I was expecting this announcement... but maybe next week. The end of Atlantis is painful enough for some fans. Throwing in that your show is replaced by this younger, fresh show feels tasteless.
I don't understand the young thing either. I mean, I do somewhat... First, since Stargate is a franchise, the name will sell it well enough. So why not try and bring in a new audience? I don't know if they want to either a) aim at younger science fiction fans or b) aim at the younger generation all together. Attempting the latter will be more painful than the former.
And how young are they looking? I'm 20 and female, and I most definitely prefer watching TV shows with MEN. I know plenty of people, around my age, that already own all the DVDs, and we make room for it even though we're poor college students. So, from my point of view, they do not have a problem with the younger demographic. (At least science fiction fans - I'm a computer science major, so are most people I know.) Unless they are looking at targeting younger than 18-25ish, and/or a general, non-science fiction, audience. And of course, if they are doing that, I don't really see TPTB succeeding.
But hey, if they can maintain their current fan base and pull in a whole new audience, then that really proves Stargate is a franchise. If they alienate the current fans and fail to bring in this new audience, well... oops.
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Date: 2008-08-22 08:27 pm (UTC)I don't understand the young thing either. I mean, I do somewhat... First, since Stargate is a franchise, the name will sell it well enough. So why not try and bring in a new audience? I don't know if they want to either a) aim at younger science fiction fans or b) aim at the younger generation all together. Attempting the latter will be more painful than the former.
And how young are they looking? I'm 20 and female, and I most definitely prefer watching TV shows with MEN. I know plenty of people, around my age, that already own all the DVDs, and we make room for it even though we're poor college students. So, from my point of view, they do not have a problem with the younger demographic. (At least science fiction fans - I'm a computer science major, so are most people I know.) Unless they are looking at targeting younger than 18-25ish, and/or a general, non-science fiction, audience. And of course, if they are doing that, I don't really see TPTB succeeding.
But hey, if they can maintain their current fan base and pull in a whole new audience, then that really proves Stargate is a franchise. If they alienate the current fans and fail to bring in this new audience, well... oops.