Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-262546-20140530032607/@comment-25800834-20141202214832

I would certainly love to see the Stargate franchise continue, especially if it  ultimately led to a continuation of the SGU storyline. SGU was probably the best written of the 3 SG TV shows in terms of serious, hard science fiction that was neither campy or tongue-in-cheek (for instance, how many times did we have to be reminded ad infinitum of all the times SG-1 saved the planet, nee solar system, nee galaxy, nee universe before it got boring and childish?) and deserved more than a 2 seson run. However, I am very concerned when I read the term "reboot" and "not..associated with long-established canon." To me that smacks of JJ Abrams' hatchet job on Star Trek. In fact, IMHO all the Star Trek movies paled in comparison to the TV shows (for example, how often do you have to hear Scotty is the miracle worker before its beaten to death, etc) though Abrams' two monstrosities especially sucked. These reboot-type stories tend to be dumbed down, overly eye-candy (i.e CGI-Xtreme/camera flash) laden movies that are produced at the expense of a well-written, believable storyline and tend to dismiss out of hand the fans that helped establish the franchise in the first place. A good writer should be able to come up with a story that takes into account the established franchise canon (and thereby satisfy the core-fanbase) as well as being able to appeal to more of the masses not yet turned onto the SG concept. The problem is that I don't really know if there are any decent sci-fi screenwriters in Hollywood these days,