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Women of Sci-Fi Calendar Shipping!

After a delay as the calendar was switched from 2006 to 2007, the Women of Sci-fi Calendar and Behind the Scenes DVD are shipping! I ordered my set only last week and received them today. Here are a few first impressions…

The calendar is beautiful! It’s bigger than I expected, 11 inches wide by 19 long, almost all picture, and nicely glossy. The pictures are tasteful and focused mostly on the actress’ face rather than her ‘other’ assets. The calendar would be quite appropriate for an office setting, in my opinion. Some of the photos are Sci-fi oriented, while others aren’t. There’s one of Teryl Rothery in a very cute cowboy outfit. :)The calendar spans December 2006 through January 2008, 14 months in all, and each of the seven actresses has two ‘months’ all her own.

The Behind the Scenes DVD, filmed and nicely produced by Ivon Bartok, is a lot of fun. Forty-five minutes in total, there is a chapter for each actress, nicely scored with rock music. Each chapter has an interview with the actress talking about her experience with the shoot and with acting in science fiction in general. All of the actresses had nothing but praise for Chris’ work, even if they don’t usually enjoy still-photo shoots. Interspersed with each interview were thoughts from Chris on working with that actress, and scenes of her shoot, including nice stills that didn’t make the calendar.

The scenes from the shoot show there were quite a few people involved and some quite intricate lighting and sets. The only disappointment on the DVD is that Michael Shanks isn’t on it, but as he’s said in interviews, his money is evident all through it. 🙂

So don’t delay! Visit Women of Sci-Fi.com and order your copy today! The more we buy, the more likely it is we’ll have a Men of Sci-Fi calendar, featuring Michael, Chris, and their friends, sooner rather than later.

Free Comic Book Day Saturday

Saturday, May 6 is Free Comic Book Day in the US. Earlier announcements about the day have featured promises of giveaways of special edition Jack O’Neill action figures, but we haven’t yet heard of stores that are definitely carrying them.

To find a comic book store near you that is participating, visit Free Comic Book Day.

Here is the release from Diamond Select toys, which is releasing the action figures:

Just a reminder that this weekend is Free Comic Book Day, and as part of this year’s offerings, Diamond Select are offering an exclusive Stargate figure…

In partnership with this spring’s Free Comic Book Day event, comic store customers should be on the lookout for an exclusive Stargate action figure when they visit their local comic book stores on Sunday, May 6th. Available only during this promotion, a limited General Jack O’Neill action figure will help bring new customers to comic book stores across the country and raise awareness of Stargate action figures.

Part of Diamond Select Toys’ upcoming Stargate SG-1 action figure line, the Free Comic Book Day exclusive General Jack O’Neill figure depicts the SGC leader wearing a black t-shirt as opposed to the uniformed version due to be released later this spring and will be handed out to customers visiting any participating comic book store!

“Free Comic Book Day helps introduce new customers to the world of comics and collectibles every year,” stated Michael Leavey, Marketing and Sales Coordinator for Diamond Select Toys. “We’re very excited to be a part of this year’s event in addition to offering a great exclusive figure.”

For more information about Free Comic Book Day or to locate a comic store near you, please visit www.freecomicbookday.com.

Because the scheme is voluntary it might be worth checking with your comic book retailer whether they will be getting this and / or the free comics in.

Shanks Movie Swarmed Now Shipping On DVD

With the tagline “Man doesn’t rule the planet anymore,” Michael Shanks’ science fiction/horror movie “Swarmed” launches on DVD.In this fun, classic genre “B” movie, the residents of a small town find themselves battling a swarm of wasps which has been sprayed by a super pesticide. Cover art for the DVD is featured to the right…

Amazon.com’s editorial review/product description focuses on fan-favourite Michael Shanks:

Man’s place as ruler of the natural world is about to be defeated. Michael Shanks (“Stargate SG-1”) stars in this thrilling story about a swarm of deadly genetically enhanced wasps on a rampage. Featuring eye-popping special effects, explosive excitement and all the six-legged horrors the world of man can handle.

The movie also stars Carol Alt, Jonathon Malen, Maria Brooks, Richard Chevolleau and Ellen Dubin.

Rated PG-13, the movie has been released on DVD by the Lion’s Gate studio. The DVD is Region 1, closed-captioned, Dolby, subtitled, widescreen and NTSC.

Click here to buy “Swarmed” online from Amazon.com.

10th Anniversary DVD Covers

TVShowsOnDVD has published trade ad pictures showing the covers of the new SG-1 slim pack cover art being issued in honor of the 10th season of the show. The covers have the same images as the previously released large box sets. Visit this link to see the trade ad images.
Thanks to Nathan in the UK for the tip!

