There has been some discussion over the format of the next few years of the Gatecast in terms of merging the last three seasons of SG1 with the first three seasons of Atlantis. Now there is some crossover, not a huge amount but may be worth linking the two shows on a permanent or temporary basis. In general I prefer one approach and Alan another so why not have a poll where the people that actually listen can have their say:)
The poll will run for about a month.
A very happy birthday on the 9th October to Jodelle Ferland the young actress who played “Harmony” in the Stargate Atlantis episode of the same name and who ran rings around McKay. She also guest starred just the once in the SG1 episode “Flesh and Blood” playing a young Adria.
Jodelle is very much an up and coming actress.
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Many congratulations to Rachel Luttrell and Loyd Bateman on the birth of their second child last Friday, a daughter named Ridley Asha Bateman. Rachel tweeted the good news earlier today, @rachel_luttrell
Jaime Ray Newman guest starred in the recent episode of GRIMM (S2E6 Over My Dead Body) which aired in the USA on NBC on Friday the 5th of October. She reprised her role as Angelina the Blutbod and once again lets her affections for Monroe govern her actions. Jaime has been in many scifi series including Stargate Atlantis playing Laura Cadman as well as roles on Eureka, Eastwick and Supernatural.
A new President in the White House requires an ultra top secret briefing from the Joint Chiefs. President Hayes who has been elected along with Vice President Kinsey is read into the secret of Stargate Command and despite at first thinking he is having his leg pulled handles the revleations and pressures from vested interests very well. Kinsey with his lacky Woolsey attempts to spin the recent investigation their way citing numerous incidents pulled from the mission reports but the SGC have their own champions.
Inauguration is a clip show produced to save money which is required to fund the CGI budget of the season finale. In some cases this tends to provide us with a weak episode but a number of factors exist which makes this episode something of gem in an already strong season. This episode had it’s roots many years previously when the obvious need for a new commander in chief was first considered and this was an ideal time given that initially this was meant to be the last season of SG1 before becoming a feature. The biggest plus point for the episode is the casting of William Devane as the President, he plays the part magnificently and balances the wonder of learning of the Stargate as well as the determination required to handle the political aspects, we also have Robert Picardo back as Woolsey, James McDaniel as General Maynard and of course Ronny Cox spitting nails as Kinsey.
You’re kidding, right?
They really did pull a rabbit out of the hat with Inauguration, it could so easily have been a total lemon but turns into a very useful breathing space between the Heroes two parter and the Lost City two parter, it has humour, drama and top notch performances.
There’s no one there Richard…
This weeks promos are from Pulp Audio Weekly and The Scifi Diner and next week we’ll be covering the first part of the season finale “Lost City Part 1”, we are always interested in your thoughts on this and previous episodes as well Stargate and our show in general so keep in touch via the usual means.
On the news front the wesbite has been running on it’s new host for a week and seems stable which is good and we are also now back in the itunes store which is better, lots of people do rely on Apples methodology.
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As many of you know we have been having a lot of issues since our long term web host changed the services they offered and we lost our access to itunes and then our listing in the store itself things have been bouncing around as we’ve fiddled with things. However once Alan got back from his holiday and conventioning he sorted it out quickly. We have been running the website under the new host all week and so far it’s proven reliable to the point that we have submitted the podcast to itunes and once again it’s listed in their store.
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Looks an impressive piece of gaming modification, the StarCry engine looks up to the task so might be worth keeping an eye on with it’s Stargate themes although light sabres and vipers do spice things up:)
We’ve been having issues moving the database to the new host and getting everything working right so I’ve decided not to release this weeks episode “Inauguration” until the website and feed are bullet proof. I hope you’ll stick around for what is a pretty good clip show but for now I want to thank everyone who voted in our season 7 poll, it was the most successful so far getting 75 votes from all over the world. The results can be seen via the existing link if you don’t want to wait for the wrap up show to be released which we recorded yesterday, it came in at 148 minutes so will need editing:)
I am also posting this via Firefox, Chrome doesn’t seem to like the site right now.
A frantic call to the authorities has the NID and SGC investigating a run down factory unit which houses a secret research facility and oh yes around 30 dead bodies all killed it seems by a young woman housed in what amounts to a secure cage in the building. The sole surviving scientist a truly scummy individual plays silly buggers with NID agent Barrett and Sam Carter who are interrogating him about the woman and the cache of Egyptian artefacts which were believe to be sourced from the ill gotten gains of the Nazi regime.
Things take a turn for the worse when a device with the symbols of Ra is discovered and identified as a large scale explosive device and combined with indications that the Sekhmet symbiote was also part of the cache points to a wild and whacky DNA splicing experiment to create a human/goa’uld hybrid with access to the genetic memory. The young woman Anna has no memory of the bloodshed despite video evidence showing her cold bloodly shooting some scientists and Daniel believes her body does indeed house two souls, one an innocent human the other a millenia old symbiote.
