I’m guessing you’re a fan of the film Stargate.
Yeah.
Did you also watch the show?
Yes, I did. The most interesting thing about this whole thing is that these stargates actually exist, and in ancient ruins, they’re still actually there. We haven’t figured out how to really use them, and we have to assume that there were many more that were built, thousands of years ago.
Is it your dream to figure out how to use a stargate?
I think the subject is not as farfetched and fictional as we know it. I think we’re closer to having such things than we are far away from it, and I think that considering other ways of traveling is the only way that we’re going to be able to go to distant places that are light years away. With technology, we may be able to alter our physical state in order to be able to realize things in this type of capacity.
Where are you sourcing your research about stargates from?
It’s a combination of a few things. Mainly closely watching space science and their discoveries, and subjects in biology as well. Human psychology is very important, to see how people react to certain pieces of information. Like I thought, for instance, the revelation of undiscovered aliens [Ed. note: Again, extraterrestrial life has not yet been confirmed] and the reaction of the public was very interesting.
Collectively, we probably need to think more about things like how people spend their time. People are watching TV less and looking at other ways of finding information and finding news. Our attention span is much shorter. We don’t like to read anymore, so we like to watch and see things. This whole era of American politics—where you have people who are divided, and they believe certain things based on what they sense is reality, and what they sense is the truth—is something new.
A lot of ideas can be translated, and to an audience like this, because they’re already sensitive. That’s why they’re there, right? So knowing that, and knowing that their ears are going to be a bit more open and their eyes are going to be a bit more open, all that goes into the production and the structure of this presentation of this concept or any concept that I’m producing.
Is there a book you’ve read that illuminates some of the concepts framing Stargate? Something that maybe a fan could read before viewing the show.
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke would be a good read. I would say any science-fiction TV show where every episode is about something completely different. So Lost in Space, Star Trek, and the endurance that the characters have to live the next day to experience something new the next episode, that’s really what the Stargate is. That’s the most I can tell you about the show for now.
What was the most difficult aspect of putting together this show?
Nothing’s difficult. It’s just easy. Don’t curse me!
I mean, like, in the process.
The process is not over, it’s not over until it’s over. It’s been cool. I don’t have any problems or issues. Maybe answering this question is the most difficult part.
That’s a good place to end on. Everything’s easy, and it’s going to be great.
Yes, it’s a matter of perspective, I think, right?