Sony: Special 10th Anniversary DVD Releases

Special Release of S1-S8 in Slim Packaging

From: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

RICHARD DEAN ANDERSON, MICHAEL SHANKS, AMANDA TAPPING, CHRISTOPHER JUDGE AND DON DAVIS STAR IN THE EIGHT-TIME EMMY® NOMINATED SERIES

Stargate SG-1: Seasons 1-8

DVD Sets Celebrate Television’s Longest Running Sci-Fi Series 10th Anniversary

Culver City, Calif. (April 3, 2006) — Sony Pictures Home Entertainment celebrates the 10th anniversary of “Stargate SG-1” with the release of the Stargate SG-1: Seasons 1-8 DVD collection on June 13. Starring Richard Dean Anderson (MacGyver, General Hospital), Michael Shanks (Door To Door), Amanda Tapping (Life or Something Like It), Christopher Judge (Snow Dogs) and Don Davis (A League of Their Own), Stargate SG-1 is based on the hit 1994 film Stargate. Chronicling the adventures of the Stargate Command, the series follows the four members of SG-1 on their missions through an ancient “gate” to new worlds where they encounter fascinating and sometimes dangerous cultures.

Created by Jonathan Glassner and Brad Wright (TV’s “The Outer Limits”), Stargate SG-1 debuted on Showtime in 1997, later airing on The Sci-Fi Channel beginning with Season Six. Now in its 10th season, Stargate SG-1 is the longest running sci-fi series in television history and has been nominated for more than 71 awards, including eight Emmy® nominations.

The Stargate SG-1: Seasons 1-8 DVD collection contains the complete episodes for each season and value added content including “The Directors’ Series” and “Beyond the Gate” featurettes. The commemorative collection will also feature sleek, innovative slim packs decorated with classic sci-fi themed art. Stargate SG-1: Seasons 1-8 will each be available for an SRP of $49.96.

SYNOPSIS
Colonel Jack O’Neill (Anderson) resurfaces from retirement when a corrupt being passes through the Stargate to Earth and kidnaps a female soldier. Stargate, discovered in Egypt at the turn of the 20th century, is a portal that immediately carries travelers across vast distances to other galaxies. The reactivation of Stargate unleashes O’Neill’s silence about the truth — O’Neill never destroyed Stargate as he was ordered to years before and scientist Dr. Daniel Jackson (Shanks) is alive and well on the far-away planet of Abydos.

When Colonel O’Neill passes through the Stargate to Planet Abydos to rescue the lost soldier once again, he is reunited with Dr. Jackson who then confesses that the evil being also kidnapped his wife and brother-in-law. Jackson then unveils his new discovery – an ancient map of hieroglyphics indicating other existing Stargates that lead to other planets throughout the galaxy, not only Planet Abydos.

O’Neill returns to Earth to inform his superior General George Hammond (Davis) about the advancement of Stargate as a portal to many unknown frontiers. Hammond sends newly assembled SG teams to travel throughout the galaxy to conduct research and fight conflict and dark power threatening the safety of Earth and other peaceful planets. This team, known as SG-1, works under the auspices of a covert agency known as the SGC, a division of Air Force Intelligence that is highly classified; only the President and the Joint Chiefs know of its existence. Jackson’s discovery and the SG team’s subsequent missions “unlock the universe” and the adventures of Colonel O’Neill, and Stargate SG-1 begins.

Season 1 Episodes (July 27, 1997 — March 6, 1998)

1. Children of the Gods: Part 1
2. Children of the Gods: Part 2
3. The Enemy Within
4. Emancipation
5. The Broca Divide
6. The First Commandment
7. Cold Lazarus
8. The Nox
9. Brief Candle
10. Thor’s Hammer
11. The Torment of Tantalus
12. Bloodlines
13. Fire and Water
14. Hathor
15. Singularity
16. Cor-Ai
17. Enigma
18. Solitudes
19. Tin Man
20. There But for the Grace of God
21. Politics
22. Within the Serpent’s Grasp

Stargate SG-1: Season 1
DVD Catalog #: 1001607
DVD UPC Code: 027616859174
DVD Order Date: 5/11/06
DVD SRP: $49.96

Season 2 Episodes (June 26, 1998 — March 12, 1999)

1. The Serpent’s Lair
2. In the Line of Duty
3. Prisoners
4. The Gamekeeper
5. Need
6. Thor’s Chariot
7. Message in a Bottle
8. Family
9. Secrets
10. Bane
11. The Tok’ra: Part 1
12. The Tok’ra: Part 2
13. Spirits
14. Touchstone
15. A Matter of Time
16. The Fifth Race
17. Serpent’s Song
18. Holiday
19. One False Step
20. Show and Tell
21. 1969
22. Out of Mind

