Gatecast 344 SGU Hope

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Mar 042017
 

Hope

They say when all else is gone there is always hope and for Eli and Rush that hope appears in the aftermath of the attack on Homeworld Command and the loss of communication via the stones. It’s been weeks and no contact but the station is continual manned just in case and then as Chloe rests her body is inhabited by an intelligence which reveals itself to be Ginn. This causes some consternation since well Ginn and her consciousness is long gone after being murdered by Simeon when she was visiting Earth to help prevent the Lucian Alliance attack. Ginn is very confused, the last thing she can clearly recall is talking to the officers at Homeworld Command and it comes as a shock to learn that she is technically dead, her body having being buried by Eli on a world light years away.

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Rush reveals that he had talked to Franklin which opens up the possibility that whatever is Ginn at this time could be transferred into the Destiny’s computer and retain sentience and time is running short, continued physical choking is risking Chloe’s body and just to complicate matters Amanda Perry makes an appearance. If all this wasn’t enough Volker is in critical condition suffering from kidney failure, despite the risks Greer is a match and is will to donate a kidney and while TJ is emotionally distressed with the situation (being a medic after all not a surgeon let alone a Doctor the operation goes ahead. Surprisingly it’s the Volker storyline that ramps up the comedic aspects of the episode and it’s not even dark humour at that. Ultimately a solution is found thanks to the skills of Eli and Rush, Chloe is herself again and the Amanda AI assists TJ in the operation resulting in a successful conclusion for the two men.

Hope is another excellent episode of Universe, lots of drama and comedy with some great performances thanks in no part to a good script. We see that the arboretum is now fully repaired offering an “oasis” within the ship full of life and Greer and Volker taking a rest stop there was a moving scene. The use of the Destiny to house Amanda and Ginn pays off the more nebulous interactions between Rush and Franklin plus the image of his former wife and it was a delight to see the two actors back on the show after their “deaths”.

Our thanks to Brad for the audio feedback for last weeks episode “Alliances” and once again our thanks to Ian for joining us for this episode of the podcast. This weeks promo is for Generations Geek the father/daughter show which looks at all things geek in the media. Next week we are going to be taking a look at the episode Seizure with our guest Brad and as always we’d love to hear from you in regards to anything Stargate.

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Stargate Birthdays – March 4th

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Mar 042017
 

Dean Moen
Dean played a Jaffa in the Stargate SG1 episode Enemies and has also been in Supernatural, Beauty Mark and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Dean also does stand up comedy and stage presentation. IMDB Twitter

Andy Nez
Andy played Hopkins on the Stargate Atlantis episode Conversion and has also guest starred on Supernatural, iZombie, Fringe and Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency.
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D. Harlan Cutshall (March 4th 1969 – January 9th 2016)
He played a Jaffa commander in the Stargate SG1 episode Maternal Instinct and a Marine in the Stargate Atlantis episode Tabula Rasa.He has also appeared on Eureka, Fringe, Supernatural, Far Cry, Caprica, Falling Skies, Tomorrowland: A World Beyond and Bates Motel. IMDB

Stargate Birthday – March 3rd

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Mar 032017
 

Stephen Dimopoulos
Stephen played Goran on the Stargate Atlantis episode Instinct and has appeared on Psych, Endgame, Intelligence, The Christmas Ornament, Supernatural, Masters of Horror and MacGyver. IMDB Behind The Voice

Stargate Birthdays – March 2nd

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Mar 022017
 

Kimani Ray Smith
Kimani played Ocker in the Stargate SG1 episode Allegiance and Dr Lindstrom in the Atlantis episode The Intruder and has guest starred on Fringe, Arrow and Smallville and
written/directed his own work. He’s done stuntwork on Deadpool, Star Trek Beyond, SG1, Babylon 5, Dead Like Me and was stunt coordinator on Olympus, Continuum and Van Helsing. IMDB Title Card Pictures Twitter

Scott E. Miller
Scott played a jumper pilot in the Atlantis episode Epiphany and also appeared on Once Upon A Time, The 4400, Psych, Alcatraz, The Killing and 2012. IMDB

Stargate Birthdays – March 1st

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Mar 012017
 

Peter Benson
Peter guest starred as Devon in the Stargate SG1 episode Memento Mori and has appeared on shows such as Reunion, Arrow, Motive, Psych, The 4400, Aliens in America, Proof, and Hell On Wheels as well as producing and writing his own work. He is also married to Julia Benson. IMDB Twitter
Reilly Dolman*
Reilly appeared twice on Stargate Universe playing Jason in the episodes Common Descent and Epilogue. He currently stars in Travelers as Philp and has also been on Supernatural, Frontier, The Tomorrow People, Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief and Mega Cyclone. IMDB Twitter *Leap Year
Emily Holmes
Emily played Kianna Cyr in the Stargate SG1 seventh season episode Fallout. She has also guest starred on Fringe, Supernatural, BSG, Dead Like Me, Blackstone, Cedar Cove, Ring Of Fire, The Man in the High Castle and appeared in Paycheck and Independence Daysaster. IMDB Twitter

