The Did you know Thread!

[Indiana]

I'm going to start this thread for posting little bit of trivia that some people might not have known. I'll start the ball rolling by posting a few.

Did you know:
*Originaly the Stargate was a triangular shape in early conceptual designs.
*The round Stargate was originally black up until the last minute when they painted it grey because it looked more like a big black tire.
*The character of Kawlasky would have been permanent if John Diehl, the original guy, had accepted the part.
*The design of the death gliders (or Udajeets as they were known in the movie) were based upon a belt buckle for Ra designed by costume designer, Joseph Porro.
*David Arnold, the original Stargate composer and creator of the beloved theme, co-scored the season three episode, Learning Curve.

[Teal'c]

I thought that they killed off Kawalski because they thought John Diehl could come back to do it, but he had to pull out and they cast Jay Acovone instead...

[angsty_otaku]

come on guys...let's get ready to go through the big bad tire! *zoom*

[Indiana]

I thought that they killed off Kawalski because they thought John Diehl could come back to do it, but he had to pull out and they cast Jay Acovone instead...

I read in the companion that Jay Acovone said the producers wanted the guy who did it in the movie, but he didn't want to do it. So they said, why don't we just kill him off in the 1st show? Jay said he wanted to do the series, but the producers didn't have approval so they killed him off.

So I believe the producers had approval to have Kawalsky as a permanent character (possibly recurring) if john Diehl was doing it, but John didn't want to do it so I guess they decided they would kill him off. The put out casting calls for someone to play a short term Kawalsky and they got Jay. Jay wanted to do it as a series, but the producers couldn't get approval for him to stay on so they had to kill em of as agreed.

[Anubis]

A big black tyre? That it pretty interesting. I knew two of the four facts but not the tyre stargate! lol

[KokiriChild]

Never knew it was initially triangular! That'd've been cool, but how would it have worked I wonder?

[Nolamom]

Angles would probably have messed up the wormhole physics. Think about it - a curving 'tunnel' through space which you travel as trillions of bits of energy/information - what would happen if something got 'stuck' in a corner?
Nola

[LtLisa]

did you know in The Enemy Within (S1, episode 2) when Kawalski throws Carter into the elevator wall, knocking her out AT really was knocked out and got a concussion?

[KokiriChild]

whoops. Poor AT... I need to know more funky Stargate things, but the thing with wormhole physics is pretty cool tho - knowing my luck that's where I'd get stuck!

[Thoth]

*The design of the death gliders (or Udajeets as they were known in the movie)...

Udajeets? Was that a name that was given as a joke or did Ra actually say "release the Udajeets"

[Teal'c]

Udajeets? Was that a name that was given as a joke or did Ra actually say "release the Udajeets"
They were only called that in the book... possibly the movie script too :P

[Revet]

I need to know more funky Stargate things

As do I, Tell us more oh great one!

[KokiriChild]

Yeah, come on - I've been looking all over the net and can find NOOOOOTHIIIIIING

[Skydiver]

the third moon of Tishnor is named after James Tishnor, visual effects dude

Louder, who gets killed in First Ones was named after PdL's girlfriend at the time, anne-marie louder

PdL's character in Descent, the sub pilot, was named Dagwood, after his character on Seaquest

the characters in the curse are named after characters in the green lantern comic

hammond's grand children, Kayla and Tessa are named after....i think it's brad wright's daughters

[KokiriChild]

sweet sweet sweet - keep it coming!

[Wass]

hmm………..Interesting anymore “Did you know………….”

[Crazedwraith]

The guy who played ferreti in the movie is also in third rock form the sun.

Roland Emmerich says in the DC commentary thta he can't beelive they killed ferriti off in the series in the first episode because Ferreti had a nice part in the sewqual as he envisioned it. I find this deeply ironic seeinfg as ferreti wasn't killed he's got confused with Kowalsky and even Kowalsky wasn't killed in the first ep but in the second (or third if you count CotG as two eps)

[Skydiver]

martouf was supposed to come back in summit/last stand, but the actor, jr bourne, had another job so the character of elliott was used

cassie is played by a different actress in Rite of Passage because the first cassie, katie stuart, had a role in xmen2

the woman that played young catherine in torment of tantalus is the andari representative in homecoming

the actor that played daniel's dad in gatekeeper also played seth

rda was supposed to be in spirits more than he was, but his daughter was born that week, so he was shot in the arm, explaining his absence (originally the arrow missed)

the keyboards at the sgc....ooh, the spell out the mose *creative* words

the iris that you see, the one that doesn't move, is really painted plywood

teh quilts on the back of sam's couch in ascension were made by a fan

teh pic of jacob and 'sam' in the same eps is really carmen and his daughter

some of the pics in sam's house are really amanda's family

her husband Alan was one of the firefighters in Changeling, just like one of the nurse's was chris judge's girlfriend

[Ugly Pig]

Jacks son has had three different first names - Tyler (movie), Charlie (SG-1) and Jack Jr. (movie novelization).

