Claudia Black Ben Browder in Stargate: SG-1
From Sci-Fi Weekly Black And Browder Reunite In SG-1 Robert C. Cooper, executive producer of SCI FI Channel's original series Stargate SG-1 http://www.scifi.com/stargate/ , told SCI FI Wire that Farscape star Claudia Black will reunite with her co-star Ben Browder in several episodes of SG-1's upcoming ninth season. Black will play Vala, a human character who will be introduced in the 12th episode of season eight, Prometheus Unbound, which airs early next year when SG-1 resumes original episodes. It will air in January [28], Cooper said in an interview. It'll be the second episode back in our run on SCI FI. And we thought she was absolutely wonderful. The character really worked out. She had wonderful chemistry with Michael Shanks. She plays opposite [Shanks'] Daniel Jackson in the episode. Black will return to SG-1 in five season nine episodes, which begin shooting in March. We are having to ... deal with a brief absence of Carter, [played by] Amanda Tapping, who's pregnant, Cooper said. And we had already discussed a storyline that involved the return of Vala, ... the character played by Claudia. And so we thought it worked perfectly to have that sort of miniarc play out maybe while Amanda was less available to us. Cooper added that Black will play several scenes with Browder. She's [a] human from another planet, he said. And she's a bit of ... an enigma. You're not quite sure what her true story is in the episode 'Prometheus Unbound.' She's a bit of a rogue who tells a long story about her planet and her people and her past, and then in the end you're not really quite sure whether it's true or not. So she's a bit of a wild card. She's a very ... sexy character, who isn't afraid to take whatever ... she wants in any given situation. And we had a lot of fun writing the role, and I know she had a lot of fun playing it, and we're going to try very hard to maintain the integrity of that character and still have her sort of join up with the team, but still sort of keep the essence of that wonderful friction that went on between her and Daniel, and I'm sure it'll continue to sort of play out with the rest of the characters as well. From 1999 to 2003, the Australian-born Black played Officer Aeryn Sun in Farscape against Browder's John Crichton. The two reprised their roles in this year's SCI FI miniseries Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars. The remaining new episodes of Stargate SG-1's eighth season kick off Jan. 21, 2005, in a new Friday 8 p.m. ET/PT timeslot, followed by the new episodes of Stargate Atlantis http://www.scifi.com/atlantis/ at 9 p.m. and the new original series Battlestar Galactica http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/ at 10 p.m. The ninth season of SG-1 will begin airing in the summer. http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue402/news.html ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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- Original Message - From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 10:23 PM Subject: Re: Stargate SG-1 Trying to think of something that TA would hurt, and I'm drawing a blank right now. A Sunday School Christmas pageant? Dan M. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
TA and Sci-Fi was Re: Stargate SG-1
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], G. D. Akin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jan Coffey Can explain why. TA has allways been a big part of Sci-Fi and Sci-Fi fandom. So much so, that furrism is a direct offshoot of sci-fi fandom. There was a lot more skin back in the STOS days. Kirk was getting some way more often that Archer. Even Picard and Rieker were getting it more than Archer. If anything, I would think that SG1 has way too little TA to be serious Sci-Fi - To answer your first question: Nerds like SF; nerds understand the science; nerds are socially inept; vicarious TA is the only TA nerds get . . . until the movie, that is. Another line of thought: remember the final scene in Alien? When Ripley (Singourney Weaver) did the little strip tease before discovering she had more company than Jonesy? That is one of the best TA in SF ever, IMO. I ment to say explain why TA would make something ~not~ serious SciFi. And as a nurd I would like to disagree with the socially inept bit. Yes we socialize differently, but that doesn't mean we are not getting any!!! In my experience 8) nurds get it a lot more often. Becouse we socialize differently, it seems that we don't have a lot of the sex hang-ups the general population has. No matter how private we keep that lack of hangups. But it's not just that, there is also the way we learn to socialize, like one would learn to play a piano. Having to learn to socialize as a skill means we understand the socialization we are capable of more thuroughly. And when we start to break down a system logicaly we can get good at it. Apply this skill to a party setting and voila. Processed food product maru ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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At 08:21 AM 3/17/2004 -0600 Dan Minette wrote: Trying to think of something that TA would hurt, and I'm drawing a blank right now. A Sunday School Christmas pageant? Sesame Street? Harry Potter? The Great Escape? Driving Miss Daisy? JDG ___ John D. Giorgis - [EMAIL PROTECTED] The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world, it is God's gift to humanity. - George W. Bush 1/29/03 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: TA and Sci-Fi was Re: Stargate SG-1
