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Trouble at Stargate SG-1

jonerik writes "Salon has this article today about the troubles behind the scenes for Showtime's "Stargate SG-1." Since Michael Shanks left the show in October (a result of his unhappiness with the show's change in focus to "X-Files"-influenced government conspiracy plotlines), women have been abandoning the show in droves. The problems come at a bad time. MGM, which produces the show, is looking to be bought out by a sugar daddy. And the Sci-Fi Channel, which is taking the program over from Showtime for its sixth and final season, can't be happy at the prospect of ending up with a troubled show with plummeting ratings and a fanbase in revolt. " I have yet to see the more recent episodes, but several of the episodes I have seen have been quite excellent (and some others well... weren't) but I know a lot of people who consider SG1 among the best SciFi on TV. Personally I'll take Lexx & Farscape over it, but its not bad.

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  1. CmdrTaco must have skipped grammar class... by herbert_axelrod · · Score: -1, Troll

    "I have yet to see the more recent episodes, but several of the episodes I have seen have been quite excellent (and some others well... weren't) but I know a lot of people who consider SG1 among the best SciFi on TV" Hey Taco, ever heard of a period? jackass.

  2. Sci-Fi shows are having trouble dealing with the.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    heterosexual disease!!!
    A man chases a woman, catches her, throws her on the floor. He pulls
    down his trousers, lifts her dress and removes her slip. He then starts to
    stab her between her legs with his penis. He stabs her furiously, savagely,
    bestially, viciously and perversely. He continues to stab her, stabs her
    again and again and now and then insulting her with obscene words. He takes
    vicious pleasure in seeing the woman at his mercy and enduring his perverse
    sexual assault.
    Heterosexuals are rapists and potential rapists. Heterosexuals are
    stabbers of women.
    Heterosexuals are really perverted, disgusting and repulsive.
    Heterosexuality is disgusting and repulsive.
    Heterosexuals are the excrement of the earth.
    We always had a profound disgust and repulsion for heterosexuals and
    heterosexuality.

    You are a hetero fornicator, a hetero beast, a hetero rapist, a hetero
    pervert, a hetero filth, a hetero thief, a hetero liar, a hetero bandit and
    a hetero murderer.

    Heterosexuals have always been on the offensive. They have always attacked
    others without good arguments. Their attacks are based on lies, violence,
    vulgarity and injustice. Gays and other groups of people have always been on
    the defensive. This is why heterosexuals have become arrogant and
    tyrannical. Gays and other groups of people should strike back more often.
    They should counter attack They should be more on the offensive also. In
    fact it is heterosexuals who have not respected others. They have oppressed
    others. The others have the right to strike back. Heterosexuals have always
    acted like terrorists. This is Heterosexual Terrorism. They should be
    condemned.
    Three articles are reproduced below to show how heterosexuals are murderous,
    abnormal, perverted, sinful and dirty.
    Heterosexuals are beasts and filthy
    Heterosexuals like to criticise others when they have themselves many more
    faults, defects, vices and perversions.
    Heterosexuals are monsters. In 1999, in a few days heterosexuals committed
    many monstrous crimes. In Egypt a man stabbed the lover of his wife 300
    times and then cut his head. In Israel a man set fire to the house of his
    wife, killing his wife and his children. In atlanta, USA a man killed his
    wife and children and then killed 9 other people.
    Heterosexuals are beasts. Heterosexuality is bestiality.
    Some time ago, in belgium, a pastor and his daughter with whom he had
    an incestuous relationship killed 10 people. 5 were members of their family.
    The two heterosexuals got rid of their victims by dissolving their bodies in
    acid. The heterosexual man was a pastor and a theology teacher.
    In Gloucester, Great Britain, frederick and rosemary West who were
    husband and wife, killed and buried 18 persons. Some were their children.
    In the eighties, a heterosexual man in california raped, tortured and
    killed more than 15 women. the man took sadistic pleasures in seeing the
    women suffered. One of his methods was to cut them with an electric saw. The
    man took pleasure in seeing the women shouting in terrible pain.
    Several years ago in South America (Colombia) a heterosexual man raped
    and killed more than 100 girls.
    In France the parents of a 5 year old boy martyrized the little boy
    for years. They beat him and imprisoned him in a little cage. They took
    pleasure in seeing the little boy suffered.
    A few years ago in France a Head of school killed the prostitute he was
    frequenting because the prostitute no longer wanted him.
    There are many other cases of heterosexual atrocities.

