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Ming-Na Joins Robert Carlyle and Lou Diamond Phillips Aboard STARGATE UNIVERSE!!
I am – Hercules!!
I had heard that the “Stargate Universe” plan was to hire a name like Robert Carlyle and surround him with a bunch of good-looking nobodies – but Entertainment Weekly’s Mike Ausiello now reports that “ER” vet Ming-Na (“Push”) will be joining Carlyle and Lou Diamond Phillips (“Supernova,” “Che”) aboard the lost-in-space spinoff.
Find all of Ausiello’s exclusive on the matter here.
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Rock on, Ming-Na!
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It sounds so star trek voyager.And no characters from the other universes? And why these casting announcements are so late? I am still mourning for stargate atlantis.
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That all these name actors need the work so badly?
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Lou D.P. will play the Native American alien nerd loner who knows 9 types of kung fu and is an explosives expert.
Ming-Na will play a set of tits. -
Were Burger King being friendly to let him go from his day job shucking fries to make this?
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a tweener cast, all emo and agnsty, with lots o' sexay innuendo.
You know, get rid of all the nasty old folks. Ming-Na is 45 and showing it these days -
...I don't like the direction of her character as the cold corporate bitch as written in the series Stargate: Universe. She is so much more than that, and I hope they change the character. Maybe they can quickly reveal that she is really a mole agent on a mission to protect ancient secrets for the good of everyone? Whatever the case, I want to see a empathic Ming-Na...not some cold stereotype of a bossy, uncaring woman...who's more male than female. Enough with playing women as if they are men, because it is PC to do so, I want to see feminine, girly girl women, for once in a long time!!!
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Short of work, Rob? wowzers
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she's a self-admitted SciFi junkie.
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I know he's an easy punchline, but you tell me one thing he did to deserve it? besides, you know, beating his girlfriend...I mean professionally...he's had a decent career, tht just fell off...that said, I HATE stargate....
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Feb 25, 2009 5:48:21 AM CST
LostBat, Daniel Jackson & Woolsey will be in SG: Universe.
by boomers_lips
they'll be in a couple of episodes
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they probably will.
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Ming-Na!
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At least Carlyle and Phillips will even out the tweener cast a bit, maybe make what was being touted as 'Stargate Academy' a little more bearable even. You know, unless it's merely stunt casting for the pilot. After all, anyone else remember Robert Patrick as the military hard ass team leader killed off in Atlantis' pilot episode?
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24, fringe, dollwhorehouse,house, BSG space-hobos, heroes, lost. i could go on but by now im sure i convinced you to drop that shit you guys watch...its crap. i watch these shows too but on the back of my mind its like: "THIS IS NOTHING LIKE STARGATE!" stargate especially after dollhouse aka shithouse's bad introduction, will pave the way for a new ambitious show to grow and show them hows its done.
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i seen him in a couple of movies and i liked him, but i seriously doubt that hes a regular. its too good to be true. but other than that, he fits in perfectly.
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Just like the rest.
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Atlantis was lucky to make 5 years.
I give Universe 2 seasons at most. -
Aside from beating his girlfriend, and turning his first wife into a lesbian?
He lucked out getting La Bamba. He was in Young Guns and its sequel. Aside from them, he's only ever appeared in shit. I don't know how you can call that a decent career.
The shit to quality ratio weighs heavily on the shit side of the scale. -
what you are talking about was found in Elizabeth weir's character, yes i know she appeared cold, but that was just a visage she really showed her feminine side at times, especially before she died or whatever, death means something else in the world of stargate. Sam carter as a leader was too feminine for the job unfortunately, but she was good as second in command type in SG-1 especially because of Jack and Daniel who complemented her character. Elizabeth Weir is the paradigm of an ideal leader in my opinion, she presented a good blend of leadership and compassion as well as not forgetting that she is first and foremost a woman. she also give a sense of depth to the events that happened on Atlantis somehow, her elegant presence was felt in a funny way i could compare her to the hive queens in wraith ships lol. after she was gone, something was missing and that added depth was gone---some things became silly, and others turned soft. because atlantis had no direction, no boss. it was only when Woolsey-robert picardo stepped in as leader, he brought back the classy element. a throwback to old fashioned ways of diplomacy and confrontation has now a challenge to test these ways with new obstacles that no man can prepare for unless youre someone with a law degree :)
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He wasn't listed in the regular credits at the start and yet was the head of the military detachment sent on a supposed one way trip to another galaxy. His fate seemed telegraphed way in advance I thought. Not good planning there.
