John Ulmer
John played three roles on Stargate SG1, a member of SG5 in Heroes, a Jaffa in Full Circle and a Fire-fighter in The Changling. He has also worked on Stargate Continuum as a stunt man and also been involved with Hot Tub Time Machine, I, Robot, The Core, Continuum and Deep Rising. IMDB
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Jan Rubes (June 6th 1920 – June 29th 2009)
Jan played Dr Nicholas Ballard in the Stargate SG1 episode The Crystal Skull. He was an accomplished television and movie actor in both his native and adopted language beginning in 1950 with the Canadian feature Forbidden Journey and ending with Appassionata: The Extraordinary Life & Music of Sonia Eckhardt-Gramatté. In between he appeared on Due South, Believe, ER, Witness and The X-Files. IMDB
Sandy Sidhu
Sandy was Dr. Mehta in the Stargate Universe episodes Air Part 3 and Life as well as guest starring in Primeval New World, Intelligence, Preggoland, Arctic Air, Motive, Falling Skies and Shattered. IMDB Twitter Official
Brian Jensen
Brian voiced Freyr in three episodes of SG1 and appeared as a Priest in the episode Bloodlines. He has also appeared on Smallville, First Wave, Dark Angel, Fargo and Hell on Wheels. IMDB
Marc Worden
Marc was Ronan in the Stargate SG1 episode Lost City and has had guest roles on Fargo, Enterprise, Deep Space Nine, Space:Above & Beyond, The Mentalist and CSI New York. He is also a popular and busy voice actor on shows such as C&C, God of War II, Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham and Infinite Crisis. IMDB Behind The Voice
We’re back for the second part of the Stargate Universe premiere three parter “Air Part 2”. In this episode which picks up exactly where the first left off the survivors of Icarus are stranded on the Ancient starship with environmental conditions deteriorating and serious injuries to Colonel Young and Senator Armstrong still life threatening. Rush unbeknown to anyone else takes the communication stones which Young risked his life to retrieve and changes place with Dr Lee, he goes straight to General O’Neill who kinda chews him out for not gating to a known address and thus getting as many people home. When Rush returns he announces he has been given command of the mission and when the Senator objects he collapses, his injuries are far more severe than first thought.
As the conditions aboard the ship continue to decline they confirm that damage to the hull has caused extensive use of the ships shields but they are not perfect and the ship is losing atmosphere. The onboard air scrubbers are also well past their prime and their catalyst is useless but at this point the ship drops from hyperspace and the gate console comes to life with at least one world indicated and three more red lined. Rush explains that the ship may have brought them to this system as it contained the materials required to fix the air processors of the ship and there is no time to waste, for some reason a countdown has been initiated until the ship jumps back to FTL. Young puts together a team and explains that everyone has to prove themselves and so he sends Eli along with Rush and other science and military personnel.
Air Part 2 is another cracking episode of Stargate Universe, difficult to really judge it as a standalone given it was meant to be part of a feature but the episode has everything. There is great dialogue and character interaction, some mighty fine visual effects and the narrative continues to expand helped by more titbits of information on the ship and the people who are currently resident. Once again we want to think Jeff and Steve for joining us for the show and they will both be back next week.
This weeks promo is for the Rusted Robot Podcast and next week we are going to be taking a look at Air Part 3 so let us know what you think and while on the subject our thanks to Mack for the feedback over on our Google+ page.
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Morena Baccarin
Morena played the all grown up Adria in the tenth season of Stargate SG1 and of course Inara on Firefly. She has also been in Homeland, NCIS, Heartland, The Mentalist and played Anna in the remake of V. She recently voiced Gideon on The Flash, on Gotham played Dr Leslie Thompkins and of course Vanessa in Deadpool. Oh, she also had a child. IMDB Twitter
Jewel Staite
Jewel played Dr Jennifer Keller on Stargate Atlantis and a young wraith in the same series in the episode Instinct. She was the adorable Kaylee in the short lived Firefly series (awesome) and she also starred on The LA Complex, Space Cases, Flash Forward and more recently The Killing, Legends of Tomorrow, Con Man and The Listener. Jewel also became a new mother this year 🙂 IMDB Twitter
Wayne Brady
Wayne played Trelak in the Stargate SG1 episode It’s Good To Be King but is better known for hosting Lets Make A Deal and appearing on shows such as How I Met Your Mother, Psych, Sofia The First (Voiced Clover) and Girlfriends. IMDB Twitter
Frank C. Turner
Frank was a homeless guy in the SG1 episode Desperate Measures and has had guest spots on Dead Like Me, Earthsea, Andromeda, Supernatural and Arctic Air. IMDB
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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
Colm Meaney
Colm played Cowen in three episodes of Stargate Atlantis (Underground, The Storm and Coup D’etat) but made his name as Miles O’Brien in Deep Space Nine (173 Eps) and Star Trek The Next Generation (52 Eps) in tandem with a very successful movie career. He stars as Durant in Hell On Wheels and starred in The Commitments and The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain also the syfy mini-series Childhood’s End. IMDB
Michelle Brezinski
Michelle played a nurse on the Stargate Atlantis episode The Real World and has appeared on Fringe, Psych, Seven Days and Smallville. She has also written, directed and produced. IMDB Twitter Official
Brandon Blue
Brandon played one of the human/wraith hybrids in the Atlantis episode The Prodigal and has appeared on Smallville, 10.5: Apocalypse , The Secret and The Reagans. IMDB
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Welcome to our very first look at Stargate Universe and the first episode Air Part 1 which in this case is part of the extended release on the DVD/Blu-ray, for the purposes of the podcast we cut the double episode in half and will be looking at Air Part 2 next week.
