Podcast appearances and mentions of David Blue

ADOT's Doug Nintzel sits down with ADOT's David Blue to discuss the Traffic Operations Center or the TOC.

David Blue is a dual brand president at Homefront Brands, a leading company that owns and operates multiple franchise brands in the home services industry. He oversees the strategic direction, marketing, and operations of Homefront Brands, a portfolio of five franchise concepts that provide various solutions for homeowners, such as exterior home cleaning, yard and […]

David Blue is a dual brand president at Homefront Brands, a leading company that owns and operates multiple franchise brands in the home services industry. He oversees the strategic direction, marketing, and operations of Homefront Brands, a portfolio of five franchise concepts that provide various solutions for homeowners, such as exterior home cleaning, yard and […]

Actor David Blue talks about SGU's run, the journey of Eli Wallace, and being a science fiction fan who got to play in the Stargate sandbox.

WHAT? We have not ONE but TWO guests in the house??? How's that possible? Well, it is possible, because Yuri Lowenthal is the best and after I - Lily K - messaged him about my undying love for Stargate Universe... he got David Blue to come on the podcast. When I tell you all that a dream came true, I ain't lying. And this is an A+++++ conversation on top of that. So you know, ENJOY! Thank you for watching! Please remember to like, subscribe, and share with the people you know and love

Bayside High School in Queens, New York began an early celebration of its 80th anniversary, making it one of the oldest public schools in the five boroughs.At a ceremony Saturday, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing), state Assemblyman Ed Braunstein (D-Bayside) and state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) gathered with students, staff and alumni of the storied school to mark the occasion. The lawmakers presented proclamations declaring the importance of the school and the significance of the anniversary.Opened in 1936, and built during the Great Depression, Bayside High School was the first in the city to be constructed with federal funds from the New Deal-era Public Works Administration. The school cost $2.5 million.Gregg Sullivan, chairman of the Friends of Bayside High School, ran through many of the great historical events the school had borne witness to.“This school takes us through a number of great human events,” he said. “The Great Depression, World War II, the Korean and Vietnam wars and the J.F.K. assassination.The school was also home to the very first Folk and Rock Concert to benefit education in Native American schools in the United States as produced by student Rich Buckland.The historical significance of the school, and its 80 years as a single entity, were themes each speaker touched on.“You have to love what Bayside has been and is for the community,” Avella said. “It is a historic school.”Principal Michael Athy, speaking about his vision of the school—past, present and future—said the success of Bayside is due to its legacy as one of the most rigorous and community-oriented schools in the city.

Brittany and Jamie are joined by David Blue and Christina Rodgers from Window Hero. This scalable business can be run semi-absentee and is paired with a back office that allows the business owner to focus on revenue-generating activities.  If you are looking for something that plays in the B2B and B2C space, is recession-resilient, and has multiple revenue streams this business may be for you.

In recent years, the food and agricultural sector has seen growing interest from private equity investment. Driven by an increased demand for food, environmental, social and governance issues, as well as an awareness of climate change, investor interest in sustainable agriculture is set to continue and grow. What are the key drivers behind this trend? In this episode, Dechert's Nick Marchica leads a discussion with Blue Road Capital's David Blue and Farmers Gate's Daniel Fabian on what makes investing in food and agriculture so appealing, how investors can innovate to meet the increasing demand, and the trends and issues likely to shape the sector in years to come. 

Pasado ya todo el revuelo inicial de su estreno, me he visto la secuela/reboot directa a Netflix del clásico de Tobe Hooper, y la verdad me ha hecho reirme un buen rato, sin complejo ninguno.

In this episode we invite the inimitable Robyn Hitchcock to reminisce about his heroically nonconformist career from the Soft Boys to 2022's Shufflemania! After Robyn explains his recent return to London from his adopted Nashville, Barney, Mark and Martin hear about his hippiefied but not entirely psychedelic '60s youth – plus his early immersion in the far-out folk of the Incredible String Band and the songs of his greatest influence Syd Barrett. He talks about how the Soft Boys did – and didn't – fit into the UK's punk scene of the late '70s, but also how they became a totemic cult influence on American acts from R.E.M. to Gillian Welch & David Rawlings. Clips from John Tobler's 1973 audio interview with '60s folk-rocker turned Asylum Records singer-songwriter David Blue provide an opportunity to discuss the former David Cohen's Greenwich Village buddy Bob Dylan and the huge influence on Robyn of Bobsongs like Blonde On Blonde's 'Visions of Johanna'. Meanwhile the 10th anniversary of the death of underground-press legend and Deviants rabble-rouser Mick Farren takes us back to the revolutionary '60s and the heyday of International Times – as well as to such seminal Farren pieces as 1976's NME rallying cry "The Titanic Sails at Dawn". Mark rounds off the episode with quotes from newly-added library pieces about 'Terry' hitmaker Lynn "Twinkle" Ripley (Evening Standard, 1964), Motown chauvinist Marvin Gaye (Phonograph Record, 1977), Henry Rollins né Garfield (Washington Post, 1981) and more… Many thanks to special guest Robyn Hitchock. Somewhere Apart: Selected Lyrics 1977–1997 is published by Tiny Ghost and available now. Pieces discussed: The Soft Boys, The Soft Boys live, Robyn Hitchock by J. Kordosh, Robyn Hitchcock by Pete Paphides, David Blue, Pop in the Police State, Rock – Energy for Revolution, The Titanic Sails at Dawn, Memories of Mick Farren, Black Flag, Marvin Gaye, Eddie Hinton, The Cramps, Twinkle and Chet Atkins.

Season 2, episode 22 is here. Dominic, Connor, Erica, and Mark have an awesome conversation with lifelong Trekker, David Blue- "Math Boy" Eli Wallace of Stargate Universe.David is a Nerd God. He loves Star Trek. He was the star of Stargate Universe. He plays games. Loves his craft. Loves his rescue dog. Is basically our spirit animal.Our beloved Erica LaRose is back. Wash is amazing, but hiding behind Mark. We get some fan questions in, play a round of Star Trek Trivia, and we subject David to being "Stuck on a Deserted Island with Connor Trinneer.” Get ready to have a load of laughs..The full, complete version of this conversation is available to our amazing Patreon Members. If you enjoy this show, please like and subscribe! It's so important and appreciated!We have merch! Check out our website. www.shuttlepodshow.comIf you'd like to contribute more to the sustainability of the show, please consider becoming a Patreon member. You will have access to significant exciting membership perks including extended unabridged episodes, live events priorities, behind the scenes access and much more. We are committed to building an engaging immersive community experience for our Patreon Members while remaining dedicated to our vision of making our interviews freely available to the public on YouTube. Your help makes that happen. Patreon: https://patreon.com/shuttlepodshowFollow us: Insta: @shuttlepodshow Twitter: @shuttlepodshow Facebook: @shuttlepodshow https://www.shuttlepodshow.com

It's time for the wedding of the century! Bradford and Willie are tying the knot! Daniel makes a shocking discovery about Willie and her bodyguard! Papi discovers Betty is seeing Henry! And it all comes to a head, right there on the altar! Plus, Sam continues to fawn over David Blue, obviously.  If you enjoyed this podcast please leave us a rating or review, and make sure you subscribe on your favourite podcast app! You can follow us here: Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/uglybesties Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uglybestiespod Or connect with us via email: theuglybesties@gmail.com 

Jackson Browne has always called the first song on his 1972 self-titled debut album a kind of modern fable.His inspiration for “Jamaica Say You Will" was a girl who worked in an organic food orchard on California's Zuma Beach, across the street from the Pacific Ocean, "like the Garden of Eden,” Browne once told an interviewer, “and she was a kind of Eden-like girl, too.”In the lyric, the girl leaves with her father to sail out into the world, “but my ship had not found the sea, as it were," Browne told Uncut magazine. “I wanted to have the cocoon of this relationship to just stay insulated from the world, but she was ready to move out into the world.”The song was a lament for the time he sheltered in that love affair. “I realized,” he added, “I'd been writing about the relationship I'd just left, not this new one I was in. So I learned something about myself and maybe found more closure or solace. … It's odd that that's exactly how songs come into being."The Song that Birthed a Label“Jamaica,” which Browne wrote when he was 20 in 1969, also played a big part in creating a new record label. In 1970, after listening to a demo of the song, artist manager David Geffen signed Browne and began looking for a record contract for him. Ultimately, after he couldn't get a deal anywhere else, Geffen co-founded Asylum Records in 1971 with Elliot Roberts.The story goes that Geffen had pitched Browne to Atlantic Records president Ahmet Ertegun, saying, "You'll make a lot of money." To that, Ertegun reportedly replied, "You know what, David? I have a lot of money. Why don't you start a record company and then you'll have a lot of money." A deal then was struck in which Ertegun put up the initial funds and Atlantic Records distributed Asylum Records with the profits split 50/50. Jackson Browne was one of first artists Geffen signed for Asylum, of course; he was quickly joined on the new label that same year by Linda Ronstadt, John David Souther, David Blue, Joni Mitchell, Glenn Frey and others.CoversBut many people became familiar with “Jamaica Say You Will” even before they heard Jackson Browne's Asylum recording of it.That's because the song was released by The Byrds on their Byrdmaniax album for Columbia the year before Browne's debut.And after that, the song was covered in 1972 by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and by Tom Rush and then by Joe Cocker in 1975. The TV TreatmentThe tune even has had its television moment. In 1992, it was heard playing on the radio at the end of “The Wonder Years” episode "The Lake" from Season 5.(TV's time machine slipped a little, though. The episode's story line was set in August 1971, but that was several months before the Browne album was released.)Our Take on the TuneIn music, newness is often a magical ingredient, and everything about this song is new for us.Its Flood connection started a few weeks ago when Charlie brought home yet another new guitar, this time a sweet little Gretsch resonator that he intends to keep in one open tuning or another. Recently, playing around in open D, Bowen landed on “Jamaica,” which just seemed to lay so easily on the strings. The song was unfamiliar to Danny and Randy, but — true to their Flood nature — they took to it right away, immediately finding ways to enrich it. Just listen to Dan's smart, beautiful solos and to Randy's gorgeous harmonies on the choruses.Sure, our arrangement is still evolving, but we wanted to share it with you all while it still has that lovely new song smell. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit 1937flood.substack.com

