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Stargate: Atlantis (All the best details draft and research)

  Today we are talking about the television series Stargate: Atlantis Teyla played by Rachel Lattrel. She is actually a classically trained singer and highly skilled dancer which allowed her to far more theatrical stunts in her fight scenes. Rodney McKay is occasionally making cracks about people compared to Star Trek characters like Dr. McCoy. In my research, I found it said that each episode has a reference to pop culture, like Star Trek, or similar sci-fi shows, to give the appearance that the show is based in the real universe. Of the characters, you can’t miss the Scottish accent during the performances by Paul McGillion.  He is actually Canadian. He was born in Scotland and lived there at various times  during his childhood. But his accent on the show was affected just part of his performance.  Most of the primary cast are actually Canadians who are portraying Americans. From the original cast, it was only Joe Flanigan who was American and acted as suc...

The Fantastic Four from Origin to Film (Podcast Episode Research)

  The concept of the Fantastic Four characters was introduced to the world in August of 1961 by collaborators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in the comic entitled simply, “The Fantastic Four #1” and cover dated for November 1961.  The prompt for the creation of the Fantastic Four team was in an effort to find a superhero group to offer some competition for attention from the DC comic’s popular team Justice League of America.  They were the first superheroes that didn’t have secret identities to protect and were openly in the public eye.   (Interestingly, the comic released just 3 months after Alan Shepherd became famous for being the first American to go into space.) The heroic team transitioned from comic books to a Hanna-Barbera animated cartoon series for the first time in 1967. Between the years of 1967 and 2006 there were five animated series dedicated to the Fantastic Four team, and of course they have appeared at times in other Marvel character storyline...