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‘Stargate’ Officially Proves Amazon Made a Huge Mistake by Cancelling Reboot Series

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Stargate fans experienced the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat in short order over the past 12 months. Last December, a reboot of the long-dormant science fiction franchise was announced to be in development at Prime Video, with several key staff members from the series’ earlier incarnations on board. Then, earlier this year, that reboot was cancelled, after allegedly being too heavily targeted at Stargate‘s existing fanbase. Now, the streaming success of the franchise is calling the logic of that decision into question.

Stargate began life as a 1994 film of the same name, courtesy of director Roland Emmerich and screenwriter Dean Devlin. It centered around an ancient alien device, the titular Stargate, which was discovered in the sands of Egypt; once excavated and reactivated by the US military, it was used to send a team of soldiers and specialists to a distant world ruled by aliens masquerading as gods. The film was a modest success, and was eventually expanded into a universe of long-running TV series, running for over 350 collective episodes.

Stargate: Atlantis, the second spin-off Stargate TV series, is currently leading the streaming pack from its current home on MGM+. The series, which ran for 100 episodes and 5 seasons between 2004 and 2009, is currently the #1 series on the service. It’s not the only Stargate series in the top ten, either. Stargate Universe, the series that saw a starship hurled billions of light years away from Earth, is coming in at #5, while one space below it is the original “mothership” series, Stargate: SG-1. The franchise has remained largely inert since the cancellation of Universe in 2011, despite several revival attempts; these streaming numbers appear to show that there’s still a fanbase for it out there.

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The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars

Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.

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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do?
The first instinct is often the truest one.





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In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely?
What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.





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What kind of threat keeps you up at night?
Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.





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How do you deal with authority you don’t trust?
Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.





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Which environment could you actually endure long-term?
Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.





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Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart?
The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.





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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all?
Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.





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What would actually make survival worth it?
Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.





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You’d Survive In…

Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.

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The Resistance, Zion

The Matrix

You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.

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  • You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
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  • The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.


The Wasteland

Mad Max

The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.

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  • You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
  • You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
  • You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
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Los Angeles, 2049

Blade Runner

You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.

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Arrakis

Dune

Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.

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  • You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
  • Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
  • In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.


A Galaxy Far, Far Away

Star Wars

The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.

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  • You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
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What Is ‘Stargate: Atlantis’ About?

Spinning out of the seventh-season finale and eighth-season premieres of Stargate: SG-1, Stargate: Atlantis centers around the discovery of an Antarctic outpost created by the mysterious alien race known as the Ancients. That outpost turns out to lead to the lost city of Atlantis, which is a fantastical city submerged beneath the oceans of an alien world. A Stargate Command team is sent to secure it, while dealing with refugees from other worlds. One such refugee, who first appeared in the second season, was the warrior Ronon Dex (Jason Momoa).

Stargate: Atlantis is now streaming on MGM+. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.


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Release Date

2004 – 2009-00-00

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Martin Wood, Andy Mikita, William Waring, Peter DeLuise, Brad Turner, Mario Philip Azzopardi, Robert C. Cooper, Brenton Spencer, David Winning, Ken Girotti, David Warry-Smith, Holly Dale, James Head, Jule Gilfillan, Neill Fearnley, Paul Ziller, Martin Gero

Writers

Alan McCullough, Damian Kindler, Ken Cuperus, Joe Flanigan, Alan Brennert, Jill E. Blotevogel, Melissa R. Byer, Scott Nimerfro, Sean Carley, Treena Hancock, Alex Levine, Holly Henderson

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