30.May.05
Posted in News at 6:42 am by DeeKayP
SPACE Channel’s Third Annual Spacey Awards
Canadian viewers of the SPACE Channel cast their votes for their favorites from April 1 to May 15. On May 29, the winners were announced and Stargate SG-1 won the Favorite Canadian TV Series for the third straight year (by an over 50% vote)!
Additionally, Col. Jack O’Neill (played by Richard Dean Anderson) was voted as the Favorite Male TV Character! Anderson, known for his long-winded acceptance speeches, accepted his award from his swimming pool!
Christopher Judge accepted the Spacey on behalf of everyone at SG-1 while dressed as Teal’c and on set.
Spacey Awards Press Release
[Thanks to ChrissieCat and Elyse for the scoop! -- DeeKayP]
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28.May.05
Posted in SG-1 at 3:28 pm by DeeKayP
A few new spoilers for Season Nine
Executive Producer Joseph Mallozzi has been keeping us up to date with all of the movies he’s watching in his new home theater, which flavors of ice cream are his favorites, and which television shows he enjoys in his new blog at Gateworld. In addition to answering questions in his “Ask Joe Mallozzi” thread, he places notes of his progress as writer and producer for the Stargate franchise.
His latest entry, dated May 27, has the following to say about production of Season Nine: “As I expected, it was a busy week. We prepped the big mid-season SG-1 two-parter – The 4th Horseman I and II. The show’s 9th season continues to add to its already impressive list of guest stars. Watch for ex-X-Files semi-regular William B. Davis to make a couple of appearances as well as the very talented Cameron Bright (who you may recognize from his performaces in Godsend opposite Robert DeNiro, and Birth opposite Nicole Kidman).”
Although we’ve gotten the titles for thirteen episodes, we think, of Stargate SG-1’s ninth season, the episode order is still up for grabs. The relatively unknown “The Order” doesn’t seem to have a place, so it gets shuffled around quite a bit. Mallozzi did mention, however, that Vala and Carter appear together in “Beachhead”, and Executive Producer/Writer/Show Runner Robert C. Cooper mentioned only six episodes in his recent Cult Times interview, so “Beachhead” will most likely be the sixth episode rather than the seventh as previous assumed.
Mallozzi continued in his blog entry: “We cut Ex Deus Machina (Chris Judge did such a great job that I immediately went down to set after watching the Director’s cut and told him as much) and Paul cut Instinct [Stargate Atlantis episode] while I started beating out an outline for our next script (tentatively titled “Convergence”) that, if all goes as planned, may see the return of a much-loved, sorely-missed character. Over on the Babylon location, Ben Browder continues to impress, insisting on performing his own stunts and taking a beating (quite literally) for his troubles.”
In “Ex Deus Machina”, the Free Jaffa are tracking down the whereabouts of former System Lord Ba’al. Intelligence gathered by Gerak (played by Lou Gossett, Jr.) had that Ba’al had been hiding on Earth ever since the defeat of the System Lords at the end of Season Eight. Gerak sent a Jaffa to Earth secretly and that Jaffa ends up dead (he was formerly under the service of Lord Yu). Gerak challenges the relationships among the Jaffa, Tau’ri and Tok’ra and that very challenge brings Teal’c’s loyalty under question.
In “Babylon”, Mitchell finds himself in a major fight with the Sodan Jaffa, a group of Jaffa who sought Kheb five thousand years ago, but found a different planet instead. The Sodan worship the Ancients as gods, until a Prior of the Orii happens to make his vie. The leader of the Sodan, Lord Haikon (played by Tony Todd), thinks he has found the true gods in the Orii and Mitchell attempts to tell him otherwise. Mitchell is captured by the Sodan after the fight and is then trained in the fighting practices of the Sodan, just so he may participate in a ritual fight to the death.
Lord Haikon is due to make a reappearance in the season two-parter, “The Fourth Horseman”.
