Far be it from me to actually defend Syfy but they didn't cancel SGA (and said so in a press release but only once so this is what they get for being kiss a** with the producers at the time). Wright and Cooper pulled SGA from production. They tried to say that Syfy 'canceled' the show for ratings so the fans wouldn't yell at them but that's not what happened and it came out in the 'wash' as time went on.
As for the cast finding out via tweet and internet? Well considering that all these guys are in the entertainment business and the way a lot of actors find out they don't have jobs is by reading the script or finding out in the 'dailies' and it's been this way for decades, I'm not surprised that tweeting has become another method. Very rarely do they gather people round to tell them the bad news. I mean at most corporations you get the pink slip on Friday (after the rumors of who's losing their job have been going round for awhile) and you clean out your desk while security watches. I guess what I'm saying is most companies, entertainment or otherwise are not exactly 'polite or courteous' in passing on information like 'you're fired' ahead of time because they don't want to deal with any kind of 'emotional meltdown' so they do it in the most clinical way possible.
I know a fair amount of actors. While some actors aren't the brightest bulbs in the box, many are quite savvy (have to be quick on the uptake, they haven't chosen the most stable of careers after all) and they can read ratings' reports as well as the fans. They knew they were probably going to get canceled. I suspect they knew after the second ep of this season especially after the poor showing of last season, so if they're 'shocked' then they're in the wrong business.
I don't expect the Stargate franchise to go away but it may take a rest. I do think if and when it comes back, it needs new blood. I suspect an SGA movie could pull in at least as high a ratings as SGU has been pulling but whether these particular PTB will be doing any further SG movies or shows, about that I have serious doubts.
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Date: 2010-12-27 04:48 am (UTC)As for the cast finding out via tweet and internet? Well considering that all these guys are in the entertainment business and the way a lot of actors find out they don't have jobs is by reading the script or finding out in the 'dailies' and it's been this way for decades, I'm not surprised that tweeting has become another method. Very rarely do they gather people round to tell them the bad news. I mean at most corporations you get the pink slip on Friday (after the rumors of who's losing their job have been going round for awhile) and you clean out your desk while security watches. I guess what I'm saying is most companies, entertainment or otherwise are not exactly 'polite or courteous' in passing on information like 'you're fired' ahead of time because they don't want to deal with any kind of 'emotional meltdown' so they do it in the most clinical way possible.
I know a fair amount of actors. While some actors aren't the brightest bulbs in the box, many are quite savvy (have to be quick on the uptake, they haven't chosen the most stable of careers after all) and they can read ratings' reports as well as the fans. They knew they were probably going to get canceled. I suspect they knew after the second ep of this season especially after the poor showing of last season, so if they're 'shocked' then they're in the wrong business.
I don't expect the Stargate franchise to go away but it may take a rest. I do think if and when it comes back, it needs new blood. I suspect an SGA movie could pull in at least as high a ratings as SGU has been pulling but whether these particular PTB will be doing any further SG movies or shows, about that I have serious doubts.