Official word came down the pipeline from Brad Wright via Joe Mallozzi that there will be no movie to wrap up the loose ends of the most recent Stargate franchise (there were hopes of a film uniting characters from SG1, SGA, and SGU). I know die-hard SG1 fans who didn't like the direction SGA took the franchise. And I was among those who thought SGU would ultimately kill the franchise. However, I have no interest in an "I told you so" moment. In actuality, I think the concept had run its course and even a well-written spinoff would not have saved it from doom (I felt the same way about "Star Trek: Enterprise," that even if the show hadn't been written with mittens, it was destined to grind TV Trek to a halt).
A few weeks back, they offered up a second season premiere for free on iTunes (or maybe it was a second half of season two premiere -- SciFi does that sort of thing). I thought I'd check in to see if I had missed anything. I hadn't. Gone was the mythology, replaced by a space soap opera with random gunplay (to give viewers the illusion they were watching an action-adventure series). I'm choosing to treat SGU the same way I treat the post-Sorkin seasons of "The West Wing": I'm going to deny they ever existed and refuse to add them to my DVD collection. The franchise is far too valuable to go away forever, but my guess it that it will return in five or ten years the same way as Trek: with new writers and producers reinventing it (for better or for worse, who knows). For now, The DVDs of the first two series have been repackaged/rereleased at a lower price with slimmer cases. Those who missed it the first time around should check out the first few seasons of SG1 and the first and fifth seasons of SGA. http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2011/04/17/april-17-2011-until-we-meet-again/ -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
