The success of the Stargate SG1 TV show confuses a lot of people. The show is the longest running Sci-Fi show in North American history, and yet never had a HUGE following… and come to think of it the show wasn’t all that good either. Personally I liked it. It was a fantastic story arc (for the first 7 seasons anyway) with a great mythology… the writing was a little hammy and the acting wasn’t exactly Emmy worthy, but it was a fun show to watch from time to time.
News has been circulating around recently about there being a movie of the Stargate SG1 TV franchise. Well… looks like there are going to be 2. The following comes from Filmstalker:
…Rob is writing and directing has to do with wrapping up the Ori storyline, which is the storyline that has taken prominence for the last two years of the show. I don’t know if he is going to wrap it up completely or bring it to some conclusion for the sake of the fans and the franchise, to bring that epic struggle to a close…
…Brad is writing one, as far as I know, is a bit more standalone that will involve some kind of time travel and has something to do with our main mustache twiddling villain Baal doing something in the past that alters…he basically finds a way to lift the stargate from Earth so the Stargate Program never happens
Ok, here are the problems as I personally see it:
1) The whole Ori story they did in the show sucked ass. As a matter of fact, everything in that show after the main Goa’uld story arc was over has sucked.
2) The show is just a shell of it’s former self since the departure of Richard Dean Anderson.
So, for me… get back Anderson, and just go with the second idea with a plot that revolves around the Goa’uld, and I’m interested… or just make a sequel to the original movie and pretend the tv show didn’t exist. Other than that… I just don’t care. What are your thoughts?
