Thing is, Universe wasn't doing badly at all, ratings-wise (and neither were SG-1 or Atlantis at the time they were cancelled, either). It was one of SyFy's top shows. MGM did have some financial troubles recently though, which explains the delay in doing the next James Bond. It was just caught in the wave of recent unexplainable cancellations of actually pretty successful sci-fi shows. Executives out there just really have a hate-on for TV sci-fi.
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Yeah, I remember the MGM financial issues/James Bond delay, bah.
God, they just could never get a damn Stargate game out the door, even though it's almost guaranteed to make money.
The FPS, Alliance, was sounding amazing what with introducing an entirely new bad guy alien race, and being fully voiced by the entire cast, and being able to use a ribbon device while playing as Sam... And it gets cancelled about 5% from completion due to shenanigans on the part of the publisher.
And the MMORPG, Worlds... jesus. What the hell did that turn into? Last I checked it was an MMOFPS.
goddammit MGM I just want to give you mah moneys!!
First they came for the Muslims, and we said NOT TODAY, MOTHERFUCKERS
All the human adversaries in the series (excluding Universe because in that one they're the main characters) are always so slimy and obviously evil. You can tell within one second they're bad guys. The only one that really becomes likable is Maybourne, mostly because he comes back so often and always one-ups his own douchebagginess in an increasingly adorable way.
Simmons also, but mostly because John DeLancie is so fun to watch acting.
Well Maybourne is a total ass early on
But yeah later down the line he becomes really cool. It's funny because Jack hates him so much, and when they get trapped on that planet together they actually start to get along
All the human adversaries in the series (excluding Universe because in that one they're the main characters) are always so slimy and obviously evil. You can tell within one second they're bad guys. The only one that really becomes likable is Maybourne, mostly because he comes back so often and always one-ups his own douchebagginess in an increasingly adorable way.
Simmons also, but mostly because John DeLancie is so fun to watch acting.
Well Maybourne is a total ass early on
But yeah later down the line he becomes really cool. It's funny because Jack hates him so much, and when they get trapped on that planet together they actually start to get along
ArtreusI'm a wizardAnd that looks fucked upRegistered Userregular
Fuckin MGM and their complete lack of money. I'm pretty sure the new Red Dawn is done, they just don't have the money to distribute it... That might actually be a different company, but same idea
"Lucy, I'm home!"
"I am not Lucy."
"I know that. It's a reference to an old T -- nevermind, open the door!"
"I will summon the doctor."
"No, come on. I'm fine. I'm back to being myself. Just open up."
"I cannot be certain that you are back to being yourself. You referred to me as Lucy."
Time for "Brief Candle." Let us frolic like the Greeks of old! (You all know the ones I mean.) Or maybe I should say the Greeks of...young.
Poor Jack. Will shit like this be happening to him every time he tries to get his Kirk on for the entire series? Time will tell.
Hurrah for more Dr. Frasier. Always liked her. More than, say, any regular doctor character any Star Trek series has had, actually, aside from maybe Bones.
I've gotta say it doesn't seem like it took much convincing to get the Chosen to do a Saddam Hussein on the statue of their "god."
Oh my god, near the beginning of The First Commandment they actually explain why every planet looks like the British Columbian forest. Goa'uld terraformed planets they took humans to. They seemingly evaluated that maritime damp climate was the best climate for human life.
Oh my god, near the beginning of The First Commandment they actually explain why every planet looks like the British Columbian forest. Goa'uld terraformed planets they took humans to. They seemingly evaluated that maritime damp climate was the best climate for human life.
Time for "Brief Candle." Let us frolic like the Greeks of old! (You all know the ones I mean.) Or maybe I should say the Greeks of...young.
Poor Jack. Will shit like this be happening to him every time he tries to get his Kirk on for the entire series? Time will tell.
Hurrah for more Dr. Frasier. Always liked her. More than, say, any regular doctor character any Star Trek series has had, actually, aside from maybe Bones.
I've gotta say it doesn't seem like it took much convincing to get the Chosen to do a Saddam Hussein on the statue of their "god."
The EMH from Voyager was up there, too, even if the rest of the show was mostly mediocre.
