I gave up on syfy when wrestling started airing,I'm still waiting for someone to explain how that is considered "sci-fi".
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It isn't and they even admit it. They just felt that they had to have something that passed for sports.
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Originally Posted by The_Larker
I gave up on syfy when wrestling started airing,I'm still waiting for someone to explain how that is considered "sci-fi".
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Seriously? Wow. Way to be classy, SyFy.
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Originally Posted by Dr_Mayhem
By the way, Syfy's professionalism shows as apparently they didn't tell the cast or crew about the cancellation. They all had to find out via twitter with everyone else.
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Goodbye, I guess.
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I can't say that I'm particularly surprised. I've found SGU to be poorly written and filled with a cast of unlikeable characters.
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SyFy, a channel that trashed a working programming choice to go in search of everything else that wouldn't work. Dumb**cks, the lot of them.
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The whole brand shift from Sci-Fi to SyFy was specifically to acknowledge that they wanted to do more than Sci-Fi content. Which, to be fair, they already did - they already showed a lot of fantasy and (usually bad) horror too.
I too am completely nonplussed at the addition of "professional" wrestling to their lineup. I've never been able to stand the stuff.
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Thats unfortunate, I guess thats pretty much the deathnell to the franchise now that the troubled MMO relaunch fizzled out as well.
I guess SyFy has got the new series of 'V' in their favour (which seems to be forever delayed), but I've got to agree... Its been a long long time since I've looked at Syfy's UK programming and thought "Wow, oh hell yeah, can't wait !".
Good bye SGU, i wont miss you. I dropped SGU about 3/4 through season one and was surprised it even got a second season. I watched and loved all Stargate series prior to this one but SGU was such a massive departure from the previous series that it left me nothing to connect with. It was dark, heavy, not fun and not funny. I really wanted to like the series as I wanted more Stargate in my life but I just hated it. Perhaps now we will get a good Stargate, unless of course SGU has killed the franchise....
Sorry to be a Debbie Downer but this series was such an incredible disappointment for me, I just can't help it.
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Originally Posted by Wayfarer
I can't say that I'm particularly surprised. I've found SGU to be poorly written and filled with a cast of unlikeable characters.
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It was Stargate's version of Voyager, even down to the unlikeable roster. Even though Stargate went through an 'original movie,' a 'next version,' and a 'spinoff centered around a distant base,' I've got to guess that emulating Voyager wasn't intentional.
The producers cancelled Atlantis because they thought Universe would appeal to a wider audience, essentially ignoring the existing fanbase and killing the franchise. They deserve much more of the blame than SyFy.
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Originally Posted by The_Larker
I gave up on syfy when wrestling started airing,I'm still waiting for someone to explain how that is considered "sci-fi".
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Someone needs to mercifully shoot Syfy directly in the head.
It's a shame really, it used to be a solid stop during surfing.
Hopefully MGM realizes what they have and pulls what they did with SG-1 which is go sell it to somewhere else... Or just do the whole movie route with SG-1 and expand into SGU and SGA
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This, Syfy can still go to hell though....
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Originally Posted by Wayfarer
I can't say that I'm particularly surprised. I've found SGU to be poorly written and filled with a cast of unlikeable characters.
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Not the first time a cast and crew wasn't notified in a better manner, sadly it won't be the last.
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Originally Posted by Dr_Mayhem
By the way, Syfy's professionalism shows as apparently they didn't tell the cast or crew about the cancellation. They all had to find out via twitter with everyone else. Edit: At least some of the crew was notified via email shortly before the announcement on twitter. |
What really killed the show for me was the unnecessary shakey cam. Nothing like watching a conversation between two characters and watching the cam jumping around like a cricket on crack (very very noticeable when you only light the characters faces but have a dark background). I could deal with the characters and whatnot, but getting motion sickness (something that only extremely rarely happens to me) from a tv show is a massive turnoff.
That, and the writers continual ******** on Eli. It was like some kind of passive-aggressive hatred of the fans that made SG-1 and SGA into successful shows, IMO. The only halfways likeable character and they made him into the punching bag.
Good news with that release though? More Eureka, Warehouse 13, and Haven. Hopefully more Sanctuary too, as I enjoy that show. Though given it's death slot on Friday after wrestling...
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Originally Posted by 8_Ball
This, Syfy can still go to hell though....
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But putting on wrestling? ugh. They should enter the vault and dig up reruns of shows they've run in the past like Forever Knight or Highlander or Star Trek or even Lost in Space to fill the timeslots needed.
I lost all trust in Syfy when they changed SciFi to Syfy. At least I have Space: the Imagination Station. The only shows that doesn't fit with Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Supernatural is Nikita and Chuck, but that is only because they aren't pure Science Fiction.
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They do get paid to do it.
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Originally Posted by UberGuy
"professional" wrestling
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Originally Posted by Nericus
Their lineup even before that was already showing signs of deteriorating.
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Syfy's one good reason to watch ended when BSG called it quits.
Like I said it should be put out of its misery.
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BSG started falling apart in Season 3, that show should have ended sooner. Now all these prequels they are doing should be called: Battlestar Galactica: beating the dead horse.
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Originally Posted by Acemace
Syfy's one good reason to watch ended when BSG called it quits.
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SGU is people wanting to make SG like BSG when it's nothing like BSG v.v
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So they needed to bring in Jerry Ryan as a reformed villainess to allow it to limp on for 2 more seasons? heh
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Originally Posted by ChaosExMachina
Bingo. I didn't even get through the first 2-parter.
It was Stargate's version of Voyager, even down to the unlikeable roster. Even though Stargate went through an 'original movie,' a 'next version,' and a 'spinoff centered around a distant base,' I've got to guess that emulating Voyager wasn't intentional. The producers cancelled Atlantis because they thought Universe would appeal to a wider audience, essentially ignoring the existing fanbase and killing the franchise. They deserve much more of the blame than SyFy. |
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Well Chloe was going to turn into hot alien hybrid chick, so things may have been looking up along the lines of 7 of 9.
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Cries. Nooo. But then again I have missed most of season 2 not out of choice. And the fact that I love stargate and don't nitpick much.
Now just trying to think what is worse the stargate franchise dieing or when star trek enterprise got canceled. Actually I guess there all tied right there with Starship troopers Roughneck chronicles getting canceled right at the last few episodes of the show.
I guess I will have to find some way to finish watching the show. Then again I don't have to worry about missing any of the show when I am going to be gone for 2 years soon. LoL.
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How long do you think Star Wars the Clone Wars is going to last. It keeps giving me the vibe that it won't last much longer.
Word just got out that Syfy is not renewing Stargate Universe for a third season. Press release will be released soon. My faith in Syfy is now completely gone aside from eureka and Warehouse 13. Friday has been their night of hit shows for a long time and they decided to replace it with 2 hours of wrestling. They argued that the move should help the shows seeing how well Eureka and Warehouse 13 have done on Tuesdays during the summer. Ratings were low for SGU on tuesday yet they were about the same as last season in Canada where the program was aired during it's original time showing that the audience was still there but they just didn't make the move. With no plans for a film to finish the show, it is unlikely that we will ever see the planned outcome to the show.
From the Syfy twitter:
Edit: At least some of the crew was notified via email shortly before the announcement on twitter.