Stargate SG-1: Season 2
DVD Catalog #: 1003839
DVD UPC Code: 027616879585
DVD Order Date: 5/11/06
DVD SRP: $49.96

Season 3 Episodes (June 25, 1999 — March 10, 2000)

1. Into the Fire
2. Seth
3. Fair Game
4. Legacy
5. Learning Curve
6. Point of View
7. Deadman Switch
8. Demons
9. Rules of Engagement
10. Forever in a Day
11. Past and Present
12. Jolinar’s Memories
13. The Devil You Know
14. Foothold
15. Pretense
16. Urgo
17. A Hundred Days
18. Shades of Grey
19. New Ground
20. Maternal Instinct
21. Crystal Skull
22. Nemesis

Stargate SG-1: Season 3
DVD Catalog #: 1004660
DVD UPC Code: 027616887016
DVD Order Date: 5/11/06
DVD SRP: $49.96

Season 4 Episodes (June 30, 2000 — February 23, 2001)

1. Small Victories
2. The Other Side
3. Upgrades
4. Crossroads
5. Divide and Conquer
6. Window of Opportunity
7. Watergate
8. The First Ones
9. Scorched Earth
10. Beneath the Surface
11. Point of No Return
12. Tangent
13. The Curse
14. The Serpent’s Venom
15. 29 September 2000
16. Chain Reaction
17. 2010
18. Absolute Power
19. The Light
20. Prodigy
21. Entity
22. Double Jeopardy
23. Exodus

Stargate SG-1: Season 4
DVD Catalog #: 1005198
DVD UPC Code: 027616895264
DVD Order Date: 5/11/06
DVD SRP: $49.96

Season 5 Episodes (June 29, 2001 — May 17, 2002)

1. Enemies
2. Threshold
3. Ascension
4. The Fifth Man
5. Red Sky
6. Rite of Passage
7. Beast of Burden
8. The Tomb
9. Between Two Fires
10. 2001
11. Desperate Measures
12. Wormhole X-Treme!
13. Proving Ground
14. 48 Hours
15. Summit
16. Last Stand
17. Fail Safe
18. The Warrior
19. Menace
20. Sentinel
21. Meridian
22. Revelation

Stargate SG-1: Season 5
DVD Catalog #: 1005928
DVD UPC Code: 027616901576
DVD Order Date: 5/11/06
DVD SRP: $49.96

Season 6 Episodes (June 7, 2002 — March 21, 2003)

1. Redemption: Part 1
2. Redemption: Part 2
3. Descent
4. Frozen
5. Nightwalkers
6. Abyss
7. Shadow Play
8. The Other Guys
9. Allegiance
10. Cure
11. Prometheus
12. Unnatural Selection
13. Sight Unseen
14. Smoke & Mirrors
15. Paradise Lost
16. Metamorphosis
17. Disclosure
18. Forsaken
19. The Changeling
20. Memento
21. Prophecy
22. Full Circle

Stargate SG-1: Season 6
DVD Catalog #: 1006080
DVD UPC Code: 027616903020
DVD Order Date: 5/11/06
DVD SRP: $49.96

Season 7 Episodes (June 13, 2003 — March 19, 2004)

1. Fallen
2. Homecoming
3. Fragile Balance
4. Orpheus
5. Revisions
6. Lifeboat
7. Enemy Mine
8. Space Race
9. Avenger 2.0
10. Birthright
11. Evolution: Part 1
12. Evolution: Part 2
13. Grace
14. Fallout
15. Chimera
16. Death Knell
17. Heroes: Part 1
18. Heroes: Part 2
19. Resurrection
20. Inauguration
21. Lost City: Part 1
22. Lost City: Part 2

Stargate SG-1: Season 7
DVD Catalog #: 1006666
DVD UPC Code: 027616908278
DVD Order Date: 5/11/06
DVD SRP: $49.96

Season 8 Episodes (July 9, 2004 — March 25, 2005)

1. New Order: Part 1
2. New Order: Part 2
3. Lockdown
4. Zero Hour
5. Icon
6. Avatar
7. Affinity
8. Covenant
9. Sacrifices
10. Endgame
11. Gemini
12. Prometheus Unbound
13. It’s Good to Be King
14. Full Alert
15. Citizen Joe
16. Reckoning: Part 1
17. Reckoning: Part 2
18. Threads
19. Moebius: Part 1
20. Moebius: Part 2

Stargate SG-1: Season 8
DVD Catalog #: 15256
DVD UPC Code: 027616152565
DVD Order Date: 5/11/06
DVD SRP: $49.95

About Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is a Sony Pictures Entertainment company. SPE is a division of Sony Corporation of America, a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. SPE’s global operations encompass motion picture production and distribution; television production and distribution; digital contest creation and distribution; worldwide channel investments; home entertainment acquisition and distribution; operation of studio facilities; development of new entertainment products, services and technologies; and distribution of filmed entertainment in 67 countries. Sony Pictures Entertainment can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.sonypictures.com/.

