Bridge Studios Liquidation Sale
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This on the other hand was deadly serious...
http://www.gatefans.net/forums/show...-attract-viewers-to-SGU?highlight=cannibalism
http://www.gatefans.net/forums/show...-attract-viewers-to-SGU?highlight=cannibalism
Gatefan1976
Well Known GateFan
Whilst comical in nature, I very much doubt it was meant to be comedic in any way (it just comes of like that by happenstance)
Red Mage
Boney
Boycott is to abstain from buying or using something or service that you probably would have purchased or utilized otherwise as an expression of protest. If someone didn't like SGU because it was radically different from previous incarnations of the franchise and therefore stopped watching the show, that is not boycotting. On the other hand, if someone had liked SGU and would have watched it weekly but chose not to because there was no SGA movie as promised, that would have been boycotting. However, that situation probably only counts for 0.00001% of the viewing population. These guys simply don't know what they are taking about and just looking to place blame why their favorite show failed on anything other than the merits (or lack thereof) of that show.
Illiterati
Council Member & Author
That's my point.
Of course, it's entirely possible that they don't really KNOW the definition of the word "boycott". In today's society, with its rather loose grasp of literacy, it's not out of the realm of possibility.
Atlantis
Well Known GateFan
And it gets even better:
Which was responded to thusly:
to which was added by WHR:
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Dear gods, I just don't know what to say to this.
Oh god at those replies
and btw I seem to be having trouble posting.Gatefan1976
Well Known GateFan
Oh god at those replies
What, problems here!?!
you should never have probs here dude.
Tropicana
Council Member
LOL!
Oh WHR - look who's talking, "Facts are facts". WHR are the biggest liars on this entire planet when it comes to Stargate news. Making up numbers, statements to suppress the true facts. Pretending that SGU was doing well when it was clearly failing.
Regarding the liquidation, is Bridge Studios itself going into liquidation as well or just the Stargate side of things?
Oh WHR - look who's talking, "Facts are facts". WHR are the biggest liars on this entire planet when it comes to Stargate news. Making up numbers, statements to suppress the true facts. Pretending that SGU was doing well when it was clearly failing.
Regarding the liquidation, is Bridge Studios itself going into liquidation as well or just the Stargate side of things?
Illiterati
Council Member & Author
My understanding was that they had sold the entire property. Stargate is merely their most lucrative production.
I wonder if MGM (and and creditors) will realize any profits from this event. I do recall they owe RDA some compensation.
I wonder if MGM (and and creditors) will realize any profits from this event. I do recall they owe RDA some compensation.
SerenityS
GateFans Member
Illiterati
Council Member & Author
Actually, the Bridge Studios property was sold to some real estate developer.
Gatefan1976
Well Known GateFan
So I did a little research, and the only "boycott Syfy" stuff (actual active boycotting) is all coming from SGU fans and Caprica fans. I found 2 facebook sites (one with some 150 "likers", and one with around 900 "likers") and 1 website. If you look at the results for "Boycott Syfy" there are 313000 hits, but most would be repeats. As to a huge "torrent only" campaign and posting links to torrent sites, I couldn't find any, quite possibly because posting such stuff opens sites up to legal issues.........
Oh, and they have closed the comments section on WHR as well.
Oh, and they have closed the comments section on WHR as well.
stclare
Moderator & Mckay Super Fan
oh dear, that kind of shows up there "boycott" trauma.
thats like finding all those sga fans who thought sgu dieing would get them an sga movie. so far ive found one comment, funny theres not even a facebook page for it
Gatefan1976
Well Known GateFan
oh dear, that kind of shows up there "boycott" trauma.
thats like finding all those sga fans who thought sgu dieing would get them an sga movie. so far ive found one comment, funny theres not even a facebook page for it
To be fair (I know, but someone has to) I only did a fairly cursory investigation, but really, does anyone need to do more? IF there was a "huge campaign" wouldn't there realisticly MILLIONS of responses??
I did find another one:http://www.facebook.com/BoycottSyFySaveSGU
It is the largest one I have found so far.
There are MANY sites for Boycotting NBC and Comcast in general, (comcast generates 1.2 million hits), but thats more in general rather than Syfy specific.
Inara
GateFans Noob
Oh yeah, I had forgotten about them owing him a chunk of change. I guess it will depend on who owns what. If MGM signed the check over to Stargate Productions to make the show, then Stargate Productions leased the space from Bridge Studios and paid for all the sets and bling from that check, then MGM probably isn't getting doodly plunk out of it unless Stargate Productions owes them money. If MGM directly paid for leased space and set building, then they might get something, but I bet creditors are first in line.
I have a feeling much of the big stuff being sold is set pieces which can be recycled into other shows. They've already been doing that long before this auction was mention. I recall something about the gateroom steps from SGA being used on an already cancelled show. As far as props and clothing, if it's generic stuff, that call also be reused on other shows. Stuff specific to Stargate will probably end up being sold to investment groups who will in turn auction them off online for a lot more than they paid for them.
They've been selling off bits and pieces for years, and I guess there's a bit of a "last call" thing going on, but I'm slightly amused by the number of people who act like auctioning stuff off hasn't happened before. I guess because those auctions weren't seen as The End (of their show and/or the franchise), so they didn't really care. They weren't true fans, who wept bitter tears at the auction of every scrap of fabric ever worn by one of the actors. /sacasm
Tropicana
Council Member
So with links like that FB page what can be deduced? It's not anti-SGU people who are boycotting Syfy in a campaign to stop SGU, but by the very same SGU-lovers that are doing the boycott cos Syfy cancelled SGU. For a "news organisation", WHR just can't seem to get any detail right at all.
While we were still SGUS, all we did was talk about why or how SGU sucked. Millions of casual viewers actually did the hard work (which actually isn't that difficult-) with their flipping of channels via the remote control when SGU was on, we represent those casual viewers. If SGU was good, people would watch, if not... So really, those PTW should be listening to us, for we represent the largest party and mindset when it comes to Stargate. Not those SGU-lovers, they are the minority.