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I'm your host Ray Shasho Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Dave Mason kicks off his Winter tour on Thursday, January 19 in Atlanta, GA and continues South with performances set in Charleston, six shows in Florida including Ft. Lauderdale and Orlando before heading to Nashville, Cincinnati, Detroit. This new leg will end with multiple performances in Chicago on February 20 & 21.  This perpetual ongoing world tour is a testament to Mason's six-decade enduring role as a Rock Icon as well as the unrelenting support of his music loving fans the world over. A self-described endangered species, Mason enjoyed a successful cross country run this Fall and is thrilled to get back out on the road to see his friends and fans - “There is nothing quite like performing live. I love it!” exclaimed Mason. Early next year will see the release of his first ever autobiography Only You Know & I Know, where Dave will share some of the great untold tales in rock and roll. Dave has a unique and rare viewpoint as he recorded an album with Mama Cass, played rhythm guitar on “All Along the Watchtower” with Jimi Hendrix, was a founding member of Traffic, recorded with Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and The Rolling Stones, was part of Fleetwood Mac for a spell, as well as a guitar designer and a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee …. Yep, that's Dave Mason. PLEASE WELCOME Legendary singer-songwriter-guitarist and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer DAVE MASON to Interviewing the Legends … PURCHASE THE LATEST RELEASE BY DAVE MASON ALONE TOGETHER AGAIN (Also available on vinyl) At amazon.com   FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT DAVE MASON www.davemasonmusic.com Official website www.facebook.com/DaveMasonMusic Facebook www.instagram.com/davemasonmusic Instagram https://twitter.com/davemasonband?lang=en Twitter www.youtube.com/user/davemasontv YouTube   Dave Mason on Tour 2023   ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAMER DAVE MASON ANNOUNCES 2023 ENDANGERED SPECIES TOUR Leads into the Release of His Tell All Memoir - ‘Only You Know & I Know' due May 2023   January 19      Atlanta, GA                 City Winery January 21      Charleston, SC           Charleston Music Hall January 25      Ft. Lauderdale, FL      Broward Center for the Performing Arts January 26      Vero Beach, FL          The Emerson Center January 28      Miami Gardens, FL     On the Blue Cruise 2023 February 3      Orlando, FL                 The Plaza Live February 4      Clearwater, FL            Capitol Theatre February 6      Ponte Vedra, FL         Ponte Vedra Concert Hall February 8      Atlanta, GA                 City Winery February 10    Nashville, TN              CMA February 14    Kent, OH                     The Kent Stage February 15    Detroit, MI                   Sound Board Theater February 17    Nashville, IN               Brown County High School February 18    Cincinnati, OH             Memorial Hall February 20   Chicago, IL                  City Winery February 21   Chicago, IL                  City Winery   DISCOGRAPHY With TRAFFIC Mr. Fantasy - 1967 Traffic - 1968 Best of Traffic - 1969 Last Exit - 1969 Welcome to the Canteen - 1971 Smiling Phases – 1991   Dave Mason studio albums 1970 Alone Together                     1971 Dave Mason & Cass Elliot     1972 Headkeeper            1973 It's Like You Never Left 1974 Dave Mason  1975 Split Coconut   1977 Let It Flow    1978 Mariposa de Oro                      1980 Old Crest on a New Wave                 1987 Two Hearts                                            1987 Some Assembly Required                                                   2008 26 Letters - 12 Notes                              2014 Future's Past                                  2017 Pink Lipstick (EP)                                            2020 Alone Together, Again                        Singles 1968 "Just for You" b/w "Little Woman" 1970 "Only You Know and I Know" 1970 "Satin Red and Black Velvet Woman" 1972 "To Be Free" 1977 "So High (Rock Me Baby and Roll Me Away)" 1977 "We Just Disagree" 1978 "Mystic Traveller" 1978 "Don't It Make You Wonder" 1978 "Let It Go, Let It Flow" 1978 "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?" 1980 "Save Me" (with Michael Jackson) 1987 "Something In The Heart" 1988 "Dreams I Dream" (duet with Phoebe Snow) Session work 1967: Julian Covey & The Machine, "A Little Bit Hurt" / "Sweet Bacon" single guitar and vocals 1968: Family, Music in a Doll's House producer, songwriter of "Never Like This" 1968: The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Electric Ladyland acoustic guitar on "All Along the Watchtower", backing vocals on "Crosstown Traffic" 1968: The Rolling Stones, Beggar's Banquet shehnai on "Street Fighting Man" and mellotron on "Factory Girl" 1969: Gordon Jackson, Thinking Back producer, bass guitar, electric guitar, and slide guitar 1969: Merryweather, Word of Mouth songwriter, guitar, bass, and vocals 1970: Delaney & Bonnie & Friends with Eric Clapton, On Tour guitar 1970: George Harrison, All Things Must Pass guitar on various tracks 1970: Bobby Lester, Bobby Lester guitar on "Freedom" 1971: Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, Motel Shot guitar and vocals 1971: Graham Nash, Songs for Beginners electric guitar on "Military Madness" 1972: Jim Capaldi, Oh How We Danced harmonica on "Big Thirst", guitar on "Don't Be a Hero" 1972: Crosby and Nash, Graham Nash / David Crosby lead guitar on "Immigration Man" 1972: Bobby Keys, Bobby Keys songwriter on "Steal from a King" and "Crispy Duck" 1973: David Blue, Nice Baby and the Angel acoustic guitar, electric guitar, and vocals on "Outlaw Man" 1973: Graham Nash, Wild Tales 12-string guitar on "Oh! Camil (The Winter Soldier)" 1974: Phoebe Snow, Phoebe Snow electric guitar on "No Show Tonight" 1975: Wings, Venus and Mars electric guitar on "Listen to What the Man Said" 1978: Mike Finnigan, Black and White lead guitar on "Hideaway From Love" 1978: Stephen Stills, Thoroughfare Gap vocals on "You Can't Dance Alone", "We Will Go On", "What's the Game", and "Midnight Rider" 1979: Ron Wood, Gimme Some Neck acoustic guitar on "F.U.C. Her" 1983: Donovan, Lady of the Stars guitar on "Boy for Every Girl" 1983: Don Felder, Airborn vocals on "Never Surrender" 1988: Eric Clapton, Crossroads guitar on "Ain't That Loving You", originally recorded ca. 1974 1995: Fleetwood Mac, Time songwriter, producer, vocals, and guitar 2004: Noel Redding, The Experience Sessions sitar on "There Ain't Nothing Wrong", originally recorded ca. 1968 2010: Jimi Hendrix, West Coast Seattle Boy sitar on "Little One", originally recorded ca. 1968 2011: Derek and the Dominoes, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs: 40th Anniversary Edition guitar and vocals on "Roll It Over", originally recorded June 1970 Support us!

As we prepare for OKPOP Radio Hour's LIVE podcast recording for the 45th anniversary of the Sex Pistols show at CAINS BALLROOM, we sit down with drummer David Blue, whose Bartlesville-based band named “Bliss” opened for the Sex Pistols. He takes us through the night—from the protesters out front to meeting the punk rockers themselves.

Interviews with cast and producer at SDCC with Alaina Huffman, David Blue, Robert Caryle and more. Series did not last and went way too soon.

Episode #230 features Emmy award winning director & cinematographer, David Blue Garcia! He directed Netflix's version of Texas Chainsaw Massacre & HBO's Tejano! You can follow him on social media @davidbluegarcia!

Without Your Head presents September Slasher Month with modern slasher creators - David Blue Garcia director of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" 2021 Without Your Head Horror Podcast! Hosted by "Nasty" Neal Jones --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/withoutyourhead/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/withoutyourhead/support

Funk/Rock bassist talks about feeling his way through musical settings early in his life and later with David Blue, Batdorf & Rodney and Bob Weir.

Welcome back to another episode of the Think Bigger Actors Podcast! Today I am talking with actor, and acting coach, David Blue. You might recognize David from his recurring role on 'Ugly Betty' or from his series regular portrayal of Henry Danger in 'Stargate'. This talk is real and so important. I hope you enjoy it. If you do... shoot me a message in the DMs! I love to hear from you all. Watch the video podcast on Youtube + Subscribe: DaJuan Johnson - Think Bigger Coaching for Actors  www.thinkbiggercoaching.com Follow me on the ‘gram! @thinkbiggercoaching and @dajuanjohnson Join the Think Bigger Tribe Facebook group – where a Tribe of like-minded actors come to take their career to the next level. #Skiptheline #seeyouonset

Vegas Film Critic (Jeffrey K Howard) speaks to Director David Blue Garcia for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. 

