Stargate episode 200!!!

[Xrati]

I was rolling on the floor when they did the 'supermarination' (puppets) spoof. Especially when Hammond goes "make it spin" then he later says "I'm the general and I want it to spin." I just lost it! I thought I might have to change my drawers.

[Caduceus]

Taped it, looking forward to seeing it.

[Randallw]

Speaking as someone who hasn't seen it and most likely won't for a year maybe two I have to say I beg to differ. I've seen some pictures. Teal'c with an open front jacket and Mitchell wearing a ridiculous jacket, SG1 skipping about as Dorothy and Co. I read the synopsis and it's not my thing. Ok I get the idea, they are poking fun at themselves but I don't find tongue in cheek humour funny and when they crack jokes on episodes I just wish they'd get on with things. I have an understanding other people see things differently and that's ok but I have to be the voice of disent. For anyone wanting to see it due to the praise here just keep in mind I think people say it's great because it's funny or something. For me great would be a half hour battle against the Ori with complete CGI.

Again, I haven't seen it and I read there's some sort of revelation at the end. Perhaps I would think differently when I see that bit. I hear the Furlings turn up, but then again the synopsis says the supposedly funny hollywood version has them so perhaps they don't really turn up.

[Starhawk]

Bah! They did the Dorothy skit for five seconds

And the open jacket and stuff was spoofing Farscape you farbot! (seriously that too was an excellent show with a great sense of humor and drama and fun all at the same time) and it is BTW the way Ben Browder and Claudia black BOTH got their starts in American TV, and Valla and Mitchell are (Black, and Browder) respectively so it was hilarious that they poked fun at where those two got their start.

Well other then the first EP with Valla where she actually brandishes a Peacekeeper pistol

[geoschmo]

All of the spoof stuff made perfect sense in the context of the show, and it's a riot. It's some of the funniest, and cleverest tv I've seen in a very long time. Just more evidence that Stargate is the smartest, best written sci-fi show ever. I've got this one saved on my DVR and I'm going to have to watch it a few more times before deleting it.

[Atrocities]

I really didn't like it that much say for the last 30 seconds. I got the whole show but just felt that it was a jump the shark spoof and really would have liked to have seen what they could have done with the show if they had been a bit more serious and had more time. While it had a lot of shots and scenes that just set the hair up on the back of your neck, over all it was kinda disappointing. But still, we got to see Jack again and that was well worth it.

[Renegade 13]

Wow...hadn't read the SciFi Wire report before writing my last post.

I sure hope Stargate gets picked up by another station/company. It's been, bar none, my favorite show on TV for almost as long as I've been watching TV. Hell, Stargate has been airing for over half my life!

It is entirely possibe that someone else will pick it up, even if that company isn't American. For example, it's possible that a channel up here in Canada, Space, who I think are owned by Bell Globemedia, will pick it up. It'd be right up their alley after all.

I guess all I can do is hope!

[Atrocities]

Sci-fi cannot afford Stargate and often only runs a series for only a couple of years. This might be the end of Stargate as we know it. NBC could aford to pick up SG and run it prime time but we all know how other scifi shows on NBC have been treated. Sindication is another option but lets face it, the sindication market isn't what it used to be back in the day of STNG.

MGM has a very marketable franchise, under marketed IMHO, no games, no collectables, no toys, just a show that could have made them a lot of money over the years under utitlized and now too expensive to produce.

Sallaries go up, cost go up, and series eventually become too expensive too make. This normally happens when their market share starts too fall, but in SG1's case their market share hasn't erroded over time, however the cost of producing the show, namily salaries, has increased to the point where it now takes more money per episode thus lowering profits for Sci-Fi network.

They are slating a feature film and will most likely make it so don't worry too much about it. If the film is successful, the will most likely make a return to tv. This according to a long Gate World report that I read a few months back.

[Renegade 13]

Alright...so rather than give in to the temptation to hunt down the morons who run the Sci Fi Channel and beat them to a bloody pulp with my handy, trusty tire iron, I think it's better to take a less violent, more results-oriented approach. So, if you want to see Stargate for a few more seasons, heres a few links for you:

Pretty much a "Keep Stargate Going!" petition:

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/Stargate/index.html

To contact MGM, the company that owns the rights to Stargate, and encourage them to find a new station to pick up Stargate, follow this link:

http://www.mgm.com/help.do

To email a TV station up here in Canada, analogous the the Sci-Fi Channel in the States, to encourage them to look at taking over where Sci-Fi left off, send an email to:

space@spacecast.com




As evidenced by the above, I'm a massive fan...and I don't want it to die

It's a sad day when intelligent programming, such as Stargate, can be cancelled, when a plethora of "reality" TV shows, wrestling shows, etc etc ad nauseum can spring up and succeed. It just goes to show that the average television viewing person is not prepared to use their mind even slightly when they turn on their TV. It seems they'd rather just empty their minds and drool senselessly as they're spoonfed worthless trash over and over again.