So it looks like the Stargate franchise isreturning. The snag being that this is a return to the original 1994 movie by that production team, and they're doing a re-imagining with a movie trilogy.
I'm not sure how I feel about this.
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
I'm getting sick of reboots. Can't they come up with something different?
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
So basically, the major Hollywood studios are never going to produce any new movies or stories ever again, instead just rehashing & retreading the same tired old properties every 20 to 40 years. Just like the comics.
Soon, every person will have their own movie of their own personal imagining & canon just for themselves. I look forward to the movie of Masao's version of the Romulan War.
Posted by Zipacna (Member # 1881) on :
The plot will be an updated version of the original Stargate trilogy that never happened, most likely. Problem is that this isn't 1994, and this trilogy is going to fail miserably as honestly outside of the fanbase (who you've automatically alienated by completely bypassing the tv franchise that they are fans of) very few people are going to care enough to pay to see a trilogy based on a 20-year-old movie...especially a movie from Emmerich, which do tend to be in the same league as Syfy mockbusters as far as well-written plots go.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Can we make it a sequel to the original movie, put Kurt Russell in an eyepatch, and call it Escape from Abydos? That might be watchable.
Posted by Dukhat (Member # 341) on :
Actually, I've only ever seen the film; I've never watched the TV series or its sequels. But this kinda reminds me of the planned BSG movie that supposedly takes place in the original series universe as opposed to nuBSG. All I have to say about that is...why?
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"Actually, I've only ever seen the film; I've never watched the TV series or its sequels."
You're doing it wrong.
Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
I second Tim's assessment. The 1994 Stargate movie is to SG-1 as the Kristy Swanson Buffy movie is to the Sarah Gellar Buffy TV series. Cute, funny, but doesn't really count.
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
The best line: "I wanna make sure you get one thing right. It's O'Neill, with 2 L's. There's another Colonel O'Neil with only one L - he has no sense of humor at all."
Posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim (Member # 646) on :
Fuck Stargate in particular, and franchise reboots in general, say I. Or should that be the other way around?
Posted by Dukhat (Member # 341) on :
quote:Originally posted by TSN: You're doing it wrong.
Yeah, that's what she said.
I think that between both Star Trek and Babylon 5, I just didn't want to invest in watching another show.
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
That's what Netflix is for.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"I think that between both Star Trek and Babylon 5, I just didn't want to invest in watching another show."
Seven (at most) TV series is your lifetime maximum? Wow. At the moment, just in terms of hour-long dramas, my DVR is programmed to record ten currently running series. Plus a few nonfiction shows, and numerous half-hour and quarter-hour comedies and cartoons.
I, um... I might be watching too much TV.
Posted by Dukhat (Member # 341) on :
^Yeah, I guess I forgot to mention that I also had a life at the time Posted by o2 (Member # 907) on :
Watching Stargate Atlantis was actually quite fun to do, though I would not compare it to any of the Star Trek series. But, hey, its Sci-Fi and worth to be watched in my opinion (at least to spend the gap until a new Star Trek series is emerging).
But a reboot of the film? I was never found of the Kurt-Russel-Stargate movie and I don't care to see the same story over and over again, only with a different set of actors.
Posted by The Ginger Beacon (Member # 1585) on :
I saw the film a week or two ago on TV, and it's not so bad. It is however not a patch on the TV show, and while I know Emmerich has always talked about doing a 'film trilogy' in a separate universe, it still pisses me off that he'd actually want to disregard SG-1 etc, which were ultimately a lot better than the original film.
I suppose the studio looked at Star Trek '09 and though we can do that, but I wish they wouldn't. I'm so fed up with reboots, redo's or ten year gap sequels. Is Hollywood completely bereft of original ideas?
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Yes, & it's their own fault. Everything is packaging, committee efforts, & people sticking their dick into someone's mashed potatoes to try & get a piece of things. It kills the joy of the process.
A few years back, my roommate at the time got super excited hearing that Guillermo Del Toro was looking to do a movie of H.P. Lovecraft's "In The Mountains Of Madness", which is a super-creepy tale & could be amazing if given the right hand at the helm—which del Toro would be. I told her it'd never go through, because the studios would demand too many changes, like a love story. ("It already has a love story", she said. "It's between shoggoths & insanity.") True enough, a few months later del Toro says it's a no-go: every studio wanted too many changes, & each one asked him if there was a way to work a romance plot into it.
Other than things like Marvel movies & the occasional whatsit (& even those I usually see on DVD or download), I've given Hollywood a total pass. Most of the movies I enjoy come from overseas (such as "The Lunchbox", which I saw in a theater about 2 months ago & was amazing), from unknown indie filmmakers, or from bigger names doing smaller personal projects (like Jon Favreau's "Chef", which was fantastic & has an all-star cast even for bit parts). Like music, originality exists but it can't be found with the major labels.
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