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The Stargate Franchise - A First Timer's Watchthrough

Just as a warning for anybody who watches the Stargates on Amazon Prime in the US, they will be leaving on July 20th.
Still can’t believe there is no HD version of that show yet. Only the final few seasons are digitally.
 
Just as a warning for anybody who watches the Stargates on Amazon Prime in the US, they will be leaving on July 20th.

That would have been a bummer if I was working on the series and then all of a sudden it leaves. I know it's on Hulu, but I have Prime and the no commercial thing was very nice.
 
It seems to have come and gone from Amazon several times over the years, so maybe the contract will get renewed or it won't be gone for too long.
 
Part of it is probably that only season 8, 9, and 10 were done in HD and studios don't seem to care for doing partial-HD releases of completed series. Plus, it's old (which is probably why only the first season of SGU was released on Blu-Ray. Cancelled shows get the bare minimum, and BR wasn't standard yet).
 
Hell, even the last season or more of Glee were never released on Blu ray even though earlier seasons were. Apparently the studio just felt it wouldn't be profitable.
 
I was surprised a few months ago that 30 Rock got a complete series BR release (even though the first two seasons were done in SD). But, if we're taking requests, I'd rather have some more soundtrack releases. Seasons 8-10 of SG-1 and 2 of Universe are, after all, available in HD, just not necessarily in the most convenient or consistent form.

Let's not even fantasize about a remaster of seasons 1-7 (though if I got the gig, I would insist on painstakingly painting out and replacing all the times the pyramid symbol appears on Stargates that weren't the Giza gate. I'll probably do it anyway at some point, the world's most pointless fan-edit).
 
I wonder if this has anything to do with the rumours of Apple+ acquiring the franchise?

I haven’t heard anything about this. Is Apple TV+ trying to acquire old content or where they just focused on original content? I wonder if this will make the TV side of ITunes like the Music Side and a subscription will give you access to various TV shows.
 
Hell, even the last season or more of Glee were never released on Blu ray even though earlier seasons were. Apparently the studio just felt it wouldn't be profitable.
There have been a lot of shows in recent years that have only gotten a DVD release and not Blu-ray. Indeed, I think 20th Century Fox actually has in the past year or two stopped doing Blu-ray releases for all their shows, with DVD being the only option for physical media releases.
I haven’t heard anything about this. Is Apple TV+ trying to acquire old content or where they just focused on original content?
The rumour I heard is that Apple+ were trying to acquire exclusive streaming rights to SG-1, Atlantis and SGU. There is an additional rumour they want to develop a new Stargate series as well.

Here's an article from just last month reviewing the whole situation.
 
I would love to see a new Stargate series, I was a big fan of the old series back in the day, and there is still a lot of potential for a new one. With the other two Star franchises having been successfully revived, I figured it was inevitable #3 would be too.
 
I wouldn't mind a new Stargate series, but I kinda want it to connect to Universe in a way. I just want to know what happened to Destiny and it's crew.
 
From what Wright said, it sounds like that is part of the plan, at the moment at least.
 
Well, it just says we're getting answers for what happened to the SGU cast after the cliffhanger ending. Which could just be a character making an off-hand reference about "those poor sons of bitches on Destiny sure met a terrible end..."
 
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