Mallozzi also reveals plot details for Stargate: Revolution

[Turbo]

Gateworld again has the story with details from his blog.

Short version: Jack O'Neill and the SGC reveal the Stargate program to the world, with shades of "2001" and "2010".

Now this is the movie I want to see. Unlike Extinction, this really moves the Stargate franchise in a new direction. The program's paper-thin disguise got worse and worse over the course of Atlantis and into SGU; it's past time that the program was revealed.

Now what I don't particularly like is Mallozzi's statement that much of the action would be off-world and ship-based. If this is to establish a permanent off-world colony (which is how I would do a "revelation" episode/movie), that's great. But if it's a battle with the Lucian Alliance which ends up forcing the SGC to reveal the program instead of it being a decision on their part...not so much.

Still, I think that this sounds like it would have been a much more satisfying movie than Extinction.

 

[AJ86]

This is the last thing I want to see happen to the franchise, so I'm glad this was never made. Having said that though, Revolutions was supposed to be set before SGU, and in SGU the program is still secret, so I expect there was a reset button in there somewhere anyway.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Revealing the program to the world would be okay as a premise for a new series, but the ramifications are far too complex to handle it in a 2-hr movie. And the action would have to be based on Earth much of the time, since that's where the ramifications would happen.

Better to just hand off the franchise to a new and better creative team and let them reboot the whole thing. The program being publicly revealed can be a plot point somewhere along the line, if it makes sense.

 

[Skywalker]

This should have been done years ago, though I'm kinda glad it's probably not going to happen now because setting most of the action off-world and making it ship-based kind of takes away from the drama of the world's reaction to the Stargate program. A story involving its revelation (which would be a better title than "Revolution," actually) should be set primarily on Earth.

 

[Mr Awe]

Honestly, I was never too interested in the ramifications of the Stargate going public. Political, religious, and fanatical stuff that you'd expect. And, if most of the story was off world, there really was no point.

If the off-world story was good I would've enjoyed it. But, no point having it go public in my opinion.

Mr Awe

 

[Hound of UIster]

I agree. They desperately need a new creative team on Stargate.

 

[SG-17]

I'm probably one of the few diehard Stargate fans that actually wanted full disclosure at some point.

 

[Broccoli]

While Revolutions was intended to be made before SGU, my guess is that when the film got pushed back into who-knows-when town, they went ahead with SGU and stuck with the program being a secret (don't want to ruin the movie you haven't made yet).

That being said, even though it is kinda silly that word hasn't gotten out, I'm kinda glad we never got to that point. Personally, I think dealing with the fall out of revealing it to the public would be terribly boring. However, the plot device of revealing it would work for a "final" SG story (with the revelation being part of the climax).

 

[bullethead]

I dunno, a disclosure show could be interesting if it was handled in a West Wing style and had an offworld action B plot running through the season.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

The series would have to be rebooted with the idea of having the revelation happen at some point. For instance, instead of focusing so much on the military, have important characters in a parallel political story.

And yeah, it would have to be more West Wing-y type drama than straight-up action.

 

[AJ86]

I'd rather it went the other way. The SGC/IOA went rogue and completely off the radar a la MIB. The last thing I want to see is the franchise turn into just another futuristic generic Trek-type verse.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

I'd rather it went the other way. The SGC/IOA went rogue and completely off the radar a la MIB. The last thing I want to see is the franchise turn into just another futuristic generic Trek-type verse.

I could actually get behind that. What better way to make the universe dangerous again than to officially terminate the Stargate program? Granted, this was done at least once during SG-1, but having it become the new status quo would've been an interesting premise for a series. Not only would they be trying to save Earth from various threats, they'd have no official support from the homeworld--and would in fact be wanted criminals. Talk about being stuck between a rock and a hard place.

And if there were any rogue NID still out there, the would make for peculiar allies of convenience.

 

[MacLeod]

Might have been interesting to see. From a political standpoiunt it might be better to give full disclosure about the programme. We have dozens of countires aware of it, thousands if not tens of thousands of people working for the project in one form or another, those ships don't build them selves. Eventually the story would leak out, the fallout from revealing it would be preferrable to the faalout for it coming out through unofficial channels.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

I just don't think a public disclosure story would be at all interesting. In the context of a movie, it doesn't make for much of an adventure--it would make more for talky drama. As a TV series, it doesn't have much potential in and of itself.

 

[DWF]

I would've love to have both movies but I don't think either onee will be made now.

 

[Broccoli]

I just don't think a public disclosure story would be at all interesting. In the context of a movie, it doesn't make for much of an adventure--it would make more for talky drama. As a TV series, it doesn't have much potential in and of itself.

This.

It would change Stargate into something else entirely. While that isn't necessarily a bad thing, it would really only appeal to the hardcore fans and the show would almost have to lose its adventure tone.

Look what happened to SGU. Before the show premiered and legitimate opinions of the show could be gained, people were already writing it off because it was "different".

Unless, of course, the program is public and life at the SGC goes on as usual. But if they did that, then what was the point of having the story point of revealing it?

If they were to do it, the best way I feel would be to reveal it as the result of some adventure our heroes had. That way, the program could be revealed, but they the show or characters don't have to deal with the repercussions of it and it can be left up to the viewers' imaginations.

 

[SG-17]

I want it to happen.


But only if it is being done as a "final" thing. Like the end of this series of Stargate. Either followed by permanent death or a reboot 30 years later.
If they can come up with new and interesting adventures for another 15 years then I would be fine with that too.

 

[46379.1]

I want it to happen.


But only if it is being done as a "final" thing. Like the end of this series of Stargate. Either followed by permanent death or a reboot 30 years later.
If they can come up with new and interesting adventures for another 15 years then I would be fine with that too.

That could work, if it was the last scene in the last installment of the franchise and you never see the aftermath of it. It would be up to everyones imagination to think what happens next.

Say that the President, Landry, O'Neill, Dr Jackson, Carter and Mitchell holds a press conference and the President says:
"I have something to tell you, it will change your world and how you look at the Universe..... in 1928..."

THE END.

 

[Agent Richard07]

I want to see what happens as a result of the disclosure. I don't want it left to the imagination.

 

[AJ86]

We pretty much saw what would happen in The Road Not Taken. Fear, panic, riots... Authoritarianism.