Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
Yes, it’s a Stargate-rich week, folks. This time, we finally get an actual message from the notoriously tech-shy Paul McGillion on his official website.
Since his message contains reference to an upcoming Stargate Atlantis story spoiler, we’ll put it behind the cut.
There has been much turmoil and angst, lately, amongst the Stargate fans with the news of SG-1’s cancellation and casting changes for Atlantis.
But David Hewlett has hinted in an e-mail interview about his upcoming film A Dog’s Breakfast that there could be joy around the corner:
“There’s also a TV project that the Stargate fans are going to get a huge kick out of. Look for that to be announced any day now!”
Could there be joy in the Pegasus Galaxy?
Amanda Tapping (aka Sam Carter) speaks with GateWorld about the journey of her character and the understandable trepidation of fans who have heard the rumor of her going to Atlantis.
Michael Shanks (aka Daniel Jackson) is no longer Mr. Nice Guy in his upcoming movie, as told to MichaelShanksOnline by the movie’s director.
And a belated congratulations to David Hewlett (aka Rodney McKay) and The Lovely Jane Loughman (TM) who have finally done what everyone else figured they would eventually: they got engaged. (One less cute geek on the market.)
And the cover art has finally been revealed for the long-awaited (really long-awaited) Stargate Atlantis Season 2 DVD.
SciFi Wire has posted a short news bit about an upcoming Heroes episode in which Heroes hero Hiro (yes, I’m doing this to be annoying) collides with Star Trek when George Takei guests on the show.
Don’t click further if you don’t want the story spoiler….
Encourage your little Jedi (or yourself, for that matter) to read with this lovely new gem from the American Library Association.
Other geek-minded Read posters include:
Wierd Al
Alan Rickman
Bill Gates
Edward James Olmos
Keira Knightley
Orlando Bloom
Salma Hayek (Okay, not so geek-minded, but important to more than a few guys in Club Jade)
Thanks to Michelle for finding it!
As ongoing evidence of geeks taking over the world, MovieHole has named two sci-fi geeks onto their Hot Stars of 2007 list.
Nathan Fillion, of Firefly fame, was named as one to watch thanks to his upcoming film White Noise: The Light.
And the entirely-too-adorable Masi Oka, from Heroes, proves that a lot of enthusiasm can get you anywhere as he has been tapped for two more film projects.
Thanks to Whedonesque for the heads-up.
He’s the Jedi who sets many a Wanton’s heart a-thunkin’. He was the “man’s man, ladies’ man, man-about-town” in Down with Love. He was even supposedly considered for James Bond.
But he tells The Boston Herald that he chose his latest role (as Beatrix Potter’s love, Norman Warne in Miss Potter) because of the character’s awkwardness.
Flashes of Little Voice, anyone?
Did you hear that? Of course you did! You have that bionic ear.
Yes, folks. The go-ahead has been given to remake the 1970’s heroine to many in Club Jade: The Bionic Woman. If they can do it cost-effectively, then we’ll have a new Bionic Woman to enjoy.
They’d better use that sound effect. It just wouldn’t be bionic without it!
Blue Origin, the brainchild Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, goes public. Sort of. (Hey Steph, they’re hiring!)
Okay. I have to own up to my own Star Wars bias: I skip all the documentaries that involve models or special effects. (I know. I’m a betrayal to my own geekdom.)
So when Insight Editions (the folks who made the gorgeous Dressing a Galaxy, last year) announced a book about the models? I was a bit torn.
Sure. I collect all the books. But I was going for the Limited Edition one. And the price is not cheap. However, I can finally admit to having fallen to the model side of The Force by saying that it is totally worth spending obscene amounts of money to pick up the Limited Edition of: Sculpting a Galaxy: Inside the Star Wars Model Shop.
Totally worth it.
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