Speaking of “The Fourth Horseman”, Mallozzi advised fans in his Q&A on May 22: “Check out the big mid-season two-parter, The Fourth Horseman, in which a certain someone from her [Samantha Carter] past drops in to lend a hand – with poignant consequences.” This sounds like Orlin might indeed return as originally thought. Mallozzi didn’t mention Sean Patrick Flanery, who originally played the role in “Ascension”, so it is possible that Orlin might return in another form, much like Oma Desala did for Daniel (such as in “Maternal Instinct” and “Meridian”). No word one way or the other has been confirmed, so this is mere speculation at this point. [Edited to add: Mallozzi posted on his Q&A after this article was first released: "We know now that Sean Patrick Flannery will not be playing Orlin again in The Fourth Horseman I and II. Instead, the part will be played by the terrific Cameron Bright. How is this possible, you're no doubt asking. Well, there's a very good reason Orlin's appearance has changed..."]
So, here are the 13 episodes we have thus far — remember the order is still tentative:
9.01 “Avalon Part 1″
9.02 “Avalon Part 2″
9.03 “Origin Part 3″
9.04 “The Ties That Bind”
9.05 “The Powers That Be”
9.06 “Beachhead”
9.07 “Ex Deus Machina”
9.08 “Babylon”
9.09 “The Order”
9.10 “The Fourth Horseman Part 1″
9.11 “The Fourth Horseman Part 2″
9.12 “Collateral Damage”
9.13 “Convergence”
Season Nine on the Stargate SG-1 Solutions Wiki (StargateWiki)
GateWorld: Joseph Mallozzi’s Blog and Q&A
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Posted in News at 5:39 am by DeeKayP
Congratulations to the winners!
Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis were nominated for a total of 18 2005 Leo Awards in 13 categories.
The awards were given out in two ceremonies. On Friday, May 27: Stargate SG-1’s Christine Mooney for “Best Costume Design in a Dramatic Series” for the episode “Moebius Part 2″ and Stargate Atlantis‘ Mark Breakspear, Bruce Woloshyn, Dan Mayer, Simon Ager, and Tara Conley for “Best Visual Effects in a Dramatic Series” for the episode “The Eye”.
On Saturday, May 28: Stargate SG-1’s Amanda Tapping for “Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series” for the episode “Threads”.
View the Complete List of 2005 Leo Award Winners at the official website
Discuss the 2005 Leo Awards at our Stargate SG1Solutions Forum
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22.May.05
Posted in SG-1 at 9:25 am by DeeKayP
Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell and the Sword in the Stone
When Stargate SG-1 opens its ninth season with a three-part opener (”Avalon Part 1″, “Avalon Part 2″, and “Origin”), the newly-formed SG-1 plunge themselves into another Ancient legacy: Avalon. Arthurian legend wouldn’t be complete without King Arthur, Merlin, Excalibur, and knights, and writer Robert C. Cooper rises to the challenge of combining our myths and legends with the mythology of Stargate.
Also rising to the challenge of bringing these stories to life were Stargate SG-1’s new cast member Ben Browder and show fight coordinator James “BamBam” Bamford. The two men worked several hours in coordinating and executing a sword fight between Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell and a knight after Mitchell pulls the legendary sword from the stone. (The props department displayed this sword at a recent convention and labeled it “Excalibur”.) What is impressive about the sword fight is that Ben Browder performed the stunt himself.
Bamford had this to say about the casts of both Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis (for which Bamford is stunt coordinator) in his Q&A thread on the GateWorld Forum: “The cast on SGA and on SG1 are both fantastic. Every actor is an individual. Some prefer to do everything themselves…others don’t. It is my job to ensure that the action sequences look their best while at the same time keeping the actors safe and sound. All of our actors enjoy the rush of doing their own stunts as much as I do, but sometimes it is not safe enough to risk the well being of any actor.”
Concerning the broadsword fight in which Mitchell finds himself in “Avalon”, Bamford stated, “Ben has had some prior sword training so he was a natural. I had about 6 hours of rehearsal time in total with Ben, before the shoot date. We always rehearse just before we roll the camera, a couple of times, to jog the brain on the moves. That scene took 1 full 12 [-hour] day to shoot and about 3 hours on second unit shooting to finish. I think you will be impressed with Mr. B!!”
Discuss “Avalon” on our Stargate SG1Solutions Fan Forum.
According to Joseph Mallozzi, executive producer and writer, the primary resource used for the Arthurian legend was Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte D’Arthur. Visit Amazon.com (US) or Amazon.com (UK) for more information about Malory’s Morte D’Arthur (Oxford World’s Classics).
