Stargate

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Check this out. 




Awww man, I really want it, but it's £70! 

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Awwww, a little Jaffa figure....

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I wish they still used their helmet. I don't care if they're impractical! They look groovy!

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I find it hilarious that the Jaffa helmets in the movie were sleek and kind of slid away and disappeared when they were removed, but the ones in the series just kind of went "KA-CHUNK!" and movied almost out of the way.  I guess Apophis's budget wasn't as high as Ra's... Don't mind me, I just watched the movie and 2 hour pilot back to back the other day. Oh, and I can't seem to get the Faze's link working...

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Nasty Pasty: Two figures!! OMFG KREE!! 

Ranadok: Don't forget, the guards in the movie weren't Jaffa, they were Goa'uld who just chose to serve Ra like Jaffa, so they were probably spoiled more than Jaffa would be with cool-killer-foldaway-action helmets! 
And the website is comet-miniatures.com, search for Stargate on it.

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Actually, the entire comet-miniatures.com web site times out for me, no matter how I try to get to it.   Oh, well.

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Oh did anybody hear that there is apparently a Stargate Sg-1 Ride? Apparently its a roller coaster wormhole trip.

Bitchin.

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That minatures set looks cool, but to be perfect it really needs a minature Richard Dean Anderson, with a teeny tiny machine gun you can use to blaze away at the Jaffa figures whilst yelling a neverending stream of one-liners.

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I concur!

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A quick outfit change and haicut to a McGyver figure could do it.

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Been there, done that...

My wargames club ran a stargate game last year, I knocked up a stargate and dhd:

Sorry I can't get a better photo (It looks better up close and in better lighting I swear!), the stargate is in the house of the guy in the picture, along with all the figures of jaffa, the sg team and some topless hotties with Zat pistols.

Next year will be stargate atlantis, heres a couple of Richard Dean Anderson-esque minis I've been roped into painting up for it:
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Just saw stargate this afternoon, a weird and funny racing episode, filled with futurama-style alien adverts, there is the odd bit of humour in there...

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Well, thanks to our buddy the internet I was able to watch Atlantis (probably years before it will be broadcasted here)... all the episodes one after another... after the huge Atlantis dose I have to say that I really like it! Every show after it reaches a certein amount of episodes become tedious, including SG-1, a show I used to watch regularly (and for some reason also my dad) until I lost interest. It has a fresh feeling about it although the familiar themes, and the best thing of all that they deal or refer to the larger story every single episode, which is great.

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I mentioned this earlier in the thread:

What do you guys think would be cool ideas for a Stargate videogame?

I could picture an awesome 1st-Person-Shooter where youre a member of an SG-Team going off-world for missions.

That would kick so much ass.

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That would be pretty cool. I know that there is a mod for Half-life 2 in the works that is trying to be just that, but who knows how successful it will be.  There is also a mod for the first Half-Life that has a Stargate-themed multiplayer, but I haven't tried it yet.

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There apparently is an FPS/single & multiplayer game (SG-1 based) in development by a Sydney developer called Perception (Thunderboats and Top Down Racer, I've never heard of them either) and publishers JoWooD, apparently for PS2, XBox and PC!
August 2005 they say, apparently they had trouble getting the license, that's why it took so long.

Interview here.
Perception site.

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Bitchin. Thanks Faze.

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To return the favour you can buy me that model at the top of this page.... KREE!

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I've just watched the 14th episode of Stargate: Atlantis. While it was mainly on the "more talking, less action" side, and the obscure "something suddenly appears out of space to save our heros in the last second" beginning, I liked the twist in the end (which I didn't see in advance). What can I say, this show got better and better since it got started and now it is remaining at the high bar it established for itself. If they cancel this show, I will lose all faith in the American enterteinment industry.

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It's already been renewed for a second season. And SG-1 for a ninth, meaning it will equal the X-Files as the all-time longest running sci-fi show.

Source: GateWorld

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Very Interesting.  I thought that SG-1 was done after this season, now they've renewed it for another!  That works for me, it's still a pretty good show.  I don't think Richard Dan Anderson will be around much though.  I wonder who will fill in? 

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Originally posted by Idan_Aharoni:
I've just watched the 14th episode of Stargate: Atlantis. [bunch of related stuff]

G'buh?  I thought episode 10 was the last one until mid-January.  Do you have super-insider-kung-fu connections? Did it air early and I missed something?  Does whatever applied to Atlantis apply to SG1 as well? I must know!

Atlantis has been pretty good, though I think it is lacking a certain something. I can't put my finger on it, but it seems to be... incomplete.  I think it is (for the moment) a bit too similar to SG1. That isn't really that bad, I though SG1 was very standard sci-fi itself for the first season or so, so it doesn't mean anything.

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It needs some kickass alien allies like SG-1's Asgard.
(unless they get some in episodes I haven't seen yet)

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Originally posted by bankrupt:
  I don't think Richard Dan Anderson will be around much though.  I wonder who will fill in? 

I think the show would absolutely suck if good ol Jack wasnt around anymore. He really brings out the best the show has to offer. I was very sad when he was promoted and doesnt go on missions anymore, but losing his character permanently would be suicide for the show.

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Originally posted by Ranadok:
 G'buh?  I thought episode 10 was the last one until mid-January.  Do you have super-insider-kung-fu connections? Did it air early and I missed something?  Does whatever applied to Atlantis apply to SG1 as well? I must know!