Jan Coffey wrote: And as a nurd I would like to disagree with the socially inept bit. Yes we socialize differently, but that doesn't mean we are not getting any!!! In my experience 8) nurds get it a lot more often. Becouse we socialize differently, it seems that we don't have a lot of the sex hang-ups the general population has. No matter how private we keep that lack of hangups. But it's not just that, there is also the way we learn to socialize, like one would learn to play a piano. Having to learn to socialize as a skill means we understand the socialization we are capable of more thuroughly. And when we start to break down a system logicaly we can get good at it. Apply this skill to a party setting and voila. Hm. Wasn't Burning Man ultimately started by a nerd? (Can't remember just who or what he was, but it started on a beach in San Francisco, IIRC.) And isn't that now considered to be, among other things, a really wild sex event? I can see some merit to your point. Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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and yes more TA in Stargate would be nice, perhaps good old RDA hooking up with some sweet alien loving like kirk... I mean was their a alien Kirk didnt do? -Nick Lidster If memory serves, the producers DID throw some TA into SG-1 a few years ago when the introduced Vanessa Angel as the busty cleavage popping scantily clad Goa'uld. According to interviews, this was one of the main reasons that Michael Shanks left for one season. They do occasionally throw in more TA, on one episode where O'Neil was trapped on another world for 3 months he lived with a woman and got her pregnant. In several other episodes, they dressed up Amanda Tapping in skirts and heels, but I must admit that she has that combat boot, gun carrying image that makes it difficult to picture her in high heels and silky dresses. Don't get me wrong, I think that Amanda Tapping's character is awesome.. I mean, she has that sexy blonde, brainy, big gun user thing going on :-) Personally, I think that the mix they currently have of the implied sexual tension between O'Neil and Carter and the occasional thrown in busty Goa'uld works well. Kind of like the Mulder-Scully sexual tension. In some shows, the romantic angst thing works well and adds to the story line, but I think that would only distract from Stargate. By the way, I just ran across a FAQ on the Stargate website covering one of my few gripes about the show: 6. Why does every culture SG-1 encounters speak English? Practical reasons that come with television production. The time constraints of an hour-long episode mean that it would become a major hindrance to the story each week if SG-1 had to spend the first 10 minutes of each episode learning to communicate with a new species. http://www.stargatesg1.com/home/faq/index.html One other minor nit I have with the show is the iris. Inbound teams certainly have a great deal of faith that someone at the base didn't fall asleep at the switch. I mean, if I were going through that gate and knew that there was a barrier that could make me into jelly, I would be asking for confirmation that the thing was open instead of just assuming and stepping through. But that's just me. Gary ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Enterprise - was: Stargate SG-1
At 09:07 PM 3/15/2004, you wrote: On Mar 15, 2004, at 4:25 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] BTW anyone see the Enterprise Season Final? Enterprise is getting its ass kicked... Very cool. My local station decided to pull it for the current season, the bastards! Is Enterprise being carried on UPN? Yes UPN. They moved the time, or they are planning on moving the time. The episode two weeks ago, I didn't think it was the season final, (last week was a rerun here.) Just checked episode guide http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/ENT/episodes/index.html?season=3 there are five more episodes this season, they start showing new ones April 21. Kevin T. - VRWC Starfleet's reaction to a terrorist strike ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 08:01:21AM -0500, Gary Nunn wrote: One other minor nit I have with the show is the iris. Inbound teams certainly have a great deal of faith that someone at the base didn't fall asleep at the switch. I mean, if I were going through that gate and knew that there was a barrier that could make me into jelly, I would be asking for confirmation that the thing was open instead of just assuming and stepping through. But that's just me. I would send a small transmitter through first, and once it arrives safely, I would step in. Since this is so easy and logical, I tend to assume they do it or something like it but just don't waste time showing the viewers... -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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- Original Message - From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 2:03 PM Subject: Re: Stargate SG-1 On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 08:01:21AM -0500, Gary Nunn wrote: One other minor nit I have with the show is the iris. Inbound teams certainly have a great deal of faith that someone at the base didn't fall asleep at the switch. I mean, if I were going through that gate and knew that there was a barrier that could make me into jelly, I would be asking for confirmation that the thing was open instead of just assuming and stepping through. But that's just me. I would send a small transmitter through first, and once it arrives safely, I would step in. Since this is so easy and logical, I tend to assume they do it or something like it but just don't waste time showing the viewers... -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l well the gate alows radio waves to travel 2 ways wether it is an incoming or outgoing worm hole, hence the reason why the sgc can view the imags sent back from the probe. The GDO (Garage Door Opener) That the SG teams use to signal their activation and impending entrence into the wormhole actually opens the Iris does it not? well we are lead to beleive that it would have this capibility based on the tech explination Signals