Stargate director Roland Emmerich producing sci-fi TV pilot

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• Why can't gateworld cover all things science fiction? And news relevent to stargate can have a special branding.

• I agree with Duneknight, Darren. While I'm sure there will be people who say "OMG, Gateworld should only cover Stargate news" You've already been covering non-Stargate shows like Once Upon a Time and Sanctuary due to Stargate actors involvement, why not expand that coverage to include shows like Fringe that needs more eyeballs on it or Doctor Who? I'm sure there's plenty of Stargate fans, like myself, who are also looking for good non-Stargate sci-fi to watch.

  You could re-brand Gateworld as being your #1 stop for all Stargate and general science fiction news.

  Another favorite news site of mine, Trekmovie.com used to do sci-fi TV Tuesdays (or wednesdays or thusrdays, etc.) or sci-fi movie Tuesdays (or wednesdays or thursdays, etc). It would be a general post about EVEYRTHING science fiction and fantasy related going on in the TV/Movie world, from new trailers and photos to updated on new or existing shows. They don't do it anymore for whatever reason and I'm sad that they don't because it was a great way to keep up to date on the industry.

  Anyway, just a though, and if you think you guys don't have enough people to cover it, why not bring on one or two more people who are just as passionate about the genre and show a level of professionalism as you guys do?

• Thanks for the support, guys. After SGU went off the air it was a big decision to decide just how close to stick to Stargate-only in our news coverage. I decided to keep the site largely as it had been, for various reasons, including not knowing how long Stargate would be out of production and also knowing I'd be too busy finishing my doctoral work this year to be able to commit to broader genre coverage.

  In theory we could bring on more writers, but unfortunately that strategy has met with limited success over the years. (If anyone reading this has the skills and would like to write for the site, however, I'm very open to it.) I also do a limited amount of genre coverage at SciFiStream.com, and the two sites have some amount of crossover relationship (especially in GW Forum).

  I haven't entirely ruled out the idea of broadening our coverage. If I finish up and it looks like Stargate will be gone for a while, something new may happen. The TrekMovie strategy is a good way to start, I think -- keep it all in a regular, weekly column that people know and expect, and can skip if they don't want to read non-Stargate stuff here.

• Hey Darrn, here are links to what I was talking about in regards to Trekmovie:

  Sci-Fi TV http://trekmovie.com/2011/09/29/sci-fi-tv-thursday-terra-nova-fringe-chuck-the-hulk-more/

  Sci-fi Movies http://trekmovie.com/2011/10/02/sci-fi-movies-sunday-the-avengers-thor-2-the-dark-knight-rises-man-of-steel-robocop-prometheus-mortal-kombat-more/

  Its been a long time since they did anything like that but the site hit a bit of a slow period until Dec./Jan. when Trek news started coming fast and furious (Star Trek Online, Star Trek 2 (or 12, or whatever), new comics, etc.). Gotta say though even though I'm a HUGE Trekkie I'm a little jealous at all the attention Trek is getting right now (even with no TV shows in production) and I hope that at some point we get that sort of excitement with Stargate back :(. Seems really quiet right now. Too bad IDW doesn't own the rights to Stargate comics, I bet they'd do a good job and even continue Universe.

  I bet MGM is going to do something for the next milestone anniversary SG-1 is actually in its 15th anniversary this year so maybe sometime later this year they'll announce something? I'd at least love to see a TNG-style remastering of SG-1 seasons 1-8 on blu ray and SG-1 seasons 9 and 10 released on blu ray. And finally getting SGU season 2 on blu ray so I can complete my collection.

• Darren,

  I have to agree with both @DuneKnight and @Browncoat1984 here. Perhaps, in the future you may want to reconsider expanding your coverage.

  Furthermore, I would like to volunteer my services as a writer since, as an engineer of many years experience, I have some experience in technical writing and would like to "expand my coverage" as well.

  Anyone else out there want to put your pen (keyboard) where your mouth is? I have thrown down the gauntlet, who else would like to pick it up?

• Pioneering, the gauntlet is appreciated. ;) Anyone who wants to write for GW right now can e-mail me with a little about yourself and your skills at webmaster -at- gateworld.net.

  I acknowledge that the desire to see GW branch out in the genre is not unanamous, however. I've deleted a comment here from the other side for being rude, but nevertheless I take to heart the opinion that motivates it. Any branching out that we do will be careful and delineated (e.g. a weekly round-up column). However, I reject categorically the implication that the above news story has no place on GW because it relates to a Stargate director, rather than a familiar, long-time cast member. As I've gotten to know personally many of the hundreds of people behind the camera who made Stargate possible, I don't believe for a second that the site -- even if it remains Stargate-exclusive -- should only report news on the actors.

• Can we please stop calling things sci-fi that are clearly not sci-fi?

  Even their official synopsis says so for crying out loud!

  “his destiny lies not in science but somewhere between heaven and hell.”

• Just to add my $0.02 to this: I'd be of the opinion that Gateworld should stay largely as it is, for now at least. I've always come to Gateworld for (sometimes loosely) Stargate-related news, and that's the way I'd like to see it continue. Hats off to all the work put in so far. I've only recently registered, but I've been coming here for years, and it's always been great.