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Gate Geek – Zelenka’s innocent, I tell ya!

Poor Radek Zelenka.  After getting dissed in Trio, he gets arrested for poisoning patients in a hospital.

Well, not really.  But David Nykl (who plays Radek) found it amusing enough to post on his blog in Czech about the real-life convicted murderer named Zelenka and make us think he was spoiling the season finale.  (‘Cause I totally don’t read Czech.)

In other news, a Niagara-area newspaper interviews a certain actor who is not only making a comeback in tonight’s episode, but also scored himself a part in another franchise movie that’s going to be released in May of 2009.  (Cryptic enough for you?  I didn’t think so.)

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Gate Geek – SG1 Continues to Reign

In spite of the upcoming episode in which the fans got their way about to air, this week seems to be dominated by the SG1 legacy:

We do have some nice Stargate Atlantis stuff, though:

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Genre TV Aftermath

Let us enjoy this strike-free period (until the actors threaten to strike, that is) and see who’s going to be attempting to do what with genre TV, now that the writer’s strike is over. This is gleaned from various sources.

  • Battlestar Galactica – They managed 14 episodes before the strike. It looks like they’ll show the first 10 in the April 4 run and then pick up the last 10 in the fall or early 2009.
  • Bionic Woman – No big surprise. She’s dead, Jim.
  • Chuck – It won’t be back until the fall, but it will be back!
  • Heroes – They’re going to forgo new episodes in favor of regrouping with a series bible and moving things back to the Season 1 vibe. But it looks like they’re going to try for a late summer start.
  • Journeyman – Also dead, Jim.
  • Lost – No game plan announced, as of yet, but signs are pointing to trying to finish out this season.
  • Moonlight – Could be back with some new episodes this season? Could be cancelled? Apparently, this show’s looking a little shaky.
  • Reaper – Some new episodes in April or May
  • Smallville – Some new episodes in April or May
  • Stargate Atlantis – Never really affected by the strike, but Carl Binder’s back and they start filming next week.
  • Supernatural – Some new episodes in April or May
  • Terminator – Maybe some new episodes? Not much news on this one.
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Gate Geek – Oh, you tease….

Plenty of teases abound in the Stargate universe, this week:

  • In the long-standing tradition of Stargate romance, Joe Mallozzi posts a deleted scene from last week’s episode Trio in which Sam and Jennifer talk romance (or the lack thereof) without ever getting too specific. Head to the end if you don’t want to be spoiled for Season 5 because…
  • In that very same post, we get a description of a new team! Names only. No other details.
  • And we also get an episode name and some hints as to things that will be needed for said episode. (Confused, yet? Head on over if you’re brave.)
  • Then GateWorld got themselves a nice little video preview of The Ark of Truth featuring a little behind-the-scenes look about how much fun the SG1 cast have messing with each other.
  • Not to be outdone, the official site has a really great video preview of this week’s SGA episode Midway that’s not just one scene, but a montage of a bunch of scenes. It looks like Bam Bam has been busy!!
  • And this is confirmed by another new video of an extended interview with Jason Momoa about Ronon, how Ronon’s lack of sex life helps the warrior come out and that he has knocked someone out while filming fight scenes. (Yet more fight scenes from Midway in this one, as well.)
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Gate Geek – They’re a-comin’ and a-goin’….

A few casting tidbits have sprung forth from Joe Mallozzi’s blog in the last few days.  We’ll go to the GateWorld summaries to save you from reading through the entire entries:

  • Tori Higginson (Elizabeth Weir) has elected not to come back in Season 5 to flesh out a certain storyline from a certain episode.  Hopefully it’s just new opportunities and not ongoing hurt feelings that are keeping her from coming back.  I’m sure the fans would welcome it should it ever come to pass again.
  • Another actress who briefly appeared in Tao of Rodney as the source of more than a few dialogue exchanges, Leela Savasta, has been cast as a new character named Alicia Vega.  (Always be nice when you’re on a set, boys and girls.  Ya just never know where it could land you.)
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Gate Geek – The Trio on to Midway

A few items of interest for those of the Gate persuasion:

  • Tonight’s episode is Trio.  There is, as always, a preview on the official site, as well as GateWorld’s compilation of all the little tidbits they can find.  (Here there be spoilers.)
  • SciFi’s Stargate blog couldn’t actually talk to either Martin Gero or Martin Wood (always a fun combination of writer and director), so they snuck into the DVD editing suite and previewed the feature on Trio coming up for the Season 4 DVD.
  • Moving on to another episode, GateWorld managed to get a sneak preview scene for Midway; that features the appearance of a beloved SG1 character.  (It does give away some of the basic storyline, if that concerns you.  But in a less major story development, I can tell you that I also prefer tater tots.)
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Gate Geek – The Big Announcement!

GateWorld got the scoop.  Here’s the big casting announcement for Stargate Atlantis, Season 5:

Let the excitement and speculation begin!

ETA:  Here’s the actual press release.

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Finding Sanctuary on SciFi

GateWorld talks to Amanda Tapping about the world not being quite ready for an internet-only series business model, excitement about ways to continue to use the internet, redoing the Sanctuary pilot, and the mixed feelings about branching out from her Stargate family.

Additional Stargate casting changes are supposed to be out today.  We’ll keep watching for The Big Announcement.  (Well, as much as we can while still pretending to work.)

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Gate Geek – All sorts of goodness and angst!

Happy Friday! Or, as the US fans know it, happy new episode day!

  • Tonight’s episode is Outcast. Those wishing to get a wee bit spoilery, head on over to the usual GateWorld teaser or the production blog on SciFi.
  • In other SGA news, Amanda Tapping (Sam Carter) will be changing her status to that of guest star in Season 5 since her show Sanctuary has been picked up by SciFi. (If you haven’t seen Sanctuary online yet, head on over. It’s really interesting.)
  • Per producer Joe Mallozzi, The Big Announcement (TM) of the full Season 5 casting will be made on Monday. You can practically feel all the various character camps in a big ol’ whirl. Will certain are-they-or-aren’t-they dead characters come back? Okay, so we found out early that Sam won’t be there all the time, but that isn’t fair! Are they going to make us suffer through more new characters? Are we losing anyone else? Oh, the tension! Stay tuned.
  • In much more pleasant Stargate news, more The Ark of Truth goodness! GateWorld has them some new pictures. The official site got them a new teaser video about the story. (Anyone else boggled by seeing Ben Browder with long hair?)

It’s all good.