OMG Barb....hilarious. 
Here are spoilers from the new TV Zone 203. Barb, you are going to love the first one from Ben
Snippets from on-set report in TV Zone 203
Although he cannot reveal specifics, star Ben Browder offers up a little tidbit about what’s being shot this morning, and the situation in which his character Colonel Mitchell finds himself:
“Mitchell is handcuffed to a bed with Vala standing over him. ‘That’s pretty much all you need to know,” chuckles the actor. “Watch for the scene.” (Momento Mori)
Mallozzi:
“I mean, there’s Morpheus, which is the first episode that Paul Mullie and I wrote for SG-1 this season. It’s an off-world, weird, kind of quiet mystery juxtaposed with this comedic B-story involving the Vala character. I’m so happy with how it turned out.” The episode was an opportunity to use the chemistry that Ben Browder and Co-star Claudia Black, now making her SG-1 character of Vala into a full regular, demonstrated on their old series, Farscape.
SG-1 stunt supervisor Dan Shea: Reviews the final details of a stunt in Momento Mori:
“In this particular scene, Mitchell commandeers a motorcycle and zooms through traffic and pops wheelies as he chases a car that has absconded with Vala,” notes Shea. “In order to shoot this, we’re taking over a major roadway, Highway 91. When I first heard this I thought, ‘You’ve got to be kidding.’ But yes, we’ll be taking over two lanes of this highway and as I said, our hero will be popping wheelies and weaving around cars.
“At the end of the chase, which we’ll be shooting on another day and at a different location, we’re going to roll the car. The Vala character will be inside the car and she’ll elbow the person in the backseat and then kick the guy in the front seat, causing him to lose control of the vehicle. We’ll then cut to an exterior of the rolling car. Everything, of course, has been prepped. The SFX department has taken a month or so to get everything ready. There will be a nitrogen ram inside the car, and at the appropriate time our stunt driver will pitch the car and start it sliding. We’ll then hit the button on the ram, which will cause the car to roll. We don’t want it to roll to many times, though. Hopefully on the day of filming it will land on its roof and slide. We can then put our actors inside and push the car the last few feet in the frame.”
Beau Bridges:
“I think I’ve grown much more comfortable in the role, especially when it comes to saying a lot of the Sci-Fi lingo,” smiles Bridges. “The latter is always a little challenging, but I’ve certainly been inspired by watching Michael Shanks and Amanda Tapping and the way they handle all that sort of techno-speak that Dr. Jackson and Major Carter get.
“This cast is fantastic and I enjoy working with all of them. Of course, bringing Claudia Black in as a regular this year is a smart move. She and I had some good
scenes together last year and that’s been true again so far this season. I’m pleased to say that my character and Ben’s are interacting more in Year 10 as well. There’s a terrific episode we did called Uninvited in which Mitchell ends up in a situation where he has to spend some time alone with the General. There’s a great deal of humour in the story, but eventually some aliens show up and the mood turns more serious.
“In another episode, Landry gets to go off-world again and even fires a weapon, so I’m having the time of my life.”
More on Momento Mori:
In one scene, General Landry has some stern words for a Trust operative named Weaver, played by guest-star Brendan Beiser, who was the ill-fated nice guy Agent Pendrell on The X-Files.
More on The Quest: (Mid season 2 parter)
Mallozzi wrote the first half and Paul the second. "It's a sort of epic tale along the lines of Dungeons and Dragons. If you ever played that or enjoy fantasy-type stories then this is the one for you."
Here are spoilers from the new TV Zone 203. Barb, you are going to love the first one from Ben
Spoiler:
Snippets from on-set report in TV Zone 203
Although he cannot reveal specifics, star Ben Browder offers up a little tidbit about what’s being shot this morning, and the situation in which his character Colonel Mitchell finds himself:
“Mitchell is handcuffed to a bed with Vala standing over him. ‘That’s pretty much all you need to know,” chuckles the actor. “Watch for the scene.” (Momento Mori)
Mallozzi:
“I mean, there’s Morpheus, which is the first episode that Paul Mullie and I wrote for SG-1 this season. It’s an off-world, weird, kind of quiet mystery juxtaposed with this comedic B-story involving the Vala character. I’m so happy with how it turned out.” The episode was an opportunity to use the chemistry that Ben Browder and Co-star Claudia Black, now making her SG-1 character of Vala into a full regular, demonstrated on their old series, Farscape.
SG-1 stunt supervisor Dan Shea: Reviews the final details of a stunt in Momento Mori:
“In this particular scene, Mitchell commandeers a motorcycle and zooms through traffic and pops wheelies as he chases a car that has absconded with Vala,” notes Shea. “In order to shoot this, we’re taking over a major roadway, Highway 91. When I first heard this I thought, ‘You’ve got to be kidding.’ But yes, we’ll be taking over two lanes of this highway and as I said, our hero will be popping wheelies and weaving around cars.
“At the end of the chase, which we’ll be shooting on another day and at a different location, we’re going to roll the car. The Vala character will be inside the car and she’ll elbow the person in the backseat and then kick the guy in the front seat, causing him to lose control of the vehicle. We’ll then cut to an exterior of the rolling car. Everything, of course, has been prepped. The SFX department has taken a month or so to get everything ready. There will be a nitrogen ram inside the car, and at the appropriate time our stunt driver will pitch the car and start it sliding. We’ll then hit the button on the ram, which will cause the car to roll. We don’t want it to roll to many times, though. Hopefully on the day of filming it will land on its roof and slide. We can then put our actors inside and push the car the last few feet in the frame.”
Beau Bridges:
“I think I’ve grown much more comfortable in the role, especially when it comes to saying a lot of the Sci-Fi lingo,” smiles Bridges. “The latter is always a little challenging, but I’ve certainly been inspired by watching Michael Shanks and Amanda Tapping and the way they handle all that sort of techno-speak that Dr. Jackson and Major Carter get.
“This cast is fantastic and I enjoy working with all of them. Of course, bringing Claudia Black in as a regular this year is a smart move. She and I had some good
scenes together last year and that’s been true again so far this season. I’m pleased to say that my character and Ben’s are interacting more in Year 10 as well. There’s a terrific episode we did called Uninvited in which Mitchell ends up in a situation where he has to spend some time alone with the General. There’s a great deal of humour in the story, but eventually some aliens show up and the mood turns more serious.
“In another episode, Landry gets to go off-world again and even fires a weapon, so I’m having the time of my life.”
More on Momento Mori:
In one scene, General Landry has some stern words for a Trust operative named Weaver, played by guest-star Brendan Beiser, who was the ill-fated nice guy Agent Pendrell on The X-Files.
More on The Quest: (Mid season 2 parter)
Mallozzi wrote the first half and Paul the second. "It's a sort of epic tale along the lines of Dungeons and Dragons. If you ever played that or enjoy fantasy-type stories then this is the one for you."
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