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20.May.05
Posted in News at 3:24 pm by DeeKayP
SciFi Channel set to run marathons of Stargate SG-1’s Season Eight and Stargate Atlantis Season One in July
Dated 5/19/05 By Marla Reed
In advance of the season premieres of their hit shows Stargate SG-1 which is now going into its ninth season and Stargate Atlantis now headed into its second season, the SciFi Channel will be running marathons of the SG-1 Season Eight and SGA Season One.
Stargate SG-1 Season Eight, starring Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping and Christopher Judge will air on July 7th starting at 8AM EST time and run until 2AM EST will include 19 of the original 20 episodes of the season.
Stargate Atlantis Season One, starring Torri Higginson, Joe Flanigan, Rachel Luttrell and David Hewlett will air on July 8th starting at 8AM EST and running until 2AM EST, airing 19 of the original 20 episodes of the season.
Discuss Stargate SG-1 Season Eight Marathon on our Stargate SG1Solutions Forum
Discuss Stargate Atlantis Season One Marathon on our Stargate SG1Solutions Forum
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Posted in SG-1 at 12:56 pm by Alison
Regener-Gate!
Thomasina Gibson, Cult Times #117, May 2005
Stargate SG-1 Executive Producer and writer Robert C. Cooper explains what drew him back to the show for its pivotal 9th season: “I got excited about the story. I got excited about reinventing the show and creating new bad guys. We’ve been talking about the Ancients for a long time and where they went to, but then we thought, ‘What if they didn’t come from here [Earth]‘? What if they came from somewhere else and we find a way to go and communicate with them or the people they left behind in the galaxy far, far away and they’re not quite the people we had hoped they were? What if they have a whole different philosophy and a whole different religion and they worship some Ascended Beings that are not quite as benevolent as our lovely Ancients?”
That’s the premise of Stargate’s ongoing journey and it’s an idea that has sparked the imagination of the writers, designers and actors and continued through to every aspect of the production. Everyone Cult Times spoke with seemed to be throwing them?selves into this latest season with renewed vigour. Cooper is relishing the opportunity to bring a totally different perspective to the team’s adven?tures. “I mean, the Goa’uld are sort of defeated, and they are going to be a thorn in our side from time to time, but we [the writers] felt like we had done all that story arc to death and it was time to really start afresh. Also, we were invigorated by Atlantis. We found that it was fun to write Atlantis and actually go forward instead of back. See, we’d been ending SG-1 for so long. We’ve been ending that show for three years and we were tired of writing endings. We were tired of writing ‘The End’ and wanted to write ‘The Beginning’. So we started to write beginnings for the next stage of our journey and we are having a hoot.”
Though the adventures are inspiring in themselves, the new cast members are adding to the magic. “Claudia Black has been a real injection of energy in the show and Ben Browder is just fantastic,” en?thuses the executive producer. “And quite frankly, the whole storyline revolves around Daniel Jackson, and Michael Shanks truly has never been better. He has risen to the occasion. We’ve challenged him and he’s come through with flying colours.” Mindful that he is the boss and has some decorum to maintain, Cooper begs, “Don’t tell him that I said he was that good… He won’t fit through the Stargate.” But we’re putting it in print anyway because we like Mr. Shanks.
Not that he needs much of a boost. He’s got his own support system right there on set. His wife, Lexa Doig, has joined the personnel at the SGC, so it’s good news all round. “Lexa actually auditioned. Can you believe it?” gasps Cooper. “I would have cast her if I had known she was interested but she came in and read and was head and shoulders above the rest. Now, in the show she is fantastic. She really is. She plays Dr Lam, a role where she gets to show a side of herself that she never really had the opportunity to show before.”
At the time of our visit, the gang is mid-way through the season opener, but asked which episodes we should be antici?pating most, Cooper exclaims, “All of them! They’re that good.” Pushed for a little more detail, the man relents, “I wrote the opening three-parter. As usual I didn’t set out to write a three-parter, I set out to write a two-parter and I am so darned long-winded that I got a third of the way through the first script and went, ‘I got a three-parter here’. So I ended up writing the first three episodes that kind of set everything up. Then Joe Mallozzi and Paul Mullie [promoted to executive producers themselves this year] wrote a wonderful romp – an amusing trip through Vala’s [Claudia Black] backstory – for the fourth episode. The fifth episode was written by Martin Gero, one of our writers on Atlantis, called The Powers That Be. It’s very funny and ultimately very poignant and furthers the introduction of our new baddies, one of whom is played by Julian Sands. He’s a wonderful, wonderful, creepy bad guy and he plays it beautifully. Then Brad Wright wrote Beach Head, which is a big Space Opera battle thing with some Goa’uld thrown in there for good measure. So it’s very cool.”