  3. Re:hey biatches by herbert_axelrod · · Score: -1, Troll

    thank you sir. i have seen your work as well and have admired it from afar.

  4. I say! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Strap it on girls, lets get it on!

  5. For Valentine's day by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'd so like to stick my tongue in the anal orifice of Laura Hall

  6. Well by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    After making an ass of yourself by not proposing in person, getting down on one knee, and all that stuff that normal people do for a living, are you not getting laid? Is that why you are posting news right now? Fag.

  7. Ughhh, Lexx? by Bluetick · · Score: 0, Troll

    Personally I'll take Lexx & Farscape over it, but its not bad.

    Personally, I'll take Botulism & Dysentery over Lexx.

  8. The Solution by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Kill your TV.

  9. Re:Kathleen !worth good spelling or grammar. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Kathleen !worth good spelling or grammar.

    Kathleen, I wanted to do this in this most potentially embarassing way possible, and I figured doing it here and now, in front of a quarter of a million strangers was as good a way as any. I love you more then I can describe within the limits of this tiny little story. We've been together for many years now, and I've known for most of that time that I wanted to spend my life with you. Enough rambling. Will you marry me?

    Embarrassing. Double 'r', double 's'.

    I also disagree with your use of then. Than is used to be comparative. Then is indicative of expressions of time or timing and consequence.

    It's wiser being good than bad; It's safer being meek than fierce; It's fitter being sane than mad. --R. Browning.

    Might I suggest a more heartfelt and serious way of proposal? What was the diamond on the ring? A penguin shaped imperfect piece of shit bought at the mall last minute? Zales? I doubt Mr. JUBEI machine knows an SI-J from a VVS1-E. You are very heavily 'included,' Malda. Can you think of s shittier and more cliché day to propose, or is Valentine's Day king shit of that Tird Island. She must be a lobotomized retard, otherwise you should have spat upon by your would be spouse.

    Hey, loserboi, don't forget to invite Larry Wall to the wedding and write your vows in a Perl Script. Then you can "chomp" down on your cake.

    You don't have to be a Kreskin to see the end of this loser elopement ending in the very near future.

    This is crap, Malda. If I was an English teacher, and this was a 5 grader's half assed attempt at writing a romantic short story, I'd throw the script back in the kid's face and wonder who dropped him as a kid. This is pathetic. I feel bad for your wife.

  10. Kathleen !worth good spelling or grammar. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Kathleen !worth good spelling or grammar.

    Kathleen, I wanted to do this in this most potentially embarassing way possible, and I figured doing it here and now, in front of a quarter of a million strangers was as good a way as any. I love you more then I can describe within the limits of this tiny little story. We've been together for many years now, and I've known for most of that time that I wanted to spend my life with you. Enough rambling. Will you marry me?

    Embarrassing. Double 'r', double 's'.

    I also disagree with your use of then. Than is used to be comparative. Then is indicative of expressions of time or timing and consequence.

    It's wiser being good than bad; It's safer being meek than fierce; It's fitter being sane than mad. --R. Browning.

    Might I suggest a more heartfelt and serious way of proposal? What was the diamond on the ring? A penguin shaped imperfect piece of shit bought at the mall last minute? Zales? I doubt Mr. JUBEI machine knows an SI-J from a VVS1-E. You are very heavily 'included,' Malda. Can you think of s shittier and more cliché day to propose, or is Valentine's Day king shit of that Tird Island. She must be a lobotomized retard, otherwise you should have spat upon by your would be spouse.

    Hey, loserboi, don't forget to invite Larry Wall to the wedding and write your vows in a Perl Script. Then you can "chomp" down on your cake.

    You don't have to be a Kreskin to see the end of this loser elopement ending in the very near future.

    This is crap, Malda. If I was an English teacher, and this was a 5 grader's half assed attempt at writing a romantic short story, I'd throw the script back in the kid's face and wonder who dropped him as a kid. This is pathetic. I feel bad for your wife.

  11. Kathleen Fent by Metrollica · · Score: -1, Troll

    She has nice, pipe-fitter lips. No disrespect, but trust me, my boy. There's two things I'm good at. That's pulling dents, and spottin' good blow jobs. And that sweetie has world-class blow job lips. Am I right, skipper?

    I remember every blow job I ever got. How about you, you remember your first blow job? How long did it take for the guy to cum?! Did ya hear that? I said, "You remember your first blow job" you say, "Yeah." I said, "How long did it take for the guy to cum?"

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    --Metrollica