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 Yes, Stargate Atlantis fans will be hitting the liquor and chocolate ice cream tonight.

http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6589329.html?q=stargate+atlantis

Multichannel reports that season 5 is the last season for Stargate Atlantis.


‘Stargate Atlantis’ Ends Sci Fi First Run After Season 5

2-Hour TV-Movie Greenlit For 2009 As Stargate Franchise Lives On In Features

By Kent Gibbons -- Multichannel News, 8/20/2008 5:59:00 PM

Space drama Stargate Atlantis will conclude its run on Sci Fi Channel after the current, fifth season ends next January -- but the network has greenlit a two-hour Atlantis movie to run after that and says the show will live on as a network franchise.

After airing on Sci Fi sometime next year, the untitled Atlantis movie will be sold as a home-video title by producer MGM, Sci Fi told Multichannel News on Wednesday.

MGM this year released two financially successful straight-to-DVD movies made after progenitor series Stargate SG-1 ended a 10-year run of first-run cable episodes on Sci Fi. MGM and the show producers are scheduled to make more in DVDs in future. A movie franchise is also envisioned for Stargate Atlantis.

Click on link above for the full article. 

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Meanwhile, we get a two-hour movie instead of 20 hours. I can't say I'm all that thrilled that Mallozzi and partner will pen the movie.

Sigh. This sucks. Feel free to rant in the comments section.
  
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Date: 2008-08-21 02:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sparseparsley.livejournal.com
Damn. I knew I should've stuck to my 'no watching shows that are currently in production' plan.

It's always easier when you know where the end is right from the start.

Date: 2008-08-21 02:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rasmizar.livejournal.com
*meep* I'm not exactly surprised, but I had really hoped there'd be another season...

Date: 2008-08-21 02:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ladybeth.livejournal.com
*grabs ahold of her rocky road* Give me till tomorrow to come up with something. I'll probably have a big ol' rant for you. Right now I'm half in shock and the other half so mad that I can't really write anything that would make a inch of sense.

Good thing my grandmother and I bought some ice cream and brownies today.

Date: 2008-08-22 12:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wraithfodder.livejournal.com
Wish I had. Drank Kaluha instead.

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Date: 2008-08-21 02:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] saltyd.livejournal.com
I thought for sure we'd get ONE MORE SEASON. I'm pissed if they're cancelling to do another Stargate season. I mean, if ratings were down or the cast were getting itchy, fine, but ratings have been good, the cast seemed to be happy with the direction, WTF?

I hope Joe lands a good network drama but still makes himself available for the movies. I guess 2 hours is better than none at all. Sigh.

Date: 2008-08-21 02:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wraithfodder.livejournal.com
yeah, I hope Joe gets something, David, all of 'em. Gah, I'll have to watch any show made in canada if i want to see Zelenka or Lorne now!

sucks sucks sucks

Date: 2008-08-21 03:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ex-rogerpit.livejournal.com
I wonder how long it will be before they start up Stargate Universe. This is NOT good...not good at all.

Date: 2008-08-21 03:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wraithfodder.livejournal.com
I'm willing to bet within a month or so we'll hear about SGU revving up, and that they'll have sacrificed SGA for this new drivel.

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Date: 2008-08-21 03:11 am (UTC)

Date: 2008-08-21 03:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] luveskane.livejournal.com
well that bit of news just put the capper on the end of a very very shitty day, sigh.......

Date: 2008-08-21 03:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] libra-traveller.livejournal.com
I had my brownie, it's not enough. Atlantis was my first real fandom show, so it holds a special place.

Slowly but surely, scifi is saying FU to its female viewers in my opinion. But yeah, they only gave sg1 five years, I didn't expect more for atlantis. And I did like the last two years of sg1, Vala was the best. Still, at least we found out now, instead of come January right?

Date: 2008-08-21 03:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wraithfodder.livejournal.com
A brownie? Need a whole death-by-chocolate cake for this news! ;) yeah, scifi doesn't care much for the female demographic, and I dare say it's gonna lose this one (darn, my viewing doesn't count).

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Date: 2008-08-21 03:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] timespirt.livejournal.com
Well, I won't be watching anything more on Sci-fi. I can't believe they keep scrapping great shows (Stargate, Farscape and now Stargate Atlantis all shows that were doing well) to put on cheap crap (flush Gordon, Pain Killer Jane anyone?) that nobody wants to watch. They have been going down hill for a long time now. What can I expect from the bottom of the barrel network of NBC? And they can stuff Stargate Universe, didn’t even like anyone in the cast on that thing!

Date: 2008-08-21 03:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wraithfodder.livejournal.com
Did you hear anything on casting on SGU? I haven't heard squat on it.