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LDP is in this?
Oh man, last thing I saw him in was that dodgy shark movie.
Bobby Carlyle, what happened to you?!!
Just give us a proper SG1 movie - not tv movie - with MacGuyver actually there all through it rather than a cameo.
By the way, where the HELL are they heading with BSG? -
BSG was terible and i say good riddens to a bad overrated show.
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oh well.
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this could be really good, the producers having been raving about Brian's acting performance as though he will win an oscar one day.
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the Wraith have ZPM powered Hive ships now and the Asgard escaped in that episode dealing with the Attero Device.
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Scifi ain't got shit except the Stargate franchise. They don't show the advancement of say USA or TNT or even TBS. They will milk the gate for every single season they can stretch it. Because they know when the Gates finally die so does scifi.
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It was never the full evil asgard which escaped, merely a contingent. Evil Asgard homeworld was never visited. Besides aren't you assuming that Universe travels to Pegasus galaxy and not say any other directions of the sphere from Earth?
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They will have a very special Lou Diamond Phillips episode where his wife is stollen away from him by an alien played by Mellissa Ethridge.
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it should star TRANSFORMERS hottie Megan Fox.
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that's why I mainly like all these StarGate shows, they've got minimal story and loads of special effects. bring it on already!
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1. the people behind stargate have actually come up with some concepts for this one that are original and exciting, enough to attract some real talent.
2. These actors think this is the next BSG, mostly because they have no idea what it was that made BSG work. -
Honestly, go back to like the mid-90s when she was still in shit...she was hot then, and damn if she don't still have the goods now.
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Now all we need is Lucy Liu and Yunjin Kim and we have the Asian hottie trifecta...
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3. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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I've enjoyed the previous series, just because they were internally consistent: If a story were opened, it was fair game for subsequent writers. And while the plots were reset regularly, the characters were never reset: they evolved and suffered consequences (those that remained with the show anyway).
If they try to turn it into BattleStargate, with mercurial characters, and disposable plotlines in the interest of "edginess", then it will fail.
And while many folks call this SG: Voyager. Voyager was an interesting concept that was very poorly executed. I'd like to see it done over with the occasional cold ruthlessness that we got to see in the SG franchises. -
I always thought they wrote her character very stupidly. Nearly every episode she made a decision that Caldwell or Sheppard disagreed with her on and she always turned out wrong. I always felt like they did Torri Higginson a disservice with how stupid they made Weir, she deserved better.
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I've read in several places that they intentionally aren't having any old SG cast members back because their salaries are too expensive, but I have a hard time believing a guy like Shanks is worth more than Carlyle, Phillips, or Na.
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No way. The average McBurger flipper probably makes more money than LDP.
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While I totally buy that SciFi channel is inept in every way, I don't buy the milking the gate thing. They cancelled Atlantis because it made financial sense, given declining ratings and steady DVD sales.
If Universe tanks from the get-go, which I expect it will, then I can't see SF throwing money after it. -
Really? I think he's known for La Bamba.. and not much else.
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Wolf Lake - four episodes. nuff said.
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For the canadian wiids youll need an indian like guy
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Ross in Space!
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MGM foots the bill for all Stargate production, SciFi just has distribution rights/costs.
Which really makes me wonder WTF they were thinking when they cancelled SG1 and then exercised their exclusivity rights. The Stargates cost them almost nothing and they make huge profts on them through commercials, especially for the constant 24 hour reruns.
Which, BTW, is the exact opposite of BSG where they share in the costs of production with their Canadian and British counterparts.
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Do This Right!!!!
