Stargate SG-1/Atlantis/Universe

[Superfreak]

Congratulations to Amanda Tapping who gave birth to a bouncing baby girl: Olivia!

not to sound crude or anything, but that explains a lot... she was looking rather tubby during season 8

 

[LadyVader]

oops... maybe michael shanks is pregnant!

 

[LadyVader]

 

[TheCorpulent1]

not to sound crude or anything, but that explains a lot... she was looking rather tubby during season 8

I didn't notice her looking tubby...

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Figured I'd resurrect this old boy to see how everyone's doing with the lack of Stargate in their lives. I'm getting by. I'm excited about the previews they're gonna start showing during SG-1 Mondays on Sci-Fi now. There was a shot of Ben Browder in full offworld gear in the commercial for it and it made me very happy. Can't wait to see more.

 

[LadyVader]

I'm getting by with the 6th season. The poorest, most unwatched tv station in the whole country is airing it every tuesday. Despite everything else, Corin was cute.
Other then that I have the 8th season on M6 which is a french channel. Taht way I'm watching Stargate and working on my french language skills.
Multi-tasking.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

What are the French voice-overs like? Are they similar to the actors' voices?

 

[LadyVader]

Similar?
I guess. The only one that stands out is the actor who plays Jonas. He has a very rough voice, compared to the youngish voice Corin actually has. But they do try.
You should hear romanian people trying to dub Justice League. Batman sounds like he somebody is strangling him.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I'd love to hear German dubs of some of the villains. They must be a thousand times scarier.

 

[[Faustinas]]

Nazi System Lords? hehe

 

[Superfreak]

when do the stargates start back up again, mid July again?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

July 15. You can get all the sneak peeks and ads they've been showing on Sci Fi here:
http://www.pegasusgalaxy.com/downloads/

I'm dying for the new seasons to start. I keep reading so many cool ideas for the new stories.

 

[Superfreak]

read some spoilers BEWARE




enemies of the ancients in our own galaxy.... sounds cool

arthurian legend.... sounds cool (I hope that gives them an angle to bring Mayborne back, he's jokes)

Sam starts next season 'far far away', which will probably give Crichton (he will always be...) a reason for joining the team... and might I just add, the rumors surrounding him sound cool, especially the idea of him being trained fully in Jaffa battle technique.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Wow, I didn't hear that rumor, but that's definitely cool. The rumors I've heard regarding Browder are that he was an ace pilot who commanded the X-302s in the battle over Antarctica, was badly wounded, and has spent the last couple years in physical therapy, recovering from his injuries. For his service, he was promised a spot on an SG team and he, of course, chooses SG-1 when he's all better. Problem is, Jack left SG-1 and the other members moved onto their own affairs. Daniel's exploring with an archaeology team, Teal'c is dealing with the newly established Free Jaffa Nation, and Sam probably commands her own team. Browder's character wants to be on the front lines with the best of the best, so he obviously wants SG-1 back together, and he's kind of the catalyst that brings them all back to the flagship team. That's also how he ends up as the CO of SG-1, despite his and Sam's shared rank and Sam's greater experience. At least, that's what I've pieced together from various spoilers I've read. All in all, I'm very excited for the new stuff. I can't wait to see what the new team dynamic is going to be and I'm definitely looking forward to more off-world stuff this season, as opposed to the heavily Earthbound slant of season 8.

 

[Superfreak]

Wow, I didn't hear that rumor, but that's definitely cool. The rumors I've heard regarding Browder are that he was an ace pilot who commanded the X-302s in the battle over Antarctica, was badly wounded, and has spent the last couple years in physical therapy, recovering from his injuries. For his service, he was promised a spot on an SG team and he, of course, chooses SG-1 when he's all better. Problem is, Jack left SG-1 and the other members moved onto their own affairs. Daniel's exploring with an archaeology team, Teal'c is dealing with the newly established Free Jaffa Nation, and Sam probably commands her own team. Browder's character wants to be on the front lines with the best of the best, so he obviously wants SG-1 back together, and he's kind of the catalyst that brings them all back to the flagship team. That's also how he ends up as the CO of SG-1, despite his and Sam's shared rank and Sam's greater experience. At least, that's what I've pieced together from various spoilers I've read. All in all, I'm very excited for the new stuff. I can't wait to see what the new team dynamic is going to be and I'm definitely looking forward to more off-world stuff this season, as opposed to the heavily Earthbound slant of season 8.

yeah, that's old news (i thought anyways)....