Kawalskys first name was Adam in the novelization (and was likely supposed to be Adam in the movie as well, but this is never confirmed on-screen and can be ignored if you're bothered by inconcistancies). In the series, it was Charlie. (Someone on the SG-1 writing staff must have really liked that name!)

The creators of the original Stagate movie, Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich, where at one point asked if they were interested in making the TV series. They were, but dropped out of the project when they were asked to "audition" rather than be given control of the project by default because they were the creators. Instead, they produced the series "The Visitor" which was cancelled after 13 episodes.

[KokiriChild]

I knew that about Jack's son - although I've noticed a quote (can't remember which episode it's from) that could explain it, there's 2 Jack O'Neil(l)'s leading freakily similar lives at the SGC

O'Neill: "Ok, but if we're gonna go ahead with it it's O'Neill, with 2 l's... There's an O'Neil with 1 l, and that guy doesn't have a sense of humour"

Maybe a reference to O'Neil in the movie???

[petzke_42]

What do the words on the keyboards spell out? QWERTY doesnt count :P

Who played young Sam?? She was HOT

[Greesha]

Four of the five main cast members can be connected to the TV show MacGyver:
Richard Dean Anderson played the title role.
Don S. Davis was the stunt double for Dana Elcar (Peter Thornton).
Michael Shanks first got into acting when he saw an episode being filmed in his hometown.
Christpher Judge guest starred in one episode as a high school football player.


if someone can find a way to connect amanda tapping to macgyver, please let me know!

[KokiriChild]

I love MacGyver - I haven't seen it for so long, but that makes sense - how else would you make industry connections?

[Skydiver]

the keyboards spell out words i can't type here ;)

dan shea, aka siler, was rda's stunt double on on macgyver, and stunt coordinator as well. he was also in a couple of eps

bridge studios was also portrayed as the Phoenix Foundation...and the name Bridge comes from the fact that they used to make parts of bridges there

if you look in the reflection of the building in the beginning of bane, you can see the sky-train go by....on the deserted planet

[Aesir_Asura]

Four of the five main cast members can be connected to the TV show MacGyver:
Richard Dean Anderson played the title role.
Don S. Davis was the stunt double for Dana Elcar (Peter Thornton).
Michael Shanks first got into acting when he saw an episode being filmed in his hometown.
Christpher Judge guest starred in one episode as a high school football player.


if someone can find a way to connect amanda tapping to macgyver, please let me know!

Don S. Davis was also a character in one episode and helped MacGyver stop a bomb by lending his cement truck to cover it up. I think it was Murdock's doing.....They should make him a Goa'uld system lord. :D

[KokiriChild]

Did you know: Amanda Tapping is actually English

[Teal'c]

Did you know: Amanda Tapping is actually English
Yes, did you know that David Hewlett is actually English? :P

[KokiriChild]

Yes, *has no fact to reply with*

Edit: yes I do!!! Did you know RDA broke both his arms playing hockey?

[Teal'c]

Yes, did you know............... Chris Judge's colon can be classed as a weapon of mass destruction! :P

[KokiriChild]

Did you know they found no evidence of Chris Judge's colon in Iraq?

[Pharaoh Atem]

come on guys...let's get ready to go through the big bad tire! *zoom*

:lol:

can you imagine travilers have come from the tire of the gods

the stargate a triangel o boy how would it dial

[KillerMercury]

The names of Jonas' homeworld, Langara and Kelowna, are actual cities in Canada.

Joe Flanigan was the only American in the main Atlantis cast back in season 1.

Michael Shanks has a sci-fi family. His first child was with the actress that played Sha're, and his second (and upcoming third) with wife, Lexa Doig, aka Andromeda and Dr. Lam.

In the Movie,the parasitical aliens that took over the little Egyptian boy that became Ra was actually more Asgard-y instead of snakes like the Goa'uld. This is more evidenced in the Special Edition of the movie.

[*david*zeng*]

I like this circinal stargate!!!!

it is cool!!!

circle is the most perfect thing in the whole universe.

it shouldnot be triangular !!!!!!

[Cherriey]

I like this circinal stargate!!!!

it is cool!!!

circle is the most perfect thing in the whole universe.

it shouldnot be triangular !!!!!!
I don't know... that would make the puddle jumpers look REALLY funky. lol. =0) Then again the pyramidal shape is associated with the Gua'uld. Circle for the Ancients... what about the Nox, Furlings and Asgard? Has anyone noticed what basic shapes are more associated with them?

