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EryasDax
EryasDax
13 years ago

It’s a sad day for Stargate Fans; but I wish him all the best in his future endeavors. I suspect he will want to spend much more time behind the camera in a director’s chair. :)

Craig MacD.
Craig MacD.
13 years ago

Will be sad to see him leave as he’s responsible for some of my favorite episodes (Vegas, Doppleganger, Time, etc.) but I wish him well in his future endeavors.

Pioneering
13 years ago

Whoa! This comes as a bit of a shock. He and Brad (Wright) have been at the helm for some time now. I’ll be interested to see where he goes from here. Good Luck, Rob, with your career into the future.

law7441
law7441
13 years ago

another nail in the stargate coffin, it look, stranger how he jump ships as SGU as gone down the drain, sga film still not green lighted, only the thrid sg-1 film confirmed. unless they do some major turn arounds 2011 be stargate last year of showing and unlike star trek, there no major company behaind it, pretty sad day for stargate fans.

jwillis84
jwillis84
13 years ago

Just means (one) parallel Universe of stories will rotate out of view. Somewhere, somewhen.. Cooper’s version of SG1, SGA1, SGU will play on.. but we won’t be able to see them. In a way its the same everytime a friend leaves your life and moves on.. you loose their point of view on the Universe.. hopefully from time to time he’ll phone in and let us know how things are looking over there.

Orcen
Orcen
13 years ago

: Is it true the 3rd SG-1 movie has green light? I didn’t find anything related that info.

mooseman780
mooseman780
13 years ago

well shucks

sweetred194
sweetred194
13 years ago

Sad day “Indeed”. I Wish Robert all the luck in whatever he does. He has been a huge part of Stargate and one of my favorite directors and writers for both SG-1 and Atlantis. SGU had a great first season (my opinion) and I look forward to the next and hopefully two stargate movies still to come!

Cube
Cube
13 years ago

I thought one of the reasons they changed Stargate to universe was because they was getting bored and this would “recharage everything!” or some junk like that.

Well smart move jumping the sinking ship i guess not going down with it.

EryasDax
EryasDax
13 years ago

We’ve lost a few very important people in the last couple of years: Martin Wood, one of my very favorite directors and his commentaries were always so interesting; Martin Gero, a wonderful writer and funny guy. (The two Martins together were pretty unstoppable.); N.John Smith; and now Robert Cooper. Damian Kindler also left with Smith, Wood and Tapping. All are doing very well using their collective creative genius on Sanctuary!

And didn’t we recently hear that Carl Binder was either retiring or at least semi-retiring? Or did I dream that?

darkthunder
darkthunder
13 years ago

I highly doubt any of the promised movies will ever get greenlit. RDA is more or less retired these days, except for the occasional guest stint on SGU, and the rest of the SG1 and SGA casts have pretty much moved onto other projects. And to think, they cancelled SGA due to “Bad ratings” and yet SGU has worse ratings. What were they thinking?

EryasDax
EryasDax
13 years ago

The 3rd movie was green lit but MGM’s financial situation is such that they have even put the next James Bond on hold. Perhaps it was just as well since this movie was to “Jackcentric” and RDA had slowed down a bit with surgery etc. I was happy to see that he looked much better in Incursion than he did in Air. :)

xandder
xandder
13 years ago

It is indeed very sad to see Rob leaving, he was always one of my favourite writers/directors, it’ll be sad to not see anymore stuff from him, but good luck on what ever you move on to!

angel
angel
13 years ago

I’m surprised that Cooper is jumping ship so soon after creating SGU. He wanted this for quite sometime because he was bored with Stargate as it was. He even admitted that he was never really a fan of science fiction or Stargate Atlantis. But already he’s had enough. I wish he had made that decision before turning Stargate into the horrible mess it is now. I guess he doesn’t want to be around for the fallout.

