Carmen Argenziano (Rick) and Michael DeLuise (Jo Jo) guest starred in “You Wanna See Something?” the eleventh episode of Bunheads which aired in the US a couple of weeks ago on ABC Family.
I only just got around to watching the episode but I highly recommend the show for it’s jovial and whimsical humour.
After another close call with the Wraith on a scouting mission it has become apparent that it is too much of a coincidence given the size of the galaxy and the Pegasus gate system. The suspicion is raised and the finger pointed at the Athosian contingent of the city and despite concerns by Sheppard it is Weir who decides to investigate each of the natives and look for signs of a collaborator.
A solution may have been found with the discovery of a large area of land on the planet and the Athosians offer to settle there and build a community with an assurance of access to the gate when required, this will prevent them from providing any intel to the Wraith but on the flipside it could just as easily clear their name totally. The source of the information leak is however discovered and it is an Athosian and an opportunity arises to lay a trap and capture a Wraith for interrogation and study.
Suspicion is one of those episodes that has most of the main characters at each others throats, not literally but certainly it divides how the humans view the Athosians and while the reasoning had some logic there were quite a few assumptions being made. The discovery of the cities gates to the jumper bay is however a game changer, it allows for the defence of the city with the aircraft as well eventually solving the problem of long term food supply and a permanent home for the Athosians.
Sgt Bates is a bit of a dick though, ultimately he’s right but his reasoning is based more on emotion and the old chestnut of outsiders always being the scape dogs yet Halling accepts the situation with grace and style which really makes the humans of Atlantis look like immature children. All in all not a bad episode and the capture of the Wraith opens up a good story line in episodes to come.
This weeks featured promo is from Trek News & Views a Star Trek podcast from the UK hosted by Colin and next week we are back in the SGC with SG1 episode “Avatar”, fun and games with first person shooters. Many thanks to Brad for the voice mail and the continued support via Twitter, Google+ and Facebook and you can also find us on itunes and Stitcher Internet Radio.
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We have three Stargate Birthdays on January 19th
A very happy birthday to Rachel Luttrell who played Teyla Emmagan in Stargate Atlantis, she’s also had guest roles in Charmed, NCIS and TrueJustice. IMDB
Happy Birthday also to Benjamin Ayres who played Muirios in the Stargate SG1 episode Space Race and more recently Dr Miller in Saving Hope. IMDB
Last but not least is Benita Ha who celebrates her birth today, she played Brooks in two episodes of Stargate SG1 Endgame & Affinity as well as guest roles on Sanctuary, V and Psych. IMDB
Roll out the red carpet for a fine collection of Stargate Birthdays on January 17th.
First up is the legend that is James Earl Jones who voiced the Unas in the Stargate SG1 episode Thor’s Hammer and of course he also voiced Darth Vadar in the Star Wars original trilogy. He also starred in Conan the Barbarian and guest starred on House, The Simpsons and oh so many more shows/movies. IMDB
Joshua Malina only appeared once in Stargate as the character Cicero in the SG1 epiosde Bad Guys, he is perhaps better known for starring in The West Wing and recently appeared in Scandel and Leap Year. IMDB
David Blue made his name as a recurring character on Ugly Betty before taking the leading role of Eli Wallace in Stargate Universe, he has also appeared in Moonlight, Dirt and Scrubs. IMDB
Neil Maffin played Merrel in the Stargate Atlantis episode Poisoning The Well and has guest starred in The Collector,Andromeda and L&O Special Victims Unit. IMDB
Last but not least Daren A. Herbert played a Captain in the Stargate Universe episode Seizure, he has guest starred in Fringe, Smallville and Human Target as well as roles in the movies This Means War and 2012. IMDB
Birthday greetings to the following Stargate actors who are celebrating their births on the 14th of January.
Kevin Durand played the Goa’ald Zipacna in Stargate SG1 as well as appearing in Dark Angel, LOST, Legion and Touching Evil. IMDB
Sage Brocklebank made one appearance on SG1 as a tech in the episode Ethon but has been a recurring character in Psych playing Buzz as well guest spots on Smallville, Sanctuary and Once Upon A Time. IMDB
Kristina Copeland played the Replicator named “Second” as well as a waitress in the episode Upgrades on SG1, she has also appeared in Andromeda and Alien Incursion. IMDB
Another bumper crop of Stargate Birthdays for the 13th of January.
Continuing the trend of strong women in modern genre television is Jill Wagner who will be celebrating today. Jill played the Traveller “Larrin” in two episodes of Stargate Atlantis as well as having a lead role in Blade the series and a recurring role in Teen Wolf as Kate Argent. IMDB
William B Davis appeared in two episodes of Stargate SG1 as well as the mysterious cigarette smoking man in The X-Files, he’s recently guest starred on Continuum. Official Site
Link Baker played two roles on SG1, “Artok” and “Lt Barber” as well as guest spots on Arrow, Heroes and Castle. IMDB
Michael Robinson who played a councilman in the Stargate SG1 episode Revisions has his birthday today, he also appeared in MacGyver and the under rated movie The Frighteners as
the town deputy. IMDB
Happy Birthday Guys
Hothouse Bruiser is an audio drama set in an alternate Los Angeles with classic Noir overtones in the style of the classic Hollywood features, the story explores part of LA which is surrounded by a glass wall and is known as the Hothouse.
What sets this audio drama apart is the incredible cast lineup which includes many familiar names from the genre television market and more specifically for us from Stargate…
You can listen to Hothouse Bruiser for free via itunes and it’s an app for iOS/Droid devices as well as being offered for sale as a CD boxset.
