Stargate SG-1 Discussion

[long_time_DNC]

Yep, they always seem to be half a ZPM short of disaster, don't they?

However, if they figure out how to make them, then they'd be invincible and there'd be no danger from the Wraith or the HFRs or anyone else...

 

[phonegunner]

AH .. all this about Weir leaving ...

But remember when Weir was Blonde? (back at Stargate Command when she took over?)

 

[dfergie]

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=8 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD>STARGATE: THE ARK OF TRUTH </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=episode_header style="PADDING-TOP: 6px" vAlign=top><!-- BEGIN RATINGS SCORECARD --><!-- END RATINGS SCORECARD -->U.S. RELEASE DATE - Early 2008
WRITTEN BY - Robert C. Cooper
DIRECTED BY - Robert C. Cooper
STARRING - Ben Browder (Cameron Mitchell), Amanda Tapping (Samantha Carter), Michael Shanks (Daniel Jackson), Christopher Judge (Teal'c), Claudia Black (Vala Mal Doran), Beau Bridges (Hank Landry), Morena Baccarin (Adria), Tim Guinee (Tomin), Sarah Strange (Morgan Le Fay), Currie Graham (Marrick), Greg Anderson (Prior)
</TD></TR><TR><TD class=main_body style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px; PADDING-TOP: 5px">With the Ori forces poised to launch a final assault on Earth, SG-1 must travel to their home galaxy in search of a way to stop their onslaught. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

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MGM has given a green light for the show's creators to produce two direct-to-DVD movies based on SG-1. Executive producer Brad Wright let TV Guide in on the news this week. "It's the climax of the Ori story line," Wright said of the first film. The movie will tie up the loose ends from the show's tenth season, which is expected to conclude its U.S. television run in June. The film will be written and directed by current SG-1 executive producer and show-runner Robert C. Cooper.

The studio is targetting a fall 2007 release for both projects -- just a few months after Stargate SG-1 ends its historic, 10-year run on cable television. [UPDATE: June 23, 2007 - MGM is now targetting a release date in the first half of 2008.] It's entirely possible that the movies will also be aired on television -- something SCI FI commonly does with direct-to-DVD movies.

"They're not big-budget [films] by any definition, but for us it's pretty good," Wright said. "As we've proven over the years, just give us little more money and we can make pretty good television, or DVDs."
(Executive producer Brad Wright, in an interview with TV Guide [story])

Filming began April 15, 2007.

The storyline "has to do with wrapping up the Ori storyline, which is the storyline that has taken prominence for the last two years of the show. I don't know if [Cooper] is going to wrap it up completely or bring it to some conclusion for the sake of the fans and the franchise, to bring that epic struggle to a close."
(Actor Michael Shanks, in an interview with IGN.com)

"We feel that we have an obligation to finish telling the story that we started telling," writer-director Robert C. Cooper said. "Right now, we know for sure that the main cast of Season Ten will be returning: Ben Browder, Michael Shanks, Chris Judge, Claudia Black, and Amanda Tapping. Beyond that, we are still working on it. I know that Brad's put a call into Richard Dean Anderson ['Jack O'Neill']. ... We're hopeful he'll make an appearance, whether he's in both [movies] or just one. We're not sure yet.

"And we have some surprises we're hoping to pull out of our hats for returning villains and allies that we don't have confirmation on yet." But there are currently no plans for any Stargate Atlantis cast members to appear in the film.

Pre-production began in March, with a shooting schedule of about four weeks.

