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Stargate: Universe has been announced (witness my lack of surprise)
Well, Stargate: Universe has been officially announced. And only a day after the announcement that Atlantis got cancelled, figure that! What a coincidence!
Howe said the new series will reinvigorate the franchise by targeting a younger audience.
"This is an opportunity to reinvent this franchise and make it relevant to a new generation," Howe said. "We really don't want to be more of the same. It's going to build clearly off the existing franchise but with a cast that gives it a younger vibe."
Fuck that. It's gotten painfully obvious that Atlantis has to make room for a younger cast, to appeal to a younger audience, and that just annoys the hell out of me. Hey, MGM&Co: I'm 38. Fun fact #1: Shockingly, characters closer to my age tend to be more interesting for me than teens or twentysomethings, generally speaking. No really, it's true! Fun fact #2: I have a lot more money to spend these days than back when I was in my twenties, so to me this obsession with the young audience makes no sense from a marketing perspective, either.
If they have to cancel a show because of bad ratings, I can understand that. But Atlantis was doing well in the ratings and was well-recieved by fans and critics. Yeah, the fandom will manage just fine without new episodes; it just really annoys me that they cancelled it for such bone-headed reasons. Way to show large parts of your fanbase the finger and show them they don't count.
Yeah, I lost my mellow. Shouldn't have read that article... I was doing fine until just now. ;) I'm shutting up now. I have a book to finish, should take three more days, and then I'll color the remaining two scenes of the comic, which are already lettered and betaed. It's pointless fretting over this.
Howe said the new series will reinvigorate the franchise by targeting a younger audience.
"This is an opportunity to reinvent this franchise and make it relevant to a new generation," Howe said. "We really don't want to be more of the same. It's going to build clearly off the existing franchise but with a cast that gives it a younger vibe."
Fuck that. It's gotten painfully obvious that Atlantis has to make room for a younger cast, to appeal to a younger audience, and that just annoys the hell out of me. Hey, MGM&Co: I'm 38. Fun fact #1: Shockingly, characters closer to my age tend to be more interesting for me than teens or twentysomethings, generally speaking. No really, it's true! Fun fact #2: I have a lot more money to spend these days than back when I was in my twenties, so to me this obsession with the young audience makes no sense from a marketing perspective, either.
If they have to cancel a show because of bad ratings, I can understand that. But Atlantis was doing well in the ratings and was well-recieved by fans and critics. Yeah, the fandom will manage just fine without new episodes; it just really annoys me that they cancelled it for such bone-headed reasons. Way to show large parts of your fanbase the finger and show them they don't count.
Yeah, I lost my mellow. Shouldn't have read that article... I was doing fine until just now. ;) I'm shutting up now. I have a book to finish, should take three more days, and then I'll color the remaining two scenes of the comic, which are already lettered and betaed. It's pointless fretting over this.
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And ironically, one of the complaints that gets thrown at Keller all the time is that she's too young for the position. A lot of that complaining happens at the producer's blog of all places, so I'm really surprised how TPTB can delude themselves into thinking that a younger cast will cure all ills, or even that it's what we all want. Oh, I forgot, what we want doesn't count because we're not part of their precious target demographic.