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For some reason, of late, I’ve suffered fitfully sleepless nights plagued by colorfully bizarre dreams. Last night, I dreamt that the salmon stock (?) I had invested in through Stargate Producer John N. Smith had gone belly up due to improper freezing procedures. There I sat in a lawyer’s office as an independent arbitrator hired…

When your wife’s cellphone rings at six in the a.m., your mind and body are kick-started with an adrenaline rush that has you up and out of bed in seconds, scrambling to consider all of the possibilities - someone you know has been in an accident, someone you know is dead, someone you know is…

So where do people who work in the food industry like to go when they eat out? That’s the question I asked the kitchen crew at one of my favorite Vancouver haunts last month. Their surprising consensus pick: Rekados Grill, a Filipino restaurant on Main Street. And if that wasn’t enough to convince me to…

To all those of you wondering whether I’ll be continuing this blog after production on the show ends, the short answer is “Yes.” The long answer is “Yes, I will.” After all, I wouldn’t want to disappoint the many readers that check in here on a regular basis who may not necessarily be Stargate fans.…

Yesterday was a day of events. Production wrapped. We said goodbye (for now?) to friends and colleagues. And Martin Gero’s Young People F**king debuted here as part of The Vancouver International Film Festival. I was among 50 or so Stargate veterans who showed up to support golden boy Marty G., making up only part of…

Today is our last production day on Stargate Atlantis’s fourth season and, looking back, I have to say it’s been an exciting/challenging/frustrating/satisfying/whirlwind year. It feels like only weeks ago we were all reconvening, first draft scripts in hand, poised to produce what we hoped would be the best season of the show yet. And looking…

With only two days to go in the shooting schedule, we’re in wind-down mode. Last night, we regulars got together for Carl’s send-off schnitzel dinner as Mr. Binder heads back to L.A. tomorrow, hopefully not for the last time. In attendance: Robert Cooper, Lawren Bancroft-Wilson, Carl Binder, Alex Levine, Alan McCullough, Martin Gero, and myself.…

“1.2? 1.2?! REALLY?” No, not really. That 1.2 is the raw HouseHold number that doesn’t include our DVR performance. We used to receive this raw number early Monday and then wait around for the same-day DVR data to come in and bump that number up a couple of points. I thought it would be irresponsible…

To all of you asking me to post the actual rating we received for our premiere - I can’t reveal that information because we don’t have a real number yet. What we have is the raw number before 3-day DVR is factored in and this is key because:SciFi Channel is the most DVR-’d channel out…

Well, the ratings are in for the Atlantis’s season premiere, Adrift, and it looks like Rob’s cold realism won out over Brad’s bright optimism. We’ve done better. On the other hand, we did very well in some key demographics. So, is this good or bad news? Uh, both? Sure, people will find different ways to…

I left the following message on Robert Cooper’s voice mail: “Hey, Rob. I’ve got good news and bad news. The good new is that most of the fans really enjoyed Doppelganger. The bad news is that most of the fans really enjoyed Doppelganger.” Yep. I woke up this morning, signed in to my blog, and…

Well judging from the response to Adrift, Stargate Atlantis’s fourth season is off to a rollicking start. Here’s hoping the generally positive vibes continue to resonate with both longtime fans and first timers alike as year four in the Pegasus galaxy unfolds over the course of the next six months. Congratulations go out to the…

Finally, the wait is over. Season four of Atlantis kicks off tonight at 10:00 p.m. on SciFi with our BIG premiere: Adrift. It seems like just yesterday that David Nykl was stomping around the production offices in his space suit in preparation for the huge chasm/meteor sequence. Six months ago! Has it really been that…

I got out of the driver’s side and pressed the button on my key, releasing the trunk and causing it to spring up as I rounded my parking spot and reached inside for my briefcase. Crap. I suddenly remembered I’d brought Lulu to work with me. Better to take her out for a little walk…

As I took a seat and started perusing my dinner choices, I was instantly transported back, four years earlier, to my very first visit to Mexico. The smells. The sounds. The sheer bafflement of trying to make sense of menu items listed almost exclusively in Spanish. No to worry though. We had also been provided…