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Tube Bits for 08/22/2008
SF Signal — ... Joseph Mallozzi shares his thoughts on the cancellation of Stargate Atlantis and the 2-hour movie for the show that they'll be doing. I've never really watched Atlantis, but it's always a shame when a real SF show gets the boot, especially off of Sci Fi. I wonder if more wrestling will be on the way... ...

GateGeek - Atlantis Fall-Out
Club Jade — ... Joe Mallozzi shares that the cast and crew were told before word leaked out.  (A bit of a rarity, in this day and age.)  And he also shares that the 100th and last episode will not be a cliffhanger, as previously reported, but should leave us wanting more. ...

The end of Stargate Atlantis
stargate « WordPress.com Tag Feed — ... Nooooooo. I was just sitting happily behind my p.c playing some zoo tycoon when my boyfriend suddenly said: 'Nooo..., have you read Josephs log yet' . Well, I haven't read it in a while because I have been pretty busy. "What does it say" I asked. "They canceled Stargate Atlantis!" he told me. What the... "I'm sure thats not true" I said. "Maybe he's just joking. The rating for this season are very high and they can't cancel it". But they did!!! It's true!! ...

RIP Stargate Atlantis (2004 - 2008...?)
stargate « WordPress.com Tag Feed — ... According to Joseph Mallozzi, it was well-known that getting renewed for season six would be tough. Rising costs, the value of the Canadian dollar rising against the US dollar (thus making it more expensive for the American Sci-Fi Channel to film in Vancouver), and the fact that TV shows are much easier to sell for reruns once they reach the "magic 100 episodes". And for several months, Joe has been talking about "Project Twilight", an Atlantis movie which -- again, according to Joe -- would have been the two-part season 6 premier if the show was renewed. ...