31.May.07
Posted in Atlantis at 6:37 pm by DeeKayP
Introduction
“Miller’s Crossing” is currently scheduled to be the ninth episode to air in Season Four of Stargate Atlantis. The episode is written by Martin Gero.
Details
Summary: Jeanie McKay Miller and Dr. Rodney McKay are kidnapped by Henry Wallace on Earth after Wallace determines that only the McKays can save his daughter’s life using alien nanotechnology.
Henry Wallace kidnaps Jeanie Miller, McKay’s sister, which leads to McKay’s subsequent capture as well. Wallace knew about the SGC’s subcutaneous transponders and disabled McKay’s. He had knowledge of this technology because he worked for the company that manufactured them for the SGC, Devlin Medical Technologies. The company was given limited access to alien technology brought to Earth through the Stargate Program, and Wallace eventually put the pieces together after years of witnessing the military’s unbelievable technological advances. One of the company’s recent projects includes the development of nanotechnology to cure injury and disease. According to McKay, the Devlin Medical has just barely gotten the manufacturing of the nanites perfected and McKay himself was still months away from getting them programmed. Wallace discovered the connection of this nanotechnology to Atlantis and began to monitor McKay’s e-mails to Miller. Based on the content of these e-mails, Wallace believed that Miller had a better understanding of the programming than her brother.
Wallace is attempting to save the life of his daughter Sharon, about 18-20 years old, who is close to death with acute lymphocytic leukemia. The doctors have lost hope that she’ll survive and advise the family to prepare for her death. Not wishing to see his daughter die, Wallace worked on the nanite technology and implanted it into his daughter, but her body began to reject the foreign bodies. He hopes that Miller and McKay can reprogram the nanites in time to save his daughter’s life.
In the meantime, Agent Malcolm Barrett, Sgt. Harriman, Sheppard, and Ronon are back at the SGC attempting to find the two missing scientists.
Guest Characters
- Jeanie Miller (Kate Hewlett)
- Agent Malcolm Barrett (Peter Flemming)
- Sgt. Walter Harriman (Gary Jones)
- Henry Wallace
- Sharon Wallace
Production
Spoilers are subject to change as this episode is in production.
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28.May.07
Posted in News at 6:51 am by DeeKayP
Sci Fi Wire publishes the ratings for the Sci Fi Channel’s top ten performers each Monday. They’re about two weeks behind in the reporting. The ratings for SG-1’s “Bounty” and Atlantis’s “The Game”, premiered on May 11, have been added to the lists:
Stargate SG-1
April 13 – 10.11 – The Quest Part 2 – 1.5
April 20 – 10.12 – Line in the Sand – 1.1
April 27 – 10.13 – The Road Not Taken – 1.1
May 4 – 10.14 – The Shroud – 1.2
May 11 – 10.15 – Bounty – 1.2
Stargate Atlantis
April 13 – 3. 11 – The Return Part 2 – 1.4
April 20 – 3.12 – Echoes – 1.2
April 27 – 3.13 – Irresponsible – 1.3
May 4 – 3.14 – Tao of Rodney – 1.1
May 11 – 3.15 – The Game – 1.2
Second-half season averages for first-run airings (8pm and 9pm) are 1.22 for SG-1 and 1.24 for Atlantis.
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24.May.07
Posted in SG-1 at 1:21 pm by DeeKayP
In his “farewell” interview at scifi.com, Brad Wright talks about some of the most memorable times during the ten years of Stargate SG-1 and shares some of his favorite scenes. He also talks about the two direct-to-DVD movies, Stargate: The Ark of Truth and Stargate: Continuum.
After summarizing Robert C. Cooper’s The Ark of Truth, Wright had this to say about his own movie, Continuum:
My script, Continuum, is a stand-alone movie. It is more ambitious, I think, and a very large story that involves time travel and coming back to an Earth where the SGC no longer exists and trying to rectify that problem. It also revisits one of our best, I think, villains over the years, Ba’al. And it brings back Richard Dean Anderson; to me, he’s a huge part of the franchise and a big part of Stargate and I couldn’t imagine doing a movie without him.
I think the movies are at least going to have that hungry, receptive audience, and if they do very well, [then] there’s absolutely nothing wrong with continuing the franchise by doing a couple of movies a year.