God, they just could never get a damn Stargate game out the door, even though it's almost guaranteed to make money.
The FPS, Alliance, was sounding amazing what with introducing an entirely new bad guy alien race, and being fully voiced by the entire cast, and being able to use a ribbon device while playing as Sam... And it gets cancelled about 5% from completion due to shenanigans on the part of the publisher.
And the MMORPG, Worlds... jesus. What the hell did that turn into? Last I checked it was an MMOFPS.
goddammit MGM I just want to give you mah moneys!!
They actually totally did. There was a downloadable multiplayer shooter called Stargate: Resistance that came out on Steam in like, December '09 or January 2010. It bombed big time, and Steam stopped selling it November of last year, and the servers were all shut down January of this year after the developer lost the license to sell it.
Using a hand device as Sam sounds fun until it starts going haywire and kills all your teammates. Why the fuck didn't she just PRACTICE that shit. She just goes "Oh, I'm one the few people who can use this amazing piece of technology, better not try."
My god Brief Candle was pretty bad. Worst part is I remember sort of liking it. I think I've grown too scientificially literate in the intervening years for it not to hurt my brain now.
Also, Kynthia is a vapid useless retard and she sort of reminds me of my dad's ex-girlfriend who was also a vapid useless retard and I hated her.
And I'm sorry Jack but you got beat at tic-tac-toe by her and you weren't even cornered, you just let her line up three Xs. I know you were old at the time and therefore your mind was probably starting to go a little... actually scratch that, Jack remains entirely lucid in every other aspect and manages to figure out half of the solution to the problem of the week so no excuse.
Using a hand device as Sam sounds fun until it starts going haywire and kills all your teammates. Why the fuck didn't she just PRACTICE that shit. She just goes "Oh, I'm one the few people who can use this amazing piece of technology, better not try."
Honestly, why would she even want to? That thing can't do anything a gun can't do faster and better. She wouldn't want to torture someone with it. I guess it would be useful as a force push thing to incapacitate enemies without killing them, but then again, zats do the incapacitating thing more reliably.
And there is that girl who is like "it's OK that you will die at the end of today" and it's like no, no it isn't you daft tart
Yup, that's precisely the one.
Also they totally gloss over the fact that Jack is raped by that woman (he ate some roofied up flower petal pizza) and caught the aging nanos as an STD. And then he's still all cool with that bitch.
And it's telling that on a planet of accelerated-growth manchildren, she's clearly the dunce of the class.
Jack is taunting the statue of the Conveniently Absent Goa'uld Of The Week, Kynthia pops up from behind the statue
"Can you really talk to the great Pelops?"
YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS, JACK. THERE ARE BOOBS ON SMART WOMEN TOO.
Also they totally gloss over the fact that Jack is raped by that woman (he ate some roofied up flower petal pizza) and caught the aging nanos as an STD. And then he's still all cool with that bitch.
.
Ehhhh Jacks the kinda guy that probably doesnt believe a man can be raped by a woman.
Hey guys. I love this show. Two questions that always bugged me, though. In the first couple episodes I remember them being all cold and frosty when they go through the gate. Obviously that stops happening. Do they ever say why? And also the whole all the transplanted humans from Egypt speak English. That ever explained?
And there is that girl who is like "it's OK that you will die at the end of today" and it's like no, no it isn't you daft tart
Yup, that's precisely the one.
Also they totally gloss over the fact that Jack is raped by that woman (he ate some roofied up flower petal pizza) and caught the aging nanos as an STD. And then he's still all cool with that bitch.
And it's telling that on a planet of accelerated-growth manchildren, she's clearly the dunce of the class.
Jack is taunting the statue of the Conveniently Absent Goa'uld Of The Week, Kynthia pops up from behind the statue
"Can you really talk to the great Pelops?"
YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS, JACK. THERE ARE BOOBS ON SMART WOMEN TOO.
I loved SG-1, though I haven't seen all of the non-RDA episodes due to the dvds for those seasons (9 and 10?) being a bit beyond what I was willing to pay at the time. Atlantis was pretty badass, though the quality did vary pretty heavily at times. Never even glanced at Universe. It had some supporters, but a lot of the reactions in the forums weren't particularly positive.
