Amazon is reportedly negotiating to acquire MGM for about $9B

Re:Amazon is reportedly negotiating to acquire MGM for about... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @12:13PM (#27196769)

Unfortunately, reboots are what usually happens with developed shows. Stargate universe (not to be confused with Stargate Universe) has grown very large over the run of the TV shows, and more importantly, it evolved. By SG:Universe, Stargateverse looked much different than what it was when SG-1 started.

This creates a problem for future development - existing canon severely constraints the writers. Between writers complaining and executives looking to maximize the size of potential target audience, what usually happens is thus a reboot: the preexisting cannon gets dropped, but is often referenced to score cheap points with fans of the old show.

For reference, just look at what happened with Star Trek past its gold era (TNG-ENT).

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Re:Amazon is reportedly negotiating to acquire MGM for about... by Kye on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @12:27PM (#27197059)

I look at what happened and see a lot of good. I like Picard, Discovery, Lower Decks, and the reboot movies. Discovery found a way to reuse a lot of existing canon and essentially reboot it. I think it worked well. It took some time to get things moving in the right direction as all Star Trek series do, and the showrunner changes didn't help, but I look forward to what's next.

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