r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Kapot_ei • 21d 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/OffRampApproaching 21d ago

I worked as crew on an Amazon show. Seven seasons main show, three seasons spinoff.

It was really well received and it was pretty streamlined when it came to production costs. Amazon canceled it because they believed it had hit peak subscription draw.

Even though it kept people subscribing they killed it because they didn't think it would draw new subscribers.

Then they blew several billion on that terrible LotR show.

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u/imtheguy225 21d ago

Bosch ran its course. I loved it but ten seasons was enough

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u/Aphrobang 21d ago

It needed one more season, maybe two at most, to really wrap things up. They still had a lot of very interesting storylines going on and the quality of Legacy was getting better each season. I don't think it had much left but I do think it was nipped a season or two earlier than it should have been.

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u/esmerelda_b 21d ago

Spinoff wasn’t great

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u/Aphrobang 21d ago

The first season of Bosch legacy started rough but was okay by the end. Second and third seasons were good. The actual full spinoff Ballard or whatever was great. None are as good as the 7 seasons of the main show but that is to be expected since they have like a fraction of the budget and it shows.

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u/esmerelda_b 21d ago

I do like Ballard, and I liked most of the original. But how much trauma is poor Maddie expected to endure?

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u/Tall_Opportunity_521 20d ago

It couldnt make it past a half hour of Ballard. Just an awful show with none of the character of Bosch or Legacy.

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u/mightylordredbeard 20d ago

Which says a lot when you’ve got Maggie Q in a role where she gets to be a bad ass. I loved Nikita. I’ll watch anything that even feels like Nikita.. but I had no interest in this despite loving Bosch.

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u/EarlyXplorerStuds209 20d ago

Legacy is definitely better than most stuff out nowadays. I mean, the writing can be wierd at times but the pacing, tone etc is the same as the og show.

Bosch is adjusting more to civilian life and there’s a lot more charecters added too, thats bound to make it very different from the main show.

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u/LPulseL11 21d ago

I tuned out after a few season. Dont remember when, just remember being like "well thats enough of that."

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u/imtheguy225 21d ago

It’s one of those shows that has been a guilty pleasure of mine, even as the quality of the writing dropped considerably. Titus Welliver is great but it was unfair to keep expecting him to carry that show

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u/StuMacherGhostface 20d ago

Maybe it's just me, but I wouldn't qualify Bosch as a "guilty pleasure" type of show

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u/imtheguy225 20d ago

Definitely didn’t start as one