Hey! MGM has decided to drop Stargate Atlantis and only make movies out of the series now. We want more seasons,as they are getting better and better. If you feel the same, Please sign this petition! You'll see that over 26000 people think the same. Thanks.
I don't know if this quite counts as spam, but either way...Really? A petition? You really think Sci-Fi will change its mind and re-sign a show just because a couple thousand people click a link? Judging from the record of what shows they cancel and what shows they don't, they don't really give a rats ass what sci-fi fans want to watch.
Posted by Josh (Member # 1884) on :
I tend to agree. Online petitions carry little to no weight.
Posted by HopefulNebula (Member # 1933) on :
Define "better and better."
Didn't they decide Rodney was becoming nicer because of some brain parasites or something? Instead of, you know, actually showing his change in characterization as being legitimate?
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
Save Star Trek! We still haven't seen the last two years of the 5 year mission!
Posted by Pensive's Wetness (Member # 1203) on :
quote:Originally posted by Mars Needs Women: Save Star Trek! We still haven't seen the last two years of the 5 year mission!
Save my ASS! According to a old David Letterman joke, if i eat 3 big macs, my ass will EXPAND 5 times it's normal size! please! Sign this petion! It matters! your vote matters!
of course, if the petion was about, say, lesbian miget penguin pr0n, live action Macross pr0n or all the goils from law & Order, nekkid and sweaty (watching.... oh.... penguin pr0n), then SURE AS FU... fudge. i'd sign.
too bad the 1st post is clearly a spambot or some shit...
speaking of, wtf is E nowadaze?
*skids the topic on it's nuts* i'm reading Elizabeth Moon's Command Decision and i can't get Live action/anime Battletech, i could always wish for a actually good effort for Sci-Fi: Vatta's War.
what say yee?
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
quote:Originally posted by Josh: I tend to agree. Online petitions carry little to no weight.
Well that's not always true. A friend of mine started an online petition to bring the Musician Tori Amos back to Australia to tour after 12 years. After several thousand signatures someone printed out the entire petition and threw it on Stage on night in the US. She has mentioned in a few interviews that this was a trigger to tour Australia again (and has done so twice in 2005 and 2007). Before that, the record company didn't think it warranted to tour the antipodes anymore.
SO, you never know.
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
Tori Amos, Pfft.
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
Let's take a look at the record for fan petitions in general...
Star Trek, Season 2, 1968: Renewed for another season Star Trek, Season 3, 1969: Still cancelled Deep Space Nine, 1999: Still cancelled Farscape, 2003: Still cancelled, but at least we got the miniseries Firefly, 2003: Still cancelled, but at least we got the movie Enterprise, 2005: Still cancelled, and they made an ass of themselves
The only time a fan campaign actually WORKED was when they convinced NBC to order the third season of TOS. (And then we got gems like "Spock's Brain" and "And the Children Shall Lead" and "The Way to Eden"... should that count as success or failure? )
Also, the writers themselves have specifically stated that this cancellation is a MUTUAL agreement... so why the hell would a petition to Sci-Fi do any good, anyway?
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
Let's start an online petition to end online petitions.
Posted by Johnny (Member # 878) on :
You forgot Jericho. All those nuts that fans sent to the studio got us another 7 episodes. And they were pretty good, too.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
quote:Originally posted by Mars Needs Women: Tori Amos, Pfft.
Where is the 'up yours' emoticon when you need it?
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Y'know - there was a sci-fi channel mini-series that I recently watched - which I reckon they should have made a series out of - had a lot of potential... was called "The Lost Room". Anyone else watch it?
Posted by HopefulNebula (Member # 1933) on :
Bits and pieces. Reminds me of Gideon's Key stories.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
quote:Originally posted by Johnny: You forgot Jericho. All those nuts that fans sent to the studio got us another 7 episodes. And they were pretty good, too.
Yes, but sending nuts to the studio is a bit different than an online petition Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
There was the Tobasco sauce petition that gave Roswell another season.
Posted by HopefulNebula (Member # 1933) on :
There was also evidently a "send chess pieces to the publisher" campaign for fans of the last Twilight book. Doesn't stop the series from sucking, and didn't actually *do* anything...
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
The was an error 404 petition sent to Cartoon Network to have the third season of Reboot aired in the US when it had only aired in Canada. No more Monobreasts.
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
So to save Atlantis we should get fans to each send a three ton ring of naquada to the network, or failing that, 50 cubic meters of seawater and a rubber ring...each.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Or a ZPM? Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
quote:Originally posted by MinutiaeMan: Let's take a look at the record for fan petitions in general...
Star Trek, Season 2, 1968: Renewed for another season Star Trek, Season 3, 1969: Still cancelled Deep Space Nine, 1999: Still cancelled Farscape, 2003: Still cancelled, but at least we got the miniseries Firefly, 2003: Still cancelled, but at least we got the movie Enterprise, 2005: Still cancelled, and they made an ass of themselves
The only time a fan campaign actually WORKED was when they convinced NBC to order the third season of TOS. (And then we got gems like "Spock's Brain" and "And the Children Shall Lead" and "The Way to Eden"... should that count as success or failure? )
Er....DS9 ended- like the other Trek shows, at seven seasons. I dont think I've ever heard it was cancelled.
As much as I like Atlantis, twisting the network to make a show they dont want to make will only result in a poor end result- or at least result in Skiffy doing things that ensure the show's failure- changing it's timeslot, not promoting it, etc.
Also, it's crystal clear that managment at Skiffy dont care what the viewers want to see as long as the advertizers are happy: enjoy wresteling and c-grade movies like mansquito!
Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
Actually, I think DS9 was indeed cancelled. There could have easily been a season 8. Thus the 7-episode finale, basically, and the bit of a disappointment with the reused footage in WYLB.
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
No, I'm pretty sure the writers knew that 7 would be the last season. Their main goal in the final chapter (10 episodes, actually) was to try to tell an even bigger story than the station occupation arc at the beginning of the war. The fact that it all seemed rushed was just because they tried to cram too much crap in rather than tell a good story.
I would try to confirm my memory — I think I read that in the DS9 Companion — but I'm too lazy to do it right now.
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