Stargate SG-1: Col O’Neill going for a serious distance record with “Gate Golf!”
The other day while watching repeats of the sci fi TV series Stargate SG-1 on Syfy, the episode titled “Window of Opportunity” aired.
It was the 6th epi in the 4th season.
After heading to a planet where a heart broken archeologist named Malakai is trying to use a defective ancient time machine to go back in time to visit his dead wife, the SG-1 team encounters the saddened soul, but the time machine is malfunctioning even more so than it might have normally been. When it goes off, Col. O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) and Teal’c (Christopher Judge) find themselves restarting the day over. Much like Ground Hog Day.
It’s determined through various time loops of 6 to 10 hours, that O’Neill and Teal’c need to learn ancient to decipher writings on the time machine and fix the situation. That premise alone is fracking funny. But the duo have to live the short time frame over and over again. It’s estimated that they relived this day for an estimated 3 months worth of time.
Each time, they need to convince the base staff what’s happening and git on with their studying.
It’s hilarious because they realize that they can do anything they want and no one will remember / know about it.
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If you haven’t heard by now, Stargate SG-1′s Ben Browder landed a role in the movie, Bad Kids Go to Hell (BKGTH). He’ll be playing the character Max Rainwater.
Bad Kids Go to Hell is a movie based on a comic book title based on a bunch of kids that, while in detention, conduct a seance and, well, all hell breaks loose!
Ben Browder also has a web series in development that could see the light of day in 2012, called Naught for Hire. It’s based in a world “where even the simplest machines have opinions — and act on them.”
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Christopher Judge
I miss Christopher Judge‘s character, Teal’c. I would have loved to have seen him in a series with Jason Momoa and had them go out and kick some wraith’s butts. But we have to settle for snippets of Judge here and there….
Since Stargate, he’s had a spot on NCIS: Los Angeles, had a role in the project called Paradox, played a voice role in Dead Space: Aftermath and had a role in a movie called Rehab.
In the meantime, you can now keep track of what he’s up to because he’s jumped on the social network on both Twitter and Facebook!
You can check him out at
http://twitter.com/#!/iamchrisjudge
&
http://www.facebook.com/OfficialChristopherJudge
No fakers here.
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This falls under if Stargate fans have the time:
Gateworld, the renown website that copiously tracks everything Stargate, has introduced an interesting idea for all Stargate fans to participate in a rewatching of all of the series. This rewatch campaign will be starting with Stargate SG-1 and then working their way through Stargate Atlantis and then finish up your watching marathon with the recently ended Stargate Universe.
GateWorld wants to start this worldwide Stargate fan marathon to start on August 1st and crank out five episodes per week. Regardless of if you watch one per day or five per weekend day.
What they want you to consider is that this is a “worldwide community event.”
What they ask of you and I is that on Twitter, use the hashtag #SGRewatch when you post about it. They also asked that we post reviews of your favorite episodes on your blogs. (Or you most hated episodes.)
They’ll also be starting discussion threads for each episode over on the site. Remember, the goal is to rewatch all 354 episodes of Stargate together as a whole.
For many more details, go check out Gateworld.
Stargate Universe returns to the Syfy Channel from its mid-season break on Monday, March 7th, 2011. Stargate Universe cast includes Robert Carlyle, Louis Ferreira, Brian J. Smith, David Blue, Alaina Huffman and Jamil Walker Smith who plays my near, all-time favorite character of Master Sgt. Ronald Greer.
I’m happy to see Stargate Universe return to Syfy, but the return marks a sad premiere as this premiere marks the last ten episodes of the series, ever.
I’m watching the Stargate Universe marathon on Syfy as I write this and I’m really going to miss the show. The stories are intricately detailed and evolving as each episode forwards the story of the castaways stuck on the Destiny as they tackle their survival on the ship as they deal with it, each other and the challenges presented to them on the journey of the Destiny.
