The very best of birthday wishes to Cliff Simon who played an inspiring bad guy in the shape of the Goa’uld System Lord Ba’al in Stargate SG1 and Continuum. He’s also guest starred on NCIS:LA, NCIS, 24, Days of Our Lives and Undercovers.
Twitter Official Site
A happy birthday to Bruce Gray who was Senator Fisher in the Stargate SG1 episode The Ties That Bind.
He’s guest starred on Sons Of Anarchy, Babylon 5, Medium, Falling Skies, Charmed and Enterprise.
Official Site
A very happy birthday to Sarah Strange who played Morgan Le Fay & Ganos Lal in Stargate SG1
“The Pegasus Project” and again in the movie The Ark of Truth.
She has also starred in ReGenesis, The Newsroom and Men In Trees.
Finally! Stargate coming back to life with film trilogy reboot | Blastr.
Blastr are reporting that Roland Emmerich is looking towards a new trilogy of movies based on the original Stargate theatrical feature which itself was meant to be the first of a trilogy. Failure to capitalise on that movies limited success opened the door for MGM to green light the television series and the rest as they say is history but given how dependent cinema is on rehashing ideas it was only a matter of time before Stargate got more than a passing mention as ripe for a reboot.
Of course they are a long way from getting the money for a script and putting producers and a director in place and with Marvel, DC and Disney (under it’s own name) plus Star Wars of course is there room for another 9 figure budget scifi summer movie?
The very best birthday wishes to Peter Wingfield who played Tanith/Hebron in three episodes of Stargate SG1.
He was also the immortal Methos in Highlander and has guest starred on Sanctuary, 24, Touching Evil, Holby City and Caprica. Twitter
A very happy birthday to William Devane who was excellent as President Hayes in Stargate SG1. He was also the star of the US soap Knots Landing and has appeared in 24, Early Edition, Crumbs and Psych.
A very happy birthday to Brendan Gall.
He produced and wrote for The LA Complex, played Kaleb Miller in the Stargate Atlantis episodes Miller’s Crossing and McKay and Mrs Miller as well as starring in Overruled! and Men with Brooms.
Twitter
Happy Birthday to David Warry-Smith a Director for eleven episodes of Stargate SG1 and a single episode of Atlantis. He’s also directed or done second unit on Andromeda, Due South and MacGyver.
*Both birthdays are not listed on IMDB but taken from other sources.
A very happy birthday to Royston Innes who played the Gou’ald Moloc in the Stargate SG1 episode Sacrifices.
He’s also the writer and director of “Dead Men the Series” and has appeared in both Smallville and Farscape.
YouTube Reel
Many happy returns to Michael Adamthwaite who was the first prime Her’ak in five episodes of Stargate SG1.
He’s also guest starred on Psych, Reaper, Once Upon A Time and Motive.
Twitter
Kent just posted a snapshot of some Stargate decals he spotted at a car fare/rally on facebook and on his twitter, an interesting approach to the characters by who ever designed them:)
Changes abound in and around the SGC with the aftermath of the battle for Dakara and the attack by the Replicators on the base. Major General Jack O’Neill has moved on and his chosen replacement Major General Hank Landry has taken over and is having running battles with his “psychic” assistant one Master Sargent Walter Harriman. Lt Colonel Cameron Mitchell recovered from the battle over Antarctica against the forces of Anubis has taken over the command of SG1 and expected to be working with Sam, Daniel and Teal’c but they like Jack have moved on. He valiantly attempts to get the band back together but is getting nowhere until one Vala Mal Doran visits the SGC with a tablet and the promise of technology and treasure and low and behold everyone is off on a mission to track down the old haunts of Merlin and the buried secrets of the Ancients in and around Glastonbury.
A slight technical issue…
Well season nine heralds some significant changes for the show with Richard Dean Anderson becoming nothing more than an occasional guest and thus a full time replacement in the big chair is presented to use with Hank Landry played by Beau Bridges and in the field Cameron Mitchell played by Ben Browder. Vala Mal Doran played wonderfully by Claudia Black also has a strong presence in this season as is the move away from the tradition religions and cultures by embracing a more western European and more specifically Arthurian legends and myths.
Merlin Sword, Sword Merlin
It was certainly interesting to see how quickly the last three members of SG1 quickly looked to break away from the SGC, after so many years of blood, sweat and tears you can understand why they all may think they have done enough however Teal’c perhaps more than the other two has accepted a path which is more demanding and maybe just as dangerous, politics with starships as collateral in decision making. As with many of the two part stories within Stargate this first part is laying a lot of the groundwork for the pay off in the second and it needs it, it’s easy to get washed away with all the changes to characters and tweaking of the long established mythology but it will all pay off.
