Stargate SG-1 - Australia - Syfy (Aus): Contest: Tickets to HUB Con - Adelaide/Perth

At Syfy Australia:

COMPETITION

Stargate SG-1 Convention

Have you ever wanted to meet Teal'c or Jonas Quinn? Well now is your chance!

The Hub Productions and SCI FI bring you the Stargate convention on the last weekend in August.

Adelaide on Saturday the 28th and Perth on Sunday the 29th. Watch them live on stage for a few stories, anecdotes and a question and answers session.

With plenty to do and see throughout the day, such as auctions, raffles and trivia. There will also be merchandise as well as rare collectables available to purchase from the dealers.

You will also have the chance to meet the guests and get autographs and professional photographs.

For more information on this or any other Hub Productions event, please go to http://www.thehubproductions.com

PRIZE DETAILS

1 winner will receive a double pass to The Stargate Convention in Adelaide on Saturday August 28th.

1 winner will receive a double pass to The Stargate Convention in Perth on Sunday August 29th.

Stargate Universe - Syfy Australia SciFi Pi Blog: SGU Set Visit + Video

At Syfy Australia's SciFi Pi blog:

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On The Set of Stargate Universe

News Tuesday, July 20 by Captain


We recently had the privilege of visiting Bridge Studios in Vancouver, the home of all things Stargate. If you’ve seen an episode of any of the Stargate shows, you would have seen something that has been created in the suburb of Burnaby, not too far from the heart of one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

We did get a chance to have a chat with the cast and crew of Stargate Universe, but we also got to wander around the corridors of The Destiny. Which, as you can imagine, is as cool as cool gets...

Stargate SG-1 - Syfy Australia: Christopher Judge Video Interview

[NOTE: Video is geo-coded for Australia.]

At Syfy Australia's SciFi Pi blog:

Teal'c Talk with Christopher Judge

News Saturday, July 17 by Captain



Christopher Judge has more charisma in his left finger than most people produce in a lifetime. It's an eerie, indisputable fact. Thus to have an interview with him is to get the full force of the realisation that no, he is not a quiet, carefully worded warrior with a penchant for the perfectly placed eyebrow raise. Not at all.

He is "indeed" an actor who loves his job, loves life and loves being a part of the Stargate family. What he doesn't love is polar bears. Because they can eat you.

When the time came for the cast and crew to head to the Arctic circle to shoot Stargate: Continuum, Christopher was left behind, safe in the knowledge that he would not be left as a red smear on the polar ice by some hungry white beast. He unfortunately missed out on seeing a gigantic naval sub smash through the pack ice, but then he also missed out being stuck in huts in sub zero temperatures and having to have a chap with a hunting rifle shadow you every time you went out.

Sensible chap, that.

We spoke with him on a recent visit to Australia about all things Teal'c, and he gave us the goods about "indeed", how the Zat gun got its pronunciation, his writing efforts on the show and more...

Stargate Universe - SciFi (Australia) SciFi Pi Blog: Destiny has a Destination!

At SciFi (Australia) SciFi Pi blog's:

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Stargate Universe: S2 Mid-Season Finale! Destiny has a Destination!

Tuesday, June 29 by Captain

On the set of Stargate Universe at Bridge Studios in Vancouver last week, a lucky moment allowed us a very quick sneak peek at the call sheet for Stargate Universe Episode #210, the mid-season finale of Season 2, called `Resurgence.'

It showed who was in what particular shot, and gave a brief description of what was being shot. What we glanced was a list of actors and a very brief description of them interacting with special effects...

Stargate Universe - Syfy Australia: Stargate SG1 / Atlantis Stars to Appear in #SGU Season 2

From a Syfy Australia tweet:

#SGA and #SG1 stars will appear in #SGU Season 2, says Brad Wright.

On Set of #SGU today. The general gist of Season Two: The Destiny has a destination of literally cosmic importance.

On the set of #SGU tomorrow! If you've a question for cast and crew (including Robert Carlyle) now's your chance! http://bit.ly/c9LT0d

Interesting fact: #SGU door mechanical door 'nobs' can be programmed to move at different speeds. All are practical. All cost $500.

