More Info On Stargate Universe

[JoeZhang]

Actually, in England Doctor Who is considered a children's show.

Where did you hear that then? The Doctor Who fanbase is huge, but mainly adults these days who grew up on the original show

RTD is constantly referring to it as a "kid's show." On the S1 DVDs especially.

It's a family show - the BBC doesn't show kids shows at prime time - The SJA adventures is a kid's show and is shown during "kiddy" hours - mid-afternoon.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

And so, to those of you looking for standing comparisons, I’d say more Lost than Battlestar, more Dr. Who than Heroes, more The Office than My Name Is Earl.”

What the frakkin frak? Those comparisons make no sense!

"It's more a tortoise than a marshmallow, more an overshoe than a stoplight and more a tulip than an outrigger canoe." Watch out for the brown acid, guys...

The shows (Office, Lost, etc) are adult shows in concept. However, what is the main demo for those shows? I would almost bet that it is in the early-to-late 20s.

The demo for The Office, Heroes and My Name is Earl are all pretty similar, strong in the 18-49 age group. Heroes probably skews the youngest of the group somewhat, but that is supposedly what SG:U is not like, which contradicts the idea that SG:U is supposed to skew younger. Lost also does well in 18-49, but there's no way to tell if that means it has a lot of 18-34 viewers or a lot of 35-49 viewers. For the advertisers, it doesn't matter.

The Nielsens only track 18-49 because that is what advertisers are interested in. The CW targets the female demo 18-34, so that age group is reported for CW shows but not generally for other networks. I've inferred Heroes' somewhat younger-skewing demo from the fact that it is similar to CW shows in getting a particularly high percentage of viewers via time-shifting. Seems to fit the youth-skewing pattern. The Office also gets a very high percentage of time-shifting, so I don't see the logic of thinking Heroes and The Office have strikingly different demos.

 

[DWF]

And so, to those of you looking for standing comparisons, I’d say more Lost than Battlestar, more Dr. Who than Heroes, more The Office than My Name Is Earl.”

What the frakkin frak? Those comparisons make no sense!

"It's more a tortoise than a marshmallow, more an overshoe than a stoplight and more a tulip than an outrigger canoe." Watch out for the brown acid, guys...

You might even wait until the show airs to see if it makes sense or not.

 

[Kpnuts]

And so, to those of you looking for standing comparisons, I’d say more Lost than Battlestar, more Dr. Who than Heroes, more The Office than My Name Is Earl.”

What the frakkin frak? Those comparisons make no sense!

"It's more a tortoise than a marshmallow, more an overshoe than a stoplight and more a tulip than an outrigger canoe." Watch out for the brown acid, guys...

You might even wait until the show airs to see if it makes sense of not.

Nope Temis is right, looking at it again... those comparisons do indeed make no sense! Mallozi scores again

 

[DWF]

What the frakkin frak? Those comparisons make no sense!

"It's more a tortoise than a marshmallow, more an overshoe than a stoplight and more a tulip than an outrigger canoe." Watch out for the brown acid, guys...

You might even wait until the show airs to see if it makes sense of not.

Nope Temis is right, looking at it again... those comparisons do indeed make no sense! Mallozi scores again

Those are comparisons to a show we've still not seen yet, they have little or no meaning for us at all yet.

 

[Kpnuts]

No they're comparisons between two shows that already exist. Read Mallozi's quote again and you'll see it makes no sense. Well, I don't think you will agree but still... think about it

 

[Guy Gardener]

Monkey in a space suit attached to a bungie cord fired from a cannon.

 

[Broccoli]

No they're comparisons between two shows that already exist. Read Mallozi's quote again and you'll see it makes no sense. Well, I don't think you will agree but still... think about it

 

[jamestyler]

RTD is constantly referring to it as a "kid's show." On the S1 DVDs especially.

It's a family show - the BBC doesn't show kids shows at prime time - The SJA adventures is a kid's show and is shown during "kiddy" hours - mid-afternoon.

Thats one of the things about Doctor Who that always bugs me - its constantly referred to as a kids show.

The Screenwipe writers special last night was the first time I can think of where RTD actually says it was for all audiences.

 

[DWF]

http://stargate-sg1-solutions.com/blog/?p=2326

And what about the alien worlds themselves? Those who have listened to the DVD commentaries over the years know that locations in the Vancouver area are becoming scarce as developers take over. And the infamous “Medieval Village” set has been torn down to make room for the Destiny. Will we see CG worlds on SGU instead? “Of the first ten episodes broken,” Mallozzi explained, “we have a grand total of 0 forested planets. I’m not saying we won’t, eventually, come across one but, for the time being, the emphasis is on the ship and some locations atypical of Stargate. As a matter of fact, Executive Producer Robert Cooper and Director Andy Mikita are in New Mexico as we speak, scouting a cool-looking alien setting.”

That possible location should make Temis happy.

 

[Harvey]

New Mexico instead of Vancouver forests?

Thank the Gods.

 

[ATimson]

New Mexico instead of Vancouver forests?

Thank the Gods.

Maybe. Between the expense of location shooting so far away, and paying for talent like Robert Carlyle, just how much moeny is going to be left over for paying for quality actors to staff the rest of the cast, building sets and props and costumes, and the effects?

 

[Harvey]

^^
A valid question. I suppose we'll see soon enough. But considering the sheer propensity of negative news surrounding the Stargate franchise in the past, oh, four-five years...I'm happy to see things that are positive for a change. Doesn't mean the end product will be saved, but at least it's a *glimmer* of hope.

 

[sidious618]

^^
A valid question. I suppose we'll see soon enough. But considering the sheer propensity of negative news surrounding the Stargate franchise in the past, oh, four-five years...I'm happy to see things that are positive for a change. Doesn't mean the end product we'll be saved, but at least it's a *glimmer* of hope.

I feel the same way, mate. With Mallozzi at all near it I get very worried but all of the other news so far sounds good.

 

[ATimson]

With Mallozzi at all near it I get very worried but all of the other news so far sounds good.

Mallozzi/Mullie, as writers on any given episode, usually do a pretty good job; the problem is that when they were showrunners Atlantis as a whole seemed to go awry.

Fortunately, Wright, Cooper, and Binder are the ones running Universe.

 

[DWF]

New Mexico instead of Vancouver forests?

Thank the Gods.

Maybe. Between the expense of location shooting so far away, and paying for talent like Robert Carlyle, just how much moeny is going to be left over for paying for quality actors to staff the rest of the cast, building sets and props and costumes, and the effects?

Brad Wright said from the start that they were proposing an expensive series, so I do think it'll all be in budget somehow.