Today's episode of Stargate Universe delves deep into a lot of character emotions with two plots, neither of which presents great danger to the ship. Volker is facing a medical issue that could be managed on earth, but is life-threatening on Destiny. And the crew are shocked by the sudden re-appearance of a friend they thought was dead. Lots of great things to talk about in this one. Find my original science fiction at http://www.AdamDavidCollings.com/books ----more---- Transcript Welcome to Nerd Heaven I'm Adam David Collings, the author of Jewel of The Stars And I am a Nerd   This is episode 85 of the podcast.   Today, we're talking about the Stargate Universe episode “Hope” And if you'd like to check out my original science fiction books, head on over to AdamDavidCollings.com/books   The description on Gateworld reads Chloe's body is taken over by the mind of someone the crew believed was dead. Meanwhile, T.J. must perform a dangerous transplant when Dr. Volker is diagnosed with an illness that threatens his life.   This episode was written by Carl Binder. It was directed by William Waring And it first aired on the 20th of February 2012 So they're still waiting to get a stone connection from Earth. After 6 days, still wondering what happened to their home. Does Washington DC still even exist? Are all their superiors dead? Will they ever have contact with their loved ones again?   It's got to be a hard thing to live with. That waiting. And of course, your mind is going to invent the worst possible scenario and play it over and over again. Anybody been there?   We get a throw-away line that Volker's leg has fallen asleep. The first little bit of foreshadowing that something is wrong with him.   Eli can't understand how Rush can not be worried about everything. Rush is actively trying to take Eli's mind off things with the chess games. And probably trying to distract himself as well. But Rush is good at hiding away those pesky human feelings most of the time. It doesn't mean he doesn't feel the same things we do, he just liked to give the impression he's got it all under control.   Brody and Volker are having a little argument about the theme from 2001 A Space Odessy. Volker insists on referring to it by its proper name. Sprach Zarathustra. It's actually a piece of music composed by Strauss in 1896. Brody's point is that everybody knows it as the 2001 theme. Most people don't even know it existed before that movie.   It's a pointless and juvenile thing to be bickering about. But again, it's a way of distracting themselves from everything. From the problems on earth, and honestly, from the pain Volker is feeling right now.   But finally. Finally. They have a connection.   Somebody connects to Chloe's body. Young walks in and asks, who are you? Eager for news of Earth.   The response is the last thing he could ever have expected.   “I'm Ginn. What happened?”   As you can imagine, Eli comes running when he hears the news. And he so desperately wants this to be true. The others are a little sceptical, Rush probably most of all. Ginn is telling her story. At first, she found it hard to breathe, because she was in Amanda Perry's body. She was asked a lot of questions about the Lucian Alliance, and then …. Nothing. One minute she was answering questions and the next she was standing here.   When she looks in the mirror, she has a little moment of panic. What happened? Why didn't I return to my own body? She doesn't know yet.   No point beating around the bush. Young tells her the truth. That Simeon killed her body and they received word that Perry's body died at the same time.   What a thing to hear! How do you respond to that? What do you do with that? David Blue does a great job of letting a whole lot of emotions show on his face.   Volker reports to TJ. He's feeling a bit off. Having trouble sleeping. While she's preparing something to calm him down, he collapses on the floor. There is clearly something wrong with him. More than he's been letting on.   Eli thinks all of this makes no sense, but Young rightly points out, clearly, they don't know as much about how the stones work as they think they do. Remember, it's alien technology. It diodn't come with a user manual. When Ginn's body was murdered, the connection wasn't properly severed. Her consciousness could have been floating around in the system like a stray radio signal since then. So why did she enter Chloe's body now? Rush speculates. Maybe because Chloe fell asleep while on stone duty. It's a good theory, but they can't know for sure.   Scott raises a concerning question that nobody has thought about yet. Whose body is Chloe connected to?   After waking him up, TJ takes some tests. His blood pressure is high. He used to take pills for that. He's been experiencing these symptoms for about a month.  He didn't bother mentioning it to TJ because he thought there was nothing she could do about it, without the resources of Earth. But, there were other things she could have tried.   After doing some more tests, TJ has found that Volker is suffering from kidney failure. The problem with kidney disease is that by the time there are symptoms, it's already too late. On earth, the next step would be dialysis. But out here, what are they supposed to do? This is a very real problem that I'm glad they addressed in Stargate Universe. When you're remote and cut off from the rest of the world, health problems become a much bigger deal.  Volker's only option at this point is a transplant.   Eli explains the history to Ginn about Simeon and Rush's revenge. Ginn is glad that Eli didn't seek revenge in the same way. She didn't want him to get hurt, which he kind of takes as a slight on his macho-ness, but before he can defend himself, she kisses him.   It takes a few minutes, but Eli realises he has to practice what he preaches. This is Chloe's body. Not Ginn's. He didn't approve when Rush and Perry were going to use Ginn's body inappropriately. Now he has to respect Chloe in the same way.   Of course, it's a little harder when you're the one who is going to miss out on the intimacy with someone you love.   To Ginn, this isn't so much about the kiss. This is an uncomfortable reminder that she's a disembodied spirit without a body. “What's going to happen to me,” she asks. “Is there any way to get back into my own body?”   Eli tells her about the funeral they held for her. They buried her body on the next planet they found after her death.   This is a difficult situation for both of them. For Eli, he had to grieve her loss, and now, he finds she's not entirely dead. But she's not entirely back, either. He gets to have what so many others have wished for throughout history. He gets to talk with his loved one. He gets to hear what she has to say back to him. But having that only makes him want more. If some part of her is alive, he wants her back permanently, in a body of her own.   And that's when she starts choking. That's not good   TJ can't find anything physically wrong with Ginn. She really has her work cut out for her in this episode, doesn't she? One patient with a life-threatening illness she probably can't cure, and another going through something she can't begin to comprehend.   Rush speculates it might be related to her death by strangling. She died while she was still connected to the stones. I'm not sure exactly how this is supposed to work. Rush's explanation of energies didn't make a lot of sense to me. But it's interesting.   Scott wants to get her disconnected as soon as possible, to prevent risk to Chloe. Eli wants to further study this phenomenon. Disconnecting Chloe might mean losing Ginn forever. Rush agrees there are scientific reasons to keep studying. Whatever his reasons, at least Rush's agreement helps Eli convince TJ.   TJ explains the issue with Volker to Young. They can't bring in a surgeon from Earth right now, as they've lost contact, even if they did have a donor. TJ is going to have to read up on organ transplants and try to perform the surgery herself. It must suck being the only medic on board, but not actually being a doctor. So much is expected and required of her. So much more than she is technically capable of. But if not her, then who?   To find a compatible donor, she'll need more than blood type. She'll need tissue samples. With such a small group to pull from, it's very unlikely she'll find someone.   Scott and Greer are both possibilities. They at least have the right blood type. And we learn here that Greer is a marine. Most of the SGC personnel are air force. It makes sense they'd bring some marines in, though. They're supposed to be the best fighters, right?   So Rush is being Rush. He goes to Young's office to tell him the transplant surgery is fraught with danger. And Young's first question is, “Is your blood type compatible.” He knows Rush and his selfish ways too much. But this isn't about preventing risk to himself. He points out that a transplant will risk not just one life but two. And that is very true. And it's a good point. A sobering one. But what's the alternative? Just let Volker die?   I don't think that's an option. Not if there is somebody willing to take the risk to try to help him.   Ginn tells Eli that this time it feels different to the last time she used the stones. And then she starts choking again. And suddenly, it's not Ginn speaking but Chloe. So she's still in there somewhere.   When she wakes up, she's Ginn again. Ginn doesn't have any memory of being anywhere else while Chloe was in control. And Scott has confirmed that the connection was not cut at any time.   Rush doesn't think that Chloe is connected to anyone or anything at the other end. He thinks that Chloe and Ginn are both battling for control of the body. Not in a literal sense, but more subconscious. Ginn is supplanting Chloe.   Scott wants to disconnect the stones more than ever. It's not worth risking Chloe's life. Not even for Ginn   Rush still advises against it. Who knows what that will do?   Imagine being in Eli's shoes. The woman you love, versus another woman that you love, as a close friend. He doesn't want to lose either of them. That's gotta be tearing him apart.   Young orders that next time Ginn has an attack, they'll pull the stones.   I think part of the reason Rush is so against this is because of Amanda Perry. If Ginn's consciousness was preserved, what about Amanda? Could she be stuck out there in cyberspace somewhere as well? It's a long shot, but when it comes to somebody you love, you'll take the longest shot there is.   Ginn on the other hand, doesn't want to hurt Chloe. Because she's a decent person. She agrees with Young.   Chloe appears again but without any attack. It seems they are randomly and rapidly changing now.   Eli speculates that Ginn's energy is dissipated like a radio signal getting more and more distant. That means, even without disconnecting, they may be running out of time before they lose Ginn completely.   