I'd watch an episode or two to see if it is good at the very least because Stargate is one of my favorite TV series.
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Probably, Yes.
But maybe not if it's a weird prequel retcon action dramedy featuring Jack O'Neil, age 20, going undercover in Goa'uld high school to try and locate the evil fiends behind a counterfeit jeans smuggling ring, falling in love with 18 year old student Sam Carter, who sees through his macho act and urges him to try and see the good in every Goa'uld, even the Captain of the Football Team, Lants McDonaldson, the awkward son of Apophis who just wants to settle down with a human of each gender on a country farm, raising llamas.
I would shame watch that
I’d definitely give it a try! The concept is strong enough to be that I’d even consider a full reboot, although my dream is another soft reboot where the canon is left intact and we just follow a new set of main characters, and our old favourites might pop up occasionally. Having seen Amazon do great stuff with the tail end of The Expanse I think they have the chops to make it work.
tail end of The Expanse
What? They actually finished it?!
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Oh. Season 6. That leaves out an entire 1/3 of the story from the books :(
I'd love to watch the show, but I can't bear the thought of the story being that unfinished in the TV adaptation :(
Sorry to get you excited. If it’s any help, they do absolutely leave it open to return after the book time skip, they included a load of stuff that only makes sense in context of the last books.
Yes if they don't DEI it up like most shows these days.
Incidental characters, new characters here and there, fine. A storyline where it makes sense, maybe.
Half the crew? Um..no. Make one of the original characters go gay/trans for b.s. reasons, um..no
Just focus on the story. Give us a GOOD story.
lol, fuck off. Strange New worlds has a diverse cast and is a wonderful show. Lower decks, same thing. It’s totally doable. If you’re referring to something a la Discovery, the issue is poor writing for a typical Star Trek show, not that it has a diverse cast. Stop being a snowflake and watch some reruns if you can’t handle where society is going. “Can you believe I was made to look at a black person, an Asian, a GAY, AND a woman in a position of authority? It’s enough to give me the vapors!!”
I think more to the other person point is it being needlessly prioritised, seemingly at the expense of quality writing/characters.
Disco is a pretty choice example. The main character is frankly unbearable. Super unlikeable, overly emotional (despite being Vulcan) and frequently fucks up because she won’t listen or acts out of emotion. She is pointlessly insubordinate in an attempt to write her as strong but it inadvertently makes her incompetent and entitled. Everyone seems to cry, a lot, in the later season. The gay couple felt cheap and even unhealthy at some point, I think in the ep where one of them nearly dies, but unfortunately I can’t remember why. Didn’t really feel like ST just a show wearing its uniform.
Hey at least it was super diverse though. Although as you point out, it is largely the writing that boned disco. Just feels like these shows prioritise being as diverse as possible and then jump to racism the second people notice or criticise the shows for it or unrelated elements.
Super unlikeable, overly emotional (despite being Vulcan) and frequently fucks up because she won’t listen or acts out of emotion.
Being a terribly written character has norhing to do with DEI.
I have no idea what that is, from media seems to be republican speak for “not excluding anyone that isn’t white”.
But core problem with Disco isn’t the diverse cast: it’s that they went for something that doesn’t fit with the genre star trek usually fills and have writers who aren’t good at writing sci fi or shooty shooty bang bang. This diversity thing is a total red herring for conservatives and otherwise sensitive folks who can’t accept that kind of change.
The real issue with Discovery is that they fridged Michelle Yeoh so they could make Burnham the main character, a character they went to great lengths to show us is a violently xenophobic mutineer, and yet who is still somehow more open minded than nearly everyone else on Discovery.
Star Trek is supposed to be woke and Discovery wasn't. Having a black main character doesn't make a show woke, actually promoting social progress makes a show woke.
Would this new show have competent writers?
It'll have the best AI that a lazy half assed effort of an intern on a weekend can find.
Just give us a continuation of the core SG-1 timeliness, whoever is working at stargate command now. As long as the writing is good. A reboot or recast would be the worst, laziest thing that could happen.
This is the show I would watch. Stargate: the next generation.
Consider that there was an alternate timeline already with the mirror object. How many realities could there be where Earth was brutally destroyed, never found the Stargate, or was visited by another species before finding the gate. One franchise people often forget about is Fringe. It explored many of these concepts in an interesting way.
I will watch a new Stargate show no matter what.
I will watch a new Stargate show no matter what.
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FINISH. STARGATE. UNIVERSE.