No Words

[fangirljen]

SG-1 was cancelled today.  theemdash broke the news to me on a 10 minute break at Borders, and, I swear to God, after she told me I swear I felt like I had just been told somebody died.  Gateworld gave the sad confimation.  Sci-Fi soon sent out a press release on their Sci-Fi Wire.  But as the fans are, they are not going to take this treatment lying down, nor will Robert C. Cooper. 


Fans have already started organizing. 

There is a Bring Back SG-1 petition.  As of this posting, it has 2,429 signatures.  This isn't enough, of course.  There needs to be more.

A group on GateWorld has started the Tissue Box Campaign. 

More things are in the works.  People you might be interested in following are theemdash and lyndasty.

The Solutions Blog has all the addresses one needs for writing complaints and letters of support.

The whys of this...well, I was speculating before (and others have speculated as well), but I don't really care about the why.  The why doesn't matter.  What matters is the what: What are we, as fans, going to do about this.



Added: 9:32PM:

lyndasty has created a comm for all to discuss: savesg1

Gateworld has reported the ratings for "200" and "The Real World": 1.9 and 1.8 respectfully. That's one heck of a boost.


Added: 11:43PM:

I'm collecting the posts I stumble upon on LJ. If you find one that I don't have, feel free to post a link here.

Postcards:

wiccanslyr made S.O.S. Postcards to send to people at Sci-Fi and Universal.


Icons and Banners:

spygurl121 made some icons

anyaicons has made three Save SG-1 icons, one with a Firefly quote. :)

peacelove_happy has made a nice S.O.S. banner

stargatefangurl has made banners and icons

so_out_of_ideas has icons and banners

downinthewoods made this one (don't hotlink!)

fangirljen made a Kleenex icon (don't hotlink!)

neth_dugan has some new icons

heat_vision gives us icons, including a couple of Jack ones!

Tissue Box Banner to be linked with here (don't hotlink the pic!)

mackenziegrace has also made a banner for the Tissue Box Project



2:26AM: The Save Stargate: SG-1 Video!!

SoS has a home online!: SaveStargateSG-1.com!

Comments

[margareta87.livejournal.com]

Well, at least they had a good, long run. Maybe they can take some of that money and put it into bringing back Farscape, right?

[fangirljen.livejournal.com]

Is that the common consensus of the Scapers? *sighs* I don't think Ben and Claudia would want to stick around Sci-Fi to get burned a third time. Who knows, though. I've loved them on SG-1. There's much that can be do on that show...as well as Farscape. God I hate Sci-Fi.

[margareta87.livejournal.com]

Consensus? I don't know, I don't know any others except my partner... If there's any series I'm really committed to, it's Firefly. Anyway, I didn't mean to belittle what you were feeling - it's just that very few shows ever get to run that long. Maybe it's for the best. It seems to me that really great series seem to reach their peak, then decline, and maybe it's better for them to end before they do. Look what happened to the X-Files. I really wanted to see the last 2 seasons made, but after they were, I wished they hadn't been. Even the Farscape mini-series was much inferior to the series. All the writers and actors from SG-1 will go on to create new work, probably creating something new and wonderful to for us all to get hooked on. And there's still plenty of open endings for fanfiction, books, etc., which could be better than if the series had continued on past its prime.

[fangirljen.livejournal.com]

True, I agree that shows that are past their prime should leave, but Stargate: SG-1 isn't that. There were plots for next season, and episodes were still really good. The writing is still there, the acting is still there, everything is still there! Maybe this is better, though. If it gets moved to another network, maybe it can be SGC, and therefore be a new series, but with some of the favorite characters. I'm okay with the show changing, but I want to still be in this galaxy with these characters and settings.

[punslinger.livejournal.com]

This show is too good, and too profitable, and its fans are too numerous and too rabid to let it go down like this, not when things were really getting amazing.

...aren't they?

If this had happened two years ago, I would've resigned myself to it and said "Its time has come, let it go." But the last two seasons have been so amazing... this news breaks my heart, it infuriates me. Sci-Fi drops SG-1... and picks up ECW?!?!

The cast deserves better. The writers deserve better. The bloody crew deserves better.

If somebody picked it up as SGC, that might be the best thing for it. I'd get behind that. I'd switch premium channels to follow it. I screwed up by not helping Firefly out when it was around... and while SG-1 might not be Firefly-good, it's still one of the best shows on television right now (my second favorite after Atlantis actually) and I aim to give it all the support I can.

Your title said it all. No words can capture it all. Betrayal, resolve, depression, rage- and thousands more feelings. But as long as a thread of hope shines through all the bullshit, I'll keep fighting for this show.

[margareta87.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry Jen, I realized my reply must have been incredibly insensitive. I guess I've just become really cynical after losing Firefly and Farscape. I hope you guys are able to get SG-1 back. The only reason I'm not an SG-1 fan is that I haven't had Sci-Fi channel in about 3 years. And now I'm in Canada, where we have Space, which is lame. Good luck to you. I'll sign the petitoin.

[autumndandelion.livejournal.com]

I can't count how many times I've cried today about this news, but that Tissue Box campaign made me cry again. That is just too beautiful!!

[martyfan.livejournal.com]

I already signed the petition and wrote an email to feedback@scifi.com . I just can't freaking BELIEVE this! Do the morons at Scifi Channel HQ have mush for brains? Not to mention ZERO tact?

[fangirljen.livejournal.com]

Yay! Both are good! Letter writing will help, too. I'll see what I can do about pulling together a sample letter. We can also place phone calls too. :)

President Bonnie Hammer, and no, not really. No tact at all, either. This is really getting back at one of the shows that made you. :( The other, no surprise here, was Farscape.

[tallisen.livejournal.com]

*inspired*

♥

[crystalyte.livejournal.com]

I felt like someone died too. I casually went to Gateworld today to see if there was anything new, and I swear I almost stopped breathing. Then I got home from work a little while ago and I wanted to cry. I've never been this depressed over a show cancelling. I just hope more people watch now and keep the ratings up like with "200".

Stupid SciFi Channel.

[triptnx.livejournal.com]

I woke up this morning preparing for a relaxing day of watching my new shiny season 9 SG1 boxset and BSG season 2. I checked gateworld, and may have crumpled into a heap of upset fangirl.
When I want to, I can be obsessive and organised and totally focused on one thing. I foresee many letters being sent in outrage. Calm, polite, but obvious outrage.

[crystalyte.livejournal.com]

I just realised something. There's gonna be a Stargate con in Chicago this weekend. So, we're gonna be able to get Michael Shanks opinion of the cancellation. Although I do feel bad for him having to deal with all those crying fans.

[fangirljen.livejournal.com]

Yep, Chicago is this weekend. *nod* I'm both nervous and sad about this. :( Of the cast, I know Michael was the most likely to step back after tenth season. But I wanna know what he has to say about everything. I hope he knows we're here.

[crystalyte.livejournal.com]

Well, I know that the whole cast signed contracts for season 11 if there was one, and it sounded like Michael was really excited about the Ori storyline.