The story of Stargate Universe begins with the view of the Destiny (as we come to learn) and onboard the activation of a Stargate, by mixing up the timelines we learn that the SGC has an off world base codenamed Icarus which is using the geo-thermal properties of an alien world to power its Stargate and access the ninth chevron. The complexities of energy manipulation has prevented a successful activation until the puzzle is sent out into the real world by means of a computer game. This game is solved by Eli Wallace (played by David Blue) who is then shanghaied by General O’Neill and brought to Icarus to work with Dr Nicholas Rush (Robert Carlyle) and along for the ride comes the Senator who was instrumental in securing the funding for the base and his daughter who came up with the idea to exploit gamers. During the visit the base comes under attack from the Lucian Alliance and Eli has a flash of inspiration, the symbols required are not just an address but also incorporate a code, the Earth symbol should not work but when used the wormhole is opened and with no other option the survivors of Icarus flee through the gate. They arrive on board Destiny with many injuries including Colonel Young (Louis Ferreira) and begin to explore not realising at first they are onboard a starship billions of light years away from the Milky Way and Earth…
Well there you go the first look at Stargate Universe and it was far better than I remembered infact all three parts of Air were a very rewarding viewing experience. The main cast is incredible and as you would expect the Stargate producers have made full use of continuity and the acting pool of Stargate veterans to populate the screen, it paid off big time for those of us who are familiar with the franchise. The production quality right from the start was incredible for television and felt very different to what SG1 and Atlantis has offered in the years before, as it turned out that may have played a part in the show only getting two seasons but those two seasons are an adventure to say the least:)
We’ve got to thank Jeff for returning to the podcast (sucker for punishment) and our first timer Steve who is a veteran podcaster in his own right. Together with myself and Alan I think we did one of our better episode commentaries/discussions, the fourth voice I think added that extra something and for once Skype was well behaved. So next week we are back with the same line up and taking a look at Air Part 2, we hope you join us and we want your feedback on the podcast and Stargate Universe, if nothing else SGU generated discussion in the Stargate fan community:)
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Louis Gossett Jr.
Louis guest starred in five episodes of Stargate SG1 as the Jaffa Gerak, it seemed like many more as his screen presence was a great boon to the show. He more recently had a recurring role on Boardwalk Empire and has a long list of shows over the last few decades including The Powers of Matthew Star, Backstairs at the White House, Roots, An Officer And A Gentleman, Enemy Mine and of course Iron Eagle. IMDB Official Twitter
Ivan Cermak
Ivan appeared in two episodes of Stargate SG1, first as Captain Hagman in Redemption Part 1 and then Major Altman in Prototype. He has has also guest starred on Human Target, Supernatural, Battlestar Galactica, Smallville and Fringe and now works in finance. IMDB Twitter
Tyler McClendon
Tyler played Kenny the wraith on Stargate Atlantis and eventually appeared on six episodes of the series and also played Lt. Banks in the Stargate SG1 episode Avalon Part 1. He has guest starred on Fringe, Eureka, Dead Like Me, Battlestar and Underworld: Awakening. IMDB
Cydney McCurdy
Cydney was a casting assistant on the Stargate theatrical feature film, she has also worked on Clockers, Kingdom Come, The Big Leaf, Ray and MacArthur Park. IMDB
Musetta Vander
Musetta guest starred in two episodes of Stargate SG1, Shan’auc the Jaffa priestess in Crossroads and then as her alternate safe Shauna in The Changling. She has also guest starred on episodes of Star Trek Voyager, Babylon 5, Highlander, Buffy, Xena, NCIS, Transylmania and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders. IMDB Twitter Official
Brandy Kopp
Brandy played a Marine in the Stargate Atlantis episode “Sunday” and she’s also been in Wolf Lake, Smallville, The 4400, Special Unit 2, Supernatural and Bitter Bartender. She has also provides the voices for animated shows and video games. IMDB Twitter Behind The Voice
Michael Benyaer
Michael is a well respected voice actor as well having a good resume in front of camera, he voiced a number of uncredited roles on Stargate Infinity as well as providing voices on shows such as Robot Chicken, Reboot and GI Joe. He has also guest starred on Intelligence, Motive, Sanctuary, Olympus and will be on the new Prison Break. IMDB Twitter Behind The Voice
Barry Levy
Barry played Major Hawkins on the Stargate SG1 episode The First Ones and has also appeared on The Outer Limits, Millennium, Scandal, Revenge, Aquarius and Perception. He is also a writer/director and producer. IMDB Twitter
Ron Blecker
Ron is former member of the US Army and was a technical/military advisor on Stargate and appeared in three episodes of the series as a guard or marine (Lost City Part 1, Miller’s Crossing and The Siege Part 3). He has also worked on dozens of tv show and movies including Battlestar Galactica, Traffic, Harsh Realm, The Net, Taken, Shooter, I, Robot and Sucker Punch and operates a business which serves the movie and tv industry. IMDB