To hear the rest of Wright’s interview, visit the farewell interview page at scifi.com (you’ll need Flash).
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23.May.07
Posted in SG-1 at 5:12 am by DeeKayP
Excecutive producer Joseph Mallozzi has published another set of photos for the SG-1 movie Stargate: Continuum, which started principal photography May 22. Included in his selection are Michael Shanks (Dr. Daniel Jackson) striking various poses for Mallozzi’s camera and the bright and smiling face of Don S. Davis, who is wearing Lt. General George Hammond’s class A uniform.
Mallozzi also mentioned seeing Richard Dean Anderson, but no photo of him is present in the blog entry:
On my way back to the office, I ran into Rick. Yup, that Rick. He’s looking great and very excited to be back. As is always the case when we meet up, we spent a good part of the conversation discussing The Simpsons, and the upcoming movie in particular.
Mallozzi included one photo of director Martin Wood as he stood among playback monitors showing some interesting world maps that appear to be part of a war room.
And finally, Mallozzi unwittingly tried out a gimbaled set in which he managed to take a few photos:
Another short walk over to Stage 2 and I was just in time to watch them test the gimbaled set for Continuum. As they started her up, I took one giant step over and positioned myself facing a corner of the massive structure, assuming that in the unlikely event the sides dropped off, they would collapse to either side of me and I would be able to walk off relatively unscathed. I know, I know. Silly of me. It was all very safe in Wray Douglas’s infinitely capable hands. Nevertheless, I did experience a few seconds of sheer terror when they decided to test the thing – while I was inside. It tilted. It rocked. It shimmied and shook. My life flashed before my eyes. Martin and Paul, meanwhile, were casually spitballing a story which could make use of the magnificent set once Continuum was done with it.
To see these photos, visit Joseph Mallozzi’s May 22 blog entry.
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22.May.07
Posted in Merchandise at 6:15 pm by michelle
From now until June 18, the official MGM Stargate Store is offering free shipping on any orders over $30 US. They’ve reported to Solutions that their most popular item right now is the incredible disappearing mug, in which the team “disappears” through the Stargate event horizon whenever hot liquid is poured in, only to return when things cool off. A nice way to keep SG-1 alive and going on missions… in your kitchen.
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21.May.07
Posted in SG-1 at 5:00 pm by DeeKayP
Executive Producer Joseph Mallozzi visited the sets for Stargate: Continuum, the second direct-to-DVD movie scheduled to be released this fall, and published some pictures of the tour he took with Atlantis producer and writer Martin Gero.
Stargate: Continuum, written by Brad Wright and directed by Martin Wood, is meant to be a stand-alone story that continues the journey of the members of SG-1. The story involves Ba’al, time travel, the Arctic, a nuclear submarine, and Goa’uld motherships attacking Earth. Included in Mallozzi’s photos is a set that appears to be a very worn yacht. Mallozzi writes:
Marty G. and I toured the up-and-coming sets of the second SG-1 movie: Continuum. Check out what’s in the works (including Martin’s post-Stargate luxury yacht).
In addition to the “boat” pictures is the set piece similar to the Stargate’s storage crate from the Washington, D.C., warehouse where it was stored in the episode “1969″. It wasn’t long after the events of August 1969 that Catherine Langford resumed her studies of the Stargate that led to the eventual formation of Stargate Command. The crate in the image appears to have been damaged by the unstable vortex of the wormhole (the “kawhoosh”).
In the movie, Ba’al is supposed to have stolen the Stargate sometime in Earth’s past to prevent the Stargate Program from ever forming. The Stargate went into storage in Washington, D.C., sometime after Ernest Littlefield’s “accident” in 1945 (when they activated the Stargate and he stepped through — unable to return home until 50 years later when SG-1 retrieved him in “The Torment of Tantalus”). Is it possible that Ba’al stole the Stargate sometime between 1945 and 1969, or is this crate located somewhere else after the Stargate was unburied in Giza in 1928?
Visit Joseph Mallozzi’s May 21 blog to see the images there and share your speculation of what they mean for the story in our on-site forum Stargate: Continuum discussion thread.
