Dec 102016
 

Dark Matter

On this weeks bonus episode we are joined by Ian to take a look at the series premiere of Dark Matter. The show was created by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie who in their time wrote and produced episodes of Stargate SG1, Atlantis and Universe. This Syfy funded show tells the story of the crew of a spaceship who awoke from stasis with no memory of who they are, they do retain their intelligence and muscle memory skills but the details of their identity remains clouded. The ship’s android perceives them as a threat and attacks but is shut down and security protocols purged thus allowing her to serve this crew and to freely delve into the mystery of who they are. As the crew (numbered from the order they awoke) explore the ship they learn a few things and discover some puzzling aspects of what the ship had been doing but still nothing to identify themselves. They do come across an impregnable security door and a weapons cache, advanced heavy weapons and then the first clue as the android identifies the destination the ship was initially set for. They travel to the planet and find an independent mining colony who are expecting an assault by a corporation’s alien mercenaries, they tell the crew they sent for weapons to aid in their defence and boxes begin to get ticked. The crew return to the ship and decide to provide the miners with some of the weapons but once again the android makes a break through and reveals some personnel files stored in the computer, the crew are all wanted for extreme crimes and are not here to help the miners but are the mercenaries sent to kill them!

 

Dark Matter premiered on June 12 2015 on both the Space channel and the Syfy channel with a thirteen episode first season, the episodes in an amusing decision had no name just numbers. The second season premiered July 1 2016 with a third season currently under production. The premiere episode is technically a two parter but aired as two separate episodes and stands alone without any issues, the cliffhanger actually works very well with the revelation of who these people are, well all apart from Five who remains a mystery. The show has an excellent ensemble cast, two familiar faces (Jodelle Ferland and Roger Cross) who had appeared in Stargate along with Melissa O’Neil, Anthony Lemke, Alex Mallari Jr. Alex Mallari Jr, Marc Bendavid and Zoie Palmer fresh from her role on Lost Girl. The series also evolved from a limited run comic book series of the same name written by Joseph and Paul and published by Dark Horse in 2012.

The premiere episode was entertaining and made the most of the mystery of the ship and the crew, the viewers were allowed to learn at the same rate as the principle characters and thus each revelation paid off to it’s fullest. The cast seem to have quickly embraced their roles although there is an awful lot of experience on screen and certainly behind the camera, these days a show needs to find traction quickly and Dark Matter certainly did that. The first season has a DVD and Blu-ray release in the stated but alas only DVD in the majority of markets and it fails to live up to the incredible standards in terms of extras we Stargate fans are used to receiving.

Our thanks to Ian who joined us to watch Dark Matter, this was his first exposure to the series and it certainly sounded like he enjoyed the show and would continue to watch. As always we are grateful to everyone that continues to listen and interact to our Stargate coverage and we know this holiday season means a drop in listeners (we too have more important things to do) but hopefully these bonus episodes will tide is all over until we return with Universe in the new year. Next week we are going to be releasing the Shayne and Alan discussion of Stargate Infinity, yes it’s not all fun and games but then again when Brad and Mike talked about Infinity it was a fun time despite the quality of the show being discussed so tune in next week, share and enjoy.

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Sep 242016
 

Subversion

As you would expect from the title Subversion there are secrets and lies surrounding Destiny and the former Icarus project. The surprise attack on Icarus base was never fully explained but after Rush dreams of Telford having secret meetings after sharing the communication stones it becomes clear. Young is not totally convinced Rush is being truthful but agrees to allow him to take Telford’s place and investigate the Colonel but he also talks to General O’Neill about his suspicions and he in turn tasks Daniel (one man he can trust) to follow Rush. Meanwhile back on Destiny TJ is having a baby shower but when Telford arrives his sombre presence dampens things down but even with Camille’s support he is unable to prevent Young from pressing him on his undercover activities and the revelation of the communication stones side effects on people who shared Telford’s body. Rush makes contact with Lucian Alliance members on Earth and unable to supply credible ID is zapped and flown off world in a cloaked cargo ship and eventually arrives at a world which has the same Naquadah deposits as Icarus and a gate making it possible to dial Destiny if the calculations are precise.

