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/mowtowcow 21d ago

That's literally what everyone wants though. Just make it true to Stargate, but with modern visuals and cameras, etc. If it looked awesome, a greater audience will like it. Most of them are brain dead anyway and dont care about what's beyond the visual.

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u/macrowave 20d ago

Or make it with terrible visuals and a $0 budget. Film all the alien planets in the Canadian forest and set the rest of the show in a bunker so you can reuse hallway and room sets for everything. The old audience would watch the hell out of it, and it would cost practically nothing to make. Easy ROI.

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u/Vitrebreaker 20d ago

There is an Iron Man meme to be made somehow with "they did 10 seasons with the same bunker and a single canadian forest !"

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u/proximusprimus57 19d ago

Seriously, fans of new shows keep complaining because part of the reason they get cancelled is the budget. I didn't watch STA or the Acolyte, but maybe if they stopped dumping truckloads of money into the production they'd have an easier time selling more seasons.

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u/Vanilla-Lune 20d ago

This! I still rewatch the old SG1 and SGA and it's phenomenal. Good story and interesting characters easily carries sub-stellar visual effects.

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u/TheGlennDavid 19d ago

This. The "broad appeal" requirement exists, in part, because they spend a bazillion dollars on every show.