Stargate Emoverse to be cancelled

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

What is this Emoverse you speak of? There was another Stargate series?

Well, as long as Stargate Universe stays.

 

[DumbPaladin]

It's not necessarily dead. MGM owns the Stargate franchise, not SyFy. Right now it's only that SyFy won't pick it up for a third season. MGM hasn't said whether they were going to let it die or try to shop it around to another network. I really don't know what other channel might be interested in it, so it may be a moot point...but it's not dead until MGM says it's dead.

You eternal optimist.

I am sorry to burst your bubble, but what MGM says these days doesn't matter much, because they're broke. Until this month, MGM couldn't even afford to put out James Bond movies, which are guaranteed moneymakers for them, they're that broke ...

 

[El Mahdi]

You eternal optimist.

I am sorry to burst your bubble, but what MGM says these days doesn't matter much, because they're broke. Until this month, MGM couldn't even afford to put out James Bond movies, which are guaranteed moneymakers for them, they're that broke ...

That sucks!

Sometimes, companies can get financing (loans) to produce movies and shows that were as certain as possible to be moneymakers. It might be a stretch though to put SGU in that category.

*MGM hanging out on an LA sidewalk* - Hey Brother, can you spare a billion...?

 

[JacktheRabbit]

That sucks!

Sometimes, companies can get financing (loans) to produce movies and shows that were as certain as possible to be moneymakers. It might be a stretch though to put SGU in that category.

*MGM hanging out on an LA sidewalk* - Hey Brother, can you spare a billion...?

SGU doesnt fit into any category. It didnt have enough viewers to satisfy a small ball station like SyFy, so there is no way that it has enough to interest another station.

Whooh! You must have stopped watching early in the shows run.

If you'd seen the end of season 1 and the first 10 episodes of season 2, you would definitely not put "Rush" and "decent" in the same sentence...

When I say Rush and decent I mean a decent actor and a character that meant something for me. I certainly had no interest in: "LT who screws anything female" or "civilian fatboy who always whines that he cant get laid" or "Commander edge of nervous breakdown with a sadist streak".

SGU was by far my favorite, with the other two feeling full of unrealistic melodrama and tensionless intrigue. I watched several seasons of both and lots of episodes in other seasons because they often had redeeming entertainment value, but I never enjoyed either enough to recommend them.

SGU, on the other hand, felt much more real and the danger felt much more important. The mysteries were more interesting, and while it certainly had its dumb moments, was good enough that I recommended it several times.

Obviously very much to each his own.

Yes to each their own. But your own happens to be such a tiny number that the show is being canned.

 

[JacktheRabbit]

Double post

 

[Kobold Avenger]

Some of episodes were good, but I certainly think this series suffered from the lack of likeable characters. I think the problem was they were trying to be like BSG, when it's something they can't do given that it's Stargate.

But it's another sci-fi series gone, I miss Caprica too.

 

[Diamond Cross]

I really liked the premise of it.

But I'm not sorry to see it go. It was a pretty mediocre series with some potential to have a good metaplot. But that huge metaplot will more than likely not be resolved.

And very few likable characters. The rest were to just too interested in their own petty emo crap to come together and work together for their own survival.

 

[Felon]

SGU was by far my favorite, with the other two feeling full of unrealistic melodrama and tensionless intrigue. I watched several seasons of both and lots of episodes in other seasons because they often had redeeming entertainment value, but I never enjoyed either enough to recommend them.

SGU, on the other hand, felt much more real and the danger felt much more important. The mysteries were more interesting, and while it certainly had its dumb moments, was good enough that I recommended it several times.

SGU is a good example of a show that suffered for not grabbing the low-hanging fruit. They aimed at a mature audience, offered characters with subdued personalities, and featured no bass-voiced villain in outlandish garb for the auidence too root against. Not nearly enough scenes of people being chased down hallways by explosions.

This is apparently the working definition of "emo".

Lord knows the show wasn't perfect, but I enjoyed that it tried. Not every sci-fi series should be required to have a tin man/scarecrow/cowardly lion scheme where everyone's traits are clearly labeled in broad print.

 

[aurance]

SGU is a good example of a show that suffered for not grabbing the low-hanging fruit. They aimed at a mature audience, offered characters with subdued personalities, and featured no bass-voiced villain in outlandish garb for the auidence too root against. Not nearly enough scenes of people being chased down hallways by explosions.

This is apparently the working definition of "emo".

Lord knows the show wasn't perfect, but I enjoyed that it tried. Not every sci-fi series should be required to have a tin man/scarecrow/cowardly lion scheme where everyone's traits are clearly labeled in broad print.

Completely agree. The cheesy "here are good guys here are bad guys" sci-fi had its day, but it's way overdone. This is the only Stargate series I enjoyed.

 

[Tamlyn]

Actually, they saved SG-1 and it took 10 years before they ruined the Stargate franchise...

Actually, only 8 years. I absolutely LOATHED the last two seasons and the whole ORI story arc. And I couldn't really get behind the two new cast members either.

I did enjoy SGU, though. It provided a nice change of pace for the franchise.