Richard Dean Anderson joins Twitter, and Stargate magazine to close

[wraithfodder]

Finally got myself some Stargate SG1 icons :)

First, well, Richard Dean Anderson has taken the dive and joined twitter. You can follow him at http://twitter.com/andersonrdean. This morning he had about 300 followers. As I post now, he's over 2,000. And he's made just two tweets! Nice background picture though :)

Secondly, read today over at http://stargate-sg1-solutions.com/blog/2010/06/official-stargate-magazine-closing-down/ that The Official Stargate Magazine is shutting down. I must admit, it some respects it does not surprise me. First, the news is usually old and already known via the gazillion internet sources. Secondly, the issues are now $9.99 each. Even at only six a year, you sit back and go $10? $10 for a magazine? I can see the high price though, due to lower volume, which boils down to what I suspect is the real reason it's going under: lack of readership. That's my guess. When Stargate Atlantis got the axe, I can't tell you how many fans grumbled afar about not buying the magazine anymore because they wanted SGA, not SGU. Are SGU fans buying it? It's hard to tell. I must admit, as a completist I do have them all, figuring well, it can't last forever (how little did I know). So have two more issues to buy and that's it. Magazines devoted to a single show usually have a limited life. As much as I've enjoyed CSI, I just couldn't get into buying the magazines.

There is stuff in the magazine that's not on the web, but with the magazine closing, perhaps fan-run sites will get more interviews, or MGM, provided it doesn't go under too!

Comments

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

yup, now to see what RDA tweets :) if only Michael Shanks and Joe Flanigan and jason Momoa would come online...

[emrinalexander.livejournal.com]

I know I stopped buying it when they chopped Atlantis. I was willing to shell out the money just for the photos of the team. I don't care about SGU and so that was that.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

I know a lot of folk who have said that...

[naniwahine.livejournal.com]

That's my feeling exactly. The magazine is overpriced, and I really don't care for the SGU content. Is this a predictor for the future of SGU as well..?

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

It's hard to tell...

[tavabean.livejournal.com]

That's cool about RDA and twitter! Will follow.

I know I let my subscription to the Stargate Magazine run out after they cancelled Atlantis. I had no desire to read about SGU.
The company called and left a few messages on my machine to ask me to resubscribe after that. I kind of felt sorry for them. :(

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm sure there should be another show that will come along to make a magazine on...

[astrumporta.livejournal.com]

They were calling me to renew just a month or two ago! I didn't call them back. :( I wonder if they decided to give up after many reactions like mine. I'm a completist too, but it was getting to be a complete waste of money. The combo of the tiny, eye-hurting font and the SGU content and GW regurgitated news... some issues I never even opened.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

I haven't read all the issues, just portions.

[timespirt.livejournal.com]

I know I didn't renew my subscription when they axed my show. Waste of money in my opinion.

[winter-elf.livejournal.com]

I was buying the magazine, but stopped after the last few issues. If I see it, I pick it up to check how much Atlantis or SG1 stuff is in it (like the story or such) and weigh buying.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Less and less SGA stuff, I'll admit...

[squonk79.livejournal.com]

Shame about the magazine but not at all surprised. I stopped buying it because it was almost all SGU and i'm just not intereted. I read the bits i want in the shop in about 5 minutes. But as you say, i've usually read it all already online anyway.

RDA on twitter, so cool. :D

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Yup, magazines like that are sorta doomed when everything is already out on the web...

[crashbarrier.livejournal.com]

Are SGU fans buying it? It's hard to tell.

I have to ask are there SG:U fans??? everyone I have spoken to is fairly Meh! about the series (this includes people who didn't watch SG-1 and/or SG:A).. and I know I am not enamoured of the series. It is a pity when a fanzine dies but when the series ends there is only so much more you can write about before it becomes old news.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure how many are out there, but enough to watch it. But yeah, when a show goes under (SG1 or SGA) there are only so many ways to rehash news. What I'd like to see is the Special Edition - Stargate Atlantis movie issue - but somehow think that's a pipe dream :(