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Kiva having tortured “Telford” and learning it is really Rush now expects him to complete the research for dialing Destiny, she orders the death of her own “expert” for well no longer being useful so plenty of incentive for Nicholas and while Varro shows him some compassion he admits that he will do the deed if Kiva requests it. Telford is also being aggressively interrogated onboard Destiny and Jack pays them a visit and Telford finally cracks and reveals his duplicity, yes it was under the thrall of brainwashing tech but the admission lets Young off his leash and he orders the air to be pumped out of Telfords room…

Well what can you say about Subversion, great to see some of the SG1 cast making guest appearances and we begin to understand some of the behind the scenes events that led to the fall of Icarus. A little concerned how the Lucian Alliance can infiltrate Earth so easy and Teford being undiscovered for so long. We had some very nice moments with TJ which were pretty much the only “nice” things about this story to balance out the heavy and emotive drama going on with Telford and Rush. Rhona was kickass as Commander Kiva and we’re getting get a lot more of her next week when well the proverbial really hits the fan.

As always our thanks to our third voice on the episode, this week it was Ian that joined us and a big thank you to everyone that listens to the show and who have interacted with us on social media in it’s many forms. This weeks promo is for Continuing Missions a Star Trek Voyager podcast from the Trekmate network and next week we are going to be watching the first episode in the three part story which straddles season 1 and season 2 so we hope you join us for Incursion Part 1.

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Jul 222016
 

Daryl Shuttleworth
Daryl played two characters on Stargate SG1, Commander Tegar in the episode “Cure” and Commander Rigar in the episode “New Ground”. He has also been in The 4400, Andromeda, The Outer Limits, Fringe, Intruders, The X-Files and The Killing. IMDB Twitter
Ian Robison
Ian was in three episodes of Stargate SG1, two playing Frank Mitchell ( Bounty & Collateral Damage ) and as a security officer ( In The Line Of Duty ). He has also appeared in Smallville, Human Target, The X-Files, The 4400, Shattered, Scammerhead and Supernatural. IMDB
Julie McHaffie
Julie was a hair stylist on the first season of Stargate SG1 and worked on movies and television included The X-Files, Doctor Who (TV Movie), Proof,Witches of East End, The Killing, Watchmen and X-Men: TheLast Stand. IMDB

 

Jul 142016
 

Ian Marsh
Ian played Thoth on the Stargate SG1 episode Evolution Part 2 and has also appeared on The Twilight Zone, Flash Gordon, Jake 2.0, The Outer Limits, Along Came a Spider, The X-Files and Andromeda. IMDB

Ian Marsh

Jun 262016
 

Ian Tracey
Ian played Smith in the Stargate SG1 episode Prometheus and had recurring roles on Sanctuary, The Commish, The 4400, Bates Motel and Continuum. He also starred in Rogue, Intelligence and Da Vinci’s Inquest and more recently guest starred on Heartland, The 100 and Killjoys. IMDB
Robert Davi
Robert had a recurring role of Commander Acastus Kolya on six episodes of Stargate Atlantis and also starred on The Profiler. He was a great “realistic” Bond villain in the movie License to Kill and was rocking in Die Hard, he’s now combining his musical career particularly singing the tunes of Sinatra with his tv and movie work.
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Jun 162016
 

Enid-Raye Adams
Enid played the questionable Jones on the Stargate SG1 episode Prometheus and has guest starred on a number of other shows including Cold Squad, Jeremiah, Psych, Endgame, Backstorm, Supernatural, Fringe, iZombie, Arrow and Arctic Air. IMDB Twitter

