Stargate

[Kobold Avenger]

Wasn't Peter Deluise in that "Wormhole X-Treme" episode, as the guy in O'neil's role...

It's a shame that we're only seeing the 6th season now in BC, where the series is actually filmed. With a few funny points like how Jonas' nation happens to be called Kelowna, which must be named after the city of Kelowna, BC. Or Te'alc saying he thinks the Vancouver Canucks would when the Stanley Cup. I'm quite sure that those jokes were aimed at the people of Vancouver and the rest of the province. But then whenever they do show any shot a city, I do try to guess exactly where they filmed it, even if I don't live in Van...

Also I swear that somehow they must be recycling the Stargate sets in Andromeda since their so cheap for that series.

 

[Ranger REG]

Peter DeLuise played the director of "Wormhole X-Treme" with his younger brother Michael as that show's leading star. Between those two, Peter got the look. Of course, they both starred on SeaQuest DSV with the late Jonathan Brandis.

As for their dad, Dom, he guest-starred as Urgo/Togar (the implanted chip's avatar/the creator) on the third season episode, "Urgo." Peter directed that episode.

Source: http://www.tvtome.com/StargateSG1

 

[DM_Matt]

I think of her more as carter's adopted daughter, she was the one who bonded with her, not the doc.

Kahuna burger

Well, the debate we just had over that very well may be moot (FUTURE SPOILER)

Spoiler

when in a few episodes Dr. Frasier dies off-world during a rescue mission

 

[Orius]

It has been pretty well laid out in the series that everyone knows Jack is not nearly as dumb as he acts. I mean occcasionally he plays dumb over simple astronomy items and the Pilot for the series showed that he is a very serious amateur astronomer.

Yeah, I remember that. He's retired and looking up at the stars with a telescope.

I also remember that early episode where the gate wormhole got stuck open on that planet near a black hole. Jack recognized it was a black hole right away.

Like I said, it seems he does it pretty much to tease Sam.

 

[Ranger REG]

Personally, I think RDA's version of O'Neill sometime makes me hang my head in shame. I winced in embarrassment and oftentime pain every time he opens his mouth to respond with a smart-alecky comment. He's only at his best when he is in a combat situation.

He is intelligent. He knows astronomy and he is an competent military leader, but don't assume he also knows astrophysics or theoretical wormhole physics. That's what Dr. Carter is there for. When Carter and Jackson (or Quinn) get into a thinktank discussion, O'Neill can't help but feel he's out of his element.

 

[Orius]

Personally, I think RDA's version of O'Neill sometime makes me hang my head in shame. I winced in embarrassment and oftentime pain every time he opens his mouth to respond with a smart-alecky comment. He's only at his best when he is in a combat situation.

I know what you mean. Sometimes when he says or does something especially stupid or sarcastic, I find myself wondering, "How the hell did this guy become a colonel in the USAF?"

 

[Ranger REG]

But that's the thing. It IS Air Force, not the Army, not the Marines, not the Navy. It's probably the only military branch that can accept him, with the exception of the Coast Guard. LOL!

Just Kidding.

Segue to game, how do you like the AEG adaptation of Stargate RPG? Pretty soon the Season One supplement is coming out, if not already.

 

[Aeolius]

www.stargateatlantis.com is now online

 

[Nightfall]

Well that didn't take long...

 

[Dirigible]

SG-1 is terrific. They took a dismal movie and made it into just about the only sci-fi series save Farscape that gets better as it goes along. The plots and technology keep building on themselves, self-referencing and developing. It means it's often confusing unless you keep notes on every episode (which I don't, of course. That way madness lies), but gives it a sense of richness missing from, say, StarTrek.

I don't know what it is about the visuals (the externals, anyway; indoors shots tend to look fairly naff), but they have an impressive, cinematic quality; maybe it's lots of long shots and panoramas of the beautiful terrain.