Paul Marshall

Uni Auckland, Research Fellow: Exercise is fun: disease and disability rehabilitation, injury prevention, resistance training, NBA, Guitars

[Paul Marshall @PWMMarshall]

@AmazonMGMStudio Stargate Atlantis

[Paul Marshall @PWMMarshall]

@AmazonMGMStudio cancelling Stargate makes no sense. Fans have kept collections like this for 20+ years, would pay for new series, physical media, streaming. Few franchises have this kind of long-term loyalty. You could literally be printing money. @MichaelShanks @BaronDestructo

[Paul Marshall @PWMMarshall]

@AmazonMGMStudio What about Stargate??? My kids were dumbfounded and furious when I finally told them you pulled the plug. MY KIDS. THOSE PESKY NEW FANS YOU DIDN'T THINK THE SHOW WOULD ATTRACT.

[Jonathan Norris @jonnorris12]

Spot on.

[Ripplestiltskin @NewEinHara]

Nothing beats watching your favorite actors grow from one of the best TV shows ever into full-blown Hollywood stars.
Jason Momoa went from the badass Ronon Dex in Stargate Atlantis to Khal Drogo, Aquaman, Dune, and beyond… and it’s genuinely incredible to see and I’m still smiling watching this🔥montage!

Amazon — don’t cancel the new Stargate projects. This universe has a massive opportunity to bring the old cast back alongside new faces and deliver the epic return fans have been dreaming about. The love for this world is still massive.
@JasonMomoa @AmazonMGMStudio
Drop your favorite Ronon moment or tell me who else from SG-1/Atlantis you want to see get the big-screen treatment next 👇
Tag a gate fan who needs this glow-up in their life!

@iamchrisjudge @dhewlett @JoeFlanigan @amandatapping @bradtravelers @martingero @BaronDestructo

#Stargate #StargateAtlantis #JasonMomoa #RononDex #Aquaman #Dune #SciFi #StargateRevival

[Joseph Mallozzi 🏴‍☠️ @BaronDestructo]

Interesting discussion on the Stargate cancellation here with @shadmbrooks @xraygirl_ @Nerdrotics @KinelRyan @RealLifeFakeWiz @QTRBlackGarrett @ComixDivision @disparutoo #CallMeChato
https://t.co/aZ3j48o4E5

[Paul Marshall @PWMMarshall]

@RedneckTauri My 10 year old just hit s6e4 frozen too 💪

[Paul Marshall @PWMMarshall]

@AmazonMGMStudio Stargate would be better

[Paul Marshall @PWMMarshall]

@wydsilent Kirk Penney

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@BallerToy1327 Maybourne

[Paul Marshall @PWMMarshall]

@WattusMaximus Indeed

[Nerd Cookies @nerd_cookies]

Fans do NOT want a new Stargate series if the legends who made Stargate aren't involved.

Everyone needs to know that Amazon reportedly still wants to make Stargate, just WITHOUT the writers and producers who spent decades faithfully building and expanding the franchise.

Fans were actually excited to see what Martin, Brad, Joe were making because they've proven for decades that they understand how to foster and tell new Stargate stories.

LET THE PEOPLE WHO MADE STARGATE KEEP MAKING STARGATE! @AmazonMGMStudio @PrimeVideo #Stargate

[UNDΘΘMΞD @Undoomed]

Fuck @Amazon @AmazonMGMStudio. You cancel Stargate, I cancel you. Those are the rules.

[Paul Marshall @PWMMarshall]

@pockets_13 @AmazonMGMStudio Nope, not coming back to a streaming service that keeps wrecking IP .....

[Joseph Mallozzi 🏴‍☠️ @BaronDestructo]

Well this is a hastily cobbled together shit-take of conjecture and misdirection.

The author starts by misreading a grassroots marketing launch as a statement of exclusive intent. Come on.  Announcing a series TO a fandom alongside its community leaders is standard PR; it's not proof that the show was designed exclusively FOR fandom. In fact, it was made clear from the start that, first and foremost, the series would function as an accessible entry point for new viewers...while still respecting canon.  And, by the way, “Respecting canon” does not mean “requiring new viewers to be familiar with 350+ hours of existing Stargate programming” as this article implies.

The author proceeds to support their point by launching into fan fiction: "No plot details were revealed about the scrapped show, but I can easily imagine…”  And they certainly do.  What follows is a parade of clichés, a generic legacy-sequel checklist that the author has conjured up from nothing and pinned to the new show as predictive evidence.

Then comes the claim that Starfleet: Academy failed because the showrunners: "focused too much on paying tribute to the series' past.”  Uh, wut?  Yes, Starfleet: Academy did receive a fair amount of criticism, but strict adherence to canon wasn't on the list of grievances.  This reads like a comment from someone who likely never even watched the show, much less perused the fan response.

They state: "Rebooting the cannon also would let the new Stargate showrunner bring back the Goa'uld, the franchise's most iconic villains…”  No, it wouldn’t.  Know why?   Because the goa’uld... ARE CANON!!!!

The article concludes with a disconnected meditation on an old Stargate storyline with no relation to either the new show or the author’s own argument.

I want to say it was written by A.I., but surely A.I. would display more logical consistency than this.

[Billy Brown @BillyBrown1983]

Not only am I trying to get into Parliament, I'm also chasing the goal of becoming New Zealand's strongest master. That's the difference.
Set goals. Work hard. Back yourself.
Don't listen to the radicals and naysayers sitting on the sidelines telling you what you can't do
(you know who you are)

Let's think big again.
Me rongo.
Billy Brown

[Michael Shanks @MichaelShanks]

I’m gonna simply say this: if you are at all interested in a Stargate show with ANY of the original creators/performers involved, now is the time to say something. Otherwise it really will be the end of that chapter forever. Let them know you are THERE

[Paul Marshall @PWMMarshall]

@robertgraham @BaronDestructo Mando s1&2 yes, good example, s3 is not, and Mando spinoff-Boba Fett terrible. Atlantis was awesome.

[Paul Marshall @PWMMarshall]

@BaronDestructo @robertgraham The problem with 'new' shows is the false equivalence of new & 'modern' audience. The former will be attracted to a show grounded in what made SG1 🔥😀 the latter doesn't exist and has led many shows astray (mando s3, LoTR RoP, Trek, marvel etc etc)

[Matt Jarbo @mjarbo]

Amazon axing the new STARGATE series because it was supposedly too niche is such a frustrating executive decision.

This is STARGATE.

The original movie launched in 1994. STARGATE SG-1 ran for 10 seasons. STARGATE ATLANTIS ran for five more. Fans have kept this franchise alive for decades.

Martin Gero, who wrote on SG-1 and ATLANTIS, was developing the new series. Brad Wright and Joe Mallozzi were consulting producers.

People who understood the franchise were involved.

And Amazon apparently got nervous that the show would appeal too much to STARGATE fans.

That is insane.

Die-hard fans are not the problem. They are the bridge.

They tell friends to watch. They explain the premise. They build word of mouth before casual audiences ever show up.

Studios keep wanting legacy IP without the people who actually love it.

But that “baggage” is the audience.

STARGATE does not need to be sanded down for everyone.

It needs to be good enough that fans bring everyone else in.