Amanda Tapping from SG-1
Never liked the Stargate TV series. How they went to ALL those worlds and found people speaking perfect English on every one of them strained credulity.
Movies ok. Didn’t like the TV show. I like my scifi with ships not wormhole stations.
One of the best, most entertaining series ever made. Whiners gonna whine about the “realism” of fantasy series.
10 minute episodes??? Don't go to the bathroom.....
As a side issue, what’s with this digital platform? Do you have to subscribe to some online streaming service to watch this?
The world has changed a lot from the days of the three broadcast networks.........
I loved Stargate - movies and series.
This lost me in the first sentence:
1. Digital Platform - something else I gotta subscribe to? Give me a break.
2. 10 minute episodes - Really? That’s a long commercial.
3. MGM - That entertainment powerhouse?
I’ll give it as much attention as I have the new Star Trek series...zero.
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10 minute episodes? Sounds more like an infomercial than a TV series ... blink and you missed it. Or is it 10 minute show and 50 minutes of commercials? Terrible format.
Sounds about right...10 minutes of programming and 50 minutes of commercials.
We enjoyed much of Stargate, the movies, the original series, Atlantis, and less, Universe. Too bad the latter died but it was darker, almost a Lost-like version. Will be curious to see what they make of this. Star Trek did well visiting the younger James Kirk, Star Wars as well. These are all great franchises.
For many years I ignored everything Stargate and then one night I was bored and played Stargate Universe episode 1 on Netflix I think it was. Boy, was I hooked; what a great series. Too bad they never renewed for a second season.
"Stargate Origins tells the story of a young Catherine, the founding matriarch of the Stargate program...Stargate Origins tells her story as a young woman, as Catherine “embarks on an unexpected adventure to unlock the mystery of what lies beyond the Stargate in order to save Earth from unimaginable darkness.”
For the same reason SGU was a total failure. After a 16 hour shift of people literally throwing shit at me and someone trying to stab me or beat me with club covered in Harley Quinn inspired designs and an hour drive home on icy roads the last thing I want to see is some feminist superhero battling space racists while having an affair with her lesbian giant protozoa sidekick.
I dont want "dark", thats real life. I dont want "drama", thats some other idiots real life that Ive been trying to avoid. I sure as hell dont need leftist propaganda swirled in on top of all that. Thats exactly what we are going to get if any of the team from the last one are involved in this one.
Sure, I can suspend disbelief for a good story. A story that comes out of the gate based on a whole lot of heavy shark jumping premises isnt going to be watched a second time. If I have to go to DU to get an encyclopedia of perverse behaviors and download a lexicon of sjw causes, Im not going to get through the first episode.
Bright adventure where the good guys win. Thats what Im looking for. A bit of dry humor, no sophmoric stupidity. Attractions between characters can be fun, no "relationships". No space racism, intergalactic anti-capitalism, or any other liberal nonsense. I just want to see good guys meeting new and interesting species and blowing them up in exciting ways with cool technology.
Simple, shallow, and formulaic? Yes, pointless escapism. This type of entertainment is exactly the place for something like that, there is already plenty of "dark" "drama" in real life.
Not a manly man amongst them.
All seem a bit punkish, not hero types.