http://blog.scifi.com/stargate/ en-us Copyright 2008 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:45:05 +0000 Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:17:15 +0000 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss So... end of the broadcast season. Whew! There goes another one. Another great one. I have to say, Season 4 was definitely my favoritest Atlantis season so far, but season 5 is showing promise. And hey, with our improved ratings,... http://blog.scifi.com/stargate/archives/2008/03/the_last_man_an.html http://blog.scifi.com/stargate/archives/2008/03/the_last_man_an.html Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:45:05 +0000 So I made friends with Morjana. She emailed me and let me off the hook for my terrible spoiler, which I appreciated. This blogging thing can really take on a life of its own. I'm going to be extra vigilant... http://blog.scifi.com/stargate/archives/2008/02/kindred.html http://blog.scifi.com/stargate/archives/2008/02/kindred.html Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:18:36 +0000 So, first of all, a big apology to those of you who read my blog last week and were treated to the most gratuitous of spoilers. Really terrible on my part, and I owe you all a big apology. I... http://blog.scifi.com/stargate/archives/2008/02/haunted_by_morj.html http://blog.scifi.com/stargate/archives/2008/02/haunted_by_morj.html Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:47:08 +0000 Well, the WGA strike is over and that means Executive Producer Carl "The Truth" Binder is back in da house! And not a moment too soon, because, in addition to Carl being a great guy and making such wonderfully colorful... http://blog.scifi.com/stargate/archives/2008/02/carls_back.html http://blog.scifi.com/stargate/archives/2008/02/carls_back.html Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:08:15 +0000 Meetings, meetings and more meetings. Yup. We're officially prepping episode #501, which means: MEETINGS. Concept meetings, prosthetics meetings, art department meetings, costumes meetings, props meetings, stunts/spfx meetings, VFX/playback meetings, hair and makeup meetings, extras meetings, and production meetings! Not to... http://blog.scifi.com/stargate/archives/2008/02/the_slow_build.html http://blog.scifi.com/stargate/archives/2008/02/the_slow_build.html Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:36:39 +0000 On television shows, we use different colored paper to indicate revisions to scripts, production schedules, crew contact lists, basically all the paperwork. It helps us keep track of what's what. So when you're in a meeting, and everybody's looking at... http://blog.scifi.com/stargate/archives/2008/01/draft_colors_sp.html http://blog.scifi.com/stargate/archives/2008/01/draft_colors_sp.html Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:43:15 +0000 There is a definite buzz about the office. Some familiar faces rejoined us this week, including our production coordinator extraordinaire, Tanja Balic (the happiest person on planet earth) and our trusty writer/producer's assistant, Lawren Bancroft-Wilson III (rapper name LB-dub). A... http://blog.scifi.com/stargate/archives/2008/01/now_were_cookin.html http://blog.scifi.com/stargate/archives/2008/01/now_were_cookin.html Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:39:52 +0000 I just talked to Carl Binder on the phone about this week's episode, Quarantine. Lucky for me, he had just spoken to Sharon Gosling about the episode so he didn't require any prompting or irritating questions from me about the... http://blog.scifi.com/stargate/archives/2008/01/general_consens.html http://blog.scifi.com/stargate/archives/2008/01/general_consens.html Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:52:35 +0000 The heat is on, and this is a good thing. It was freaking cold in these offices most of the week. My theory is it just takes time for the building to warm up. But I also have tragic news:... http://blog.scifi.com/stargate/archives/2008/01/the_heat_is_on_1.html http://blog.scifi.com/stargate/archives/2008/01/the_heat_is_on_1.html Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:49:13 +0000 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... http://blog.scifi.com/stargate/archives/2008/01/be_all_my_sins.html http://blog.scifi.com/stargate/archives/2008/01/be_all_my_sins.html Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:59:56 +0000 Sorry for the late entry - it's been a busy week for those executive producer types, and hence it wasn't until late in the week that I got my chance to talk to showrunner Joseph Mallozzi, who penned tonights half-season... http://blog.scifi.com/stargate/archives/2007/12/half_time.html http://blog.scifi.com/stargate/archives/2007/12/half_time.html Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:55:55 +0000 So now pretty much everybody is gone. Some guys are in Hawaii, some are in Ontario, one lucky guy is holding a sign outside some studio lot in Hollywood. But strangely, when I called the production office, I got the... http://blog.scifi.com/stargate/archives/2007/11/is_there_anybod.html http://blog.scifi.com/stargate/archives/2007/11/is_there_anybod.html Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:28:51 +0000 I was in LA this week, assisting Ivon Bartok, the Stargate Special Features producer and director with some interviews. We got to meet with some members of the armed forces who help us with the shows – specifically Captain Mary... http://blog.scifi.com/stargate/archives/2007/11/special_feature.html http://blog.scifi.com/stargate/archives/2007/11/special_feature.html Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:43:14 +0000 This week’s episode is my favourite character story of the season, entitled “Missing”. Missing is almost a two-hander, as Teyla and the good doctor Jennifer Keller dominate the screen time. But really, it’s an action packed character study of two... http://blog.scifi.com/stargate/archives/2007/11/missing_times_t.html http://blog.scifi.com/stargate/archives/2007/11/missing_times_t.html Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:40:00 +0000 So, further to last week, the writers are back in there, breaking Season 5. And, as Joe Mallozzi put it, it’s slow-going. But I have faith. They’ll pick up speed. After all, you don’t make 300 episodes of a tv... http://blog.scifi.com/stargate/archives/2007/11/strikes_and_ker.html http://blog.scifi.com/stargate/archives/2007/11/strikes_and_ker.html Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:49:44 +0000