The very best of birthday wishes to Jennifer Steede who played the flight attendant in the Stargate SG1 episode Sight Unseen. She has also appeared in ReGenesis, Mutant X, Pasadena, Spynet and Breaking News. IMDB
Nov 142013
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Nov 132013
David Blue guest starred in the recent episode of Castle “A Murder is Forever” playing Kyle, personally I think he is in disguise as a mild mannered assistant with a sort of Clark Kent persona, what do you think?
It’s been a while since David graced a Stargate set and we certainly miss Eli Wallace one of the success stories of Stargate Universe and for sure a good guest star spot on a hit show is icing but we want cake so lets hope he gets himself a lead role in the near future. Until then roll on the guest spots and podcasting:)
ABC Castle Site
David Blue Official Site Out of the Blue David’s Twitter & IMDB
Nov 132013
Nov 122013
A very happy birthday to Wallace Shawn who played Arlos in the Stargate SG1 episode The Ties That Bind. He also played Zek in Deep Space Nine and had a very memorable role in the fantastic movie The Princess Bride. Wallace has also appeared on Gossip Girl, The L Word and Eureka. IMDB
Nov 112013
Our own goddess Suanne Braun is playing the evil some would say wicked Queen in the 2013/14 Winchester Pantomime “Snow White” and may I say quite often the wicked ones are by far the most interesting:)
Theatre Royal launches Winchester’s 2013 Christmas pantomime (From Hampshire Chronicle).
Nov 112013
A very happy birthday to David DeLuise who played the quite likeable Pete Shanahan on Stargate SG1, not so likeable he got Sam but he survived which was an achievement. He also had a recurring role on 3rd Rock from the Sun and in Jesse and starred in the Wizards of Waverly Place. IMDB Twitter
A Happy Birthday to Aaron Dudley who played an the Ancient dude on the Stargate Atlantis pilot episode Rising and he has guest starred on Smallville, Psych and Andromeda. Aaron is married to Ona Grauer who shared the screen with him in the said episode of SGA. IMDB
Nov 102013
Birthday best wishes to this uber bunch of Stargate performers…
Vanessa Angel who played Anise/Freya the Tok’ra in three episodes of Stargate SG1. A former model she starred in the hit comedy Kingpin as well as Weird Science, Baywatch and Reasonable Doubt. IMDB
Roland Emmerich who co-wrote and directed the Stargate movie and worked in various roles on Independence Day, Godzilla, 2012, The Day after Tomorrow and White House Down. IMDB Twitter
Vitaly Kravchenko who was Lt. Marchenko in the Stargate SG1 episode The Tomb and also appeared on The X-Files, Seven Days, Traffic and True Justice. IMDB
Britt Irvin who was Merrin in the Stargate SG1 episode Learning Curve”. She later went on to appear on The Assistants, V, Aliens in America and Little Men. IMDB
David Paetkau who was Lyle Pender in the SG1 episode Forsaken and starred in Flashpoint and guest starred on Supernatural, Smallville and Just Deal. IMDB Twitter
Nov 102013
A huge thankyou to TrekZone for posting these interviews with Joe and Gary from their coverage of Supanova.
Nov 092013
Nerus who is reputed to be the intelligence behind the technical achievements of Baal offers his services to the SGC to aid in the repulsion of the Ori who have taken a Jaffa world and are using it’s Stargate for as yet purposes unknown. Nerus convinces the SGC that the gate is going to be a beachhead into the Milky Way for a full scale invasion rather than the odd Prior here and there so the Prometheus is sent armed with a Mark 9 Naquadria enhanced nuclear weapon aka Gate Buster. What amounts to SG1 beam down to the planet and address the Prior hoping for a peaceful solution but then Gerak and the Jaffa fleet arrive and open up on the planet from Orbit and faced with no peaceful solution the bomb is armed and they beam out. Upon detonation the energy shield surrounding the gate expands to cover the entire planet and then the light bulb flickers into light and Sam realises that the Ori needed the extra energy and Nerus had been in cahoots with the Ori. Things really take a turn for the worse when the planet starts to shrink and once again Sam figures out that this super stargate being built will be powered by mini black holes one at either end. In the panic that follows only Vala comes up with a solution and risks her life to prevent the completion of the gate and when it’s destroyed no trace of her can be found.
