Stargate Universe "The Hunt" (4/11/11) SPOILERS!!!!

[RGM1138]

OMG They gated to Pandora. So, the Thanator is too intelligent to kill but the space deer is just good eats?

Careful, Young. Varro is about to appropriate your occasional gurl fren.

Hey, look at that. Rush actually smiled while putting one over on Eli.

Ah, now I see a glimmer of what may be the denouement. On the last ep, they all pile into the stasis pods, (due to some prolonged problem), CU, Rush locks the final pod door, EXT, shot of Destiny as it FTLs off into the future . . fade out.

Shot as a intended season ending cliffhanger, but instead, becomes the final ep. And we never find out what's at the beginning of the Universe.

Edit: Another thing I wondered about. How did the creature get T.J. and the Cpl back to its lair? Did it carry them with two of the 6 arm/legs, or maybe by the scruff of their necks, like a mama cat. Perhaps the baby pumas helped? :)

[Howie]

I liked the episode. I'm guessing you didn't. I'm just pissed that we're running out of new ones.

[DVC California]

Automatic weapons and plastic explosives...Meh! Stupid hairless apes!

Small campfire in cave...Hmmmm, By jove, these chaps are intelligent.

Other than that, I liked this ep.

And I guess Greer got his mojo back, hence the BBQ back on board.

[Anubys]

I liked how what's his name came back to join Greer, TJ, and the injured man at the end but didn't take over for TJ to help carry the guy. That lack of chivalry can't be good if you're trying to get into a girl's pants!

glad to see...um...Vanessa get some more lines ;)

strange that half of the landing party did not carry weapons of any kind :rolleyes:

[cheesesteak]

How many red shirts were killed this episode? They've got to be getting short of spare, nameless people.

I wonder why they decided to waste valuable time on Dr. Whatshisname's aborted courtship.

[Anubys]

I wonder why they decided to waste valuable time on Dr. Whatshisname's aborted courtship.

I think this is what I like about this show. Like BSG at the beginning, the idea is to show these people are real human beings; with complex personalities, emotions, flaws, etc.

I know people want to see new worlds and things to blow up in space, but this show has always tried to spend time showing average interactions like this one.

[cheesesteak]

I think this is what I like about this show. Like BSG at the beginning, the idea is to show these people are real human beings; with complex personalities, emotions, flaws, etc.

I know people want to see new worlds and things to blow up in space, but this show has always tried to spend time showing average interactions like this one.
But there are only a few episodes left. I know they probably didn't know that when this episode was filmed, but watching it now, it seems like a waste of time. At least the final scene confirmed that Greer was tapping that as was postulated many threads ago.

[RGM1138]

I liked how what's his name came back to join Greer, TJ, and the injured man at the end but didn't take over for TJ to help carry the guy. That lack of chivalry can't be good if you're trying to get into a girl's pants!

glad to see...um...Vanessa get some more lines ;)

strange that half of the landing party did not carry weapons of any kind :rolleyes:

I remember thinking that with all those Marines on board, why is Greer the only guy looking for T.J. and the Cpl. I know that several people were taken back to the ship, but surely they had some backup available.

[Anubys]

But there are only a few episodes left. I know they probably didn't know that when this episode was filmed, but watching it now, it seems like a waste of time. At least the final scene confirmed that Greer was tapping that as was postulated many threads ago.

wasn't there an episode a while ago that showed Lisa (I think that's her name) being the ships' slut? or was it someone else?

I know, I know...that if a guy were doing it, he would be called a stud, not a slut. It's the world we live in, I don't make the rules!

[Stormspace]

wasn't there an episode a while ago that showed Lisa (I think that's her name) being the ships' slut? or was it someone else?

I know, I know...that if a guy were doing it, he would be called a stud, not a slut. It's the world we live in, I don't make the rules!

I think you are right. I also think the her title came from the show. :)

[Hoffer]

I didn't like this episode. It was one of those episodes that I feel like I've seen every season of every Stargate show.

[sieglinde]

The intelligent creature thing was stupid. It was obvious that the preditors did not use technology, how would they recognize it. Why didn't they recognize the humans as intelligent animals? They were wearing manufactured clothing not stuff made out of leaves or something.
Seemed like a filler episode to me.

