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Post by oblivion on Jan 20, 2005 1:13:52 GMT -5
Saw this episode tonight and was laughing so hard I cried. We have a theory I plan to explore tomorrow. I'm wondering if the "actors" in Wormhole Extreme were actually the stunt extras for the SG1 team. It was so freaking FUNNY!
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Post by robbie on Jan 20, 2005 8:49:36 GMT -5
was it a SG-1 episode?
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Post by oblivion on Jan 20, 2005 10:43:21 GMT -5
Yes. It's kind of complicated, but there was a TV show being produced that had characters who were caricatures of the SG1 team. It's a season 5 episode. Very funny.
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Post by valderra on Jan 20, 2005 12:31:31 GMT -5
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Post by robbie on Jan 20, 2005 12:47:18 GMT -5
thats cool,i will try to catch that episode too im always one for a good laugh
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Post by Kapt~`'- on Jan 20, 2005 17:00:11 GMT -5
At first I was like WTF???? Then when it was over I was like "That was really cool!"
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Post by robbie on Jan 20, 2005 17:37:23 GMT -5
I will have to see if i can catch it then,maybe it will be on Sci-fi channel.
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Post by oblivion on Jan 20, 2005 20:56:46 GMT -5
I think it was the second funniest episode I've seen. Without a doubt "Window of Opportunity", the SG-1 version of Groundhog Day was the funniest.
Before seeing this one, I would have picked "Upgrades", the one where Jack, Sam and Daniel put on those superhero armbands as second funniest. Now it's been bumped to number 3.
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Post by oblivion on Jan 21, 2005 1:55:02 GMT -5
****** WARNING!! SPOILERS!! *********
Ok you were warned. I got these from the gateworld website (http://www.gateworld.net/sg1/s5/512.shtml)
Sci Fi In-jokes (which explains why my sides STILL ache 24 hours later)
The props man wonders why every alien speaks English. Time is measured in different units, a la Battlestar Galactica. The alien princess tells Colonel Danning, "It's been many bleems ..." -- a unit of time actually from Mork & Mindy.
Martin volunteers that the first shot from a ray gun should stun, the second kill, and the third disintegrate -- just as SG-1's zat guns operate.
"It's continuity" ... something sci-fi fans are rabid about. If the alien bodies aren't where you left them in the last shot, we viewers will notice!
Actress Yolanda Reese poses a classic question to Martin and the director: If Major Monroe is "out of phase" with normal matter, why doesn't she fall through the floor? Stargate fans have pondered the same question about Daniel Jackson's experience in "Crystal Skull."
Martin suggests that matter can only travel one way through a wormhole -- something he may have learned during his dealings with the real-life Stargate.
Most cleverly, Martin's character is used to poke fun at this very episode of Stargate SG-1. When speaking about a show for which he doesn't have much respect, Marty tells O'Neill, "So what they got a hundred episodes!"
O'Neill tells the woman at the security check point that an Air Force general is doing a guest spot on the show -- a nod to real-life General Michael E. Ryan, who made a cameo appearance in Season Four's "Prodigy."
One of Tanner's men works for the production studio, under the alias "Steve Austin" -- the name of Lee Majors' lead character on The Six Million Dollar Man, of course.
Yolanda Reese ("Major Monroe") complains about never getting to kiss anyone -- something that rings true of Amanda Tapping ("Major Samantha Carter").
"The real money is in syndication!" -- where MGM will testify that Stargate SG-1 has been quite successful.
Martin criticizes O'Neill that their situation is "the stupidest Act 4 opening ever." The line comes at the beginning of Act 4.
When Martin's memory is restored, he realizes that he's threatened to expose the Stargate program with his TV show. O'Neill reassures him, "Don't worry -- it's on cable." SG-1, of course, gets its first run on Showtime -- a premium cable network.
One of the NID agents is named "Agent Smith" -- a possible nod to the plain-named villain in "The Matrix."
Grell has no lines whatsoever in the episode, just as fans have complained about the writers' side-lining of Teal'c in recent months. Not only that, but Dr. Levant and Major Monroe deliberately ask Grell his opinion in one scene -- but just as he opens his mouth, he's interrupted by the alien space craft arriving overhead.
Martin enthusiastically proclaims that they'll win an Emmy for the space ship's appearance -- in the Visual Effects category. Not only are science fiction shows rarely nominated for other categories, but Stargate SG-1 itself has been nominated in this category (and only this category) several times (though the show has not won an Emmy to date).
Cameo Appearances
We're playing "Spot the Crew Member!" You can play along at home:
The director is played by Peter DeLuise, veteran Stargate SG-1 director -- who also happened to direct this episode. DeLuise is famous for getting cameo appearances in most of the episodes he directs. Nick Marlowe / Colonel Danning was played by Michael DeLuise -- none other than the director's brother. (Father Dom DeLuise has also appeared on SG-1, as the title character in Season Three's "Urgo.")
The writer on set (who Martin scolds with, "Go write something!") is played by Stargate SG-1 writer and executive producer Robert C. Cooper.
The man trying to get a doughnut from Teal'c is SG-1 writer Joseph Mallozzi, who co-wrote this episode. The man beside him (in the pink shirt) is producer N. John Smith.
As Martin and Jack walk outside toward the limosuine, keep your eyes peeled for the two men who hop in and drive away. One is speaking on a cell phone -- that's Stargate SG-1's newest writer / story editor, Ron Wilkerson. The other is MGM Television President Hank Cohen, who delivers the line, "What the show needs is a sexy female alien!" (Fans often bemoan the 3-episode guest appearance of actress Vanessa Angel as the Tok'ra Anise in early Season Four.)
Veteran SG-1 director Martin Wood played one of the NID men.
Herbert Duncanson, who plays "Grell the robot," is rumored to be Christopher Judge's ("Teal'c") stand-in.
And who are those two random guys looking up at the space ship as the episode ends? It's none other than executive producer Michael Greenburg (with the longer hair) and executive producer / co-creator Brad Wright.
There's much more about this episode on the gateworld website. There was even more to laugh about than I realized while fracturing ribs last night. This show was made as much for the crew of the Stargate SG1 series as it was for the viewers
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Post by robbie on Jan 21, 2005 8:43:40 GMT -5
thats cool,what season is window of opportunity in
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Post by oblivion on Jan 21, 2005 12:14:07 GMT -5
Window of Opportunity was early in Season 4. Episode #406.
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Post by robbie on Jan 21, 2005 16:54:02 GMT -5
thanks im making a note of seasons to watch and what episodes to watch as well
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Post by oblivion on Jan 21, 2005 19:23:10 GMT -5
So far, I haven't seen an SG-1 episode I didn't like. ;D.
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Post by Kapt~`'- on Jan 22, 2005 2:36:35 GMT -5
Me either Kapt~`'-
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Post by Tobbles on Jan 22, 2005 11:35:56 GMT -5
The latest episode i saw which was not worth watching was that guy that saw O'neils life holding that rock. That was becuase he had an acient gene or somethinig and O'neill had dreams about that guy too. Beucase he had the other rock in the SGC.
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