Stargate Birthdays – February 28th

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Feb 282017
 

Peter Stebbings
Peter played the Tok’ra Malek in two episodes of Stargate SG1 (Cure and Allegiance). He has also appeared on Relic Hunter, The Outer Limits, Mutant X, Jeremiah, The Listener, The Borgias, Murdoch Mysteries, Bates Motel and Crossbones. He’s also directed episodes of The Listener, Rookie Blue, Saving Hope, Killjoys and Wynonna Earp. IMDB

Randy Schooley
Randy played Dr Meyers on the Stargate SG1 episode The Other Guys. He has also been on Bones, Rockpoint P.D. and The Unprofessionals. IMDB

Stargate Birthdays – February 27th

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Feb 272017
 

Adam Baldwin
Adam appeared in the excellent two part Stargate SG1 episode Heroes as Colonel Dave Dixon. He played Jayne Cobb on Firefly, John Casey in Chuck as well as lead and guest roles on The Inside, Angel, Day Break and The Cape. He also provides the voices on many animated shows and his stars on The Last Ship as Captain Mike Slattery. IMDB Twitter

Tifanie Christun
Tifanie voiced Stacey Bonner on the Stargate Infinity animated series and also voiced characters on Monster Farm, Digimon, Sabrina’s Secret Life and Horseland. She has also been an assistant editor on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and music assistant on The Incredible Hulk. IMDB Behind The Voice

Stargate Birthdays – February 26th

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Feb 262017
 

James Bamford
James performs in front and behind the camera including being the stunt co-ordinator for Stargate Atlantis and Arrow. He has also worked on Halo 4, Elysium, Stargate SG1, Eragon, Stargate Universe, Halo 4, Apollo 18, 2012, True Justice and Fantastic 4 Rise of the Silver Surfer. IMDB Twitter

Currie Graham
Currie played James Marrick in the Stargate movie The Ark of Truth and has appeared on many US tv shows including Desperate Housewives, Men In Trees, Suits, Total Recall, Grimm, Agent Carter and Fringe. IMDB Twitter

Mark Dacascos
Mark played Tyre in two episodes of Stargate Atlantis (Broken Ties & Reunion) as well as starring in The Crow Stairway to Heaven, Hawaii 5-0, The Middleman, Chicago PD, Lucifer, Agents of Shield and Iron Chef America. IMDB Twitter

Arvydas Lebeliunas
Arvydas played Anatole Konstantinov on the Stargate SG1 episode “Lockdown”. He has also been on The Bridge, Elze’s Life, Deadly Code, Gyulchatay. Radi lyubvi and Park ’79. IMDB

 

Gatecast 343 SGU Alliances

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Feb 252017
 

Alliances

Stargate Universe ” Alliances ” concludes a story arc which has been in play since the assault on Destiny by the Lucian Alliance. As intelligence indicated an attack upon Earth various members of the invading force where kept on board and interrogated, this lead directly to the murder of Ginn/Amanda Perry and Simeon going on his rampage but also the addition of Varro to the crew. In this case a routine communication stone exchange to allow Dr Andrew Covel and Senator Michaels to board Destiny to gain more insight into the condition of the ship and crew went badly as Camille and Greer where in Homeworld Command when an attack by a cloaked cargo ship happened. The two of them survive but are trapped in the collapsed building along with another survivor but a geiger counter found in the rubble indicates a huge amount of radiation is present, Varro confirms that a Naquadria device is likely to be the means to destroy the city but something must have gone wrong.

Alliances

Alliances is a worthy conclusion to the Lucian Alliance plot, Varro once again proves himself invaluable despite the technical limitations of the communication stones and the interference of Covel which while being understandable wasn’t really thought through. It’s also interesting to note that Homeworld Command/IOA are having serious thoughts about the investment in time and resources required to recreate the Icarus base given the rarity of suitable planets. Great to see  French Stewart returning to the franchise and no question the pairing of Camille and Greer was inspired with some great dialogue drawing upon their establish character conflicts present since the first episode. Ultimately the episode demonstrated the best and worst of humanity but when push came to shove and with little alternative what needed to be done was done. The episode wasn#t perfect though, I still have issues with the threat of the Lucian Alliance or at least how the writers chose to present that threat but the “terrorist” approach was small scale and kept most of the narrative tied to Destiny which is important for the show as you would expect.

Our thanks to Miles for the audio feedback for last weeks show and to everyone that listened and/or spread the show info by social media. This weeks podcast promo is for Treks In Scifi hosted by Rico and next week we are going to be discussing the episode “Hope”, we hope you will join us for that.

