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Gate Geek – That’s a wrap party!

Apparently a very good time was had by all at the Stargate Atlantis series wrap party. David Hewlett Twittered about his hangover. And, according to producer Joe Mallozzi, everyone was having way too much fun to even pay attention to the final speeches and tribute video (to be included on the Season 5 DVD set). But there are lots of fun pictures of most everyone and significant others.

Over in GateWorld land, they interview Gary Jones (aka Walter, SG1’s favorite gate technician) and Janina Gavankar, a newly-introduced female kick butt character.

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Gate Geek – Stargate Universe Casting Call

Good news!  They’re casting Stargate Universe.  (Well, it’s presumed to be a true casting call sheet.  Still not confirmed.)

Apparently they’re only looking for one “star name” for the upcoming series Stargate Universe.  The rest is open for hot, good-lookin’ people who might reasonably be able to convince folks that they’re very smart.

Dust off those head shots, boys and girls.  You too might be the next big draw at a sci-fi convention!

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Gate Geek – Atlantis protest and movie confirmation

It may have been a small protest in front of The Bridge Studios, but it had heart.  (Although figure it out, folks.  The current producers want to keep the show going.  You should be complaining to MGM and SciFi about this.)  In producer Joe Mallozzi’s blog, he commented on how spirited they were.

The protesters, however, are organizing a rally in Los Angeles in front of MGM.  There ya go….

In the same blog entry, Joe Mallozzi also confirmed that the promised SGA movie is already on track with a script to be finished by year’s end.  Yippee!

Over in GateWorld land, there are new interviews with Chuck “Chucknician” Campbell and David Nykl.

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Gate Geek – The Fans Rally

The anger over the cancellation of Stargate Atlantis continues with a rally planned in front of The Bridge Studios (where SGA is filmed) on Friday, September 12th.  They’re hoping to get enough media attention to shame MGM into realizing they’ve made a mistake.  In addition, it would show the cast and crew (on their last day of filming at the studios) how much they’re loved and appreciated.

If you’re up for some amusement and happen to be in Burnaby, drop on by!

In other missed Gate news while I was out and about in the world:

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Saving Superman

There is injustice in this world.  Most notably, there is the total state of disrepair of the house where Superman was created.  So it is that a charity is born:  The Siegel and Shuster Society.

Not only do they hope to raise funds to revive the home, but they also hope to become a group that encourages random acts of kindness.

So if you can’t scrape up enough dough to help restore the home, you can make Superman proud by doing something kind today.

Up, up and away!

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More Online Showdom! – Gemini Division

So the entertainment industry’s further ventures into online programming continues with a new show: Gemini Division.

Produced by NBC, expect a slight bit of first-person Blair Witch camera-jiggling, green screen and interesting montage kinda segments. Still, it seems to be an intriguing mix of cop drama and sci-fi. Worth checking out, if only to see Rosario Dawson in a non-film role and to enjoy a sci-fi tale.

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Give Clone Wars another shot. It’s good!

So I was in the audience at Dragon*Con when they showed the first episode of the upcoming Clone Wars cartoon. Do yourself a favor: give it another shot.

I was in the same group as others who found the movie to be, um…tedious. I wasn’t terribly impressed. But the first episode I saw was great! A nice balance of character, story and battle. And I think Yoda has more lines in this first episode than in all the movies combined. It descends into a couple of spots of “only funny to kids” humor, but only for a few seconds here and there. And I suspect that will fade as the series finds its legs.

So don’t give up on it just yet. Stick with it for a few episodes and see if it doesn’t win you back. You might just be surprised!

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Gate Geek – All sorts of newsy stuff

Okay. The grieving process continues in Stargate fandom. The Save Atlantis sites proliferate and are about to merge into one. There’s talk of lemons and monkeys. (Huh?)

We’re starting to get reaction on the cancellation from David Hewlett, David Nykl and Chuck “Chucknician” Campbell. But story ideas are already brewing for the impending movie. So there’s still things to look forward to.

And we continue to enjoy this season after last week’s amazing episode The Shrine. Director Andy Mikita gives the official site some background on the episode. Rachel Luttrell talks about incorporating her pregnancy into the show ahead of the upcoming premiere of Season 5 in Canada.

In the meantime, we have the official announcement and basic premise for the new series Stargate Universe which will arrive in the summer of 2009.

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TV Round-Up – It’s that most wonderful time of the year

Ah, don’t you just love the smell of a new TV season?

There be some spoilery (yet oh, so intriguing) tidbits on Watch with Kristin‘s weekly spoiler chat about returning shows Heroes Smallville and Supernatural.

Speaking of Heroes, TV Guide is also offering up a bit of a sneak peek into the sexy of Season 3.  (Hey, if we can get more shirtless Mohinder?  I am all for it.)

As for the new shows, JJ Abrams talks to them about Fringe and a little film he’s doing for the Trek franchise.

Firefly and Dr. Horrible‘s Nathan Fillion has had his new series picked up.  Not sci-fi, but we wish him luck, all the same.  (And could we get a little shirtless action there, too?)

Yup.  Smells like a new season!