Last season??!!
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oh come on, they've been saying "last season" about The X Files for the last three or four seasons (by this time you should all know that there is gonna be a ninth season of the x files)
*dreamily thinks* just imagine life with nine seasons of stargate (just as long as RDA doesn't do the stuck up, too busy, full of himself, sick of playing the character, sueing the company, have family now, need to think of bigger career options, hate my co-stars and creator, new movie options thing then i'll be fine)
hehe
lol
Jaxie
*dreamily thinks* just imagine life with nine seasons of stargate (just as long as RDA doesn't do the stuck up, too busy, full of himself, sick of playing the character, sueing the company, have family now, need to think of bigger career options, hate my co-stars and creator, new movie options thing then i'll be fine)
hehe
lol
Jaxie
This is the promo:
"Four years ago, we unlocked the gate...and took you to places you never dreamed of...
Now join O'Neill, Carter, Teal'c and Jackson in their greatest adventures ever.
Stargate SG-1, The Final Season preimeiring Friday June 29 on Showtime."
"Four years ago, we unlocked the gate...and took you to places you never dreamed of...
Now join O'Neill, Carter, Teal'c and Jackson in their greatest adventures ever.
Stargate SG-1, The Final Season preimeiring Friday June 29 on Showtime."
Originally posted by Jaxie
(just as long as RDA doesn't do the stuck up, too busy, full of himself, sick of playing the character, sueing the company, have family now, need to think of bigger career options, hate my co-stars and creator, new movie options thing then i'll be fine)
hehe
lol
Jaxie
Why whoever do you mean?
I'm quite bummed if it's the last series, but think of it this way:
Would you rather it finish at a high, or start to decay?
Now, I'm not saying it will start to decay, I'm positive it has loads of stories that can come out of it, but I've been watching the x-files since the start and look at that now.
Well now look what you have done you have made a grown girl cry *sob*
I was reading on starguide the other day that RDA was happy to do another season but nobody knew if MGM wanted to do another and we were waiting to hear sometime next week.
I was holding on to the hope that there would be another season as I think there is so much more they can do with SG1 but hey who am I to say.
Oh well I'm sure that I will get over it in a few years:rolly2:
I was reading on starguide the other day that RDA was happy to do another season but nobody knew if MGM wanted to do another and we were waiting to hear sometime next week.
I was holding on to the hope that there would be another season as I think there is so much more they can do with SG1 but hey who am I to say.
Oh well I'm sure that I will get over it in a few years:rolly2:
I hate it as much as anyone else, but Stargate SG-1 is an extremely expensive show, but as long MGM/Showtime is making money, and the cast still wants to so it should keep going, I don't buy the fact that there will only be one more season.
Well, write to MGM and put your point forward, but do it snail mail rather than email.....
I was told on another list that it doesn't need to be a deluge of letters, but if MGM got a steady flow of 20 or 30 a week, all of the snail mail letters have to be registered (unlike emails and petitions) and read and they will count.
That's the way fans of other shows do it. But to be honest, from what I've seen on other lists and forums, all of the fans are either going for the Chicken Little impression - The iris is closing, the iris is closing! or are going for the 'oh well, it was nice while it lasted, but *sob sob*, what can lil ole me do about it?' tacks. I was even taken to task on one forum for putting my opinion forward that they should perhaps fight for what they want and love, instead of going down without so much as a whimper.
Someone on another list even asked if there was any point at all in going to the Gatecon this year!
I have found it all quite amazing. You want something, you fight for it.....that's what I was always taught!
Needless to say my own letter has been posted. It will take a while to get there from the UK, but it will get there. All I said was, very politely, that it was a fine show, one of the best on TV today and that I would be most disappointed if it ended etc etc. I didn't get cross, but I was enthusiastic without being hysterical.
I was told on another list that it doesn't need to be a deluge of letters, but if MGM got a steady flow of 20 or 30 a week, all of the snail mail letters have to be registered (unlike emails and petitions) and read and they will count.
