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 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 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 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…
June 15, 2012: Meat & Bread! Cadeaux Bakery! Days of Stargate Past, Atlantis! Before I Sleep! The Brotherhood!
On the heels of some disappointing/underwhelming/unfortunate/painful dining experiences, I've done much of my eating at home of late. The other day, however, I did end up venturing out to grab a sandwich at Meat & Bread in Gastown, and a dessert or two (or three...or four...okay, more like five) at Cadeaux Bakery. I hear that…
June 14, 2012: Familiar territory! Days of Stargate Past, Atlantis! Hot Zone! Sanctuary!
The other day, I was back in familiar territory, at The Bridge Studios, the former home of Stargate: SG-1, Stargate: Atlantis, and Stargate: Universe, present home of Once Upon A Time, and Brightlight Pictures the company producing the SF miniseries Paul and I are writing. I dropped by to get notes on the script, toss…
June 13, 2012: Dark Matter at Comic Con! Save Lennox the dog! Days of Stargate Past, Atlantis! The Eye and The Defiant One! Vote on our favorite Stargate mid-season two-parter for a chance to win!
It looks like I will be in San Diego for Comic Con, signing copies of my SF comic book series, Dark Matter, at the Dark Horse booth (conveniently located steps away from where former Stargate scribe Remi Aubuchon will be overseeing the action at the Falling Skies booth). I'll have the space for about an hour…
June 12, 2012: Pirates! Days of Stargate Past – Atlantis! Home and The Storm! Pick your favorite Stargate mid-season two-parter and WIN!
You know you're in a skeevy neighborhood when a grown man tries to sell you six of his hand-drawn pirate pictures for five dollars. I had parked the car around the corner from Akemi's language school and was hanging around out front, waiting for her class to finish, when I was approached by a fellow…
June 11, 2012: The Supermovie of the Week Club reconvenes! Cookie Monster reviews Batman Forever!
Batman Forever. Well, at almost two hours running time, it sure feel dat way. After box office suckcess of first two Batman movies, studio reward Tim Burton by replacing him as direktor and changing tone of franchise to make it less dark and more kid friendly. Result is movie about as stoopid as Batman Returns…