Season 7 a go?

[Texane]

Infinitely Better posts the following:

Stargate Chevron Seven Engaged!

Hot off the press from our source in the US!! Stargate is to return for a seventh season on the US Sci Fi channel network. After months of speculation Stargate has been given the green light. Whilst details remain sketchy it appears that most of the cast will be returning. There appears to be no confirmation yet on whether Richard Dean Anderson will make more than a few guest starring appearances. This follows his statement earlier this year of his intention to semi retire from the world of acting to concentrate on his environmental activities.

The seventh season has come at a high cost for Sci Fi channel, they seem to have sacrificed there widely acclaimed series Farscape to help pay for the cost of Stargate SG-1, estimated at $1.3 million an episode.

There also appears to be a renewed interest in a spin off series.

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this Farscape fan is about to boycott one of her favorite shows . . .[/cilor]

 

[Tabitha]

Mixed feelings on this one.

I would rather they shelved SG1 and gave us the movie and spin off, than to re-tool it with only minor appearances from the main character.

Of course this is only speculation at this point, but the loss of Farscape is in no way shape or form worth a potentially lightweight season seven of Stargate.

 

[ShelbyS]

I was reading this morning that IB has jumped the gun on this one. Someone rang Bridge yesterday and talked to Bill Vigars, the SG Press person, and he said that they haven't had anything confirmed. Joe Mallozzi said the same thing too.

 

[Texane]

Originally posted by Tabitha
Mixed feelings on this one.

I would rather they shelved SG1 and gave us the movie and spin off, than to re-tool it with only minor appearances from the main character.

Of course this is only speculation at this point, but the loss of Farscape is in no way shape or form worth a potentially lightweight season seven of Stargate.

Ditto. :crying:

 

[Tabitha]

We'll have to see if we can tease any further information from the peeps that turn up at Gatecon over the next few days.

*fingers crossed that another network/prod company/whatever picks up FS*

 

[Texane]

you certainly have my attention . . . :iiworry:

 

[Arc_Angel]

I don't think Stargate would be all that good without RDA but I would still watch it

 

[webmouse]

Brad Wright has said that SG1 "hasn't lost its roots. It has evolved" -- but at some point in this evolution SG1 will cease to be SG1. Just because a turtle has a prehistoric lineage doesn't make it into a stegasaurus.

SG1 has lost Daniel, and RDA says this is his last full-time season. AT and CJ are wonderful and CN might be -- if the writers ever give him some depth and something useful to do. The stories, without Daniel, must leave the original anthropological and archeological basis that made them unique and now we're off doing a combo of Star Trek, Lost In Space, X-Files and Babylon Five (which have already been done, of course).

I'll stick through the end of S6 and watch the first ep of any S7, but if it isn't the greatest story ever told, I'll can watch better stuff on DVD -- like the original SG1.

 

[Wingless Flyer]

I am not going to beleive anything until I am sitting down in front of my TV watching it...

 

[FeedMeTV]

I agree with you all, if the main cast won't sign for another season then I don't think there's any point in trying to scrape through with a handful of 'old favourites'. They might as well call it Stargate SG-5 and focus on a different team because it won't be SG-1 as we all want it to be.

 

[Vera]

Originally posted by FeedMeTV
I agree with you all, if the main cast won't sign for another season then I don't think there's any point in trying to scrape through with a handful of 'old favourites'. They might as well call it Stargate SG-5 and focus on a different team because it won't be SG-1 as we all want it to be.

Ditto.

 

[Penguin]

Lastest word out of Gatecon is that there is NO news on a season 7 yet. Also, if we only get some of the people back, or they start adding new team members, it's time to cancel the show, and go straight to Atlantis.

Otherwise, it's no longer SG-1, it's SG-fill in the number.

 

[CynVision]

Personally, I'm feeling now is not the time to stab Stargate in the back with such comments. Who is or isn't in the cast shouldn't ruin the show if they pull some good plots out and bring back the exploration stuff. IMHO, that's the larger problem. But if posts on the major boards turn sour for little reason, they'll notice and we won't have a miligram's worth of any sort of SG. From Gatecon I got the impression that a season seven was being seriously worked on, if not very close to a done deal. Hearing it from the producers was a whole lot more solid than the sketchy posts on Gateworld. And had to be seriously solid for Brad Wright to have been willing to start the panel off with it. It would be a crying shame to have the funders yank the rug out mid-season. But that happened to so many SF shows in the past, don't believe SG is immune. Support them or the new owners of the Scifi Channel are going to repeat the decision they made with Farscape.

