Nov
There have recently been lots of complaints that ‘Stargate: Universe’ is sexist. Frankly I am sick of deplorable sexism in Science Fiction. It isn’t coming from the writer or producers but from the double standard wielding hypocrites in Science Fiction fandom. We had snifters of the same thing about BSG. So many people think SGU is sexist because the characters in it are reacting and behaving like real people rather than the Ancient Greece style heroes that have previously made up the characters of a Stargate show. Rather than having a decade long period of sexual tension that can only exist in fiction the SGU characters just do it and get it out of the way. Now I love Stargate’s SG1 and Atlantis but I’ve never ever expected them to be overly realistic. Sometimes the characters behaved realistically but more often than not the show was Spider-man and Deadpool in space. It was a light show with quite a high level of comedy. SGU is neither of these things.