That's the way fans of other shows do it. But to be honest, from what I've seen on other lists and forums, all of the fans are either going for the Chicken Little impression - The iris is closing, the iris is closing! or are going for the 'oh well, it was nice while it lasted, but *sob sob*, what can lil ole me do about it?' tacks. I was even taken to task on one forum for putting my opinion forward that they should perhaps fight for what they want and love, instead of going down without so much as a whimper.
Someone on another list even asked if there was any point at all in going to the Gatecon this year!
I have found it all quite amazing. You want something, you fight for it.....that's what I was always taught!
Needless to say my own letter has been posted. It will take a while to get there from the UK, but it will get there. All I said was, very politely, that it was a fine show, one of the best on TV today and that I would be most disappointed if it ended etc etc. I didn't get cross, but I was enthusiastic without being hysterical.
Right on Anni,
I so agree with you I'm off to write my letter as sooon as I have finished typing.
I think that we should fight for Stargate if that is what we all want and it looks like we do.
How do MGM know if still want Stargate if we all just sit here and do nothing, send letters, e mail and even send kleenex boxes like some of the others were saying.
Maybe then even if MGM don't want it someone else might pick it up.
Pam
I so agree with you I'm off to write my letter as sooon as I have finished typing.
I think that we should fight for Stargate if that is what we all want and it looks like we do.
How do MGM know if still want Stargate if we all just sit here and do nothing, send letters, e mail and even send kleenex boxes like some of the others were saying.
Maybe then even if MGM don't want it someone else might pick it up.
Pam
Season Six ?
Hi. This is my first foray into a forum, but I felt I must get out here and say my piece!
I've been studying all the views/comments/stuff about the future of SG1 and have decided it's time to be real.
I love Stargate. My family think I'm crazy and they laugh at me, and indulge my feelings for Richard Dean Anderson (even bought me the T-shirt!).
However... Now I'm guessing I get controversial...
The lack of apparent interest in announcing Season Six can't really be a surprise for anyone. The plugs for Season Five don't seem to show any signs that the writers/producers have turned any major corners in going that extra mile or so that is going to be needed to keep the show running.
Season Four was so full of holes and so lacking in major character development that I was left (if I'm honest) feeling frustrated for the actors and angry at the writers.
The writers should take a look at the results of the FanFic competition which will be taking place soon (look on the FanFic Thread) and borrow some of the brilliant and colourful, and, let
say it, RISKY ideas that some of these authors keep coming up with week after week. Plot ideas and characterisation - it's all there, if you choose the best - and opportunities for those excellent SG1 actors to develop their talents. Who could blame the cast if they had no interest in continuing with the series when the stories are desperately half finished at the final cut and where the main actors (apart from RDA) have only two or three real storylines in an entire season. Look at the chances missed to develop the Daniel character - and poor old Teal'c must be bored silly!
We need to see real characters, real rounding of stories - and, if they have to be only 40 minutes long, then maybe we have to have more continuing threads.
The fanbase is articulate, intelligent and informed. We love Stargate, and we love the cast and the effects crew, and those
intelligent and thoughtful writers... but the directors/writers must be true to the characters and the plot. We need stories with closure, and with depth, and we need more clever characterisation and interaction.
And I don't mean more Sam/Jack!
jann ( I really DO want a Season Six!!!).
Hi. This is my first foray into a forum, but I felt I must get out here and say my piece!
I've been studying all the views/comments/stuff about the future of SG1 and have decided it's time to be real.
I love Stargate. My family think I'm crazy and they laugh at me, and indulge my feelings for Richard Dean Anderson (even bought me the T-shirt!).
However... Now I'm guessing I get controversial...
The lack of apparent interest in announcing Season Six can't really be a surprise for anyone. The plugs for Season Five don't seem to show any signs that the writers/producers have turned any major corners in going that extra mile or so that is going to be needed to keep the show running.