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Stargate Birthdays – February 25th

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Feb 252017
 

Barclay Hope
Barclay played Colonel Lionel Pendergast in six episodes of Stargate SG1 and also guest starred on Smallville, Eureka, Hellcats, The Killing, Cedar Cove, Battlestar Galactica, Riverdale and Once Upon A Time. IMDB
Theresa Lee
Theresa played the Chinese interpreter in the Stargate SG1 episode Fragile Balance and has also appeared on Psych, Smallville, Hiccups, Son of the Dragon and many shows for her native language. IMDB

Daniel Boileau
Daniel appeared just the once on Stargate as a cocooned wraith victim in the Atlantis episode The Gift, he has also appeared on Dead Like Me, Eureka, The Dead Zone, iZombie, The Tomorrow People and Arrow. IMDB Twitter
Guyle Fraizer
Guyle played a technician on the Stargate SG1 episode Nemesis. He has also appeared on The X-Files, Monk, Dark Angel, Supernatural and Touched by Evil. IMDB

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Stargate Birthdays – February 24th

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Feb 242017
 

Helen Shaver
Helen directed the Stargate Universe episode Seizure and since she moved from in front of the camera she has also directed episodes of Elementary, Person Of Interest, Castle, The Unit, Vikings, Travelers and Special Victims Unit. As an actor she starred in Poltergeist The Legacy, Hill Street Blues, The 4400, The L Word and Down River. IMDB Twitter

Boyan Vukelic
Boyan played Sgt Stackhouse on five episodes of Stargate Atlantis (Rising, Hide & Seek, Thirty Eight Minutes, Suspicion and The Brotherhood). He has also appeared on The Flash, The Dead Zone, Seven Days, Bones, First Wave, Second Chance and Cold Squad. IMDB

Stargate Birthday – February 23rd

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Feb 232017
 

Dane B. McFadhen
Dane played Wagner on the Stargate Atlantis episode Hot Zone and has appeared on The Quality of Life and voiced characters for Mobile Suit Gundam and Mugen no rivaiasu. IMDB Twitter

Stargate Birthdays – February 22nd

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Feb 222017
 

Nicole Oliver
Nicole played Leedora in the SG1 episode Broca Divide and has also appeared on Welcome To Paradox, The Falling, The L Word, Rogue, Arrow, Seed and voiced many more characters on animated shows such as Max Steel, Storm Hawks and jPod. IMDB Behind The Voice Official Twitter

Gillian Barber
Gillian played Ambassador Dreylock in three episodes of Stargate SG1 and a Resident of the machine in the episode The Gamekeeper. She has also appeared on Cold Squad, Smallville, Cedar Cove, Endgame, The Man in the High Castle, Bates Motel and Witches of East End. IMDB
Bryce Hodgson
Bryce played the Earth “kid” on the Stargate SG1 episode 2010 and also guest starred on Jeremiah, The Dead Zone, The Santa Clause 2, Supernatural, Smallville, Falling Skies, iZombie and The Tomorrow People. IMDB

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Stargate Birthdays – February 21st

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Feb 212017
 

Patrick Gallagher
Patrick played Vonos in the the Stargate Atlantis episode Inferno and appeared on Battlestar Galactica, Glee, Smallville, Endgame, Suits, NCIS LA, True Blood, iZombie and Almost Human. IMDB Twitter

Larry Drake
Larry guest starred on the Stargate SG1 episode Beast of Burden playing Burrock, he has also guest starred on Voyager, Firefly,Prey and starred as Benny Stulwicz on LA Law. Larry also provides voices on shows such as Johnny Bravo and Justice League. IMDB Behind The Voice

Stargate Birthdays – February 20th

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Feb 202017
 

Louis Ferreira
Louis starred on Stargate Universe playing Colonel Everett Young and stars in the crime drama Motive as Detective Oscar Vega, he has also been on Breaking Bad, The LA Complex, 24, Primeval: New World, Missing, The Romeo Section, Travelers and Rookie Blue. IMDB Twitter
Willie Garson
Willie played Martin Lloyd in three episodes of Stargate SG1 ( 200, Wormhole X-Treme! & Point of No Return).He has also appeared on Sex and the City, NYPD Blue, Hawaii Five-0, Special Unit 2, Pushing Daisies and John From Cincinnati. He made his tv directorial debut on the White Collar episode Quantico Closure.  IMDB Twitter
French Stewart
French made his name as Harry on the comedy Third Rock From The Sun, he also played Lieutenant Ferretti on the Stargate Theatrical feature and later Dr. Andrew Covel on Stargate Universe episode Alliances.He has also had guest spots on The Middle, Mom, Rise of the Zombies, Secrets and Lies and The Closer. IMDB Twitter
Fred Applegate
Fred appeared as Elrad on the Stargate SG1 episode Red Sky and also had guest spots on Once and Again, Touched by an Angel, Will & Grace, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, The Producers and Person Of Interest. IMDB

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