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elayna) wrote2025-08-31 10:55 am
elayna) wrote2025-08-31 10:55 am
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Fannish Fifty #33: Poor Stargate!
I spent the weekend at a performing arts camp where most of the people were in their 30s (to the best of my limited ability to estimate) and it made me realize how much Stargate hasn’t continued as a franchise known to the public like Star Trek and Star Wars.
The camp literature said to wear clothes that we didn’t mind getting dirty, so I brought 3 Stargate Atlantis shirts, figuring they were 22-24 years old, I'd look fannish but I wouldn't cry if something happened.
My first 'huh' was being introduced to one of the camp directors who looked around 35 and he asked who was on my shirt. "Stargate," I replied, which received only blankness. "It’s a show, like Star Trek," was an explanation that didn't help much. He was likely a kid in elementary school when Stargate SG-1 was on, so could have seen it but clearly didn’t. IIRC, it had started on HBO and moved to syndication so might not have had the widest audience.
Then Sunday morning having breakfast with two women, also I think in the 30s, and one woman was suddenly, "Bob! Bob is on your shirt!" And yes, it was a season 5 shirt, and she knew Robert Picardo from other shows, and sorta vaguely thought he’d been president on Stargate, right? So I explained his role, and then since we were looking at my shirt, pointed out Jewel Staite, who the other woman loved from some kids show that she’d been on. These were fannish people, we’d already talked about conventions, but there was very little recognition of Stargate.
I realize now I should have pointed out that Aquaman was also on my shirt, to see if they knew Jason Momoa had worked with Bob and Jewel. Possibly not. They may only know him as Aquaman.
Thinking more, I realize all the random times I’ve been in stores where there is a variety of designs, card stores or socks or whatever, there often are Star Trek or Star Wars options. Not Stargate!
Poor Stargate! A couple of years ago, there had been reports of a reboot coming from TPTB of the original movie. I was a bit ambivalent about it, as the plan seemed to wipe out SG-1 and Atlantis, which would be heart breaking. Now I hope it does happen, whatever brings the franchise back to life! I wrote a lot of McShep, I’d love to see new interest in the shows. Or at least awareness!
The camp literature said to wear clothes that we didn’t mind getting dirty, so I brought 3 Stargate Atlantis shirts, figuring they were 22-24 years old, I'd look fannish but I wouldn't cry if something happened.
My first 'huh' was being introduced to one of the camp directors who looked around 35 and he asked who was on my shirt. "Stargate," I replied, which received only blankness. "It’s a show, like Star Trek," was an explanation that didn't help much. He was likely a kid in elementary school when Stargate SG-1 was on, so could have seen it but clearly didn’t. IIRC, it had started on HBO and moved to syndication so might not have had the widest audience.
Then Sunday morning having breakfast with two women, also I think in the 30s, and one woman was suddenly, "Bob! Bob is on your shirt!" And yes, it was a season 5 shirt, and she knew Robert Picardo from other shows, and sorta vaguely thought he’d been president on Stargate, right? So I explained his role, and then since we were looking at my shirt, pointed out Jewel Staite, who the other woman loved from some kids show that she’d been on. These were fannish people, we’d already talked about conventions, but there was very little recognition of Stargate.
I realize now I should have pointed out that Aquaman was also on my shirt, to see if they knew Jason Momoa had worked with Bob and Jewel. Possibly not. They may only know him as Aquaman.
Thinking more, I realize all the random times I’ve been in stores where there is a variety of designs, card stores or socks or whatever, there often are Star Trek or Star Wars options. Not Stargate!
Poor Stargate! A couple of years ago, there had been reports of a reboot coming from TPTB of the original movie. I was a bit ambivalent about it, as the plan seemed to wipe out SG-1 and Atlantis, which would be heart breaking. Now I hope it does happen, whatever brings the franchise back to life! I wrote a lot of McShep, I’d love to see new interest in the shows. Or at least awareness!