    12/14/09

    In reply to SGU Gets Another Season And Takes Responsibility For Sexism-Gate
    "There's been criticism about the female characters. Some of it seems to suggest that having characters who are at all sexual automatically makes a show sexist, that anything less than a neutered "Star Trek" ideal is somehow bad."

    Lot's of scifi shows deal with sex on a regular basis, but in an adult manner. What you do is portray women as gun toting blow up dolls, complete with lingering nipple-level POV shots and steamy shower voyeur clips. That wasn't sexual, you say? O RLY? So, where was Eli's magical scrub session? Uh huh, that's what I thought.

    "I don't think we over-use it; I directed the Kino episode."

    I don't think my sh*t stinks, and I should know, as I'm the one who just shat it.

    *rolls eyes* Whatever Cooper, keep blaming the fan base for your ineptitude.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    12/14/09

    @Cash907Censored: What you said.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of zhalfim zhalfim
    12/15/09

    @Cash907Censored: thank you for polluting my mind's eye with the thought of eli's scrub session...

    in any case, I totally agree!
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    Cash907Censored promoted this comment zhalfim was starred zhalfim was unstarred
    Image of Cash907Censored Cash907Censored
    12/15/09

    @zhalfim: Hey, it's what I do.
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    Image of Geo666 Geo666
    12/14/09

    In reply to SGU Gets Another Season And Takes Responsibility For Sexism-Gate
    They renewed StarGate Unwatchable?
    Well that just ruined my day.
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    Cash907Censored promoted this comment Geo666 was starred Geo666 was unstarred
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