 

[webmouse]

I have no secret insights into TPTB, but I suspect the demise of Farscape and the major push for Stargate is based on the latter's solid ratings and the fact that 6 seasons are already in the can.

SciFi may be responsible for pulling together one more season -- maybe more if all goes well -- who knows? But Stargate's advantage is that there is ample material to fill syndicated programming slots with excellent programs already produced. Farscape was more exotic and more expensive compared to Stargate (the great advantage of most aliens being of direct human descent).

If Stargate can work out its writing/plotting problems, then there is no reason for S7 not only to be a reality but a success. The fans' responsibility is to write polite, well-reasoned letters to Bonnie Hammer and Brad Wright to let them know what we want and we expect. It is in their best interest to at least hear us out and attempt to give us what we want within reason.

So I remain optimistic.

 

[CynVision]

Originally posted by webmouse
I have no secret insights into TPTB, but I suspect the demise of Farscape and the major push for Stargate is based on the latter's solid ratings and the fact that 6 seasons are already in the can.
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write polite, well-reasoned letters to Bonnie Hammer and Brad Wright to let them know what we want and we expect. It is in their best interest to at least hear us out and attempt to give us what we want within reason.

First, Farscape had entirely respectiable ratings for an SF show. Don't fall into the argument that ratings killed it. The new owning company announcing that it was doing less "space shows" on the Scifi Channel is part of what killed it. (How silly is that, eh? They better change the channel name soon...) The other reason I've heard was that the ratings and fan base were static. But, according to my TV article author friend, the ratings themselves were respectable for the type of show it was.

Secondly, Brad Wright has never given in to fan pressure and never indicated that he'd ever be bending to it. If he did we'd have fan-written stories, the exploration of new world and new civilizations back on the show, Daniel Jackson back now, and blooper tapes. That we have them stating firmly that fan ideas/stories and blooper reels are a no-go, I think it's safe to assume that any other letters detailing how to "save Stargate, again" would be ignored.

 

[webmouse]

One is left to wonder who let TPTB be powerful. How could such good shows ever be developed, produced, then suddenly dumbed down or killed. I hear the same fight is going on over "Dark Angel" being replaced by "Firefly."

Still one must remember that "Star Trek" ran but three seasons before its untimely demise and it was fan demand that keeps that franchise going even to this day. The difference is that now there is so much competition for our attention and we can't all focus on a single show. Some are pushing for the salvation of "Farscape," others for the return on "Dark Angel," and I have only the time to fight for "Stargate."

Perhaps we should form the Union of Intelligent Science Fiction Fans and pool our resources.

 

[CynVision]

Another story told at Gatecon that sort of revealed another facet to the casting of Jonas was that it was SciFi Channel execs that "discovered" Corin in the MGM office court yard and immediatlely thought of putting him on Stargate. So, the powers in charge of the SciFi Channel had a whole lot of push in who got on their new show before they even had the total rights to it!

 

[webmouse]

So no big panic when Shanks announced he was out of there, huh? SciFi had a replacement all lined up -- just had to slide one actor out and another actor in. Sounds so easy, doesn't it?

And yet so much about the show has changed and there's no going back. I just hope TPTB know what they're doing, but I have my doubts.

 

[CynVision]

I don't know about panic or no panic. I'm sure they were concerned what to do when faced with buying a show suddenly lacking one of it's four stars. But on the other hand we'll never know who they could have found had they been involved in a wider casting search. No one is saying who else was on the short list. In all they got a highly talented guy, I think. Someone who could step in and perform is rather rare to find. I get the feeling that he's well liked and has met that challenge.

 

[webmouse]

I was not familiar with Nemec before he appeared in SG1, but his credits as listed on IMDB.com are impressive. In every way he appears to be an excellent choice given the circumstances.

And he has an engaging smile. I find myself liking him more with each ep, but I'm still waiting for stories that show some range and some depth. The others have had 5 seasons to span the acting gamut and CN may have but this one season. Since the show cannot be turned into "The Adventures of Jonas Quinn" the writers and the actor will have to find other ways to let the character reach an established level of development.

In a way, though at first I was uncertain about the feasibility of a 7th season, I now think it is the only way to resolve the issue of JQ's place on the team, his value to the audience, and still leave some space for DJ in his ethereal existence to have an effect now and then.