Gatecast 325 SGU Lost

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Sep 032016
 

Lost

In the episode Lost we continue the off world adventure of Scott, Chloe and Eli as they choose to leave Greer behind after the second tunnel collapse. It was a tough decision for Scott to make but it was the right one given that the Destiny would not be waiting for them and their only chance of returning to the ship would be to have gated to a world further down the path the ship was traversing. Greer awakes to find himself trapped but manages to free himself and follows the chalk marks on the walls to freedom, of course he is too late but without a remote he can not go anywhere so sets up camp near the gate. This is where the writers chose to provide us with the meat of his backstory and it is very revealing. An abusive father who was no doubt suffering from PTSD after serving in the gulf shaped a young Greer into a man who wanted nothing more than to protect others and it was through the service he found his peace.

Lost

While the lost members of Destiny struggle to survive the ship itself has gone into power saving mode, they soon realise that she is preparing for a Galactica FTL jump and with no gates between the galaxies the opportunity to search nearby worlds will soon be no more, teams gate to available worlds expanding outwards in a last ditch hope of crossing path with the missing team. Eventually Lt. James gates back to the world where the team originally were trapped and finds Greer waiting for them, he returns in good condition but as the counter reaches zero and the final search term returns the ship jumps and begins her voyage to another galaxy. We then see Chloe, Eli and Scott vainly attempting to dial Destiny just as it winks out on the remote, gone forever…

Well a pretty impressive episode of Stargate Universe with some excellent background to the troubled character that is Greer, it was well worth the wait. We get some good exploration via the Stargates as the teams jump from world to world and none of that could have been cheap to do, the “dinosaur” was a laugh and the winter world and crystal world were very impressive to look at. The issues with Destiny herself continue to plague the expedition, the lack of any control still means the potential to lose people if even a single event goes awry must cause Young sleepless nights and speaking of which he now knows he is going to be a daddy.

Overall Lost was a very good and entertaining episode, good character writing and interaction as well some stunning visual effects to enhance the story being told. Our thanks to Steve for joining us on this episode of the podcast and we got some feedback from Mack once again, thank you kindly and Brad recorded us his thoughts on last weeks episode, appreciated as always. This week podcast promo was for Trek News & Views which is making a return now that Colin is feeling a lot better after his recent health issues and next week we are going to be watching the episode “Sabotage” with Ian, hope you join us.

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Stargate Birthdays – September 3rd

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Sep 032016
 

Ray Xifo
Ray played Ohper in the Stargate SG1 episode The Nox and has also appeared on Law & Order, Fallen, The Island, Ocean’s Thirteen, Voyager and Judging Amy. IMDB

Kevin Kiner
Kevin Kiner
Kevin composed music for Stargate SG1 as well as Enterprise, The Clone Wars, Hell On Wheels, Jane The Virgin, Wing Commander, Jane the Virgin and Star Wars Rebels. IMDB Official

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Stargate Birthdays – September 2nd

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Sep 022016
 

David Warry-Smith
David was a Director for eleven episodes of Stargate SG1 and a single episode of Atlantis. He’s also directed or worked second unit on Andromeda, Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye, Paradise Falls, Due South, MacGyver and Connor Undercover. More recently he has worked on Beauty and the Beast, Lost Girl and Vikings. IMDB Official

Brendan Gall
Brendan produced and wrote for The LA Complex, played Kaleb Miller on the Stargate Atlantis episodes Miller’s Crossing and McKay and Mrs Miller. He also starred in Overruled!, Men with Brooms and Remedy and writes/producers Blind Spot which returns for a new season shortly. IMDB Twitter
John Tench
John played Lizan on the Stargate SG1 episode Talion as well appearing on Intelligence, Blade The Series, The Collector, Supernatural, Blackstone, Gangland Undercover and the upcoming American Gods. IMDB Twitter Behind The Voice

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Stargate Birthdays – September 1st

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Sep 012016
 

Michael Adamthwaite
Michael was the nasty piece of work Her’ak the first prime of Anubis in five episodes of Stargate SG1. He’s also guest starred on Psych, Reaper, Once Upon A Time, Strange Empire, Warcraft and Motive and is a prolific voice actor. IMDB Twitter Behind The Voice
Royston Innes
Royston played the system lord Moloc in the Stargate SG1 episode Sacrifices, he appeared on Smallville, jPod, Farscape and All Saints. He has also produced/directed Valley of Death and directed and wrote episodes of Dead Men the Series. IMDB

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Stargate Birthday – August 29th

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Aug 292016
 

Graem Beddoes
Graem played a scientist on the Stargate Atlantis episode Tabula Rasa. He has also been on shows such as Supernatural, The 100, The Drive, UnReal, The Whispers and Hell On Wheels. IMDB Twitter
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A Look Back at Stargate (1994)

