My hatred of multinational corporations & monopolistic greed is no secret, and my F-List have endured my rants against AT&T, especially against the inevitable AT&T/T-Mobile merger. I subscribe to several consumer action newsletters, and am upset by the FreePress-sponsored SaveTheInternet.com's recent attempt to raise consumer awareness at the ( Read more... )

"Beau reminded me a lot of Robert Picardo (Richard Woolsey) - both were very successful, incredibly experienced, and always made it a point to come by our offices to run prospective dialogue changes by us rather than simply surprising us in the dailies. Like Bob, Beau would always make the time to come up and see us to request even the tiniest of ( Read more... )

This is one of the most awesome graphical representations of the commonalities (tropes) found in nearly all fictional literature. Download it at deviantArt so you can zoom into it and read the fine print.


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SGU Continuation, Other Movies Dead - for now

Brad Wright's announcement today onstage at Creation Entertainment’s Official Stargate Convention in Vancouver that the Stargate SG-1, SGA, & SGU movies have been "permanently shelved" puts a brake on the "Save SGU" and "Greenlight the Stargate Movies" campaigns, but never say never, right? (Read more at ( Read more... )

 
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traycer_  has posted an awesome entry at fandom_grammar  titled " What is the Difference Between Alternate Reality and Alternate Universe?"

Here's my Stargate-centric visual guide based on traycer_ 's definitions, using screen grabs/production stills from the episodes/movies. I probably am missing some eps, namely because I haven't seen all of Seasons 3 thru 8 yet, so feel free ( Read more... )

So this week I watched 3x08 "Demons" (OMGWTF?) and 3x09 "Rules of Engagement" (OK, LOL) for the first time.

"Demons" spoilers and picspam to follow.

3x08 "Demons" is the episode that I'd made a LOLGate about all planets looking like Vancouver, back in November.

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Last year while I was writing " Bookends", I asked cleothemuse  "What kind of car does Daniel drive?" She listed several options: the Land Rover he rented in Cairo, a Jeep, or Jack's truck, which Jack might've left when he moved to DC. I chose Jack's truck. I was just over at lc59's Colour Meme, and she's given Vala a 1965 Mustang Shelby Fastback.

So canonically, ( Read more... )