After the MALP makes contact with a people from the industrial world Tegalus the three member SG1 pays them a visit and discovers a society that has two powerful cultures in a cold war state with a wild card religious element who believe the Gods of the Stargate seeded their world and will return. The dominoes start falling as this cult gains power and influence and provokes a global war and Daniel badly injured gets stuck on the planet.
First off this is a beautiful looking episode, the locations look stunning and are shot with a warmth we don’t normally see when trudging through the various heavily forested worlds that are so common in the galaxy.
Now if Jack asked Sam to fish here.
The bunkers and underground tunnels look good with the control room mixing an old school WW2 look with a dash of sophistication and hats off to the pyro, stunt and weapons specialists who really knocked it out of the park.
The overall story though doesn’t quite live up to the production, it’s a little simplistic but I guess they only have 42 minutes so they have to cover a lot of ground to make it all work. The idea that a visit from a SG unit results in millions dead simply through cultural contamination is certainly worth telling. In most episodes it’s normal for events to happen on a smaller scale and of those many would be considered beneficial by the peoples the SGC visit. This isn’t the case here and even though we don’t see the long term rebuilding or maybe years of digging out the zealots we do know this world will never be the same and maybe ripe for the appearance of another quasi-religious group and power play.
A man alone.
This weeks promo is from Hexed a tv discussion and review podcast focusing on genre television, well worth checking out.
Next week we are going back to Atlantis for the episode Suspicion as the Wraith seemingly turn up on almost every world the expedition visits and the fingers point to one of Teyla’s people. Many thanks for the support over the holidays, we got decent numbers for our bonus shows which pretty much means we’ll do that again but for the now it’s Stargate all the way alternating between SG1 season 8 and SGA season 1.
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Strange Frame is scifi animated feature with the voice talents of our own Claudia Black as well as Tim Curry, George Takei, Ron Glass and a lot more familiar names from the scifi world. The story is set in the 28th century on Ganymede with the Earth long abandoned and tells the story of a relationship between two musicians who strive for freedom in this new human society far from the planet of it’s birth.
The movie is released in the US on March 19th priced on Amazon at $19.99
A Very Happy Birthday to Patrick Sabongui on this day (Jan 9th). Patrick played the Athosian Kannan in SGA who loved the wrong person at the wrong time and along with his people paid the price, he also appeared in Phantoms as a Taliban guard. Patrick has also had guest spots on Arrow, Psych and the recent Primeval: New World and combines both tv and movie work. IMDB
Many happy returns on the seventh of January to Steven Williams who played General Vidrine in three episodes of Stargate SG1, Rufus the hunter in Supernatural and lets not forget Mr X in The X-Files, that’s a pretty impressive genre tv lineup) IMDB
The Bouquet is Michael Shanks latest movie, alas not a theatrical feature but a family friendly straight to disc/ondemand and television but there is a market for that and all actors want to work even if it’s not stretching their talents to the max. The movie stars Kristy Swanson and Danny Glover and tells the tale of a struggling family florist whose wayward daughter/sister returns to the fold to save the family and it’s business. Amazon US Best Buy
For the final bonus episode we are watching and discussing the Burn Notice season two finale Lesser Evil which has Michael Shanks as a guest star playing Michael Westens nemesis Victor, the episode also features Tricia Helfer. In this episode the season arc concludes as Michael goes on the offensive against the Management and their operatives in an attempt to win his freedom.
Michael Shanks only appeared in four episodes of Burn Notice playing the former spy Victor who is now the operative of the Management tasked by his handler Carla (Tricia Helfer) to corral Michael and convince him to play ball. Of course in Burn Notice the plot is full of twists and turns and it was Victor who was often pivotal in setting events in motion by appearing in the right place at maybe the wrong time. The finale of the second season finally gives us plenty of interaction between Victor and Michael which is full of good dialogue and acting from both performers and provides both drama and tension with lots of action. Carla was a recurring character in the second season and Tricia is always a delight to watch perform on screen, she was able to play the “bitch” with flare and style putting Michael in his place time and time again with a ruthlessness few could match and between Tricia and Shanks we got two very good guest stars this year. As always Gabrielle (Fiona), Bruce (Sam) and Sharon (Madeline) provide the strong support a complex spy/action drama requires, each of them brings something to the story which allows Jeffrey (Michael) to remain center stage and work his magic.
We can highly recommend Burn Notice, it’s just finished it’s sixth season and combines action, humour and drama with a spirit that in a small way echoes some of the 80’s serials as the “heroes” struggle against overwhelming odds making the most of every day items to fight off drug dealers, spies and simply some bad dudes.
Next week we return to the Stargate schedule with the SG1 episode “Icon“.
As always many thanks for your support over the holiday period, our feedback and numbers have been very rewarding during a period when everyone has something else to do than to listen to podcasts and we hope to keep the community busy via the social media portals and apps so let us know what you think about any aspect of our show and maybe more importantly about Stargate itself.
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There’s a bumper crop of Stargate Birthdays for the fifth of January.
To kick off a very happy birthday to Joe Flanigan who played John Sheppard in Stargate Atlantis and SG1, he’s also been in Profiler, Warehouse13 and Fringe with a starring role in the movie 6 Bullets released last year. IMDB
Up next is Paul McGillion who continues the trend for magnificent scifi Doctors playing Carson Beckett in Stargate Atlantis but he also appeared in the SG1 episode The Torment of Tantalus as Ernest the first man through the Stargate. Paul was also in the 2009 Star Trek feature as well Sanctuary, A Dog’s Breakfast and 24. IMDB
Last but not least a happy birthday to Paul Jarrett who was Captain Hendricks in Stargate Atlantis and Agent Farrity in SG1 as well as having guest appearances on Smallville, Fringe and Alcatraz. IMDB
