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[astridv]

Uh, I didn't want to post any more on this, honest, but then I came across this followup article, and the last sentence made me laugh and laugh.

Mallozzi and co executive producer Paul Mullie will write the movie, Sci Fi and MGM said. Mallozzi also said he expected the entire Atlantis cast to be in the movie, plus “a certain gaunt and pallid flowing-locked guest star,” apparently referring to former cast member Amanda Tapping.

(The rest is just sciffi president Howe rambling on about fans being content with getting their "next fix of the Stargate franchise". Ah well.)

Ahem, sosorry... I'll get back to posting fanart ASAP.
(minor casting spoiler for the sga movie... does that count as casting spoiler? Do I need a cut for that?)

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[trystings.livejournal.com]

Amanda Tapping, gaunt and pallid. Won't she be pleased to hear that. *snorts*

I get so livid when I read these articles. "Rising production cost and the steep decline of the dollar are the reason to discontinue SGA". WTF does that mean? That Stargate Universe in miraculously going to reverse the dollar's decline?

[astridv.livejournal.com]

Amanda Tapping, gaunt and pallid. Won't she be pleased to hear that. *snorts*

I read that paragraph several times, trying to figure out what went on in that writer's head. The only explanation I can find is that they skimmed Mallozzi's entry, zoomed in on 'flowing-locked', remembered that Amanda already guest-starred, and copypasted the whole shebang without reading it. In any case, it's possibly the most ridiculous thing I've seen in a while.

Well, except Howe's statement above about the franchise fix. Will they ever get that we're in love with characters, not franchises? Only time will tell.

I get so livid when I read these articles. "Rising production cost and the steep decline of the dollar are the reason to discontinue SGA". WTF does that mean? That Stargate Universe in miraculously going to reverse the dollar's decline?

Well, I figure the young and desperate explorers will be played by young and desperate actors. Cheaper to sack the established cast and start over with newbies, maybe. blechh.

Still might bite them in the ass, considering they're discarding a show with an established fanbase and sound ratings for something that may very well tank.

[trystings.livejournal.com]

You know, I was going to give SGU the benefit of the doubt, I really was. After all, our response to the cancellation of SGA must pretty much be identical to that of the SG-1 fans, when their show was canceled in favor of SGA and look how utterly wonderful SGA turned out to be. But SGA ran concurrent with SG-1 for three years. And Atlantis was ground breaking compared to a SciFi show set on a space ship, lost in deep space, attacked by your random alien!

And then to add insult to injury and call the current fanbase "slightly too old" for the Stargate franchise - I have no words for that. Way to alienate your fanbase, Howe.