Will SGU have...clip shows?!
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That is still 2 out of 5 seasons, which to me is way too many, considering there are plenty of shows out there that never do any!
The Clip Shows were more of a Sci-Fi demanded thing rather than what TPTB wanted. Although, the clip shows usually contained more original material than clips.
I haven't seen the clip show from the fifth season (or any of the fifth season), but Letters from Pegasus barely had any clips and had a big set piece on the planet the Wraith were culling. The writers/producers did pretty well with the material at hand.
On the other hand, Battlestar Galactica never did a clip show (though one was planned during the second season until Resurrection Ship was expanded to two hours). Why does Stargate go over budget forcing them to make a clip show so often? They did it five times on SG-1 and twice on Atlantis. Where was all the money going? Couldn't a creative bottle show have solved the issue just as easily?
On the other hand, Battlestar Galactica never did a clip show (though one was planned during the second season until Resurrection Ship was expanded to two hours). Why does Stargate go over budget forcing them to make a clip show so often? They did it five times on SG-1 and twice on Atlantis. Where was all the money going? Couldn't a creative bottle show have solved the issue just as easily?
Probably because SG-1 was an already expensive show that Sci-Fi bought in the middle of its run and got continually expensive as time went on. BSG had the advantage of being a brand new show that Sci-Fi didn't have to spend as much for, thereby not needing for BSG to cut costs with a clip show. I bet if BSG continued to go on, Sci-Fi would have forced a clip show to counter increasing costs.
Well in season 1 they had a smaller budget and they wanted money for the final.
I do not know who had the bigger CGI budget or if one show had more CGI shots that they could reuse.
Also does anyone know the Budget for each show.
lol yes. they will also have amnesia episodes and aliens-take-ove-the-ship episodes.
We also need an episode or two where somebody tries to shut down the dangerous Stargate program.
Eh, I think we're over that story at this point. That was only really relevant when Earth wasn't yet being threatened by giant spaceships.
The IOA episodes have replaced the shutting down the Stargate episodes.
I'm only up to S6 of SG-1 and S2 of Atlantis... guess I'm out of the loop. 
I agree there will be some committee meeting( Probably by the IOA) reading SG:U mission reports
Or one of the team members is put on trial for a crime and recalls past events
Judge- Have you ever lost a team member Colonel?
Colonel? Colonel?
Flashback to when one of the team member is injured
Or one of the team members is put on trial for a crime and recalls past events
Judge- Have you ever lost a team member Colonel?
Colonel? Colonel?
Flashback to when one of the team member is injured
Oh, be nice. You don't give the SG writers enough credit on this account. Nearly all the previous clip shows have been done very well and cleverly to the point that you occasionally forget that it is a clip show, because the framing device interesting and/or usually propels the story arc forward.
If they do a clip show, I suspect it'll be in vein with how the previous ones were executed.
They did two over five seasons, one of which was hardly a clip show, imo. Also, as others pointed out, those clip shows came right before or right on the heels of big effects laden episodes. They needed more money for Episode X, so they reduced the budget for Episode Y by turning it into a clip show.
You don't give the SG writers enough credit on this account. Nearly all the previous clip shows have been done very well and cleverly to the point that you occasionally forget that it is a clip show, because the framing device interesting and/or usually propels the story arc forward.If they do a clip show, I suspect it'll be in vein with how the previous ones were executed.
They did two over five seasons, one of which was hardly a clip show, imo. Also, as others pointed out, those clip shows came right before or right on the heels of big effects laden episodes. They needed more money for Episode X, so they reduced the budget for Episode Y by turning it into a clip show.
They have to deliever however many eps. they have in their contract, so no they can't run short.
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