Don't expect to see the Wraith, the Asgard or any other humanoid aliens from Stargate Sg-1 or Stargate Atlantis turning up in the new Stargate series, Sgu: Stargate Universe. Brad Wright, the executive producer and co-creator of Syfy's new show, told Canada.com that the extraterrestrials in the show won't look just like humans hiding behind latex masks.
"One thing we decided, in our pursuit of realism, was to step away from rubber-faced, English-speaking aliens, and you will see none of those in the new show," Wright said. "We will run into aliens. They're just not going to be human, latex-faced, English-speaking aliens."
The show will also have less "techno-babble" and put more emphasis on the characters than the two series that preceded it, according to Wright.
"When we were conceiving the idea for this, we definitely felt that, in some ways, Atlantis and Sg-1 had become a little bit too far into their mythologies,...
"One thing we decided, in our pursuit of realism, was to step away from rubber-faced, English-speaking aliens, and you will see none of those in the new show," Wright said. "We will run into aliens. They're just not going to be human, latex-faced, English-speaking aliens."
The show will also have less "techno-babble" and put more emphasis on the characters than the two series that preceded it, according to Wright.
"When we were conceiving the idea for this, we definitely felt that, in some ways, Atlantis and Sg-1 had become a little bit too far into their mythologies,...
- 8/27/2009
- CinemaSpy
With so much fuss being made about J.J. Abrams Star Trek reboot, it's easy to forget that there is another successful franchise out there with Star... in the title. That would be Stargate, which is due for its own sort of makeover later this year with the premiere of Stargate Universe. This is no sign that the concept is struggling, though. Indeed, the slew of awards that Stargate productions won at the recent Leo Awards in Vancouver, British Columbia (the home base of CinemaSpy) shows that it continues to be admired.
The Leo Awards are presented by the Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Foundation of B.C.. They were established in 1998 to celebrate excellence in film and television productions that are made in the province. Stargate series and movies are largely filmed in Vancouver. At this years Celebration and Gala Ceremonies for the Leos, which took place on May 8 and...
The Leo Awards are presented by the Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Foundation of B.C.. They were established in 1998 to celebrate excellence in film and television productions that are made in the province. Stargate series and movies are largely filmed in Vancouver. At this years Celebration and Gala Ceremonies for the Leos, which took place on May 8 and...
- 5/13/2009
- CinemaSpy
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