Park, Brody and Volker are all helping TJ investigate options for making the transplant more successful. There's an amusing moment when Park mentions one of the side effects of a particular option. And then it gets even more amusing when Volker asks “Why id that funny?” If you've seen the episode recently you know what I'm talking about. You kinda have to be there.   TJ has found two matches. Greer and Dr. Morrison. The best match is 6 antigen, which usually happens in families. Both of these guys are a 4 antigen match. A surprisingly good match given the circumstances.   Morrison angrily demands to know how accurate TJ's tests are because he doesn't want to risk himself for nothing. But before Morrison can even finish, Greer says “I'll do it.” Because he's Greer. And of course, he will.   I swear, every episode he's in, I love Greer more and more.   TJ needs to take some bone marrow from Greer. She offers to put him to sleep. He says the drugs are too important to waste on this. He'll just endure the pain. And while I admire him for this, I think that maybe he's being more of a hero than he needs to be. I'd be taking the darn medicine. But then, he's a marine, and I'm a wimp.   As Greer lies down to have the procedure done, Volker thanks him. Greer says “no big deal.” Volker rightly points out that it is a big deal. And Greer just says “You'd do the same for me.” And he genuinely believes that. Greer is a good person and he believes in the goodness of others.   Does Volker agree? Would he do the same for Greer? I think he's like most of us. He's probably thinking something like “I hope I would.”   I mean, it's easy to say “Yes, I'd risk my life and endure great pain to help you.” And I firmly believe that we should all be prepared to do that for our fellow human. But to take the plunge in that moment, that would take courage.   Greer tries to lighten the mood with a fake-out scream of pain. Now I don't usually agree that serious stories always need “lightening up” in tense moments, but in this case, yeah, I actually appreciated that moment of levity. I'm pretty squeamish about medical stuff.   When TJ does the procedure for real, you can see Greer fighting against the pain, holding back the scream. Some wonderful acting from Jamil Walker Smith.   Eli and Rush haven't had any luck disconnecting the stone device. Chloe and Ginn are switching rapidly now.   Both Chloe and Ginn have expressed concern for each other, even at the risk to themselves. Now there's a thematic link between the two plots in this episode. Nicely done.   Scott assures Chloe they won't do anything that will harm her. And Eli assured her that neither of them want her to come to any harm. Given the closeness between him and Ginn, he kind of needs to make that assurance. To remind her how much he cares about her too.   The plan is to try to find a safe place to store Ginn's consciousness.   Scott is really concerned. He doesn't want this to go on. He approaches Eli and basically tries to tell him he needs to sacrifice Ginn. “I know you miss her..but…” he begins.   And then the big surprise. Suddenly, the body is controlled not by Ginn, or by Chloe. It's Amanda Perry!   Now Rush gets to have the same reunion with his loved one that Eli has had. Ginn and Chloe are both fading, and Perry is becoming more prominent.   That means that Eli is suddenly in the same boat as Scott. Now he has a sense of how Scott's been feeling this whole time.   Now as much as Eli wants to save all of them, I can we can safely assume that Rush's priority is Amanda Perry, and he'd sacrifice both Chloe and Ginn in a heartbeat to save her. He's probably already formulating an argument about how important to the stargate program Perry is, and why she has greater value.   Rush does have an idea. Use the interface chair to upload the disembodied consciousness into the computer, removing them from Chloe's body.   And you just see them all roll their eyes. Not the chair again. It's always the chair. And this is when Rush has to come clean that he's seen Franklin as a kind of ghost. Rush reveals that he managed to separate his mind from the projections a while back, which is why we haven't seen Franklin or Rush's dead wife in some time.   Scott reminds them all that the chair didn't work on Chloe last time they tried it. Then, Rush was trying to remove the alien influence from her. This is different. And he's right about that. I'm not sure Rush ever expected the chair to work last time. But this is something he knows it can do.   Scott wants assurance that there is no harm to Chloe. Rush can't give that. In fact, he'll have to remove some of the safeguards he put on the chair to it usable. And that's kind of scary.   Rush thinks the chances of her being harmed are minimal.   And Scott reminds them all it's not their decision to make. It's Chloe's. But … do Ginn and Perry get a say as well? That's an interesting ethical question.   TJ is nervous about the surgery. She's not even close to qualified to perform it. So is Volker. For him, I don't think it's a lack of faith in TJ, he just doesn't like hospitals and doctors. Greer jokes that this is no hospital, and TJ is no doctor. And that got a laugh out of me. Our Volker too.   Chloe has decided to try the chair. She doesn't want them to risk disconnecting the stones, in case Ginn and Perry are lost.   When we next see TJ, we realise she's not just nervous. She's very scared. If she does this surgery, both patients could die. Of course, if she doesn't Volker will die. Young is not going to order her to do it. She knows what needs to be done She'll do the right thing.   Rush is explaining to Perry the plan to temporarily store her consciousness in the computer. He promises to find a way to get perry into a new body. That has been her dream since the accident. A dream that nobody could ever have thought could be remotely possible.   TJ is finally ready but Volker and Greer have gone to the hydroponic dome. It's the closest thing to a backyard they have. Greer is trying to calm and comfort Volker. I think from here onward, there's gonna be a special bond between these two characters. I'll be keeping a specific eye out for that from here on, this time.   Greer tells Volker “we're gonna be fine.” He's very optimistic. At least, that's what he shows on the outside. Who knows what's going on inside.   With them all in the medical bay, ready to go, Brody tries to comfort them all by playing some music. It's the theme from 2001. Volker's favourite. But he quickly realises that the bombastic melody is hardly relaxing and not very appropriate. He tries to stop it but drops his music player, which proceeds to play some very funny-sounding silly music. Perhaps a guilty pleasure of Brody's. He looks incredibly embarrassed as he fumbles to stop the music. Another amusing scene. Stargate Universe is doing a good job incorporating some humour into the show, in a way that doesn't pull you out of the seriousness of the story. It doesn't get enough credit for that. As you know by now, I'm fine having a serious show without any humour, but I'm also fine with this type of humour. But some people just seem to want everything to be a Marvel movie. I like Marvel, but I don't want their tone in everything, especially stories I take very seriously.   Now it's Eli's turn to talk to Ginn before the procedure. He encourages her that this will only be temporary. Eli and Rush both believe that, although neither of them has any clue how they could possibly get these consciousnesses into new bodies. This isn't Star Trek Picard.   That's when Ginn stars choking again   TJ is already in the middle of surgery. Young tells her they need to do the transfer now. She can't leave. She'll be in this surgery for a good 4 hours. So Young is gonna have to do it without her.   But something weird happens with the computer. Everything is offline. Putting Volker's operation at risk as well as the chair transfer.   After a little argument about which consciousness is which, Rush and Eli manage to upload two minds from Chloe's body into the computer. But which ones?   TJ can't do the surgery without the computer to guide her. Then Amanda Perry appears, as a mental projection from the ship. She can help. She is a scientist and she has access to all the ship's medical knowledge. Once again, Destiny is helping her crew.   Brody and Park question TJ who seems to be talking to herself. But when she says “I'll explain later,” they take it at face value and go with it. After all the weird things they've seen, that's the correct thing to do. And TJ has this authority in the way she says it. She doesn't have time to explain. She's the doctor here. She needs them to trust her.   Rush has confirmed there are two new programs on the computer. One is active - that's Perry. Looks like both of their mental patterns have been saved.   The surgery is complete. With Perry's help, TJ has saved Volker and Greer. Now they've just gotta wait to see if Volker's body rejects the kidney. Greer is insistent. He won't.   And Communication is back online. Finally. Telford appears to tell them there were some issues with the stones at their end which took a few days to fix, but the bomb was diffused. Washington is safe. That's gotta be a big relief.   Rush goes to the bridge, hoping to see Perry. He does. She's projected there.   Brody and Volker have a very close bond, but it's a typical male friendship. They'd do anything for each other, but they find it difficult and uncomfortable to express that care verbally.   Greer has a little infection but it should be fine   Ginn finally appears to Eli. She says that seeing him, hearing his voice. It's enough for now. But as she tries to touch his face, and her hand passes straight through his body, I'm not sure either of them truly believes that.   And that brings me to my big question for the episode. If they hadn't succeeded with the chair, Ginn and Perry would have been lost.   If you had lost a loved one, and you had the chance to bring them back temporarily, to speak one last time, but after that's you'd have to lose them all over again, would you do it?   I'm not sure. It's hard to put myself in the position of having lost of a wife. Maybe it would depend on how things ended. Did I get closure? Did we get to say goodbye? I suspect I'd do anything to see and hear her again, but then that pain of losing her a second time, I don't know if I'd be able to bear that.   Anyway, hold this thought, because we may come back to this in a few episodes.   Hope was another fantastic episode of Stargate Universe, delving into themes of selflessness and self-sacrifice. Wonderful character story.   Next time, we'll be talking about a very exciting episode. And we'll see a couple of familiar faces. I can't wait to delve into Seizure.   Until then, have a great two weeks. Live long and prosper   Make it so.    

