I woke up this morning to a new set of notes. Wait! Notes on what? I have even started a new writing job yet. Oh, wait. These are notes for the LAST writing job. The miniseries I assumed we'd completed work on a week and a half ago. Paul and I handed in the second…
June 29, 2012: Days of Stargate: Atlantis Past! Instinct! Conversion!
Well, well, well. Look who it is. Yes, it's our former assistant, Trevor Finn, who has made the leap from script-collator/lunch-getter/baboon-anal-gland-drainer to Story Editor on XIII: The Series. Congratulations are in order and, as is customary whenever someone you once hired takes a step up in the industry, I'm anxiously awaiting the arrival of my "Thanks…
June 28, 2012: Stress-busters! Days of Stargate: Atlantis Past! Condemned!
Lately, I've been so stressed out that I spend most of my days in a lightheaded haze. It's a feeling akin to the extended buzz of three Jagermeister shots. Not wholly unpleasant but certainly very weird. I haven't been this wound up since that time I worked at the circus. Well, it wasn't literally a…
June 27, 2012: Days of Stargate Atlantis Past! Runner! Duet!
Meetings, meetings, meetings. My head is spinning. It's a wonder I was able to get any work done today - but I did, completing a couple of new scenes for the horror script. One more and I'm more or less done. Up on tap tomorrow: yet another meeting, some document reviews, completing that last scene…
June 26, 2012: Days of Stargate Atlantis Past! Resuming our trip down SGA memory lane as we reflect back on the show’s second season! Siege III! Intruder!
Alrighty. Continuing our reminiscences of Stargate: Atlantis. When last we left our stalwart heroes, it was the end of the show's first season and the city of Atlantis was under siege (so this is one of those rare occasions when the episode title actually made sense) by a relentless enemy: the wraith. SIEGE III (201) Season…
June 25, 2012: The Supermovie of the Week Club Reconvenes! Cookie Monster reviews The Phantom!
Or, like me prefer to call it: Purple Unitardo and de Temple of Doom! Stop Monster if you heard dis one before. A boy's parents are murdered. He train hard and become a superhero to fight evil. He very wealthy. Have trusty servant. He operate out of a cave. His superhero persona a mysterious figure,…
June 24, 2012: Unfriendly Vancouverites, Kulinarya and Greek Fest!
According to a recent article, Vancouver may be a beautiful place to live, but it aint exactly the friendliest of cities. Apparently, it's not easy to make friends here because Vancouverites tend to be aloof, cliquey, and not all that inclined to welcome newcomers into their established social circles. Truth be told, this isn't the…
June 23, 2012: No fish taco for you! And Preparing Sea Urchin at Home!
Today, Akemi and I took drive down to Steveston Village. For those of you who don't know (and, really, given what loyal fans you are, I imagine that number is very small), Steveston was the location we used to for the SG-1 episode Nightwalkers. And I'm sure we weren't the first production to make use…
June 22, 2012: Projects on Deck!
We handed in our second draft of the scifi miniseries the other day, paring it down from a robust 204 pages to a trim 194. We went through four different titles (including the cryptic Cogito and, my personal favorite, The Apocalypse Engine) before finally settling on the one they're going with. For now anyway. The…
June 21, 2012: You’re moving! Where to?
I've lived in Vancouver for thirteen (minus a little less than one) great years and I couldn't imagine living anywhere else. I love my home, the city, and the local food scene that boasts the freshest seafood and widest array of Asian cuisine outside of Asia. Vancouver is beautiful, boasts a thriving film & television…
June 20, 2012: Dark Matter (and me!) at Comic Con! Take a breather with Jelly! Winners of the Greatest Mid-Season Two-Parter in Stargate History contest!
Finally booked my hotel for Comic Con next month which means I WON'T be sleeping on the floor of the convention center after all. On the one hand, it's nice to know I can look forward to a mattress, a hot shower, and room service cookies and milk, but on the other hand, I was…
June 19, 2012: Back scratch! News of note! Reminders, reminders, reminders!
Somebody's got an itchy back. I'll take a couple of days to decompress, do a little work on the miniseries, the horror script, then resume our trip down SGA memory lane with Atlantis's second season. Some news of note: Family struggles to rescue their dog from being euthanized by bureaucrats in Belfast City Council: The Lennox…
June 18, 2012: The Supermovie of the Week Club reconvenes! Cookie Monster reviews Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie!
Most superhero movies me have reviewed so far make monster so angry he want to go back to video store and punch and slap around employee, den kick him in the de grapes. But dis not de case wit Mighty Morphin Power Rangers movie. Instead, me just want to go back and punch and slap.…
June 17, 2012: Checking out the new food trucks! Days of Stargate Atlantis Past! Siege I and II!
When Stargate: Atlantis fan (and blog regular) Jeff first told me he'd be in town for business, I offered him a few suggestions on dining locations. While I would have loved to join him for dinner, his visit happened to coincide with the rewrite on this SF miniseries Paul and I are working on. It's…
June 16, 2012: An early start to the day! Days of Stargate Atlantis Past! Letters from Pegasus! The Gift!
Last night, Akemi and I re-enacted an episode of the anime Gintama. Coincidentally, it was the very episode we watched last night before going to sleep. The episode involved an insomniac Kagura keeping a sleepy Gintama up all night. By episode's end, she has finally dozed off while Gintama lies wide awake beside her, unable…