tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-217913522008-07-09T00:11:34.707-05:00Darrennoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21791352.post-51014953899919971922008-02-12T18:53:00.000-05:002008-02-12T19:11:44.219-05:00

Last month we launched GateWorld Play, a new daily video channel -- and, I'm reasonably certain, the only Stargate video channel on the Web. This was a little brainchild of mine from last fall, which was conceived of as I thought about pushing GateWorld into the future with new Internet technologies. Thanks to Flash video, more and more Web sites are publishing video features, and doing it on a

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It's time for another word about spoilers, and GateWorld's policy. This is a significant issue in TV fandom, and so it is something that is constantly on our radar screen, something about which we want to be sensitive and responsible. During the Stargate production year, when the show films from February to October, GateWorld and several other fan sites (as well as general TV news and spoiler

Darrennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21791352.post-26009234473902334692007-11-19T12:28:00.001-05:002007-11-25T22:11:48.053-05:00

We have some interesting discussion threads going at GateWorld Forum over the ratings numbers for Stargate Atlantis's fourth season. Is the show holding its own? Doing well? Falling into the abyss? Are its ratings only down because more people are time shifting with DVR technology, or are fewer people actually watching this year? Ironically, since SCI FI Channel rarely (if ever) publishes

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I can see it now: Ronald D. Moore -- who I respect as one of the better story-tellers currently working in television -- sitting in his office with fellow Battlestar Galactica executive producer David Eick late one evening. It's been a long day, the sun has gone down, and the show's ratings continue to disappoint, respective to the show's quality and critical acclaim. All of the network's

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With my new school schedule as insane as it is, I really thought that I wasn't going to be able to make the annual pilgrimage to Stargate Mecca: Vancouver, British Columbia. I've been attending Creation's official convention there for the past two years, and have had the rare priviledge of visiting the set of Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis at The Bridge Studios for the past three. Well,

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For you B5 fans, check out our exclusive spoiler report on the upcoming direct-to-DVD movie, Babylon 5: The Lost Tales ("Voices In the Dark"). The movie is now in post production. One notable guest star includes Stargate SG-1's Teryl Rothery ("Janet Fraiser"). The first segment follows President John Sheridan (Bruce Boxleitner), who is travelling from Minbar to Babylon 5 on board the Tuzenor, a

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Happy New Year! My family has just returned from a week and a half visiting with family and friends in the beautiful (and WET) Pacific Northwest. Over the next two weeks I'll be writing tons and tons of papers to finish up the semester. In the meantime, thank goodness we have David to keep us satisfied with new interviews at GateWorld! Don't miss our special, two-part audio interview with

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This is an informal announcement -- something more formal will be along later. I generally dislike "Save Our Show" campaigns. I find them to be misdirected and ineffective, with a few notable exceptions. Often the people involved don't understand the way that the television industry works, or they don't know that the cast and crew have moved on and don't really want to continue the show, or they

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Why would SCI FI Channel, which has heavily relied on Stargate SG-1 for five years (at one point using the show to make up something like 25 percent of its primetime programming), which has become a Top 10 cable network almost solely because of Stargate SG-1, and which still airs Stargate SG-1 as one of its highest-rated and best-known shows, cancel Stargate SG-1? Let's pick the network

Darrennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21791352.post-1155171278154737012006-08-10T17:29:00.000-05:002006-08-11T17:40:22.576-05:00

Stargate's ratings woes just got more grave, with the fourth week of new summer episodes earning ratings of 1.3 (Stargate SG-1) and 1.4 (Stargate Atlantis). Just when we thought the shows might climb slowly out of the premiere ratings hole, it takes two steps forward and slides back down. All TV shows live and die by the Nielsen ratings (antiquated and imprecise though it may be), and now fans

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Three episodes of Stargate SG-1's tenth season and three episodes of Stargate Atlantis's third season have aired as of today, and we have ratings for two weeks. For those who haven't read GateWorld's news story on this yet, here's how they fared: SG-1 "Flesh and Blood" - 1.4 SG-1 "Morpheus" - 1.6 Atlantis "No Man's Land" - 1.5 Atlantis "Misbegotten" - 1.6 For perspective, SG-1 started in the

Darrennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21791352.post-1143952498989121322006-04-01T23:16:00.000-05:002006-04-01T23:38:20.296-05:00

When it comes to the time-honored tradition of April Fool's Day pranks, I'm a bit of a fuddy-duddy. I don't mind the really good, really funny, and really obvious pranks. I don't mind having a fast-one pulled on me as long as it's clever, and funny, and not simply a dumb lie passed off as a joke with "April Fool's!" ("I'm really sorry, but I ran over your dog. He's dead.") Every year I get

Darrennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21791352.post-1143758744311187532006-03-30T17:20:00.000-05:002006-03-30T17:59:14.680-05:00

And the word of the week is "Pheeew!" After travelling home all day this past Monday, then learning on Tuesday and Wednesday just how much my three-month-old changed over the 10 days I didn't get to see him (like not wanting to eat for Daddy any more), I am back home and a little less bleary-eyed. Vancouver is a great city even when it's sopping wet, and as usual, a great time was had by all.

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For the third year running GateWorld's editors are packing up the bags to head to one of the biggest Stargate conventions in the world! Creation Entertainment is hosting the official Stargate SG-1 / Stargate Atlantis event in Vancouver, March 24 to 26. Vancouver is arguably the best place for a Stargate convention, since that's where the shows film. That means more guest stars, more

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We're making a bit of a directional change at the site, and I wanted to let you, dear reader, in on it: Starting last week, we will no longer be publishing episode reviews at GateWorld. A couple of weeks ago I started a blog entry titled "Why We Post Negative Reviews," which never got finished. But here is the jist of it: Believe it or not, we have published negative reviews of our two favorite

Darrennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21791352.post-1139252105371215922006-02-06T13:46:00.000-05:002006-02-06T15:17:50.976-05:00

Maybe I'm a Neanderthal, but I just don't see it. Critics and fans are praising the new Battlestar Galactica, which it's plain to see is one of the best shows on television. It has been many years since a science fiction show has come along that is so compelling. But amidst the steady stream of critical praise comes the constant statements that the original Galactica was so obviously a "'Star

Darrennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21791352.post-1138923908351023422006-02-02T18:30:00.000-05:002006-02-02T19:11:40.173-05:00

Maintaining a large Web site like GateWorld brings with it a certain measure of loss, especially considering the types of things we've chosen to publish (such as episode spoilers, photos, and exhaustive, scene-by-scene analysis). Friday nights are still a highlight of my week, as after literally months of preparing for a new episode to arrive it finally airs. Two of 'em. But my Friday nights are

Darrennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21791352.post-1138771494043869932006-02-01T00:04:00.000-05:002006-02-01T00:31:31.556-05:00

Hey there! This week we're kicking off our first set of GateWorld fan blogs. Now daring readers will be exposed to the horror that is the deepest inner mind of GateWorld's own editors and forum moderators. Most of the work that we do on the site -- news stories, episode summaries and reviews, feature articles and interviews -- are somewhat formal in nature. The goal of the blogs section is to

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