Stargate Universe: “Blockade” Stargate Universe really excelled in its cast, not only the main characters but the many outstanding supporting players like Drs. Adam Brody, Dale Volker, and Lisa Park – the scientists who helped keep Destiny humming. Park was portrayed by Toronto-born actress Jennifer Spence. After Stargate she went on to other sci-fi productions … Read more
After years of waiting Stargate fans finally have official Pop! figures from Funko. This summer’s debut line features five characters from the original movie: Jack O’Neill, Daniel Jackson, Ra, and the Anubis and Horus Guards. After a bit of a shipping delay (and way too many boxes from Amazon) my collection has finally arrived, and … Read more
Play Audio Duration: 0:12:41 | 17.5MB Mike Dopud seems to be one of Canada’s most prolific actors, a performer who has been in just about everything at one time or another. Once you know his face it’s easy to spot him as a square-jawed leading man, a nondescript criminal called in to break someone’s legs, … Read more
Stargate SG-1: “Proving Ground” Stargate SG-1‘s fifth season introduced some terrific recurring characters to fill out the show’s larger universe, and one of our favorites was Lt. Elliot – the young S.G.C. trainee and “future of the program” played by Courtenay J. Stevens. After leading a team of recruits in the episode “Proving Ground” he … Read more
Stargate SG-1: “New Ground” Stargate told lots of great stories about the gate technology itself over the years, including close to 20 different times the gate malfunctioned. (Check out the full list.) But in more than 350 episodes the franchise also left plenty of unanswered questions — like, “Does the Stargate on the receiving end … Read more
The Stargate might be the greatest storytelling device in all of science fiction. Our modern-day heroes don’t need a ship to travel the galaxy — just dial up this big, ancient ring and step through to another planet. In the mythology of the franchise the Stargate network was built millions of years ago by a … Read more
Stargate SG-1: “Fragile Balance” Actor Michael Welch faced a daunting task when he was cast on Stargate SG-1. With series star Richard Dean Anderson sitting out for most of the episode, Welch was going to play a teenage version of Jack O’Neill … the SG-1 team leader who wakes up one morning to find himself … Read more
Play Audio Duration: 0:11:19 | 15.6MB Stargate SG-1 always dazzled with its array of colorful villains, from the gold-clad Apophis to Yu the Great, from the smarmy Baal to the cloaked Anubis. And surely one of the best was Nirrti, the disgraced System Lord played by Jacqueline Samuda. Nirrti was part of the Goa’uld’s first … Read more
Roland Emmerich One of Stargate’s original creators says that he is done with the franchise for good — but for reasons that fans might find surprising. Stargate (1994) feature film director Roland Emmerich told JoBlo’s Chris Bumbray last week that he has given up on his efforts to revive his vision of Stargate. Bumbray caught … Read more
Stargate SG-1: “Window of Opportunity” “Window of Opportunity” rightly deserves its spot as one of Stargate fans’ all-time favorite episodes, filled not only with humor but a whole lot of heart. Jack and Teal’c are trapped in a time loop, forced to repeat the same day over and over and over again. Since no one … Read more