[JerryLBell]

The intelligent creature thing was stupid. It was obvious that the preditors did not use technology, how would they recognize it. Why didn't they recognize the humans as intelligent animals? They were wearing manufactured clothing not stuff made out of leaves or something.

Maybe the technology (guns, explosives, clothes, etc.) was so advanced that it was beyond what the critters could recognized as being technology. Fire, on the other hand, was something they could understand, if not directly use themselves.
Seemed like a filler episode to me.
Yeah, probably. It certainly didn't progress the arc.

[windracer]

It certainly didn't progress the arc.
Not much, anyway. As noted above it did introduce the stasis pods, and a lot of them (a few rooms). Maybe some are occupied?

[sieglinde]

Maybe as someone suggested, they can retreat to them and go for a million years in the ship in the final episode.

[Anubys]

one thing that was strange: they find the stasis pods. fine. But wouldn't the next thing to do would be to frantically look in each room to see if there are any ancients in some of them :confused:

[Church AV Guy]

How many "red shirts" died in this episode trying to save two people? It seems that they were all pretty happy, eating the BBQ and having a good time after several deaths. People on Destiny are not replaceable!

[Howie]

I think it was mostly a hunting party of alliance people from that other ship that were killed, so probably many of the "good guys" didn't give a rat's @ss.

[windracer]

Yeah, I think they mentioned that Varo was the "last of his people" on board now.

[Anubys]

I think it was mostly a hunting party of alliance people from that other ship that were killed, so probably many of the "good guys" didn't give a rat's @ss.

another :rolleyes: at how the creatures saved "our" people to eat later but indiscriminately killed the Alliance people on the spot!

And the hunting party never tried to recover the Alliance people (or check that they were alive). Only TJ mattered. Once they found her, the search was over.

[Rob Helmerichs]

another :rolleyes: at how the creatures saved "our" people to eat later but indiscriminately killed the Alliance people on the spot!
Well, that kinda makes sense since by the time the Alliance people got to the planet, the larder was already stocked.
And the hunting party never tried to recover the Alliance people (or check that they were alive). Only TJ mattered. Once they found her, the search was over.
And that kinda doesn't make sense. I'm frankly appalled at the lack of interest in the loss of a considerable percentage of their population.

[Anubys]

Well, that kinda makes sense since by the time the Alliance people got to the planet, the larder was already stocked.


Did you see the size of those creatures? each human would be a snack. And they hunted in a pack. Another 2-3 humans in the cave would have just been 1 day's worth of food.

But I guess it's all moot. There are a ton of holes in each story so I should just take it easy and enjoy it. And I will miss this show a lot. I really like it.

[Anubys]

Well, that kinda makes sense since by the time the Alliance people got to the planet, the larder was already stocked.

And that kinda doesn't make sense. I'm frankly appalled at the lack of interest in the loss of a considerable percentage of their population.

meh...you changed your avatar...I looked at my post and wondered "how the hell did I quote Rob? that wasn't him!"

um...the old avatar was fuzzy and you were farther back. This is not an improvement :p :D

[Rob Helmerichs]

meh...you changed your avatar...I looked at my post and wondered "how the hell did I quote Rob? that wasn't him!"

um...the old avatar was fuzzy and you were farther back. This is not an improvement :p :D
Well, the old picture...
http://home.mm.com/user/rob/Rob2.jpg
...was when I was a strapping young lad of 40. But now that I'm a decrepit old man of 50, I figured in the interest of truth in advertising...
http://home.mm.com/user/rob/Rob.jpg
Everybody should change their avatar every ten years!

[gastrof]

...Everybody should change their avatar every ten years!

The least you could have done was wear the same glasses or let the beard fill in to match the old one, just to spare us the shock. :p

[DVC California]

The least you could have done was wear the same glasses or let the beard fill in to match the old one, just to spare us the shock. :p

He's 50...he has to wear progressive lenses now!

[Rob Helmerichs]

He's 50...he has to wear progressive lenses now!
Can't...with my prescription, the reading part is too tiny to be practical.

