Your Friendly Neighborhood Smirk-Man

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[Your Friendly Neighborhood Smirk-Man @Smirklin]

I launched a Patreon.

Not to build a paywall, but to build a community.

We'll be talking about emotional honesty, relationships, overthinking, personal growth, movies, TV shows, books, games, and the life lessons hidden inside the stories we love.

The conversations stay open. Members help choose where we go next.

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[The White Water Company @MrNanobubble]

@DrDJackson @Smirklin @TheQuartering have you seen @AmazonMGMStudio canceled #Stargate

#Savethegate

[Your Friendly Neighborhood Smirk-Man @Smirklin]

@pinkmagiclala Definitely false

[Dr. Daniel Jackson ᐰ @DrDJackson]

Mobilize reinforcements. It's time to #SaveStargate

[Stargate Fans United (#SaveStargate) @SGFansUnited]

Fans are starting to get organized. @GateWorld & @dial_the_gate will help lead the charge.

Standby, Stargate family. A massive, massive #SaveStargate campaign is about to get underway.

[Your Friendly Neighborhood Smirk-Man @Smirklin]

Just turned 48!
QT with how old you're turning this month.

[Jodi @GenuinelyJodi]

My fellow June babies! QT with how old you’re turning this month!!

57 next week 😭

[Your Friendly Neighborhood Smirk-Man @Smirklin]

@GenuinelyJodi You sure you don't mean 37???

[Your Friendly Neighborhood Smirk-Man @Smirklin]

Like they gave the green light without asking first.

[Emerald Apple @AI_EmeraldApple]

There is more to the story behind the reason why the Stargate show on Amazon was cancelled.

The original greenlighters at Amazon, Nick Pepper and Matt King, who liked Martin Gero's work that respected the Stargate lore, have been moved, let go, or restructured under a new Amazon MGM studio leadership.

Under the new leadership with Peter Friedlander, who is an ex-Netflix head of U.S. and Canada scripted division, and Blair Fetter, a Netflix vet who ran “spectacle series”, they shifted focus towards maximum broad and global appeal for expensive worldbuilding shows.

They want more shows like Stranger Things, 3 Body Problem, Ozark, etc, which were massive hits, and any new shows must have broad appeal, where they must convincingly bring in new viewers, not just satisfy existing fans.

There is an age-old saying... A product made for everyone is made for no one. These execs don't understand that their success came during a time of a massive global crisis, and pretty much any decent show gets massive ratings due to the forcibly captive audience. COVID really gassed up a lot of execs into thinking they are geniuses when the reality is that these numbers were never going to be repeated again.

What this will likely do is cause Amazon to burn massive amounts of funds for "modern audience-wide appeal" flops that interest no one and offend no one.

And yet, even under this new regime, it is still greenlighting more of Rings of Power despite its underperformance. The chase for "inoffensive broad appeal" is going to bite them in the butt.

The sad part is... a lore-accurate Stargate show was in the works, but because it didn't have enough modern audience broad appeal, they axed it under the new leadership.

Joe Mallozzi, a long-time SG1 showrunner said, "It was a series that avoided the pitfalls of several modern remakes and reboots by fully embracing the core of its predecessors: action, adventure, exploration, wonder, heart, humor, and found family.”

By all accounts, it sounded like it would have been a good show, but we'll never see it... not at least from the "new" Amazon.

[Your Friendly Neighborhood Smirk-Man @Smirklin]

@JenniferTilly Like hurry up and say what you were going to say! No thinking about it

[Your Friendly Neighborhood Smirk-Man @Smirklin]

This edition of shirts my wife hates

[Your Friendly Neighborhood Smirk-Man @Smirklin]

@thatstarwarsgrl He didn't follow me, but he quote tweeted my tweet!

[Your Friendly Neighborhood Smirk-Man @Smirklin]

@limeunfiltered @JoeFlanigan

[Your Friendly Neighborhood Smirk-Man @Smirklin]

David, better check with @JoeFlanigan before naming things.... #GateShip #PuddleJumper

[David "Stargate Genius Leader" Hewlett @dhewlett]

That's it...you me, Shanks....in the new @martingero series "StarGreat"

[Your Friendly Neighborhood Smirk-Man @Smirklin]

Is Maybourne behind this? Senator Kinsey? #SaveTheGate

[Nina Infinity @Nina7Infinity]

My ENTIRE feed is Stargate fans calling out @amazon @AmazonMGMStudio

I LOVE IT! The fans are amazing. 🥹Amazon was WRONG! They made a MISTAKE by discounting Stargate fans.

Keep telling Amazon how you feel and be sure to tag them! RT your fellow fans.

#stargate #savestargate

[Samantha Carter @CptCarterSG1]

Everyone do their part or I'll find another sun to blow up

Revive the Stargate Franchise - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/iPjNwzEQ9l via @Change

[IGN @IGN]

Stargate SG-1 actor Michael Shanks is rallying fans to protest Amazon's shock cancellation of its previously-announced franchise revival. https://t.co/KccbeYMV7i

[Your Friendly Neighborhood Smirk-Man @Smirklin]

Are you getting this @AmazonMGMStudio?

[Jack O'Neill @Jack2LOneill]

Stargate Command has a message for you.

HAVE YOU SIGNED THE STARGATE REVIVAL PETITION?

No? Well then here's the link.

That's an order SGC personnel.
https://t.co/M5cAurmUh5

[Michael Shanks @MichaelShanks]

Pound their social media and sign the petitions in my timeline. Then call their office 😏

[GateBuilder @SGAGateBuilder]

We need a respectful but powerful campaign to ask Amazon to reverse this decision. Martin and his team always thought of us, now its our turn to help them. @MichaelShanks is right. We need to act fast or we won't see Stargate produced by the right people . @StargateNow

[Jack O'Neill @Jack2LOneill]

Stargate Command has a message for you.

HAVE YOU SIGNED THE STARGATE REVIVAL PETITION?

No? Well then here's the link.

That's an order SGC personnel.
https://t.co/M5cAurmUh5