The budget will be bigger than a television episode, Cooper also said, "but it's nowhere near what a feature has. We're going to have to use our magical powers to make these look like they're big movies. They're still TV movie budgets."
(Writer-director Robert C. Cooper, in an interview at StargateSG1.com)

"We're probably going to produce a little 1-hour special that will be included on the DVDs that will help you get caught up if you haven't been watching the series. ... We're doing a 1-hour special called 'Stargate Mythology,' which is not just a clips show to get up to speed, but will also explore the concept of mythology as it relates to the Stargate universe."
(Writer-director Robert C. Cooper, in an interview at StargateSG1.com)

"That's going to be the story that [Robert Cooper] wanted to end the season with. It's going to be a big, splashy feature film. ... It is a great story. It's a big story. It involves travelling to the Ori galaxy."
(Executive producer Brad Wright, in an interview at StargateSG1.com)

"As SG-1 searches for an Ancient artifact which they hope can defeat the armies of the Ori, they learn more Ori ships are about to be sent through the Supergate to launch a final assault on Earth. Daniel discovers that the artifact, the Ark of Truth, may be in the Ori home galaxy, and SG-1 embarks aboard the Odyssey to find it, and pre-empt the attack. The I.O.A. has a plan of their own and SG-1 ends up in a distant galaxy fighting two powerful enemies."
(MGM press release - January 15, 2007)

The war with the forces of the Ori continues. But Earth (and all of our galaxy) has just gotten a major break: Tomin, Vala's husband and a commander of the invading armies, has defected.

SG-1 brings Tomin to Earth, and he tells them that the worshippers of the Ori are about to bring another wave of warships through the intergalactic Supergate. There has been little we could do to stand up to only the first four ships ("Flesh and Blood") -- with dozens of ships fighting their holy war, the Ori victory will be swift. And a coordinated attack on Earth is most certainly imminent.

Tomin is welcomed as a guest, a war-torn soul who is still coming to terms with the fact that he has done terrible things in the service of false gods. But the I.O.A., the agency over the Stargate program, wants to interrogate him as an enemy prisoner. With Richard Woolsey occupied with the Atlantis expedition, they send James Merek to the S.G.C. Merek pretends to be friendly and disarming, an ally just doing his job, but makes it clear to Tomin that he holds him in great disdain, heartlessly confronting him about his war atrocities. Soon Vala can't listen any more.

Meanwhile, SG-1 is planning a bold mission to travel to the Ori home galaxy itself. They are in search of the "Ortus Mallum" (Latin for "place of origin"), perhaps to find the "Ark of Truth," which they hope can put an end to the war. Tomin wishes to go with them, believing that he can help SG-1 make contact with the anti-Ori underground.
(GateWorld news report)

NEW! June 5 - GateWorld has received confirmation from the management of Sarah Strange that the actress will be reprising her role as the Ancient Morgan Le Fay in the film. Le Fay provided covert assistance to SG-1 in the tenth season episode "The Pegasus Project," posing as a holographic recording in the city of Atlantis to direct them to the location of Merlin's anti-Ori weapon. She was whisked away by fellow ascended beings in after helping "lowers" in their quest. Her final fate was left open-ended.

The appearance of Morgan Le Fay in the film indicates that fans will see the ascended Ancients in some form, as the Ori storyline draws to a close.
Source: Gateworld
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[dfergie]

Gotta wait on the movie now...

 

[rockymtnhigh]

Yep, they always seem to be half a ZPM short of disaster, don't they?

However, if they figure out how to make them, then they'd be invincible and there'd be no danger from the Wraith or the HFRs or anyone else...

But the ancients weren't invincible either. Or did they just run out of zed-pm's?

 

[dfergie]

Btw, still have not watched last episode yet...

 

[long_time_DNC]

Oops, sorry 'bout that...

Regarding the ancients in Atlantis:

Spoiler

They got tired of fighting the Wraith, left for Earth and eventually ascended.

 

[rockymtnhigh]

Oops, sorry 'bout that...

Regarding the ancients in Atlantis:

Spoiler

They got tired of fighting the Wraith, left for Earth and eventually ascended.

Yeah, but the ZPMs did not provide them the power to simply win the war; its a great energy source, but it can be depleted, and it isn't a cure-all.

 

[Pepper]

Did the Asgaard know how to make ZPMs?

 

[DannyR]

But remember when Weir was Blonde? (back at Stargate Command when she took over?)

And her boyfriend was another actor they used before as the leader of another alien race.

 

[jibaro29]

I guess I 've never gotten over not having Jessica Steen as Dr. Weir on SGA. Come back Earth 2!!!!!
What a waste of talent and looks!

