There's not getting anything past you eagle-eyed readers! In response to many of you who were taken by surprise... Yes, that IS a Gudetama mug Akemi got me for my birthday. Cool, no? Oh, and, yes, we got married. The important thing is Suji and Lulu will no longer be made fun of by the…
September 14, 2019: The Stargate: Atlantis Greatest Episode Tournament Continues! Roger Cross eye candy!
What is Stargate? My friend Michelle gave me the heads up that the answer, pictured above, appeared on a recent episode of Jeopardy. And, yes, apparently, someone had the right question. Siege Part 3 earned a hard-fought victory to secure a playoff spot in our Stargate: Atlantis Greatest Episode Tournament. But second place finisher Duet…
September 13, 2019: The Stargate: Atlantis Greatest Episode Tournament is underway! Alex Mallari Jr. eye candy!
And Rising takes the season 1 crown, securing its spot in the playoffs. A respectable showing from Siege Part 2, but will it be enough to grab one of the three available wildcard spots? We'll find out soon enough. In the meantime, cast your vote for the best episode of Stargate: Atlantis's second season... https://twitter.com/BaronDestructo/status/1172631941818081280…
September 10, 2019: The Stargate SG-1 Greatest Episode Tournament Championship! Goodies from the Dark Matter vault! Actor Anthony Lemke checks in!
And the polls are now open for the final showdown in the Stargate: SG-1 Greatest Episode Tournament. Window of Opportunity is out to an early lead over Lost City Part 2, but there's still 14 hours left to cast your ballot. Things can change. So head on over to twitter and vote or click on…
September 9, 2019: Checking in with the Dark Matter gang!
You'll often hear people talk about members of a production as family. And, yes, while it may often sound cliche (and, occasionally, a little suspect depending on the production), I can honestly say it's a pretty accurate description of the people I worked with on Dark Matter - most of who, uncoincidentally, I worked with…
Fan Support! A Sci-Fi Survey! And the SG-1 Elite Eight!
Wow. Tuesday I mentioned that Playback article detailing some of the projects Vanessa Piazza and I have in development, among them a sci-fi series called TimEscape. Well, yesterday fans, clearly impatient for another rollicking sci-fi show, got the ball rolling by establishing a TimEscapeHQ twitter account. It's early, as several pieces still have to fall…
August 12, 2019: Dark Matter Virtual Season 4, Episode 4.02 gets the video treatment!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz6UGVRZONg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1YguS5m9XI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1R6H9WrCt0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZyC008jzO8 Again, big thanks to Francois Brodeur for taking the time!
August 10, 2019: Dark Matter Virtual Season 4, Episode 4.01 gets the video treatment!
Came across these amazing fan-made videos based on the Dark Matter Virtual Season 4 episodes. EPISODE 4.01 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_PZtzkTDec&list=PLdKw0mrwDUKeVIN3UTLjZM7zNBW8zkc0p&index=2&t=88s https://youtu.be/dJnGKxF7ZAA https://youtu.be/JvHdcLm345k https://youtu.be/lAjh49VyuvU https://youtu.be/niypwTFf3sM Kudos to Francois Brodeur!
August 6, 2019: Dark Matter – All the loose ends we want tied up!
This article was brought to my attention today: Dark Matter: All the loose ends we want tied up "Watching the closing moments of Dark Matter was a little like taking a book out of the library and finding out some colossal douchenugget had torn out the last chapter." Well, yes. That WAS more or less…
June 22, 2019: Dark Matter deleted scene – Episode 212 “Sometimes in Life You Don’t Get to Choose”
FOUR has restored his memories and, as Ryo Ishida, plots against the throne of Zairon with the help of Hiro, his half-brother. The change in him has not sat well with the rest of the crew, especially Nyx. In this scene (directed by series stunt coordinator John Stead and, sadly, cut for time) she and…
June 20, 2019: Dark Matter – Another deleted scene!
This one was not so much a deleted scene as it was re-shot (so, technically, yes, deleted and replaced). The broadcast version has ONE and Android scrambling to save SIX who has gone into cardiac arrest. Ultimately, it's the Android's quick-thinking - and a residual electro-magnetic shock - that brings him back to the land…
June 18, 2019: Dark Matter deleted scene – Episode 2!
More often than not during Dark Matter's first season, episodes came in short, often necessitating the scripting of extra scenes (usually featuring the Android - like the accents scene in Episode 7). Occasionally, however, an episode came in long requiring edits to bring it down to time. Rarely did this ever result in the excision…
June 13, 2019: Dark Matter Storyboard – The Android Trench Walk!
Occasionally, when faced with a more complicated series of shots, a director may work with an artist to storyboard the sequence. Going through my old files, I happened to come across this storyboard for the Android space-walk from Dark Matter's third episode... It's like a Dark Matter comic book!
June 11, 2019: Dipping into the Dark Matter Vault – Welcome To Your New Home!
A little trip down memory lane... Welcome to Hyperion-8 Anthony Lemke as THREE Director Amanda Tapping Meet your new neighbors Alex Mallari Jr as FOUR Face-off Fight! Fight! Fight! Take the high ground! Time-out! Stunt Coordinator John Stead and actor Alex Mallari Jr Ah, good times. Good times. (All photos by Jan Thijs)
Dark Matter Virtual Season 4 – Episode 4.03, Act IV!
Previously On Dark Matter Our story continues...