Stargate Universe - Remediating SGU: Video - Australian Episode Trailer 'Incursion, Part 2'

Courtesy of Remediating SGU:

Australian preview of Incursion 2

Airs Friday, June 11 at 9pm on Syfy (US).

Stargate Universe - Remediating SGU - Video: Australian trailer for 'Incursion, Part 1'

Courtesy of Remediating SGU:

Australian preview of Incursion Part 1

Airs Friday, June 4 at 9pm on Syfy (US).

There won’t be a preview next week of Incursion Part Two. The Australian network is having a week’s break from SGU due to the Memorial Day break this week.

Stargate Universe - Remediating SGU: Video - Australian 'Pain' Episode Trailer

Courtesy of Remediating SGU:

Oh, the Pain, the Pain: Aussie preview of SGU Pain

May 14, 2010

It’s that time of the week where we sing the praises of high speed Internet. Here’s the Aussie preview of Pain and wow, look at the jaw dropping moment at the end.

Stargate Universe - Remediating SGU: 'Sabotage' Australian Episode Trailer

Courtesy of Remediating SGU:

Australian preview of Stargate Universe's Sabotage

Stargate Universe 'Sabotage' airs Friday, May 7 at 9pm on Syfy (US).

Stargate - Hub Productions: Australian Con DVD

At Hub Productions:

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Stargate DVD

Price: $55.00 [probably Australian $ - in US $ that would be roughly $50]

Description

The biggest Stargate Convention Package ever assembled!

After over 6 months in production, The Hub Productions and Turncoat Studios are very proud to present a souvenir DVD package like no other: a four disc souvenir DVD set spanning across all three Stargate television shows!



Featuring coverage from four different conventions, from Perth, Sydney and Melbourne, Stargate 2010 contains over 15 hours of footage that you will not see anywhere else from a huge line-up of guests including:

Ben Browder
Claudia Black
Michael Shanks
Chris Judge
Dan Shea
Joe Flanigan
Paul McGillion
Jason Momoa
David Nykl
Connor Trinneer
Christopher Heyerdahl
and
David Blue



With so much content from so many guests, this DVD package is spilling over with highlights such as Dan Shea and Chris Judge going head to head in a shirtless push-ups competition; Joe Flanigan tackling a very surprised Paul McGillion and Jason Momoa; Michael Shanks auctioning off the shirt of his back to charity; Connor Trinneer and David Nykl arguing the science behind who would win in a fight between astronauts and cavemen; Chris Judge pretending not to know who David Blue is; and Ben Browder and Claudia Black being joined on stage by their Farscape co-star Gigi Edgley. Stargate 2010 is loaded with these and other unforgettable highlights and is the ultimate companion for any die-hard Stargate fan.

Stargate Universe - Remediating SGU: Australian Episode Trailer - 'Lost'

Courtesy of Remediating SGU:

Australian preview of Lost

April 30, 2010

Thanks to the wonders of modern networking technology, here is the Australian preview of Lost. It seems to have come out quite dark, so I suggest you adjust your viewing screen.

Stargate Universe - Australia SciFi's Sci Fi PI: Louis Ferreira Interview

At Australia's SciFi's Sci Fi Pi blog:

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Louis Ferreira: An Interview with SGU's Funny Man, Colonel Young (No, Really!)

News Thursday, April 29 by Captain



Whilst SGU has its share of lighter moments, it's fair to say that it has a heavy dose of darkness. A crew, stranded on the other side of the universe, no way of getting back, with a growing power struggle on board, threatening the future of the mission (if they had any to begin with!).

At the end of the first part of Season One, Colonel Everett Young finally went beyond the bounds of the measured, intelligent leader that had kept the fractured crew of military and civilians together. His dour, 'let's get on with this' attitude had been the glue for a group of people stuck with seemingly no hope. It was a fascinating moment, to see the true feelings of a man who seemed to define 'bottled up' - despite the obvious references to inter-military affairs.

Clearly there's more than meets the eye when it comes to this character. He's a fascinating creation from Brad Wright and Rob Cooper, but also from the actor who plays him - Canadian veteran actor, Louis Ferreira. What makes him even more fascinating is the man who plays him could not be more different. Jovial, puckish, quick to emote and the owner of a real live fart machine that he lets off during shooting in Vancouver, he is the joker of the SGU cast and crew.