Beachhead is an excellent episode of SG1, it not only offers up a very good story but backs it up with some good stunt set pieces and outstanding CGI work both on the planet and in space, the studio work doesn’t let the episode down either and all parties bring their “A” game. It was a nice twist to find out that Ba’al isn’t the mastermind he implies to be, it does make sense that there are Gou’ald who like human scientists do all the hard work but are not in command. It also makes sense that he would come to Earth looking for sanctuary, the SGC have proven to be a major player in the galaxy but the twist also proves perfectly reasonable. Nerus like all Gou’ald is arrogant and power mad, believing he could use the Ori is as a conduit to his own rise in status does explain his actions and of course the character is played wonderfully by Maury Chaykin (1949–2010).
You can trust me
We finally see Sam back at the SGC full time and we even get a unheard phone conversation with Jack which was funny and well any reference is a good reference. This episode also spells the end of Vala’s arc during this part of the story and she went out saving the Prometheus the ship she stole not so long back and in doing so pretty much left everyone feeling maybe just a little guilty. It is a little disappointing because the basketball scene we get early on really does show how well the team have meshed with laughter and casual ribbing of each other.
Looks familiar
Beachhead is an excellent standalone episode as well as a starting and ending point for a number of story arcs, it really does shine as being a standard bearer for what Stargate is all about both in story telling and production, design and values. This weeks podcast promo is for Tuning Into Scifi TV and next week we pay a visit to Pegasus for the Atlantis episode Trinity in which Rodney lets his ego lead him around like a little puppy with disastrous consequences. We would love to hear from you about anything Stargate and we’re always on the look out for a guest to join us for an episode of SG1 or Atlantis, itunes and stitcher ratings/reviews are most welcome and if nothing else enjoy the show and tell a friend:)
Promo…
Links…
- Beachhead IMDB
- Beachhead Wiki
- Louis Gossett Jr.
- Martin Christopher
- Maury Chaykin
- Ian Butcher
- Eileen Barrett
- Donald Adams
- Barclay Hope
- Brad Turner
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Nov 092013
The very best of birthday wishes to Teryl Rothery who played the much loved Janet Fraiser
in Stargate SG1. She also had recurring roles in Kyle XY, Caprica, Hellcats and has recently
starred in Cedar Cove and guest starred on Arrow.
Official Site Twitter Behind The Voice IMDB
A very Happy birthday to Gabrielle Miller who played Thetys in the SG1 episode Brief Candle. She has also starred on Corner Gas and appeared on Lost Girl, NCIS, Call Me Fitz,
The Listener and Person of Interest.
Official Site IMDB Twitter
Nov 092013
I’m finally watching Primeval New World as I mentioned earlier in the week and just finished episode ten “The Great Escape” and along with some of the more regular actors who turn up we get three former Stargate names appearing in this specific episode.
Adrian Holmes
Dan Payne
Eric Breker
Fantastic to see Dan Payne sans all the armour he usually wore on Stargate playing Major Douglas and Adrian Holmes reprises his role as Detective Harlow and finally Eric Breker plays Sergeant Macready.
This was a very good episode, lots of action and as we see some good guest stars. Official Site
Nov 092013
Yes I know we are always a few days behind but that’s the global television market, timezones and well truth be told only so much time in the day to watch telly be it series, movies or documentaries.
Anyhow I watched this weeks Castle last night knowing that Alexis Cruz was going to guest star
and he got a meaty role playing Lyle Gomez in the 7th episode of the sixth season entitled “Like Father, Like Daughter”.
Alexis Cruz IMDB & Twitter
Castle IMDB
ABC Castle Official Site
Nov 082013
A very happy birthday to Scott Alan Smith who played an Airforce Officer in the theatrical
Stargate feature. He has also starred in Private Practice and guest starred on NYPD Blue, The X-Files, Voyager, Bones and Chuck. IMDB
Nov 072013
The second installment of the mobile/tablet game Unleashed based on the Stargate SG1 series was released today, currently just for iOS and offered via itunes it retails for £2.99/$4.99
Nov 072013
Random Acts of Romance directed by Katrin Bowen is going to be screened at the Carlton Cinema in Toronto on November 8th. General release dates both domestic and overseas have still to be revealed but from the trailer this looks like it’s going to be a fun movie and we’ll see Amanda is a different type of role as well one or two other former Stargate performers.