Happy birthday to Saul Rubinek who played Emmett Bregman in the Stargate SG1 double episode “Heroes” the one that made everyone shed a tear, he also stars on Warehouse13 as Artie and has had recurring roles on Leverage and Fraiser.
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Now doesn’t this little beauty look familiar, if you need a hint than it’s from a season 7 episode well two technically and we haven’t covered them yet. Thanks to @StargateAtlas for tweeting the image.
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A very happy birthday to Alan Ruck who guest starred just the once on Stargate Atlantis as Dr Fletcher in the episode “The Real World”.
Alan is one of the most recognisable actors on television and the movies having performed in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Spin City and was the Captain of an Enterprise. His latest role has been in the new ABC Family show Bunheads.
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Jun 302012
SG11 are prospecting on an abandoned Goauld world for Naquadah deposits and after a month of trouble free endeavours one of the airmen is taken by an alien/creature and strung up dead. SG1 are sent to investigate and provide military support for the expedition and Daniel sees artefacts that indicate that Unas were once used as slaves on this world and indeed the survivors of the mining camps have prospred since the Goauld left the planet.
Enemy Mine is a vehicle for the of the Unas and by extension Chaka the being that Daniel befriended and shared a few adventures. Faced with the desperate need for the Naquadah the US military are prepared to kill and relocate the “animals” but Daniel convinces them to try negotiation and with Jacks support they return to the planet with a new sense of purpose.
Boo!
The episode makes excellent use of the oft used gravel pit and forest locations around Vancouver, they really do add a sense of scale to the episode and makes it believable that dozens of Unas clans could be in the region but unseen. Michael Rooker who plays Colonel Edwards doesn’t have a lot to work with but he is a true professional and balances the negative aspects and positive outcome of his meeting with the Unas and SG1.
As always the prosthetics for the Unas are excellent and while we have Chaka played by Patrick Currie rather than Dion Johnstone he carries on with this remarkable creation capably aided by Alex Zahara as Iron Shirt.
Brothers In Arms
Enemy Mine is a rather slow moving episode despite an out and out fire fight between SG11 and a clan of Unas which was wonderfully done, vicious and violent without the gore. It also aided the observation into the motivations of the Unas which was eventually revealed by Daniel who had some excellent scenes but communications without a common language is very tricky in scifi hence universal translaters, translator microbes, Babel fish etc etc.
I consider the episode a fairly average viewing experience but one that is very high in terms of production, no one fell short in delivering in their field.
No Round Table?
Thanks for the feedback this week and comments about other aspects of the show on twitter, facebook and google+. The promo this week is from Hexed: Sisterhood of the Supernatural a tv centric show hosted by Suzie & Shannon.
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- Enemy Mine Wiki
- Enemy Mine IMDB
- Michael Rooker
- Steven Williams
- Alex Zahara
- Kavan Smith
- Patrick Currie
- Michael Shore
- Dean Redman
- Kirk Caouette
- Sean Tyson
- Wycliff Hartwig
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Jun 292012
Terry David Mulligan who played Secretary of Defence David Swift in the SG1 season 1 episode “The Nox” is celebrating his birthday today, many happy returns Terry.
You may also have recently spotted him in the Supernatural episode “Party On Garth”, he’s still going strong.
Jun 292012
On this day back in 2008 Don S. Davis passed away aged 65.
His acting career spanned nearly a quarter of a century predominantly working in television both in series and tv movies but he will be forever known as General George Hammond from Stargate SG1. That said for me I know him as Scully’s father from The X-Files as well as Major Briggs from Twin Peaks, it has to be said that Don played the military man rather well drawing from his own time in the US armed forces.
You won’t find anyone with a bad word for Don S Davis and the warmth that’s generated towards him from those he worked with on SG1 is obvious from every interview ever given before and since his passing.
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Tribute created by Gateworld.
Jun 282012
We have two Stargate birthdays on the 29th.
First up is Soon-Tek Oh who played Moughal in the first season SG1 episode “Emancipation”, he has also guest starred on Macgyver, Babylon5 and Magnum.
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Bradley Stryker’s appearence in Stargate Universe lasted just 3 episodes playing Curtis one of the initial group who arrived on Destiny from Icarus base.He also worked on Smallville and Arctic Air.
Have a happy birthday guys.