You'd never know it watching him on screen. Talking to him off screen however...



A brief excerpt:

SFP: In what way are you different from Everett Young?

LF: I am as far away as possible from Colonel Everett Young as is possible to get!

He can stay focused and on track. I'm very scattered and ADD and animated. Young is very military, very stoic, ethical - he operates with a clear sense of right and wrong, he can stay calm in the midst of a storm and take responsibility for the people around him. He takes looking after those eighty bodies on board to heart.

There's not a lot of room on board for joy. We're drinking water and eating mush - it's a survival story, which is what drew me to the part. In years to come (knock on wood), when the acceptance part of the story comes into play, it'll be really interesting to see that shift. All of a sudden where people are redefined. The idea of 'colonel' when you're on a ship with eighty people kind of changes meaning - indeed, almost becomes meaningless. That would be the time where the psychological nature of the character breaks down and I could insert more of my self into the part.

The challenge for me for the first season has been the focus of the man - the bigger picture: survival.

I personally love the comedy and the humour of Stargate's past, but I hope that we infuse Universe with the same humanity as the original shows...

James Marsters - Herald Sun: Buffy the Vampire Slayer's James Marsters guests at Supernova Pop Culture Expo

At Australia's Herald Sun:

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer's James Marsters guests at Supernova Pop Culture Expo

by Neala Johnson Herald Sun April 15, 2010



JAMES Marsters - the man best known to millions of Buffy the Vampire obsessives as Spike - is in Melbourne to attend the Supanova Pop Culture Expo at the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds from Friday April 16 -Sunday April 18.

The fan event also features Star Trek Kiwi Karl Urban, Parker Lewis himself, Corin Nemec, Twilight wolf-boy Alex Meraz, a bunch of comic book creators and more.

Herald Sun Hit caught up with Marsters before he flew to Australia, interrupting a Marsters family jam session. “My son, my father and I are all playing ukulele, it’s crazy,” Marsters said.

Marsters, who has also appeared in the film Dragonball, and TV shows including Torchwood, Smallville, Caprica and Without a Trace, had just returned home from shooting a new Hawaii Five-O pilot on the American island.

There are clips on YouTube of you and your son, Sullivan, performing acoustic songs, but your father gets in on the act too?

JM: "He started the whole thing. He’s been looking for a baritone ukulele for years but they didn’t make them anymore in America – or I couldn’t find one. I found myself, surprisingly, in Hawaii for a few weeks and I was able to track one down, so he’s a very happy man. I’m not a ukulele player by nature, but apparently the size of your ukulele is very important..."

Stargate Universe - Resource List for SGU Episode Reviews

[NOTE: The following websites offer Stargate Universe episode reviews. Some links lead to a general list of TV reviews, you will need to search for Stargate Universe.]

Updated: June 12, 2010

Stargate Universe airs on Friday at 9pm on Syfy (US); in Australia on Friday at at 8:30pm on SciFi Channel, in Canada on Friday at 10pm on Space Channel; and in the UK on Tuesday at 8pm on Sky One.



About.com SciFi / Fantasy Guide
The Bright Idea - Video episode reviews!
Cinema Spy
Clique Clack
ColonelEZ.net
Curve House
Cybermage
Daemon's TV
dakinegirl
Den of Geek
Billie Doux
Eclipse Magazine
The Gate
GateWorld [Note: click on episode, and then look for fan reviews]
The Hachiko
Houston Chronicle (Houston, TX)
iF Magazine
IGN
Insights of a Television Addict
Memoirs on a Rainy Day
Our Side of the Universe
Pink Raygun
Read at Joe's
Remediating SGU
Right Fans: SciFi from the Other Side
Science Fiction Stuff
The SciFi Block
SciFi Now Magazine
SFX Magazine Blog
SG Univer
Show Me SciFi
Slice of SciFi
Suite 101
Total SciFi Online
Tubular TV
The TV Obsessed
TV Overmind
Wormhole Riders - Previews

Stargate Universe - Australia: Video: Episode Preview of 'Space'

Courtesy of Remediating SGU:

SGU Australian preview of Space

April 1, 2010

As the title says, this video is the Australian preview of the SGU episode Space.