Season Four was so full of holes and so lacking in major character development that I was left (if I'm honest) feeling frustrated for the actors and angry at the writers.
The writers should take a look at the results of the FanFic competition which will be taking place soon (look on the FanFic Thread) and borrow some of the brilliant and colourful, and, let
say it, RISKY ideas that some of these authors keep coming up with week after week. Plot ideas and characterisation - it's all there, if you choose the best - and opportunities for those excellent SG1 actors to develop their talents. Who could blame the cast if they had no interest in continuing with the series when the stories are desperately half finished at the final cut and where the main actors (apart from RDA) have only two or three real storylines in an entire season. Look at the chances missed to develop the Daniel character - and poor old Teal'c must be bored silly!
We need to see real characters, real rounding of stories - and, if they have to be only 40 minutes long, then maybe we have to have more continuing threads.
The fanbase is articulate, intelligent and informed. We love Stargate, and we love the cast and the effects crew, and those
intelligent and thoughtful writers... but the directors/writers must be true to the characters and the plot. We need stories with closure, and with depth, and we need more clever characterisation and interaction.
And I don't mean more Sam/Jack!
jann ( I really DO want a Season Six!!!).
i agree with you jann that there are som excellent authors and creative ideas out there...
we writers do have a couple of advantages over the show's writers.
1) lots more time...face it with the exception of zine deadlines, we can work on a story for weeks to months, they often can't
2) we're not limited to 42 minutes plus credits, or a budget for special effects, or an actor's strike, or the actor having a movie or being sick and unavailable...
i'm not making excuses for the writers of the show...heck they all get paid to do some of what i do for free adn there are times when i wish they had done things differently or better but...can't change it.
i agree things might have been rough in places for season 4...but remember it was a new creative team and things were all shook up. here's hoping season 5 will live up to our expectations adn that it will be followed by more seasons...<raising glass>
we writers do have a couple of advantages over the show's writers.
1) lots more time...face it with the exception of zine deadlines, we can work on a story for weeks to months, they often can't
2) we're not limited to 42 minutes plus credits, or a budget for special effects, or an actor's strike, or the actor having a movie or being sick and unavailable...
i'm not making excuses for the writers of the show...heck they all get paid to do some of what i do for free adn there are times when i wish they had done things differently or better but...can't change it.
i agree things might have been rough in places for season 4...but remember it was a new creative team and things were all shook up. here's hoping season 5 will live up to our expectations adn that it will be followed by more seasons...<raising glass>
Guys..... my main beef with the show is that the original concept of mystery, ancient civilisations and menace has gone missing from the series. Where is the hair-prickling on the back of my neck feeling that I got in the film, when the earth team were being stalked by creatures that seemed to come directly from the mysticism of Egyptian religion. And with powers and technology to match. The fact that most of the faces were obscured in public by those masks, which added to and supported the mystery and menace of these characters who purported to be gods?
It simply isn't there in the series now. It's more about the character development of the SG1 team and their relationships, in fact it's turned into a sort of soap opera. It's a pleasant slightly amusing show now, and although I don't wish it to end particularly, I would love it if the focus became more towards the original concept, than whether Teal'c should have his revenge on everyone who has hurt him or whether Sam, Jack, Janet and Daniel should have relationships or even whether they have a life outside the SGC.
I don't necessarily want more action, although it has its place. But I think there would be more support for the series if it at least tried to retain the original mystery surrounding the concept of alien beings existing on earth and seeding the universe and maybe there should be scarier and mysterious races. This concept was about the history of civilisations, including Earth's.
I'm rambling now and should stop, but I have been slowly disappointed as the Seasons have gone on. Not by bad acting or even bad scripts, but at the lack of real exploration of the ideas of ancient civilisations and the menace that could be engendered by people who could pose a real threat to a planet like Earth.
Stargate SG1 has turned into a sort of space opera and they have turned the menacing, seemingly mystical Goa'uld into a comic opera, self indulgent bunch of baddies who seem incapable of defending themselves against four people from Earth, despite their greater technology.
