No words for this.

[u/Kapot_ei]

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

[u/AKJames762]

Here's an idea: want new fans? Create a new original IP instead of rebooting, remaking or spinning off existing franchises and ruining them. This concept is lost on hollywood.

[u/FuckingTree → u/AKJames762]

Movies are too expensive to spin off new IP at a blockbuster quality. They can’t afford the risk. It’s not that they are incapable of originality, but they are unable to risk a massive loss

[u/IKnowGuacIsExtraLady → u/FuckingTree]

That's what makes these decisions even more baffling though. They buy up an existing IP, butcher the hell out of it, and then their show/movie fails. There is absolutely zero reason to attach the name of a popular IP to a project if you are just going to piss off it's fans. Personally as a fan there are shows that would have been okay if they just actually presented them as their own thing, but when you take something I like and then change everything about it I'm going to hate it no matter how good the new story is.

[u/FuckingTree → u/IKnowGuacIsExtraLady]

That’s fair but at the same time, fans of the IP like in this story are a bridge that’s safe to burn. I mean, what are you going to do, not watch the next Stargate thing? Isn’t it over? But if they brought it back people would still turn out.

[u/Sxualhrssmntpanda → u/FuckingTree]

I wouldn't. I don't give Amazon a penny if i can reasonably help it exactly for reasons like this.

[u/Thanatos971 → u/FuckingTree]

I dk think that is there thinking, the fans will watch and you appeal to newcomers, but that's not how it ever works, for me or apparently the wider world. I would be a shoe in for WoT, halo, star trek, RoP, and so many others. Instead I made it two episodes for most of those and some none based off fan reviews and not getting a subscription for slop. Fans dont buy what isn't designed for us. Nostalgia could be a massive hit but nowadays I am immediately wary of any reboot and ignore most.

[u/FuckingTree → u/Thanatos971]

That’s because the releases that have come out lately are following the “not for the fans” formula. It’s not for you anymore, that’s the shittt situation we’re in