At the tail-end of a week of horror, the boys discuss sequels, continuity, and social commentary in horror. Plus, they disagree about this week's movie. Grab your friends and hop on the party bus because we're debating David Blue Garcia's new TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lomomedia/message

Leatherface returns, with all sequels, remakes and prequels scrubbed, in TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. A group of 20-somethings arrive at a dilapidated Texas town with hopes of rejuvenating it with a community of fresh faces and business. Preparing the buildings for auction, they stumble across the last residents: an elderly woman and her son. They don't want to leave. The group needs them to. Conflict ensues; chainsaws are drawn. Blood, along with the limbs it pumps through, is spilt.| Follow me on Twitter: @TheMovies_Pod

Ci sono cose che non dovrebbero mai essere toccate, a mio parere. Così come ci sono capolavori del cinema che non dovrebbero mai essere ripresi, rifatti, remakizzati, ecc ecc... Non aprite quella porta, negli anni è stato stuprato e rifatto troppe volte, quasi rischiando di offuscare l'immensità del primo (e unico, a mio avviso) capitolo diretto da Tobe Hooper. Mai come in questo caso, sono del parere che il passato abbia da insegnare tantissimo al futuro, solo che questa volta il futuro non ha imparato nulla e lo dimostra questo casino diretto da David Blue Garcia e prodotto da Fede Alvarez, che comunque non ho mai apprezzato come regista, salvando unicamente Man in the dark. Non aprite quella porta 2022 è una storia sconclusionata, confusa e recitata malissimo da attori che non hanno la minima idea del contesto in cui sono collocati. Per di più, non c'è atmosfera, non esiste un barlume di intelligenza e Leatherface caga tra i girasoli. Uno sputtanamento totale, che però è cinema di qualità rispetto a Occhiali Neri, quindi fate un po' voi. Francesco Alò ha apprezzato questo titolo, ma Francesco Alò è anche quello che ha detto che The Hateful Eight è un film pessimo e ruffiano, quindi fate un po' voi un'altra volta...

Well, it looks like even your resident Frankenstein nerds had to weigh in on this new Texas Chainsaw movie. Join us for this quick chat where we talk about what we liked and what we didn't about this divisive legacy sequel that everyone's talking about. This is also a bit of a Patreon preview/test drive, so we hope you enjoy it! Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. And be sure to subscribe so you don't miss future installments. Follow us on Twitter or Instagram @thefrankencast or send us a letter at thefrankencast@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you! Your Horror Hosts: Anthony Bowman (he/him) & Eric Velazquez (he/him). Cover painting by Amanda Keller (@KellerIllustrations on Instagram).

Gas up the 'ol chainsaw. This week, your boys chat about the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre requel. Plus, our Rotten Tomatoes prediction for the new Foo Fighters horror flick, "Studio 666."Thanks for listening. If you get the chance, please rate, review and subscribe to us on your favorite podcast network. 

