[Newsbot]

Title: Stargate Universe Cancelled
Category: Showbiz
Posted By: Scape
Date: 2010-12-17 00:43:52
Canadian

[DrCaleb]

It was a decent show. Not as good as Atlantis, kind of 'anime-ish'. But OK. It's just some of the last Sci-Fi on the ummmm Sci-Fi channel.

Get rid of it, and all they'll have is wrestling.

[Canadaka]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[BartSimpson]

I knew the end of the universe was coming...but so soon?

[PublicAnimalNo9]

Maybe if they had put it in a better time slot than 10PM on Friday...

[Scape]

Fridays are where shows go to die. Remember firefly?

[PublicAnimalNo9]

Yep, pretty much the same scenario.

[jeff744]

It seems they really are trying to kill this series, they botched SG1 when they added Vala as a main cast, Atlantis was going strong but hell, kill it anyways, now SGU, something they never even gave a chance. I hope someone else takes up the series.

[Scape]

All I can say is thank goodness Star wars was a movie in the 1970's and not a TV show today because Syfy would have canceled it.

[BartSimpson]

"Caprica" was cancelled because it was so stinking boring. Notice that Syfy has greenlighted a new BSG series to cure that problem.

[raydan]

Never watched it... did I miss something?

[Canadaka]

I don't think Star Trek TNG could have survived in todays climate, what a shame. How many new TNG caliber shows are we missing out on.

[DrCaleb]

raydan raydan:

Never watched it... did I miss something?

Trapped several galaxies away on an automated ancient ship they have no control over, no supplies and no chance of reinforcements or rescue; with a borderline schizoid Colonel as leader, and a race of very powerful aliens trying to gain control of the ship.

It was entertaining, but required a much healthier dose of the suspension of disbelief than most Stargate shows required. Atlantis was far superior.

[sandorski]

Other than it not being very Stargatey(new word!), it was a decent show that was getting better. I bet it would have succeeded if they nixed the SG from it. SciFi/SyFy is so much fail I really doubt they'll ever make a decent show again.

[Scape]

I think with both SGU and Caprica the problem is demographical in nature. SyFy is pitching to the 16-24 crowd and the ages for both of these shows were 26+

It may be time for SyFy to get out of Sci-Fi.