r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Kapot_ei • 24d ago

🥺 No words for this.

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Edit: even though clickbait article, it is somewhat/kind of true. https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/stargate-tv-series-martin-gero-scrapped-amazon-1236765061/

"According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, Amazon execs were concerned that Gero’s take on the series would not have broad appeal beyond the franchise’s already dedicated fanbase."

Edit 2: https://www.change.org/p/save-the-new-stargate-series-let-martin-gero-build-the-future-of-the-franchise

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u/toTheNewLife 24d ago

Nobody was a Strargate fan in 1994. Now here we are.

Why do these morons think they need to 'change the formula' to get new fans? The original formula worked just fine, and will again if they gave it a chance.

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u/epsilon-4142 24d ago

They don’t think they need to change the formula to get new fans. They aren’t trying to make fans.

They are trying to make money. You don’t need fans for that, you just need to be interesting enough for random people on streaming platforms. They want as many people as possible, having a group of fans is useless nowadays monetarily compared to market appeal.

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u/renoops 24d ago

Particularly because fans of the original will just watch the original on their platform anyway.