 

[rockymtnhigh]

Whoa! Beckett to return to SGA

Check this out:

PAUL MCGILLION RETURNS TO 'STARGATE ATLANTIS'

Fan Favorite Returns for Two Episodes

Torri Higginson and Christopher Judge Also Guest Star in New Season

New York, NY August 8, 2007 Reports of Dr. Carson Beckett's untimely demise last season on SCI FI's Stargate Atlantis have been greatly exaggeratedor have they? Paul McGillion will reprise his role as everyone's favorite Scottish physician in a two-episode arc during the series' fourth season, which will premiere on Friday, September 28 at 10pm ET/PT.

It was the fan cry heard 'round the Pegasus galaxy when Dr. Beckett was unexpectedly killed in an explosion at the end of season 3. His return to Atlantis promises to be every bit as shocking.

In addition to McGillion's return, Atlantis viewers can also look forward to season 4 guest appearances by Torri Higginson ("Dr. Elizabeth Weir") and Stargate SG-1's Christopher Judge ("Teal'c").


SOURCE: THE FUTON CRITIC, Press Release from Sci Fi
the futon critic - the web's best primetime television resource

 

[SatelliteGAL]

We are almost through season 9 of sg1. Season 10 is waiting in the wings and I guess we will work on ATlantis after that.

 

[long_time_DNC]

How are you enjoying the Ori story arc? It continues in season 10.

 

[SatelliteGAL]

We are now on season 10. The ori story arc seems really long and drawn out but it is still good and entertaining. There was a trailer for The Ark of Truth that led us to believe that it won't be over at the end of season 10 either.

 

[BobMurdoch]

We are now on season 10. The ori story arc seems really long and drawn out but it is still good and entertaining. There was a trailer for The Ark of Truth that led us to believe that it won't be over at the end of season 10 either.

The ORI storylines will be wrapped up in one of two telemovies coming out in 2007-2008. The second one will supposedly be an alternate reality episode when something in the past gets changed....

 

[long_time_DNC]

We are now on season 10. The ori story arc seems really long and drawn out but it is still good and entertaining. There was a trailer for The Ark of Truth that led us to believe that it won't be over at the end of season 10 either.

Sure, it's drawn out, but look at the G'oauld badies. They were the bad guys for 7-8 seasons. The Ark of Truth is a direct-to-dvd movie due to come out later this year that finishes up the Ori story. I'm looking forward to it.

 

[SatelliteGAL]

ok The "200" episode was really funny. We really laughed at all of them.
WE are now finished with SG1 and about to embark on ATlantis.

 

[long_time_DNC]

How about the "hostage/bad first contact" episode? I got some pretty good laughs from that one too.

Enjoy Atlantis!

 

[dfergie]

Syndication season starts this week

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</TD><TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Stargate may get most of its attention on cable, but it is still alive and kicking at one of the most-watched original dramas in U.S. syndication. Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis will kick off a brand new season this week.

SG-1 enters its tenth and final season, after dominating its syndication category for nearly a decade. The new season premieres with "Flesh and Blood," picking up right where the explosive "Camelot" left off in May.

Joining the regular cast in Season Ten is Claudia Black, as sexy thief Vala Mal Doran. The show also celebrates its 200th episode milestone.

Atlantis enters its third season in syndication with "No Man's Land," the conclusion of May's finale "Allies."
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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Syndication episodes are aired by a different local station in major markets around the country. While the same episode airs each week around the country, local broadcasters choose their own date and time. Episodes are shown on Saturdays and/or Sundays in most cities (sometimes at odd hours) -- so check your local listings.

GateWorld's syndication schedule will list upcoming episodes by the week in which they will air around the country (Monday's date). Watch for that week's episode the weekend following the date listed.

Season Ten and Season Three episodes won't reair on SCI FI Channel during their 12-month run in syndication.

Meanwhile, the fourth season of Stargate Atlantis premieres Friday, September 28 on SCI FI! Following its tenth season, SG-1 continues with two direct-to-DVD movies -- Stargate: The Ark of Truth and Stargate: Continuum -- in 2008.

Source: Gateworld