How great was it to see Alaina Huffman return to Supernatural and looking spectacular and being wonderfully wicked, who knew a bus drivers uniform would look that good on her, lets face it they are not tailored for aesthetic appeal:)
Alaina made three appearances in the eighth season of Supernatural and touchwood we’ll see more of her in this ninth season which airs on the CW Tuesdays nights.
Brian J. Smith and Celia Keenan-Bolger on stage.
An in depth interview with Brian about his role in the stage production of The Glass Menagerie, we know Brian from his time on Stargate Universe and recent guest spots on Defiance and Person Of Interest.
The 2nd of October is the anniversary of the US premiere of Stargate Universe which made it’s debut on the Syfy channel back in 2009 with “Air” parts 1 and 2. A change of pace and direction for the franchise but retaining it’s well established high production values and excellent casting choices with established actors, fresh faces and one or two more familiar from roles on SG1 or SGA.
RDA and Robert Carlyle
As we know the series failed to retain enough of the existing fanbase and generate a whole new group of fans to survive more than two seasons, there are many reasons for it’s failure but for me the show after a stumbling start really came into it’s own in the second half of the first season and with stronger stories and more humour in the second season really gained the right to be considered along SG1 and SGA as part of the family something Infinity failed to do.
I admit I’m a few weeks late to the party as Cedar Cove the new hit show for the Hallmark channel has been lauded in the press and social media since it’s premiered a month or so back. Filmed in Canada and based on the novels by Debbie Macomber it’s lead actress is the talented Andie MacDowell and draws upon the extensive talent from the Vancouver area. The result is a screen full of familiar actors who have been part of the Stargate franchise across it’s three live action series and a few names you will recognise from behind the camera as well.
Teryl Rothery
Elyse Levesque
Barclay Hope
Garry Chalk
Sarah Smyth
Andrew Airlie
Dylan Neal
Cedar Cove isn’t really a show that is aimed at my demographic but it has echoes of an early Picket Fences which I loved way back when and of course there is no doubt the attraction of actors from the Stargate series and a bonus is Bruce Boxleitner who has appeared in many shows and movies I’ve enjoyed over the years. One thing that can not be questioned is how beautiful the show is shot, the location and the look of the show really combine to make a crisp and clean view of wonderful piece of Canada.
As for the actors I’ve included in this post I’ll leave it up to you to put names/faces into their respective Stargate episodes and I have no doubt as the first season of Cedar Cove continues we’ll see more of them and further guest appearances from our favourite franchise.
I was catching up with this weeks genre television and watched the ninth episode of Defiance entitled “I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times” which featured Brian J. Smith as Commander Gordon McClintock. Brian starred in Stargate Universe and also recently appeared in Warehouse 13 and Person Of Interest.
This was an interesting episode but once again highlights how little back story the TV only viewers have been offered, I’ve heard the game provides a lot more but the majority I suspect will not buy and play the game or even go out their way to research background info which should be in the show in the first place.
Julie McNiven (Stargate Universe) talks to Geek Speak about her work in and out of genre telly.
Not everyone can pull off a “form fitting” outfit but Patrick Gilmore does it with style in the latest episode of Continuum “Second Skin” Season 2 episode 4 in which he plays mild mannered Rex who gains access to a high tech suit. Patrick played Dr Dale Volker in Stargate Universe and lets not forget that the woman in the screencap is Carrie Fleming who was in the Atlantis episode The Sentinel. Carrie is guest starring in Second Skin as Tammy the girlfriend who finds the suit and she has also appeared in Supernatural, Alice, Good Luck Chuck and The 4400.
Patrick & Carrie
Carrie & Patrick
Shades of Stargate Universe with Peter and David but a lot more to these two guys than a science fiction show cruelly cancelled.
This week on NCIS we had a brief appearance of a personal favourite of mine, Julie McNiven guest starring in the 30th Oct episode “Namesake”. We’ve seen Julie in a handful of Stargate Universe episodes as well Supernatural, House and Fringe. Always a pleasant surprise to see a familiar face in a show you were unaware they were in:)
An interesting marriage of show footage and new live action scripted footage, well mixed and allows for a quicker turnabout of content, smart.
Happy birthday (July 8th) to actor Robert Knepper who guest starred on Stargate Universe for alas just the six episodes in the second season as Simeon a Lucian Alliance officer. He is much better known for his role as T-Bag in the long running Prison Break and also roles on Heroes, Thieves and Carnivale.
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Congratulations to the Stargate Universe makeup department comprising of Rebecca Lee, April Boyes and Ceilidh Dunn for their 2012 Leo award for the episode Epilogue.
Sanctuary won 3 awards for Visual Effects, Production Design and Costume Design and Pascale Hutton won Best Guest Performance for the episode Fugue.
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All in all not too shabby for the scifi genre although even in Canada the more generic dramas are ruling the roost.
Stargate Universe returns to UK screens thanks to SKY1/SKY1HD on the 16th of April at 9am. The first episode “Air” is broadcast at 9am with episode 2 at 3pm and episode 3 at 4pm, the rolling daily schedule favoured by SKY for years offers repeats the next day so even without a DVR there are lots of opportunities to see every episode.
Given the lack of a HD Blu-ray for the second season this run may alas be the only way to see that season in all it’s glory.
Many happy returns for today (20th) to Louis Ferreira who celebrates his birthday. He starred in Stargate Universe as Colonel Everett Young a very different leading character compared to those in the previous series calling for a different range of acting skills. Louis was born in Portugal back in 1967 and has had a long career mainly in television. IMDB Listing and Fan Site.
Two Stargate alumni celebrate their birthdays today (22nd).
From SG1 we have Michael Kopsa who played two roles in the show the first as a news anchor in the episode “There But For The Grace Of God” and then General Kerrigan in “Proving Ground” and “Prodigy”.
We then have Jennifer Spence who played Dr Lisa Park in 36 of the 40 episodes of Stargate Universe.