the Stargate to open the iris . to me a more plauseable explination would be that it signals back a green or red for go or no go. Nick Lidster ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 02:39:37PM -0330, Nick Lidster wrote: to me a more plauseable explination would be that it signals back a green or red for go or no go. No, that only works going back to the iris stargate. They go through a lot of stargates other than the home one, and they don't always have time to send a UAV or whatever. -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Stargate SG-1 Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 13:39:55 -0500 On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 02:39:37PM -0330, Nick Lidster wrote: to me a more plauseable explination would be that it signals back a green or red for go or no go. No, that only works going back to the iris stargate. They go through a lot of stargates other than the home one, and they don't always have time to send a UAV or whatever. I honestly cannot remember one instance in which they never sent a MALP ahead of them. Is that what you're talking about? -Travis friendly question Edmunds _ http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-capage=byoa/premxAPID=1994DI=1034SU=http://hotmail.com/encaHL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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- Original Message - From: Travis Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 3:45 PM Subject: Re: Stargate SG-1 From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Stargate SG-1 Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 13:39:55 -0500 On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 02:39:37PM -0330, Nick Lidster wrote: to me a more plauseable explination would be that it signals back a green or red for go or no go. No, that only works going back to the iris stargate. They go through a lot of stargates other than the home one, and they don't always have time to send a UAV or whatever. I honestly cannot remember one instance in which they never sent a MALP ahead of them. Is that what you're talking about? -Travis friendly question Edmunds I can remember a couple instances, however tehy were gates that they were to less then a week prior or another SG team had left that planet in less then a few days or are already there, However i cannot remember one time that they have left EARTH without one of those criteria met. Nick looking at the standing circle of water Lidster ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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6. Why does every culture SG-1 encounters speak English? Yeah, I chuckle about it, too, but let it slide. I like how Farscape handled it, but there just some practical limitations to the format. *shrug* One other minor nit I have with the show is the iris. Inbound teams certainly have a great deal of faith that someone at the base didn't fall asleep at the switch. I mean, if I were going through that gate and knew that there was a barrier that could make me into jelly, I would be asking for confirmation that the thing was open instead of just assuming and stepping through. But that's just me. My personal assumption was the the GDO had some sort of signal confirmed indicator. -k- ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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Gary Nunn wrote: As much as I hate to interrupt all of the love that is flowing back and forth on this list, I was wondering if anyone has been following Stargate? You gotta love the conversation they had about the Simpson's. :-) I am not quite sure where they are going with this story line. I do see that they are setting up the new Stargate:Atlantis series that starts in July. I also see from the IMDB that the new Director of the SGC (Dr. Elizabeth Weir) is one of the main characters of SG:Atlantis. I wonder if that means that she will return SGC to the control of Hammond? I also see that Stargate SG-1 is returning for an eighth season in the Friday 9:00 pm timeslot with the SG:Atlantis in the 10:00 pm slot. Just some rambling. --- Guess what? About 6 weeks ago, we started getting SG-1 season 6 on AFN-Korea. They began in the third week to show episodes out of order. Fortunately the Exchange got Season 6 in so I don't have to rely on AFN to get it right. This is my favorite show on television. I hope they keep it up for a while longer. George A ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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Gary Nunn wrote: snip I also fear that the original series will go downhill, especially with Richard Dean Anderson's role being greatly diminished. I read an article a few months ago that said Richard Dean Anderson would still be on the series, but in a greatly diminished role so that he could spend more time with his family. The same article said that Stargate: Atlantis was geared more toward the younger audience than SG-1 currently has and is using younger actors and more action oriented storylines, not to mention the TA factor to a greater degree than SG-1 did. Unfortunately, I can't find that article again, but here is an excerpt from the Sci-Fi channel website and a couple of links: --- I had heard about Atlantis being geared to a younger audience. I supposed that means dumbed down science and more explosions and faster MALFs (is it MALF??). Of course TA hardly ever HURTS anything . . . George A ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: TA and Sci-Fi was Re: Stargate SG-1