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First and foremost, Robert C. Cooper’s appearance at the 2010 Comic-Con event will be his last Stargate related appearance. Why? Because after all these years of bringing us some wonderful science fiction stories under the franchise of Stargate, he is moving on.
To be more accurate, he’s stepping back into a consultation type of role rather than a day-to-day writer of Stargate based stories. The most notable being Stargate Universe. But up until now, it’s been a long and happy path since his writer / script editor days for Stargate SG-1 back in 1997.
Why?
Many have conjectured with me offline about this, but Robert Cooper himself says that “it’s been a long time working on one franchise and a number of factors have contributed to my feeling that it’s time to move on.” He made it clear that he doesn’t have anything lined up that he’s leaving for either. He also added that his departure is not related to any conflicts that may be perceived with the studio or the network nor is he ruling out his ever returning to the franchise in the future.
Here’s where the conjecture kicks in gear:
When I have a lucrative job that is paying the bills on a consistent basis, I don’t ever want to leave. If I were to leave a great paying job with a great company there could be a few reasons why I’d do that:
- A: Let’s call it creative differences, just to be polite and not have to use adjectives about people or the infrastructure therein.
- B: Writing on the wall that something bad is coming down the pipe.
I’m sure there are many more, but for me, those are the two big generic ‘red lights’ that would drive me from a job.
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Christopher Judge at the Stargate Continuum Premiere
So where’s Teal’c been these days? As far as I’m concerned, we haven’t seen enough Teal’c, or Christopher Judge for my satisfaction. But now, he’s shown up in a a trailer for a movie starring alongside Kevin Sorbo, titled Paradox.
We all know him as Teal’c from Stargate SG-1 and a random guest appearance on Stargate Atlantis. But did you know that aside from that somber facade that Teal’c carries, Christopher is a man who laughs a lot. He’s probably one of the happiest people I’ve ever had the pleasure to meet. (The above image is one of his more somber moments)
So where’s Christopher been? Some time back in 2008, I had heard him say at Comic-Con that he and Michael Shanks were working a script, a backdoor pilot called Rage of Angels. At least the news was that it was going to start filming in the summer of 2009 back then. If I find anything new, I’ll fire that off here.
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Did you know that if Smallville has a 22 episode season in its 10th season, that it will become a Guinness World Record holder by having produced 218 Smallville episodes over the 10-year run it will be completing.
This unseats Stargate SG-1′s present Guinness Record holding of 214 episodes.
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Dwight Schultz as Reginald Barclay in ST:TNG
The other night I was admiring Dwight Schultz’s work portraying Lt. Reginald ‘Reg’ Barclay III on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Barclay is quite the misnomer of skills and confusion and it hit me last night how well Schultz pulled off this character portrayal. So I thought to myself what’s he up to these days?
WOW.
First off, I never realized that Dwight Schultz was in the original action TV series The A-Team as Howling Mad Murdock. I just never caught that somehow. BTW: He’ll be spotted in a cameo on the 2010 big-screen remake of The A-Team.
Despite only being in a few episodes of ST:TNG, he left an impression and that’s impressive if you think about it. I said wow earlier because after ST:TNG in 1994, he’s had 100+ other roles.
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In the far off chance that a Stargate fan out there doesn’t know this, Stargate SG-1 is on Hulu. Not just a few episodes, but all 10 seasons are on Hulu!
Stargate SG-1 on Hulu.
If you feel the need to possess the seasons, you can check out STARGATE SG-1 on Amazon
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If you’re into collecting cards, and you are a Stargate fan, you are in big time luck.
Hero Cards is releasing a 90-card collection that features images from Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis & Stargate Universe.
Each box of cards contains 3 autograph cards and 2 costume cards.
Sets Include:
- 90 Card Base Set
- 20 Card Stargate Atlantis Season 5 Set
- 18 Card Stargate Continuum Set
- 9 Card Stargate Universe Preview Set
- 9 Card Stargate in Motion Set
Check out more info at Sci Fi Hobby.
