It feels different now. Its like, everybody knows this is the last season of Stargate Universe, and both sides are preparing for the announcement. On our side, there is much joy connected with this feeling. On the other side, there is anger and frustration. But BOTH sides seem to be in agreement...this is the last season for Stargate Universe. I think the chances are just about NIL for a renewal.
The feeling is like watching an egg which has been dropped, but has not yet hit the pavement. We know what is going to happen when it hits, but as it falls, its still whole...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBqPrRGFZS8
I think in the halls of TPTB, Mallozzi is feeling anger, whilst Brad is feeling frustration because his "baby" was not well received despite his assumption that SGU is somehow "dark, edgy and gritty" and for mature audiences. Just LOL. Mallozzi will lose his fancy office and his fancy sign:
All those boring sets and "Ancient" consoles, along with the contrived rusted paint schemes and that hideous SGU stargate/wheel of fortune will be auctioned off. I dont think they would fetch much anywhere, since the SGU stargate needs a spinning base to work (who is gonna buy it?). All has to go. But this time, there is no "next thing" in Stargate for these arrogant assholes. No more Stargate episodes to throw together, no more patting each other on the back for getting each other off. No more taking advantage of the fans...its all OVER. :puke:
But its NOT over for Stargate.
Buzz on the Stargate sequels:
http://scifipulse.net/?p=14959 (from last October)
http://blastr.com/2009/10/roland-emmerich-still-gam.php (last October)
So this is an END to the current Stargate franchise with the current writers. But thats all that is ending. No more Mallozzi, no more Wright or Binder or any of those people. But Stargate will be revived later, because its a proven concept. Hopefully next time TPTB will not allow marginal writers to become entrenched in the franchise like these guys did. Sometimes, it seems, you cant trust people to step back on their own when they see that they can no longer do the job. If I was one of the MGM/Syfy execs who sat in on the pitch meeting that Brad and Cooper had regarding Stargate Universe, I would have been like, "So, you guys dont like doing Stargate anymore? Well, we wont be changing Stargate for that reason. But I do have openings in our scripted drama shows you might be interested in." That they allowed them to ruin the franchise is mind-boggling.
The feeling is like watching an egg which has been dropped, but has not yet hit the pavement. We know what is going to happen when it hits, but as it falls, its still whole...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBqPrRGFZS8
I think in the halls of TPTB, Mallozzi is feeling anger, whilst Brad is feeling frustration because his "baby" was not well received despite his assumption that SGU is somehow "dark, edgy and gritty" and for mature audiences. Just LOL. Mallozzi will lose his fancy office and his fancy sign:
All those boring sets and "Ancient" consoles, along with the contrived rusted paint schemes and that hideous SGU stargate/wheel of fortune will be auctioned off. I dont think they would fetch much anywhere, since the SGU stargate needs a spinning base to work (who is gonna buy it?). All has to go. But this time, there is no "next thing" in Stargate for these arrogant assholes. No more Stargate episodes to throw together, no more patting each other on the back for getting each other off. No more taking advantage of the fans...its all OVER. :puke:
But its NOT over for Stargate.
Buzz on the Stargate sequels:
http://scifipulse.net/?p=14959 (from last October)
In a recent interview for SciFi Wire Stargate movie producers Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin revealed that they’d both be game to do the two sequels, which they had originally planed for their 1994 movie Stargate, which as fans know spawned the television series of Stargate SG 1, Stargate Atlantis and now Stargate Universe.
Over the last few years Dean Devlin who developed the movie with Emmerich has told various news outlets that he’d loved to be able to continue the series, and now it seems that Roland Emmerich is just as enthusiastic despite his misgivings about movie sequels.
http://blastr.com/2009/10/roland-emmerich-still-gam.php (last October)
In 2006, Devlin told us: "We would just continue the mythology of the movie and finish that out. I think the series could still live at the end of the third sequel. So we're going to try to not tread on their stories."
"When we created the original Stargate, we always envisioned it as a trilogy, and, unfortunately, the way in which the movie got made, we didn't really have control over [it]," Devlin added. "I think it will be very exciting to actually get to go do parts two and three."
So this is an END to the current Stargate franchise with the current writers. But thats all that is ending. No more Mallozzi, no more Wright or Binder or any of those people. But Stargate will be revived later, because its a proven concept. Hopefully next time TPTB will not allow marginal writers to become entrenched in the franchise like these guys did. Sometimes, it seems, you cant trust people to step back on their own when they see that they can no longer do the job. If I was one of the MGM/Syfy execs who sat in on the pitch meeting that Brad and Cooper had regarding Stargate Universe, I would have been like, "So, you guys dont like doing Stargate anymore? Well, we wont be changing Stargate for that reason. But I do have openings in our scripted drama shows you might be interested in." That they allowed them to ruin the franchise is mind-boggling.