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Stargate TV Spot – Cedar Cove

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Aug 262013
 

I admit I’m a few weeks late to the party as Cedar Cove the new hit show for the Hallmark channel has been lauded in the press and social media since it’s premiered a month or so back. Filmed in Canada and based on the novels by Debbie Macomber it’s lead actress is the talented Andie MacDowell and draws upon the extensive talent from the Vancouver area. The result is a screen full of familiar actors who have been part of the Stargate franchise across it’s three live action series and a few names you will recognise from behind the camera as well.

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Teryl Rothery

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Elyse Levesque

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Barclay Hope

Garry Chalk

Garry Chalk

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Andrew Airlie

Andrew Airlie

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Cedar Cove isn’t really a show that is aimed at my demographic but it has echoes of an early Picket Fences which I loved way back when and of course there is no doubt the attraction of actors from the Stargate series and a bonus is Bruce Boxleitner who has appeared in many shows and movies I’ve enjoyed over the years. One thing that can not be questioned is how beautiful the show is shot, the location and the look of the show really combine to make a crisp and clean view of wonderful piece of Canada.

As for the actors I’ve included in this post I’ll leave it up to you to put names/faces into their respective Stargate episodes and I have no doubt as the first season of Cedar Cove continues we’ll see more of them and further guest appearances from our favourite franchise.

 

Stargate Birthdays – August 25th

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Aug 252013
 

Happy Birthday to Ross Hull who played Dr Corrigan in the Atlantis episode “Suspicion”.
He left acting in 2005 and became a weather personality on Canada’s The Weather Network and in
2011 he became an anchor for CTV Southwestern Ontario.
Many happy returns to Brad Dryborough who was in Stargate SG1 “Sight Unseen” as the pick up driver
and in SGA “The Prodigal” as the Hybrid.
Happy Birthday to Colby Johannson who played Lt Kagan in the Stargate Atlantis ep “Phantoms” and
SF Sergeant Finney in the SG1 episode Prometheus.
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David Blue – GeekNation Tweet Out

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Aug 242013
 

I’ve been catching up with the Tweet Out shows on the GeekNation website and David talks quite a bit about Stargate so pretty relevant, that aside he’s an interesting guy and his podcast Out Of The Blue and indeed GeekNation itself are both excellent sources of entertainment.

Stargate SGA S1 Wrap Up Show

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Aug 242013
 

Welcome to our first wrap up show for Stargate Atlantis, we have done a few in the past for SG1 and the format is pretty much the same but for this Brad joined us so it runs a little longer than the two person SG1 wrap up show we released last week and of course it includes the results of the SGA poll.

We hope you enjoy the look back at what turned out to be an excellent opening season for Atlantis and while there is no doubt it benefited from  the experience of the existing writers, producers and directors it quickly set itself apart with it’s style and take on some original and not so original stories. 

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Poll Results

Total Votes 79

  1. The Siege Part II ( 19 Votes )
  2. The Eye ( 9 Votes )
  3. Tied.. ( 8 Votes )
    • Before I Sleep
    • Letters From Pegasus
    • Thirty Eight Minutes

A huge thank you to everyone that voted in the Stargate SGA poll, it didn’t pull in as many votes as the SG1 poll which was mildly surprising but again we got a clear winner. It’s also interesting to see where the votes came from and they were spread around the world so a big hello to all our friends in the UK, Ireland, USA, France, Russia, Australia, Italy and Holland who voted:)

Next week we begin the ninth season of Stargate SG1 with the episode “Avalon Part 1” with a long time friend of the show Thomas so love to hear what you think about Stargate or the Gatecast past, present and future and the comments can be included in the show.

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Stargate TV Spot – Ronny Cox

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Aug 242013
 

Now some of you may know I am a fan of the “b” movie genre especially the creature features from one or two particular studios who have perfected the art of producing movies with modest budgets yet can be very entertaining if you understanding why they exist:)

I watched Age of Dinosaurs a couple of days ago which is a creature feature with very strong vibes of Jurassic Park in that a very wealthy individual backs some science guys who perfect a method to re-introducing dinosaurs into the modern world which as you no doubt already suspect blows up in their faces.

The plus point for this movie was the starring roll for our own Ronny Cox as Justin the man behind the dream of dinosaurs and truth be told the technology his company pioneered had many practical and beneficial users. Alas creating dinosaurs and then having a grand opening in his corporate HQ in LA was not a great idea cue rampant carnage and humans running around like mindless chickens with a father and daughter learning a life lesson so always a silver lining.

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What is it about the finger?

Still bullying the ladies..

Still bullying the ladies..

No pets at work!

No pets at work!