Browder's character is shaping up to be very cool. I read the spoilers for the last episode with a summary there as well, where Browder's character has to do a 'spock' like duel against a Jaffa. So that should be fun.


at gateworld, that's where I read that Sam would be 'absent', being far far away for the premier. It doesn't say it exactly, but I assume she'll be on her way to Pegasus with the ZPM to help Rodney install, and repair the city after the seige is defeated. So I'm assuming that during the premier, with Sam gone, there will need to be a ranking officer on the scene... allowing Browder to take the spot (plus all the other stuff about his heroics during the Anatarctic battle)

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I don't think she'd be on her way to the Pegasus galaxy, given that she's not going to be in the Atlantis premiere either. I thought at first that her absence would have something to do with Jack's retirement, but Jack's still around in the premiere. Maybe she's off on a mission with her own SG unit and we'll see her on a monitor or something.

 

[LadyVader]

I finally saw the Behind the gate special: Secrets revealed. By now, it didn't tell me anything I didn't know (since I've seen those episodes) but still, the cast was hilarious. As usual, Shanks is looking very fine.
*dreamy sigh*
So the dude who plays doctor Bennett is not scottish!?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I was surprised by the fact that Michael Shanks actually talks as fast as Daniel does. I thought he did that for the character, but he seems every bit like the hyper, crack-smoking monkey that Daniel sometimes acts like. Which is cool.

 

[LadyVader]

Yeah... Spader's Jackson was ok, but every bit the wimp O'Neill thought he was. The fact that Shanks can make the character his own, giving him his own features, prooves not exactly that he's a great actor, but the fact that he (as a person) is a pretty cool guy.

What would be a great ending?
Hm... the credits.
lol
I don't like Rachel Lutrell though. Just like her character... she tries too hard.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I'm looking forward to Dex in Atlantis next season. Hopefully he'll get more of the "obligatory alien" attention than Teyla. Teyla's a decent character, I suppose, but she does kind of get on my nerves.

Speaking of Daniel being a wimp, I saw early pictures from one of the season 9 episodes and Daniel's actually carrying a P90 on an offworld mission. On the one hand, that's cool because they're finally acknowledging that Daniel can hold a gun as well as anyone else. But on the other hand, I always liked how Daniel's peaceful explorer status was emphasized by the fact that he just had a sidearm that was kept out of the way in his holster most of the time. Teal'c also had a P90, which sucked twice as much. He just doesn't look right without a staff weapon.

 

[LadyVader]

Well... when you keep dying on a regular basis, maybe it's time to reconsider the whole "peace" thing.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

That's true. I'm hoping they manage to fit a funny scene in where Mitchell learns that Danny-boy's on his third or fourth life already.

 

[LadyVader]

Did he die in the movie to or was he just in critical condition?

 

[lars573]

In the movie Daneil never even comes close to dying. The most violent action he has is where he knocks out Horus and collapses his head gear. Which reminds me of Stargates biggest plot hole. In the movie there are no Jaffa. All of Ra's guard companies are modeled after the other gods. The commander is a god (Horus, Anubis, Set) with head gear to match. In fact Ra's personal guard is Anubis.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, that is pretty weird. Maybe Ra was just more eccentric than other System Lords, though. Plus, his subjects rebelled and drove him off of Earth already, so maybe he decided Jaffa just weren't enough for the Abydosians. He could've switched to Goa'uld servants that he modeled on some of the other System Lords or something. Anubis had Goa'uld underlings, after all, so it's not unprecedented.