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Date: 2008-08-21 03:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sgakaz.livejournal.com
No! This just makes me want to cry, it was only yesterday I saw the beginning of season 5 and now to be told it's over, I mean movies are better than nothing but still I'd rather have the series:(

Date: 2008-08-21 03:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] n7cdrsheppard.livejournal.com
i'm gonna go puke now! Intresting how the bigwig from Scifi was at comicon a month ago with the stargate atlantis panel saying the 'series' was a go, and safe. Feeling a tad betrayed HERE!

Date: 2008-08-21 03:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wraithfodder.livejournal.com
typical weaselspeak from a tv exec.

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Date: 2008-08-21 03:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cat-77.livejournal.com
Well, this sucks.

Just when I was starting to fully embrace the show and the fandom - poof - out of here. Blech.

Ficathons anyone? Virtual Seasons anyone? You know there are authors out here on the net that would do a better job than the screw-ups cutting it.

Date: 2008-08-22 12:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wraithfodder.livejournal.com
Oh yes, believe there are some being planned. Fanfic forever!

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Date: 2008-08-21 03:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kadja83.livejournal.com
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
SCI FI and MGM "Hatreds"
THIS SUCKS
:( T-T

Date: 2008-08-21 05:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tafkarfanfic.livejournal.com
I suspect MGM did everything they could to keep it on the air. SGA is a cash cow for them. Blame SciFi.

Date: 2008-08-21 03:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alynt.livejournal.com
Sucks. About all I can think of to say.

Date: 2008-08-21 03:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gatedialer.livejournal.com
I am so frakking pissed off about this.

Date: 2008-08-21 04:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tavabean.livejournal.com
extremely sad
should have had 1 more season at least
I feel like I've lost a good friend, and am going through the stages of grief. Right now I'm angry. %&$%%*+}!!!!!!

Date: 2008-08-21 04:10 am (UTC)
grammarwoman: (Hewlett)
From: [personal profile] grammarwoman
GodDAMN it.

Hrm. I finally found a use for my icon.

Date: 2008-08-21 04:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] haliyah.livejournal.com
Stupid Skiffy.

That is all.

Date: 2008-08-21 04:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 0-penthesilea.livejournal.com
This better mean that they've decide to do a porn version instead.

*bes hopeful*

Date: 2008-08-21 04:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] teh-bug.livejournal.com
But...but....they just got Robert Picardo signed on! They were making progress! The show was making sense again! *flails*

Date: 2008-08-21 04:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gatedialer.livejournal.com
Did anyone else notice that SGA was canceled on or around the same date as SG1?

Date: 2008-08-22 12:30 am (UTC)

D:

Date: 2008-08-21 04:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] xnicholle.livejournal.com
WHAT?


WHAT?

Date: 2008-08-21 05:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] penfold-x.livejournal.com
I've probably been living under a rock, but this is a real shock to me. And I really don't see that SciFi is in all that great a position to be canceling a relatively well-performing, proven show. I don't think their development has been all that stellar in the last two or so years, and with the last season of BSG also at hand, this seems like a crap idea.

Date: 2008-08-22 12:30 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wraithfodder.livejournal.com
SciFi is living on reruns of Trek and such. They've lost their SciFi Friday and their saturday movies are so bad even I don't watch them anymore unless an actor I like is in them, which is few and far between now...

Date: 2008-08-21 05:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] reiko-afterglow.livejournal.com
I have to say I saw this coming a long time ago. No kidding, I LOVE the first three seasons of SGA. But then it tanked -- I mourned for my dear show, let go of the new seasons and will watch my old ones over and over. I've made my peace, but I totally understand that many had it.

I have to just say, it's KARMA BABY for sacking Paul and Torri, using stunt casting and treating the show like a piece of crap. It was always the ugly stepsister of SG1 - or, stepbrother, given how male and blokey tptb are.

My only hope is that the movie will focus on the Atlantis family - Shep, Liz, Carson, Rodney, Teyla, Ronon, and recurring characters like Zelenka and Lorne. With minimal Keller, Carter or Woolsey. Because that would be just awesome.

I personally can't wait to see where the cast's careers take them after this. (Especially JF.)

Date: 2008-08-22 12:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wraithfodder.livejournal.com
Hard to tell if it's karma, but the meddling and killing of characters and dropping of plotlines is probably one reason. $$$ is the real reason, but the show could ahve been better, yet I still love the characters.

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Date: 2008-08-21 06:12 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
I guess I will just have to wait until the technology really exists so I can leave this pathetic place and live out my own stargate experience. The movie better be as good as Continuum. Very disappointed indeed...
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