Stargate Universe premieres in Australia on Friday, April 9 on SciFi.

Stargate Universe - Syfy Australia's SciFi Pi: Alaina Huffman Video Interview

At Syfy Australia's SciFi Pi:

Alaina Huffman: What Would You Gate With You?

News Tuesday, March 30 by Captain

Alaina Huffman, bright and bubbly as ever, submits to our intense psychological profiling that comes with finding out just WHAT exactly she would take with her if she could when gating to the other side of the Universe. Never afraid to ask the important questions, Sci Fi Pi has the answers you crave.

Be amused, intrigued, informed, and if you hate pineapple on your pizza, disgusted.

It's our first in a series of 'What Would You Gate With You?' Q&A's with the cast members of Stargate Universe, celebrating the return of the the most talked about Sci Fi show to SCI FI on April 9 (in Australia)!

Get to know the actors behind the characters, and get to know the little tidbits that fall through the cracks as the answers reveal a little more than the subject intended.

It's tense, tough interviewing, right here on Sci Fi Pi!

Stargate Universe - SciFi Pi: Joseph Mallozzi Interview

At Australia's SciFi Channel's SciFi Pi:

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SGU's Writer/Producer Joseph Mallozzi: 'More Space Battles, Aliens'!

Tuesday, December 8 by Captain


Joseph Mallozzi has been working on Stargate SG1, Stargate Atlantis and now Stargate Universe for just on a decade.

Having written dozens of episodes, the writer/producer is one of the key voices that sing in concert with the two Stargate stalwarts, Brad Wright and Robert Cooper.

He has written the upcoming Stargate: Extinction, the movie length addition to the Stargate Atlantis story, as well as (among many others) the classic SG1 episodes ‘Moebius’, ‘Lockdown’, ‘Descent’ and ‘Homecoming’. And 'Wormhole X-Treme'. On SGA, his writing credits include ‘Home’, 'Travelers', 'This Mortal Coil' and the final episode, ‘Enemy at the Gate’.

As executive producer, consulting producer and just plain producer, he has had a hand in hundreds of Stargate episodes.

If you wanted to talk to someone (besides Brad and Robert) about all things Stargate, HE is your man.

So we did. Here's what he had to say:


A brief excerpt:

SGU’s new style has been quite confronting for many Stargate fans, and especially for the more impatient Stargate fans. When you are writing SGU do you find the style more constricting or less constricting than say on SG1 or SGA?

It’s a completely different animal. In some ways it’s more restrictive, in others it’s less restrictive. One of the things that always appealed to me in SG1 and Atlantis that I felt we didn’t do enough was delve into the characters. When I was writing SG1 I always liked to include those little scene. Say for example, I forget which one exactly, perhaps ‘Lockdown’ when Teal’c and the rest of the team are discussing Teal’c getting his own apartment and what gift they’ll bring for the housewarming. Little instances that suggest that after all the action is said and done, these characters are friends. It added a depth of humanity to characters who are, in some respects, more heroic than the average hero.

In much the same way, when we went over to Atlantis, I always enjoyed the episodes where we could explore the characters. I remember ‘Broken Ties’ was one episode where we got to explore Ronon’s backstory. Showed that vulnerability that made him the warrior that he was, at the same time juxtaposing the introduction of Woolsey, who up to that point had just been the officious jerk IOA character, and through humour, which Bob Picardo was so good at, be able to humanize the character.

Stargate Universe - - Sci Fi Pi : Video interview Lou Diamond Phillips

From Australia's SyFy web site, SciFi Pi, a video interview with Lou Diamond Phillips:

Stargate Universe has come with it's fair share of mind-stretching casting choices, from the man who was Begbie in Trainspotting to the man who was Richie Valens in La Bamba, there's no shortage of big screen firepower, or small screen 'wow - did NOT see that coming'.