One huge decision by the producers and writers was to make sure the episode had it’s fair share of out and out humour and not ignoring the obvious Farscape connection between Ben and Claudia as well as playing up the concerns over the similar look/style of Michael and Ben. As we look back at this episode and ninth season we know many fans had issues and some never got over losing Jack as a focus for the show or even the use of Farscape talent to fill the gaps. I’ve no doubt the casting of both Ben and Claudia brought in some Farscape fans and it was probably a good marketing move but scifi fans can be picky, it’s always tricky dealing with change and the consequences but we did get more Stargate and is not a bad thing.
Now I know how River felt…
Huge thank you to Brad and GateTechAlfaSix for the audio feedback and everyone who posted on Facebook, G+ and on Twitter, the wrap up shows and poll results were well received and we are now back into the swing of things and will handle Alan’s moving home in our stride. Please feel free to get in touch with any comments about Stargate, Gatecast or scifi in general, we certainly do appreciate talking to people who share our enthusiasm for Stargate and the scifi/fantasy genre and an itunes review/rating is always appreciated:)
This weeks promo is for Aaron’s SciFiDig and next week we begin the second season of Stargate Atlantis, we hope you can join us for that.
Promo…
Links…
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS
Ah the joys of watching an older series (well not that old) and seeing a face who is now so very familiar to you thanks to their numerous appearances on Stargate SG1, in this case it’s the one and only Garry Chalk.
Garry played the Russian officer Colonel Chekov in ten episodes of SG1 and before that a small recurring role on The Dead Zone. I’ve not seen the Canadian crime drama Cold Squad but Garry had a starring role in that show appearing in 67 episodes and is a popular actor for voice roles so a well established actor and worthy of being a protagonist in the pilot episode of Eureka. You know how it is, you don’t know what you fancy then a lightbulb appears and you grab a show you haven’t watched for a while and enjoy it so much you wonder why you haven’t rewatched it:)
Eureka is such a show that hasn’t aged, the effects in the pilot are still good and the writing and performances are still enjoyable and interesting looking back after all the changes over the 5 year run of the show. Garry plays Colonel Briggs a US military man charged with some level of oversight of the town of Eureka and charges in for his “I Told You So” moment but is thwarted thanks to some clever or simple ideas from Carter and the use of one or more of the geniuses in the community.
A very happy birthday to Eric Schneider who played Doctor James MacKenzie in three episodes of Stargate SG1 (Threshold, Legacy and Fire & Water) as well as appearing in Children of the Gods. He’s also guest starred in multiple episodes of The Outer Limits, First Wave, Highlander as well as numerous roles in Dutch language television, his mother tongue.
The very best birthday wishes to the one and only Amanda Tapping who celebrates her birth today. She starred in ten seasons of Stargate SG1 and a single season of Stargate Atlantis before going on to help create Sanctuary as a web series then a fully fledged TV production which lasted four seasons. Since then Amanda has had a recurring role in Supernatural and has directed episodes of Arctic Air, Continuum and Primeval New World.
Official Site Twitter IMDB
Fan made video celebrating Amanda.
Many happy returns of the day to Kirby Morrow who guest starred in all three Stargate shows, he was both a Milita Man and Tara’c in SG1 (Cor-ai & The Warrior), Captain Dave Kleinman in eight episodes of Atlantis and a bridge officer in a single episode of Stargate Universe. He has also appeared in Blood Ties, Fringe, Deadly Skies and has an extensive resume in voice work.
We also wish a happy birthday to Katie Findlay who guest starred in the Stargate Universe episodes Epilogue and Common Descent playing Ellie. She has also appeared in Fringe, Psych, Endgame but made her name as Rosie in the first season of The Killing.
I’m in the final season of my Deep Space Nine rewatch and a name popped up in the credits for the episode “Prodigal Daughter” that I recognised thanks to having seen quite a bit of his performance on Stargate Atlantis over the last month or so.
Please be in awe of Clayton Landey who under a ton of prosthetics plays the security officer Fuchida who rescues Miles from a beating by enforcers of the Orion Syndicate. It was a small role but I always get a buzz when I recognise actors in other series, in this case an earlier role before appearing as Colonel Dillon Everett in SGA.
Clayton Landey
A very happy birthday to writer, producer and director of movies and television Dean Devlin.
He wrote and produced the original Stargate theatrical feature as well as Independence Day, Universal Soldier, Flyboys and Godzilla. His movie credits are impressive but he has also worked within television with The Visitor, Leverage and The Triangle.
IMDB Electric Entertainment Twitter
A very happy birthday to Nicholas Podbrey who was a Special Effects Makeup Coordinator for over 100 episodes of Stargate SG1 and Atlantis.
He’s also worked on Fringe, Eureka, Sanctuary, Blood Ties, Bionic Woman, Caprica and in acting roles appeared on Stargate: The Ark of Truth, Sanctuary, Slither and The Haunting in Connecticut.
No photo but you’ve seen his work on screen:)
