Cry me a fucking river @Cobratate
I am being held in SHU, the highest level of security which exists.
No commissary.
No visits.
No contact with the outside world.
My neighbor is a cannibal who screams throughout the night.
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Dont make me tap the sign....
#SaveStargate
The cancellation of the #Stargate revival by @AmazonMGMStudio is peak out-of-touch executive logic.
Former Netflix execs like Peter Friedlander and Blair Fetter killed a fully developed, franchise-respecting show because they claimed it lacked "broad appeal." They are chasing the mythical "Four-Quadrant" hit at the expense of a guaranteed audience.
For those outside the entertainment industry, the "Four Quadrants" are the major demographic groups studios use to project an audience:
1️⃣ Males
2️⃣ Females
3️⃣ Under 25 years old
4️⃣ Over 25 years old
A true four-quadrant show appeals to everyone. Modern executives are obsessed with finding these massive, algorithm-driven megahits right out of the gate. If a show doesn't project to hit all four quadrants on day one, they scrap it to chase a wider demographic.
The irony? Stargate is one of the rare legacy IPs that already built a four-quadrant audience organically. This isn't just a 14-year TV run; this franchise started with the original movie in 1994. That is over three decades of deep, multi-generational history.
It isn't just a niche, hard sci-fi show. It has grounded military action and deep mythology, but it survived on the character-driven, "found family" dynamics that appeal to every gender. It has the dedicated legacy fans who watched it in theaters and live on TV (the Over 25s), and a massive streaming generation that binged the entire franchise online (the Under 25s).
You don't buy a legacy IP just to throw it away because it doesn't fit a new spreadsheet metric. It's time to stop ignoring the massive audience standing right in front of you.
#SaveStargate #StargateSG1 #AmazonMGM
Indeed.
#SaveStargate
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And Stargate is at risk of modernisation now too
#SaveStargate
