A Very Happy birthday to Alana Husband and Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman on the 21st October, important cogs in the grand design of Stargate and lets never forget the headliners may make or break a show but the extras and supporting roles all add flavour.
Alana played Ennea in Stargate Atlantis “Childhoods End” & Dr. McCormack in the Stargate Universe episode “Earth”. IMDB
Jeffrey has a recurring role on Stargate Universe as Darren Becker and an uncredited role in the Stargate SG1 episode “Memento Mori” IMDB
Jack now armed with the knowledge of the Ancients continues the herculean task of piecing together the information in his overloaded brain looking to find the location of the lost city and through some clever out of the box thinking a planet is discovered. Thanks to the Jaffa they get a cargo ship and investigate this long thought dead planet and make a startling discovery one which changes everything but also provides the solution to defending the Earth from Anubis and his fleet of ships now orbiting the planet.
The second part of the season seven finale is a absolute cracker, lots of drama and humour with some very expensive but very impressive CGI effects and top notch set design and production. We have the search for the lost city which doesn’t quite go according to plan but does reward SG1 and the SGC with the means to save the planet while really setting the stall for the upcoming Stargate Atlantis spin-off series.
The Red Planet but it ain’t Mars
Credit once again to some excellent performances from both the regular cast and guest stars, the tension and drama in and around the Oval Office is riveting and we get some good stuff from Kinsey once again when he faces off with Weir as well as showing his true colours when Anubis calls. We’ve often seen characters made or broke when faced with planet critical situations, it’s a little trite but it works for this show perhaps because they have been so well developed.
Ok who didn’t wipe their feet?
I dare anyone to watch this episode and not cheer during the final battle or even take incredible pride and satisfaction in the look Bra’tac has on his face as he sees the fruits of his labours and maybe the foreshadowing of greater things to come.
Ok then that was the final episode of the seventh season of SG1, next week we will have the wrap up show with a guest host and then to be honest we are still not sure, it may be a special episode or SG1 season 8 but we have to make up our minds soon. Many thanks for the feedback and continued support via twitter, facebook and google+ but now we need itunes reviews/ratings and there may be a carrot dangling for those who think we are worth a few minutes of typing.
Thanks to Tuning Into Scifi for providing the promo, a great podcast with other titles under it’s wing, well worth checking out.
A very happy birthday for October 20th to these three actors who have guest starred on Stargate…
Many happy returns on the 20th to George Wyner who guest starred in the Stargate SG1 episode “Prometheus” as Al Martell and also a way back as a regular on Hill Street Blues. IMDB
Birthday best wishes to William Russ who played Captain Jonas Hanson in Stargate SG1 “The First Commandment” and a Sam love interest so we all know what happened there:) IMDB
Finally a very happy birthday to Niall Matter who played Lt Kemp in two episodes of Stargate Atlantis, he also played Zane on Eureka and stars in the upcoming sequel Primeval New World. IMDB
Yes The Asylum have once again slapped the cash into a much smaller production of an upcoming major theatrical release and for us the big draw is a role for our very own Christopher Judge.
Many happy returns for the 17th to the following actors who have guest starred on Stargate.
Happy Birthday to Tiffany Lyndall-Knight who has guest starred in two episodes of Stargate SG1…
Evalla in Revisions Stargate SG1 S7E5
La Moor in Touchstone Stargate SG1 S2E14
She also had a recurring role as the Cylon Hybrid in Battlestar Galactica. IMDBOfficial Site
Also on the 17th we wish a Happy Birthday to Thomas KopacheIMDBwho appeared in SG1 Season 6 Episode 21 “Prophecy” as Ellori and Venus Terzo IMDB who played Dr Francine Michaels in SG1 S6E4 “Frozen”.
This past week (Oct 7th -12th) we’ve seen three former Stargate actors appearing in major genre shows.
First up is Tony Amendola who is playing the recurring role of “Marco / Geppetto” in Once Upon A Time. Up next is Paul McGillion with a little prosthetic enhancement guest starring in Fringe as “Edwin Massey” and finally Michael Kopsa also in Fringe as the bad guy for the season the Observer Captain Windmark.
Ming-Na was nominated and won the award for the Best Female Performance in a 2011 Science Fiction Television Episode for the 2012 Constellation Awards held earlier this year. She won the award for her performance in the Stargate universe episode “Epilogue”.
The other nominations for the award were Yvonne Strahovski, Karen Gillan, Chasty Ballesteros, Meaghan Rath, Alaina Huffman and Amanda Tapping.
Robert C Cooper celebrates his birthday today (October 14th) and without a doubt he has been a cornerstone of the entire Stargate television franchise having either written, directed, produced (in all it’s forms) from SG1’s second episode through to the finale of SGU. Rob is currently working on The Transporter a Canadian/multi national tv version of the popular action movie franchise. IMDB
Also having birthdays today are Nels Lennarson ( IMDB ) who guest starred in the SG1 episode Death Knell as Major Green and the Atlantis episode Phantoms as Captain Holland.
