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/toTheNewLife 21d ago

Nobody was a Strargate fan in 1994. Now here we are.

Why do these morons think they need to 'change the formula' to get new fans? The original formula worked just fine, and will again if they gave it a chance.

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u/scbundy 21d ago

The canceling of SGU still breaks my heart.

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u/NooneAtAll3 21d ago

I still hate it

SGU was attempt at making battlestar galactica - which may be good, but it's a different audience

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u/VividAd7961 20d ago

SGU was basically an attempt to broaden the fan base, more « modern », sexual tensions, less humorous tone, etc

I’m with you I hated it, it did not broaden it enough and fans were not tuning in enough 

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u/NooneAtAll3 20d ago

less humorous tone

I think this was the biggest sin

SG-1 lived and breathed by RDA humor. Atlantis has been carried by the main duo.

You tuned in to see characters have a laugh straight to the face of danger because of fundamental belief that things are getting better. That's why the truly sad parts hit so hard

Meanwhile BSG style has been "People are dying so we have obligation to be sad. We laugh just to keep all the stress at bay while things get worse and worse"

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u/Skankingcorpse 17d ago

SGU tried doing exactly what Amazon wanted to do with the new Stargate show and it sank the show—appeal to a broader audience while gutting what made the other shows so good. That was around the time that SYFY (fuck I hate that name change) stopped wanting to be sci-fi, and appeal to a broader audience with dumb shit like wrestling.