There are some nice images here which define her character quite well, maybe not in the Trek league but still a lot of fun.
Thanks to Lorekings
Nov 272011
Nov 262011
Life without Daniel is tough on SG1, while Sam deals with Jonas setting up residence in Daniels old office Jack has to deal with finding a replacement and is going through candidates with wild abandon until such time as Hammond drops the Russian demand for one of their people to take the vacant place. Faced with doing the improbable and with Tealcs encouragment he finally considers Jonas Quinn as the fourth member of SG1 but first there is the apparant attack on the SGC by Anubis using the Stargates ability to deliever energy into the system eventually leading to a catastophic explosion.
As luck would have it Teal’c is offworld dealing with his families own issues and is in a postition to aid the SGC at a time when gate travel is denied them and their only unproven interstellar vehicle is in dire need of field testing and incapable of transporting them off world.
Just a snack
Redemption (Part 1) is the season six premiere and the first episode of SG1 to debut on the US Syfy channel. While their are not any obvious signs of a change in production style or intent the show does feel different thanks to the loss of Michael Shanks and all the things he and his character Daniel brought to the party. Ultimately the episode hits the ball out of the park by being an excellent season opener and a kickstarter to the new team dynamic and the prospect of facing a uber system lord but without may of the crutches the SGC has relied to survive this far.
Corin Nemec now a regular cast member with credit carries own the almost happy go lucky approach with Jonas whose is a friendly and outgoing express delight at of all things the weather channel and despite some reservations his intelligence and reasoning gets him out of the base much quicker than Teal’c was able to achieve.
So we have an excellent season opener with drama, comedy and suspense not to mention a fair amount of out and out action combined with some top notch CGI, what more could you want.
Trust me I’m an alien
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Nov 222011
Chad talks with Jamil Walker Smith about his time on SGU, his character and what could have been and explores his film project “Make A Movie Like Spike.”
I really enjoyed the character of Greer on SGU, dark and troubled but as we came to see there was something to cheer for beneath all the troubles, his season 2 development was excellent and would I believe have gone on to become one of the focal points of the show.
Nov 202011
Now not only does this look fantastic but for a fan of the show it must be a great achievement.
The cake was created for the 2010 “That Takes The Cake” competition.
Thanks to Between The Pages blog.
Nov 192011
Welcome to the season 5 wrap up show with guest host Adriana as we gossip about the fifth and final season of SG1 on Showtime and have a brief chat about each episode and our thoughts on other aspects of the show. We also have a season overview on Tealc and his use of the word “Indeed” both as a statement and in sentences as well as a few laughs which were not always related to the show.
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The Indeed Count…
- Statement
- Rite Of Passage
- Beast Of Burden
- The Tomb
- 2001
- 48 Hours
- Failsafe
- The Warrior
- Sentence
- The Tomb x2
- 2001
- Proving Ground
- Summit
- Failsafe
- The Sentinel
We’ll be back next week with Season 6, for those interested we’ll be switching to the Region2 PAL DVD versions of the show so runtime will be a little shorter.
Many thanks to young Mr Waller for this weeks itunes cover art.
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Nov 182011
I never cease to be amazed at the incredible talents of people not directly in the movie industry to create not only works of art but actual prop replicas which in many cases outshine those designed to be seen on screen.
Nov 142011
GateWorld » McGillion’s Captain Starship gets North American premiere.
Well it’s not being broadcast on television but the attendees at next weeks Creation Entertainment Stargate Convention will get to see the pilot along with a Q & A with some of the cast and crew.
Nov 132011
New Series From Stargate Creators: Dark Matter! :: Blog :: Dark Horse Comics.
Always great to see those who helped shape and maintain a show you loved offering up some new ideas and this time it’s the uber partnership of Paul Mullie and Joseph Mallozzi from SG1 onwards.
Dark Matter! is a scifi graphic novel/comic tells the story of some people who wake on board a derelict spaceship not knowing why they are there but then being hunted down by a security android.
Nov 122011
Life without Daniel is tough on SG1, while Sam deals with the loss aimlessly walking around Daniels old lab an unexpected visitor arrives and in time honoured fashion circumvents all the safe guards in place to protect the SGC. Yes Freya from the Asgard is paying them a visit with news that Thor has been killed by the Goauld but assistance is required to protect a secret lab on the planet Thor had been protecting and it’s vital to the Asgard. Jack jumps at the chance knowing that the best way to get over the loss of Daniel is to throw themselves back into the job so off they go in a captured cargo ship and on arrival are ringed into the secret lab. It’s there the experiment into the genetic manipulation of the Asgard race is being done by Heimdall a younger Asgard and a 100% CGI creation which allows some wonderful shots to be produced for this episode. The tension escalates when Anubis arrives to take over the interrogation from Osiris of the captured Asgard while SG1 put together a rescue plan whilst knowing they will eventually be discovered.
Osiris faces down Thor
Revelations the season 5 finale is epic on many counts, the first win for the Goa’uld against the Asgard in open battle must send shockwaves through both camps for different reasons and the loss of Thor even more so but even worse Anubis captures Thor and is able to pretty much drain the knowledge out of his brain opening up even more possibilities. The CGI in this episode from the wonderful Heimdall (Voiced by Teryl Rothery) to the beautiful starships in orbit around the planet is top notch and the skill required to merge CGI and live action in the lab is a major achievement on a TV budget, there are truly some beautiful and clever shots.
Assume the position!