[Announcement at DigitallyObsessed.com tipped by Prion]

StargateProps Seek Web Designer

Our friends at the fabulous Stargate Props and Stargate Autographs websites are on the lookout for a web designer to help them finalise their site makeover. Company president Paul Brown has asked us to spread the word here at Solutions. If you have the proven skills to help, please contact Paul directly at the email address below.

ARE YOU A WEB DESIGNER?

Over the past few weeks we have been working towards a redesign of our STARGATEPROPS.COM and STARGATE-AUTOGRAPHS.COM websites. As we have been so busy developing our new range of licensed products, we have simply been too busy to complete this project. So we are now exploring the market to find someone to get this completed for us – preferably a Stargate fan!

In simple terms, we have the new design and webpage templates ready to go, but now need someone to finalise it for us. If you are experienced in editing Flash, HTML and Photoshop files and are interested in working on this project, then we’d love to hear from you! Please contact paulbrown@stargateprops.com for more details.

SG-1 Action Figure Promo

Word from Diamond Select Toys on a promotion for the much anticipated SG-1 action figures:

Stargate Promos Ready to Launch!

With the first series of Stargate SG-1 action figures nearing their Spring release, DST is excited to announce plans for several promotional figures to compliment the core assortment!

By purchasing any four of our Stargate SG-1 figures, customers will be able to redeem their UPC’s for a free exclusive Elite Serpent Guard action figure featuring a repainted armor design as part of a promotional mail-in program! Now in addition to building their own figure-sized Stargate, fans will also be able to build Apophis’ army! The details surrounding how fans can get this free figure will be available inside each packaged figure.

Also available with the first wave of figures will be a series of test-shot unpainted figures! Select cases sold to retailers each contain one of these limited figures, with four different versions released: Colonel Jack O’Neill, Dr. Daniel Jackson, General Jack O’Neill and a Jaffa Serpent Guard! These pre-production unpainted figures will be limited and will only be available in select cases for the specialty market, so be sure to contact your local comic book store and ask them to take advantage of this unprecedented offer!

Thanks to Elyse at sg1_spoilme for the tip.

Sony: Slim Packaging for S9 Boxed Set

TV Shows on DVD: Stargate SG-1 – The Gate Is Shrinking – Slim Packaging Announced

Gord Lacey has reported on the TV Shows on DVD website that Season Nine’s boxed set (assuming Region 1, North America) will be packaged like Stargate Atlantis’s Season One. The new packaging will take up less space on your shelf. Sony is also said to be considering making the slimmer packaging available for previous sets, but that has not been confirmed.

To see a comparison of the packaging differences, visit Lacey’s article at: http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5424.

Thanks to Nialla for the tip.]

"Swarmed" DVD Release Coming May 2

The “not-a-bee” movie Swarmed starring Michael Shanks will be released on Region 1 (North America) DVD on 2 May 2006. Visit Amazon.com for details and to reserve your copy! As of now there is no information about any extras that might be included.

Swarmed, about wasp genetic engineering gone awry, aired in Canada last Fall and on the US Sci Fi Channel in January.

Thanks to SueB on sg1_spoilme for the tip!

Cheyenne Answers Solutions RPG Questions

Solutions recently submitted some questions to Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment about their new Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG), Stargate Worlds. In the time since we submitted our questions, Cheyenne has rolled out their expansive Stargate Worlds website and forums. Just today, Khatie Postma, Lead Community Manager for the game, got back to us with answers to our questions:

1. Will the game be for the Windows platform only, or will it be multi-platform (Mac OS X for example)?

Right now the game is being designed for Windows PC users, but we are exploring the options of all platforms, including Mac and consoles.

2. Will the game include any of the specific lead characters from the Stargate series (Jack O’Neill, John Sheppard, et al)?

You will have to wait and see, I don’t want to spoil anything about the plans so early in the development process.

3. Will the game make use of the audio recordings that the SG-1 actors did for the seemingly defunct Stargate: Alliance FPS game?

We are not affiliated in any way with Stargate — The Alliance.

4. What is your target demographic for the game? Is it the same as for other MMORPG games such as World of Warcraft?

We are hoping to target a much larger demographic than most MMORPGs seem to target. The fans of Stargate are all ages, and all walks of life. To this end, we wish to make the game as accessible as possible so that all fans, everywhere will be able to join us in Stargate Worlds!

We thank Khatie Postma for taking the time to answer our questions. It’s fair to say many of us in the Stargate fandom are new to MMORPG’s, so we’re watching development of Stargate Worlds with a mixture of interest and confusion. 🙂