Jan Coffey Can explain why. TA has allways been a big part of Sci-Fi and Sci-Fi fandom. So much so, that furrism is a direct offshoot of sci-fi fandom. There was a lot more skin back in the STOS days. Kirk was getting some way more often that Archer. Even Picard and Rieker were getting it more than Archer. If anything, I would think that SG1 has way too little TA to be serious Sci-Fi - To answer your first question: Nerds like SF; nerds understand the science; nerds are socially inept; vicarious TA is the only TA nerds get . . . until the movie, that is. Another line of thought: remember the final scene in Alien? When Ripley (Singourney Weaver) did the little strip tease before discovering she had more company than Jonesy? That is one of the best TA in SF ever, IMO. George A ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Enterprise - was: Stargate SG-1
Jim Burton wrote: On Mar 15, 2004, at 4:25 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] BTW anyone see the Enterprise Season Final? Enterprise is getting its ass kicked... Very cool. My local station decided to pull it for the current season, the bastards! Is Enterprise being carried on UPN? --- It ain't on AFN either. We got the first two season and it is about time for season 3 to start. It was in the Saturday 8:00 PM slot. However, they just started one of the many CSI flavors there. Don't know if that is instead of or not. George A ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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In a message dated 3/16/2004 9:23:33 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Trying to think of something that TA would hurt, and I'm drawing a blank right now. Julia I'm trying to think of why it takes a steak on Sunday Vilyehm Teighlore ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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Gary Nunn wrote: and yes more TA in Stargate would be nice, perhaps good old RDA hooking up with some sweet alien loving like kirk... I mean was their a alien Kirk didnt do? -Nick Lidster If memory serves, the producers DID throw some TA into SG-1 a few years ago when the introduced Vanessa Angel as the busty cleavage popping scantily clad Goa'uld. According to interviews, this was one of the main reasons that Michael Shanks left for one season. The very first episode (aired on Showtime) had full frontal nudity. How's that for TA? -- Matt not that I mind... ;-) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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Matt Grimaldi wrote: The very first episode (aired on Showtime) had full frontal nudity. How's that for TA? -- Matt not that I mind... ;-) -- THAT was a good episode ;-) George A ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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Julia Thompson wrote: snip Trying to think of something that TA would hurt, and I'm drawing a blank right now. --- Apparently, just a little T hurt the eyes and senses of good taste of thousands of Superbowl halftime viewers. George A ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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... Stargate: Atlantis was geared more toward the younger audience than SG-1 currently has and is using younger actors and more action oriented storylines, not to mention the TA factor to a greater degree than SG-1 did. It's a goner...!! TA automatically takes it out of the serious Sci-fi genre, into an Aaron Spelling-isk drama... Enterprise is riding that line... BTW anyone see the Enterprise Season Final? Enterprise is getting its ass kicked... Very cool. Nerd from Hell ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
TA and Sci-Fi was Re: Stargate SG-1
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... Stargate: Atlantis was geared more toward the younger audience than SG-1 currently has and is using younger actors and more action oriented storylines, not to mention the TA factor to a greater degree than SG-1 did. It's a goner...!! TA automatically takes it out of the serious Sci- fi genre, Can explain why. TA has allways been a big part of Sci-Fi and Sci-Fi fandom. So much so, that furrism is a direct offshoot of sci-fi fandom. There was a lot more skin back in the STOS days. Kirk was getting some way more often that Archer. Even Picard and Rieker were getting it more than Archer. If anything, I would think that SG1 has way too little TA to be serious Sci-Fi ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: TA and Sci-Fi was Re: Stargate SG-1
In a message dated 3/15/2004 6:08:30 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There was a lot more skin back in the STOS days. Kirk was getting some way more often that Archer. Even Picard and Rieker were getting it more than Archer. ...must control evil urge. take moral high ground losing inner battle. must say it... Cheesewiz! Vilyehm Teighlore ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 7:55 PM Subject: RE: Stargate SG-1 ... Stargate: Atlantis was geared more toward the younger audience than SG-1 currently has and is using younger actors and more action oriented storylines, not to mention the TA factor to a greater degree than SG-1 did. It's a goner...!! TA automatically takes it out of the serious Sci-fi genre, into an Aaron Spelling-isk drama... Enterprise is riding that line... BTW anyone see the Enterprise Season Final? Enterprise is getting its ass kicked... Very cool. Nerd from Hell ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l Yeh saw that, however thats not the final for this season, there are i think 5 more episodes for this season that are still in production. and there are another 5 weeks worth of repeats B4 those are even going to air. and yes more TA in Stargate would be nice, perhaps good old RDA hooking up with some sweet alien loving like kirk... I mean was their a alien Kirk didnt do? I stand on the threshold of tommorow, atop the stairway of yesterday, holding the key to today, staring through the door into the future. -Nick Lidster 26 May 2003 http://capelites.no-ip.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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I stand on the threshold of tommorow, atop the stairway of yesterday, holding the key to today, staring through the door into the future. -Nick Lidster 26 May 2003 Have you said, has anyone asked, why you list that date? It's my favorite day of any year. Kevin T. - VRWC I watch Hellfighters to celebrate ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Enterprise - was: Stargate SG-1
