Stargate: The End of a Franchise??

[wraithfodder]

Well, as usual, bad news seems to come out at the Vancouver Stargate convention (first time was when we found out that Daniel Jackson was going to die, die, die). No wait, he's died more than that, but I digress.

http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/8428/mgm-brings-stargate-movie-franchise-to-an-end.html has a number of quotes from twitter ..."To quote a castmate: Finding out there will be no SGU, ['Stargate: Atlantis' and ['Stagate SG-1'] movie was 'like getting cancelled all over again," SGU star David Blue shared on Twitter Sunday afternoon. "I can't imagine not playing Eli. We all hoped a movie would allow us the chance to play together again. It was an amazing crew, cast and team."  ....Reports are that many of the cast and crew learned of the show's final fate Saturday, with Wright tasked to share the bad news with fans Sunday. The announcement seems to go beyond SGU, and include the rest of the television franchise as well.

http://www.gateworld.net/news/2011/04/wright-sgu-continuation-other-movies-dead-for-now/ has quotes from Brad Wright. “We just recently found out that the SGU movie is not going to happen,” Wright said during his stage panel today.  “It took too long.  We just couldn’t get it together in time, and the window has closed.  It’s actually sad for me, because after 17 years, I’m cleaning out my desk tomorrow morning.”

David Hewlett @dhewlett tweeted "Sounds like Brad's Stargate news not what people were hoping for...what's a snarkastic genius to do now?! #StargateWontDie"

http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2011/04/17/april-17-2011-until-we-meet-again/ added his comments.

http://stargate-sg1-solutions.com/blog/2011/04/brad-wright-stargate-movies-wont-happen/ has the best rundown of all the quotes, etc. so definitely click on this link.

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For some reason, this does not surprise me. The economy sucks, MGM is putting its eggs ($$$) into the Bond basket, and SGU just did not perform like they had hoped. I've watched the entire franchise - Atlantis is still my favorite with SG-1 *extremely* close. SGU never grabbed me like the first two incarnations, but I do watch it. I must admit the literal darkness of the series did turn me off, plus I wanted to really like a chararacter and it was tough. I do watch TV to escape reality, so don't want THAT much reality in my TV, unless it's news / documentary stuff.

A big thank you to all the cast and crew of the Stargate franchise. It's been quite a roller-coaster ride over the past, um, er, geez, seems forever! ;) The best part of being a fan has been meeting other fans, and making very good friends, plus meeting cast and crew. It's had its ups and downs, but I never whined just to do it, it was because I loved the franchise. I think a lot of fans can say the same.

Well, we fans will keep it alive in fanfiction, and let's hope the paperbacks keep going, and down the roads, maybe we will get a movie or two or three with our favorite characters..

P.S. If anybody sees any good links to reports from the con, please feel free to add to the comments section below :)

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Sad for the fans; sad that, in my case at least, familiarity with TPTB (via their blogs and interviews) bred contempt ("loose lips sink ships" should have been carved in stone at Bridge Studios somewhere *sigh*); and sorry too that I'm not really sorry that the franchise is out of 'their' hands. I think it was time for them to move on, long ago but I do understand not wanting to let employment go even though you're no longer thrilled by the job. Still sometimes you need a good swift kick to get your life going in the right direction and maybe this is the silver lining in this cloud for TPTB? I think it might end up being a good thing for the franchise and regardless of what it looks like now, I don't think MGM will let Stargate languish very long. Along with Bond they've greenlit The Hobbit, they're a working studio again and SG is a valuable asset on the books. For all we know while we've been waiting for the penny to drop for Brad and Co., MGM has been busy figuring out what's next for Stargate.

Still, I thank them for the eps I enjoyed and a clever TV series made from an 'interesting' scifi movie. I thank them for hiring the actors that gave us some great characters and adios. I won't say vaya con Dios because in all honestly, after all of this I will probably not watch anything with TPTB names in the credits again, still I'm sure they'll all land on their feet. They seem good at doing that (indeed aren't M&M and Cooper already working on another show, virtually no down time? they've 'failed' upward it appears. LOL).