[xtremixt]

Asgard is the hammer i think, their ships are that shape and also the actual thors hammer.

[DragonGate]

if someone can find a way to connect amanda tapping to macgyver, please let me know!

I read somewhere that during her audition for the role of Samantha Carter, AT actually ad-libbed the line about "MacGyvering" a dialing computer for the gate.

[sandyer]

Nox- probably a tree

[CeeKay Sheppard]

In "Meridian," when you see the external shots of Kelowna, there's a chimney with smoke going in.

Roland Emmerich produced (or directed, or something important like that) Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow as well as Stargate.

[Jedi_Master_Bra'tac]

Did you that the video game Defender II (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0360017/) that was made in 1981, was also called stargate. (Defender II was it's US name)

[debbycake]

Four of the five main cast members can be connected to the TV show MacGyver:
Richard Dean Anderson played the title role.
Don S. Davis was the stunt double for Dana Elcar (Peter Thornton).
Michael Shanks first got into acting when he saw an episode being filmed in his hometown.
Christpher Judge guest starred in one episode as a high school football player.


if someone can find a way to connect amanda tapping to macgyver, please let me know!

What episode was Christpher Judge in?

[SylvreWolfe]

The actor who played Sha're's father in the movie and series also played a character named Jaffa in an early ep of Murder, She Wrote.

The CIA did actually have an operation named Operation Stargate.

WTF the Kree mean???

[Commander Ivanova]

What episode was Christpher Judge in?

Live and Learn: character was called Deron. What's with the hair, Teal'c??!!

[debbycake]

Live and Learn: character was called Deron. What's with the hair, Teal'c??!!

Thank you very much!

[Cherriey]

The actor who played Sha're's father in the movie and series also played a character named Jaffa in an early ep of Murder, She Wrote.

The CIA did actually have an operation named Operation Stargate.

WTF the Kree mean???
'Kree' has been explained to mean 'listen up', 'pay attention', 'do as I say' and various other phrases to do with command that all seem to circle around a state of awareness and obedience.

[SylvreWolfe]

'Kree' has been explained to mean 'listen up', 'pay attention', 'do as I say' and various other phrases to do with command that all seem to circle around a state of awareness and obedience.

OK, I never could get a context for it because someone would yell KREE and the Jaffa seemed to know exactly what to do...

[KillerMercury]

Well, it's another language, so sometimes words would have different meanings.

Okay, let's try to explain this to you in a Farscape way: remember that Season 2 episode when they found out that Aeryn helped kill Moya's original Pilot? And then the current (our) Pilot comes on board gibberin about. The guy in charge said that their language is much more complex than the ones we're speaking now. Many thoughts and emotions spoken in just a few words.

Got it? Well it's sorta kinda like "Kree". The goa'uld is walking towards them, they snap to attention when he says "kree". When an enemy or prisoner is in front of them and the goa'uld is tired of getting info from them, kree would mean "kill them". When the goa'uld is leaving, "kree" would mean, "let's leave, follow me".

It's like...chocolate, if you will. One thing can mean or become into different things. It's convenient.

[Cherriey]

Exactly! =0)

[DigiFluid]

In Within the Serpent's Grasp, when the team first sees the long-range Goa'uld communication device and Teal'c explains it, O'Neill responds with: "Think it gets Showtime?" This is, of course, a reference to the Showtime channel, which owned SG-1 at the time.



In Jolinar's Memories, when the team and Martouf arrive at Ne'tu, O'Neill looks around and comments: "Not exactly Emerald City." Emerald City is the prison in the HBO drama Oz. HBO and Showtime have been longtime cable competitors, and this is no doubt a way of describing SG-1's fictional prison as being far more horrible than HBO's fictional prison.

[Cherriey]

I don't know how many of you know this.

In Window of Opportunity when Jack is supposed to be helping with the translation he reads a book on Latin. If you look closely you will see that the by-line contains the name of our very own J. Mallozzi (sp)! There might be a doctor or p.h.d in there somewhere but I don't exactly remember. I watched the episode quite a few times before I finally caught it!

[CeeKay Sheppard]

There is (was?) a city in the Middle East called Jaffa.

[debbycake]

Did you know-
That this thread hasn't been posted on in 5 months?

[Jedi_Master_Bra'tac]

Did you know-
That this thread hasn't been posted on in 5 months?
Which makes it dead

[Clinux]

Which makes it dead

Did you know that the Unas character "Chaka" was supposed to be played by Star Jones without make up. This was thrown out because she decided to go on a diet, they then tried to contact Carnie Wilson but she had her stomach stapled and lost weight so the studio had to create there own beast instead.