David Kaye ( IMDB ) a well known voice actor in the industry had a cameo in Stargate Continuum playing an interviewer, there are no small roles in Stargate.
The discovery of a second location that houses an Ancient Repository of Knowledge has SG1 with support units travelling off world but they discover the device just as a Jaffa force from Anubis shows up and with few options Jack absorbs the knowledge and then fight their way back through the gate. Meanwhile the President has suspended SGC operations and replaced Hammond with Elizabeth Weir a civilian who has been responsible for high level international negotiations, she’s his choice for a public face if and when the secret is revealed to the world.
Bra’tac plays the SGC a visit and brings bad news, Anubis is marshalling his fleet and will arrive in three days to once and for all remove the Earth and the humans from the equation. The only possible solution is for Jack to provide the location of the Ancients Lost City from the data he now has in his brain before it kills him and much to Vice President Kinsey’s dismay Weir sides with SG1 and allows them to continue the search.
Lost only had a foot!
Lost City is a two part season finale and with the highest budget since the pilot we have significant expectations which the first part puts a very healthy down payment on. We get some very good off planet action with the attack on the Ancient world as well as some good character interplay from everyone involved. Weir played by Jessica Steen (only for these two episodes) proves she is a good choice putting aside possible political posturing to make the right call which Kinsey seems incapable of doing, great to see Ronny Cox once again chewing the scenery.
Pretty Woman on a budget
This double episode was packaged on the DVD as a feature episode, for our purposes we chopped it in half and wrapped up as Bra’tac and Teal’c take their leave with the goal to gather support for Earth from the free Jaffa. As we know the writers have systematically pushed away all of the Earth’s allies to make the planet stand alone, maybe one of the steps required to fulfil our potential as a galactic power and the fifth race.
This weeks promo is from Tyrion’s Landing a Game of Thrones podcast, they are currently going through some movies during the off season but well worth dipping into their back catalogue or just listening to their discussions on Harry Potter, 300, True Romance etc. Next weeks episode is Lost City Part 2 (no surprise there) and then it’s the season 7 wrap up show the week after so any feedback on the season finale or the season taken as a whole is most welcome. We are now on itunes would love to get some reviews and ratings, damn shame we lost the dozen or so we had before but they were a victim of an inconsiderate hosting company.
Oh yes today we have an actor celebrating his birthday today (Oct 13th) who was a cornerstone of the franchise. Happy Birthday to Christopher Judge who played the strong and silent Teal’c in 211 episodes of SG1, Continuum and Ark of Truth as well as a guest spot on Atlantis. More recently he has had guest roles on Paradox, Mentalist and NCIS LA as well as Dark Knight Rises. IMDB
Also on the 13th we have the birthday of Michael Karl Richards who played Major Peterson on Stargate Universe as well as being very busy in the genre market with Smallville, V and Fringe. IMDBOfficial Site
Hiro Kanagawa also celebrates, the Japanese born actor has worked extensively in the US tv market including shows such as Sliders, Cold Squad, Smallville, Caprica and the new Arrow series. He has also done a lot of voice work but for us his guest spot on SG1 “Full Alert” as Mr Wayne is the important role. IMDB
Another busy day for birthdays amongst the cast of the various Stargate shows.
Dion Johnstone who donned the prosthetics for many characters on SG1 has his birthday today (12th October), he brought to life some wonderful creations and would have appeared more on the show but he was in demand. IMDB
Brain J. Smith played Lt Matthew Scott on Stargate Universe and appeared in all 40 episodes. He had the lead in Red Factions:Origin as well as a recurring guest spot on Gossip Girl. IMDB
Last but not least many happy returns to Sarah Smyth who appeared in two episodes of Stargate Universe ( Gauntlet and Life) as Annie Balic. IMDB
Congratulations to Amanda Tapping and Richard Dean Anderson and Stargate and MacGyver in particular after they picked up awards at this years Festival in Paris.
A wonderful deluge of Stargate birthdays today the 11th of October.
In the ladies corner we have the awesome Claudia Black she of Farscape and SG1 fame, excellent in both roles but I prefer her as Aeryn rather than Vala. IMDB
Sharing her birthday is Julie McNiven and delightful red-headed actress who played Ginn in Stargate Universe but has also popped up on other genre shows such as Fringe and Supernatural. IMDB
Also on the 11th in the boys corner we have Sean Patrick Flanery who is too good looking by half and played a flirtatious alien who had eyes for Sam, it didn’t go well, he was also young Indiana Jones and had a recurring role in The Dead Zone. IMDB Eric Keenleyside is a very busy and popular actor in and out of the genre, his resume is pretty spectacular although only the one appearance on Stargate in the SG1 episode “Citizen Joe”. IMDB
Finally we have John G. Lenic is one the powerhouses behind the camera both producing and managing the day to day operations of the three live action Stargate shows. He also appeared as an extra in the 200th episode of SG1. IMDB