Bifocals all the way, baby!

[Unbeliever]

http://home.mm.com/user/rob/Rob.jpg


Hey! It's Boris Kuester von Jurgens-Ratenicz


http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=14020&stc=1&d=1302930206

Same age too, if you're 50.

I know, you were nowhere NEAR his neighborhood! *grin*

--Carlos V.

[RGM1138]

Well, the old picture...
http://home.mm.com/user/rob/Rob2.jpg
...was when I was a strapping young lad of 40. But now that I'm a decrepit old man of 50, I figured in the interest of truth in advertising...


In the original avatar, you kinda had the Mirror-Spock thing goin' on.

:D

[Eddief66]

I just got around to watching this last night and three things jumped out at me.

1. How did TJ know they were north of camp? Wasn't she unconscious when the creature dragged/carried them to it's cave?
2. Out of all the stasis pods how is it that the one Rush decided to do a diagnostic on just happened to be the exact one that Brody was in? I'm not a statistician but I imagine that the odds of that happening are pretty high.
3. I guess Reynolds isn't worth a damn because Greer and Varro kept saying that they'd rescue her instead of them.

[morac]

I just got around to watching this last night and three things jumped out at me.

1. How did TJ know they were north of camp? Wasn't she unconscious when the creature dragged/carried them to it's cave?
2. Out of all the stasis pods how is it that the one Rush decided to do a diagnostic on just happened to be the exact one that Brody was in? I'm not a statistician but I imagine that the odds of that happening are pretty high.
3. I guess Reynolds isn't worth a damn because Greer and Varro kept saying that they'd rescue her instead of them.

1. Sun position maybe?
2. It looked like Rush saw the pod was "occupied". He wasn't just doing diagnostics, he activated it to teach them a lesson.

[Anubys]

1. Sun position maybe?
2. It looked like Rush saw the pod was "occupied". He wasn't just doing diagnostics, he activated it to teach them a lesson.

I don't think it was to teach them a lesson. It was more like "what a great chance to do a real diagnostic with someone inside! AND I get to mess with them to boot". :)

[Rob Helmerichs]

I don't think it was to teach them a lesson. It was more like "what a great chance to do a real diagnostic with someone inside! AND I get to mess with them to boot". :)
Oh, I think it was to teach them a lesson. "This is what happens when you don't listen to Rush."

[gastrof]

My impression (and I admit this one didn't have my full attention) was that Rush was evedropping on Eli and he actually switched the pod on by remote control and, after having scared Eli sufficiently, shut the pod down and released its "contents".

"You don't know everything, kid."

[Johncv]

Well, the old picture...
http://home.mm.com/user/rob/Rob2.jpg
...was when I was a strapping young lad of 40. But now that I'm a decrepit old man of 50, I figured in the interest of truth in advertising...
http://home.mm.com/user/rob/Rob.jpg
Everybody should change their avatar every ten years!

Just curious, there are a lot books behind you, what do you do for a living?

[Johncv]

Can't...with my prescription, the reading part is too tiny to be practical.

Bifocals all the way, baby!

My cousin need bifocals but he so vain he won’t get them. :rolleyes:

[Johncv]

My impression (and I admit this one didn't have my full attention) was that Rush was evedropping on Eli and he actually switched the pod on by remote control and, after having scared Eli sufficiently, shut the pod down and released its "contents".

"You don't know everything, kid."

My impression is that Rush knew about the “pods”. The screen Rush was viewing show all the pods empty except for the one Rush switched on. I think in the final episode everyone except for Rush is going enter a pod. There going to be one less pod. Beside somebody has push the button just before “Destiny” make it final jump on it thousand year journey to the next universe. Fade to black. ;)

[Rob Helmerichs]

Just curious, there are a lot books behind you, what do you do for a living?
Property management, duh! :D

But I used to be a medieval historian, and I'm a lifelong science fiction/comic book fan.

[Gerryex]

Oh, I think it was to teach them a lesson. "This is what happens when you don't listen to Rush."

I agree 100%! If they were able to do a series finale, I bet everyone gangs up on Rush and beats the crap out of him. Fade to black!

Gerry