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

[donutsweeper]

The episode wasn't a bad one, but it didn't make much sense. 6 years later and everyone is still on the same ship in the same positions? And the reason Riker was supposedly watching the recreation made no sense to me either- it didn't tie into their episode in any way that I could really see.

And Troi outright spoiling Trip's death like that bugged the hell out of me. Without that it would have been so much more powerful.

You may be onto something as to why it was written the way it was.

[sid]

That spoiler. Geez Louise. That is shitty writing. And then we never actually saw Trip die, just get shoved into a tube.

The final scene with Archer's speech could have been great! I loved the birth of the classic opening lines. :-)

[donutsweeper]

The idea behind the speech was brilliant- it would have been the perfect send off- if the writers hadn't completely ruined everything else

[archersangel]

That spoiler. Geez Louise. That is shitty writing. And then we never actually saw Trip die, just get shoved into a tube.


there's a novel that's suppose to explain that.

[sid]

Is there? It would've been nice to have it better dealt with on the show, though. But I'm glad someone made the effort to write an explanation!

[juliet316]

It is but it's a DS9 Holodeck recreation from Jake and Nog's perspective. (I don't know if it's apart of DS9's Virtual Book Season or not). It's supposed to be good, but after being burned by the finalie I'm not touching any Enterprise novel that says "Holodeck recreation" in it.

[juliet316]

Yep. It was Berman's way of making sure the fans hated it so much that neither Paraborg nor anybody else would ever want to touch the franchise again.

At least until Abrams and the reboot came along.