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@rachel_luttrell #savestargate

@rachel_luttrell Heya! I’m good buddies with Hewlett, we have done quite a bit of streaming and educational stuff together. Do you have any completely embarrassing photos of him to share? Why you ask? Let’s just say it’s kinda a hobby:

More pics? Or have you had enough? #SaveStargate

If companies are sooooo worried about old school fans, why are they flooding the zone with old IP? Freaking Little House on the Prairie is rebooting this summer for gawd’s sake! The answer is people want to revisit shows that brought them enjoyment so I don’t buy reasoning that the new show was just too Stargate-y.

Advice for fans who are signing petitions and pressuring Amazon. Remembering that free advice is seldom cheap! How to Make the Case to Amazon: A Communication Strategy A campaign that reads as fan grievance will get filed under "dedicated fanbase confirms our concern." The argument has to be made in Amazon's native language of acquisition, engagement, and retention, and it has to offer the new leadership a win rather than a climb-down. Concretely: 1. Lead with their own precedent, not with nostalgia. The opening slide is Fallout, not SG-1. Frame the thesis this way: faithful legacy genre IP is Prime Video's proven youth-acquisition strategy, and Stargate is the largest unexploited asset of that class they own. This lets Blair Fetter and the new regime greenlight something positioned as continuing a winning Amazon strategy instead of reversing their own decision. 2. Bring acquisition data, because they will. Marshal the publicly available signals: Nielsen and FlixPatrol performance of legacy sci-fi on streamers, the Suits resurgence as proof that a back catalogue can reignite, the demographic skew of Fallout's audience, and the social-listening volume around the cancellation itself. The June backlash is, perversely, free market research that demonstrates latent demand. Organized fandom (GateWorld, Dial the Gate, the convention circuit) can drive measurable behaviour that Amazon's own dashboards will register: coordinated rewatch events of SG-1 on Prime Video specifically. Watch-hours on their own platform are an argument no petition can match. 3. Reframe lore as the marketing budget. Make the case explicitly that continuity density converts to creator-economy output (explainers, edits, theory videos), which is the discovery channel for under-35s. Propose a launch strategy built around it: early access for genre YouTubers and Twitch creators, a sanctioned wiki and lore hub, and clip-friendly episode construction. The pitch line: you don't pay for Gen Z's attention, you feed the people they already watch. 4. Concede the real concern and answer it structurally. The fear of a homework-heavy revival isn't entirely irrational, so propose the dual-track answer Stargate invented: a new gate, a new team, a clean episode-one entry point for total newcomers, with legacy continuity present as a reward rather than a prerequisite. This is the difference between The Force Awakens (new entry point, legacy as depth) and a show that requires a syllabus. 5. Name the anti-pattern without the culture war. The Acolyte and Starfleet Academy belong in the deck, but framed strategically rather than tribally: shows engineered for a hypothetical young viewer underperformed with actual young viewers, while shows built on sincerity, competence, and faithful depth over-performed with them. The conclusion writes itself. Don't make Stargate for young people; make Stargate excellent and discoverable, and young people will make it theirs. 6. Route it where it can land. The audiences for this argument are, first, Amazon MGM TV leadership under Peter Friedlander and the new worldbuilding-and-genre group; second, the trade press, since Variety and Deadline shaped the cancellation narrative and can shape the reconsideration narrative; and third, Gero himself, who remains under an overall deal at the studio and is therefore still the most viable vehicle for any version of this. The public-facing version of the piece should be constructive enough that an Amazon executive could forward it internally without embarrassment. That is the bar. Amazon says it is still exploring ways to bring Stargate back, with a hard reboot reportedly among the options. The temptation will be to chase the modern audience again with a younger cast, lighter lore, and a fresher perspective. The evidence of the last five years says that road is a graveyard. The modern younger audience is real, reachable, and bigger than any cohort before it. It just refuses to be reached by shows designed for its caricature. Stargate doesn't need to be remade for that audience. It needs to be made well, made sincerely, and made findable, and then, as it has done since 1997, it will do what it was always built to do: open a door and let new people walk through it.

