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Martin Wood has been directing Stargate for more than a decade - with forty six Stargate:SG1 episodes behind him, and thirty Stargate: Atlantis episodes under the belt, he was the natural 'go to' guy for the creator and writer of Stargate, Brad Wright, when it came to choosing the director for Stargate's first standalone feature, Continuum.
His career includes working on Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, Earth: Final Conflict, Jeremiah, and the new SCI FI series, Sanctuary, starring Stargate's Amanda Tapping, where he is also producing and writing. We spoke to him about directing Stargate Continuum - and he had a heck of a time!
Stargate Spycam - Exclusive Forbidden Footage From The Stargate Studios!
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Thursday, July 31
by Captain
On our recent trip to The Bridge Studios, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the World, we managed to sneak a little video spycam onto the set of Stargate!
Of course, by 'spycam' we mean the crappy video recorder function on our digital camera. So the quality's not the best. But for that, there's the essential flavour of 'truth'. Here now is the unvarnished reality of Stargate. And frankly - it's awesome!
The sets are as close to the 'reality' of the fantasy as you can imagine, with the obvious exception of say, cement floors and the occasional giant light poking through what should really be a space-worthy window.
If you didn't manage to get to Japan's recent Star Wars Celebration (just going to put that out there) you may have missed out on seeing this once-in-a-lifetime sculpture. George Lucas encased in carbonite is one of the coolest things we've seen in a while - although of course, it opens up a philosophical can of worms.
It's hard not to walk down the 'this is what happens when you try to defend Jar Jar!' line. Or 'that's for fricking midichlorians!'. It's also hard not wonder if he's okay in there, and whether he'll have to suffer the chills and pains and blindness once he's out.
THE GOA'ULD ARE SCARY AGAIN!
Released Aug 6
Starring: Ben Browder, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Michael Shanks, Claudia Black, Richard Dean Anderson, Cliff Simon, Don S. Davis, Beau Bridges
Directed by Martin Wood
Rated M
Available on Blu-ray and DVD.
Whilst Ark of Truth was purported to be the real 'Gater' film, finishing off the 10 year series with a tying up of the final Ori storyline, it is Continuum, oddly enough, that feels more like a fan celebration of the Stargate series, as it reintroduces a host of fan fave characters (both good and evil) even whilst it retains its 'standalone' and 'first time viewers' storyline.
If you're still stuck in Australia, wondering what's goes on at Comic-Con, here's a little taste of the geeky preview goodness that attendees got to wallow in this year.
Here' s a sniff of the latest good stuff from San Diego, with images from the new Star Trek Movie poster, posters for Red Sonja and The Punisher, pics from The Wolfman (starring Benicio Del Toro), Christian Bale going hardcore for Terminator: Salvation and some new Watchmen images. Watchmen is looking more and more like it's been ripped directly from the page, which will please purist comic fans no end.
Released July 31
Starring James McEvoy, Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman
Director Timur Bekmambetov
Rated MA
What’s a little violence between friends? Entertainment!
Wanted is a spectacular roller-coaster ride that provides a visceral experience that goes beyond your average popcorn-muncher - on the one hand it’s a movie, and on the other it’s a manifesto. It’s filled with shocking brutality and images that are either horrific or way-cool depending on your own personal gore-ometer.
D’oh!
New Scientist reports that the UK will be the first country where a polite approach to illegal downloading of music and video will soon be under way. A new government plan will be implemented, in league with the six biggest internet providers.
The first phase of the plan – letters. That’s right, letters will be sent to those people who are downloading pirated music and video. If you’re a kid, your parents will get the letter.
A three-month trial period will kick off with the letters, and if there is no reduction in downloading, further measures are being considered. These include a ‘three strikes and you’re out” system (out of the internet!) or filtering to prevent material from being downloaded illegally.
This week sees July go out in a blaze of glory and August enter with an even bigger blaze of glory - with Terminator 2: Judgement Day!
Tuesday is practically bursting with goodness, starting off at lunchtime with one of the all-time classic X-Files episodes - 'Musings of Cigarette Smoking Man'. Find out what 'Cancer Man' got up to in his youth, his hopes his dreams, and his evil schemes - all laid bare in one of the most triumphant X-Files episodes. 1pm Tuesday is the time to tune in - and don't forget to enter our massive The X-Files: I Want to Believe competition before it's too late!
Tr2n! Classic Movie Gets A Sequel And Trailer Gets Bootlegged!
AT THE MOVIES
Saturday, July 26
by Captain
Evil, camera-savvy people at Comic Con are bootlegging trailers (shock!), and film sites like the UK's Filmstalker are showing the world.
So whilst this stuff is still up and hasn't been torn down by reasonably miffed film execs, here's a rather mongy angled look at the holy grail of gamer Sci Fi - a fully magical updated CG version of Tron.
Yes, Tron.
If you don't know Tron (coz it was released in 1982) never mind. The idea is you actually enter the computer game - in our world of 2008, not that much of a stretch. In 1982, it was groundbreaking - the special effects were considered so good they were denied an Academy Award - simply because they used these new things called 'computers' to generate them. The irony of course, almost all of the special effects were painstakingly created using classical methods - thus they hold up really well today. Bruce Boxleitner, Jeff Bridges and David Warner all starred.
In one of those 'why didn't they think of that sooner?' moves, video game companies have joined the fray with gusto at this year's Comic Con.
Held every year in San Diego, Comic Con welcomes over 125,000 hard core comic collectors and fans of genre films and TV - it's gotten so big now that it's regarded as a family event.
One of the major staples of the four day get together is the release of preview footage or trailers of upcoming films - traditionally comic-book based or Sci Fi based. This year though, the sheer power of the numbers (and the internet chatter that Comic Con produces) means that game companies like EA are throwing down serious dosh for big exhibitions of upcoming releases. Activision, Capcom, Konami, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s PlayStation 3 are also taking large chunks of territory previously held by the comic book fraternity.
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