Amazon Has Axed Its New Stargate Series

jazz9k

The new Quantum Leap was terrible and most of the new Star Trek shows were equally as bad. Maybe this is a good thing.

OutOfHere

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.

le-mark

> 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.

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

mynegation

I am still mad at them for cancelling Wheel of Time.

chicagobob

That's a bummer. I literally started my latest rewatch because of this news.

spicymaki

Good! Did you really need more Stargate? Just watch the classic movie, and 200+ episodes of SG-1 and then 100+ episodes of Atlantis. Let these franchises rest.

throw7

Amazon? I'm sure Macgyver would've had to be a woman. And make her gay.

relyks

Why do they even make announcements that they're going into production and then casually cancel the show? Do they not know they are completely toying with the emotions of fans? Giving false hope is worse than no hope.

calmbonsai

We didn't want a "fresh perspective" on Stargate. We just wanted more classic Stargate. Not at all related, "Star Trek: Starfleet Academy". ;)

dyauspitr

They would probably ruin it anyway. The new commander would probably be a woman and be totally bland like the lord of the rings thing they did. I don’t know anyone that has watched that.

diabllicseagull

Massive fumble imho. I'm still sad about the SGU cancellation. It had so much potential for the third season. If Amazon won't commit to a new Stargate show it should at least release it for others to do so. Currently, it's keeping the franchise hostage.

KevinMS

> Variety reports that executives at the studio were concerned that Gero’s take on the series “would not have broad appeal beyond the franchise’s already dedicated fanbase.” in other words, it would have been good