As for the return of Lt. Col Samantha Carter to the series after Amanda Tapping’s maternity leave with new baby Olivia, Cooper reveals that “She walks through the door. I mean that quite literally. She doesn’t come through a Stargate or anything dra?matic like that. She just walks in the door. She’s been looking after Area 51 and she’s been looking after a little personal commitment.” Cooper goes on to say, “I have to say,” announces Mr Cooper, “that the segment of the fan base known as the ’shippers’ may be a little disappointed with Season Nine because there isn’t as much of that kind of thing going on. It’s more like Seasons One and Two, with big adventures and a lot more story-based stuff. We do learn about our characters’ personal lives but there’s not a lot of romance going on between these char?acters. It’s more serious business going on here. The galaxy is about to become a very dangerous place again and there’s no time for all that romping around.”
“I think that Stargate Season Nine is more like a Season One of a new show and we’re hoping that this ends talk of ‘Will there be another season?’ Judging from what we’ve been doing so far, I think this rejuvenated show could go on for another five years.”
Buy Cult Times issue #117 online to read even more about what’s in store in Season 9!
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Posted in SG-1 at 11:59 am by Alison
Claudia Unbound
David Bassom, Stargate SG-1 Official Magazine #04, May/Jun 05
Throughout Prometheus Unbound, viewers are left guessing as to whether Vala (played by Farscape’s Claudia Black) is a villain or a heroine. Black feels that the ambiguity that surrounds her character creates a lot of potential for Vala’s six-episode story arc at the beginning of Season Nine.
“We really don’t know yet about Vala,” she explains. “I think Daniel Jackson finds her very frustrating. I don’t think he feels he can trust her much, but he does find her intriguing and I think he respects her ability. So I think she’s going to be an interesting character to watch in Season Nine.”
Season Nine will also feature Claudia Black’s leading man from Farscape, Ben Browder, in a new regular role as a military hero who becomes involved in SG-1. Black has no doubt that her former co-star will prove to be a fine addition to Stargate SG-1.
“They are so lucky to have Ben,” she states. “I actually don’t know if they realise how lucky they are yet. Ben’s energy knows no bounds, so I think he’s going to run them ragged. He’s got the spirit and the enthusiasm as a performer of someone a third of his age.”
Many viewers have already noted the physical similarities beween Browder and longtime Stargate SG-1 star Michale Shanks, and Black is only too aware of what they’re saying. “They do look alike,” she agrees with a grin. “It certainly was weird for me to walk onto the Stargate SG-1 set and see Michael in an almost identical costume to what Ben wore on Farscape! I’m sure there will be some tongue-in-cheek comment on the show on their similarity. One of the joys of Stargate SG-1 is that there’s a lot of tongue-in-cheek humour.”
“The one thing Michael and Ben really do have in common is that they take their work as actors very seriously. I also think that their way of working is very similar; they’re both very professional and both very technically proficient. And I think they’ll be delighted to find those qualities in each other. I’m very happy they’re getting a chance to work together. I know they have met, and Michael spoke very highly of Ben, so they’ll give each other a run for their money and I know they’ll have a lot of fun together. And I’m sure the onscreen chemistry between the two of them is going to be phenomenal.”
In addition to appearing alongside Michael Shanks, Browder seems destined to appeare opposite Black in Stargate SG-1 – and that’s one reunion Black is excited by. “It will be nice to do something with Ben where I have the opportunity to be a lot more playful,” she notes. “Our characters could even hate each other! That would be fun.”
As excited as she is about what the future holds for Shanks and Browder, Claudia Black is even more thrilled about what Stargate SG-1’s ninth season has in store for Vala. She has relished her Stargate SG-1 experience to date, and feels that Vala could captivate viewers like never before during the coming year.