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On the 27th of June Paul Koslo celebrated his birthday, he played Terok in the episode “The Serpents Venom” as well as appearing in Macguyver with RDA, he has also produced and directed. IMDB
Jun 252012
We have two fairly big names in the Scifi and Stargate community celebrating their births
on this day (June 26th).
Robert Davi guest starred as the Genii commander “Koyla” who tried to take Atlantis and made it his life’s mission to kick Sheppards backside all over the galaxy. He also starred in the excellent Profiler as Malone.
Ian Tracy only made the single appearence in SG1 as Smith one of the group who stole the Prometheus but has a big place in the genre via The 4400, Sanctuary, Smallville and First Wave.
Happy birthday guys:)
Jun 232012
On a desolate world the MALP discovers a crashed spaceship and SG1 is sent to investigate. The ship is remarkably intact and contains hundreds of sleeper pods each with a human like being in suspended animation but someone or something is roaming the corridors with SG1 as their target and specifically Daniel. Upon returning to the SGC the humans of SG1 are medically checked out and Janet deals with a mentally damaged Daniel who seems to be manifesting a number of personalities. The fate of the crash surviviors and those souls trapped in the minds of Daniel and one other rests on the ability of Carter to jerry rig a system to power the ship and eventually revive the people with a promise to relocate them and maybe even find their destined planet which may at this time be the home of their people.
Spooky
Lifeboat is an episode originally intended to be in season 6 but was also meant for Michael Shanks thus it was moved to season seven and allows Michael to do some serious acting both voice and mannerisms. Some of his work is based on emulating Ryan the young boy who played Keenin while his creations were the basis for the other actors when doing their roles. Whichever way the characters evolved Michael did a bang up job helped in part with the minimilist set design which focusues the viewier on the actors and their performances.
I’m not a number…
There are a few hurdles you need to jump to accept the episode, these people have advanced tech in some areas (Cryogenics and Computers) and have construction abilites to build deep space vessels but lack the FTL drives which we think would have gone hand in hand. Not to worry though the story is more about the people not the technology as shown by Teryl who gets a very meaty role in this episode and really lets rip at one point:)
Lifeboat isn’t a bad episode but it’s not a standout one either but for season 7 and it’s time restraints and budgets it’s far from the worse from the series.
You forgot the lube doc!
Thanks for the feedback on last weeks episode it’s always a pleasure to hear what our listeners and fans of the franchise think about our shows and Stargate specifically so keep it coming.
This weeks promo is from Flash Pulp and next week we are covering the episode “Enemy Mine”.
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Jun 232012
Many happy returns to Peter H Kent who celebrates his birthday today on the 23rd of June.
Peter works in front and behind the cameras as performer and stuntman/co-ordinator and has an extensive resume in television and cinema. He guest starred in three episodes of Stargate SG1 playing Kintac in “The Devil You Know” and “Jolinar’s Memories” then Bak’al in the episode “Talion”.
He recently worked on the series Alcatraz and True Justice.
Jun 232012
There is so much fantastic content out there from fans of the Stargate franchise it’s so easy to miss some of their great work and this is an example, nearly 4 years old but first time I’ve seen it.
Jun 222012
Big Finish have a special weekend of discounted Stargate SG1 and Stargate Atlantis releases.
If like me you’ve only sampled the delights of the audio dramas then these prices should be seriously tempting, 6 features (CD or Downloads) for £25 which is good enough for me (Mike) to place an order:)
Jun 222012
A Very Happy Birthday to two actors who have made just the one appearance on Stargate SG1.
Up first is Sarah Edmondson who played Natania in “Prophecy” Season 6 Episode 1.
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Birthday best wishes to Benz Antoine who appeared as the driver in the SG1 episode “In The Line of Duty” Season 2 Episode 2 and has worked more recently on the Canadian cop show Rookie Blue.
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Jun 202012
Many happy returns to Erica Durance on her birthday today (June 21st).
Erica has appeared just the once on Stargate SG1 as Krista James in the Teal’c centric episode Afinity and of course as a great Lois Lane on Smallville. She is now starring in Saving Hope alongside Michael Shanks and Daniel Gillies.
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Jun 202012
A very happy birthday for today (June 2oth) to Bonnie Bartlett who played Linea in the Stargate Sg1 episode “Prisoners”. She also had dealings with Mal as Patience in Firefly.
