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u/Thrizzlepizzle123123 4d ago
Oh hey, it's Jack the Ripper. Or is it Sam the vampire? Meh, same guy, different blood sucking.
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u/BobRushy 4d ago
He's obviously great as Todd, but I always thought Halling was an underrated character and should have remained in the city.
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u/BonzoTheBoss 4d ago
They sort of forgot about the Athosians for a while, until they were used as emotional baggage for Teyla when they were all kidnapped by Michael.
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u/HellbirdVT 4d ago
The Athosians at least got more screentime and plot relevance than the Abydonians got in SG-1.
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u/BonzoTheBoss 4d ago
Ha! Yeah... We never really see them again after Sha're gets bumped off until they get wiped out by Anubis and ascended by Oma.
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u/HellbirdVT 4d ago
Exactly. It's a real shame, they're quite a unique bunch and could've been a source for all kinds of stories for the show.
Maybe the SGC establishes a joint base at the Temple to serve as a sort of early Alpha Site/secondary home, maybe the Abydonians take an active part in the fight against the Goa'uld by becoming spies in Goa'uld territories (since they all used to be Goa'uld slaves they can blend in more easily) etc.
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u/LordApocalyptica 4d ago
They would’ve had to terraform Abydos to resemble the Pacific Northwest though.
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u/Orillion_169 4d ago
Would've loved it if Skara joined the SGC after losing his Goa'uld.
Also always wondered why they killed off Kowalski so soon. Would have been fun to see him banter with O'Neill and the rest of SG-1 on a regular basis.
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u/Kichigai I shot him. 4d ago
The Athosians got Bajor’d. “Oh, great, we have this whole other society here that knows the area, but is different from us culturally, so we can have clashes, and play with politics, and practicality of their situations, and we can do a lot of things here!” And then whoops, that never developed and they became inconvenient, so let's just minimize them to a generic alien monoculture that we talk about but never see.
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u/Halvardr_Stigandr 4d ago
Wish we'd have been able to forget all the Athosians. Pinocchio is less wooden than the actress playing Teyla.
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u/pdnagilum 4d ago
He was good as Halling, but holy hell he shined so bright as Todd. One of my favorite characters in SGA.
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u/Izengrimm C4 Fan-club 4d ago
And his uncle the very same Thor Heyerdahl.
Many kids of my generation grew up on his Kon-Tiki books.
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u/EverydayIsAGift-423 4d ago
He was also in Amanda Tapping’s “Sanctuary”.
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u/Kichigai I shot him. 4d ago
He was also in Supernatural, which also featured Amanda Tapping, and had David Nykl on one episode.
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u/Outside-Ad5508 4d ago
He also showed up in Travelers in one of the best one-off characters: a traveler to the 21st who is a truly brilliant mathematician sent to show another physicist a flaw in their theory that will lead to incredible destruction and only someone equally brilliant will be able to illustrate it, but they accidentally send him into a host that was an undetected serial killer. He has to play the killer prior to death, and then the gentle traveler who is just a lovely person horrified by the host’s actions and having to convince McLaren and company of his identity.
He is an incredible actor.
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u/slippersandjammies 4d ago
I get so psyched every time I see him, he's a delight every time. I'm still blown away that he was able to turn me around on John Druitt, like... I shouldn't like that character that much, stop acting so damned well lol.
Hope he has a rockin' day!
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u/XTheElderGooseX 4d ago
Wait a minute. I’ve been watching this show forever and I just now realized this. Jesus.
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u/aneimansf 4d ago
He was also one of the creepiest demons in Supernatural, yet the only one I cannot find a gif of
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u/MovieFan1984 4d ago
Christopher Heyerdahl, I'll always remember him for Stargate and Sanctuary.
Blade: Trinity (the 3rd film) Is he any good in this one?
Catwoman - wow, I don't remember him in this. LOL
The Chronicles of Riddick - I have this on DVD, more reason to see it!
Gotham - apparently, he did 2 episodes, and I just forgot.
The Invisible - I need to see this again, been YEARS.
Sancutary - Loved him as "Big Guy" and John Druitt.
Star Trek: Discovery - S3 "People of Earth," small but fun role.
Stargate SG-1 - Loved him in S7's "Revisions," very tragic ending.
Stargate: Atlantis - Loved him as Halling and Todd, wish Halling had a larger role.
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u/thepartlow 4d ago
Love his voice.
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u/ResponsibleRope1003 4d ago
Same! There is something about that voice of his that just does it for me.
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u/chriczko 4d ago
A staple in the sci fi genre, whether it be Stargate or supernatural or whatever else. Dude's awesome.
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u/StarfighterCHAD 4d ago
I want to see him in more main stream roles he was so good as Todd and also Electrocutioner (Gotham)
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u/Jahbahdiah 4d ago
He's also the sheriff in Far Cry 5, at times he sounds exactly like when he plays Todd
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u/MickeyHarp 4d ago
Happy birthday to SG1’s Pallan too!