brad wright says SGA fans hurt SGU

[archersangel]

as seen on many a LJ & DW journal; the article is here

Perhaps a more seedy, and disappointing aspect of the hits to Universe’s popularity, though, is the fanbase itself. “I don’t think if we for any reason go away, it is an issue necessarily of the quality of the product that we’ve been making,” said executive producer and co-creator Brad Wright. “I think getting moved on the schedule has hurt us. And the fact that some of the fans that liked SG-1 and Atlantis were so angry that they have deliberately hurt us, which is unfortunate.”

Indeed, log on to any message board, and the vociferous level of criticism directed towards Universe for its supposed role in the demise of Stargate Atlantis is obvious, as is the recent, unpleasant schadenfreude in its ratings descent. Websites have even been set up purely for opposition to the show, which seems like a curious move for people who are supposedly avowed fans of the franchise. Simplistic descriptors such as Stargate In Name Only abound, and the feeling of engendered ill wishes can be nauseating.

Comments

[juliet316]

This. The final season showed finally started showing all of the promise that the series was supposed to deliver in the first three, especially once the temporal cold war was eliminated from the show and they actually focused on the beginnings of the Federation. And a bitter Berman shit on all of that in the final episode because of the cancellation. If A) that final episode hadn't happened (or at least certain parts of it) and B) if it hadn't been cancelled and had at least one or two more seasons, then Enterprise wouldn't leave such a bad taste in many fans mouths and drive a lot of use to deny it ever existed.

*Edit because apparently I can't spell tonight

[sid]

Lots of ST fans hated the entire series and claimed that it messed with canon. They hated it, period. The show had some problems, sure, but it never contradicted canon that I saw.

The final show was just stupidly written, and then they made me barf in my mouth by claiming that even if the show hadn't been cancelled, they still would have shown that episode. Because it was In The Future! And then they could just go Back and show Other Stuff!

Please. You don't build up a 'ship and then jump to the future and show that nothing ever came of it. You don't give a popular character a stupid death and then go back in time and expect the viewers to forget what's coming.

That last season was excellent otherwise. I was already enjoying the show, but that final season rocked!

[juliet316]

There were some fans, (including myself) who started to come around to Enterprise during that last season as the writing and storytelling definitely started to get better by that point. The Cold War was jettisoned (Though I wouldn't have minded maybe if that had come back a season or two down the line if Enterprise had lived to maybe have Archer and crew having to have to set the timeline right in order for the Federation to exist), and there was definitely an arc towards, more than likely the Romulan War rather than the signing of the Federation Charter. Then came the Crap finale Berman gave us and drove a lot of the fans who had started to come around into the "Enterprise does not and ever will exist" camp.