Any Stargate fans?

[Tracy Trek]

I liked Stargate SG1 because of the combo. of sci-fi and mythology. I actually didn't know the series existed until it had been on about 6 years (I had seen the movie). I happened to run across a mention of it on a Star Trek site and then found the episodes on the SCI-FI channel.

Atlantis was better in the first and second seasons.

I wanted to like Universe, I tried but I couldn't stand it.

 

[John Clark]

I guess you could say I'm a little bit of a fan. I have all of the shows/films on dvd, along with the RPG book and probably all the novels to date (including the Bill Mckay ones)

 

[Jedman67]

I first saw SGA while flying JetBlue. It was the S4 episode where Weir dies (the second time) and I thought it was cool that contemporary humans were flying around advanced alien spaceships with Dell laptops
After some googling I found the show, started from the beginning and then started watching SG1 at the same time (starting with Season 10. Maybe I'd seen that on the plane too?).
Overall, SG1 was great, the S9-10 'reboot' was weaker but still holds up fairly well.
I liked Atlantis but it definitely had it's flaws as mentioned above. I was ok with Weir getting replaced, Carter worked out pretty well for me, the Michael subplot was awful and the Deus Ex Machina series finale was horrible.
Keller was great, it was nice to see Jewel Staite as an adult rather than a kid barely out of her teens keeping Serenity flying
Woolsy was great as a recurring character but I thought he was weaker as a regular.
The Pregnant-Tayla subplot was ridiculous.

 

[JD]

I try not to hold it against shows when they have to work in things like an actress's pregnancy. I'd much rather see them just work it into the show than go to ridiculous lengths to try to cover it up.

 

[zakkrusz]

I enjoyed the movie and Stargate SG-1, I haven't seen any of the other ones though, though I probably will someday.

 

[The Wormhole]

I try not to hold it against shows when they have to work in things like an actress's pregnancy. I'd much rather see them just work it into the show than go to ridiculous lengths to try to cover it up.

In this case, it really worked out, since the writers were planning a pregnancy storyline anyway, though they were planning to have McKay get his girlfriend at the time pregnant. Then Rachel Luttrell got pregnant, and that just meant changing to Teyla getting pregnant instead.

 

[fireproof78]

I guess you could say I'm a little bit of a fan. I have all of the shows/films on dvd, along with the RPG book and probably all the novels to date (including the Bill Mckay ones)

Question about the RPG book-doesn't it go more in to the history of the Goa'uld society? I keep trying to find more info about it.

 

[John Clark]

It has a fair bit on specific Goa'uld (but only ones that appear in the show if I recall). There's some general background information, but I think you'd need the supplements for more information (Those I don't have).

I'll dig it out and see how in depth the main book goes

ETA - There's about 20 pages of so, some of which talks about biology, psychology and history. There's also some information on well known (from the tv show) and some lesser known Goa'uld.

 

[Samurai8472]

Movie trilogy would have to start from scratch

http://variety.com/2016/film/spotli...ilogy-roland-emmerich-dean-devlin-1201795494/

“It was taken away from us, and it’s tough to have your children raised by other parents, even if they do a very good job. … For us, it’s not putting down what has been done. It’s to let us finish telling our story.”

 

[JD]

I didn't realize this was going to be a reboot. It will be interesting to see how different the reboot series ends up from the TV series.

 

[Commander Richard]

Jonathan Glickman, president of MGM’s Motion Picture Group, recalls that when he ascended to the position in 2011, the property “had been dormant and, for lack of a better term, it had played itself out at that moment.”

I don't think it was played out. SGU was pulled just as it was taking off and before it had a chance to finish its story. I liked the world-building we got through the shows and wished it could have continued. I'm more interested in that than the Stargate concept itself.

 

[Samurai8472]

http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/guest-editor-roland-emmerich-answers-questions/

Bearing in mind the success of the TV show, are there any aspects of Stargate SG-1 that you'd consider adopting for your Stargate sequel?

– @AlmightyPopcorn

Elements of it will flow into the reboot, definitely. The amount of characters, for instance. It's not a two-hander like the first one with James Spader and Kurt Russell, this time it's a bigger group. Yes, there's still the James Spader character and the Kurt Russell character, but other people are equally important. James and Kurt won't come back – maybe as cameos – it'll be a younger cast.

Very interesting. There might not have been an SG-1 in the movie verse but we get a new team that picks up from the first movie?

 

[JD]

They said in the other article it's a reboot. It said that the followup stories they want to tell won't work 20+ years later, so they are just starting over from the beginning.

 

[bigdaddy]

Yet I swear there was an interview he gave a few years back how the sequel was always going to be 20 years later. So now James Spader doesn't need to make himself look older.

I think they really have no real clue and are just BSing it to get more movies made.

 

[JD]

Probably, the Hollywood people seem to do that kind of stuff all the time.

 

[The Wormhole]

Yet I swear there was an interview he gave a few years back how the sequel was always going to be 20 years later. So now James Spader doesn't need to make himself look older.

I think they really have no real clue and are just BSing it to get more movies made.

What you're thinking of is back in 2006 they were talking about doing a direct sequel to the original movie, which would have ignored the TV continuity. It was going to take place twelve years later and they were claiming that was always their intent, for the sequel to be set a dozen years later, it's just convenient that it's actually being made a dozen years later.

Ever since a few years ago when they began talking about Stargate again, they've made it clear this time it would be a reboot trilogy. As for this stuff about having a team this time around, I don't think it'll be too significant a difference. Keep in mind, technically speaking the first movie does essentially have an "SG team" so to speak, so this movie will likely be something similar, just with Kawalsky and Ferretti having larger roles, indeed Devlin and Emmerich claimed on the DVD commentary that had plans for expanding Kawalsky's role in the sequels and were annoyed when he got killed very early on SG-1. Also, one of them might even be a woman this time around. At the very least, we can expect a woman on the team, even if she isn't Samantha Carter.

 

[kirk55555]

I don't think it was played out. SGU was pulled just as it was taking off and before it had a chance to finish its story. I liked the world-building we got through the shows and wished it could have continued. I'm more interested in that than the Stargate concept itself.

I think I get what you mean. I never really thought the movie was that good, an average Sci-Fi movie at best. But, I loved the TV show. I really don't have much interest in Stargate as an idea removed from the show, I liked SG-1. I'm sure I'll see whatever movies they make eventually, but I'm not in any hurry.

 

[publiusr]

I loved Rodney in Stargate Atlantis. With the look of the tech--it'd be a natural cross-over to Independance Day...

 

[The Wormhole]

Truth is, Stargate and Independence Day have a lot of overlapping ideas anyway, particularly Resurgence what with the human/alien hybrid technology becoming so commonplace.

 

[bigdaddy]

Anyone else think that maybe people are going "Making THREE Stargates after 25 years isn't such a great idea?" after the bomb that is ID4-2?