Comments on: State of the ‘Gate’

By: Diane

Diane — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:47:20 +0000

As long as Jack and Sam don’t end up together, I’ll be a happy camper. The writers “screwed the pooch” by taking the plot line away from the O’Neill/Jackson friendship. The new movie should go back to the beginning with Jack and Daniel being the main characters and Teal’c and Sam being in the background.

By: Jayson Peters

Jayson Peters — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:32:36 +0000

C’mon! If Stargate isn’t becoming famous for revolving-door casts, I don’t know what is. First Weir was recast, then she was killed off and replaced by Carter, then they met a new hotter Weir and then Woolsey shows up.

Thanks for the Mallozzi blog info. I had seen that, but didn’t end up linking to it.

By: Elyse

Elyse — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:43:51 +0000

There’s actually an interesting Q&A with Brad Wright at http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2009/01/02/january-2-2009-brad-wright-answers-your-questions/ - so you might want to get your info straight from the horse’s mouth, so to speak ;) in regards to reasons for cancellations. Fans just repeat what they read in the press.

And oh, cast upheavals? Sounds like “Desperate Housewives” bruhaha ;), but it wasn’t so much.

By: Jayson Peters

Jayson Peters — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:58:48 +0000

Thanks for the corrections, morjana. Post updated accordingly.

By: morjana

morjana — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:33:05 +0000

Stargate Atlantis was NOT cancelled due to sagging ratings. As a matter of fact, season five’s ratings were higher this year than season four. Both SciFi Channel and MGM acknowledged that the series was cancelled due to the production costs involved for a sixth season.

And Richard Dean Anderson left after eight seasons on SG1, RDA guest starred in SG1’s seasons 9 & 10, and SGA’s seasons 2 & 3.