Stargate Universe: The Episode That Makes NO SENSE. A Kidney Transplant! In Space! [A Pedantic Rant]

A video in which I go into a lot of unnecessary pedantic detail to illustrate how frustrating the writing was in one episode of Stargate Universe. Yes, the season two (2x14) episode “Hope” drove me up a wall. Why? THE KIDNEY TRANSPLANT.

It’s frustrating to me when a franchise capable of presenting high-concept ideas with live-and-death stakes, while still keeping things grounded, would decide that THIS is the b plot they want to go with for one of their episodes. (And I do feel this is emblematic of a larger issue within SGU that didn’t do the series any favors.)

I also discuss season two in general, my frustration with sci-fi/fantasy shows and poor execution of real-world concepts, and the topic of how audience expectations surrounding episodic narratives versus season-long arcs has changed over the past ten years. So, I talk about kidneys for a while, but I also cover a lot of non-kidney ground.

FYI, at one point, my Legacies mini-rant was actually a six-minute video I had filmed and mostly edited. But I decided I didn’t like my outfit, and I didn’t think the topic would resonate well, so I scrapped it.

Upcoming videos:
-Five “tips” to survive the winter + pandemic.
-Is a certain plot device being used in The Mandalorian? (I know this will make at least one person mad, lol.)

Beyond that, I’m still looking at doing a video on a specific social stigma and a potentially long video on the disappointment that comes from assuming authorial intent. I kind of want to do a fun video on the “evolution” of sexy female aliens on SG-1, but it’ll take a long time to go through all the episodes I need to gather clips.

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