Stargate Universe
SyFy | Release Date: October 2, 2009
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58
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
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4
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5
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: With 19 episodes remaining in this season, there's plenty of time for all this drama to intensify and the characters to sort themselves out as good and not-so-good. Read full review
70
Boston GlobeJoanna Weiss
Season 1 Review: Stargate Universe isn’t quite so ambitious [as "Lost"], but it’s intriguing in its way, down to the ship, bathed in blue light, that emerges as a character in its own right. The ship is more interesting thus far, alas, than any of the female characters, but perhaps that will change over time. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineMatt Roush
Season 1 Review: So far, this seems a very promising ride. Maybe not one for the ages like BSG, but for the next few weeks, I’ll be curious to see how these space castaways cope. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyMarc Bernardin
Season 1 Review: Hopefully the story itself, which finds a band of alien-attack victims jumping blindly through a Stargate and landing on a mysterious spaceship billions of light years from Earth, will eventually transcend this premiere's BSG-lite-ness. Read full review
60
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: Given time, Stargate Universe may become worth watching if it develops its characters and continues to mine its premise for stories. Just hope they avoid more desert planets. Read full review
60
The New York TimesMike Hale
Season 1 Review: Robert Carlyle has a gravity that allows him to sell the most implausible science-fiction hokum, making you realize that performance as much as writing makes this kind of thing work. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: Stories aren't particularly dense or surprising, and some of the conflict feels quite contrived Read full review
50
VarietyLaura Fries
Season 1 Review: It all makes for an intriguing setup that doesn't quite gel, even by the end of the third episode. Read full review
50
Washington PostHank Stuever
Season 1 Review: Now it's a little bit "Lost" meets "Star Trek: Voyager." Why are we here? How do we get home? Stay tuned, if it's your thing. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyChristian BlauveltMar 4, 2011
Season 2 Review: In its final season, this is one space opera that deserves to be put out of its misery. [11 Mar 2011, p.70]
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