Our guest today is Emmy award-winning director David Blue Garcia. David directed 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' which premiered on Netflix on February 18.   It's a great film, it has a lot of scares, a lot of blood - everything you want from a film like this!  It's a sequel to the famous 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' from 1974. We  looked at the original film through the lens of its sequel 50 years later. You're going to learn some facts about the original, and a little bit about the new version. Enjoy!  ‘I recommend watching ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre' with a bunch of people and getting scared together in the living room.” - David Blue Garcia Time stamps:  00:00 - A clip from 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre'.  04:50 - What inspired David to create the sequel of the famous horror film.  05:50 - The inspiration for the leatherface in the new film.  07:22 - The amount of onscreen blood they used in the film.  09:35 - Where the title for the original film came from.  10:21 - Are there any true story elements in the new version of ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre'? 12:00 - Restaurant of the week: Mama Fried.  12:41 - 2nd clip from the film.  13:24 - Who leatherface is in this film.  14:58 - Character development that went into creating the new version of “leatherface.” 16:23 - What tactics the actors used to get into the horror atmosphere on the set.  18:35 - The crucial role of crafting and using masks in the film.  19:55 - Is the chainsaw real on the set?  21:50 - Why David brought John Larroquette back as the narrator for 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' 2022.  24:00 - 3rd clip from the film.  Resources:  Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) https://www.netflix.com/us/title/81483977  The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072271/   June's All Day https://junesallday.com/   Matt's El Rancho https://www.mattselrancho.com/  Mama Fried https://mamafriedatx.com/   Connect with David Blue Garcia: Website https://www.davidbluegarcia.com/   Instagram https://www.instagram.com/davidbluegarcia/  IMDb https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2596725/   Connect with Patrick Scott Armstrong: - IG: @patrickscottarmstrong - https://www.facebook.com/patrickscottvideos - patrick@texasrealfood.com  Follow The Lone Star Plate: - Follow us on Twitter: @lonestarplateTX - Follow us on Instagram: @lonestarplateTX - Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LoneStarPlateTX - Follow us on TikTok: @lonestarplate - More From The Lone Star Plate: https://lonestarplate.show - Texas Real Food: https://www.texasrealfood.com

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! La actualidad nos vuelve a pillar, su sierra es implacable y tenemos que hablar de la película de estos días antes de que se olvide y deje de ser relevante. Hablamos del (snif) nuevo estreno de Netflix, La Matanza de Texas, la ¿secuela oficial? ¿la buena? del clásico de los 70. Ahora con Hipsters, gore y con un leatherface mas viejo, pero con ganas de guerra. Solo para vosotros, nuestros queridos oyentes premium. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! ¡Bienvenidos a un nuevo episodio de El Calabozo Xtra! El spin off exclusivo para mecenas de El Calabozo dedica hoy su espacio a la última entrega de la franquicia de "La Matanza de Texas", recientemente estrenada por Netflix y que ha generado una enorme disparidad de opiniones, con algunas notas de la complicada producción y unas reflexiones (sin spoilers) acerca de la película. Enjoy! Escucha este episodio completo y accede a todo el contenido exclusivo de El Calabozo del Reverendo Wilson. Descubre antes que nadie los nuevos episodios, y participa en la comunidad exclusiva de oyentes en https://go.ivoox.com/sq/376123

After nearly 50 years of hiding, Leatherface returns to terrorize a group of idealistic young friends who accidentally disrupt his carefully shielded world in a remote Texas town. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/censoredmenotpodcast/support

On this special episode of Daily Dead's official podcast, Heather Wixson is joined by director David Blue Garcia to discuss Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022), which is now streaming on Netflix! Listen as Garcia discusses his memorable experiences from directing the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre, including collaborating with Fede Alvarez, pitting Leatherface and his chainsaw against a new generation, continuing the legacy of Tobe Hooper's groundbreaking movie, getting encouragement from filmmaker Kim Henkel, and more!

Nearly 50 years after the original was released, Netflix is ready for a whole new generation to discover “Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” with a new sequel arriving today. And on this episode of The Playlist Podcast, filmmaker David Blue Garcia joins to talk about the latest entry in the history of ‘Chainsaw' films. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theplaylist/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theplaylist/support

It's TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE week with your Boo Crew! The saw is family, as you are joined by award winning filmmakers David Blue Garcia and Fede Alvarez! Their new film is available exclusively on Netflix February 18th. Take a look inside the mayhem as you tear into the script origins and where this fits into the original story line. Find out what original prop from the first film was on set, orchestrating the off the rails gore and so much more! Episode 299 with David Blue Garcia and Fede Alvarez is NOW SLAYING! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

David Blue crammed himself in a closet with tabletop gamer and self-described "dapper Wil Wheaton" Terry Cox for a particularly nerdy discussion on the writing process. In this episode: Tech Byte Flying Kites Tabletop Gaming Model Railroading Writing Special Character creation and the process of creating an entire IP. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/extratone/message

CONTENT WARNING PARTS OF THIS CONVERSATION ARE EXTREMELY FOUL [TW: SEXUAL ASSAULT]. For Episode 1, David Blue sat down with Sveino, Kale, Peaches, Rusk, and Tyga from Anime Twitter. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/extratone/message

For Drycast's second episode, David Blue and Kale check in with a Thanksgiving update. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/extratone/message

The Doctor and Carrie chase the Fatalists' final attack back to 1908 and find an old friend (David Blue) in the strange aftermath of the Tunguska Blast. We've launched a Patreon! Support the show and receive access to exclusive content at patreon.com/rassilonpod Editing and Sound Design: David King. Theme music arrangement: Drew Krassowski. “Previously on…” […]

Part 2 of two episode series with Filmmaker/Director David Blue Garcia. We discussed more about the making of "Tejano" and how David was hired to direct "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre". --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/otraxfavor/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/otraxfavor/support

One of the things I have done over the last 4 years is connect the dots on different amalgamations of musicians and their actions within a period of time in music when you could find work as a session player, play gigs @ strip clubs and the multitude of venues in every urban center in this country. These amalgamations were everywhere but the cities I have most heavily explored and where these amalgamations seemed to grow off and out of each other have been New York, Chicago, Nashville, Muscle Shoals San Francisco and Los Angeles. My guest is a drummer from Southern California who's laid back style fit perfectly into the white boy blues that washed up In sun splashed LA. He could play folk, ballads with David Blue, bluegrass with Sneaky Pete, and blue eyed soul with Jackson Browne. My guest has a great reputation which is why when Bob Weir came to LA to find a working rhythm section he found one with my guest and Rick Carlos and Brent Mydland on the heels of Silver and Batdorf and Rodney. This unit sparkled and was a great fit for Bobby as he tried to step out of the shadow of the Grateful Dead. Playing a bouncing Poison Ivy that my daughters listen to on the way to school. My guest has seen the industry change. The near impossibility of keeping a unit together is almost unheard of unless you can sell out 30000 seat rock palaces. The values in music and performance reflect that of our society. One of imbalance. My guest still swings the band but provides marriage counseling to help offset this imbalance.

Part 1 of two series episode with Filmmaker/Director David Blue Garcia. David is originally from the Rio Grande Valley region in Texas. He shared his beginnings as a cinematographer and discussed the arduous process of directing "Tejano". --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/otraxfavor/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/otraxfavor/support

On this episode of the Orthoidea podcast we have the honor of speaking with David Blue who is the CCO of Shoulder Innovations. Dave speaks at length about the new revolutionary design of the Shoulder Innovations shoulder, and how they are changing how surgeons look at glenoid loosening. Dave has several years of orthopedic company startup experience with companies like DVO, Tornier, and many more. He shares his thoughts and knowledge on the shoulder market, and what the future holds. Thanks so much Dave for coming on the Orthoidea podcast.

Most of us were conditioned to think that we only get to touch our retirement money when we're old or else pay 30% in penalties and taxes to the IRS. How many of you knew that with self-directed retirement accounts, you can actually take that money and invest it, tax-free, in real estate or whatever asset you can think of? That is what David Blue educates people in every day at Quest Education. In this episode, he joins in to tell us how he teaches people to best use their solo 401ks, self-directed IRAs and other retirement accounts to carve their own way to financial freedom. Daniel also shares important lessons that he learned on his journey from being a 19-year-old father struggling with addiction to becoming an entrepreneur that helps people make creative, life-changing financial decisions. Tune in for more!Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review & share! https://www.brickeninvestmentgroup.com/podcast

On this album, we review what some people consider to be the very first psychedelic rock album. It is sometimes referred to as "Electric Music For the Mind and Body" because that was written on the front cover,.Our tracks of the week are Cream's "Badge", David Blue's "The Gasman Won't Buy Your Love" and we finish with Lee's song "Shakes." Have fun. Cheers, everybody!

While looking into the death of a colleague, a researcher finds himself cursed by the head of a demonic cult... Adapted for SUSPENSE by John C. Alsedek & Dana Perry-Hayes from the short story by M.R. James, it stars David Blue, Hayden Black, Adrienne Wilkinson, Sean Hackman, and Dan Flood.

While looking into the death of a colleague, a researcher finds himself cursed by the head of a demonic cult... Adapted for SUSPENSE by John C. Alsedek & Dana Perry-Hayes from the short story by M.R. James, it stars David Blue, Hayden Black, Adrienne Wilkinson, Sean Hackman, and Dan Flood.

While looking into the death of a colleague, a researcher finds himself cursed by the head of a demonic cult... Adapted for SUSPENSE by John C. Alsedek & Dana Perry-Hayes from the short story by M.R. James, it stars David Blue, Hayden Black, Adrienne Wilkinson, Sean Hackman, and Dan Flood.

