The end of the Universe is tonight

Tonight, 5/9/2011, will mark the last new episode of Stargate Universe. It'll also mark the end of the Stargate franchise on TV--no new shows or movies are in the works.

It makes me a bit sad. When Stargate SG-1 moved to Syfy (SciFi at that time) from Showtime I started watching --mostly to just sit and stare at Amanda Tapping but also because I got caught up in the story. I got the entire SG-1 run, all ten seasons, on DVD, and I've seen every episode, and listened to every commentary track. Yeah, I dug it.

Stargate Atlantis was next, and while it took me a little while I finally got into that one, too, and have all of those on DVD, as well.

I'm not quite as big a fan of Stargate Universe--the basic premise seems to be a little too complicated to work very well, to me--but the cast is great, and it is exceptionally well done, production-wise. Sort of amazing that a TV show can be shot with that sort of quality.

Still, though, I'm going to miss it, and the Stargate franchise. I've become attached to those characters and wish them well.