I want to be exited about this, but Amazon.. .
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Wow, been waiting for this for a long time. Brad Wright wrote the pilot just before the pandemic, but Amazon shelved it in 2022 when they bought MGM.
It's apparently a brand new pilot written by Gero, with Wright and Mallozzi onboard as creative producers.
To me this means they'll hire some new talent (giving new writers the same chance they got with SG1 and Atlantis back in the day), but the creative process will be bound to the oldschool masters who know what makes Stargate tick as a franchise.
I will just treat this series as an entirely new franchise. I expect, and hope, that the old canon won't be touched anyways.
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Veteran Stargate writer and producer Martin Gero created the show and will helm it as executive producer and showrunner. Fellow Stargate alums Brad Wright and Joseph Mallozzi are also on board as producers. The new series will continue the franchise with the same universe, canon, and tone that made Stargate a global hit.
Maybe there is a chance
Ah, new stargate, from the studio that brought us roaring successtories from long-loved classics like Wheel of Time and Lord of the Rings...
It will have a massive budget and be terrible, I fear.
And then get cancelled when it doesn't beat out Game of thrones ratings.
Or worse, this happens early even though it turns out decent, opening up new or forgotten ideas, and has fan support.
The problem with Stargate is that it is more limited in how it can explore new parts and times of the universe (like Star Trek has) because of its very nature. Both spinoffs tried to do this, yet got pulled right back to being connected to the original - Atlantis being better at it, those damn stones in Universe is where I started to lose interest, I wanted them to be lost.
with wot and lotr amazon is not looking good on the put out a quality version of an ip. it might help its not from a source material and just has to follow established cannon.
I am in pre cringe based on the name of the show and its fucking amazon.... But dammit I will watch it.
Recently revisited SG-1, still enjoy it, but holy shit the amazon version has FULL FRONTAL NUDITY in the pilot episode. My family and I were not ready for that shit! I never knew it was originally a showtime show, I was fuckin shocked. Fair warning for anyone who's like "yea this is from cable tv days, it will be family safe".
Us Americans should really stop being such prudes, I know the scene you're talking about and it's not bad or even sexual lmao
“yea this is from cable tv days, it will be family safe”
Well people get shot and blown up in pretty much every episode as far as I remember so that might be worse to show your children than one naked woman.
American values.
People gunned down, slaughtered, tortured, violated? I sleep
Single booba? Real shit.
Implied explosions and shooting, but you're not seeing people dismembered with guts pouring out. Similarly, I would throw on Star wars or star trek and seeing phasers and blasters is pretty normal. But if Padme suddenly dropped her dress it would surprise the hell out of people, especially the ones with their kids in the audience. Its more about expectations - when I first saw Stargate this wasnt in it.
Im also a little surprised how many people are dumping on me for showing Stargate to the kods and acting like showing nudity to children. Dump on me more but you all are fucking weird.
Different cultures, the weirdness goes both ways. People dying in entertainment has lost almost all of its shock value because all of western media is so heavily led by American values, and I think that is a terrible thing. So I understand the surprise, but I think the sentiment is misplaced, nudity does not hurt anyone.
Oh no, tits and a bush! In a non sexual situation! For a whole 3 seconds!
I'm so glad you survived.
It is a bit of let down that most things are being released by a few giants but that is the world for now.
It is good that they aren't trying to be a reboot and I like that some original creates are here. What I wonder is where they will set it time/location wise. It sounds like the idea is a new cast and new stories but without a restart, so maybe a bit forward or another ring? I can't remember all more lore, was SG Atlantis at another ring on Earth or did they use the one ring to get to Atlantis with it being elsewhere?
Unlike back in the day when most things were released on... ABC, NBC, CBS, or FOX.........
Even when your TV had 300 channels, most of them were owned by the same handful of studios playing reruns. Some of those studios have consolidated, but that's been paired with the rise of Apple, Amazon, and Netflix, so really all that's changed is you have to pay for them individually.
Atlantis was another galaxy. However, there was a period in SG1 when Earth had two gates and the Russians were secretly operating their own program.
Atlantis was an extra chevron on the gate address and needed extra power (I think more than one ZPM.) still only one ring per planet.
They could go as new team trying to go after the Universe ship and team, for whatever reason or threat…
Or a reboot of the first series, parallel universe style… then again…
The purpose of SG-1, among other things, was to find a habitable planet that was suitable for an offsite.
I think the plot might revolve around setting that base, life on it, difficulties that the teams will face, and some offworld travels. Or at least, one can hope…
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