Enid-Raye Adams_Friends

Ian Buchanan
Ian appeared just once on Stargate SG1 as First the human form replicator in the episode Unnatural Selection. He’s made his name starring in a number of very high profile US soaps such as General Hospital, Days of Our Lives and The Bold and The Beautiful as well as spots on Nip/Tuck, Alias, Always and NYPD Blue. IMDB Twitter
Joseph May
Joseph played Sgt. Markham in two episodes of Stargate Atlantis (The Defiant One & Thirty Eight Minutes). He has also guest starred on the British series Casualty, Bugs, Holby City and Episodes. IMDB Behind The Voice

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Jun 012016
 

Patrick Gilmore
Patrick was Dr Dale Volker on Stargate Universe, Bernie Ackerman in Stargate SG1 and a Genii soldier in the Atlantis episode Harmony, he also played Trennan on Riese and guest starred on The Killing, Continuum, Fringe, Fairly Legal, Gracepoint, Arrow and Shattered. IMDB Twitter
Rene Auberjonois
Rene played Alar in the Stargate SG1 episode The Other Side and the mysterious Odo in seven seasons of Star Trek Deep Space Nine. He also played Clayton Endicott III in Benson and appeared on Boston Legal, Warehouse 13, The Librarians , NCIS as well as voicing characters on many other shows. IMDB Twitter Behind The Voice
Morris Chapdelaine
Morris played Tenat in three episodes of Stargate SG1 and an Ori Prior, he also played a Wraith in the Atlantis episode Spoils of War and appeared in Ark of Truth, Fringe and BSG. He is also a puppeteer and worked with the Asgard on SG1 and on fourteen episodes of Falling Skies. He is currently working on Van Helsing. IMDB Twitter
Ian Butcher
Ian played an Ori Prior in the Atlantis episode Beachhead and Dannic on four episodes of Stargate Universe. He has also guest starred on Fringe, Continuum, Arrow, Motive and Arctic Air. IMDB

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Jul 222015
 

Daryl Shuttleworth
Daryl played two characters on Stargate SG1, Commander Tegar in the episode “Cure” and Commander Rigar in the episode “New Ground”. He has also been in The 4400, Andromeda, The Outer Limits, Fringe, Intruders and The Killing. IMDB Twitter
Ian Robison
Ian was in three episodes of Stargate SG1, two playing Frank Mitchell ( Bounty & Collateral Damage ) and as a security officer ( In The Line Of Duty ). He has also appeared in Smallville, Human Target, The X-Files, The 4400, Shattered, Scammerhead and Supernatural. IMDB
Julie McHaffie
Julie was a hair stylist on the first season of Stargate SG1 and worked on movies and television included The X-Files, Doctor Who (TV Movie), Proof, Witches of East End, The Killing, Watchmen and X-Men: TheLast Stand. IMDB

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Jun 262015
 

Robert Davi
Robert played Commander Acastus Kolya in six episodes of Stargate Atlantis, he also starred in The Profiler and was a Bond villain in the movie License to Kill. He was rocking in Die Hard but now he’s combining his musical career particularly singing the tunes of Sinatra with his tv and movie roles. IMDB Twitter Official
Ian Tracey
Ian played Smith in the Stargate SG1 episode Prometheus and had recurring roles on Sanctuary, The Commish, The 4400, Bates Motel and Continuum. He also starred in Rogue, Intelligence and Da Vinci’s Inquest and more recently guest starred on Heartland, The 100 and Killjoys. IMDB

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Jun 162015
 

Enid-Raye Adams
Enid played Jones in the Stargate SG1 episode Prometheus and has guest starred on a number of shows which include Cold Squad, Jeremiah, Psych, Endgame, BackStorm, Supernatural, Fringe, iZombie and Arctic Air. IMDB Twitter Vimeo
Joseph May
Joseph played Sgt. Markham in two episodes of Stargate Atlantis (The Defiant One & Thirty Eight Minutes). He has also guest starred on the British series Casualty, Bugs, Holby City and Episodes. IMDB
Ian Buchanan
Ian appeared just once on Stargate SG1 as First the human form replicator in the episode Unnatural Selection. He’s made his name starring in a number of very high profile US soaps such as General Hospital, Days of Our Lives and The Bold and The Beautiful as well as spots on Nip/Tuck, Alias and NYPD Blue. IMDB Twitter

