SGU CANCELLED!
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1. I'm aware that SGU (and Caprica) had a lot more problems then simply having end season cliffhangers when you know the ratings are poor. I was commenting on the specific problem of not have series closure.
2. I wasn't surprised at the cancellation, it was to be expected, although I had hoped (perhaps foolishly) the show could squeak out a third season before SyFy scraped it. I was preparing to hear it was cancelled after the mid-season 3 finale this time next year. Just came sooner then I'd expected.
3. I hope that you are right and this isn't the end of the franchise. I'd like more Stargate shows but what needs to happen to achieve that? Go back to the standard formula, as you mentioned, a new formula, new writers/producers? It may seem heretical to long term Stargate fans, but perhaps people have just grown tired with the whole Stargate franchise and have moved on.
Saquist
Commodore
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You think there's a chance there'll be an SG-1 DVD movie w/o the current production group? I doubt it.
You think there's a chance there'll be an SG-1 DVD movie w/o the current production group? I doubt it.
I wonder if the next SG series will be a cheap CGI-set show like Blood & Chrome.
Greenscreen (CGI-set) shows can be good, look at Sanctuary.
It would probably save a bunch on budget.
Saquist
Commodore
I say go with the 24 format in a new series like a Stargate Earth where you can do all the same things in SGU with better guest stars...high paced Drama but a lot of suspense and action to reveal the Stargate Program to the rest of the world and the massive conflict between nations that insue.
I mean everything else is gone...The Gould, the Ori, the Wraith aren't an issue until you're ready to deal with them. I say it's time to do a show on the home front. I mean really...Atlantis is already here...
The fans are whining but this Franchise has TREMENDOUS potential right now...not just two years down the line
And... I will never watch Syfy again.
Saquist
Commodore
Re: Acheivement Unlocked: Dead Franchise Status obtained (?)
I doubt it too but only because Brad Wright seems so dead set on this path he's taken. He's gotta go.
I doubt it too but only because Brad Wright seems so dead set on this path he's taken. He's gotta go.
The idea of basing a show about the public revelation of the Stargate problem is so riddled with fanwank it will never see the light of day.
They botched having the ENTIRE UNIVERSE at their disposal. I don't trust any of the writers except for Cooper.
Re: Acheivement Unlocked: Dead Franchise Status obtained (?)
I was a late comer to both series (BSG spring 08, Stargate fall 10) so I did not know. Guess I'm wrong. By the way Firefly > Star Trek + Star Wars + Stargate + BSG.
We'll, I have lots of shows to catch up on. I haven't seen any SGU before "Pain", only seen 10 eps of season 5 SGA, need to re-watch all of BSG, and I'm always discovering new things that ended long ago that I want to watch. And hopefully I'll be done with college next year and I'll have to get a job and then I won't have time to watch anything anyway.
I was a late comer to both series (BSG spring 08, Stargate fall 10) so I did not know. Guess I'm wrong. By the way Firefly > Star Trek + Star Wars + Stargate + BSG.
We'll, I have lots of shows to catch up on. I haven't seen any SGU before "Pain", only seen 10 eps of season 5 SGA, need to re-watch all of BSG, and I'm always discovering new things that ended long ago that I want to watch. And hopefully I'll be done with college next year and I'll have to get a job and then I won't have time to watch anything anyway.
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Yep... It could happen. But I strongly suspect that if it comes back, it will be as a complete reboot of SG1 or the original movie.
Yep... It could happen. But I strongly suspect that if it comes back, it will be as a complete reboot of SG1 or the original movie.
I don't know... I'm afraid that I have to agree with Saquist in principle here. A show set around the public revelation of the Stargate program has a large amount of potential.
I mean we already know that Lucian Alliance is planning an all out attack on Earth. Maybe have the new series cold open with an orbit view of the Earth and suddenly have several dozen Ha'taks exit hyperspace and actually get low enough that people can actually see them. Before they do any major damage though the Odyssey, Daedalus, Apollo, Hammond, Sun Tzu, and maybe a sixth ship (HMS Beagle, perhaps?) enter orbit and fight them off. Oh and Atlantis still being in the Bay has to uncloak, shield itself and launch drones.
I mean we already know that Lucian Alliance is planning an all out attack on Earth. Maybe have the new series cold open with an orbit view of the Earth and suddenly have several dozen Ha'taks exit hyperspace and actually get low enough that people can actually see them. Before they do any major damage though the Odyssey, Daedalus, Apollo, Hammond, Sun Tzu, and maybe a sixth ship (HMS Beagle, perhaps?) enter orbit and fight them off. Oh and Atlantis still being in the Bay has to uncloak, shield itself and launch drones.
What a shame. I really liked the show. What bothers me the most is that it won't have a proper ending. That'll hurt the finished product even more. It would have been nice to have a third season to wrap things up, but given how the business works, there was little hope for that.
I wouldnt say they botched it, sure, they had a wobbly start but as i've said many many times - almost every single show does.
The show was entertaining more often than not, and it was genuinely good more often than it was just entertaining, so the show had the potential to be great. It's a shame they didnt run it concurrent with Atlantis for a season or two like SG-1 and Atlantis. That probably would have eased the people who think Atlantis was killed to make way for SGU into watching it.
The show was entertaining more often than not, and it was genuinely good more often than it was just entertaining, so the show had the potential to be great. It's a shame they didnt run it concurrent with Atlantis for a season or two like SG-1 and Atlantis. That probably would have eased the people who think Atlantis was killed to make way for SGU into watching it.
