Stargate: Be All My Sins Remember'd

January 04, 2008

Be All My Sins Remember'd

Don't you love it when the title of the upcoming episode doubles for how you feel about the Christmas and New Years party season? All I can say is, thank goodness it's over. Now I can go back to my regular life - the gym, my regular Wednesday basketball game, and, of course, SGA. Well, maybe I'll start back at the gym next week. I think I still need a week to recover. And my belly isn't completely blocking my view of my shoes. In fact, maybe I'll have a piece of that left over apple crumble.

So, we're not quite back in the office yet. But I went in over Christmas just to make sure I wasn't falling behind, and was in for quite a surprise. I went into my office and discovered all the furniture had been moved around, and the computer and phone uplugged. Everything had been taken out of the shelves and put in stacks willy nilly. It was like everything had been taken out of the office and put back in my office, in no particular order, by dimwitted thugs. Well, as it turns out, workmen had replaced the carpet. So that is all, in fact, true. So now, just as soon as I replace the broken computer keyboard, fix the now broken internet jack, and replace the phone extension cable that mysteriously disappeared, I'll be back in business. Whine. Gripe. Moan.

Meanwhile, I spoke with Martin Gero today about Be All My Sins Remember'd, which you'll get to see tomorrow night on Scifi. The title is a Shakespeare quote - another one pulled from the same Hamlet soliloquy that Joe Mallozzi took "This Mortal Coil" from. And it's fitting, because this is, of course, the second half of a two-parter.

Martin is a big fan of this week's episode, and not just because he wrote it. He said acts four and five contain the most ambitious special effects sequences we've ever done. And I know we've said similar things before, but that's because our VFX department is constantly outdoing itself. In fact, many of the big space shots that Martin wrote in the script were true head-scratchers. The VFX guys read it and thought to the themselves, "how the hell are we going to do that?" Well, as usual, after some brainstorming and batting it around with the producers, they figured out a way.

As for the story, Martin said the script was a blast to write, because it's provides some closure to a lot of different story arcs that began this season. He said almost every story that we've done this season tees this story up. And lastly, he explained that, often in these large action episodes, it's difficult to have strong character moments because the story is so dense with action. But again, this one breaks the mold, because there are some wonderful - and important - character moments in there. Sorry, no spoilers. I want you to be surprised!

And there's also that trademark Martin Gero brand of Pythonesque humor. Look for the scene where the Colonels' greet each other, to McKay's bewilderment. Awesome stuff.

Enjoy.

Posted by Alex Levine at January 4, 2008 07:59 AM