Category: Press

RDA to Appear in Super Bowl Commercial

The Detroit Free Press is reporting that during this Sunday’s Super Bowl, Master Card will air a commercial in which Richard Dean Anderson will reprise his role as MacGyver to offset later advertising by Visa in the Olympics:

With rival Visa advertising in the Olympics, MasterCard will extend its “Priceless” campaign in a 30-second ad featuring actor Richard Dean Anderson, the star of the ’80s TV series “MacGyver,” in a simulated hostage situation.

The very expensive Super Bowl advertising spots can make or break companies in the eyes of the public, so this commercial is welcome affirmation of RDA and MacGyver’s place in American culture. Visit the link above to read the entire article.

SciFi Wire: SG-1 Gears Up for Season Ten

SciFi Wire interviews Beau Bridges

Beau BridgesSciFi Wire has published a portion of an interview conducted with actor Beau Bridges who was in Pasadena recently. Bridges enthuses over his return to Stargate SG-1 for its record-breaking tenth season as Gen. Hank Landry. No longer the new guy on the set, Bridges looks forward to giving his fellow cast members a “bad time.”

Filming for Season Ten begins with the season premiere, “Flesh and Blood”, on February 20 in Vancouver.

[Thanks to Sueb45 for the tip — DeeKayP]

Stargate Pairs Make Slashiest Couples List :)

The multi-media site IGN.com has published a list of the 12 slashiest couples in sci fi/fantasy fandom. Coming in at number 9 is John Sheppard/Rodney McKay: What’s a healthier relationship than name-calling and life saving?

And at number 2, exceeded only by Jim/Blair, is Jack O’Neill/Daniel Jackson: How can one describe one of slashdom’s most acclaimed couples in a mere paragraph? Or rather, a word? Simple. Chemistry.

Read the entire list and the author’s amusing reasoning here.

Thanks to Only1Colonel at Our Stargate for the tip.

Browder and Black Together Again

Browder and Black in their SG-1 rolesSG-1’s Browder Back With Black
SciFi Wire

SciFi Wire has published an interview with Ben Browder (Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell) in which Browder welcomes the return of Claudia Black to her role as Vala Mal Doran in SG-1‘s record-breaking tenth season which will start filming in the third week of February. Browder talks about his time as John Crichton on Farscape and determines who would win in a fight if his and Black’s characters from both shows were to meet. As far as Black’s return, Browder stated, “Anybody who has Claudia Black on their show, I think, is a very intelligent producer.”

Read the full article at SciFi Wire.

[Thanks to Sueb45 for the tip — DeeKayP]

Daniel and Mitchell Catch Press Attention

Daniel mentors Mitchell in 'Prototype'Stargate SG-1’s newest buddy relationship catches the eyes of the press

In preparation for SciFi Friday’s return to new episodes tonight (January 6), various online TV reviewers have given their take on Season Nine’s “The Fourth Horseman Part 2”. Here are a few snippets of these reviews which emphasize one of the best things these reviewers think about the episode — the budding relationship developing between Daniel Jackson and Cameron Mitchell:

Seattle Times says, “Former Farscape star Ben Browder (Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell) and SG-1 veteran Michael Shanks (Dr. Daniel Jackson) are developing some fun on-screen rapport…”

Chicago Tribune says, “The best part of SG-1’s return, in which the team fights a plague unleashed on Earth by the evil Ori, is the subtle comedic interplay between new cast member Ben Browder and SG-1 veteran Michael Shanks…”

In a tiny interview conducted with Michael Shanks by Dinah Eng of the Detroit Free Press, the following was said about the relationship developing between Daniel and Mitchell:

On the show, which airs Friday nights at 8 p.m., Shanks’ character acts as a mentor to the leader of the Air Force team that explores other planets and fights evil in the universe.

“With Ben (Browder)’s character, it’s a brotherly thing, which has a level of built-in antagonism and equal footing,” Shanks says.

Tune in tonight to the SciFi Channel at 8pm Eastern to watch SG-1 as they endeavor to save Earth from the Prior’s Plague!

Read the full stories:

  • Seattle Times
  • Chicago Tribune (Member registration is required)
  • Detroit Free Press: “On TV or in life, men obey script” interview with Michael Shanks by Dinah Eng

    [Thanks to sueb45 and ShardsGlass for the tips — DeeKayP]

    • Stargate Featured in New York Times

    Amanda Tapping as Lt. Col. Samantha CarterTapping and Cooper interviewed
    Summary for Solutions by “Aurora Novarum”

    The New York Times featured Stargate SG-1, as well as Battlestar Galactica, recently. Interviewed were SG-1 cast member Amanda Tapping and executive producer Robert C. Cooper.

    The article reads in part:

    Ms. Tapping, who has been in the cast for that entire run, said she thought one important part of the success was something not often associated with the genre: humor.

    “At the core of it all is a chuckle,” she said. Or sometimes, many chuckles: another favorite memory is of a guest appearance by the expert cut-up Dom DeLuise in Season 3. “I don’t know how they got shots of us not laughing,” Ms. Tapping said.

    Later, when interviewing Cooper, he agreed stating: “I wouldn’t say it’s full-on tongue-in-cheek, but we do have a unique sense of humor.”

    The article notes the second half of Season Nine is about to start, with Season Ten in the works. “And so instead of winding things down, Season 9 has been used to pep them up, with new characters and ideas. “We decided to sort of reinvent the show,” Mr. Cooper said. “We have the best of the old and the best of the new going forward.”

    The full article is here: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/01/arts/television/01tv_cover.html (Warning, registration, though free, is required.)

    Editor’s note for our newest Stargate SG-1 fans: Even though Neil Genzlinger, the author of the piece, has some inaccuracies concerning the show in this article, the positive exposure in “mainstream” media is noteworthy. — Aurora

    [Thanks to ApophisLives for the tip — Aurora]

    NY Magazine Reviews SciFi Friday

    Space Oddity
    Science fiction has faltered on network TV. So why is Sci Fi Channel flourishing?
    by John Leonard

    Reviewing the success of SciFi Channel’s Friday night’s original programming line-up, Leonard ponders why Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, and Battlestar Galactica are sci-fi hits.

    After singing praises for Battlestar Galactica, Leonard states, “It’s merely surprising that Stargate SG-1—which improved on the big-screen original by substituting Richard Dean Anderson’s sense of humor for Kurt Russell’s conceptual difficulty with the whole idea of a smile—would not only survive Anderson’s defection from the series, but attract enough loyal viewers to make the Atlantis spinoff possible.”

    Leonard continues to analyze why SciFi’s Friday line-up is so successful, saying, “Much as we may appreciate what Mary McDonnell does on Galactica, or Michael Shanks and Amanda Tapping do on Stargate, characters we care about can’t be the only explanation…” He concludes, “It puts us back in touch with our inner alien teen—a lost soul with call waiting.”

    To read the full article, visit New York Magazine’s TV Review page.

    [Thanks to tsaxlady, sueb45, and MSOL for the tip — DeeKayP]