In the latest episode of our Stargate Universe Rewatch, we check in with "Time". This is Stargate Universe's first time travel episode, and one of the best of the franchise. Part found-footage episode, part deep character piece, part monster horror. This episode combines a number of genres and does them all justice. This is one of my favourite episodes. Listen to find out why. ----more---- Transcript Welcome to Nerd Heaven I’m Adam David Collings, the author of Jewel of The Stars And I am a nerd.   This is episode 57 of the podcast. Today, we’re talking about the Stargate Universe episode Time.   The description on Gateworld reads A team from Destiny arrives on a jungle planet, where they find a kino with footage of themselves they haven't shot yet.   This episode was written by Robert C Cooper It was also directed by Robert C Cooper And it first aired on the 13th of November 2009.   Much like Star Trek, Stargate has not always handled time-travel consistently. The rules have changed from episode to episode. There’s three main theories of time travel that fiction generally uses. One is that there is only one timeline, but you can go back and change things, re-writing history. This is the type that was used in the first Back to The Future. It’s the way most of us grew up thinking about time-travel.   Then there’s the closed loop kind of idea, where you can’t change the past as such, because if you go back and do something, the consequences of whatever you did would already have been seen and experienced before you left. This is the type of time-travel I’m using in my fiction.   And then there’s the more modern idea, popularised by the Star Trek 2009 movie and Avengers Endgame, and often used in Stargate Atlantis. This is where an incursion back into the past creates a new timeline.   There’s two main ways to travel through time in the stargate universe. The first is when a stargate wormhole intercepts a solar flair. That can cause the wormhole to loop back to the same gate, but at a different point in time. This was first discovered in the SG-1 episode 1969.   The other way to time travel is by using technology. The ancients spent a lot of time researching time travel, trying to go back and prevent a cataclysm that wiped them out, those that didn’t ascend, of course. But their experiments were unsuccessful. All they did was create a groundhog day machine. So they gave up. But one of their scientists eventually figured it out, and built a time machine into a puddle jumper. Because, you know, Delorians hadn’t been invented yet.   This episode introduces time travel into SGU for the first time. When they launched Destiny, the ancients had not yet cracked the secret of time travel, so as you’ll see, this episode makes use of the solar flare idea.   The episode opens with keno footage of a large team emerging from the stargate. The keno appears to be damaged as the image fritzes a little. They’re in a lush jungle.  So far, we’ve yet to see the typical Canadian forest planet that became almost a meme on SG-1. But then, they manage to avoid doing that constantly on Atlantis as well. This planet was actually shot on a soundstage.   This is certainly a big group. A whole lot of scientists. It’s like they’re doing a planetary survey. I mean, they might as well. They can’t get off this ship, but it does give them a chance to stretch their legs from time to time, and most of them did sign on to be explorers, of a sort. Who could resist the lure of an alien planet. It actually makes a lot of sense that they’d send a bunch of people. Everyone would be clamouring for some fresh air, I imagine.   Even Chloe has come to this planet. And again, it makes sense for those who aren’t scientists or explorers to begin learning new skills. There’s not much call for political science on board Destiny, so Chloe would be wanting to make herself useful.   Apparently, it’s very hot there. Suddenly this planet sounds less appealing. I really struggle with the heat, and we’ve had some really hot days around here lately.   This actually gives the feeling of a found footage episode. The entire episode isn’t kino footage, but a good chunk of it is. It’s a bold move, given they always portray Kino footage as having all these artifacts on the edges of the screen. And that’s kinda weird when you think about it. I mean, I get why they do it. It’s common to degrade the image in some way to make it clear to the audience when they’re watching a recording. But the kinos were invented by the ancients. They could construct an interstellar starship, and stargates, but they can’t make a camera that records a decent image? Of course, the kinos are millions of years old, so maybe they’ve degraded a bit over time. And there’s an important production reason for this. Because this is all kino footage, it meant they had to do a lot of big long takes. That can obviously be more challenging for actors. The occasional fritz of the kino allows them to do a subtle cut to a different take occasionally.   They found a bunch of alien vegetables on this planet. Eli is keen to try them out to see if they might be edible. But he does it in a very un-scientific way. He just takes a bit and is gonna try another. But if he reacts, they won’t know which one it was. This does raise an interesting question, though. How do you test whether a plant is safe for human consumption other than having a human try it? Are there tests you can do in a lab? Possibly. I mean, you can probably test for known poisons, but are they equipped for that? In the end, the best way might just be for have everyone try a different vegetable and see who reacts. It’s pretty risky. But I guess that’s how humans figured out what was poisonous in the old days.   But Voker is sick. He threw up recently. He hasn’t eaten anything, and then he passes out. Several others pass out too. Chloe is starting to get affected too.   The natural inclination in this situation is to want to gate straight back to destiny, but TJ is a little smarter than that. She raises the important fact that if they return to the ship, they might be taking whatever this is back with them. IF it’s a virus, they could infect the rest of the crew. They’ve got 36 hours before Destiny jumps away. That’s over a day, so they get a reasonably generous timer.    After the title card, we’re still watching Kino footage. At this point, first-time viewers are probably expecting the entire episode will be found footage.   We get an interesting little exchange between Rush and TJ regarding the way she’s using the medicines. One theory is that they’re suffering from something similar to bacterial meningitis. By the time she confirms this, if she hadn’t already given them antibiotics, it could be too late, so she’s injected people just in case, based on what Rush describes as a hunch.   He has a valid point that she could be wasting their antibiotics. They have a limited supply. Once they’re gone, that’s it. They can’t get more from earth.  But as TJ rightly points out, it’s her call. And she’s following her instincts in her attempt to save lives. I can see both sides of this argument, but isn’t it just so like Rush to be the one to employ cold-hearted pragmatism here. He’s definitely a man without much compassion for others.   The limited medicines are a serious concern, though. They’ll be wanting to find plants that might have medicinal properties on these planets. Eventually, they’ll have to try to make their own drugs or go back to a medieval level of medicine. And that’s scary.   They’ve found some tree stumps spewing some kind of smoke. Could that be the cause? Maybe.   And then it’s night time, and it's raining.   I love it when Eli says “it couldn’t get much worse,” and Rush says “That’s just a failure of imagination.”   He’s right of course, but that’s when we hear screams. Soldiers are frantically shooting machine guns into the dark. We don’t see what they’re firing at. I’m not usually a big fan of the ‘hide the monster’ trope. I prefer to just see the monster, because, you’ know, monsters are cool. But this is really effective. Oh we’ll eventually see what they’re shooting at, but in this scene, just seeing their reactions, wondering what it is, and hearing Rush yell to Eli “Dial the gate,” is very creepy. And that’s actually the purpose of the ‘hide the monster’ trope.   It also helps that the characters themselves can’t see the monster. I think this trope annoys me most when the characters can see the monster, but for artificial reasons, the camera won’t show it to us. That bugs me.   Anyway, there’s something wrong with the gate, so they have no escape route. It gets really bad when the kino falls over, we see everyone getting taken down, and then Chloe comes into shot. Some kind of worm things burrow into her and out the other side.   The camera lingers for a moment on her very clearly dead body.   That’s sobering.   And that’s when we cut to the real world. This is the first scene in the episode that isn’t kino footage.   A bunch of our characters are watching the same footage we’ve just seen. Eli is horrified. And so is Chloe. Yes. Chloe is watching footage of her death.   This drives her to run away and throw up, as well it should.   Eli turns away from the footage and says. “Okay. What….the. …..” And then we cut away. Fair enough., I think we can forgive Eli for saying what we all know he was about to say, given what he’s just seen.   We’re quickly given some context. They dropped out of FTL. The gate opened. They sent a kino through and then followed, only to find there was already a kino there. The data store was full.   Now this is a weird little moment. Brody says “The data store was full.” Then we immediately cut to a flashback of Eli picking it up saying “it looks like the data store is full.”   Why that redundancy? If this was a book, the editor would have pounced on that. Honestly, you don’t need both, so I find that really odd.   We also learn that the team found human remains on the planet. Rush picks up a skull. That’s pretty disturbing. Unlike the Milky Way and Pegasus galaxies, this galaxy is not populated by humans, so that must have seemed a huge mystery in itself before they started watching the footage. Given the skull was dry and free of any flesh or skin, they must have been there a long time.   We haven’t seen all the footage yet. Evidently Eli and Rush survived the night. A few others. The aliens are nocturnal, so they’re relatively safe for now. Other than the disease, of course.   As usual, people are whining at Eli for spending his time talking to the Kino. “Do I have to remind you again that documenting this could be important?” “Who do you think is ever going to see that.” I love how Eli turns to them all and says “See!” Some wonderful vindication for him in that moment. I really like that.   The Kino was damaged during the night and can no longer fly, so Eli strapped it to his helmet. From this point on, actor David Blue actually did a lot of the camera work himself. He walked around the set with a massive camera rig attached to his head. I imagine it must have looked pretty funny.   We get another good character scene between Eli and TJ. Eli is noticing how hard it is for TJ when she can’t help people. And I get that. In my work, if I fail, the worst that usually happens is that somebody can’t use a piece of software. IF she fails, people die. That’s a heavy burden that all medical people carry.   And then Eli shares a little about his mother. We learn that she was a nurse but she got stuck with a needle trying to restrain a junkie in the ER. She got HIV.   That really sucks. So that’s the health problem his mum has. I wonder if you’re allowed to work as a nurse if you’re HIV positive. It could be considered a risk to patients. I should ask my wife. She’s a nurse. This explains why she’s got a serious health problem but she’s able to do things around the house.  Actually, come to think of it, didn’t we see her in a uniform in a previous episode? That means she probably is still working. But she probably has to take all kinds of expensive medicines. Honestly, for such a massive fan of this show, I’m embarrassed at how many details I have forgotten since my last watch-through. And I apologise for that.   Anyway, Eli’s dad couldn’t handle it so he left. And that also sucks. Eli was only 14 at the time, so his mum has been living with this for quite a few years.   It’s a really emotional moment. Eli might not have chosen to reveal this intimate information about himself to all these people watching. He chose to open up to TJ on the planet. David Blue does a great job of just looking down and trying to cope with the emotion of all this stuff coming out. Chloe looks at him with such sympathy and compassion. It’s touching. And then, when Eli says he’s afraid his mum will give up if he dies out here, Scott puts his hand on Eli’s shoulder. And that really moved me. I know I give Scott a hard time but that just shows the good but flawed man he is. And in a ship full of deeply flawed people, he does stand out as a good bloke.   In the end, all these people are family.   This is immediately followed by another great character moment as Eli shares a moment with Rush, talking about how he first came face to face with his own mortality at his grandfather’s funeral. And Rush is being surprisingly human. Rush has had to face mortality as well. We know he lost somebody he loved. But his way of responding to this is, “did it change you? Did it inspire you to do something worthwhile with the short time we have in this life?” That is such a Rush response. But I like it. I think that until now, Eli has been taking life for granted. He hasn’t done much with his life. But ending up here on Destiny has given him a chance to really do something that matters.   Rush also mentions ascension. The process the ancients went through to transform their consciousness into an immortal form. When Eli asks if he really thinks that’s possible, the way he says “I know it is,” with such determination, suggests strongly to me, that this is Rush’s ultimate goal. He wants to learn how to ascend.   He admits it may not be possible for him personally, but that idea is the reason he’s out here.   Again, this is a believable obsession for somebody with Rush’s personality, that has lost a loved one.   He wants to defeat mortality.   And then another wonderful character scene. Seriously, they just keep coming. This time we finally see a little past the cracks in Greer. He’s really shaken by the idea that all those people died under his watch. But it didn’t happen. And so he refuses to acknowledge it as a thing. And yet, he’s still sitting here in the gate room, wrestling with his demons.   This is the big difference between SGU and other Stargate shows. They’ve all done time-travel shows, but SGU taces that sci-fi concept and uses it to explore deeper character issues.   And don’t get me wrong, SG1 and Altantis both did some good character stuff, but nothing that compares to what Universe did.   This is when things get bad. Chloe collapses. It’s about 3 hours since they jumped out of FTL. That’s about the time people started getting sick in the recording. So the team that went to the planet and found the kino have brought whatever it is back to the ship. Back in the recording, Greer is teaching Eli how to shoot a gun. They try to even the odds a little by blowing up one of the stumps where the aliens sleep. They probably took out more than one.   But night time eventually comes and they’re all on guard ready to defend themselves.   Rush decides that somebody should try going through the gate. If he makes it to Destiny, he’ll radio back, and then he jumps in. He quotes a line from the 1969 movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. It turns out to be a favourite of both him and Colonel Young. So, those two actually have something in common.   Eli hears nothing back and the wormhole closes.   Then we get the twist. TJ has found the cause of the sickness. It’s nothing to do with the jungle planet. There’s a microorganism in the water that Young and Scott brought back from the ice planet (glorious continuity). So everyone on Destiny is infected. And that’s bad news.   Next morning, on the recording, and Eli is dead. Scott is the only one left. And he gives this gut-wrenching scream of anguish, which is totally the correct response for a real living person.  Of course, he’s also a professional soldier, so after he’s had his moment, he picks up the kino and records his final thoughts, detailing what has happened. Destiny will be jumping soon, but the stargate is still not working properly.   He plans to send the kino through the wormhole to Destiny in hope that they can at least see the message.   And here’s the moment that explains it all. It goes through the gate and seems to land in the same place. Except it’s daylight. And Rush is lying dead on the ground.   Rush understands immediately. The Kino went back in time. It’s the old wormhole through a solar flair thing. The exact same phenomenon that caused SG-1 to go back to 1969 all those years ago.   That’s why the wormhole was unstable.   So that skull they found was Rush.   Here in reality, the solar flair hasn’t happened yet. So they can still gate to the planet.   TJ has a good theory, based on Scott’s last message. The venom from the aliens could cure the disease.   Now they have to go back to the planet to recover them. It’s night, which means they’ll be active and dangerous.   TJ has run out of antibiotics and the first patient has died. Then another nice character scene. Eli wonders why we always wait until it’s too late to tell people what we really feel. And think. So he opens up to Chloe. Fully. Sadly, she’s unconscious.   But contrary to what you might expect, it’s not a profession of undying love. It’s not really even about him. It’s about her. He talks about how amazing she is. How her presence in his life makes him so much happier.   He talks of never having had a best friend before. Right now it doesn’t matter what kind of love they share. It doesn’t matter that she chose Scott rather than him. What matters is that they do share a form of love. A very special friendship. And he begs her not to die.   But she can’t hear him. And she dies. It’s a moving scene. In fact, it’s TJ’s reaction that is the most moving. This is a great episode because it really lets us live in these gut-wrenching moments without having to lose the characters long term. Not many TV shows can pull that off. Farscape did it in a very unique way. And if you’ve seen that show, you know what I’m talking about. That had even more impact and lasting consequence than this did.   Rush reports the news to the team on the planet. We’ve already lost 4 people. I guess he does it to reinforce the sense of urgency. But now Scott has to hear that the woman he loves is dead. How do you just keep going after hearing something like that? Young just says “Lieutenant, we need you.” And he’s so professional that he’s able to carry on. I guess that’s what it means to be a soldier. You put aside your grief until later. Because right now you’ve got a job to do.   The aliens attack. And within moments, it’s just Scott. Alone. Again.   Greer and Young are dead.   He’s probably not going to make it very long. So he does the one thing he can do. And it’s clever thinking. All hope is lost for this time around, but things could be different next time. He records a message, detailing the disease in the water and the cure that the alien creatures represent. Then he sends the kino through the wormhole, into the distance past. So that it can eventually be found by Destiny.   This is where the episode closes. We don’t see the crew curing the disease in the next timeline. But we don’t have to.   This is a fantastic episode. It mixes three genres. Science fiction, drama, and horror. And it does all three really well. It has some interesting twists and turns, and some really heartfelt moments.   We get to see some hugely emotional tragic moments, and those moments have real weight to them. Yes, we kind of pull a reset button at the end, but not a full hard reset. Those deaths still happened in their respective timelines. And they were treated like they mattered.   This is one of my favourite time-travel episodes, and probably one of my favourite episodes of the entire franchise. I love it.   The interesting thing is that this episode works whether you use the traditional type of time-travel, where there’s just one timeline, but it can be altered and re-written, or the more modern type, where each incursion into the past creates a new separate parallel timeline.   So there you have it. Time.   Next time, we’ll be talking about the episode “Life”. It’ll do some more delving in to character, as well as present yet another potential way home. So our second, “will they get home” episode.   Don’t forget to click like if you’re on youtube, or leave a review. Tell a friend, share on social media. Anything you can do to help spread the word about Nerd Heaven would be greatly appreciated.   Have a great two weeks. Live long and prosper. Make it so.  

