One thing that's left a sour taste in my mouth is the fingerpointing that some of both the cast and crew of SGU have been doing since the announcement, and that's blaming the fans for the cancellation.
I'm sorry if that's the way they feel, but the vast vast vast bulk of people only watch TV on TV, and only the tiniest minority of fans go online to talk about their fave shows, and only a minority of those download TV shows.
As well as that there's been undertones of them blaming 'embittered' SGA fans for not giving the show a chance. I did give it a chance, I didn't like it and quit watching. That's almost like saying I didn't watch Enterprise because I was a Voyager fan.
So I guess I'm left wondering why I should support the franchise at all, and I think the SG1 and SGA actors knew all along that Syfy and the boys at the bridge were done with them, hence why I don't even think they could get the casts together for a movie anymore due to conflicting schedules :(
At the end of the day MGM/Syfy have left it too long to make SG1/SGA movies that are marketable - the hardcore fanbase has moved on, and the shows are only distant memories to the casual viewer. And SGU never seemed to have the support or the casual viewership to sustain it anyway :(
I hope I'm wrong, but I think the franchise is as dead as that parrot on Monty Python....
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Date: 2010-12-27 03:08 am (UTC)I'm sorry if that's the way they feel, but the vast vast vast bulk of people only watch TV on TV, and only the tiniest minority of fans go online to talk about their fave shows, and only a minority of those download TV shows.
As well as that there's been undertones of them blaming 'embittered' SGA fans for not giving the show a chance. I did give it a chance, I didn't like it and quit watching. That's almost like saying I didn't watch Enterprise because I was a Voyager fan.
So I guess I'm left wondering why I should support the franchise at all, and I think the SG1 and SGA actors knew all along that Syfy and the boys at the bridge were done with them, hence why I don't even think they could get the casts together for a movie anymore due to conflicting schedules :(
At the end of the day MGM/Syfy have left it too long to make SG1/SGA movies that are marketable - the hardcore fanbase has moved on, and the shows are only distant memories to the casual viewer. And SGU never seemed to have the support or the casual viewership to sustain it anyway :(
I hope I'm wrong, but I think the franchise is as dead as that parrot on Monty Python....
Sorry for the rant :(