Stargate SG-1: “Revelations” Years before the Marvel Cinematic Universe brought Thor, Loki, and the rest of Norse mythology into the popular imagination, Stargate SG-1 was giving its own spin on these characters. Stargate’s Asgard were little gray aliens from another galaxy, benevolent toward humans, who would become friends to SG-1 and one of Earth’s most … Read more
Stargate SG-1‘s third season ended with a bang: the introduction of the Replicators, tech-bugs who have taken control of Thor’s ship and brought it to Earth. Colonel O’Neill and his team must beam aboard and figure out how to stop the critters from infesting Earth and gaining a foothold in our galaxy. But one member … Read more
Veteran actor Robert Picardo has a new gig — or maybe a new take on an old gig. He’s playing the Doctor once again. Before he was Richard Woolsey on Stargate, of course, Picardo enchanted science fiction fans as the Emergency Medical Hologram on board the U.S.S. Voyager. He recently returned to that role to … Read more
Play Audio Duration: 0:39:36 | 54.4MB Being cast on the third TV series in the Stargate franchise was like a dream come true for David Blue. A lifelong science fiction fan, he took on the role of the audience surrogate character — the young genius and video game slacker Eli Wallace. Eli is swept up … Read more
Elizabeth Weir gave her life to the Atlantis expedition, in more ways than one – and even more than one time. In the first-season episode “Before I Sleep,” the team discovered an aged Dr. Weir in stasis, and heard her tell the story of another timeline when the expedition was wiped out, and Elizabeth found … Read more
The great city of San Antonio will play host to something of a Stargate SG-1 reunion, with several of the show’s original cast members set to appear at the Spacecon pop culture convention this fall. Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, and Amanda Tapping are all among the headliners for the event, scheduled to take place … Read more
MGM Television Today marks twenty years since Stargate Atlantis made its debut. (Yes — like me, you really are that old!) The series premiere, “Rising,” aired as a 2-hour movie on July 16, 2004. It was what many of us consider to be a Golden Age of science fiction television, with SCI FI Channel (back … Read more
Stargate Atlantis: “The Shrine” One of our favorite episodes of Stargate Atlantis is “The Shrine,” an emotional episode that frequently makes best episode lists. Written by series co-creator Brad Wright, this remarkable hour saw Dr. Rodney McKay contract an alien disease that robbed him of his mental faculties. Known in the Pegasus Galaxy as the … Read more
Photo: Lisa Smith Stargate’s Vala Mal Doran is headed for the ancient Roman empire. Actress Claudia Black has been cast in Starz’s new sequel series Spartacus: House of Ashur, which will see the return of actor Nick Tarabay in the lead role of Ashur. The Farscape and Stargate SG-1 veteran will play Cossutia, described as … Read more
The eighth season of Stargate SG-1 brought what felt like a natural conclusion to the show. Earth’s major foes were defeated, the Jaffa were finally free, and General Jack O’Neill was moving on (as series lead Richard Dean Anderson entered retirement). But Syfy Channel wanted the hit show to continue, and the writers definitely had … Read more