Doom and Age of Empires creator Sandy Petersen blasts Amazon over their handling of Stargate:
"1) get handed a massively popular IP that spans 17 years of successful shows."
"2) realize it has millions of loyal fans, desperate for more. They are now in their 40s and 50s, flush with money. Eager to teach their kids & grandkids about Stargate."
"3) you could start with this. You are already three steps up the ladder to huge success. The fans will evangelize it, if you don't wreck the IP. Don't believe it? Look how the fans evangelized Battlestar Galactica after its 30 year hiatus. And the initial Dr Who reboot after 15 years."
"4) cancel the project because you want a "new take" that will eliminate all the loyal fans and turn them into bitter enemies."
"It's like an ancient Greek play about hubris."
Why are corporate execs like this?
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
The Paxton victory in Texas has resurfaced the issue of character. I think young people would be shocked at how much emphasis Republicans and conservatives once placed on character: character in office, character in society. Personal responsibility. Etc. It wasn't that long ago!
Texas Republicans have long been among my favorite people. (I knew a lot of Bushies, back when.) (And Phil Gramm was just about my favorite politician.)
Today, in their Senate primary, Texas Republicans have chosen a picture of degeneracy over a Trump-supporting incumbent who is, at bottom, responsible and decent.
It’s like Republicans looked at Cornyn and said, “Nope. Not corrupt, crazy, or immoral enough.”
In a democracy, we say who we are, with our votes. We show what we value. To some of us, recent years have been both illuminating and heartbreaking. I have had frequent occasion to use an old expression: “sadder but wiser.”
I have not spoken like a populist. I’m not running for office. I don’t believe in “Vox populi, vox Dei.” In fact, I think that’s one of the most erroneous and disgusting notions ever conceived. I’m a writer, for better or worse. I have said what I think, even as I hope for a brighter morrow.
I hate to admit this but Trump was right.
He said that if I vote for Kamala Harris gas prices, groceries prices and my utility bills will go through the roof.
I voted for Harris and my gas, groceries and utility bills have gone through the roof.
Glory & self-enrichment. Paxton's corruption has already cost Texas taxpayers $6.6M to settle up his whistleblower suit. He could & should've covered that himself but the State of Texas is financially liable for damages done in office by its elected miscreants & he made us pay.😠
While I understand there are more important things happening in the world right, now, saving Standard Time will seem more important than you think if we have permanent DST come winter. Imagine it being dark until 9am in some parts of the country. And states not being able to opt out. My piece in @DailySignal today. https://t.co/QI5hkyRxwf. @MAHA_Action@SaveStandard
Data centers revitalize American manufacturing by driving massive demand and upgrading the power infrastructure in former industrial hubs.
Building American technological infrastructure is good for America.