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is Stargate dead for good?

Six? I remember one BSG midseason break was eight months. There were fourteen months between season three and season four!
 
I am starting to get tired of this meaningless double-talk which says nothing. "Something is in development and might happen." Bah, it's been the same song ever since the cancellation was announced. How about not telling us anything until if/when there's something definitive to tell?
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That's Mallozzi's way, yo. He's been like that since the SGA days. Gotta bear with it or tune him out.
 
AJ86 said:
We don't have any sales data for SGU, so it's difficult to speculate. One thing I would mention though, is that AoT sales beat Continuum ones quite comfortably despite having RDA and being more 'classic' SG-1. This leads me to believe that fans are willing to pull their wallet out to see a story resolved. Also, the SG-1 movies didn't just sell well, they surpassed all of MGM and the producers expectations, even if SGU has a smaller fan base I don't think that means a movie for it can't turn a tidy profit.
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I think the lower sales figures for CONTINUUM are probably indicative of the downturn in the Direct-to-DVD market at the time. In retrospect waiting four months after THE ARK OF TRUTH to release it was probably a mistake.

That they sold better than MGM's expectations isn't that big of a point, since whatever those expectations were has never been said. Similarily, BABYLON 5: THE LOST TALES outsold Warner Bros.' expectations, but without a frame of reference, such claims are meaningless.
 
David cgc said:
Six? I remember one BSG midseason break was eight months.
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Was that the mid-season break during season 4? I try not to count that one since the writer's strike played a part there.

But still, there was a seven month gap in the middle of SG-1's 10th season and Atlantis's 3rd, and another seven month gap for Caprica last year. And I'm sure there's some more lenghty ones I'm forgetting. Waiting until April (or March, as it notw turns out) doesn't seem so bad in comparison.
 
Vendikarr said:
bullethead said:
SG-17 said:
I wonder why 10pm.

@Skywalker:
Which is a good thing.
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I wonder why it's Monday.
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Being Human is having some success on Mondays. With SGU and Caprica tanking on Tuesdays, perhaps Monday is now their new scripted programming day.
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Being Human is bombing. It started with over 2 million viewers, but the last episode (episode 4) only managed this:

Being Human (SYFY, 9pm)
- 1.438 million viewers
- 1.0/2 HH
- 0.6/2 A18-49
 
If it can hold those numbers, it's still doing better than either Caprica or Stargate Universe--and at a fraction of the cost.

Now, if the ratings for Being Human (which I haven't seen and don't intend to) continue to slide, then there's a problem. But it has only been on the air for four episodes (and the second episode saw a noticeable increase in the ratings).
 
Harvey said:
If it can hold those numbers, it's still doing better than either Caprica or Stargate Universe--and at a fraction of the cost.

Now, if the ratings for Being Human (which I haven't seen and don't intend to) continue to slide, then there's a problem. But it has only been on the air for four episodes (and the second episode saw a noticeable increase in the ratings).
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The fact that it's only been four episodes makes matters even worse. The general downward trend of a new series usually doesn't stop until around 8 or more episodes in. I'd be very surprised if the numbers didn't continue to fall. Well, unless there was some massive one-off competition this week that I'm not aware of anyway.

Edit: episode 2 pulled in 2.139 million viewers, then episode 3 dropped to 1.502 million viewers. Yikes.
 
AJ86 said:
Harvey said:
If it can hold those numbers, it's still doing better than either Caprica or Stargate Universe--and at a fraction of the cost.

Now, if the ratings for Being Human (which I haven't seen and don't intend to) continue to slide, then there's a problem. But it has only been on the air for four episodes (and the second episode saw a noticeable increase in the ratings).
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The fact that it's only been four episodes makes matters even worse. The general downward trend of a new series usually doesn't stop until around 8 or more episodes in. I'd be very surprised if the numbers didn't continue to fall. Well, unless there was some massive one-off competition this week that I'm not aware of anyway.

Edit: episode 2 pulled in 2.139 million viewers, then episode 3 dropped to 1.502 million viewers. Yikes.
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This is going to sound cruel and I apologize in advance to the fans of the show, but it's nice to see such a disastrous downward trend for a show that I'm not into for a change. Not because I like seeing downward trends in general... more like, it's good to see that and be able to just ignore it for a change.
 
Looking forward to the remainder of this season and hoping the show can somehow be continued. I've enjoyed it less than SG1 or Atlantis but I still think it has a lot of potential.
 
Our friends at Stargate SG-1 Solutions have pieced together the hints Mallozzi has been dropping in recent weeks, and we think their guess has to be right: the French studio EuropaCorp, the makers of the film series The Transporter, Taken (the recent Liam Neeson film, not the Syfy mini-series), and La Femme Nikita, announced last year that it is working on a TV series adapting The Transporter.
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http://www.gateworld.net/news/2011/02/stargate-producers-headed-for-the-transporter-tv-series/
So it looks like a no for DVD/TV film for SGA & SGU.
 
Why? It's only Mallozzi, Mullie and Cooper that are joining that show. We've known about it for weeks. If an SGU movie were ever to be made (which does look less and less likely) then it would almost certainly Brad writing it anyway, not any of these three. You have a point about the Atlantis one, though I don't think anyone realistically thought that was going to happen any more. Joe posted a picture of the script on his blog, and has called for fans to pressure MGM into publishing it.

http://josephmallozzi.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/img_2533.jpg

ps I thought this was quality:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15Zo6QeKnBg
 
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AJ86 said:
Why? It's only Mallozzi, Mullie and Cooper that are joining that show. We've known about it for weeks. If an SGU movie were ever to be made (which does look less and less likely) then it would almost certainly Brad writing it anyway, not any of these three. You have a point about the Atlantis one, though I don't think anyone realistically thought that was going to happen any more. Joe posted a picture of the script on his blog, and has called for fans to pressure MGM into publishing it.

http://josephmallozzi.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/img_2533.jpg
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Anyone figured out more of the script on that first page?

INT, LUNAR SURFACE
ASTRONAUT #1
How's the p?????

ASTRONAUT #2
????? tracking has us right on target?

PAN DOWN to reveal the surface of the moon, and two ASTRONAUTS ??? up some kind of scientific ??? equipment

Their voices ????? faces behind the gold ??? shields.

ATRONAUT #1
Powering up

Astronaut #1 ???? down ???????? of switches on the array

ASTRONAUT #1 CONT'D
How's that?

Astronaut #2 checks some readings on a slate device mounted to the wrist of his space suit

ASTRONAUT #2
Try boosting the gain a little

Astronaut #1 makes an adjustment to the equipment

ASTRONAUT #2 CONT'D
That should be good enough for now. We may have to come back out to make some adjustments ??????? the first batch of readings

ASTRONAUT #1
?? like it out here

ASTRONAUT #2
Yeah, I know what you ????

ASTRONAUT #2 CONT'D
Quite a sight, isn't it?

Damn, not all that insightful. No wonder he posted it :lol:
 
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