“I do believe Vala is an interesting character and there’s room for her to grow,” she declares. “There are just lots of possibilities for the character, and I think she’s going to be fun to watch. I know the show’s producers were very clear about her back-story and where she came from but not all of that was revealed in Prometheus Unbound, so I think there’s a lot of scope for her in Season Nine.”
Buy the official Stargate SG-1 Magazine online to read the rest of this lovely interview
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19.May.05
Posted in News at 6:22 am by DeeKayP
SciFi gives more of the details — finally.
Way back in April, the SciFi Channel announced in a full page ad in their magazine (actually, it was the June issue) that there would be sneak peeks of Stargate SG-1’s ninth season during Mondays in May. What the ad failed to state, however, was which Mondays in May! Online fans excited to “meet the new team” started to sit in front of their TVs during each “Stargate SG-1 Monday” (starting on May 2) to see Dr. Daniel Jackson, Teal’c, Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell, Maj. Gen. Hank Landry, and, perhaps, the Free Jaffa Nation leader Gerak, and the SGC’s new CMO, Dr. Carolyn Lam. But, unfortunately, it was not to be — for three straight Mondays in May!
But, finally, Stargate SG-1 viewers have been given a date for the sneak peeks by the channel: May 23, 2005.
SciFi Channel had already announced on the show’s website that its season premiere would be July 15, 2005, at 8PM, but just recently announced the date in a SciFi Wire article.
Visit the Stargate SG-1 Solutions Wiki Season Nine page for spoilers and links
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14.May.05
Posted in SG-1 at 2:48 pm by DeeKayP
More shuffling is predicted before it is all said and done!
In a recent post on the Gateworld Forum, Joseph Mallozzi stated that Carter will return in the episode, “Beachhead”. Since we know that Carter will be in “Ex Deus Machina” playing opposite NID Agent Malcolm Barrett, and since we know that Vala is only around when Carter isn’t and is doing six episodes, we’re going to assume that “Beachhead” is the seventh episode and “Ex Deus Machina” follows.
Filming schedules are not always the best way to tell the order that episodes will air. A few prime examples of this are from Season Six where “Frozen” was filmed after “Abyss” and “Full Circle” before “Prophecy”! Also, Season Five’s “Revelations” was filmed before “Meridian” and Season Seven’s “Fragile Balance” before “Fallen”.
Some of the episodes which are listed in our Season Nine Episode Guide page will move around as we discover their rightful places in the airing schedules.
So, here’s a revised episode order for Season Nine. It’s not written in stone (except for the opener and the mid-season two-parter!), but is only a guess based off of various assumptions from spoilers, producers’ comments, writers’ comments, and actors’ comments:
-9.01 “Avalon Part 1″
-9.02 “Avalon Part 2″
-9.03 “Origin” (Part 3)
-9.04 “The Ties That Bind”
-9.05 “The Powers That Be”
-9.06 “The Order”
-9.07 “Beachhead”
-9.08 “Ex Deus Machina”
-9.09 “Babylon”
-9.10 “The Fourth Horseman Part 1″
-9.11 “The Fourth Horseman Part 2″
-9.12 “Collateral Damage”
Links to Spoiler Discussion Threads on our Stargate SG1Solutions Forum
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Posted in Press Watch at 7:02 am by DeeKayP
“He’s this little orphan boy in the middle of this big universe.” — Michael Shanks
Micheal Shanks was recently interviewed by Julia Houston for About.com between filming the fourth and fifth episodes of the ninth season. They talked about many things, from what it was like to be living in a hotel while filming the first season to welcoming new castmates to the set.
Through the previous eight years of Stargate SG-1, many of us have seen the actor and his character, Dr. Daniel Jackson, grow and mature. But even still, through all that both of them have endured, Michael Shanks still believes that Daniel is “a little child of the universe. He’s this little orphan boy in the middle of this big universe. He’s looking to the answers to his existence. He’s kind of never active, so much as reactive. The more adventure and exploring we do, the better for him. I?m enjoying everything as long as we keep going through that gate.”
That statement captures the essence of what so many fans find attractive about Daniel Jackson and why so many feel that the story of Stargate is very much the story of Daniel’s journey.
[Thanks to Ellie for the use of her artwork in this article -- DeeKayP]
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