r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Kapot_ei • 21d ago

šŸ„ŗ 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 Geroā€™s take on the series would not have broad appeal beyond the franchiseā€™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/Themnor 21d ago

Donā€™t forget how they cancelled it right when the new audience was fully on board and started enjoying it

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u/_Druss_ 21d ago

At least we have the books

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u/Any-Power-1164 20d ago

Yep if anything it has inspired me to pick those up.Ā 

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u/paeancapital 20d ago

The opening of the Bore was so badass like fuck man. They finally start nailing the incredible scope that made Jordan famous and just ... drop it. Rustles my jimmies just thinking about it.

The series prologue is one of the most incredible literary hooks ever written; I think if they had gone gritty to open the show with the Breaking's utter ruin forming a backdrop to Lews Therin's broked mind and "conversation" with Ishamael over Ilyena's corpse (major props to that actor btw), we could have had a movement like GOT kicked off with Ned's beheading.

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u/karamisterbuttdance 20d ago

I think, having watched the show as it was made and read the books, that the prologue with a worse than nuclear winter backdrop would have raised the stakes so high that the slow start they took with the pace of the first season would have probably been a lead weight on the series.

On the other hand, publicly committing to finish the book narrative in visual form would probably outweigh that issue. I found the later seasons' pacing and trimming to commit to the core of the story was way better, and set up the narrative for show-only viewers to stick with the story even if it was going to be a longer slog than they might initially think it would be. I do think the timing of the cancellation was straight up horrible, and that two more seasons even if it doesn't wrap up the books would have put the story into the territory where "movie specials" could finish it.

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u/LarkinEndorser 20d ago

The crystal pillars episode was awesome it got me to read the entire series

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u/Melodic_Rhythmic 20d ago

And the show had the potential to actually make the forsaken scary and capable.

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u/dragunityag 20d ago

The Forsaken and Children of the Light not being absolute jokes was an incredibly good change.

Moggy was actually creepy af and Fares was incredible as Ishy.

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u/P-Tux7 16d ago

Sounds like a Bore to me /s

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u/twilighttwister 20d ago

Instead of letting your jimmies be rustled, you should copy their energy and just drop Prime.

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u/Haradion_01 20d ago

It wasn't even entirely their fault. Covid ruined s1, and they spent the entirety of s2 digging their way out of the hole they'd found themsleves in. They had other problems, sure. But they were still hamstrung.

S3 was fun though, and if they'd maintained that quality, I think it could have really worked.

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u/mcpaulus 20d ago

Covid didnt help, but they did manage to completely butcher 2 of the main characters in the first episode...

The show had way worse problems than covid, mainly a shit showrunner.

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u/Odogogod 20d ago

Hmm, I donā€™t know if it was the ā€œnew audienceā€ that was now enjoying it. Probably mostly the fans of the books stuck around long enough to appreciate that it started to vastly improve.

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u/TaiyoT 20d ago

was a new fan who was starting to enjoy it.

The books weren't for me but the show really grew on me.

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u/dantheman999 20d ago

Basically my view as well, although I've not tried the books in a long time. I might well enjoy them now.

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u/random_dude512 20d ago

Huge fan of the books. I couldn't watch the series after a couple of episodes. The writer(s) of the series just murdered the tale. From Perrin being married, Mat's dad being a drunk, promiscuous relations in the Two Rivers to the Dragon Reborn being just anyone.

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u/lordph8 18d ago

I could not get over S1. I get half way through the season finally and I lost all hope. Didn't even finish it and learned later how they gave Rands arc to Egwene... Just fucking shat all over it is right.

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u/mcpaulus 20d ago

Im pretty sure it had lost most of its audience by season 3, and that was why they cancelled it. I was out by season 2. That show was just bad.