On Mar 15, 2004, at 4:25 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] BTW anyone see the Enterprise Season Final? Enterprise is getting its ass kicked... Very cool. My local station decided to pull it for the current season, the bastards! Is Enterprise being carried on UPN? ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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- Original Message - From: Kevin Tarr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 11:02 PM Subject: Re: Stargate SG-1 I stand on the threshold of tommorow, atop the stairway of yesterday, holding the key to today, staring through the door into the future. -Nick Lidster 26 May 2003 Have you said, has anyone asked, why you list that date? It's my favorite day of any year. Kevin T. - VRWC I watch Hellfighters to celebrate Well Kevin That day in particular was like any other to me. Then after recalling some rather intresting things i had a breif flashof what...i cannot say. However after that I was left with that realisation that every decsion that I have made to this point has neither pushed me towards my dreams nor hindered me from reaching them. The only thing that stands as a constant is time, and that is only realitive. So from that point on i decided that i wouldnt just aim for my goals but I would try and grasp at them and just maybe if I can just grab one and hold on to itI would accomplish something.. something that would be great to me. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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Jan wrote... I agree, I do not hold much hope for atlantis. It appears that hamond will be taking over command of the intersteller ship. It also looks like the story line will move from current time to the future. I read this yesterday and didn't really catch h what you were saying until today. I saw that Hammond is in command of the Prometheus, but where did you see that the story focus shifts to the future? Just curious. Gary ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Gary Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jan wrote... I agree, I do not hold much hope for atlantis. It appears that hamond will be taking over command of the intersteller ship. It also looks like the story line will move from current time to the future. I read this yesterday and didn't really catch h what you were saying until today. I saw that Hammond is in command of the Prometheus, but where did you see that the story focus shifts to the future? Just curious. Your right I am guessing, I am putting together the way the storyline is playing out and the fact that I read a review which says that the last remenents of the t'ha-ri will escape to a new stargate system. If that happens it would have to be in a future earth becouse I don't know about you, but I dont remember escaping through a stargate, and I don't expect that I will be before the next season starts. But I could be wrong. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Stargate SG-1
As much as I hate to interrupt all of the love that is flowing back and forth on this list, I was wondering if anyone has been following Stargate? You gotta love the conversation they had about the Simpson's. :-) I am not quite sure where they are going with this story line. I do see that they are setting up the new Stargate:Atlantis series that starts in July. I also see from the IMDB that the new Director of the SGC (Dr. Elizabeth Weir) is one of the main characters of SG:Atlantis. I wonder if that means that she will return SGC to the control of Hammond? I also see that Stargate SG-1 is returning for an eighth season in the Friday 9:00 pm timeslot with the SG:Atlantis in the 10:00 pm slot. Just some rambling. __ Anger management group leader: Detective O'Malley, do you know why you are here? O'Malley: Yeah, ... witnesses Detective Nick O'Malley, Special Unit 2 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 02:50:33PM -0500, Gary Nunn wrote: As much as I hate to interrupt all of the love that is flowing back and forth on this list, I was wondering if anyone has been following Stargate? I have, but I haven't watched Friday's episode yet. I have it on tape. I was thinking about waiting until next Friday to watch it back-to-back with the season finale, but I might watch it earlier. I am not quite sure where they are going with this story line. I do see that they are setting up the new Stargate:Atlantis series that starts in July. I also see from the IMDB that the new Director of the SGC (Dr. Elizabeth Weir) is one of the main characters of SG:Atlantis. I wonder if that means that she will return SGC to the control of Hammond? I also see that Stargate SG-1 is returning for an eighth season in the Friday 9:00 pm timeslot with the SG:Atlantis in the 10:00 pm slot. H. I didn't know there was a SG spinoff coming. But if it is typical Sci-Fi channel fare, then I doubt it will be worth watching. I wonder how much longer the original will stick around, and whether it will go down hill... -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 02:50:33PM -0500, Gary Nunn wrote: As much as I hate to interrupt all of the love that is flowing back and forth on this list, I was wondering if anyone has been following Stargate? I have, but I haven't watched Friday's episode yet. I have it on tape. I was thinking about waiting until next Friday to watch it back-to- back with the season finale, but I might watch it earlier. I am not quite sure where they are going with this story line. I do see that they are setting up the new Stargate:Atlantis