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View the Post on the BlogWell, it is finally happening: Stargate is going to get a set of new movies from none other than its original creator, Roland Emmerich! This is exciting news for Stargate fans...or is it? A brief Google search on "Stargate reboot" will lead you to much joy or much angst over this new project. For fans of Stargate, this issue is between the canon of the original movie and the creations of Jonathan Glassener and Brad Wright (Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe). Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassener took Stargate in a direction which did not agree with the direction Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich wanted to take it. According to the Stargate Wiki, neither of the creators consider SG-1 to be a valid continuation of the movie. And Brad Wright was really not open to any further input from the creators. He quipped "Devlin can wish to do a sequel to Stargate all he wants. MGM owns the rights, and I doubt very much that they'll ask him to do it. He knows better." That all changed when the disastrous fail of Stargate Universe forced cancellation in only one year. The show ran out it's episodes after cancellation. But by then, Stargate had a historic run of television shows running for almost 16 years. Stargate SG-1 ran for 10 years and also produced two full length movies (The Ark of Truth and Continuum). Then there was Stargate Atlantis which was a spinoff from SG-1 which ran for 5 years. Stargate Universe's massive fail alienated its original audience, even though it picked up a few new fans. The fans of Stargate Universe are a different crowd than the original fanbase, and if ratings were any indication, they numbered only about 1 million viewers as opposed to the 5 or 6 million for the other two shows. The tone was different, and the stargate took a back seat to drama and serialized interpersonal relationships. But enough about the history of the television series.
Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin announced their plans to make new Stargate movies way back in the San Diego Comic Con of 2006. Here it is 7 years later and we are going to get the movies after all. But more than likely, the duo wont be taking any cues from the television series, discarding those 16 years of canon created by Wright and Glassener. This is the source of either angst or joy among the fans. Many want more of the SG-1 universe of the TV series (SG-1, Atlantis or SGU). Many want the Stargate saga to continue where the movie left off. Count me in with the latter, but I think I am in the minority. In either case, Stargate is returning in movie form. Lets hear what you think!
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