A happy birthday to Richard Kind (November 22nd) who played the scamp of Stargate Atlantis “Lucius Lavin”, he appeared in two episodes and also played Dr Meyers in the Stargate movie but for me has never been better than in Spin City. IMDB
Birthday best wishes to Reece Thompson who played the young Jinto in the the first two Atlantis episodes as well as a starring role in the Zixx series plus spots on Smallville and Trollz (voice). IMDB
Happy Birthday to Mackenzie Gray who voiced Pahk’kal in Stargate Infinity, he has also appeared in Shooter, Sanctuary, Smallville and Alcatraz. IMDB
The Star Trek Renegades project announced yesterday that Corin Nemec would be joining the cast of the now financed kickstarter project. The production will also feature Robert Picardo so plenty to look forward to from the Stargate perspective, visit their website and pledges are still be taken so why not put a few dollars into the pot:)
Here is our second audio promo, as with the first it has the new contact information and web address etc and we would love to hear on other podcasts we already listen to and many new ones:)
We’ve had a few of our podcasting friends plays our promos recently on their shows but alas they were the old promos which are now defunct after we were forced to change our hosting and then revamped the main site with a new address etc.
If you use one of our new promos then let us know, chances are one of us already listens to your show and have access to any promo but if not we will be delighted to play your promo in an episode.
We have three actors who share the 20th of November as a birthday, two very well known one not so much but all brought something to our shows:)
A very happy birthday to Ming-Na Wen, she played Camille Wray in Stargate Universe and Senator Wen in Eureka. She has also been signed on for the upcoming Shield tv series. IMDB
Birthday best wishes to Laura Harris who played “Nola” in the Stargate Atlantis episode The Game as well as regular roles on Defying Gravity, Dead Like Me and 24. IMDB
Happy Birthday to Charles Payne who played a Guard in the SG1 episode Cold Lazarus and guest starred in three episodes of Macgyver as well as a spot on Highlander. IMDB
In remembrance of the one and only Joel Goldsmith who gave life to the Stargate television franchise and helped to make it what it is, Joel was born this day November 19th 1957 and sadly passed on April 29th 2012. IMDB
Happy Birthday to Kathleen Quinlan who played “Senator Michaels” in the Stargate Universe episode Alliances, she also appeared in Prison Break and Family Law and has a resume split between movie and television work.
Sharing the 19th as a Birthday is Kristian Ayre who was the young boy “Loran” in Stargate SG1’s The Light. He was also in the movie Elf and television series Space Cases. IMDB
We wish a very happy Birthday on the 18th of November to the American actor Tim Guinee who played “Tomin” in three episodes of Stargate SG1 as well as roles in Revolution, Fringe, Lie To Me and lets not forget Iron Man. Tim is a dedicated twitter user and very much worth following, happy birthday Tim:)
Amanda Tapping has tweeted that she has been doing some voice work for a new SG1 project, an extension of the recent Stargate app perhaps which came with a promise of new features. Twitter Official Site
Research in to the former outpost of the Ancients in the Antarctic continues and Daniel discovers the location of the Lost City or at least an eight symbol address which will gate them to another galaxy, perhaps the original home of the Ancients or the hoped for Atlantis. Weir now no longer in command of the SGC heads up the expedition with a military contingent but she has civilian oversight and initially all goes well until power issues forces early exploration of a new “phone book” of gate symbols. The expedition finds friends and makes enemies but there is no way home so exploring this new galaxy is the only way to find Ancient power sources and technology in which to enhance the city of Atlantis and save not only themselves but both galaxies.
SGA Rising is a brilliant series opener, it obviously benefits from the 7 years of work and experience from the Stargate SG1 people both from behind and in front of the camera but you really can’t ask for anything more to kick off a new show. There is humour, action and drama all wrapped up in a very high standard of production making full use of the newest HD camera technology while using tried and trusted techniques when required.
Ok lets not try to be too specific:)
It would be easy to try to mirror this new batch of characters with those that came before them but the show simply feels fresher and certainly a much younger looking cast giving the show a more action orientated look to it but it’s still very much Stargate. Rising was broadcast as an extended feature in the US and Canada while the UK had it shown in two parts, the episode is offered in it’s extended format on the DVD and Blu-ray with a commentary by Brad, Robert and Martin.
The casting of Robert Patrick as the commander of the military was inspired he has the chops to do the role without breaking a sweat and carries off the hard ass Colonel role easily and offers just enough to get you involved before as a main guest stars he steps aside for the long term cast to take over. In that respect getting David Hewlett to reprise his McKay role makes so much sense it’s amazing it wasn’t really their initial plan but who else could have played this role and what other character traits would you want to let everyone else bounce off of.
No Retreat! No Surrender!
Many thanks to Jeff for joining us in this uber recording session, he skyped over from the states and really make this episode work well, he will be returning for future episodes which on that subject if you want to join us then just get in touch and we’ll see what we can work out:)
This weeks promo is from Treks In Scifi one of my favourite Star Trek podcasts, it has been around for many many years so check it out, next week we are back with SG1 and covering the episode “Lockdown” in which an old enemy returns. As always thanks for the feedback and discussions on various social media portals, we’re all in the Stargate world together.
This little beauty was posted onto our Facebook group by a listener and former guest host Daniel, it pays homage to our Irish host and his countdown to viewing an episode, could this be our “thing”?
This piece of art or maybe beautification on an epic scale is being constructed in China, lets be honest these days it’s there or an oil rich middle eastern nation doing this sort of thing. This is a 157 meter high ring being built in the city of Fushun and glows in the dark, sweet:)
If you don’t want to know anything or at least nothing beyond what has been written then don’t watch but this is just a network promo which is airing in the states right now.
Thanks to atlantistv-ru for the tweet and the original poster (as seen in her picture) for posting on her SyFy City tumblr. http://syfycity.tumblr.com/ @ScifiCity1 http://atlantis-tv.ru/ @atlantistvru
