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Open the Iris: Stargate SG1 Confirms Season 7

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the celebrate-good-times dept.

Nefrayu writes "After false rumors having been posted on the /. forum lately about the 7th season of SG-1, Gateworld.net and the SciFi Channel have now confirmed that the show will be carried on SciFi through the 7th season. Along with this announcement is the "surprise" that Dr. Daniel Jackson (portrayed by Michael Shanks) will be returning full time for the said 7th season. Excerpts from an online chat with supervising producer Joseph Mallozzi at SG1Fans can be found here. "

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  1. That's good by acehole · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's good that Daniel Jackson is to return to Stargate, but what happens to Jonas (the one who replaced him for season 6)?

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    1. Re:That's good by dvk · · Score: 5, Interesting

      According to the interview, he is "certain" to sign on, if he does, will also be SG1 member. How they plan to expand SG1 to 5 people, i'm not sure. But watchng the interplay between him and Jackson, if written as well as other interaction between team members, would be fun.
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  2. Re:Anyone ? by neur0maniak · · Score: 2, Interesting

    About as much as I know, there's going to be another movie, called Atlantis. It'll be about the Ancients (Y'know, the guys who supposedly built the stargate system). They were said to have moved on from "our region of space", I think it was in Series 2: Episode 15 (The Fifth Race).

    The legend of atlantis, being an advanced civilisation sinking under sea, and with the stargate event horizon looking like water, it's easy to join the two together.

    I think the series will be a spin-off from that, about an off-world SGC, based in the region of space where the Ancients are.

    I'm not really sure on this though, and don't have any sources to hand. But I must be remembering it from somewhere!

  3. Re:who's running the sci/fi channel anyway? by erpbridge · · Score: 3, Interesting

    New Twilight Zone is UPN, not SciFi. Maybe you're thinking of the new Outer Limits... which originally was made by Showtime, then after about 4 years Sci-Fi bought it.

    SG-1 was also oiginally made by Showtime... and bought by Sci-Fi after about 5 years.

    I think Lexx was originally an HBO series, bought by Sci-Fi.

    I never watched Lexx, but I watched Outer Limits and SG-1 before and after Sci-Fi. Anyone notice that after Sci-Fi buys something that's still in production (not something in reruns like Lost in Space or Forever Knight), the quality of the show decreases dramatically?

    Another example: Sliders. Was orignally a FOX show. It was a good show in it's 1st season, then Fox's execs demanded it be turned to crap, which of course got it cancelled. Sci-Fi bought it, and REALLY screwed it up.

    I think the quality of Sci-Fi's writers also hinges on the fact that:

    1) they're not a premium network. They make money off commercials and a few product placements, not off monthly subscriptions and product placements.
    2) they're owned by USA, which is also known for tons of crap.

    I think it's about 70% number 2, 20% number 1, and the rest just general faults of these shows (certain premises last longer than others, and you can only do so many plots on the same general building blocks.)

  4. Re:who's running the sci/fi channel anyway? by Bobulusman · · Score: 4, Interesting
    That's b/c Invisible Man and Farscape were total crap! Lexx is crap! The new Twilight Zone is crap! Any other "SF originals" that I forgot? Oh yeah, Saint-Sinner is crap! Taken is crap!
    I would agree with you on Lexx and that crappy new Outer Limits (I think that's what you ment) and Good vs Evil (again, I watch too much tv), but I liked the other two.

    Farscape was really good, at least for the first couple seasons. This last one was kinda crap. I know I'll be flamed for that, but, seriously, it seemed like the characters could not keep the same personality from episode to episode.

    The invisible man gave me some good chuckles, again, mainly in the first couple seasons. When they brought in that person from Black Scorpion and actually started getting serious about the plot, they lost focus. It was a comedy, not a drama! Ugh.

    It's too bad we can't start our own cable network....can you imagine the /. channel? What would you (yeah you! the one reading this right now!) put on it.
    A /. channel? Hmm.... MST3K, a little anime, a GOOD scifi movie on Saturday nights (like Tron), Red Dwarf, Futurama. In the morning, say, 8-11 am, you could show the cartoons from our childhoods. Who doesn't like to watch those when they are sick? :)
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