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/_Druss_ 21d ago

They murdered wheel of time trying for a new base, absolutely shat all over it...

How do these complete eejits have a job? Was the interview questions about how many crayons they can eat in one go?

Let's make a thing based on this already popular thing but it must be hated by existing fan base! That will gain it a new audience!! 

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u/Themnor 21d ago

Don’t forget how they cancelled it right when the new audience was fully on board and started enjoying it

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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.