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Aug 282016
 

Stargate

Stargate

In an era of sci-fi where traveling to distant worlds was predominantly accomplished through space ships, there was Stargate. The stargate allows interplanetary travel through ring structures that allow anything to pass through wormholes to their destination. The film, which would turn to a franchise, was created by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich. The film […]

Source: A Look Back at Stargate (1994)

Stargate Birthdays – August 28th

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Aug 282016
 

Amanda Tapping
Amanda starred as Samantha Carter in way too many to mention episodes of Stargate SG1 and the two movies, she then went onto do a season of Stargate Atlantis and a guest appearance on Universe. Along with a few friends she then help create and star in Sanctuary playing Helen Magnus. A few guest appearances since then have included Supernatural, Motive, Package Deal and Killjoys as well as more time behind the camera directing. IMDB Twitter Official
Amanda Tapping
Katie Findlay
Kate appeared just twice as Ellie on Stargate Universe in the episode’s Epilogue and Common Descent as well as starring roles on How To Get Away With Murder, The Carrie Diaries, The Magicians and The Killing. She’s also guest starred on Psych and Fringe. IMDB Twitter
Kirby Morrow
Kirby played Tara’c and a Militia Man on Stargate SG1 (The Warrior and Cor-ai) and then a recurring role on Stargate Atlantis as Captain Dave Kleinman on eight episodes of Stargate Atlantis and finally a guest spot on Stargate Universe as a bridge officer in Incursion. He is also a prolific voice actor and also appeared on Arrow, Olympus, Cedar Cove, The Flash, Human Target and Supernatural. IMDB Twitter Behind The Voice
Trevor Jones
Trevor is a stunt performer who has worked on Stargate SG1, Atlantis and Universe and played an Unas (Beast of Burden) and an Alien (Forsaken) on SG1. He has also worked on Continuum, Elysium, Hell On Wheels, Godzilla, Robocop, Hellcats and Spartacus. IMDB

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Gatecast 324 SGU Human

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Aug 272016
 

Human

In the 14th episode of Stargate Universe “Human” the crew of the Destiny have to deal with some bad decisions by the gate team who venture into some tunnels within a long abandoned and derelict city. The tunnel system collapses blocking the exit and trapping Chloe, Scott, Greer and Eli underground with no way to navigate the complex pathways, they can however contact the ship and relief is sent to help dig them out but the clock is ticking and ultimately Lt. James and her people are unable to reach their friends and are forced to return to Destiny. Meanwhile depending upon your point of view the A or B story deals with Rush who after some tweaking of the “chair” has connected himself to it in the hope of revealing the key to the Destiny which they believe will allow them full control of the ship.

Human (5)

Human is very much a Rush episode despite the rather traumatic events going down on the planet which themselves would easily carry an episode. However seeing so much back story to the enigmatic Rush is very absorbing even though we are seeing him experience his past (Louise played his wife Gloria perfectly) knowing it’s not real so his actions are different to what they were. That said so much is made clear and provides an explanation as to the character we first met in the opening episode who then proved to be rather aggressive, arrogant and short tempered. It was probably fitting that the sacrifice Franklin made by trying the chair first paid off allowing Rush to commune with the computer system of the Destiny and it was an interesting to see the merging of his psyche with the AI of the ship. We still are not clear as to what the Ancients equipped the ship with in terms of control systems, there seems to be some intelligence maybe even sentience there but it’s clear the Destiny is far from a starship controlled by simply programming. I was a little disappointed that the excellent choices in music during the episode were not more key to solving the puzzle of the ship but they did lead the way and maybe even Rush was able to learn something about himself which will temper his interactions with the crew.

Rush aside it was a little reckless for the gate team to enter an unstable tunnel system in pursuit of a kino, it was simply a bad decision and a few more bad choices left them in an untenable position, the consequences of which may take quite a while to play out but the drama of time running out and then Destiny jumping to FTL was intense. Overall a very good episode with two significantly different stories and kudos to the director and cinematographer for making the two very different visualisations of the events work and look so well.

I want to offer me thanks to Thomas for joining me on this podcast, Alan was unavailable to it was just the two of us and we had a good time with an episode I was not sure would hold our interest after so many viewings, I was wrong. Our thanks to both Mack (Google+) and Brad (voicemail) for the feedback and continued support from the Stargate fan community. This weeks podcast promo is for Treks In Scifi and next week we are going to be watching and chatting about the fifteenth episode “Lost” and we hope you listen and let us know what you think about the episode and any other other aspect of the franchise.