Yes, I got connections... connections to the internet.
episodes are airing on one of the Sky channels if I am not wrong (maybe sky one). No one even heard of the show here!

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Hmmmmm.... In that case, I may have to utilize similar... connections... look over there! *runs away giggling*

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On the subject of RDA:

I think the other actors on the show aren't given enough credit. Yes, the show would lose a lot if Jack left, but I think the rest of the cast would be strong enough to carry on. I think the show's already taken a hit by losing Hammond, though.

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The one thing I really want from SG-1 is for the NID/Trust storylines to end. I can only take so much of the "oh yeah, one of the bad guys got away to fight another day".......

Also, I want to see several groups get their comeuppance; the Tok'Ra, the Goa'uld, and the Trust to name but three. 

On the subject of Atlantis:

I think it's off to a strong start. My biggest gripe would be that they haven't explored Atlantis itself enough, but they've got plenty of time to remedy that.

It's actually one of the few shows whose new episodes I watch weekly at the moment (aside from SG-1, The Simpsons, and probably Enterprise and Scrubs in the new year).

Oh, and also I think that Atlantis is still airing in the States every so often (in the UK, we've only just passed the episode where

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the team discover the Geni and their nukes

, and I know there's at least one episode in the States ("Home" ) which has aired already).

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Cybernight, in the episodes ahead they do explore Atlantis.

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I think "Home" is currently the worst episode, since it's been overdone before so many times on Sci-fi.

"The storm" was, I don't know how to put it, annoying. But part 2 ("The eye" ) was by far one of the best episodes 'till now.

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Ah, I see Atlantis had their very own "Gatekeeper" type episode.
It was still good though.

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Yes Atlantis is great, hope to see a good long run of seasons from it.

well ive got more to say but to tired to say it all,   
33+ hours wo sleep now so im off.

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I think Sky One are enjoying their ability to show the new episodes - the introducer last night touted it as the "world premiere" of the episode. 


*Spoilers for "Gemini"*

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Pretty solid, although personally I don't like this sort of resolution purely because I have to wait seasons for it to happen. I'm notorious for wanting to find things out as quickly as possible (which is why I'm frustrated by HL2's ending  ) - and this was another one of those "A new bad guy has been unleashed" episodes - which stem from the same line as NID/Trust episodes 

I'm a big fan of ultimate comeuppances. Of course, in order to have the comeuppance you first need to have a long buildup - the longer the buildup, the better the comeuppance, in general. We're definitely in the "buildup" phase.

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"The Storm" was actually quite good. I can see why the producers said it was like "Die Hard". I also noticed they actually lost a couple of soldiers - for real. Atlantis seems to be avoiding the infamous "redshirt" plot device of Star Trek, so for these two bit parts to actually die was quite suprising in a way. I did like that Sheppard got his revenge on the commander (whom I can only remember as being the bad guy in "License to Kill" ) by killing two of his guys in return.

 

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Originally posted by CyberKnight:
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I did like that Sheppard got his revenge on the commander (whom I can only remember as being the bad guy in "License to Kill" ) by killing two of his guys in return.

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Didn't he get a few more than two of them? What with the whole raising the stargate shield, what a horrible way to go kind of thing that took out 50+ men?

I also heard that Ben Browder will be joining SG1 (the show, not necessarily the team) (Link) as a regular cast member in season nine.  I've never heard of him before, but a google search reveals him to look a lot like Dr. Jackson. I was just thinking the other day that SG1 is running low on core cast members, but I don't know if it is a good idea to add a completely new character this late in a show's run. Eh, we'll see how it works out.

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Originally posted by Ranadok:
       

Originally posted by CyberKnight:
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I did like that Sheppard got his revenge on the commander (whom I can only remember as being the bad guy in "License to Kill" ) by killing two of his guys in return.

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Didn't he get a few more than two of them? What with the whole raising the stargate shield, what a horrible way to go kind of thing that took out 50+ men?

That might be "The Eye", which I haven't yet seen. 

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Whoops... I tend to think of two-parters as one episode. Sorry about that.

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Originally posted by CyberKnight:

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"The Storm" was actually quite good. I can see why the producers said it was like "Die Hard"...
...the commander (whom I can only remember as being the bad guy in "License to Kill" ) by killing two of his guys in return.

Oh please, let this NOT be irony (check his 1988 movies)... 

Anyway, nice to see Dan Castellaneta (apparently) is in SG-1 and Atlantis! 

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Oh yeah....... 

In fact, every time I see Die Hard I can only remember him as being in LTK as well! 

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Originally posted by ~FazeShift~:
Anyway, nice to see Dan Castellaneta (apparently) is in SG-1 and Atlantis!   

What? Where? I haven't seen him on Atlantis.

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I could have sworn he was in The Storm? 
That guy who they asked could they stay on their planet one night? And then he tells the Genii (sounds way too like Jedi to me!  )

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Perhaps. I can't tell him apart than any other bald guy in robes anyway.

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I thought it looked like him, but I don't think it was. I can't remember the name of the character, but  there are no Dan Castellanetas listed as guest starring on Atlantis on either IMDB or TVtome. It's too bad, though...

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Well it's official, January 21st. New episodes of Atlantis and SG-1 on Scifi Channel. Judging by the first half of both seasons, I can't wait for either.