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C'mon SciFi.
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i like him. give him a break. he did some stellar work in the past, dropped off the radar, and has the opportunity to be on screen again. I'm actually surprised with the casting of this stargate series. got some well known names and great actors. i hope the storylines aren't the same old reguratered shit that happens when showrunners stay onboard a franchise for too long. et star trek brandon braga
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Well then they just got me to watch the pilot at the very least.
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Feb 25, 2009 11:32:26 AM CST
"hope the storylines aren't the same old reguratered shit"
by melvin_pelvis
look for there to be replicators within 6 eps
That's the safe old villain to bring back. It could even be a 3rd incarnation and not have to be related to the original outbreaks. -
I am curious how Sci Fi's sister network can air such interesting shows on a relatively low budget, yet sci fi cannot swing it. Monk, Psyche, and Burn Notice are fresh, fun takes on old television concepts. sci Fi ought to be able to do the same in its related genres. considering the guest star crossovers from Sci Fi to USA, i have to assume the creative teams have connections. Use them for innovative ideas!
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Colour me unimpressed...
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Come back to England you fool and do some quality drama, not work on some dead franchise based on a good film...
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In more ways than one... TNG they ventured out and explored stuff. DS9 they had a station from which to venture on the edge of a new path into deeper space with a previously unknown enemy from that space. VOY they get flung far away and have to get home somehow. In fact, SG1 had Rodney McKay as a technical character who only had a few major episodes and then moved on to be the tech hero of SGA and something similar happened with O'Brien on TNG/DS9. I can't believe I've never noticed the similarities before.
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I bet that damn mexican snuck out the blasted stargate!
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Ive always thought she was an incredible voice over actress as well she was great as MULAN,and i really enjoyed her work in The Batman.
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There's something about this casting which reeks of "this show won't survive 22 episodes". I think Ming Na is a fine actress and damn nice to look at, but couple her career with Lou Diamond Phillips, and you have a lot of non-starters between them. And this project has the stench of bad ideas on it to boot. Or maybe I'm wrong, I'm willing to give it a chance, but I predict crap.
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Why is she in THIS, but not in the new Street Fighter?! Fuckin' ass!
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Meh.
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Alumni from Farscape and Firefly, my 2 favorite scifi shows weren't enough to get me to watch, because every time I tried I was bored to tears. And I even used to watch crap like Andromeda and Earth:Final Conflict! But if this is a different show with a different style, writers, and good actors like Carlyle (Bigby!!) then I might give it a go. btw, I was really into Wolf Lake. Wanted it to go on. LDP is not a bad actor at all.
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Worse than Jaws.
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And we aren't gonna leave the space station til we find out what cunt did it!
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You are right about Weir, but the problem I have with the new show is that they have character descriptions up at Sci Fi Wire and the description of Ming-Na's character is an absolute duplicate of Weir save for the fact that she is a human resource exec of some import. I just find it a bit too PC, and over the top, for science fiction to keep depicting women-- these days, as being hard like the stereotypical military service man. It is frankly ridiculous!!! What makes a woman...a woman, are her God given differences from and to men..which are amazing...and there are so many different aspects of women to be found, why not explore some of them instead of the stereotype of "the bitch who really has a heart of gold"...it is just getting old? I think the writers and producers of these shows would be better served modeling these characters after their own wives, girlfriends, sisters, and mothers to have a better informed view of women, and the so-called modern woman...ala what Joss Whedon did with Buffy. The daily normal non super hero aspects of the character were a mix of real women, from Whedon's mother, to his wife, to producer Marti Nixon, and even Sarah Michelle Gellar...and it worked brilliantly. You can tell that kind of writing style has also seeped into various shows, namely situation comedies since the days of Seinfeld (pre-Buffy). From Everybody Loves Raymond to King of Queens...or even a dramedy show like Boston Legal you see it, where writers are often adapting things that have happened in their real lives or to someone close to the shows that they do--often nothing extraordinary, just daily...and delightful, human nuances. Speaking of Boston Legal...boy would I love to see a science fiction or speculative fiction series written, directed and produced like that!!!