Petra
Petra
13 years ago

Looks like I’m the only one not overly bothered. Everyone has a right to move on and every creative mind feels the need to do something new after a while. I’m confident that the franchise will manage nicely without him; there are still many talented writers around. I’d be worried if BW decided to leave; every other shake-up among TPTB is welcome. :)

Mr Cooper, thank you for all your hard work. I wish you all the best in the future. Good luck!

Togame
Togame
13 years ago

Like I said already, nothing out of the ordinary. Just think of it – the guy has helped developing, what, 17 seasons of the show. It seems much more likely that he simply got tired of it rather than abandoning something that “going down the drain” (which is not the case with SGU anyway, despite what naysayers might wish!), or abandoning ANYTHING for that matter – he says that he’ll still do some executive stuff for SGU, so it’s all well.

Imitation Tofu
Imitation Tofu
13 years ago

They canceled Atlantis because they were excited about doing SGU and now Cooper is leaving after one season? Huh.

Sam1976
Sam1976
13 years ago

While it certainly is nothing out of the ordinary and as much as I respect the decision of every individual on this planet to move on and do something else, it is rather strange that he is leaving after all the talk about “wanting to do something different” with Stargate… turning the franchise upside down in the process. He got what he wanted (at least I assume he did since he was heavily involved in creating the new series) and now he is bored…? And as for SGU going down the drain… just look at the numbers, it’s all there…… Read more »

Kosh
Kosh
13 years ago

Congratulations and thank you to Robert for so many great years of Stargate! Puzzling that he is leaving after just 1 season of SGU when he was quoted as being so excited to start the new series when it was announced that SGA was canned… but anyway, I just hope they bring him back if and when they wrap up Atlantis with the movie!

EryasDax
EryasDax
13 years ago

A couple of you have said that he is leaving “after just one season.” This is not exactly true. First of all the planning of season 2 is pretty much complete; about half of the practical shoot is finished; and he is also going to write one more episode in second half of the season. To pull back to more of a consulting role would be a natural transition of duties to make for a smooth passing such important “reins” to others. Just remember, the production machine that runs Stargate from Brad Wright down to the newest PA is a… Read more »

prion
prion
13 years ago

Maybe because I see people leave jobs all the time, that this doesn’t surprise me. And in the long run it could be either good or bad for SGU. Only time will tell.

angel
angel
13 years ago

Of course people leave jobs all the time and maybe he should have moved on 2 years ago when he felt so bored with his job. But instead he changed Stargate to suit his own needs and for me took away everything that I loved about it. So now after turning the franchise upside down he decides its time to move on again. As I said I wish he’d made this decision 2 years ago.

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mistergroenevingers
mistergroenevingers
13 years ago

Looks to me like Cooper is moving away from Stargate a little to make himself more available for other projects. He’s probably aware that the viewership ratings for SGU are somewhat below expectations and that therefor it is unlikely that there will be a third season.

Sylvia
Sylvia
13 years ago

I guess I’m in the camp of wishing he would have made his (perfectly natural career) decsion a few years ago, before being one of the reasons that SGA was shelved in favor of SGU.
If he’d just left to pursue new avenues then, perhaps we’d have had another season of SGA and SGU could have come later.

law7441
law7441
13 years ago

yes it has, been financally scessfully so far and as low budget it make nice profit for US sales alone and that not counting the international ones, unlike james bond which huge budget and take alot more time.

rsharpe
rsharpe
13 years ago

Looks like Cooper is getting out while he can with minimal damage.

Jannicke
Jannicke
2 years ago
Reply to  rsharpe

Minimal? Writing the episodes that ruined the show (heroes) is the opposite of minimal.

aa915
aa915
13 years ago

Well, kudos and all that for what he did for the franchise years ago but he’s managed to undo most of the very things people are singing his praises for. He should’ve moved on 3 or 4 years ago.

ela
ela
12 years ago

if they canceled the show i think they should continue with STU by writing books. finish it off.

leomiguesleon
leomiguesleon
11 years ago

You just imagined this history? Amazing!!