Weekly love for Smallville, SGU and Glee

Apart from Supernatural, Smallville, SGU and Glee are the other shows that I love right now. Supernatural still sits high above Castiel's garrison.

The light stuff first...

Glee: Preggers was amazing. Kurt is so funny! I absolutely love the Football team dance! There isn't a dull moment in Glee so far and I love it. High School Musical move over!

Smallville: Rabid was full of zombie action and Clois. Despite what some fans said about Smallville, I really really like the Lois and Clark thing. I think it was beautifully done this week. I can't wait to see more Clois. Again, Erica Durance nailed the emotional scenes when she talked to Clark about the Blur and her feelings about being lonely. Not many actresses can do funny, smart, sexy and the emotional stuff all in one episode. I think she did that. Season 9 has been consistently good and satisfying.

In terms of rating and the new TV schedule of Smallville, I think it's a BIG mistake to separate Supernatural and Smallville from the Thursday night duo thing. I know technology changes the way fans watch a TV show now and a lot of fans don't watch it live anyway. But still, look at the ratings! The ratings for both shows fell below 3.0 mil this week. Stats might be good if you just look at the demo and DVR stats (and may be iTune download). But these shows deserve more than this, and I blamed the CW for making this move. It's wrong! And they know it! It's still a friggin stupid decision to separate the 'Super' duo. These shows are on the wrong TV network!

SGU: Air Part 3 was a great episode. The characters seem to be a bit cold, I don't see the usual SG team dynamic yet. So far it's like nobody trusts anyone, Dr Rush seems to have his own agenda and he is a bit of a loner. Colonial Telford is part of the team, but he isn't physically there. Colonial Young is the team leader, but we haven't seen much leadership from him so far. And then you have Lieutenant Scott who reminded me of Lieutenant Rainbow (I mean Lieutenant Ford from SGA) but smarter and has more leadership potential.

Don't get me wrong, the above points are a good thing. We won't see the usual formula, we won't see the team of four that made up of a Colonial, a Lieutenant, a scientist and an Alien. SGU has more misfit characters and they will face more challenges than any other SG teams. Like O'Neill said, nobody is qualified to save the galaxy but they have to do it.

Overall, the pace of the episode is a bit slow. However, I am so impressed with the use of Ancient Communication Stone in the story. This device is going to give the series plenty of flexibilities. Not only we will see stuff happening on the ship, new worlds and new technology in the new galaxy but the Ancient Communication Stone will cross over back to earth where other characters such as Telford and O'Neill are. Hopefully we will see more crossover later, I really want to see more Carter and Jackson.. perhaps a crossover with the Atlantis crew. Don't forget this is part of the one franchise. You are only limited by your imagination. There are still plenty of stuff to explore in the Stargate franchise. Robert Cooper and Brad Wright are one of the smartest show runners in the business, I can't wait to see more stuff from them.

Season premiers of Stargate Universe & Smallville; Glee

The verdict......

Stargate Universe was WOW. I wasn't happy to see Stargate Atlantis to go. What were they thinking?! But I always wanted to watch SGU, I was excited about the ninth chevron and the Ancient ship. They have some great materials to work with. Last night, finally I saw the series premier... GATEBALL ROCKS!

The show looks different, it's darker, it's serious, it's mature and it's more sophisticated. It looks like a different show, but it's not. It's like a different show but in a good way. If you haven't watched any previous Stargate series, I'd strongly recommend you to watch them. In my opinion, you have to watch the complete franchise. SG1 and SGA are some of my all time favorite TV shows.

Smallville was awesome. Not as awesome as SGU, however, the special effect looked amazing. I was happy to see the return of Lois. I think Tom Welling and Erica Durance have great chemistry. I think Erica Durance made an episode sometimes. Her presence made an episode watchable. I know we have Clark and Chloe but Lois is sooo awesome. Erica Durance is a great actress. If Jensen Ackles is the most underrated actor of his generation, then Erica Durance is the most underrated actress of her generation. I hope her talent will take her to places. Erica is the best Lois I've seen. When she is not in an episode, it's like there is something missing. I like her more than I like Lana.

Some Glee love... I love Glee! I love the music and the story and the characters. Not a single person who watches the show doesn't like the show. I think the show is quite inspirational. I wish I had a teacher like Mr Schuester when I was in high school. I was in this school musical thing, I was in public school and we were competing with private schools in a competition. Private schools always have more money to do stuff and we didn't have the money to buy pretty props etc.. We have talent, but we didn't have a leader to inspire us. We didn't believe in ourselves. We were kids, and we didn't know what to do. Our school didn't really support us. So anyway, the believing-in-yourself theme was really cool. It's timeless.

Some Smallville and Stargate Universe love

OK so, Smallville helped me to survive the painful hiatus this year. I am pleased to announce that I will be watching the new season. I am one season behind, I have just ordered the season 8 DVD, so don't tell me anything about Doomsday.

Although I am not as addictive with the show like I am with Supernatural, I have been hearing talks about the new suit and I am getting a bit curious. Here is a pic.


Promo of the season premier Savior:



Smallville season 9 premier on Friday September 25 on the CW.

Another show I am semi-excited about is Stargate Universe. I really hope that this is as good as SG1 and SGA. I love these shows and again, I really hope SGU is as good.



The series premier of Stargate Universe will air on Syfy on October 2nd.

Check out SGU Exec Producer Joe Mallozzi's blog on Syfi and on Wordpress.

Filming schedule for Supernatural; Stargate Universe

The filming schedules for some of my favorite shows on TV are listed on the British Columbia Film Commission website. These shows are of course filmed in Vancouver.

Stargate Universe
Feb 11, 2009 - Oct 23, 2009

Supernatural
Jul 01, 2009 - Mar 29, 2010

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While we are on the subject of Stargate, the new Stargate Atlantis movie is called Extinction. Executive Producer Joseph Mallozzi published a post and photo on his blog. And by the way, Mallozzi's blog is amazing! Probably one of the best blogs I visit. Talking about Mallozzi, he is not on Twitter, but his dogs are!