series that starts in July. I also see from the IMDB that the new Director of the SGC (Dr. Elizabeth Weir) is one of the main characters of SG:Atlantis. I wonder if that means that she will return SGC to the control of Hammond? I also see that Stargate SG-1 is returning for an eighth season in the Friday 9:00 pm timeslot with the SG:Atlantis in the 10:00 pm slot. H. I didn't know there was a SG spinoff coming. But if it is typical Sci-Fi channel fare, then I doubt it will be worth watching. I wonder how much longer the original will stick around, and whether it will go down hill... Agreeing with Erik is a very strange feeling. But then that is what this list is about after all. We all like HCSF. I agree, I do not hold much hope for atlantis. It appears that hamond will be taking over command of the intersteller ship. It also looks like the story line will move from current time to the future. I do not know of any other tv story which has done this (other than enterprise in the trailer). There have been some that started in the past and then ended in current time (or a few months or years from now) but none that went from current time to the future in quite the way the SG1 seems to be poised to do. I really was drawn to the CTG line by Benford becouse it stradeled current time. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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Erik wrote... H. I didn't know there was a SG spinoff coming. But if it is typical Sci-Fi channel fare, then I doubt it will be worth watching. I wonder how much longer the original will stick around, and whether it will go down hill... Oops, sorry if I included a spoiler in my last post. * There are no SG-1 season finale spoilers below* I also fear that the original series will go downhill, especially with Richard Dean Anderson's role being greatly diminished. I read an article a few months ago that said Richard Dean Anderson would still be on the series, but in a greatly diminished role so that he could spend more time with his family. The same article said that Stargate: Atlantis was geared more toward the younger audience than SG-1 currently has and is using younger actors and more action oriented storylines, not to mention the TA factor to a greater degree than SG-1 did. Unfortunately, I can't find that article again, but here is an excerpt from the Sci-Fi channel website and a couple of links: From Sci-Fi Channel website SCI FI Channel and MGM Television Entertainment have reached an agreement to extend MGM's Stargate brand with a new series for the Channel. Production on 20 one-hour episodes of Stargate Atlantis, a weekly series based on the popular Stargate franchise, will begin in early 2004. Stargate Atlantis is slated to premiere in Summer '04, in tandem with the Season Eight launch of Stargate SG-1, exclusively on SCI FI. Complete article. http://www.scifi.com/atlantis/ IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374455/ I did notice that Dr. Elizabeth Weir is being played by Jessica Steen on SG-1, but that character is being played by someone else in SG:Atlantis. Gary ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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William T Goodall wrote: In more recent seasons they have streamlined this a bit (how boring is a 'learning the language' scene in every ep?) - feel free to imagine it for yourself if it bugs you :) Basically, the aliens either have a universal translator, or the first contact team figures out a way to communicate off camera. I know of at least one episode where the finding-a- common-language process was important to the plot, and was featured prominently in the story. -- Matt ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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William T Goodall wrote: In more recent seasons they have streamlined this a bit (how boring is a 'learning the language' scene in every ep?) - feel free to imagine it for yourself if it bugs you :) Basically, the aliens either have a universal translator, or the first contact team figures out a way to communicate off camera. I know of at least one episode where the finding-a- common-language process was important to the plot, and was featured prominently in the story. -- Matt ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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- Original Message - From: Gary L. Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Killer Bs Discussion' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 9:40 AM Subject: RE: Stargate SG-1 Did they have different languages in the movie? Julia Yes, they spoke some variation of some obscure Egyptian dialect that Samuel Jackson eventually recognized and understood. Gary I know you mean Daniel Jackson. George A ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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Gary L. Nunn wrote: I really, really like Stargate SG-1, but it is really starting to annoy me that every alien race that they meet knows English - but they all have alien type writing. I realize that the back story is that all of the humans in the galaxy have common origins because of the Goa'uld, but I think the language would evolve very differently over the thousands of years of isolation. Me too. We're getting season 5 in Korea, courtesy of American Forces Network - Korea (AFN-K). I have not been able to find it on any Korean channel. Anyway, it is my one gotta see show every week. I don't mind the language thing. If they spoke a different language on every planet, the show would be a much tougher watch. I do think the language would evolve over time. George A ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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I know you mean Daniel Jackson. George A I was thinking Daniel but typed Samuel. That's what happens when I try to reply