I'm aware of that, but it has no bearing on the extent to which Devlin and Emmerich are or aren't involved with the production.
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I'm aware of that, but it has no bearing on the extent to which Devlin and Emmerich are or aren't involved with the production.
I know, I just wanted to warn you when I saw you tagged it as MGM.
Agreed. He was very friendly with the cast at the Basingstoke convention last year
There was nothing wrong with that, IMHO, and it made Star Trek more interesting story-wise that at any other time in the recent past with the recent shows (and it wasn't half as disturbing and shocking as the whole 'The Borg invade and devastate the Federation' plot of the Star Trek novels.)
I still can't wrap my head around Momoa of all people becoming the breakout star. I always felt his performance was the dullest of the main cast and would have put money on literally anyone else having a career afterwards.
I'm definitely intrigued by this. To me personally - and I must stress personally - Star Trek waned during the latter years of VOY, and during the ENT era. Stargate sort of kept the sci-fi flame alive for me. A continuation also has its appeal, but I guess we'll find out more as to what that means in the coming months.
Yeah, I thought Momoa was terrible on Atlantis. He couldn't even enunciate vowels and consonants clearly -- he just mumbled his way through every scene. He's improved remarkably as an actor since then, and these days I tend to enjoy his work.
A similar case: Ryan Gosling. I first saw him as the title character in the Young Hercules spinoff series from Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, and I thought he was awful there. He replaced Ian Bohen, who'd played young Hercules in the pilot movie and HTLJ episodes and was a far better actor and far more convincing as a young version of Kevin Sorbo, which just threw Gosling's awfulness into sharper relief. So I was very surprised when, a decade later or so, I started hearing about him being this acclaimed breakout star. I wouldn't say I'm particularly impressed by his acting in the movie roles I've seen him in (basically just Blade Runner 2049 and Barbie), so I haven't come around on him as much as I have on Momoa, but at least he's a competent actor now, which is more than I would've said in 1999.
Part of the problem with Momoa on Atlantis was the writers never really seemed to know what to do with him other than "strong but silent good looking tough guy." When we did get an episode focused on Ronan, it was almost always about him confronting his past and never really about him. It was something other members of the cast have talked about over the years, indeed I remember an interview with David Hewlett done back when Atlantis was still in production where he even commented on the fact that Momoa is in fact a much better actor than the show has ever shown him to be.
Well just look at the current "Credits" on star trek shows, 30 seconds of the stars, and 2 minutes of executive producers and consultants.. Happy to have Emmerich and Devlin onboard, even if its for a few bucks ( god knows he needs the money after Moonfall!)
Happy its not a reboot, as it would just rehash alot of the SG1 stuff if it was.
My WISH is that the "Style" of the show would go back to the fun camp action of SG1 and Atlantis, not the Battlestar drudgery of Universe.. I'm a stargate superfan since 97 and even I gave up on Universe after 1 season...
Happy its not a reboot, as it would just rehash alot of the SG1 stuff if it was.
My WISH is that the "Style" of the show would go back to the fun camp action of SG1 and Atlantis, not the Battlestar drudgery of Universe.. I'm a stargate superfan since 97 and even I gave up on Universe after 1 season...
SNW has a reported budget of $8-$10m per episode. I don't think SG1 needs or wants such a high budget. Atlantis was prob in the ballpark of $1.5-$2 m per episode, so a budget of like $3-$5 would be nice, allow them to really shine, and hopefully be able to get out 1 season a year. We're not going back to the 20+ eps a season, but 12-15 would be nice.
They made some major improvements in the Volume To Screen workflow in the past few years. "Locations" still need to be planned and rendered in advance but the post production part has gotten a lot better.
Using a CGI volume would allow creating more interesting alien planetscapes, so we'd no longer be stuck with every planet looking like the woods outside Vancouver. Although I'd appreciate seeing some of that budget spent on traveling to more interesting real locations.
What, Every planet looks like British Columbia and a quarry.. 
I was thinking earlier that, with a little luck, there will be a halo effect with new merch from the original series. A midquel tie-in novelization of Revolution that covers some of the period between the first-generation shows and this one would be great, but what I'd really like is if this results in some soundtrack album releases. Aside from the TV movies, there's been nearly no official music releases from SG-1 after season 1, and only the pilot of Atlantis. There are some major SG-1 themes that are totally unrepresented (the Asgard/Fifth Race theme, the Sam and Jack theme, and the Replicator theme (it was in Ark of Truth a little, but not a good major statement of it)), and none of SGU's Battlestar-meets-Blade Runner music.
I don't think it's necessary. However, just as there are differences between "Old Trek" and "Nutrek" in Star Trek, I think there will be differences between the older Stargate series and the newer ones, particularly in terms of storytelling and visual quality. Beyond that, Amazon's projects are generally eight episodes long and cost just under $100 million, 'or' $150-200 million. Of course, Rising of Power, with its $60 million per episode budget, is different. It will likely have an $8-10 million per episode budget. They will likely cast older legacy actors as well as younger, lower-paid actors, likely with over a million Instagram followers.
What I'm most curious about about this show is whether it'll be a PG13 science fiction show, except for a few scenes like The Expanse. I'm curious if it'll be an 18+ show with all kinds of scenes, like The Boys and Fallout. It seems like it'll be a first for me so far.
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