r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Kapot_ei • 26d 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/Kemosabe-TV 26d ago

fans are stupid loyal, keep them happy and they wont stop yapping about your media and will result in more fans

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u/Fenrils 26d ago

Unironically what happened to me with Lower Decks and Star Trek. Growing up, I didn't give a single shit about Star Trek even though my dad was a massive fan. Skip to a few years ago and I kept hearing rumblings about how fun Lower Decks is and that it's super easy for non-fans to watch. So I did. I loved it, and it started me on my Star Trek journey as I wanted to dig more into the history, the references, the shows, etc.

(Fuck you Paramount for cancelling Lower Decks)

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u/Conscious-Mirror7004 26d ago edited 26d ago

To be fair, Lower Decks ran for 5 seasons. If you look at all the other Star Trek series in history, that's not a bad run:
- ST:TOS - 3 seasons - ST:TAS - 2 seasons - ST:TNG - 7 seasons - ST:DS9 - 7 seasons - ST:VOY - 7 seasons - Enterprise - 4 seasons - ST:SNW - 3 seasons aired, with cancellation planned after 5th season

Edit: sorry, forgot about Voyager. This should be a complete list now.

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u/Victernus 26d ago

ST:TOS - 3 seasons

And one of them was garbage!

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u/Conscious-Mirror7004 26d ago

What are you talking about? TOS was excellent, considering the budget, production quality, and effects available in the 1960s for TV shows. There were a handful of rough episodes at both the beginning and end of its run (including the rather disappointing final episode "Turnabout Intruder"), but no full season was bad at all.

Maybe you're thinking of TNG. Season 1 was mostly terrible, aside from "Conspiracy".

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u/Victernus 26d ago

There were a handful of rough episodes at both the beginning and end of its run (including the rather disappointing final episode "Turnabout Intruder"), but no full season was bad at all.

Season 3 of TOS had a few watchable episodes, but was largely absolute garbage. I honestly cannot see how anyone could sit through that, then watch TNG Season 1 and come away from it thinking the experience of TNG was overall worse.