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Stargate Birthday – August 27th

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Aug 272016
 

Dean Devlin
Dean wrote and produced the 1994 Stargate theatrical feature film. He also wrote Independence Day, Universal Soldier, The Triangle and also produced Leverage (for tv), Eight Legged Freaks, The Patriot and directed 16 episodes of Leverage. His latest feature Independence Day: Resurgence hit the cinemas earlier this year and The Librarians which he producers and directs is returning for a third season. IMDB Twitter
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3D Printed Stargate

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Aug 272016
 

3D Printed Stargate

A 3D-printed, 20-foot-tall Stargate portal replica is the centerpiece of a new exhibition at Belgium’s Musée royal de Mariemont entitled “From Stargate to Comics: The Egyptian Gods in the geek culture.”

Source: Full-size, 3D-printed Stargate portal replica took 1,000 hours to create

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Stargate Birthdays – August 26th

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Aug 262016
 

Nicholas Podbrey
Nicholas was the Special Effects Makeup Coordinator for Stargate SG1 and Atlantis and worked for MastersFX. He’s also worked on Slither, Fringe, Eureka, Sanctuary, Blood Ties, Bionic Woman, The Leftovers and Star Trek Beyond. He’s also had a few acting roles appearing on Stargate: The Ark of Truth, Sanctuary, Slither and The Haunting in Connecticut. IMDB

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Ed Hong-Louie
Ed played Zyang Wu who had been abducted by an Asgard in the Stargate SG1 episode Fragile Balance. He has also been on Human Cargo, Eureka, The Collector, MacGyver and The X-Files. IMDB

 

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Stargate TV Spot – Motive

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Aug 252016
 

Motive

Well we are nearing the end of the Canadian crime drama Motive and in this last but one episode entitled “Chronology of Pain” there is a bounty of former Stargate actors in addition to the regular and recurring cast members I’ve mentioned before. The episode deals with the murder of a very powerful and influential judge and as always we know who did but the motive is what eludes and is slowly revealed as the story plays out.

Interesting to see Louis without the beard 🙂

Motive _ Louis Ferreira

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Stargate Birthdays – August 25th

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Aug 252016
 

Colby Johannson
Colby played Lt Kagan in the Stargate Atlantis episode Phantoms and SF Sergeant Finney in the SG1 episode Prometheus. He also guest starred on Men In Trees, Reaper, For Your Security, Battlestar Galactica and Fringe. IMDB Twitter
Ross Hull
Ross played Dr. Corrigan in the Stargate Atlantis episode Suspicion and Gary on Are You Afraid of the Dark? He also appeared on Student Bodies, Due South, Fearless and Iron Eagle 4. He left acting in 2005 and became a weather personality on Canada’s The Weather Network and in 2011 and then an anchor for CTV Southwestern Ontario. IMDB Twitter Twitter
Brad Dryborough
Brad was in Stargate SG1 “Sight Unseen” as the pickup driver and in the Atlantis episode The Prodigal as the hybrid. He has also been in episodes of iZombie, Motive, Arctic Air, Fringe, The Killing, The Flash and Falling Skies. IMDB Behind The Voice

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Stargate Birthdays – August 24th

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Aug 242016
 

Tony Amendola
Tony played Master Bra’tac on 26 episodes of Stargate SG1 and has recently had recurring roles on Once Upon A Time and Continuum as well as guest spots on The Mentalist, Dexter, CSI, NCIS: LA, New Girl and Intelligence. IMDB Twitter
Tony AmendolaKwesi Ameyaw
Kwesi was Olokun in two episodes of SG1 (Last Stand & Summit) as well as playing a Tactical Sargent in the Atlantis episode Outcast. He’s also guest starred on Fringe, Smallville, Once Upon A Time, Bates Motel, iZombie, Psych and Sanctuary. IMDB Twitter
Sonja Bennett
Many happy returns of the day to Sonja Bennett who was Dahlia Radim in the Stargate Atlantis episode Coup D’etat. She has also been in Battlestar Galactica, Eureka, Cold Squad, Godiva’s, Mistresses, Supernatural, Motive and played Ruth in Preggoland. IMDB Twitter Official
Carlo Marks
Carlo played Andy on the Stargate Universe episode Earth as well as appearing on Smallville (twice), Pretty Little Liars, The Deadly Pledge and Scarecrow. IMDB Twitter

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Stargate Birthdays – August 23rd

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Aug 232016
 

Aaron Douglas
Aaron played Moac in the SG1 episode Maternal Instinct and a Jaffa in Redemption Part 2 but of course he is much better known for playing Chief Tyrol in Battlestar Galactica. He’s also starred in Hemlock Grove, The Killing, The Bridge, Hellcats, The Returned, iZombie and The Flash. IMDB Twitter

Allan Lee
Allan was the editor for 24 episodes of Stargate SG1 and also directed the season four episode Entity and has ran the second unit on the show. He’s also worked on Continuum, Highlander, The L Word, The 4400, Missing, Alice, Dirk Gently and Olympus. IMDB Twitter

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