I've been following the news about the cancellation of Stargate at @AmazonMGMStudio with interest. TLDR: They got it very wrong. They don't understand their desired, youthful, audience. Detailed thoughts in an article in the first comment. @bradtravelers @BaronDestructo @martingero @MichaelShanks @dhewlett @amandatapping

@lmoroney I absolutely love your enthusiasm when meeting good people, being introduced to brain spinning science, or adventuring into a fascinating world by novel and film. That’s my secret for a happy existence too, never get so cool ye can’t nerd out hardcore!

Dear Egypt: Your fans were amazing! Congratulations on the result, and best of luck with the rest of the tournament! 🇪🇬❤️

@rickyberwick @_RickeyOrtiz The only thing that could impersonate you with any kind of accuracy is roadkill…

I'm being impersonated

I missed the tweet storm but I haven’t missed the fight. This fandom has never stopped showing up. Your passion, your creativity and your refusal to let Stargate fade quietly into the gate room archives is something special. So let’s keep going. Post the photos. Tell the stories. Share the memories. Make some noise. I’ll be doing my part and getting a little extra loud this week. I’m with you. #SaveStargate 💙 Sign the petition✍️ change.org/p/save-stargat…

@ChrisPirillo what say you about changing “vibe coding” to “conjure coding?” The first thing sounds like programming when on the Devil’s Lettuce whereas the second is alliterative (totally cool) & sounds like coding using other worldly assistants.

@ThatChrisEvans0 After thinking about myself getting superpowers outta the blue, I think I might be a bully! A bully for good obviously but would definitely punch some faces

@Gimpygod It's a very interesting question! The first series, Interview with the Vampire, ask a lot of questions and I think the payoffs are all excellent. TVL is a totally different beast but that's how the books are, too.

@ThatChrisEvans0 so I just today started watching the Vampire Lestat series on AMC+ The show is amazing, adding racism to that world where a black man is forced to swallow his pride is genius. I have often wondered how I would behave towards the people who have called me cripple if I was suddenly imbued with superpowers?

@lmoroney @nocontextfm1 The soccer hooliganism would be off the charts awesome! I vote that the next World Cup takes place in UK Ireland for the dreams & memes!

@nocontextfm1 UK and Ireland

🇪🇸 🇵🇹 🇲🇦 2030 World Cup - Spain, Portugal & Morocco 🇸🇦 2034 World Cup - Saudi Arabia Who would you give the 2038 World Cup to?

@ThatChrisEvans0 I’m a goofy goober! Interview with a Vampire, set initially in New Orleans during WW I, and not Lestat. Read the books back in the 90’s and for a change feel like the novel was not as good as the series.

@MichaelShanks A dedicated fan base is the best way to make a popular show that reaches wider audiences! You can’t buy the enthusiasm that fans have for Stargate & those fans will work tirelessly to bring in new audiences…for free!

“Off Campus” is based on a popular book series. It doesn’t reach a broader audience than it’s already ‘dedicated fan base’ 😱 #SaveStargate

Imagine having a loved science fiction intellectual property & letting it rot on the vine. @AmazonMGMStudio wasted 2 years of work & fan excitement by canceling a ready to shoot Stargate series. Now they have to hire @amandatapping @MichaelShanks @JewelStaite & @dhewlett to make up with the fans. #SaveStarGate

@BrandonPerna I just had a brain blast 💥. You hire yourself out to the Broncos as a stand in stunt wife/ girlfriend. You take all the guff & the player stays eligible for practice & games, everyone wins! Since nobody could take that beating for the entire NFL we franchise $$$

@GabrielleOrlita Wow he can fight off a Hut robot army AND be fancy at tea time 🫖…very impressive!

🫖☕️🍪 #Grogu is getting ready for some coffee - like father like son!😂🤭He’s so adorable, you’ve got to love him!!!!😁🤗🤗💚🐸💚