Forar on
First they came for the Muslims, and we said NOT TODAY, MOTHERFUCKER!
Hey guys. I love this show. Two questions that always bugged me, though. In the first couple episodes I remember them being all cold and frosty when they go through the gate. Obviously that stops happening. Do they ever say why? And also the whole all the transplanted humans from Egypt speak English. That ever explained?
the frost thing was them being crap at first because they didn't have a DHD. I think.
Hey guys. I love this show. Two questions that always bugged me, though. In the first couple episodes I remember them being all cold and frosty when they go through the gate. Obviously that stops happening. Do they ever say why? And also the whole all the transplanted humans from Egypt speak English. That ever explained?
1. Carter explains that the frostiness was due to the computer program she wrote to dial the gate being imperfect. She worked on her calculations using the data and addresses they discovered on the Abydos cartouche in Children of the Gods and something something stellar drift something something fixed it.
2. They speak English because who wants to watch 200 episodes with half the dialogue subtitled? I think the producers mentioned at one point that they were going to introduce a universal translator gadget right away but figured, why bother? Or maybe I'm thinking of some other sci-fi show.
First they came for the Muslims, and we said NOT TODAY, MOTHERFUCKERS
God, they just could never get a damn Stargate game out the door, even though it's almost guaranteed to make money.
The FPS, Alliance, was sounding amazing what with introducing an entirely new bad guy alien race, and being fully voiced by the entire cast, and being able to use a ribbon device while playing as Sam... And it gets cancelled about 5% from completion due to shenanigans on the part of the publisher.
And the MMORPG, Worlds... jesus. What the hell did that turn into? Last I checked it was an MMOFPS.
goddammit MGM I just want to give you mah moneys!!
They actually totally did. There was a downloadable multiplayer shooter called Stargate: Resistance that came out on Steam in like, December '09 or January 2010. It bombed big time, and Steam stopped selling it November of last year, and the servers were all shut down January of this year after the developer lost the license to sell it.
Yeah that's what the Stargate Worlds MMORPG turned into. IIRC all their money dried up, they stopped paying their devs for months at a time, somebody sued them for the rights to distribute the game, it all sounded like a gigantic clusterfuck. And whatever engine was powering it was repurposed into that mediocre FPS.
There are so many licensing boondoggles with the Stargate IP it's absoutely stunning. There was a PnP RPG on the d20 system around season 7ish; MGM pulled the license after about a year and only five books published.
First they came for the Muslims, and we said NOT TODAY, MOTHERFUCKERS
Hey guys. I love this show. Two questions that always bugged me, though. In the first couple episodes I remember them being all cold and frosty when they go through the gate. Obviously that stops happening. Do they ever say why? And also the whole all the transplanted humans from Egypt speak English. That ever explained?
1. Carter explains that the frostiness was due to the computer program she wrote to dial the gate being imperfect. She worked on her calculations using the data and addresses they discovered on the Abydos cartouche in Children of the Gods and something something stellar drift something something fixed it.
2. They speak English because who wants to watch 200 episodes with half the dialogue subtitled? I think the producers mentioned at one point that they were going to introduce a universal translator gadget right away but figured, why bother? Or maybe I'm thinking of some other sci-fi show.
The official explanation for #2 I remember reading is that it's implied that Daniel acts as an interpreter for everyone. Which raises even more questions considering he's not there for every scene, so whatever.
Ah. I'm glad to see that it wasn't something that I completely missed. And on a separate note, I love O'Neill's defacto explanation on all things scientific: Magnets
Also also, I absolutely love the episode Window of Opportunity. Especially when
They golf through the gate and when Jack kisses Carter
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Ah. I'm glad to see that it wasn't something that I completely missed. And on a separate note, I love O'Neill's defacto explanation on all things scientific: Magnets
Also also, I absolutely love the episode Window of Opportunity. Especially when
They golf through the gate and when Jack kisses Carter
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The FPS, Alliance, was sounding amazing what with introducing an entirely new bad guy alien race, and being fully voiced by the entire cast, and being able to use a ribbon device while playing as Sam... And it gets cancelled about 5% from completion due to shenanigans on the part of the publisher.
