I'm actually surprised at this news (read it this morning at Scalzi's blog).
Mostly because he's so much better than the whole team of writers put together (between him and Carlyle, I'm now thinking the other actors are going to have to pay to play a role... what kind of budget are they on ? Ten times what they had for SGA ?)
I like SG1 and I loved SGA, but let's be honest the writers are really not terrific. They leave massive plot holes everywhere, continuity is so far above them they hardly know the definition of it, and some of their characters are better written by the fans.
I've read three of Scalzi's books last year (actually they were the only "real paper" books I've read in a long time) and they were fantastic. Not one minute of being bored, great characters, and ideas that begin at A to finish at Z.
On one hand I'm glad they are making an effort after 13 years (no I'm still not interested in watching SGU though), on the other hand I'm thinking that the mix of utterly good and utterly bad might not produce the expected result (for tptb that is). I don't know how much leeway Scalzi may have, but I can't really see him agree with the usual female = love interest for the male cast (so they look better), nor with the colored people = aliens, or the few dozens of other bad taste habits that haunts the SG franchise. But then he might have nothing to say about it, so...
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Mostly because he's so much better than the whole team of writers put together (between him and Carlyle, I'm now thinking the other actors are going to have to pay to play a role... what kind of budget are they on ? Ten times what they had for SGA ?)
I like SG1 and I loved SGA, but let's be honest the writers are really not terrific. They leave massive plot holes everywhere, continuity is so far above them they hardly know the definition of it, and some of their characters are better written by the fans.
I've read three of Scalzi's books last year (actually they were the only "real paper" books I've read in a long time) and they were fantastic. Not one minute of being bored, great characters, and ideas that begin at A to finish at Z.
On one hand I'm glad they are making an effort after 13 years (no I'm still not interested in watching SGU though), on the other hand I'm thinking that the mix of utterly good and utterly bad might not produce the expected result (for tptb that is).
I don't know how much leeway Scalzi may have, but I can't really see him agree with the usual female = love interest for the male cast (so they look better), nor with the colored people = aliens, or the few dozens of other bad taste habits that haunts the SG franchise. But then he might have nothing to say about it, so...