How likely is that?
The writers maybe need to address the original concept before any other season is considered. I don't really blame the writers of Stargate the movie for not wanting to be involved in what to them must look like the rape of their ideas.
And yet, I do still wish the series would continue, if just in the hopes that the show's production team wake up and smell the coffee!
It simply isn't there in the series now. It's more about the character development of the SG1 team and their relationships, in fact it's turned into a sort of soap opera. It's a pleasant slightly amusing show now, and although I don't wish it to end particularly, I would love it if the focus became more towards the original concept, than whether Teal'c should have his revenge on everyone who has hurt him or whether Sam, Jack, Janet and Daniel should have relationships or even whether they have a life outside the SGC.
I don't necessarily want more action, although it has its place. But I think there would be more support for the series if it at least tried to retain the original mystery surrounding the concept of alien beings existing on earth and seeding the universe and maybe there should be scarier and mysterious races. This concept was about the history of civilisations, including Earth's.
I'm rambling now and should stop, but I have been slowly disappointed as the Seasons have gone on. Not by bad acting or even bad scripts, but at the lack of real exploration of the ideas of ancient civilisations and the menace that could be engendered by people who could pose a real threat to a planet like Earth.
Stargate SG1 has turned into a sort of space opera and they have turned the menacing, seemingly mystical Goa'uld into a comic opera, self indulgent bunch of baddies who seem incapable of defending themselves against four people from Earth, despite their greater technology.
How likely is that?
The writers maybe need to address the original concept before any other season is considered. I don't really blame the writers of Stargate the movie for not wanting to be involved in what to them must look like the rape of their ideas.
And yet, I do still wish the series would continue, if just in the hopes that the show's production team wake up and smell the coffee!
Start writing now!!
Maybe we should start now, to keep the show on air. Instead of waiting for MGM to say it's over after this season (we all know that they can say at the end of this season they can say oh lets do another!), lets start to write to SHOWTIME, MGM, and even SCI-FI, who s also involved in the show. If we can get enough letters, emails, voice mails etc.. To the right people we maybe able to save the show for another season, but lets start now not towards the end of the season!! Also would help if the rating for the show went up, maybe everyone could introduce the show to his or her family and friends. The best was to save a show is if it is popular (like X-Files), thus the ratings, plus the amount of request for the show via email, phone and mail, also shows a loyal fan base, and that is also to a entertainment company, especially on Cable channels like Showtime.
Let me know what ya all think, and lets get organized!!
Vadman
Maybe we should start now, to keep the show on air. Instead of waiting for MGM to say it's over after this season (we all know that they can say at the end of this season they can say oh lets do another!), lets start to write to SHOWTIME, MGM, and even SCI-FI, who s also involved in the show. If we can get enough letters, emails, voice mails etc.. To the right people we maybe able to save the show for another season, but lets start now not towards the end of the season!! Also would help if the rating for the show went up, maybe everyone could introduce the show to his or her family and friends. The best was to save a show is if it is popular (like X-Files), thus the ratings, plus the amount of request for the show via email, phone and mail, also shows a loyal fan base, and that is also to a entertainment company, especially on Cable channels like Showtime.
Let me know what ya all think, and lets get organized!!
Vadman
cj (aka Teal'c) is now up for a sixth season as well! Check out www.scifiguide.net for details.
I agree with Vadman
I have written letters to both MGM and Showtime plus sent e mails as well.
It seems that RDA and CJ are both up for a new season so it must be MGM and showtime who are draging their heals on this matter.
So if we all write and e mail maybe it could make a difference.
There are loads of ideas and address in the general part of this forum so get writting......
Pam
I have written letters to both MGM and Showtime plus sent e mails as well.
It seems that RDA and CJ are both up for a new season so it must be MGM and showtime who are draging their heals on this matter.
So if we all write and e mail maybe it could make a difference.
There are loads of ideas and address in the general part of this forum so get writting......
Pam
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