Hoowee!  I came up with - in the words of Brad Wright - a positively grinchy idea for a new horror script.  I'm about 40 pages in, almost at the halfway mark, and loving it.  The plan is to have a rough first draft by next week, a second draft rewrite for the week after,…

So, last Saturday, my laptop died.  Ish.  It powered up, but the screen remained dark.  After much troubleshooting, I was resigned to likelihood my laptop had given up the ghost and switched to my old back-up laptop (which Akemi had suggested I upgrade because she feared it was near the end of its lifespan.  Given…

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Upgrade (2018) Set in the near-future, technology controls nearly all aspects of life. But when the world of Grey, a self-labeled technophobe, is turned upside down, his only hope for revenge is an experimental computer chip implant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36PDeN9NRZ0&t=37s My thoughts: he hyper-kinetic action sequences are inspired, but the script much less so. Still, while predictable,…

Sunday stroll. Resting up for her next meal. Picture Perfect. Derpy... Relaxed... Messy egg time... Sneezy!

So what kind of Stargate series does Amazon have in the works? Nobody knows, but we DO have a firm sense of what Stargate fans would like to see... Time will tell! And a little trip down memory lane... Rumble in the Jungle First Impressions Alien Outtake  (courtesy of VFX Supervisor Mark Savela) Suji's awesome…

Chimera... The things that stands out for me about this episode was the title which, over the course of prep, production, and post, was pronounced anyone of about a half dozen ways: Ki-mera, Kee-mera, Kee-meera, Chi-mera, Chy-mera, Chy-meera – and variations thereof.  Damian Kindler was the king of the obtuse episode titles and, after following…

The Outwaters (2022) Four travelers encounter menacing phenomena while camping in a remote stretch of the Mojave Desert. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6Du7TvNqvY My thoughts: Twisted, terrifying, and tedious. A experimental experience, roughly 20 minutes too long. 3/5 Livid (2011) The suggestion of a big treasure hidden somewhere inside Mrs Jessel's once renowned classical dance academy will become an…

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Space Race... Working on Stargate was a writer’s dream in that it offered a host of wide-ranging opportunities when it came to scripting an episode.  The stories could be arc-driven or standalone, Earth-bound or off-world centered, mythological in nature or purely scifi, dramatic or humorous.  And, every so often, we occasionally did those departure episodes…

Finally picked up the digital transfers of dailies related to two Stargate episodes: Wormhole X-Treme and Window of Opportunity - 7-8 days of main unit and some 2nd unit shooting as well, roughly 17 hours of footage.  I haven't had the chance to go through it all, but came across some pretty good stuff including…

I woke up this morning to a DM from my friend, Dr. Blackjack, a message time-stamped 9.42 p.m. last night: "Blog entry today!".  Indeed, it had completely slipped my mind.  And, I suppose, I could have just skipped the March 16th blog entry, but in the interest of preserving my blogging streak, I uploaded a…

Orphan: First Kill (2022) After orchestrating a brilliant escape from an Estonian psychiatric facility, Esther travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uX6of3vBu0 My thoughts: Any sequel (or prequel) is going to be hard-pressed to match the original's deranged twist, but Orphan: First Kill does its unhinged best on its…