It was already a dead franchise. Worst case it'll stay that way. But I'm not without hope, as not all Amazon adaptations are bad, e.g. The Expanse or The Boys.
On the other hand I don't know how to feel about Emmerich being involved. I think he always disliked the direction the series took after his (very different and IMO inferior) movie.
Fallout was excellent!
Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for nuclear winter. (Hope season two will be good)
Imo, the expanse was excellent partly because of casting and the fact that the authors were so involved with it. Also, had what like 3 seasons before it hit Amazon? I still wish we got to see an adaptation of the final 3 books but I'm still glad we got what we did, definitely up there for me both tv and book wise.
There is still hope we will get the last three one day. Maybe we just have to wait a couple decades to let the time lines match up better.
Fysa, The Expanse is getting a game.
Owlcat, the same folks that did the excellent Rogue Trader, are running with it.
The theme song is epic.
Not just Emmerich, but Devlin as well. I'm worried about this. They tried to reboot the movies in 2014 and pitched a TV show in 2019. They're both on the record as being salty about SG-1, and I understand why they were salty about it but it's well beyond them now and after all these years, they're gonna come in totally play ball, just like that? And this while Malozzi and Wright are "consulting producers," meaning they give money to the production to get their names on it but they will be largely ignored. I hope I'm wrong, but I'm worried.
SG-1 was great and dwindling towards the end. They ended there to at least stop when they were goo. You could see the effects of modern hollywood creeping in those last 2 seasons. Atlantis was already embracing modern hollywood, and Universe was the death knell to the franchise.
They should've left it dead. Now they're going to try and raise a zombie, put make-up and lipstick on it, then kill it so that newer generations can remember Stargate as "oh, that shitty series?".
*Aluminium hat on*
They are reintroducing it to try and capitalise on the "it was aliens" meme. They are hoping to get a lot of viewership from the fringe and conspiracy theorists that will truly believe the pyramids were landing platforms for alien motherships.
Stargate Universe got there first.
I actually enjoyed universe
It went from "decent" to "OK yeah this is good" from s1 to s2, and I really wish I got to see where s3 would have gone. I really wanted to know what happened to Eli and those three years to make the jump.
Shame we didnt get to find out.
So this is the thing... Universe is ready for a continuation basically whenever. Here's how:
Eli got the last pod working and they went into stasis. However, due to the age of the ship, the stasis didn't keep them from aging. Unfortunately, some of the crew (whose actors didn't want to come back) died or are stuck in stasis. A side effect of what Eli did to get the last stasis chamber working also used a ton of energy, so the ship had to conserve power getting to the new galaxy (hence the extra time taken). As they're starting up the ship again in a new galaxy, they discover that it's been looted. Everything inconvenient to the production (such as the ancient communication stones) has been taken.
If the production wants, Earth has the power now to dial up the Destiny, but since Destiny can't dial back, any trip is one-way. This way they can get modern tech and stuff (and have video calls with Earth while the Stargate is open), but they're still decently cut off. (Also, food and stuff are no longer an issue as the SGC can simply send packages through whenever the dial the gate.) This does also allow some new cast members as long as the have a sufficiently compelling "go on a one way trip" story. Maybe one of them even got special dispensation to bring their cat.
Such a great premise, so much teenage drama! It was awful!
The tried to be BSG so hard then forgot they weren’t supposed to make all the characters stupid and incompetent
Amazon hasn't ruined invincible. I'd argue it's better than the comics and each season it's better than the last.
Hell, the last two seasons of SG-1 did that for me. I wasn't looking for a Farscape reunion.
I call those seasons Fargate
It's a Fargate. It makes things go far! We are not getting sued!
After the massacre of Wheel of Time and Rings of Power, I just can't be arsed getting interested in anything Amazon is having a crack at.
Fallout was awesome
You’ve already decided it’s going to be bad. No matter what. How small minded are you?
"I will not learn from the past but repeat my mistakes and keep wishing for the best"
- a small mind
Hey, the trillion dollar company is trying their hardest, give them a break!
Amazon studios did a good job with Fallout Season 1
I think when they're still running on the "capture market share" part of thier strategy they tend to be more hands off and just let the creatives reign free. It's when they start expecting a return on the investment that they get more hands on and turn everything to shit...
Funny how polarized the comments are.
Going by their track record, season 1 will either be quite good or really bad. There will be no in between, and I’m fine with that… best it doesn’t go on as a mediocre zombie.
What did they do to Mass Effect?
I guess they want to insinuate that Andromeda killed Mass Effect. While Andromeda certainly got a studio killed, the game itself is actually pretty good in my opinion.
I enjoyed playing Andromeda, in fact I think gameplay-wise it's the most fun of any mass effect. But story and character wise it was so mediocre that very shortly after finishing it I couldn't tell you who anyone was or any of the things that happened.
It might have been better off with a different spin-off name that made it clear it was in the same universe but wasn't really Mass Effect, because it kinda misses the mark for what those games were about.
I feel like Amazon actually try to make decent stuff, they just don’t do a very good job of it.
Joke's on you that goofy-ass shit has been dead for decades.
I write this affectionately.
Stargate was over years ago. Are they adding an interesting new element, or is this just going to be a rehash? Loved Stargate, but all good things must end.
Which one? There were three series, and only sg-1 had a real conclusion
Both Atlantis and universe were meant to keep going, they just got cancelled because of production costs
I guess I am thinking about SG-1. I never saw Atlantis and Universe could have used some more time to develop.
just like they got ready for black friday by raising the prices of things in my cart, making the original prices prime exclusive, and calling it sale price?
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