Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
Shaking off the post-Thanksgiving cobwebs here to let you know that GateWorld has posted their full interview with Stargate co-creator Brad Wright.
He talks about the current state of things in the franchise, the joys of letting people grow from within the company and how amazingly difficult it is to get straight-to-DVD movies released. (Minor spoilage, if you haven’t seen Season 4, yet.)
Getting a little frustrated by the unanswered questions in this season of Stargate? Hold on a little longer, says producer Joe Mallozzi. (Okay, he says this after he posts his sister’s review of a rather scrumptious looking BBQ place in Toronto.)
In other Gate news, Connor Trineer (Michael) is coming back to the show.
And have you remembered to vote for Stargate for the People’s Choice Awards?
Rare Appearance Alert! None other than Richard Dean Anderson (Jack O’Neill) will be a guest at next year’s GateCon. The actor has never been one to attend many conventions. And it has been less so since his retirement from the acting industry to spend time raising his daughter. I wonder how air fare to Vancouver is going to look by then….
GateWorld has an interview with David Hewlett (Rodney McKay) in which he talks about the joys of tormenting his sister (Kate Hewlett) in an upcoming episode. And how easy it is to tease Paul McGillion (Carson Beckett) about being blown up.
And Stargate Atlantis is a nominee for a People’s Choice Award in the first-ever Favorite Sci-Fi Show category.
Clearly, Joe Mallozzi is a benevolent god for we will be getting bloopers! Joe confirmed it in his blog. It is, of course, pending approval of the actors. Here’s hoping that they all agree to it.
Other Stargate goodies include new Q&A videos with David Hewlett and Amanda Tapping. As before, there are a few snippets from unaired episodes, so you are warned. These are fun. We must continue these!
It’s amazing how nice it is to enjoy a new episode of Stargate when you already know they’re coming back next year. Joe Mallozzi spoke to GateWorld about it. He won’t have time later, as Season 5 planning kicks off today! (After Joe gets done terrorizing Nigerian scam artists, that is.)
Good thing that SciFi already made their decision to renew as the ratings for Reunion came in about even.
In non-ratings-related stuff, the ever-charming Carmen Argenziano (Jacob/Selmak) chats with GateWorld about the love he has for Stargate.
Those fans who rather enjoy John Sheppard getting beat up on Stargate Atlantis, will get a kick out of the latest sneak preview clip (this time of Friday’s episode Traveler) on CinemaBlend. I’m just sayin’….
In other words, overdue congratulations to Amanda Tapping (Sam Carter) for her recent win of a Canadian Comedy Award for the short film Breakdown.
MGM is attempting a Browncoat-type campaign to save Stargate; which is apparently on the bubble for renewal. They’re inviting fans to enroll as part of Team Stargate.
Fans will be able to earn points and ranks and nifty prizes by doing activities MGM will assign you that help promote the Stargate franchise.
You can’t do anything illegal, though. (They’re no fun.) via
I wonder if I can earn any points for letting you guys know that Season 4 of Stargate Atlantis starts next Friday, September 28th, on SciFi?
Curse my inability to function on little sleep! Just now getting around to posting the Stargate tidbits from Dragon*Con.
The Stargate Stuff
– Tok’ra Spice Clarified – Vanessa Angel, who played the much-maligned character of Anise on SG1, cleared up some things about her character. She was apparently hired to do nine episodes that season and then join the show as a regular; supposedly to cause some jealousies amongst the team. However, she became pregnant three episodes in and just couldn’t complete the role. She also considered Anise to be extremely thoughtful and deliberate and “outside of emotion.” Explains much about how bizarre her character was! (Of course, nothing explains those outfits.)
– Filming in the Arctic – Why did Christopher Judge not appear in the scenes recently filmed in the Arctic? Two words: polar bears. He said he pretty much stopped listening after that, but had his decision cemented by the various bathroom issues one encounters there. He stayed home and played golf.
– The Return of Beckett – Paul McGillion again expressed his appreciation for the fans’ push to bring Carson Beckett back to life. He again teases that the way they bring him back is “very interesting.” (Must be the stock publicity answer for this one.) And he has yet to see if he’s coming back in Season 5.
The Non-Stargate Stuff
– Rage of Angels – Christopher Judge’s in-development series will also have a comic book and game associated with it.
– Eureka – Both Lexa Doig and Michael Shanks teased about how much fun they had doing Eureka. Lexa is hoping her character can come back. Michael didn’t think his could. Hmm…
– More Lifetime Movies! – Both Lexa and Paul have completed movies for Lifetime. Both movies are planned for October air dates.
TV Guide interviews Michael Shanks who talks about his and his wife’s upcoming roles in Eureka, the Stargate movies and keeping fingers crossed on Christopher Judge‘s new series, Rage of Angels, that has been given the “verbal go-ahead” from MGM.
(Of amusing note to the shipper population, the article accidentally refers to Michael’s Stargate character as Daniel Carter.)
I’m back! Catching up on all the TV news after a sad, migraine-induced delay. Let us see what we missed in the world of Stargate.
– GateWorld reveals the pretty that is the Stargate SG-1: The Complete Series box set. (Y’know, the one with those extras that those of us who collected through the years can’t get without buying this box set? The one we are so not bitter about?)
– Stargate Atlantis producer Joe Mallozzi continues to post pictures and teasers about upcoming storylines on his blog. You’re missing out if you’re not reading!
– David Hewlett talks Season 4 with TV Zone (as teased by GateWorld and SyFyPortal).
– TV Zone also has an interview with SG1 director Martin Wood on the joys of filming in the Artic.
– Back to David Hewlett and his teasing, he posted a “dramatic” reading (supposedly the first of a series) of a favorite line from Season 4.
Stargate news from DragonCon probably won’t be posted until next week, unless I manage to find Dunc and blog on her laptop.