No disrespect intended to fans of the Stargate franchise as a whole, but it's a property I just never quite got into as a viewer. Now, I realize that some of that sentiment comes from the fact that I only watched a handful of episodes in its first season, and it simply never caught my interest. I have picked up the complete first season on DVD, and I do intend to watch it at some point if for no other reason than my undying affection for All Things SciFi. I'll get to it when I get to it.
In the meantime, word has slipped out to the Web today via Empire Online that plans for a remake/reboot have been shelved. Writer/Producer Dean Devlin sounds off a bit in the article (you can follow the link for the details if you're interested), and he may know more than he's willing to divulge. For my two cents, Stargate was always a kinda/sorta borderline success as a feature film: I think it did much better on home video and (obviously) once it was launched as a television property ... but a remake? A reboot?
I won't belabor the point here (I'm frequently tinkering with a deeper piece regarding my disfavor of reboots) but I will say I just don't see the potential audience for a full relaunch. This isn't to say that I wouldn't like to see the franchise revisited in some way; I just have to question the viability (as a realist, not a SciFi fan) of unearthing something old with little more than what tends to amount to a few fresh faces.
Feel free to sound off should you feel compelled.
As always, thanks for reading ... and live long and prosper!
In the meantime, word has slipped out to the Web today via Empire Online that plans for a remake/reboot have been shelved. Writer/Producer Dean Devlin sounds off a bit in the article (you can follow the link for the details if you're interested), and he may know more than he's willing to divulge. For my two cents, Stargate was always a kinda/sorta borderline success as a feature film: I think it did much better on home video and (obviously) once it was launched as a television property ... but a remake? A reboot?
I won't belabor the point here (I'm frequently tinkering with a deeper piece regarding my disfavor of reboots) but I will say I just don't see the potential audience for a full relaunch. This isn't to say that I wouldn't like to see the franchise revisited in some way; I just have to question the viability (as a realist, not a SciFi fan) of unearthing something old with little more than what tends to amount to a few fresh faces.
Feel free to sound off should you feel compelled.
As always, thanks for reading ... and live long and prosper!
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