No, I'm not gonna get into a Save Atlantis Campaign. I don't think it was ready to go, and I think there's something very fishy and underhanded about the whole thing, and that's what I'm really not happy about. I'll look forward to the movie but most of all take advantage of the last 15 episodes, because really, I love Atlantis as a series.
I really hope the cast and crew get lots of chances to pursue other things in the way that they want to, making other shows, doing theatre, writing, whatever, and I'll be looking out for them after Atlantis ends. I don't know any of them, so I can't speculate as to whether they feel the show ending is a huge disappointment or a new opportunity, but I would imagine a fair few of them probably aren't at all pleased with this decision, and my heart does go out to them.
Having said that, while I agree that we should be thinking of the cast and crew who have lost out here as well, I am a bit tired of being told that the show cancellation, and indeed Atlantis itself, isn't about the fans and we're selfish if we think it is. Television is, in theory, produced to serve an audience, it isn't created in a vacuum, even if more often than not it is dictated more by the relative size of a businessman's wallet. So I think we're allowed to be upset about losing one of our favourite shows.
I really hope the cast and crew get lots of chances to pursue other things in the way that they want to, making other shows, doing theatre, writing, whatever, and I'll be looking out for them after Atlantis ends. I don't know any of them, so I can't speculate as to whether they feel the show ending is a huge disappointment or a new opportunity, but I would imagine a fair few of them probably aren't at all pleased with this decision, and my heart does go out to them.
Having said that, while I agree that we should be thinking of the cast and crew who have lost out here as well, I am a bit tired of being told that the show cancellation, and indeed Atlantis itself, isn't about the fans and we're selfish if we think it is. Television is, in theory, produced to serve an audience, it isn't created in a vacuum, even if more often than not it is dictated more by the relative size of a businessman's wallet. So I think we're allowed to be upset about losing one of our favourite shows.
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