And the MMORPG, Worlds... jesus. What the hell did that turn into? Last I checked it was an MMOFPS.
goddammit MGM I just want to give you mah moneys!!
And Wayne Brady is the villain!
Yesss that episode was great.
And the time loop episode.
So
Good
"I am not Lucy."
"I know that. It's a reference to an old T -- nevermind, open the door!"
"I will summon the doctor."
"No, come on. I'm fine. I'm back to being myself. Just open up."
"I cannot be certain that you are back to being yourself. You referred to me as Lucy."
Poor Jack. Will shit like this be happening to him every time he tries to get his Kirk on for the entire series? Time will tell.
Hurrah for more Dr. Frasier. Always liked her. More than, say, any regular doctor character any Star Trek series has had, actually, aside from maybe Bones.
I've gotta say it doesn't seem like it took much convincing to get the Chosen to do a Saddam Hussein on the statue of their "god."
Man that gets retconned so hard later on.
The EMH from Voyager was up there, too, even if the rest of the show was mostly mediocre.
They actually totally did. There was a downloadable multiplayer shooter called Stargate: Resistance that came out on Steam in like, December '09 or January 2010. It bombed big time, and Steam stopped selling it November of last year, and the servers were all shut down January of this year after the developer lost the license to sell it.
Also, Kynthia is a vapid useless retard and she sort of reminds me of my dad's ex-girlfriend who was also a vapid useless retard and I hated her.
And I'm sorry Jack but you got beat at tic-tac-toe by her and you weren't even cornered, you just let her line up three Xs. I know you were old at the time and therefore your mind was probably starting to go a little... actually scratch that, Jack remains entirely lucid in every other aspect and manages to figure out half of the solution to the problem of the week so no excuse.
And there is that girl who is like "it's OK that you will die at the end of today" and it's like no, no it isn't you daft tart
Honestly, why would she even want to? That thing can't do anything a gun can't do faster and better. She wouldn't want to torture someone with it. I guess it would be useful as a force push thing to incapacitate enemies without killing them, but then again, zats do the incapacitating thing more reliably.
Yup, that's precisely the one.
Also they totally gloss over the fact that Jack is raped by that woman (he ate some roofied up flower petal pizza) and caught the aging nanos as an STD. And then he's still all cool with that bitch.
And it's telling that on a planet of accelerated-growth manchildren, she's clearly the dunce of the class.
Jack is taunting the statue of the Conveniently Absent Goa'uld Of The Week, Kynthia pops up from behind the statue
"Can you really talk to the great Pelops?"
YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS, JACK. THERE ARE BOOBS ON SMART WOMEN TOO.
Okay that's a different device. I thought y'all meant the ribbon.
Yeah the healing device would be handy and Sam should've trained at it.
Ehhhh Jacks the kinda guy that probably doesnt believe a man can be raped by a woman.
Sam Carter is the smartest and she has boobs
great ones
the frost thing was them being crap at first because they didn't have a DHD. I think.
1. Carter explains that the frostiness was due to the computer program she wrote to dial the gate being imperfect. She worked on her calculations using the data and addresses they discovered on the Abydos cartouche in Children of the Gods and something something stellar drift something something fixed it.
2. They speak English because who wants to watch 200 episodes with half the dialogue subtitled?
Yeah that's what the Stargate Worlds MMORPG turned into. IIRC all their money dried up, they stopped paying their devs for months at a time, somebody sued them for the rights to distribute the game, it all sounded like a gigantic clusterfuck. And whatever engine was powering it was repurposed into that mediocre FPS.
There are so many licensing boondoggles with the Stargate IP it's absoutely stunning. There was a PnP RPG on the d20 system around season 7ish; MGM pulled the license after about a year and only five books published.
The official explanation for #2 I remember reading is that it's implied that Daniel acts as an interpreter for everyone. Which raises even more questions considering he's not there for every scene, so whatever.
In their hearts
Also also, I absolutely love the episode Window of Opportunity. Especially when
IN THE MIDDLE OF MY BACKSWING
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*BANG*
Oh sorry sir!