[muddyalcapones]

Did you know:

Hammond and Teal'c were both guest stars on MacGyver and Daniel's actor MS was inspired to start acting while watching the show (according to wiki, so not sure about that last part)

[Flux.]

Did you know that the US government had a secret “stargate” program that researched remote viewing? Don’t quote me on this though I saw it on some “documentary” years ago, I think it was the “KGB files” hosted by Roger Moore.

[Jedi_Master_Bra'tac]

Did you know:

Hammond and Teal'c were both guest stars on MacGyver and Daniel's actor MS was inspired to start acting while watching the show (according to wiki, so not sure about that last part)
Yeah this is true I saw it on one of the DVD extras

[Korean_Turtle87]

The names of Jonas' homeworld, Langara and Kelowna, are actual cities in Canada.
Langara is my college's name:cameron:

Paul McGillion played young Ernest in "Torment of Tanalus"

In several episodes Carter can be seen using a scanning device that is in actuality an unaltered Philips "Pronto" universal remote control. The half moon shaped section at the top is the infra-red emitter.

This is the only television series currently endorsed and supported by the United States armed forces (particularly the Air Force).

Many of the extras portraying US Air Force personnel are in fact real US Air Force personnel, including two real US Air Force Chief of Staffers in cameo roles.

In Children of the Gods, the pilot episode for the series, when Samantha Carter sees a DHD for the first time, she comments on how it took "fifteen years and three supercomputers to MacGyver a system for the gate on Earth." This is a reference to Anderson's well-known portrayal of the TV character MacGyver.

[Linwelin]

Did you know there seems to be a pineapple hidden in every episode of SG-1 ? :D

I've already found... one !:S

[Clinux]

Did you know there seems to be a pineapple hidden in every episode of SG-1 ? :D

I've already found... one !:S

You can't be serious, well if this is true now I have a new reason to pull out my all my season disc sets and start watching them again.

[Linwelin]

You can't be serious, well if this is true now I have a new reason to pull out my all my season disc sets and start watching them again.A few of them are already here : http://www.carterslab.de/pics/pineapple.htm.;)

That's were I saw it first, about half a year ago, but only found one :D , that is already on the site...:(

[Commander Jumper]

Did you know there seems to be a pineapple hidden in every episode of SG-1 ? :D

I've already found... one !:S
Where did you find one???

[Linwelin]

Where did you find one???The one in "Ascension", on the first image of the site...;)

Every time I try to find one, I forget about it and focus on the episode...:o:p

[muddyalcapones]

that pineapple thing is hillarious, espescially the one from the episode where Daniel dies.
It's like: Aw, noooo! Radiation poisoning!!! BUT WAIT: PINEAPPLE!!! LOL

[Promethius30]

Did you know that Teryl Rothery (Dr. Janet Fraiser) did the voice of Heimdall the asgard in Revelations (S5 EP 22)

[Coutelier]

In 'The Other Guys', one of the weapons hanging on the wall behind Khonsu appears to be a Klingon batliff.

[LORD MONK]

Don't know if it was mentioned yet but Michael Shanks new he wanted to be an actor after watching a typing of MacGayver in Canada. And low and behold look who he end up co-staring with. What American Dreams are Made of.

[Dutch_Razor]

It's about the 3rd time in this thread :P

[Promethius30]

did you know While filming 3000 Miles to Graceland in Vancouver, kirk Russell visited the SG-1 set in an Elvis costume. A local TV station recorded the encounter between Russell and Anderson.

[Clinux]

did you know While filming 3000 Miles to Graceland in Vancouver, kirk Russell visited the SG-1 set in an Elvis costume. A local TV station recorded the encounter between Russell and Anderson.

I'd like to see that recording.

[Jedi_Master_Bra'tac]

I'd like to see that recording.
It is on a DVD extra, can't remember which though....

[Ryu]

so does anyone have any information on this DVD extra of Kurt Russell going to the SG1 set or a transcript of what happened?

[RoryJ]

In the season 9 episode "Full Alert", the cable van that they're using to spy on the Trust with has the name "Mikita" technologies or something llike that. Andy Mikita is of course a very busy director on both SG1 and SGA. :)

Ryu: Check the season 1 or 2 DVD mini-features. I think it was somewhere in there.

[Ryu]

I don't own the DVD's =( But thanks anyways.

[stevieg]

did you know at the end of the two parter summit/last stand that jacob/selmak says to raknow(with teal'c in the death glider) that they will join up at the third moon of tichenor(ode to james tichenor)

[Admiral Mappalazarou]

Did you know that Christoher Judge provides the voice for Magneto in 'X-Men Evolution'?

[Ryu]

Did you know that Christoher Judge provides the voice for Magneto in 'X-Men Evolution'?

WHAT! Seriously? Cool.