Random Movie Talk That Probably Doesn't Deserve Its Own Thread (Page 29 of 39)

See, I don't get this reaction. The point of the reboot is to draw in NEW fans, not just rehash the old material. While Abrams movies were not perfect (by any stretch and I LIKED them( it did draw in new fans and kept the franchise going and made Paramount some money. It worked on a number of fronts, and the hard core fans who didn't like it, didn't leave the franchise because of it. They just won't see the new movies. They are still fans and, for them, the franchise will continue like the movies never existed. Merchandising hasn't really changed so, it really is a wash.

Stargate will likely be the same way.

The thing, for me, is that Emmerich had a whole plan for the Stargate universe, and actually had five novels written regarding the aftermath of the movie, involving Hathor and Earth being attacked from space. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_l … elizations

So, while the argument could be made for lack of new ideas, I think that Emmerich is actually trying to explore the Stargate universe further and deeper than he could when the first movie came out. He has greater capabilities, and he isn't going back and making a sequel to Stargate, which SG-1, Atlantis and Universe, all are the sequels, so rebooting it makes more sense.

In addition, Emmerich is on record of wanting to create a trilogy, of fleshing out and entire mythology, pulling from multiple Earth mythologies, including Greek, and only loosely tie together. Now, he can create the grand mythos and overarching themes and put them on a bigger scale.

I'm not saying that SG-1 and the rest were not impressive; they absolutely are, in their own right. It is still one of my favorite TV shows of all time and my brother and I want to create SG team uniforms (yep, nerds). I just am excited to see what Emmerich wants to create.

So, while I can agree that a reboot is odd, speaking as a fan of the movie and TV shows, I would be more than willing to give Emmerich the chance to revisit it. There is a great amount of potential here and he already has ideas of what he wants to do, not just go back to it because he has nothing better to do.

And, I'm sorry, as cool as Teal'c was, Anubis guard from the film was pretty incredible.

It wasn't the tone, it was never the tone, I actually really liked the idea of a Stargate series with a more BSG feel. (Which is what it was always sold as)

It was the fact the show had absolutely zero fucking clue what it was, who it was, what the hell it wanted to do. I swear, watching Universe trying to tell a story was like watching a drunk giant baby wander around new york bumping into buildings and setting off giant domino chains of shattered glass and dreams.

After like 6 or 7 episodes of watching them go around in the same little circle, I said screw it and stopped. And I never heard a single word from anywhere that said I should ever go back. So I didn't.

Although, if they reboot anything Stargate...or anything really, more Robert Carlyle being scruffy and sarcastic, oh gods yes. Robert Carlyle being scruffy and sarcastic for everyone, everywhere. Tasty.

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I caught some SG1 and ended up watching the last 2 years quite regularly, I saw the first 3 or so seasons of Atlantis but put it to one side when they ran into the 4th or 5th set of replicators but destroyed their planet in less than 45 minutes.

I gave Universe 10 episodes before deciding it was a bit naff. As for the original film? It's ok but really kinda dull. But it did a very good job of convincing you the characters are on an alien planet.

I loved that effect, though. Technologically, it doesn't make sense, but it's badass.

I was forcibly willing myself to ignore that, but yeah, I hate that shit. It's ridiculous.

No argument here. SGU could be a very frustrating watch sometimes. I'm sure somewhere on the interwebs my many rants against the show are preserved for all time. But much like my relationship with Doctor Who, I couldn't quit SGU, so I'm one of the few who was still around when it got really good. Unfortunately, that's the same point at which Syfy started seriously dicking around with the schedule. They wanted to bump a show to make room for goddamned wrestling, of all things, so they decided to let Sanctuary stay put and give the kiss of death to SGU. The show had gotten so much better, but it's hard for word of mouth to spread when you don't know when to tell people to tune in. In any case, I was sad to see it go, especially as it seems all of the rest of the tv franchise related projects are dead in the water.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-enter … 12270.html

I am so happy right now.

Traci Lords? that's some interesting casting.

From my limited sampling (n=3) I don't get the sense that Asylum has really pushed the T&A until their more recent work. PoM appears it could be part of that trend.

So, read an article  regarding Thor: Dark World today. I know the first Thor received a round of "Meh's" that echoes in the hills to this very day. While I personally enjoyed the film, I certainly can see the issues that have been brought up. Well, the sequel still centers in Asgard but with a much more mature Thor and more interesting villain, the Dark Elf, played by Christopher Eccelston.

So, I am warming up to this film, though slowly.

It looks pretty interesting so far: