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As if I didn’t have enough reasons not to like conservatives, here’s another one…
Did Conservatives Kill Stargate: Universe?:

Brad Wright has been frequently been associated with the comment that “Conservatives killed Stargate.” In fact, I think this is a misquote. I can’t find anywhere that he specifically said this, but I have found plenty of comments with resentment that people didn’t come over to the new show, and some of ‘em are of the sort that could be interpreted to mean that, whether he did or not.

SO whether he meant it or not (I personally don’t think he did) it’s become a matter of fannon that we pulled the plug on MY favorite franchise.

So did we? Maybe.

[republibot.com Republibot 3.0 23 nov 2011]

…so, did they? I think there was probably quite a few things in SGU that would piss off a conservative: a lesbian character, infidelity, the whole business with stones and sexuality, that “we” aren’t on top of the whole universe anymore, that the military isn’t a perfect happy shiny place where no wrong is done, ever. Those happened to be a lot of the things I liked about this version of Stargate, that nuanced take on humanity. It doesn’t even have to be a “republican party” sort of conservatism, but it certainly was a very conservative take on what was acceptable scifi that I noticed in direct opposition to SGU. A lot of SG1 and SGA fans just were not happy that there was any sort of change in something they considered theirs, so in that sense, yes, conservatives – at least of a science fiction variety – certainly had a part in killing SGU. Thoughts?
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