Stargate: 10 Reasons Why NOW Is The Perfect Time To Bring The Franchise Back
Stargate has been off our screens for a decade, now is the time for it's resurgence.
Stargate Universe wrapped up in May 2011 and what with it being 2021 in just a matter of days, we're looking at a full decade where the only offering loyal fans have had was the slightly disappointing Stargate Origins (prequels, always a bad idea). The television landscape has changed with the rise of streaming services, many of them looking for reliable intellectual property.
Given that the Stargate franchise has covered hundreds of fascinating worlds, dozens of bizarre and deadly alien races, scores of frustratingly unresolved plotlines and whole swathes of familiar faces, shouldn't there be more of this franchise on our screens in the near future? Shouldn't there be another offering from beyond the Gate?
Of course there should, there's a boundless universe out there and the fans only got to scratch the surface of what's possible.
So here are the ten most compelling reasons as to why 2021 would be the year to bring Stargate back to our screens, small and large.
10. Silver Age Of Science Fiction On Screen
While the Golden Age of science fiction cinema has been and gone, a newer age of more introspective and character driven science fiction has risen to the silver screen. Films like 'Arrival' (pictured), 'The Martian', 'Gravity', 'Interstellar' and 'Blade Runner 2049' have shown us that there's an appetite for the kind of stories these films try to tell.
Each of these movies takes very human, very flawed characters and puts them up against a series of challenges that are within their capabilities, but tests the limits of their intelligence, instinct and reason. 'Arrival' in particular demonstrates just how much we take for granted in our everyday use of language and technology.
In many ways, the lack of understanding and striving for comprehension in 'Arrival' is similar to the predicament faced by Daniel Jackson (back when he was played by James Spader) back in the dim, distant days of 1994. There's still a desire for stories based around figuring things out with heart and head, rather than with guns.