Christopher Johnson

Cult Survivor, Heathen, Philosopher
Aerospace Engineering by day,
B.S. Physics Student by night,
Mars or bust.
Opinions are my own.

Header credit: Mr. Kalopsia

[Roland Constantijn 🇳🇱 @rolancon]

Since Amazon MGM Studios won't even read an email from a dedicated Stargate fan ('unsolicited submission materials'), which must be bad for business, here's the full content of the email (subject is the axing of Stargate):

Dear Amazon Studios Leadership,
I am writing as a longtime Stargate fan to express my deep disappointment at the cancellation of Martin Gero’s new Stargate series and to ask that you reconsider.

Stargate SG-1, Atlantis, and Universe ran for seventeen seasons and built one of the most loyal fanbases in science fiction television. I have been part of that audience for years. I buy Prime Video subscriptions. I watch Amazon originals. I am exactly the viewer you are trying to reach.

The reported reason for the cancellation — that the show was too focused on existing fans — misunderstands how franchise revivals work. You do not build a new audience by abandoning the existing one. You build it by honoring the existing audience first and using their enthusiasm to bring new viewers in alongside them. That is precisely what Martin Gero, Brad Wright, and Joe Mallozzi were doing.

Please restore the Gero Stargate project, or at minimum commit to a revival that respects the franchise’s seventeen seasons of canon and brings back the creative team that built it.

The gate is ready to open again. Please let it.
Thank you for your time. @AmazonMGMStudio @BaronDestructo @MichaelShanks @GateWorld @dial_the_gate @fandompulse @disparutoo

[Fandom Pulse @fandompulse]

https://t.co/Da52INy3GY

[Christopher Johnson @TrCCper]

@PrimeVideo We want Stargate!

[Venture Pictures @venturepictures]

Stargate needs YOUR help! ✨This your daily reminder to keep asking Amazon MGM to reverse their latest decision regarding the show. Respectfully put out there WHY.

We and MANY others want Stargate from the OGs @martingero @bradtravelers @BaronDestructo who gave us fans HOURS of Stargate television over the years.

The show WAS aimed at a broader audience. It was marketed as such in the initial video drop for the announcement.

You can respect what’s come before and start a new.

Stargate Atlantis did it. Stargate Universe got there in season 2. This team knew how to do what you needed Amazon?

Executive musical chairs should not be the reason this got cancelled. It was fine before? Why not now?

We need to bring this back! So NEW fans can enjoy this franchise with us. #stargate

[Christopher Johnson @TrCCper]

@AmazonMGMStudio Save Stargate!!

[Christopher Johnson @TrCCper]

@AmazonMGMStudio Save Stargate!!

[Christopher Johnson @TrCCper]

@AmazonMGMStudio @PrimeVideo We want Stargate!

[Christopher Johnson @TrCCper]

@AmazonMGMStudio Doesn't matter, only Stargate matters!

[Christopher Johnson @TrCCper]

@AmazonMGMStudio Don't cancel Stargate!

[The Popcast Brothers @PopcastGuys]

Nearly 50,000 views, which is a key number to start getting notice. Would be nice to get this to 100,000 plus. Amazon has been known to take these into consideration!

[Jack O'Neill @Jack2LOneill]

Good morning, have you contacted @AmazonMGMStudio yet about the Stargate cancelation?

Remember, let the OG Creators Create or RELEASE THE RIGHTS

[Stargate Fans United (#SaveStargate) @SGFansUnited]

Everyone be sure to go follow @venturepictures @EverySG1Frame @StargateZone @StargateNow_EU @Jack2LOneill @CptCarterSG1 @GateWorld @dial_the_gate @JennyStiven

They're important members of the community to follow as we gear up to #SaveStargate! @AmazonMGMStudio

[Stargate Central @StargateYT]

🔥 NEW - Stargate SG-1's @MichaelShanks Calls for Fans to Pound Amazon's Social Media!

Following news that Amazon won't be moving forward with a New #Stargate series, the actor who played Daniel Jackson has called on fans to make noise online!

#SaveStargate

[Teish Grasso @GrassoLati30007]

That's why I believe the fanbase isn't a limitation—it's Stargate's greatest strength.
Here's my open letter to Amazon MGM Studios, and Prime Video.

#SaveStargate #Stargate @PrimeVideo @AmazonMGMStudio #WeWantStargate #BringBackStargate

[Fandom Pulse @fandompulse]

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?

[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

[Jon Youlden @gallifrey11]

Bring Back Stargate - Sign the Petition everyone!

https://t.co/ySrgShzktF
#stargate @PopcastGuys @BeXDota @Come2theMiddle @BraneShow @NOTMYWATCH @iandaviddiaz @IstaPhobos @morningshowguy @SunsAndShadows @SkeeterOnSound @SensetheSphere @GateWorld @dial_the_gate @BaronDestructo @the_swap_shop1

[Christopher Johnson @TrCCper]

@AWSNewsroom @Pinterest @awscloud We want Stargate!

[Dial the Gate | The Stargate Oral History Project @dial_the_gate]

What @MichaelShanks said. Be courteous. Be sincere. Be resolute.

[recon @longshotrecon]

@dial_the_gate @MichaelShanks Did some leg work, The phone number for culver studios is [phone] follow the prompts press 2 for amazon studios, ask for Blair Fetter.