I think spending hours online obsessing over a show you don't like, and writing abusive and often libellous comments about it's creators, cast and crew is slightly more pathetic than liking a show that was cancelled in less then two seasons. In fact I'm struggling to see how the latter could be considered pathetic at all.
None of it matters.
The only difference is the like or dislike of the direction.
You people think because there is a dislike therefore don't care and that's just an obtuse moment of thinking. These people liked Stargate just not what the producers did with it and they have every right to obsess over what has been ruined in their eyes as other have to gush.
Anything else is just a "I'm better than you" argument and it's so paper thin.
The hate sites started for two main reasons, the first being the no-tolerance approach (which I don't agree with) that Gateworld took in an effort to avoid the same "anti" phenomena that plagued later SG-1 and Atlantis, and the second being the cancellation of Atlantis, and the resulting bitterness. In short, these sites were made because bitter Atlantis fans wanted to rage interminably about SGU and Gateworld refused to play host to it.
I don't know about the bitter Atlantis fan theory but I'm sure some were. How many were bitter...who knows.
I don't doubt that these people genuinely don't like SGU, but the idea that their reaction is some noble effort to save the franchise as they see it is laughable. There were lots of SG-1 fans who thought Atlantis was a massive step down in quality from SG-1, but there was very little backlash. Why? Because they'd lost nothing, SG-1 was still on the air and Atlantis was just something extra. SGU on the other hand effectively replaced SGA,
If that were true though they would have called foul when SG-1 was canceled. To my knowledge there was no sizeable effort to save SG-1 like there was for SGA and SGU. That's because it was clear to the fans that it had run its course.
A perceived lack of quality does not generate this kind of hate, but a feeling of bitterness, loss and unjustified betrayal clearly does.
There is logic in that statement.
While the quality is the main factor for me I don't speak for them. They likely are rebelling in some way. But I think it's more this time...it's the extreme direction they took with SGU. It's not like the other Gate series at all and it's so obvious it's like the fans were allergic to it.