to a post when I am exhausted :-) Gary ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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On Monday, March 10, 2003, at 10:36 am, G. D. Akin wrote: Gary L. Nunn wrote: I really, really like Stargate SG-1, but it is really starting to annoy me that every alien race that they meet knows English - but they all have alien type writing. I realize that the back story is that all of the humans in the galaxy have common origins because of the Goa'uld, but I think the language would evolve very differently over the thousands of years of isolation. Me too. We're getting season 5 in Korea, courtesy of American Forces Network - Korea (AFN-K). I have not been able to find it on any Korean channel. Anyway, it is my one gotta see show every week. I don't mind the language thing. If they spoke a different language on every planet, the show would be a much tougher watch. I do think the language would evolve over time. From the official FAQ at http://www.mgm.com/stargate/home/faq/#13 Why does every culture SG-1 encounters speak English? They do not. As many cultures encountered by the SG teams are derived from ancient Earth cultures, as a linguist, Daniel Jackson is able to communicate with most of these cultures. SG-1 also has Teal'c along, a 90 year old Jaffa, who can communicate with all other Goa'ulds. Occasionally, SG-1 even encounters a race, like the Asguard, who are technologically superior to humans and decipher english in order to communicate with the team. In more recent seasons they have streamlined this a bit (how boring is a 'learning the language' scene in every ep?) - feel free to imagine it for yourself if it bugs you :) -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Build a man a fire, and he will be warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life - Terry Pratchett ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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At 07:33 PM 3/10/03 +0900, G. D. Akin wrote: - Original Message - From: Gary L. Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Killer Bs Discussion' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 9:40 AM Subject: RE: Stargate SG-1 Did they have different languages in the movie? Julia Yes, they spoke some variation of some obscure Egyptian dialect that Samuel Jackson eventually recognized and understood. Gary I know you mean Daniel Jackson. You didn't see the _original_ version, before they recast the part? ;-) -- Ronn! :) Almighty Ruler of the all, Whose Power extends to great and small, Who guides the stars with steadfast law, Whose least creation fills with awe, O grant thy mercy and thy grace, To those who venture into space. (Robert A. Heinlein's added verse to the Navy Hymn) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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At 07:36 PM 3/10/03 +0900, G. D. Akin wrote: Gary L. Nunn wrote: I really, really like Stargate SG-1, but it is really starting to annoy me that every alien race that they meet knows English - but they all have alien type writing. I realize that the back story is that all of the humans in the galaxy have common origins because of the Goa'uld, but I think the language would evolve very differently over the thousands of years of isolation. Me too. We're getting season 5 in Korea, courtesy of American Forces Network - Korea (AFN-K). I have not been able to find it on any Korean channel. Anyway, it is my one gotta see show every week. I don't mind the language thing. If they spoke a different language on every planet, the show would be a much tougher watch. And that is the real reason: If they had to spend several minutes out of every episode having _Daniel_ Jackson translate every word of the alien's speech, it would slow the plot down. Or if the aliens spoke gibberish on camera with subtitles across the bottom, people would rapidly get tired of having to read the (sometimes too small and too little contrast with the scene) subtitles. And then there are the people who try to watch TV while also answering e-mail who listen to the TV but don't want to have to be reading off the TV all the time . . . I do think the language would evolve over time. True. Think of it as a version of literary license. (I know it's a stretch calling TV literary . . . ) -- Ronn! :) Almighty Ruler of the all, Whose Power extends to great and small, Who guides the stars with steadfast law, Whose least creation fills with awe, O grant thy mercy and thy grace, To those who venture into space. (Robert A. Heinlein's added verse to the Navy Hymn) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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Gary L. Nunn wrote: I really, really like Stargate SG-1, but it is really starting to annoy me that every alien race that they meet knows English - but they all have alien type writing. I realize that the back story is that all of the humans in the galaxy have common origins because of the Goa'uld, but I think the language would evolve very differently over the thousands of years of isolation. Yes, it would, but everyone having a different language would bog things down fairly quickly. Did they have different languages in the movie? Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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Did they have different languages in the movie? Julia Yes, they spoke some variation of some obscure Egyptian dialect that Samuel Jackson eventually recognized and understood. Gary ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Stargate SG-1