Dr Keffler attempts to barter for his freedom until Daniel discovers what he had been doing behind the backs of his now dead colleagues and the sponsoring NID but the clock is still ticking on the bomb and the only way to disarm it is to bring out Sekhmet.
Finally Friends with Meditation
Resurrection is the one and only episode of Stargate that Amanda Tapping directed although she did go on to direct a number of episodes of Sanctuary. The episode was written by Michael Shanks and was the final episode produced in the seventh season adding more pressure to the cast and crew to get the episode done before production shut down. Two things are missing, the first is Richard Dean Anderson who had already packed his bags and returned home, the perks of being a producer I guess and of course the Stargate itself:)
Where’s Jack?
The episode was alas not that memorable to me, I couldn’t place it by name and it took a good 10 minutes plus before the plot was retrived from long term memory storage in my brain but there was excellent set piece shots created by Amanda from the initial ultra long crane/steady cam shot to the quite magnificent shots and lighting of Anna’s cage in the huge empty warehouse.
It was good to see Agent Barrett back again and there is even a little flirtation although Sam does inform him she has a fella even though we haven’t seen much of Pete recently and some obvious ramping up of the Jack/Sam dynamic. Teal’c and Dr Bill have some laughs which are used to lighten what is a rather dark episode dealing with genetic manipulation and murder not to mention trying to defuse a bomb which could take out Orange County.
This weeks promo is from Trek News & Views and next week we will be covering the 20th episode of the season “Inaugreation” in which the new President is given the top top secret briefing and Kinsey makes his move. Keep the feedback coming via any means that takes your fancy and we are due to record our season 7 wrap up show but could do with a guest host to spice the conversation up a little, if you are interested let us know soon and we’ll try to sort out a time that works for everyone.
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We have a couple of birthdays today (September 22nd), both actors only made the one appearence in the live action franchise but are well known from other series.
Up first is Jim Byrnes a musician and actor who is probably best known for his role on Highlander the Series playing the watcher confidant of Duncan Macleod. While his voice only makes a guest spot in the SG1 episode Heroes Part 2 he has a more meaty role doing voice work on Stargate Infinity. IMDB
Daniella Alonso played “Katana” in the Stargate Atlantis episode The Lost Tribe, she is currently starring in the new show Revolution but has also appeared in Covert Affairs and Friday Night Lights. IMDB
Life After Trek Podcast Episode 21 Featuring Paul McGillion | Subspace Communique.
Chris and Charity interview Paul McGillion on Life After Trek, he chats about his background and acting career including his role on Stargate Atlantis and his time on the 2009 Star Trek movie.
It’s been reported via TV Line that Amanda Tapping will be joining the eighth season of the hit show Supernatural in a recurring role from within the ranks of the Angels. Amanda recently put aside her 4 years working on Sanctuary as well as doing two tv movies (Random Acts of Romance and Taken Back:Finding Haley ) plus a stint behind the camera on the upcoming Primeval:New Worlds being produced for Space in Canada.
Supernatural returns to The CW on October 3rd.
Happy Birthday and best wishes to these four actors who have visited the Stargate sets and performed in a variety of episodes.
Well this looks fantastic and would kill well maim well maybe ask politely for a subtitle script but that aside an impressive piece of movie making from these fans of Stargate.
Stargate Command is still in shock over the events that occured on P3X-666 and even though SG team members, scientists and other personnel have been lost before both by accident and in combat this time one so close to the heart of the SGC has rocked the foundations. The cost in life is also being used by the NID through Woolsey to make their move against Hammonds Command. Emmett is still digging and looking for the truth behind the events offworld and he learns there was a death and one witness indicates O’Neill was brought back unmoving on a litter with Carter visible shaken. Daniel he learns has a recording of the events and through both reasoned argument and impassioned pleas gains access to the footage but is then as shocked as most viewers would be with the events as they play out. Ultimately the documentary is produced and presented to Hammond who complements Emmett on a job well done, it may never see the light of day but chronicles a time when the SGC suffered but pulled together through bonds of family, duty and loyalty.
A solemn as the unmarked grave
The second episode in the Heroes two parter is far slower paced relying just as much on speeches and one on one dialogue to tell it’s story as the first part revolved around some good location set pieces. What really adds the icing to the wonderful dialogue is one the best battle sequences filmed for the show shown after the events which transpired in the first episode. All the cast excel but Saul easily stakes his claim as the most impressive guest performance on the show and is the key element to this story working, everyone else works around his characters actions and motivations. It was certainly a ballsy move by Rob C Cooper to write this epsiode and also from other producers and the studio to allow the two parter to be made, the result is some of the finest Stargate ever made.
Sit back and be amazed.
I really don’t think much more needs to be said, the events in the story have been experienced for the first time by every fan of Stargate SG1 each of which have had their own reactions to the story. Heroes Parts 1 & 2 are a truly magnificent piece of science fiction entertainment and were nominated for a Hugo award but it had some serious competion that year with the Lost pilot, Angel’s “Smile Time” and the winner being BSG’s “33”.
Many thanks to Dan for his voicemail and don’t forget to vote in the season 7 poll.
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