Chicago Tribune scores interview with Mallozzi re Season 4 changes

[wraithfodder]

http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2007/02/amanda_tapping_.html

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Chicago Tribune reporter Maureen Ryan managed to wrangle some responses out of Joe Mallozzi regarding the changes to SGA

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Feb 20 2007 

 

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“Changes are afoot in outer space.”

“Stargate SG-1” is wrapping up its long run with 10 episodes that begin airing April 13, Sci Fi Channel announced Tuesday. A spinoff series, “Stargate Atlantis,” will also air 10 episodes of its third season starting on the same date.

The biggest news, however, is that Amanda Tapping, who played “Stargate SG-1’s” Lt. Col. Samantha Carter for 10 seasons, will join the main cast of “Atlantis” for its fourth season, which arrives in the fall.

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Mallozzi didn’t want to be specific about how Higginson and Tapping’s characters will fit into the command structure of the Atlantis expedition in Season 4, but he did say that Carter will provide “more of a support role.”

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Mallozzi would not confirm one development that has been widely discussed on “Stargate” fan sites for months, which is the alleged death of “Atlantis’” affable Scottish doctor, Carson Beckett, who’s played by Paul McGillion. The actor told Starburst magazine that his character is killed off in an upcoming Season 3 episode called “Sunday.” 

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Asked whether any other cast members of “Atlantis” are leaving, he said, “stay tuned on that one.”

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On fan reactions to the upcoming season of “Atlantis”: I think fans are needlessly worried. They read spoilers and get upset [before they see the episodes]. The heartache and the anger – fans would save themselves a lot of that if they would wait and watch the episodes. I’m sure they are already starting their letter-writing campaigns. But in our case, to be brutally honest, they don’t really have an impact on creative decisions.” 

 

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Comments

[dejla.livejournal.com]

Actually, we do have an effect -- on their ratings. We stop watching, the ratings go down, suddenly SciFi wonders why they have this show on that isn't doing anything for them. He ought to think about that end of it.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

I just feeling sorry for the actors/crew who haven't been canned yet in this 'reincarnation' of SGA - foisting SG1 cast and new cast members onboard to 'shake up things.' I like Shep, McKay, Teyla, Ronon, etc., and am tired of seeing things changed becuase the writers CAN'T write. It's as simple as that. They've got marvelous tools with the actors but if the writers can't get past retreading an old SG1 script, we're doomed.

[alyssa22.livejournal.com]

They can't be feeling confident at all. What they fail to understand is that giving your cast an unstable, uncertain environment is inevitably going to impact on their performance. They are screwing over a bunch of people, all for the sake of keeping SG1 alive.