Or, SGU really sucks, a lot, and people don't want to taint their memory of SG-1 and SGA with it. *waves at idiot article-writer*
(not that those two were perfect, but SGU has nothing that made them even remotely good. Like remember when I was complaining how Lorne, Cadman, and Kate never got fleshed out? SGU is like that with ALL the characters. Except maybe Eli. He got the best deal, and it's only because he's like McKay-lite. But I didn't watch past s1, so maybe it'll get better, but I do not care about any of them and it's too late to win me over.)
(My 'favorite' part was the, oh, poor Matt, his ex/babymama is a stripper episode. *massive eyerolling* Yeah, I seriously regret watching any of this.)
Now I feel kind of guilty for not watching! DAMMIT! I am the fan that he was talking to!
But, actually, not because of Stargate at all, but because Deep Space Nine was so epically fabulous and a lot of Star Trek fans hated on it unfairly because it was in a different format.
I am also LOLing at that article, though. If it's so different than Atlantis that Atlantis fans hate and won't watch it, why don't you market it to a new audience? And make it good enough to grab them? Yeesh.
I hate the idea that people should watch something because of loyalty to a brand. Because no, it doesn't work like that. Because the shows are different, they play with different themes and what works for one audience won't work for another. But the assumption that it should work for both audiences annoys me because it gives the writers leave to be sloppy
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And, ironically, I have a friend who LOATHES the previous two SG series and loves this one. (She was hardcore into BSG.)
I think by making something so different in tone, they alienated some of the old fans - and by keeping the SG name, they blocked potential new fans from picking it up.
Sadly, it's SyFy that's responsible for advertising it, not TPTB. And it doesn't really fit into where SyFy is now going with their program formats, which seems to be "detective team finds strange stuff, gets quippy." (See: Warehouse 13, Haven, and to a large extent Sanctuary.)
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(not that those two were perfect, but SGU has nothing that made them even remotely good. Like remember when I was complaining how Lorne, Cadman, and Kate never got fleshed out? SGU is like that with ALL the characters. Except maybe Eli. He got the best deal, and it's only because he's like McKay-lite. But I didn't watch past s1, so maybe it'll get better, but I do not care about any of them and it's too late to win me over.)
(My 'favorite' part was the, oh, poor Matt, his ex/babymama is a stripper episode. *massive eyerolling* Yeah, I seriously regret watching any of this.)
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I'm sorry, I'm sorry... but was that a serious article?
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But, actually, not because of Stargate at all, but because Deep Space Nine was so epically fabulous and a lot of Star Trek fans hated on it unfairly because it was in a different format.
I am also LOLing at that article, though. If it's so different than Atlantis that Atlantis fans hate and won't watch it, why don't you market it to a new audience? And make it good enough to grab them? Yeesh.
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I think by making something so different in tone, they alienated some of the old fans - and by keeping the SG name, they blocked potential new fans from picking it up.
Sadly, it's SyFy that's responsible for advertising it, not TPTB. And it doesn't really fit into where SyFy is now going with their program formats, which seems to be "detective team finds strange stuff, gets quippy." (See: Warehouse 13, Haven, and to a large extent Sanctuary.)
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