Actor David Blue has always been enthusiastic about his role as Eli on “Stargate Universe.” We’ve spoken to him several times on Slice of SciFi and he’s always been as big a fan as we are of the latest installment in the franchise.
And if it were up to Blue, the series will have a long, healthy run.
“I don’t know if I could have the stamina of [Stargate SG-1 actor] Richard Dean Anderson, to do the show for ten years,” he says. “But… we’d love to be on for four or five years. If everyone wants us around that long, I think we’d all be gung-ho for it.”
A long run might mean that the sparks that fly between Eli and Chloe could kindle into something more, Blue says.
“It’s television, [so] you never say goodbye to anything,” he says. “Even with… Eli’s new girlfriend, I don’t think that means that there isn’t a possibility down the line for Eli and Chloe.”
Blue went on to say that the fans have picked up on the attraction between the two.
“I consider it a compliment that people ask [about that] every time, because that means people actually saw the connection that was… supposed to be there,” he says.
The second season of “SGU” continues Tuesdays at 9 p.m EST on SyFy.
Not to be overly cynical, but I’d love my paying gig to last for years too. 😉
Eli is a big ad to the show. No hidden agenda (so far) – just a normal (or really smart) lumpy guy trying to get laid. I can identify with that.
Well he’s not alone. The show has a loyal and growing fanbase that love what they’re doing.
Blue is a huge boon, his character is one of the big “ins” that gets people invested in the ongoing stories and he’s consistently given a very real performance.
Eli does a great job of making the show how it is along with Rush… I lobe those two characters… heh
I’d love to see this go at least as long as atlantis… because I like where they are going with the story and how they deliver it… season 1.0 was a bit downer but season 2 is getting me up waiting for the next episode
The guys dead weight. I had high hopes he would be a cool genuis who will discover and figure out destiny’s systems and stuff..and that genuis that broke the code is barely utilized in the show.
Sigh.
@Chris: It was instantly obvious to me that Eli was intended as the audience surrogate, so your comment is unsurprising.
Re: “…the sparks that fly between Eli and Chloe…” – Umm, mostly the sparks have flown from Eli to Chloe, not vice-versa. To paraphrase Chloe from last season’s finale – “Every time I say [you’re a good friend] you react like I’m giving you a consolation prize.” As a geek who’s been more or less in Eli’s shoes (see above regarding Eli being the audience surrogate), I can say with confidence, “Chloe, guess what? That’s PRECISELY what you’re doing when you say that.”
Really, the biggest thing that annoys me about Eli is that stuck in space for a year, running around both on the ship and planetside, and on a rationed diet, he hasn’t lost any weight.
Ding dong. The witch is dead.
Thank god SGU was cancelled.
SGU’s failure, in my opinion was due to the fact that the pilot wasn’t screened to mature stargate fans. You know, the fans that have money, not the teens that can’t decide on buying bread, cable bill, or a stargate dvd.
If the pilot was screened properly, then SGU would have seen a complete re-write before airing.
The lesson learned in this expensive mistake called SGU, is that you can’t change an Sci-Fi, Action-Adventure brand like Stargate into something that fans can’t recognize.
I hope this is a lesson learned to producers, directors, executives and writters that you can’t change a brand without proper market research.
Just because some producer says something will work, doesn’t mean that it will.
Please, next time, use a focus group of brand fans, and one of non-fans. Make sure that the existing fans like your changes, and THEN see if the non-fans will be reeled-in by your new changes.
It falls under the technical term: DUH!
@TMAN: There’s nothing wrong with taking an existing franchise and going in a new direction. I for one don’t want to be constantly fed the same-old same-old.
SGU took chances and I think they paid off. It took some time to get going which I guess is too much for your so-called “mature stargate fans”. I’m not sure what you mean by that term anyway. I’m 46 and for the most part I consider myself mature. I enjoyed SG1. I enjoyed SGA. And I *thoroughly* enjoyed SGU. It was my favorite thing about Tuesday night. Oh, and I have money to spend too. So what did you mean by “mature stargate fans”?
I don’t expect everyone to like this show. I don’t like Dancing with the Stars or Survivor or Two and a Half Men or the latest incarnation of Law and Order or… well you get the idea. But they are still on.
I think networks need to realize there is no way to make EVERYBODY watch a particular show. Different people like different things. Some people want to have to think a little while watching TV. Some people prefer to just turn their brains off. I’m all for turning my brain off occasionally but I also like to be challenged sometimes too. And if it takes dumbass reality shows to help pay for the occasional show that actually requires some thinking then I have no problem with those shows being in existence. It’s when dumbass reality shows (Ghost Hunters I’m looking at you!) take the place of good television that’s when I get pissed.