Want to know how Democrats create supermajority governments? They make up elected offices and then obscure them from the public. Case in point - Superintendent of Public Instruction...
While we’re talking about Backrooms and Obsession, two hit movies whose creators cut their teeth online, it’s worth noting that the other huge movie of 2026 so far—Project Hail Mary—was also the work of someone who made his name on the internet before he got “mainstream” recognition. Andy Weir: AOL programmer, ex-Blizzard employee, writes webcomics and a wildly popular serial, The Martian, which you could once get on Kindle for 99 cents. Subsequently an NYT bestseller and a Matt Damon movie, to be followed up by the huge and deserved success of Project Hail Mary.
Maybe we’re not only now entering into the era where blockhead executives have to come crawling back to the fresh talent they spurned while they were busy wallowing in franchise slop and shoveling politicized tripe about race and sex down our throats. The real talent has *been* working independently online for some time, and guys like Weir were among the first signs that legacy media is having to concede this. The difference with Kane Parsons and Curry Barker is they got recognized younger because the suits were already so desperate, their idiot philosophy already so badly discredited, and the online world already such an undeniable reality, not the niche culture it was when Weir started out.
Can’t help noticing these are also three nerdy white dudes, exactly the demographic that got aggressively iced out of the top job tracks in many prestige fields, including media, during the 2010s, as Jacob Savage reported in his incredible piece for @compactmag. Whoops! If you bar your doors against talent, all the talent goes and makes cool stuff outside your special clubhouse. Time to let the boys back in, folks.
"They canceled it because it would appeal to Stargate fans" AND THAT WASN'T ENOUGH.
The Stargate cancelation is a full mask off moment for modern TV, and this is why everyone should care.
It's indicative of why all of our series keep getting screwed up.
We are in shock. Again. We know you are, too. Please join Jenny, Darren and David LIVE as we parse through the decision that was made, reflect on what was about to be, and discuss our [constructive] approach moving forward.
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Amazon cancelled the new Stargate show.
The rumor is that the show writer, Martin Gero, would not budge on compromising lore or elements within the show for a "wider modern audience" as they did with Rings of Power for LoTR lore.
Martin Gero wanted to create a show that maintained continuity in the story and lore of the old shows, including the mythology and tech, while respecting the 17 seasons of history.
Amazon instead wanted something new for the "modern audience" that's more accessible, reimagined, with more modern casual sensibilities.
Because the showrunners wanted to maintain integrity rather than turn Stargate into another "modern audience slop" like Rings of Power, Amazon leadership canceled it. The franchise heavyweight, like Joseph Mallozzi, was very excited for the fresh stories Gero worked on. Amazon says they are still open to Stargate, just not "this" version... yes they wanted to Rings of Powerify Stargate.
We really can't hate these people enough.
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