In the latest instalment of my Stargate Universe rewatch, we find Colonel Telford (Lou Diamond Phillips) taking over command of Destiny to enact a plan they hope will bring the crew back home. Meanwhile, Eli and Chloe have some character development as they visit family and friends via the communication stones. This is the first "Will they get home" episode that Stargate Universe has attempted. A staple of Star Trek Voyager. But how does SGU handle this trope? This episode also explores the theme of how you treat another person's body when you are just a guest inhabiting it. -- Get my book 1 of my series Jewel of The Stars for just 99 cents at http://books2read.com/jewel Or the free prequel at http://www.adamdavidcollings.com/free ----more---- Transcript Welcome to nerd heaven I’m Adam David Collings, the author of Jewel of The Stars And I am a nerd   This is episode 56 of the podcast Today, we’re talking about the Stargate Universe episode Earth   The description on Gatworld reads Colonel Telford takes over Young's command in order to enact a dangerous plan to try and get the ship's crew home. Back on Earth, Young, Eli, and Chloe visit their families.   The STORY was BY: Brad Wright & Robert C. Cooper and Martin Gero The TELEPLAY was BY: Martin Gero It was directed by Ernest Dickerson And it first aired on the 6th of November 2009 Remember how Young told his wife how much he wanted to get home to be with her, how he still loved her? Well, this episode opens with him in sickbay being tended by TJ, and he tells her she’s beautiful. To which she immediately replies in a stern voice, “Don’t.”   So this is the first we learn that these two have a history together. An illicit history, given that Young is married.Suddenly Young’s words to his wife sound hollow. Not so much because of the mistakes of the past, but because he’s now telling TJ she’s beautiful. You don’t just tell a woman she’s beautiful unless you’re wanting something to happen, not the way he said it.   But just as they kiss we realise this is a fake-out. Young was dreaming. Yes, he’s got TJ on his mind, but he’s not necessarily actively pursuing her.   It is believable that he’s dreaming about her. She’s within reach. His wife isn’t. Given the fact he might be stuck on this ship for the rest of his life, that presents quite a strong temptation. Let’s see if he’s strong enough to resist that temptation.   Clearly, whatever went on between those two caused pain for TJ, because Young apologises in his dream. I think he probably realised he was doing the wrong thing by his wife and called the whole thing off. And that’s what hurt her.   So Young and Camille are using the communication stones to attend a meeting on earth at Homeworld Command in the Pentagon. And for once, Young has not body-swapped with Talford. Talford is here standing next to him.   Telford is the one to give them the news that they may have found a way to get everyone on Destiny home. I love the way Jack says “Suprise.” That’s so Jack. I really enjoy his inclusion in this show as a surprisingly regular guest. In a lot of ways, Richard Dean Anderson IS Stargate, and I always get a thrill when he shows up in Universe.   So, this is what was often referred to on Star Trek Voyager as a “Will they get home?”  episode. Voyager did a heap of those. They seemingly find something that might get them home, and they try to make it happen, only to be foiled at the end of the episode. Afterall, it was the 90s. You didn’t make a status-quo changing shift like getting Voyager home before the series finale.   The inherent problem with these episodes is that you know the crew are not going to get home.    Episodes like this CAN work, if you find drama and stakes in something other than the question of “will they get home.” But Voyager overused the concept.   But this is Stargate Universe. It’s much closer to modern TV in its construction. So status-quo changes CAN take place. But the whole premise of this show is that these people are stuck on a spaceship far far from home. I think it’s pretty safe to say that nobody in the audience is buying that they’ll get home. It’s not gonna happen.   So … does the episode still work? Let’s keep going and find out.   After the title card, we cut to post-briefing discussions. The episode chooses not to reveal to us, yet, what the plan is. All we know is that it’s risky. Talford thinks it’s worth the risk, given how dire the situation is on Destiny. Young’s not so sure. He wants more calculations, but the only way to get more data is to actually try it.   Young wants to get everyone on board a voice. Jack’s not going for that. Young is in command of that ship. He can, and should, make decisions on behalf of those he commands. And JAck is giving him a direct order to do so. Young wants to treat this like a democracy. I can understand why. This is a decision that could cost all of them their lives. This is not a normal command situation. A lot of the people at risk are civilians who aren’t part of the chain of command. Nobody signed up to be on that ship to begin with.   Who do you side with here? I can see both men’s perspectives. Of course, it’s hard to form an opinion without knowing more about what the plan entails, but we probably know as much as we need to.   Anyway, regardless of the risk to his career, Young says he’ll give Jack his decision tomorrow.   I suppose he feels a little bit of freedom, being so far from home, and he probably deserves a little extra latitude, but Jack can have him replaced. All he needs to do is use the stones and order someone else to relieve Young. So he’s taking a big risk by defying a direct order.   In a real-world military situation, he’d probably be relieved on the spot. I dunno. I’ve never been in any military, but I do know they take orders very seriously. We learn a little about Camille through her conversation with the IOA bigwig. He’s her boss. By the way, the IOA is the International Oversight Advisory. Basically a multi-nation civilian organisation that oversees the Stargate program, which is run by the US Airforce.   We learn that Camille was passed up for promotion a number of times. She and her boss don’t seem to have a great deal of regard for each other. He really wants this mission to happen, and he wants Camille to use her influence with the people on Destiny to ensure it does. She may be able to pull that off. We also learn she has a personal stake in getting home, but she’s no more convinced that young that they’ll survive the attempt.   Already, we can see that the episode has replaced the question of “will they get home” with a new question. “What is the plan?” and “Will they attempt it?”   Of course, in the very next scene, we learn the nature of the plan. The crew are discussing it in the mess hall, so clearly Young and Camille have returned. The idea is actually pretty simple, and sounds logical.   The reason they can’t dial home is because they don’t have enough power. The only known power source that could do it was the core of the planet where Icarus Base was constructed.   Destiny recharges its power by flying through the outer edge of a star. At that moment, incredible energy is available to the ship. Enough to power a shield that can protect the ship to begin with.   They believe that if they dial while they’re in the star, the power of the entire star will be available to them. They have to use the ship as a conduit and channel it into the gate.   Sounds feasible. But I can see a potential problem. Last time the ship recharged in a  star, it didn’t get up to full capacity. It basically half-charged the batteries.  Rush and Eli have no idea why. Could whatever caused them to not fully charge also prevent them from getting enough power to the gate? Seems likely.   The ship won’t recharge itself for a few more months, but they could try to drain the power manually.   Rush doesn’t agree with the scientists back home. He thinks it’s too risky. Of course, the people back home suspect Rush doesn’t actually want to go home. And they’re right. Of course he doesn’t. So is he being honest about the risk, or is he sabotaging the idea because he wants to stay on Destiny?   Chloe and Eli are heading to earth. This is Eli’s first time using the stones and he’s pretty nervous. Not so much about the technology, although it’s gotta be weird swapping bodies with someone else, but about what he’s gonna say to his mum.   Okay. So this time Young is back in Telford's body again. Eli remarks “I wonder what they’re doing in our bodies.” And as soon as he says it, Young just gives this look. Like he’s really worried what Talford might do. We’ll come back to that look.   Talford is under orders to execute the rescue plan. He’s brought two scientists with him to make it happen. And they’re going to drain the power to force Destiny to recharge by firing the ship’s weapons.   In this case, this isn’t just Talford throwing his weight around. He’s acting under Jack’s orders. He didn’t wait for Young’s answer, but he didn’t need to. And Young was gonna ask for more time. I’m not saying I agree with Jack. But he’s within his legal rights here.   Of course, Young is right to point out that Jack often followed his conscience against the chain of command, which is exactly what Young is doing. Those renegade heroes, when they get promoted it sometimes comes back and bites them, doesn’t it.   One of Telford's first acts as the new commanding officer of Destiny is to confine Greer to quarters. Greer, to his credit, doesn’t make a fuss.   Eli doesn’t think his mum is going to be able to handle the truth, so he opts to pretend to be somebody who works with Eli, rather than Eli himself. It means that he can see her, and spend time with her, but not fully. They can’t really connect because she doesn’t know who he is. But interestingly, it allows him to say some things to her that he might not usually be able to say. Because he’s hiding behind a mask. Kind of like how ventriloquists often say things through their puppet that they’d never say themselves.   So his mum gives him a coke. Eli tells her that her son quit, and is on a bit of a crash diet. She may not recognise him when she sees him next. This is interesting.   Eli was somewhat overweight. That’s probably one of the many reasons I identify with him so much. I’m a fat nerd.. Actor David Blue looks quite different today. He recently talked about this in an interview with Dial the Gate. He’d actually put on some weight for a previous role just before this show. But he wanted to lose that weight. He actually made sure the producers were okay with that before he took the job. After all, he said, Eli is in a survival situation on a spaceship with limited food. It makes logical sense he’d lose weight. The actor wanted to be healthier himself, plus it made good sense for the character. It would have been cool to see the change take place over the course of the show, had it continued.   Anyway, she talks about how he was always brilliant but never applied himself. So..maybe Eli’s lack of work, lack of finishing university was more about some personal laziness and less about his mother’s health. I dunno. We never really find out what her health problems are, but they don’t seem to interfere with her day to day living.   This is a really good character scene. David Blue does a great job of showing how emotional he gets when his mother asks him to tell ….. Himself … that she’s proud of him. But he can’t let himself tear up too much or she’ll be weirded out. She shows just enough so the audience knows what he’s feeling, without too much.   Rush is wanting the scientists to be much more methodical and careful than they want. They say doing it his way could take months. More stalling? Well, he’s proved right almost immediately when things go badly. Riley is badly injured. TJ says it’ll be touch and go. Not good.   I tend to side mostly with Rush on all of this, but Talford is right about one thing. Rush is worried that with everything that’s happened, he’s worried they’re not going to let him come back. He has a vested interest in this rescue attempt failing.   Chloe told some of her old friends that she’s her own cousin. They’re taking her out of the town and Eli is gonna join them. This whole thing, spending time with your friends and family without them knowing who you are. It’s gotta be awkward.   Eli is loving this, because now that he's in a body that’s slimmer than his, and probably more attractive, he’s catching the attention of the ladies. They’re approaching him, and agreeing to dance with him. This is new territory for him and he’s loving it.    Chloe’s not having as much fun, though. One of her so-called friends moans about how it sucks that her dead father is no longer able to hook him up with some wall-street connections. She does well not to punch him in the face.   Another so-called friend has basically stolen her old boyfriend.   This scene is actually quite a turning point in Chloe’s story. She realises how shallow her friendships have always been.  And then Eli takes care of her while she’s drunk, being a good example of a real friend. This is another good character scene. Chloe tells Eli that he’s a good friend. And she really means it. Eli knows he is too, and he always will be, but he takes it as a bit of a slap in the face. Because that’s all girls ever want him to be. A friend.   Meanwhile, Young pays his wife a visit but she won’t even let him in the door. But says his peace and she comes out to him. And they do more than talk. They have sex together. Now there’s nothing wrong with a married couple making love, but remember, he’s not actually there physically. He’s in Telford's body. So she’s having intercourse with Telford's body. And I have major issues with this. This is a terrible violation of Telford. His body is being used for sexual activity without his knowledge or consent. That’s not okay. You might even say it’s akin to rape. There was actually a bit of controversy surrounding a similar circumstance in the movie Wonder Woman 1984 recently. I get Young’s desire to be close to his wife. I get feeling this need as well. But in my opinion, what they’re doing is wrong.   Stargate Universe will continue to explore the theme of how you treat another person’s body when you’re a guest in it.   To make things even more awkward, Destiny chooses that moment to drop out of FTL and that causes a momentary interruption to the stone connection. So Talford suddenly finds himself in bed with Talford’s wife...and well, I don’t need to describe it in detail. You get the idea.   So he now knows exactly what Young has been doing with his body. Young’s wife explains one of the reasons she’s found it so hard to accept Young back is that he’s trapped on that ship with HER. And that, of course, meaning TJ. So she knows he had an affair with TJ. She also knows that it’s over. And it is. Despite that dream he had at the beginning of the episode, it’s over.   Camille has just as many doubts about this plan as Rush does, but she makes a good point. It would be safer if he was involved. IS she just appealing to his vanity or does she really believe all of this? In the end, it doesn’t matter. She’s right. Rush has found some ways to increase the odds.   So Destiny enters the star and stars charging. They begin dialling the gate. The gate is starting to spark with. There’s too much power going through it. Eventually Talford agrees to try shutting it down, but they can’t. It won’t respond.   Talford and his cronies show their true colours by running for the stones. They don’t want to die on this ship. And they’re the only ones with an escape route.   Turns out a lot of this was staged by Rush. The ship would have exploded if they’d kept trying to dial, but Rush put safeguards in place and arranged for the alarms to go off. It was all to get rid of Talford, which I think everyone agrees needed to be done. But what I really like is that Rush is upfront about it all. He doesn’t try to hide it. And that’s kind of refreshing. Although Young wants Eli to go over the data and make sure Rush isn’t lying about the dangers that plan represented.   The crew are now coming to the realisation that they could be on this ship for a long time. There’s no quick and easy way home.   The final scene of the episode is Talford showing up at Young’s house. The implication here is that he’s going to pretend to be young inhabiting his body. That way, he gets to have sex with Young’s wife.   This, obviously, is no better than what Young did. Young violated Telford's body, and now Talford is sleeping with another man’s wife under false pretenses, essentially violating her. What a mess. Neither of these crimes is justified by the other.   It would be all so much simpler if people would just do the right thing, wouldn’t it?   So that was Stargate Universe’s first “Will they get home?” episode. Let’s evaluate how they did.   The conflict of the episode wasn’t really about will they get home. It was more about trying to stop Talford and his cronies from destroying the ship. In that regard, I think this episode worked much better than the typical Voyager episode.   SGU doesn’t do these types of stories often. And that’s good. While they definitely did it right this time, had they continued to do “will they get home” stories, it would have gotten old, just like it did on Voyager.   But here’s something to think about. The IOA boss told Camille that if this rescue was successful, he wanted to try to duplicate it with a ship in our galaxy. They could get to a point where they could actually travel between Earth and Destiny on a regular basis. They could send a proper team out to explore the ship.Take supplies.   It would have been wrong to bring people home this early. It’s only the third regular episode. But what if they’d done this in a season or two, and it worked. That’s kind of what they did on Atlantis. During the first season, they were completely cut off from the Milky Way. But by the beginning of season 2, they had the ability to travel between the galaxies. IT wasn’t convenient, but it was possible. As the show went on, it got easier and easier until it was like going across the road.   They could have done something similar with SGU. AFter a few seasons those who wanted to go home could leave destiny. They’d be replaced with other characters who were better equipped. The survival aspect would have lessened and it would have focussed more on completing Destiny’s mission (which we’ll learn about in season 2, I believe).   It might have been an interesting way to go. I dunno. It’s just fun to speculate on what they might have done with this show, had it run for more seasons than it did.   So that was Earth. Next time we’ll be talking about the episode “Time.” It’s quite a fun one.   Don’t forget, you can get the first book in my Jewel of The Stars series for just 99 cents wherever ebooks are sold. It’s also available in paperback. Or, you can launch on with my free prequel at AdamDavidCollings.com/free   Have a great two weeks Live long and prosper Make it so

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