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Friday, August 22nd, 2008 10:52 pm
MGM giveth and MGM taketh away!

And all the fans said: "A plague on both your franchises!"

Maybe not quite, but you must admit, the timing is...well...atrocious. Clearly TPTB didn't learn too well from Jonas and Season Six: don't introduce the new guy at the same time as you boot the old out the door. Big mistake. Big. Huge.

Anyway, the Stargate: Universe series sounds...um...like Stargate: Voyager. Except with a 'younger, hipper cast' (did anyone else think of Marty whathisname from the SG1 episode "200" or was it just me? That sequence cracked me up - and the team's responses on top of that - BWAH!) and I have a really bad feeling about this blurb.

*facepalm*

I'll give it a fair chance - as I've told various people today. Brad Wright has always been one of my favourite PTB, and not quite as...shall we say 'forthright' as JoeM? Plus, he once hugged [livejournal.com profile] allisnow, and how could we possibly not like him for furnishing us with five years' worth of teasing opportunities? *starts putting on the flameproof suit* As long as they don't suddenly discover how they can get back to Earth at the end of Season One. *puts on the helmet and fastens it up tight* And it would help if the lead wasn't a white male but, you know, someone outside the traditional sci-fi tropes. *tugs on the gloves* But right now, a part of me is dancing a jig in the background and tunelessly singing, "Mock, mock, mockity-mock!"

And now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go hide from Alli.

*waves the icon to distract Alli, then jogs off*
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 07:16 pm (UTC)
I can see why they did it - it does make sense in a way...

I think the financial considerations are the main reason, though I don't think it took a lot of convincing to get the production to move onto new things. What I'm waiting to find out, considering one of the money issues is the fact that the show is made in Canada - no longer a cheap option like it once was - is if the show is moved back into the United States now.

And the last time TPTB tried to do two shows...well, the less said about that, the better.

Oh yes... *whistles*

Honestly, though, introducing the new a mere day after booting out the old? People are still getting over the loss of SGA - give them a couple of weeks, *then* announce the greenlight of SGU.

I feel a total fraud for saying this, since I lack this particular interpersonal skill myself, but it was particularly tactless on their part...