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Don't forget the TiTs! You gotta have great tits first and foremost. Oh and not too fat.
After that, then comes the sappy stuff. -
she already had a reoccuring char that was a high level member of the oversight committee
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through just about season 4 or so of SG-1. After that, try as I might I just couldn't get into it the same way. The last few seasons of SG-1 had some interesting stuff with Vala, but it was a totally different show. I really wish they had kept the more serious sci-fi tone of the first two seasons and not tried to make it 'funny'. RDA's quirky jokes were good in the first few seasons, but when they tried making all the characters like that... it just never worked. Atlantis I kept watching hoping it would pick up, but it never did. This one... eh. Sounds way too much like Voyager.
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From Painkiller Jane & Smallville fame. And whoever compared Stargate to House, grow up.
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they think of it as Science Fiction but it's actually a Space Opera.
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Actually, that is a show i would like to see get the "re-imagined" treatment.
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WTF? He isn't that washed up already, is he? If Hugh Laurie, Damian Lewis, and Tim Roth all get network tv gigs, don't see why Bob can't too, instead of this D-list rubbish.
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I'm tuired of the we're trapped and can't dial the Stargate to get back home formula. They have tried that on and off on Atlantis and now this show??? Why not just have them discover this ship and use it to explore the Universe??? I created a similar concept pre-Stargate...the series, and I thought it was very special but when Stargate went to a series, many of my concepts went with it...and this would be the final bit of it...but what I think was so cool about my idea is that it didn't copy Space: 1999 or Lost In Space ala Stargate: Universe, which is starting to look like Voyager or even Galactica??? Leave the "We're are lost in the stars!" formula behind, and just go for, "Hey, we found this ship...and are using it to further explore the Universe." That will leave open all kinds of possibilies and won't limit the show with respect to storytelling.
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Feb 25, 2009 10:43:01 PM CST
Amended: Stargate: Universe--They Should Change The Concept
by media messiah
I'm tired of the we're trapped and can't dial the Stargate to get back home formula. They have tried that one, on and off, on Stargate: Atlantis...and now this show??? Why not just have them discover this ship and use it to explore the Universe??? I created a similar concept pre-Stargate...the series, and I thought it was very special but when Stargate went to a series, many of my concepts went with it...and this would be the final bit of it...but what I think was so cool about my idea is that it didn't copy Space: 1999 or Lost In Space...ala Stargate: Universe, which is starting to look like Voyager or even Galactica??? Leave the "We are lost in the stars!" formula behind, and just go for, "Hey, we found this ship...and are using it to further explore the Universe." That will leave open all kinds of possibilies and won't limit the show with respect to storytelling.
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What a legend.
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IT'S NOT REALLY STARGATE WITHOUT RDA !!!
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He's such a promising actor, but he hasn't made much of a splash really.
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I don't.
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"I created a similar concept pre-Stargate...the series,"
Translation : I had an idea.
This is such a rare event, that I marked it in my calendar and everything.
"and I thought it was very special"
I don't doubt it. That YOU thought it was special, I mean.
"but when Stargate went to a series, many of my concepts went with it."
Oh Noze! Dey Stole My IDEAZ! GETZ OUT OF MY BRAINZ! -
" Ming-Na is in a bunch of sci-fi shit.
by Boomers_Lips "
So you're saying you don't like Science Fiction? What the hell are you doing here then? -
You gotta love his sensible Begbie. Sad what happened to him...
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is proof enough that Stargate is dead. Lets move along people.
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Media Messiah, the frustrated writer. Everyone's stealing my ideas! They must have read my blog. Wow, what a textbook case of paranoia. Always a laugh, here at the AICN.
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I meant that most of the scifi projects she's in are very crap.
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It really is. All that time running around the enemy's fortress and hoping to not get caught. But that's ok, I like Flash Gordon.
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I hope this means the show will be better than the previous Stargate shows (probably not likely). Lou Diamond Phillips? Isn't he on another show? He could just be in many different shows playing the same guy from Wolf Lake everytime.
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