On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 7:08 PM M-D November <[email protected]> wrote:
> I will never understand the politics running in the background of the > Stargate franchise. > > - The network airing the series (SciFy/Syfy) shows no faith in the > first spin-off series (Atlantis) despite its popularity with the fanbase, > cancels it, but then orders a spinoff that could best be defined as "BSG, > but in the Stargate continuity" - then cancels THAT series after 2 seasons, > just as the writers are figuring things out. > - The studio basically ignores fans for a decade > - The creative team behind the original film (Devlin & Emmerich) can't > cope with the fact that the TV series have long since outshined their film > (both in terms of storytelling and fan support), decide to announce a > sequel to said film which ignores SG-1, Atlantis and SG:U and 'picks up > where the original film leaves off' > > Technically, they announced a new trilogy of films, but when the “Independence Day” sequel tanked, they lost favor with the studio and much of what they had in preproduction was put on hold. > - > - Now, we have the studio (MGM) giving us a prequel series no one > asked for. > > As a fan of the Stargate series (but mostly SG-1 and Atlantis), I know I > never asked "I wonder how the Langfords found the gate in the 30s?" > Spoiler alert: the prequel series picks up a decade after the Langfords discover the gate. So even if you watch, you’ll keep wondering. You’ll also wonder why “Michael” from Atlantis is now Dr. Langford. I remember listening to the DVD commentary of the original movie where they were pissing all over SG1... mostly they were angry that SG1 killed off the character played in the film by French Stewart, because they had big plans for him in their sequel concept. If your film sequel centers around French Stewart, it is better that somebody else took the wheel of the franchise. G-1 provides enough backstory that it makes sense without needing the gaps > filled in. I don't want a prequel. I want to know what the SG teams are > doing in '2018'. I want to know what the Milky Way looks like after the Ori > war. I want to know if Atlantis is still parked in San Francisco bay, or > if Rodney McKay ever got it to fly again. I want to know if the Pegasus > galaxy faced a foe worse than the Wraith. > The writers of Atlantis did develop a season arc for one more season of the series, though it never came to pass. They shared it in their writers blog at the time. Yes Atlantis went back to Pegasus galaxy, and yes they faced the biggest baddie yet. What's life like on board the Daedalus? Give me that and I'll be a happy > fan. > > On Saturday, February 17, 2018 at 2:55:25 PM UTC-5, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: >> >> I confess, I found one of those lesser video websites (Vimeo) where >> somebody uploaded a fuzzy copy of the first two webisodes, and I use the >> outdated term webisodes because that's exactly what they are (10 minutes >> each, low production value). >> >> I already bought all the DVDs of SG1 and Atlantis (SG:U wasn't even worth >> the time it took to download the free episodes on iTunes), so I had no >> interest in shelling out money for a standalone player that only plays >> Stargate Episodes. But, I thought to myself, if Origins turns out to be >> good, I'll consider it. >> >> I am not considering it. Congrats to MGM for making a prequel to their >> scifi franchise so bad that it makes me reconsider how bad the Star Trek >> prequel series is. >> >> -- >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