Puppets, CGI, Green screen, Real people
In hindsight the lack of an uber cliffhanger makes a lot of sense as the show was leaving Showtime and moving to the Scifi channel (as it was then) and while at times show runners/studios seem to delight in sticking it to their fans this time Showtime viewers got a good send off. I’m not sure in this day and age if a show moved then they wouldn’t try to maximise the impact of a finale but they would certainly not miss the opportunity to make sure the viewers knew a former much loved character always had a chance to return.
Everything will be just fine, trust me:)
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Nov 082011
Sci-Fi Blast From The Past – Michael DeLuise (SG-1) SciFiAndTvTalk.
In today’s Sci-Fi Blast From The Past, actor, director and producer Michael DeLuise talks about his guest-starring role in the Stargate SG-1 episode “Wormhole X-Treme!”
Michael only appeared in one episode of the franchise but certainly picked a memorable one as well as being able to act and work with his brother Peter.
Nov 082011
Rage of the Yeti – Syfy Original Movie.
Directed by the fairly unique and Stargate alumni David Hewlett.
Nov 052011
Once again Gateworld gives us a small but excellent interview with one of the cast, this time it’s Christopher Judge who chats about his time on the show, his work and home life afterwards and future projects.
Nov 052011
Disaster strikes on the planet Kelownan and to the Langaran people who have recently discovered a treasure trove of Goauld technology in a long lost and ruined temple believed to have been part of a former civilisation from a few thousands years ago. There discovery of the Stargate allows a visit from SG1 who find a culture whose technology and political status echos the 1950’s as states face eachother down and a belief the bigger bomb will solve everything. Whilst experimenting with a new mineral translated as Naquadria shown to be hugely more powerful than Naquadah an accident floods the lab with radiation and threatens the entire facility if not the entire region and Daniel leaps into the fire to disengage the run away reaction and pays the ultimate price.
Never a safe work place when suits are required
The collapse of the Langaran experiment and deaths of the scientists is blamed on Daniel who at this time is simply decaying as the radiation blast ruins his body but Jack despite the logic of taking the political compromise to get access to the Naquadria refuses to have his friends name dragged into the mud. With his life hanging by a thread Daniel once again meets the enigmatic Oma Desala who appears to him in human form and offers the possibility of accession and tries to convince him that despite his own doubts and specific failures he has been a force for good in the universe and deserves to take the next step.
Oma & Daniel take life, the Universe and Everything
Whilst Daniel has his out of body experience and listens to the words of Oma and his friends Jack continues to push the only real witness to the event a guy named Jonas Quinn who thinks very much like Daniel. Jonas is forced to face the realisation that his people are doing the wrong thing and his future and that of his people could be tied to what the Humans can do with this new mineral and chooses the only viable option to abandon his world and offer the mineral to Earth in the return for access to the defence tech it will power.
Not quite a light at the end of the tunnel but it’ll do
Accession, the evolutionary step an advanced mind can take to move on from the physical plane and inhabit the ethereal as pure intellect and intelligence, an ideal way to have Daniel leave the narrative but always have him just hovering in the background if required:)
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Oct 292011
The fall out from the NID clandestine off world missions continues with the failure of the Latona planetary defence system after it was compromised by NID personnel. The SGC pull two members of the NID from death row who were part of the original mission and for co-operating their sentences are reduced to life in imprisonment. The SGC has to engage Jaffa forces surrounding the gate and once on planet Jack along with members of SG3 visit the leader of the Latonan people while Sam, Daniel, Teal’c and the NID people head towards The Sentinel and attempt to fix the weapon before the Goa’uld escalate their invasion of the planet.
HOT hot hot hot hot!
The Sentinel is another standalone episode in the fifth season but has a lot more depth that you would think by weaving in the NID off world missions which we may have considered to be done and dusted after Shades Of Grey. Christina Cox makes her second guest appearance in SG1 but not her last for the franchise as a whole and that’s always a bonus. The big guest star for this episode is the late great Henry Gibson, the guy has a style and look that is unique and allowed him to do both out and out comedy and a lot more subtle comedy and drama.
Beautifully lit scene
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- The Sentinel Wiki
- Henry Gibson
- Christina Cox
- David Kopp
- Frank Cassini
- Carrie Fleming
- Shawn Reis
- Chris Newton
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Oct 222011
Menace The last survivor of a long gone race of people is found in some form of stasis in a very sleeping beauty pose but her true being is soon discovered upon returning to the SGC and when she regains consciousness the questions are asked and mysteries revealed. Faced once again with a conflict between extreme power and a lack of awareness and restraint the relationship between Reese and the SGC in particular Daniel who works point quickly collapses and all hell breaks loose, the result is inevitable despite the heartfelt pleas of Daniel for a humane resolution.
Menace is another one of the episodes which could be taken as a standalone episode but they weave in long standing arc elements especially in terms of the nemesis of the Asgard whose influence in the Human/Goa’uld sphere has always been restricted by events in their home galaxy. It’s probably convenient that a solution appears just as the Asgard are facing a critical time in their war and to add fuel to the fire the rise of Anubis is ramping up the threat level.
Beauty and the Beast?
One thing that may be surprising is that even though the basic plot is fairly simple and straight forward the episode packs in an awful lot of character interaction and action. The General and Janet get some good screen time and the dynamic between Reese and SG1 is strong with Daniel being the strongest and it’s their relationship which first builds trust and empathy and could have held it all together but eventually Reese’s lack of err maturity and the ease she can react to perceived slights brings down the house of cards. Danielle Nicolet who plays Reese carries off the innocence and then fury easily and developed strong chemistry with Michael Shanks which made the episode work, without that “warmth” the coldness that came later would have less impact and her fate less devastating.
Storm Troopers have nothing on this army!
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