We were lucky enough to speak with Lou Diamond Phillips (or LDP, as he's known on the Vancouver set of SGU) on Skype, who was more than happy to share his thoughts (and a few impersonations) on the show, his career and the fun he and the cast have making SCI FI's new hit show.

For more info and interviews with other SGU stars, check out, Sci Fi Pi, the SCI FI Channel Australia Blog.

Sanctuary - AUSTRALIA - Premieres May 28 on SciFi Channel Australia

At SciFi.com.au:



Amanda Tapping leads her own show - with an English Accent!

The highly anticipated new show comes to SCI FI [Australia] on May 28. Did you see it when it was the world's most expensive internet-exclusive series? Now it's a fully fledged TV series, starring Stargate's ever popular Amanda Tapping as the mysterious Dr Helen Magnus. She's both the hunter and protector of the world's weirdest beasties whom she houses in The Sanctuary. What do you think of Amanda with an English Accent? And the huge amount of Green Screen used? Will it be better than Buffy and Angel? Will Stargate fans accept Amanda as a brunette? The important questions must be answered - by you!

Sanctuary Forum at SciFi.com.au

Stargate / Battlestar / Heroes - Supanova Con Australia - Mar/Apr '09

At Supanova:

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The Supa-Stars of Supanova 2009 - Melbourne & Brisbane!

Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Other Creatures, may we present for you, our list of guests for Supanova 2009 in Melbourne (March 27-29) and Brisbane (April 3-5)

Film & TV Guest Supa-Stars

* Hayden Panettiere - Heroes, Racing Stripes, Raising Helen, Alley McBeal
* Katee Sackhoff - Battlestar Galactica, Bionic Woman - Melbourne only



* Richard Hatch – Original and Re-imagined Battlestar Galactica
* Amber Benson - Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Brisbane only
* Adam Busch - Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Brisbane only
* Justin Chon - Twilight, The O.C. - Melbourne only
* Bonnie Piesse - Star Wars: Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith

Animation & Anime Supa-Stars

* Vic Mignogna – Full Metal Alchemist, DragonBall Z, Bleach
* Dave Willis – Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Space Ghost Coast to Coast
* Dana Snyder – Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Venture Brothers
* Jhonen Vasquez – Invader Zim, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac

Comic-Book Supa-Stars

* Todd McFarlane – Spawn, Amazing Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk - Brisbane only
* Whilce Portacio – Spawn, Wetworks, Batman Confidential - Melbourne only
* The Vampress Girls - creators Jacy & Nick Nova - Melbourne only
* Nicola Scott – Birds of Prey, Secret Six, Star Wars Empire
* David Yardin – X-Men vs Hulk, Black Panther, Storm
* Colin Wilson - 2000AD, Blueberry: The Early Years, Star Wars (Dark Horse)
* Tom Taylor - Flinch, Star Wars: Invasion (Dark Horse)
* Stewart McKenny - DC Superfriends, Clone War Adventures - Brisbane only
* Wayne Nichols - Star Wars Unleashed, Church of Hell - Brisbane only
* Christopher Sequeira - Astonishing Tales, Cthulhu, Justice League Adventures
* W. Chew Chan - Iron Man, The Phantom, Borderlander
* Jan Scherpenhuizen - Wolverine Doombringer, Lost inSpace - Melbourne only
* Jon Sommariva - Gemini, Go Boy 7, Star Wars Tales - Brisbane only
* Jeffrey Cruz - Streetfighter II Turbo, Sinbad: Rogue of Mars - Melbourne only

Literary Supa-Stars

* Jennifer Fallon – Tide Lords, The Hythrun Chronicles, Second Sons [Also Stargate SG-1: Roswell]
* Marianne de Pierres - Sentients of Orion, Parrish Plessis - Brisbane only
* Andrew Warrilow - The Familiar’s Tale, The Dream Dimension - Brisbane only
* Suzanne Woods - Stargate SG-1: Barque of Heaven - Melbourne only
* Anita Blake - Crystal Coffin, Project Apocalypse - Brisbane only

Gaming Supa-Stars

* Steve Stamadiatis – TY the Tasmanian Tiger, Blade Kitten - Brisbane only

And THAT is our guest line-up for Melbourne and Brisbane 2009!