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Posted in News at 8:03 am by DeeKayP
Sci Fi Wire publishes the ratings for the Sci Fi Channel’s top ten performers each Monday. They’re about two weeks behind in the reporting, but here’s what they’ve published thus far for the second half of the current seasons of Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis:
Stargate SG-1
April 13 – 10.11 – The Quest Part 2 – 1.5
April 20 – 10.12 – Line in the Sand – 1.1
April 27 – 10.13 – The Road Not Taken – 1.1
May 4 – 10.14 – The Shroud – 1.2
Stargate Atlantis
April 13 – 3. 11 – The Return Part 2 – 1.4
April 20 – 3.12 – Echoes – 1.2
April 27 – 3.13 – Irresponsible – 1.3
May 4 – 3.14 – Tao of Rodney – 1.1
Ratings have seen a downward trend across the board this year, but Sci Fi Channel has stated that their new year-round original programming schedule has improved their viewership in certain target demographics from the same time period last year. According to them, April was one of their best months with their new Sci Fi Friday line-up being a major contributor to that success (press release).
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20.May.07
Posted in News at 7:05 am by DeeKayP
TV Guide’s Online Community is asking that Stargate SG-1 fans post their questions to cast members for an upcoming feature:
SG-1 Fans! Want to know what the cast has next? What is coming up in the finale? Or what it was like signing off of the show? Post your questions for the cast members here now and you could see the answer in an upcoming issue of the magazine. Please submit your questions by Monday 5/21.
You must be a registered member in order to posts comments. Registration is free.
[Thanks to Prion for the tip.]
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19.May.07
Posted in News at 8:36 am by michelle
Michael Shanks continues to blog weekly here at TVGuide.com. This week’s entry is quite introspective as Michael explains some things about himself:
On the other hand, I am blessed with a wonderful life, career, friends and work relationships that constantly have to deal with me as I struggle to find the worth that will allow me to contribute something positive in a collaborative way. Bless the people that have to deal with my crap…
As usual, Michael’s post has earned many comments… Go and read, and add your own!
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18.May.07
Posted in Atlantis at 6:58 pm by DeeKayP
Introduction
The following article contains spoilers for the Season Four episode “Be All My Sins Remember’d”. This is the eleventh episode of the season (the second part to the mid-season two-parter) and is written by Martin Gero.
Details
Summary: The Atlantis Expedition and the Wraith join forces to execute a daring plan against a common enemy.
McKay and a Wraith work together in a lab on Atlantis with two Marines keeping watch. They’re working together under an extreme time limit and McKay reassures the Wraith that they’ll be done as planned. The Wraith doesn’t believe the estimate is long enough, and McKay claims that he performs better under pressure. They’ve spent enough time together that the Wraith has picked up on McKay’s modus operandi and offers to speed up the process by threatening to feed on him. The Marines don’t take this as a joke, even as McKay tries to reassure them that it is, but he still moves as far from the Wraith as possible to continue his work.
In the meantime, both the Daedalus and the Apollo are in orbit over Atlantis. Carter is with Caldwell on his ship, looking at the upgrades that include a retrofit of an Asgard terminal. They discuss Carter’s command and how different it is from being on an SG team.
Later, the Wraith is with Sheppard, Ronon, and Teyla on a puddle jumper. They’ve gone to the Wraith’s hive ship to negotiate the joining of forces. The Wraith’s fellow Wraith stunned the Expedition members so that they could talk with the Wraith in private. The Wraith wakes up Sheppard and tells him he’s managed to get seven hive ships instead of the twelve they had anticipated to join them. The Wraith explains that not all of the hives agreed to the plan and that some of them don’t have queens to create new soldiers should any of them be lost. Sheppard agrees that seven is better than none and they proceed with their plan.
While his team is out, McKay stays behind in Atlantis, this time working with Zelenka in the lab. They are conducting their experiments on a block of silvery metal [Although silvery metal has been seen on Stargate SG-1 as the appearance of the inert state of Replicator cells, the common enemy in this story is currently not known].
Guest Characters
- Col. Steven Caldwell (Mitch Pileggi)
- Dr. Radek Zelenka (David Nykl)
- Wraith
Production
Episode spoilers are subject to change as the season is in production.
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