I really, really like Stargate SG-1, but it is really starting to annoy me that every alien race that they meet knows English - but they all have alien type writing. I realize that the back story is that all of the humans in the galaxy have common origins because of the Goa'uld, but I think the language would evolve very differently over the thousands of years of isolation. Gary Sum it all up in one word - WTF Maru ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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From: Gary L. Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] I really, really like Stargate SG-1, but it is really starting to annoy me that every alien race that they meet knows English - but they all have alien type writing. I realize that the back story is that all of the humans in the galaxy have common origins because of the Goa'uld, but I think the language would evolve very differently over the thousands of years of isolation. Gary Sum it all up in one word - WTF Maru Every science fiction show does this to one extent or another. It just makes things so much easier (and you can avoid going over the same language barrier crap, in every single episode). Star Treks excuse is the universal translator (enterprize has been pretty good about language issues tho). In Dr Who, the TARDIS is telepathic. SG SG-1 doesn't have a very good excuse tho. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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Gary L. Nunn wrote: I really, really like Stargate SG-1, but it is really starting to annoy me that every alien race that they meet knows English - but they all have alien type writing. I realize that the back story is that all of the humans in the galaxy have common origins because of the Goa'uld, but I think the language would evolve very differently over the thousands of years of isolation. Gary Sum it all up in one word - WTF Maru Yes, I've been watching the Stargate series too, taping 4 episodes a Monday from SciFi. Although I'm about two months behind in actually watching them at the moment. It bugs me too, but the alternative would be to have Daniel/Jonas do all the talking, translating for O'Neil et al. All this with subtitles! That would interupt the flow of things a fair amount. ---David on topic In _The Practice Effect_, the humans speak English but have an invented syllabary to write in. So who's to argue? off topic ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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Yes, I've been watching the Stargate series too, taping 4 episodes a Monday from SciFi. Although I'm about two months behind in actually watching them at the moment. It bugs me too, but the alternative would be to have Daniel/Jonas do all the talking, translating for O'Neil et al. All this with subtitles! That would interupt the flow of things a fair amount. ---David I agree that make the plot a bit simpler, but I wish that every once and a while they would either deal with the difference or explain it. My favorite explanation for the language difference is from Farscape - Translator Microbes. Also, on Farscape I did like the plot line about the redhead not being able to have translator microbes and have to learn the languages Gary ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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Gary L. Nunn wrote: I really, really like Stargate SG-1, but it is really starting to annoy me that every alien race that they meet knows English - (...) But they are *not* speaking English. They are speaking Rigellian, which, by coincidence, is identical to English Alberto Monteiro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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-Original Message- From: The Fool [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 07:07 AM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Stargate SG-1 From: Gary L. Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] I really, really like Stargate SG-1, but it is really starting to annoy me that every alien race that they meet knows English - but they all have alien type writing. I realize that the back story is that all of the humans in the galaxy have common origins because of the Goa'uld, but I think the language would evolve very differently over the thousands of years of isolation. Gary Sum it all up in one word - WTF Maru Every science fiction show does this to one extent or another. It just makes things so much easier (and you can avoid going over the same language barrier crap, in every single episode). Star Treks excuse is the universal translator (enterprize has been pretty good about language issues tho). In Dr Who, the TARDIS is telepathic. SG SG-1 doesn't have a very good excuse tho. Oh, I know! The stargate itself modifies the bone structure of the ear to understand the languages spoken on the other side. It does this through a meticulous but mysterious subroutine in the transit.. -j- ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Stargate SG-1 TV series comment Re: B5 dvd
Julia Thompson wrote: Ah, but the series has Richard Dean Anderson. :) And Christopher Judge is a hoot. Oh, and if there are any Ranma 1/2 fans who watch the American-dubbed version, the actress who did the voiceover for Kodachi Black Rose Kunou is on the show, although her Stargate SG-1 work is strangely missing from IMDB. :P (Someone has alerted them to the omission, but doesn't know how long it's going to take to get it remedied.) Julia Ridiculous Trivia Maru ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 12:41 PM 2/6/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: And Christopher Judge is a hoot. Agreed. Oh, and if there are any Ranma 1/2 fans who watch the American-dubbed version, the actress who did the voiceover for Kodachi Black Rose Kunou is on the show, although her Stargate SG-1 work is strangely missing from IMDB. And for those who may not otherwise know who in heck she is, what part does she play in SG-1? Dr. Janet Frasier. And ever since I've found out about the Ranma 1/2 stuff, I've been alert for signs of Dr. Frasier, well, losing it Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
