Atlantis
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http://www.gateworld.net/news/2011/06/mallozzi-teases-stargate-extinctions-opening-scenes/
A lot of negative comments so far. What do you guys think?
A lot of negative comments so far. What do you guys think?
Mallozzi teases Extinction‘s opening scenes
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Rac80
The Belle of the Ball
Illiterati
Council Member & Author
It's cancelled, and thus you're out of a job, Joseph. It's time to start sending out resumes again.
What really bothers me about all this is that he's doing this to poke and jab at the fans. It's not constructive in any way, shape or form.
What really bothers me about all this is that he's doing this to poke and jab at the fans. It's not constructive in any way, shape or form.
Tropicana
Council Member
He's making sure the entire franchise gets shattered enough that no one would want it, by deploying such tactics.
Similar to this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERV0emBPA8o
ST DS9: "Call To Arms".
Skip to 07:04 - 07:57 (not that the battle that results in Starfleet abandoning DS9 isn't good to watch!)
Starfleet abandons DS9 to the Dominion, and Kira initiates a program that sends a power surge and fries all the circuits at the control room to disable DS9, rendering it useless until it gets repaired.
Similar to this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERV0emBPA8o
ST DS9: "Call To Arms".
Skip to 07:04 - 07:57 (not that the battle that results in Starfleet abandoning DS9 isn't good to watch!)
Starfleet abandons DS9 to the Dominion, and Kira initiates a program that sends a power surge and fries all the circuits at the control room to disable DS9, rendering it useless until it gets repaired.
How hard is it to improve on?
Try this. Keep the Moon bit (it's cool) but instead of the silly "return home" timer have the Atlantis team receive news that in their absence the Wraith are on the rampage. However Homeworld Security and the IOA want to keep Atlantis here. After the usual political tussles the Atlantis team mutinies, obtaining a more usable ZPM with the connivance of Daniel Jackson and set out back to Pegasus.
In pursuit is the Daedalus, with Caldwell under direct orders to catch up, arrest them and bring Atlantis back. Will Caldwell follow orders or join the mutiny? Will a returned Atlantis be able to at least stalemate the Wraith? Which side will Todd choose?
Even as sketchy as this is you can see it is better than Mallozzi's effort - it actually creates a semi believable conflict and pushes characters into choosing sides.
Try this. Keep the Moon bit (it's cool) but instead of the silly "return home" timer have the Atlantis team receive news that in their absence the Wraith are on the rampage. However Homeworld Security and the IOA want to keep Atlantis here. After the usual political tussles the Atlantis team mutinies, obtaining a more usable ZPM with the connivance of Daniel Jackson and set out back to Pegasus.
In pursuit is the Daedalus, with Caldwell under direct orders to catch up, arrest them and bring Atlantis back. Will Caldwell follow orders or join the mutiny? Will a returned Atlantis be able to at least stalemate the Wraith? Which side will Todd choose?
Even as sketchy as this is you can see it is better than Mallozzi's effort - it actually creates a semi believable conflict and pushes characters into choosing sides.
Gatefan1976
Well Known GateFan
What?? Fans can't make up stories, they just push for thier favorite characters, you need the "cool heads" of a writers room, otherwise a show just panders to shippers and such........... 
mzzz
Well Known GateFan
Well, most of the stuff are better than this delayed ticking bomb thing.
How about:
Group of scientists still exploring Atlantis discover a deliberately hidden lab, and they activate it trying to be like McKay. They turn on an experimental Atlantis AI that the ancients were working on. The AI takes them back to Pegasus, and they try to overcome it and wrestle back the controls from the AI. They manage to get most of the controls back but discover they cannot go back to the Milky Way. The believe they have deactivated the AI program, but it lurks in the background playing puppeteer and biding its time unbeknownst to the Atlantis crew.
How about:
Group of scientists still exploring Atlantis discover a deliberately hidden lab, and they activate it trying to be like McKay. They turn on an experimental Atlantis AI that the ancients were working on. The AI takes them back to Pegasus, and they try to overcome it and wrestle back the controls from the AI. They manage to get most of the controls back but discover they cannot go back to the Milky Way. The believe they have deactivated the AI program, but it lurks in the background playing puppeteer and biding its time unbeknownst to the Atlantis crew.
YoshiKart64
Well Known GateFan
I still like the idea of someone or the team stealing the city. It could open with some nice shots of Atlantis on the moon then a space heist of epic proportions takes place.
What?? Fans can't make up stories, they just push for thier favorite characters, you need the "cool heads" of a writers room, otherwise a show just panders to shippers and such...........
And I did that story outline I posted over a cup of coffee whilst also reviewing some Business Intelligence reports. It makes you wonder where they found their writers...
Illiterati
Council Member & Author
The toy surprise inside a box of Cracker Jack?
Illiterati
Council Member & Author
Gatefan1976
Well Known GateFan
Aragon101
Illusive Deity of Fanfic
I'm not even going to bother reading it. I have THAT little trust in these writers.
Several Fanfic writers have written continuations to Atlantis, some with larger series. on GW, S09119 is writing a summary style story that has a very strong classic sci-fi aspect to it, while Aer'ki on GW is writing Return of the Ancients which is basically Star Wars in a Stargate environment (Though he is doing a very very plot technically good story, don't bother if you enjoy the canon characters as they are since they're pretty much sacrificed to appease a mary sue OC.)
I myself wrote Universal Sin, which rewrites Season 4 and ends Atlantis's Pegasus story. It's actually quite similar to the above with a whole "taking sides" aspect to it.
Good stories are out there if you're willing to check them out.
Several Fanfic writers have written continuations to Atlantis, some with larger series. on GW, S09119 is writing a summary style story that has a very strong classic sci-fi aspect to it, while Aer'ki on GW is writing Return of the Ancients which is basically Star Wars in a Stargate environment (Though he is doing a very very plot technically good story, don't bother if you enjoy the canon characters as they are since they're pretty much sacrificed to appease a mary sue OC.)
I myself wrote Universal Sin, which rewrites Season 4 and ends Atlantis's Pegasus story. It's actually quite similar to the above with a whole "taking sides" aspect to it.
Good stories are out there if you're willing to check them out.
Indeed. In fact they are no doubt better than my little sketch as they represent more time and effort. After all, as I said I did that outline over coffee while working some Business Intelligence reports. And I am not a writer by trade. That it is better than Mallozzi's concept speaks really poorly of Mallozzi and his writers.
mzzz
Well Known GateFan
lol if you posted that at his site, you'd probably get: Your comment has been noted and is pending moderation. In other words, since this is not a sycophantic comment proclaiming the divinity of TPTB, it'll be discarded.