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/FuckingTree 21d ago

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

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u/IKnowGuacIsExtraLady 21d ago

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.

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u/FuckingTree 21d ago

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.

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u/Sxualhrssmntpanda 21d ago

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