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More SG1-type series, less Universe-ones...

by forgingahead 5y ago

unemphysbro 5y ago
i agree; universe was a little too bleak, which was trendy at the time. we need something campy and fun.
- jatone 5y ago
  for the love of god upbeat scifi please. I can't take the dystopian themes anymore. I need escapism damnit.
  - jerf 5y ago
    This is my biggest concern with anybody (not just Amazon) trying to extend Stargate SG-1. I want more Stargate. Not a sudden dystopian nightmare, or dour bleak exploration of this or that, or gutting Stargate to write some other show wearing Stargate on the outside (e.g., "It's Game of Thrones, but Stargate!"). It's not even that those things are bad. I've watched and enjoyed some of them. It's just that I know where to get them and I've got enough of them right now.
    - Geritio 5y ago
      I would happyly watch a Stargate which connects to parallel universes to keep the fun and curios and action part alive. It can then become a gateway for stories like sliders and less coherent. Similar to black mirror.
  - ethbr0 5y ago
    Babylon 5 is the most upbeat my suspension of disbelief allows for. > LM: ...It is good to have friends, is it not, Mr. Garibaldi? Even if maybe only for a little while? > MG: Even if only for a little while.
  - cillian64 5y ago
    This is the main reason I’ve been watching Star Trek TNG recently. If anyone could recommend some vaguely optimistic sci-fi books that would be amazing.
  - stjohnswarts 5y ago
    And no more time travel!
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croon 5y ago
The movie was always a favorite of mine, and I think Shanks did a servicable job after Spader (even though no one could replace Russell). I would love a reboot of SG1 that isn't shackled by the budget of a 1997 genre TV-show. The spin-offs got gradually further away from what I liked about the initial premise, even if I understand what others might like about them.
- ethbr0 5y ago
  Atlantis felt like a fair continuation of SG-1, after SG-1 had been played out as far as they could take the plot. Different but similar.
  - nly 5y ago
    Atlantis was too similar. It was the ST:Voyager of the SG universe (lowercase U). SG:Universe was more like the ST:DS9
    - ethbr0 5y ago
      IMHO, SG:U committed the twin sins of {unrelated teenage romance} + {idiot of the day causing plot crisis}. The previous series typically felt more coherent in terms of plot.
      - thedanbob 5y ago
        > idiot of the day causing plot crisis I bailed after the second episode because of this. A character sacrificed himself by closing a door from the outside to stop an air leak, shortly after they discovered remote controlled flying robots. I figured if they were already making everyone into idiots to force conflict and crisis I was better off rewatching SG-1.
    - layer8 5y ago
      Now I have a better understanding of why I liked SG:U better than SG:A. :)
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Semaphor 5y ago
I’d take either. I thought by S2 Universe was very promising after an unfocused S1. It died before its time.
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More SG1-type series, less Universe-ones...

unemphysbro 5y ago

i agree; universe was a little too bleak, which was trendy at the time. we need something campy and fun.

jatone 5y ago
for the love of god upbeat scifi please. I can't take the dystopian themes anymore. I need escapism damnit.
- jerf 5y ago
  This is my biggest concern with anybody (not just Amazon) trying to extend Stargate SG-1. I want more Stargate. Not a sudden dystopian nightmare, or dour bleak exploration of this or that, or gutting Stargate to write some other show wearing Stargate on the outside (e.g., "It's Game of Thrones, but Stargate!"). It's not even that those things are bad. I've watched and enjoyed some of them. It's just that I know where to get them and I've got enough of them right now.
  - Geritio 5y ago
    I would happyly watch a Stargate which connects to parallel universes to keep the fun and curios and action part alive. It can then become a gateway for stories like sliders and less coherent. Similar to black mirror.
- ethbr0 5y ago
  Babylon 5 is the most upbeat my suspension of disbelief allows for. > LM: ...It is good to have friends, is it not, Mr. Garibaldi? Even if maybe only for a little while? > MG: Even if only for a little while.
- cillian64 5y ago
  This is the main reason I’ve been watching Star Trek TNG recently. If anyone could recommend some vaguely optimistic sci-fi books that would be amazing.
- stjohnswarts 5y ago
  And no more time travel!
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croon 5y ago

The movie was always a favorite of mine, and I think Shanks did a servicable job after Spader (even though no one could replace Russell). I would love a reboot of SG1 that isn't shackled by the budget of a 1997 genre TV-show. The spin-offs got gradually further away from what I liked about the initial premise, even if I understand what others might like about them.

ethbr0 5y ago
Atlantis felt like a fair continuation of SG-1, after SG-1 had been played out as far as they could take the plot. Different but similar.
- nly 5y ago
  Atlantis was too similar. It was the ST:Voyager of the SG universe (lowercase U). SG:Universe was more like the ST:DS9
  - ethbr0 5y ago
    IMHO, SG:U committed the twin sins of {unrelated teenage romance} + {idiot of the day causing plot crisis}. The previous series typically felt more coherent in terms of plot.
    - thedanbob 5y ago
      > idiot of the day causing plot crisis I bailed after the second episode because of this. A character sacrificed himself by closing a door from the outside to stop an air leak, shortly after they discovered remote controlled flying robots. I figured if they were already making everyone into idiots to force conflict and crisis I was better off rewatching SG-1.
  - layer8 5y ago
    Now I have a better understanding of why I liked SG:U better than SG:A. :)
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Semaphor 5y ago

I’d take either. I thought by S2 Universe was very promising after an unfocused S1. It died before its time.

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