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Amazon Has Axed Its New Stargate Series

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Re: Amazon Has Axed Its New Stargate Series

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Post by OutOfHere »

HDThoreaun wrote: post #7
OutOfHere wrote: post #6

If you haven't seen Stargate SG-1, it was one of the greatest shows. I would rather rewatch it than watch a bad remake. Stargate Atlantis was not half bad either. They will likely hire the cheapest script writer, who in turn will likely offload it to the cheapest LLM, resulting in derivative work that is not in any way creative or inspiring.

Yea I watched stargate SG-1 and can confirm that plenty of media released post covid is not only half as great, but a good deal better.

Like what (in sci-fi)? Not counting the Star Wars series, the last independent good scifi show that I recall was The Expanse, the majority of which was pre-Covid. In fairness, Foundation is okay, but not great.

Re: Amazon Has Axed Its New Stargate Series

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Post by iammiles »

le-mark wrote: post #8

> the studio were concerned that Gero’s take on the series “would not have broad appeal beyond the franchise’s already dedicated fanbase.” This is a key component in reviving a legacy IP It was popular because of who? The fans! No one needed the Disney-ization of Stargate. This is probably a good thing.

The framing here gives some good insight into other controversial Amazon adaptations.

Re: Amazon Has Axed Its New Stargate Series

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Post by OutOfHere »

Sebguer wrote: post #10
OutOfHere wrote: post #6

If you haven't seen Stargate SG-1, it was one of the greatest shows. I would rather rewatch it than watch a bad remake. Stargate Atlantis was not half bad either. They will likely hire the cheapest script writer, who in turn will likely offload it to the cheapest LLM, resulting in derivative work that is not in any way creative or inspiring.

"modern wokeness", ah, yes. Because the show about religion as a means of control, that featured strong women throughout, was broadly about how colonialism is bad and the importance of respecting different cultures, that brute force was almost never the 'right answer' is anti-woke.

For example, look at all the recent Star Trek series; they have been an abomination, and are rightfully canceled.

Re: Amazon Has Axed Its New Stargate Series

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Post by jghn »

OutOfHere wrote: post #13
Sebguer wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"modern wokeness", ah, yes. Because the show about religion as a means of control, that featured strong women throughout, was broadly about how colonialism is bad and the importance of respecting different cultures, that brute force was almost never the 'right answer' is anti-woke.

For example, look at all the recent Star Trek series; they have been an abomination, and are rightfully canceled.

I’ve seen those shows and still don’t know what you mean. Since you didn’t mean the other stuff you’ll need to be more explicit

Re: Amazon Has Axed Its New Stargate Series

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Post by ojkelly »

For those who don’t know (which seems to be the entire comment section at the moment), the new show is/was not a remake, they intended to follow on from the existing series.

I was pretty optimistic after watching the announcement [0] that this would be a decent show.

Here’s hoping they’ve developed it enough that they can shop it around.

[0] https://youtu.be/e82uV9sBt4I?si=ZY3qO4o8r1DH5voG

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Post by Kye »

Sebguer wrote: post #10
OutOfHere wrote: post #6

If you haven't seen Stargate SG-1, it was one of the greatest shows. I would rather rewatch it than watch a bad remake. Stargate Atlantis was not half bad either. They will likely hire the cheapest script writer, who in turn will likely offload it to the cheapest LLM, resulting in derivative work that is not in any way creative or inspiring.

"modern wokeness", ah, yes. Because the show about religion as a means of control, that featured strong women throughout, was broadly about how colonialism is bad and the importance of respecting different cultures, that brute force was almost never the 'right answer' is anti-woke.

Many classic scenes like the P90 demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjlCVW_ouL8

Or Carter's literal first scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi4lt-17OxE

And so on

Re: Amazon Has Axed Its New Stargate Series

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Post by jfengel »

OutOfHere wrote: post #13
Sebguer wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"modern wokeness", ah, yes. Because the show about religion as a means of control, that featured strong women throughout, was broadly about how colonialism is bad and the importance of respecting different cultures, that brute force was almost never the 'right answer' is anti-woke.

For example, look at all the recent Star Trek series; they have been an abomination, and are rightfully canceled.

Ah, yes. That great anti-woke series Star Trek.

Re: Amazon Has Axed Its New Stargate Series

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Post by lucisferre »

ojkelly wrote: post #15

For those who don’t know (which seems to be the entire comment section at the moment), the new show is/was not a remake, they intended to follow on from the existing series. I was pretty optimistic after watching the announcement [0] that this would be a decent show. Here’s hoping they’ve developed it enough that they can shop it around. [0] https://youtu.be/e82uV9sBt4I?si=ZY3qO4o8r1DH5voG

Given the IP situation, is shopping it around even on the table?
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