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Jun 012015
 

Rene Auberjonois
Rene played Alar in the Stargate SG1 episode The Other Side and the mysterious Odo in seven seasons of Star Trek Deep Space Nine. He also played Clayton Endicott III in Benson and appeared on Boston Legal, Warehouse 13, NCIS as well as voicing characters in many other shows. IMDB Twitter Behind The Voice
Morris Chapdelaine
Morris played Tenat in three episodes of Stargate SG1 and an Ori Prior, he also played a Wraith in the Atlantis episode Spoils of War and appeared in Ark of Truth, Fringe and BSG.  He is also a puppeteer and worked with the Asgard. IMDB Twitter Agency
Patrick Gilmore
Patrick was Dr Dale Volker on Stargate Universe, Bernie Ackerman in Stargate SG1 and a Genii soldier in the Atlantis episode Harmony, he also played Trennan on Riese and guest starred on The Killing, Continuum, Fringe, Fairly Legal, Gracepoint, Arrow and Shattered. IMDB Twitter
Ian Butcher
Ian played an Ori Prior in the SG1 episode Beachhead and Dannic in four episodes of Stargate Universe. He has also guest starred on Fringe, Continuum, Arrow and Arctic Air. IMDB

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Jul 222014
 

Daryl Shuttleworth
Daryl played two characters on Stargate SG1, Commander Tegar in the episode “Cure” and Commander Rigar in the episode “New Ground”. He has also been in The 4400, Andromeda, The Outer Limits, Fringe and The Killing. IMDB  Twitter  Blog
Ian Robison
Ian was in three episodes of Stargate SG1, two playing Frank Mitchell ( Bounty & Collateral Damage ) and as a security officer ( In The Line Of Duty ). He has also appeared in Smallville, The 4400, Shattered and Supernatural. IMDB

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Jun 262014
 

Robert Davi
Robert played Commander Acastus Kolya in six episodes of Stargate Atlantis, he also starred in The Profiler and was a Bond villain in the movie License to Kill. He was rocking in Die Hard but now he is making news with his musical career particularly singing the tunes of the late great Sinatra. IMDB Official Site Twitter
Ian Tracey
Ian played Smith in the Stargate SG1 episode Prometheus and has had recurring roles on Sanctuary, The Commish, The 4400, Bates Motel and Continuum. He also starred in Rogue, Intelligence and Da Vinci’s Inquest. IMDB

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Jun 162014
 

Enid-Raye Adams
Enid played Jones in the Stargate SG1 episode Prometheus and has guest starred on a number of series including Cold Squad, Jeremiah, Psych, Endgame, Supernatural and Arctic Air. IMDB Twitter Vimeo
Ian Buchanan
Ian appeared just once on Stargate SG1 as First the human form replicator in the episode Unnatural Selection. He’s made his name starring in a number of very high profile US soaps such as General Hospital, Days of Our Lives and The Bold and The Beautiful as well as spots on Nip/Tuck, Alias and NYPD Blue. IMDB Twitter
Joseph May
Joseph played Sgt. Markham in two episodes of Stargate Atlantis (The Defiant One & Thirty Eight Minutes). He has also guest starred on the British series Casualty, Bugs, Holby City and Episodes. IMDB

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Jul 222013
 

A very happy birthday on July the 22nd to Ian Robison who played Frank Mitchell in two episodes of Stargate SG1 (Bounty & Collateral Damage) and a Security Officer also on SG1 in the episode “In The Line Of Duty”. He has also guest starred on Fringe, Smallville, Cult, Psych, The 4400, Millennium, The X-Files and Belly of the Beast.

Cap from SG1 Bounty

Cap from SG1 Bounty