Multichannel News: Atlantis Ends Run on Sci Fi, Greenlighted for Movies

[Jill_Ion]

Megaphone? Hell, call someone! Call the hotel and ask for anyone you know who's there. Or ask for the convention manager.

Or text someone.

Though I would expect someone there would know by now - we live in the ever-connected info age, right?

[Vis Uban]

This isn't an expansion, it's a retreat.

[Guest]

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Indeed.

[Ncc-72452]

Did the Viewer's Choice award mean nothing???

[Lythisrose]

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Ditto

[PG15]

It's my mum's birthday in August.

Heh. My mom's as well, actually.

I shot off a message to the people I know in Vancouver. They don't have internet access and I think being blindsided by this at the con would be bad. I wouldn't be surprised if some kind of protest happened.

That's what we want.

If it's true that SciFi wants the show to continue, and it's only the studio that's being jerks right now, then we have a chance to change their mind, albeit very little.

Joe Mallozzi confirmed it on his blog - Comment #47 on today's blog.

#49, actually. #47 is mine (which is kinda cool, the magic of 47 and all).

[jelgate]

This can only be solved one way people.

Rioting. Grab your pitchforks

[markaudette]

I'll miss Atlantis but I'm choosing to hope that something really big and really, really cool is going to happen in the wake of this cancellation. Maybe MGM and Sci-Fi needed to make room for this really cool thing that could or could not be about to happen.

[Prometheus 1]

Viewer's choice award, higher ratings, doubled viewers, wow. MGM you make no sense. Makes Great Mistakes

[SciFi_Chick2012]

This can only be solved one way people.

Rioting. Grab your pitchforks

I've got my torch and pitchfork! Only problem is my torch may be put out by my tears....

[Ncc-72452]

This can only be solved one way people.

Rioting. Grab your pitchforks

Indeed! I believe that it was Benjamin Franklin who said, "A little revolution, now and again, is a healthy thing."

[The_Carpenter]

I've got my torch and pitchfork! Only problem is my torch may be put out by my tears....

Mines across the pond... so isn't much use

[Jill_Ion]

#49, actually. #47 is mine (which is kinda cool, the magic of 47 and all).

Huh. Weird. Showed up as #47, then got moved down to #49.

Yeah...47 is magic? Talk for another time, eh? I'd smile if I weren't so sad.

[topaz_bean]

I think a lot of us have seen this coming for a while and not really wanted to think about it. Definitely at Comin Con, the way they kept insistently saying 'Atlantis will continue in some form if it doesn't get picked up', the way they emphasised that SGU wouldn't continue on with the other shows. There's been an air of disquiet about this ever since Season 5 started.

Have you considered that this may have partly been a compromise between MGM and TPTB to make SGU happen? The writers and producers were obviously really keen to get SGU started, but if MGM were anxious about having SG-1 movies, plus maintaining Atlantis as a series, plus starting an entirely new show, they might have compromised and accepted a downgrade of Atlantis to tv-movies in order to get started on the new series? Is it possible? I really don't know if it's at all likely. This is pure speculation, I have no idea if they would actually have done that. What do you think?

[Vis Uban]

May vultures devour their bones.