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Stargate Birthdays – August 24th

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Aug 242013
 

Birthday best wishes to Kwesi Ameyaw who played Olokun in two episodes of SG1 (Last Stand & Summit) as well as playing a Tactical Sargent in the Stargate Atlantis episode Outcast. He’s also guest starred on Fringe, Smallville, Once Upon A Time, Psych
and Sanctuary.
Many happy returns of the day to Sonja Bennett who was Dahlia Radim in the Stargate Atlantis episode Coup D’etat.
She has also been in Battlestar Galactica, Eureka, Cold Squad and Godiva’s.
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Stargate Birthdays – August 23rd

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Aug 232013
 

Birthday best wishes to Aaron Douglas who was Moac (Maternal Instinct) and a Jaffa (Redemption Part 2) both Stargate SG1 and of course Chief Tyrol in Battlestar Galactica. He’s also starred in Hemlock Grove, The Killing, Hellcats and The Bridge.
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Happy Birthday to Allan Lee who was the Editor for 24 episodes of Stargate SG1 and also directed the season 4 episode Entity.
He’s also worked on Continuum, Highlander, The L Word and The 4400. (No photo)
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Stargate Birthday – August 22nd

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Aug 222013
 

A very happy birthday to Michael Gordin Shore who played Lt. Menard in the Stargate SG1 episode Enemy Mine.
He’s also appeared in Psych, Blood Ties and The Dead Zone in addition to his producing, directing and coaching.
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Birthday greetings to Joey Aresco who was Mr Parker in Full Alert and Slaviash in Company of Thieves both Stargate SG1.
He has also appeared on The L Word, MacGyver, Kojak, Just Cause and The Rockford Files.

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Stargate Birthdays – August 20th

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Aug 202013
 

Well then don’t we have a bumper bundle of birthdays today.
We wish all these guys a very happy birthday.
Jay Acovone who played Charles Kawalsky in multiple episodes of SG1 and being dead didn’t stop the character from making many appearances. He’s also guest starred on Cold Case, Las Vegas, Monk and JAG.
Colin Cunningham our own Major Paul Davis a fan favourite who appeared in 15 episodes of SG1 an episode of Atlantis and also Continuum.
He is currently starring in Falling Skies and was Det. Brian Curtis in the Da Vinci series.
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Jamil Walker Smith was Master Sgt. Ronald Greer in Stargate Universe. nHe’s also appeared in Cold Case, Bones and NYPD Blue and wrote and directed his own feature called The American Dream.
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John Noble yes the great one himself starred in the SG1 episode Camelot as “Meurik” before going on to dazzle us by playing Walter Bishop on Fringe and of course played Denethor in Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

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Don Stark played Sal in the Stargate SG1 tenth season episode Memento Mori.
He’s appeared in Castle, The Mentalist, John Carter and Anger Management and finally we remember the late Isaac Hayes (Aug 20th 1942 – Aug 10th 2008).
A musician and actor who appeared briefly on Stargate SG1 as the Jaffa leader Tolok and did
some voice work on the episode 200. Star of the animated South Park and Oscar winner
for the theme to the movie Shaft.
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Stargate Birthday – August 19th

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Aug 192013
 

A very happy birthday to Matthew Glave who played Colonel Paul Emerson in six episodes of Stargate SG1 and had guest appearances on Suits, Hell On Wheels, The Closer, Medium and Argo. He also played a total dickhead on The Wedding Singer:)
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Stargate Birthdays – August 18th

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Aug 182013
 

Many happy returns of the day to Artine Brown who was a Pilot in the Stargate SG1 episode “Double Jeopardy” and a Trader in the Atlantis episode “The Kindred Part 1”. He’s also appeared in Once Upon A Time, Fringe, Arctic Air, Smallville and Supernatural.
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Also on the 18th a Happy Birthday to Adam Thomas who was an Airman in the Stargate Universe “Seizure” and has had guest appearances on Fringe, Smallville, Kyle XY and The L Word.

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Stargate TV Spot – Brian Markinson

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Aug 182013
 

So I am well past the mid-point of the Deep Space Nine rewatch and last night watched the final two episodes of the fifth season, the penultimate episode was called “In The Cards” and I got a nice little surprise with one of the two main guest stars being Brian Markinson as Giger.
If you don’t recall he played Lotan in the Stargate SG1 fourth season episode Scorched Earth and more recently appeared in Sanctuary, Arctic Air, Mad Men, Arrow and Continuum.

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Stargate SG1 S8 Wrap Up Show

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Aug 172013
 

avatar2 Welcome to the wrap up show for the eighth season of Stargate SG1.
We didn’t get a third voice for this show so we both did our best and thanks to Brad for sending in some audio comments about the episodes which I spliced in through out the show.
It’s been a good season for SG1 with some very strong episodes particularly the second half of the season and that may have been the result in the belief they were wrapping up the show with the option of an unrealised Stargate Command series as another spin off. What ever happened or didn’t we are left with some stunning episodes both in terms of drama, action and humour with an ever increasing style and production value to the show despite tighter shooting schedules and budget restraints.

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Poll Results

Total Votes 94

Top Three Episodes

  1. Reckoning Part 2 (30 Votes)
  2. Prometheus Unbound (20 Votes)
  3. Threads (17 Votes)

Many thanks to everyone who voted in the poll and making it our highest turn out which
was most rewarding.
Next week we will be doing the Stargate Atlantis wrap up show and Brad joins us for that
and then we’ll be looking towards SG1 season 9 and SGA season 2, the journey never ends:)

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Stargate Birthday – August 16th

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Aug 162013
 

A very happy birthday to Carrie Anne Fleming who appeared just the once in the Stargate SG1 episode The Sentinel. She has made guest appearances on Continuum, Smallville, The 4400, Supernatural and theatrical features such as Good Luck Chuck and The Tooth Fairy.
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Stargate Birthday – August 15th

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Aug 152013
 

The very best birthday wishes to Vaitiare Hirshon (formerly Bandera) who played Sha’re and Amaunet in Stargate SG1. She has also appeared in Pacific Blue, US Marshalls and Murder She Wrote.
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