Hi there,
Let me start by letting you know a little about me. My name is Jamie Sheehan, I am 24 years old , from Ireland, and am a huge fan of your work over the last 12 years. I love learning all I can about something / anything / everything as I find things easy to learn (when I concentrate on it). And I apologize in advance for sounding like a know it all. I used to be a Radio DJ and a Producer, but quit the job as I needed to look after my family at home.. Now I work for a international company, testing experimental new software.. We have many fans of Stargate in the office here and were both saddened and happy that Stargate will continue..
I must convey my sadness at the premature termination of Atlantis as a television series, and can only hope that some great movies come out.
I would like if I can pass on some ideas for Universe:
• Your known Actor have a seasoned actor who commands you to watch even though they are not physically commanding you. Patrick Stewart did that for Star Trek. The storyline's were terrible at times but you still watched it. I liked Colonel Everett's character from the Siege in Atlantis. A by the book Colonel, it's a pity he had the life sucked out of him..![Frown](https://forum.gateworld.net/core/images/smilies/../gw_smilies/frown.gif)
• Please don't give a strange new world’s feel to it with exotic people. That ends up with a Kirk like character "seeding" new life in every planet they go to. I can already see it happening with one of the characters, Lt. Jared Nash.. Misses his ride back to the Destiny because he was exploring new worlds and cultures..![Cool](https://forum.gateworld.net/core/images/smilies/../gw_smilies/cool.gif)
• Make the Ancients who have left previously darker than the ones we know. If you have read the book Stargate Atlantis, Mirror Mirror, and look for Ronan's timeline.. The Ancients there would make a great storyline with the Behemoth, as well as a “bad guy” who has longevity, as they are the Gate Builders, along come Humans who possess the ATA Gene, the Ancients capture some of the Destiny Crew and implant the Behemoth in them. The crew of the Destiny could rescue their comrades with no knowledge of the Behemoth.
These Ancients can override the controls of the Destiny and deactivate their shields, drones etc.. Let Eli (current name of the character) figure out how to lock them out. Ideally he would have had a tour on Atlantis and should consider the Destiny "low-tech" compared to Atlantis so updating the software would be easy.
That I believe would be a good story arc as it would be the same situation in every planet the new SG team visit and it could feedback to different Ancient Generals/Dictators with their own personalities. Each planet would be scared to rebel against the ruling Ancients.
All in all, Universe could work, I am really disappointed that Atlantis was canceled and if I had the money to save it, I would pay for 2 seasons worth of production, as the rest of the world enjoyed Atlantis. Unfortunately my plan to win the lottery hasn’t exactly panned out as expected..
I would like to add that I am not happy that MGM and Sci Fi based the ratings on U.S. results, when the show is shown at 10PM on a Friday night.. If they were the only viewers why bother having television shows outside the U.S.?? If the show was on at 8PM it would probably have had more viewers.. Try to get Universe at an 8PM slot..
Anyway as I said Universe could potentially work.
I hope Universe works out for you.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
Jamie Sheehan
Let me start by letting you know a little about me. My name is Jamie Sheehan, I am 24 years old , from Ireland, and am a huge fan of your work over the last 12 years. I love learning all I can about something / anything / everything as I find things easy to learn (when I concentrate on it). And I apologize in advance for sounding like a know it all. I used to be a Radio DJ and a Producer, but quit the job as I needed to look after my family at home.. Now I work for a international company, testing experimental new software.. We have many fans of Stargate in the office here and were both saddened and happy that Stargate will continue..
I must convey my sadness at the premature termination of Atlantis as a television series, and can only hope that some great movies come out.
I would like if I can pass on some ideas for Universe:
• Your known Actor have a seasoned actor who commands you to watch even though they are not physically commanding you. Patrick Stewart did that for Star Trek. The storyline's were terrible at times but you still watched it. I liked Colonel Everett's character from the Siege in Atlantis. A by the book Colonel, it's a pity he had the life sucked out of him..
![Frown](https://forum.gateworld.net/core/images/smilies/../gw_smilies/frown.gif)
• Please don't give a strange new world’s feel to it with exotic people. That ends up with a Kirk like character "seeding" new life in every planet they go to. I can already see it happening with one of the characters, Lt. Jared Nash.. Misses his ride back to the Destiny because he was exploring new worlds and cultures..
![Cool](https://forum.gateworld.net/core/images/smilies/../gw_smilies/cool.gif)
• Make the Ancients who have left previously darker than the ones we know. If you have read the book Stargate Atlantis, Mirror Mirror, and look for Ronan's timeline.. The Ancients there would make a great storyline with the Behemoth, as well as a “bad guy” who has longevity, as they are the Gate Builders, along come Humans who possess the ATA Gene, the Ancients capture some of the Destiny Crew and implant the Behemoth in them. The crew of the Destiny could rescue their comrades with no knowledge of the Behemoth.
These Ancients can override the controls of the Destiny and deactivate their shields, drones etc.. Let Eli (current name of the character) figure out how to lock them out. Ideally he would have had a tour on Atlantis and should consider the Destiny "low-tech" compared to Atlantis so updating the software would be easy.
That I believe would be a good story arc as it would be the same situation in every planet the new SG team visit and it could feedback to different Ancient Generals/Dictators with their own personalities. Each planet would be scared to rebel against the ruling Ancients.
All in all, Universe could work, I am really disappointed that Atlantis was canceled and if I had the money to save it, I would pay for 2 seasons worth of production, as the rest of the world enjoyed Atlantis. Unfortunately my plan to win the lottery hasn’t exactly panned out as expected..
I would like to add that I am not happy that MGM and Sci Fi based the ratings on U.S. results, when the show is shown at 10PM on a Friday night.. If they were the only viewers why bother having television shows outside the U.S.?? If the show was on at 8PM it would probably have had more viewers.. Try to get Universe at an 8PM slot..
Anyway as I said Universe could potentially work.
I hope Universe works out for you.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
Jamie Sheehan
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