Well, well, well. If it isn't one of my all-time favorite editors, Nicholas Wong (he of such amazing Dark Matter episodes as: My Final Gift To You, Isn't That A Paradox, One Last Card To Play, and It Doesn't Have To Be Like This). And look! In honor of our first official producer's cut sit-down…
April 29, 2019: Toys, mom, and Sheppard as Iron Man!
To those of you asking whether I managed to take some time off from writing this weekend - the answer is "Yes!". I set aside my laptop for a few hours on Saturday so that I could clear out my storage locker, moving my toys into the spare bedroom. And by "toys" you're no doubt…
April 28, 2019: Suji Sunday! With Special Guest Star – Lulu!
Snoozy. Sushi select. See? This is what happens when I leave my credit card unattended. She goes shopping at Soma. Out on her fancy walk. Lulu shatters kale chips!
April 27, 2019: Aaaah, time to relax. Sort of.
I'm usually in for call, our first blocking of the day, which is scheduled for 7:30 a.m., meaning I'm up at 6:00 a.m. every morning. We run a pretty tight ship, 12 hour days including lunch, so I'm often home by 8:00 p.m. (a very reasonable hour given my line of work) which gives me…
April 26, 2019: Weird Day! Stargate drop!
Well, today has the distinction of being the weirdest day of the year so far. While I really can't go into the reasons why it's been so weird, suffice it to say I'd feel safer just going straight to bed. But I have a late dinner meeting to attend - and a blog entry to…
April 25, 2019: Ice cream and t.v. themes!
WHAT is this? Why, it's the ice cream truck - courtesy of Block #2 director Sudz Sutherland. A special treat for the crew on his last day. Story Editor Sam Godfrey goes twist with a chocolate dip. Finally started work on the script for the season finale today. Lots of balls in the air. The…
April 24, 2019: Week’s Best Comic Book Covers!
These were my favorites... Age Of X-Man: X-Tremists #3 (cover art by Rahzzah) Doctor Strange #13 (cover art by Jesus Saiz) Heroes in Crisis #8 (cover art by Mitch Gerads, Clay Mann, Tomeu Moray) Thanos #1 (cover art by Jeff Dekal) The Warning #6 (cover art by Ed Laroche) So, which were YOUR faves?
April 23, 2019: More from the Stargate trove!
So, last night I found myself with a window of free time between my two scripts and my episode 1 cut (that never materialized) and seized the opportunity to go through the various discs, DV's, and hard-drives I'll be shipping out to MGM this week. I can't access a good 95% of the material, but…
April 22, 2019: Thousands of hours of unseen behind the scenes footage from Stargates SG-1, Atlantis, and Universe!
So, yesterday I uploaded the following photo online - With the caption: "Thousands of hours of unseen behind the scenes footage from Stargates SG-1, Atlantis, and Universe - Back when he was the Special Features Producer on Stargate, Ivon Bartok spent years capturing behind the scenes footage on all three shows. Unable to make arrangements…
April 21, 2019: Suji Sunday!
Lulu crashing today's entry. Watch your fingers! Easter bunnies! Our little cherry blossom. A spoon and a wink. That surprised look when you find out they cancelled your favorite show on a cliffhanger.
April 20, 2019: More from the vault! Stargate, Dark Matter, and Dogs!
Continuing my dig through the archives... Stargate: Atlantis concept art - preliminary view of the city by Production Designer James Robbins - Wraith pod jpeg... Bartol Rendulic's concept art for the Dark Matter airlocks: Behind the scenes on SGA: Touching up the wraith... One of things I really loved about working on Stargate was the…
April 19, 2019: Random files I found on my old laptop: Dark Matter, SGU, the Atlantis movie script, and dogs eating ice cream!
This Space Channel preview for the Dark Matter series premiere... This layout of the Destiny bridge from the art department package for the SGU episode "Resurgence": A copy of the script for Stargate: Extinction, the Stargate: Atlantis movie. I gave it a quick re-read and it's pretty epic. The model for that Ferrous Corp shuttle…
April 18, 2019: Akemi Birthday Festivities!
Today, we celebrated Akemi's birthday by me going in to work for an 8:00 a.m. conference call, writing 7 pages of this latest script, and then sitting in on background extras and special effects meetings as well as a locations look-see. Oh, the office also had smoked meat for lunch and hosted a non-denominational Easter…
April 17, 2019: This Week’s Best Comic Book Covers!
These were my favorites... Amazing Spider-Man #19.HU (cover art by Greg Land) American Carnage #6 (cover art by Ben Oliver) Bloodborne #11 (cover art by Yoshioka) Daredevil #4 (cover art by Julian Totino Tedesco) Guardians of the Galaxy #4 (cover art by David Marquez) Naomi #4 (cover art by Jamal Campbell) Spawn: Dark Horror, vol.…
I received the following email from my former writing partner last night: "Cleaning out old boxes, I found this. You may remember, these were the very helpful notes you took during our call with Syfy regarding the Atlantis episode “Inquisition”. The significance of the flying frogs eludes me to this day. Still, in many ways,…