Comments on: Sans Sanctuary: Emilie Ullerup Fills Us in on Leaving Sanctuary and Arriving in Smallville

By: Bill

Bill — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:25:25 +0000

Here’s an idea. Let’s let the network genius(es) who decided to “kill off” the character of Ashley find a new intriguing way to bring her back and if they cannot, then let them be “killed off” (i.e., fired) and join the ranks of the unemployed. Everyone should be held responsible for their decisions.

By: Roman Ross

Roman Ross — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:45:15 +0000

Nice interview. Sad to see her kick ass character killed off. By the way, Dr. Janet (Stargate) did come back in some alternate world episodes, so dead isn’t always dead. This is the first I had heard about her illness or her character actually being killed off for good. I hope they do work her back in, I was just getting used to the blonde bombshell with double guns going out in the abnormal world and kicking butt.

By: Raven Kai

Raven Kai — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:29:06 +0000

Thanks for commenting! I understand your dilemma, Danaelle. I am still watching but sometimes get a couple of weeks behind. It’s just not a priority any more because it doesn’t have the same draw. I don’t hate Kate the way some people do, she’s even got an interesting story in last week’s episode, but the show in general doesn’t have the same feel without Ashley in it. I hope they bring her back, too. But in the mean time, make sure you watch out for Emilie on Riese the Series. She shot her scenes for Chapter 2 this past week. They should be premiering in a few months.

By: Danaelle

Danaelle — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:51:13 +0000

thanks for this, and the discussion. I have tried to watch a few more shows of sanctuary on hulu…I lost interest a bit and they kept piling up on my queue… I just cant do it. Ashley was an integral part of that show and enough of the dynamics has been lost that I just cant get my head around it. Its more than Ashley being hot or “kick ass”…the people who talk about the mother/ daughter have the right of it, plus, you keep looking for Ashley and Will to get something going, I dunno, she just IS a lot of the show…for me anyways…I may try to watch out the rest of the season but will prolly just wait to see if they make this right in season 3.

As for Emilie’s question:

I dont care HOW they bring you back, I am sure that if they decide to do so it will be awesome…I just want you back on the show and at full capacity, not just someone who shows up now and then, I want to hear one of your smartass comments on every episode! Thanks!

By: MDobbs

MDobbs — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:02:38 +0000

Count me as one more person no longer watching Sanctuary until Ashley returns as a full time character. The Kate character is obnoxious, offensive, and doesn’t fit in with the rest of the cast. A very bad cast change, SyFy.

By: Raven Kai

Raven Kai — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:58:15 +0000

This keeps getting mentioned so I figured I’d post it here, the Ratings for the first 5 episodes.

10/9 –1.85 million viewers
10/16– 1.766 <= Ashley suspected death
10/23 –1.694 <= Ashley confirmed death
10/30 –1.606
11/6 — 1.420

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By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:28:01 +0000

This is so disapointing, I have just caught back up on hulu, and could not believe they killed off Ashley. WTF. What is wrong with people now, killing off main characters, especially main characters that are interesting – for “dramatic effect” come ON. I have ZERO interest in this new girl they brought in, rather the character. I’d rather see the other girl they killed off. I liked the dynamic of the mother, father and daughter scenario. why RUIN a good thing?Glad to see she is doing well, and will check her out on Smallville for sure.

By: lediane

lediane — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:27:08 +0000

parabens loved the interview, Emilie and a love that I see it will soon be in Sanctuary or elsewhere.
in response to a question she did Ashley might have been if Teletrasporto in a distant place without memory and put an injured and one of the trips DR magnus she would find her daughter

By: Raven Kai

Raven Kai — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:56:36 +0000

Great suggestion, Aislinn! Thanks for posting this info!!!

By: Aislinn

Aislinn — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:39:07 +0000

If I may make a suggestion – consider sending snail mail. Email is often discounted, or even ignored, because it’s believed to be ridiculously easy for a small number of people to send a vast number of emails. Snail mail takes more effort and is therefore thought to be ‘more important’ and makes a bigger impact.

SyFy’s parent company is NBC Universal:

NBC UNIVERSAL
30 ROCKEFELLER PLZ
NEW YORK, NY 10112-0015
(212) 664-4444

(Advertising / Media Sales appears to be on the 11th Floor West (that would fit into the address between the second and third lines) if anyone wants to so direct the mail. The president of SyFy is one David Howe if anyone wants to so direct the mail.)

There’s also this:

NBC Universal Inc
437 Madison Ave Fl 14
New York, NY 10022
(212) 887-5960

One of Sanctuary’s primary financial backers is the Beedie Group:

3030 Gilmore Diversion
Burnaby, British Columbia
V5G 3B4
Phone: 604-435-3321
Fax: 604-432-7349

E-mail Contacts:
General E-Mail and Keith & Betty Beedie Foundation
beedie@beediegroup.ca

(Ryan Beedie appears to be the current head of the Beedie Group, if anyone wants to so direct the mail.)

By: Raven Kai

Raven Kai — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:07:41 +0000

Email: feedback@syfy.com
Call SyFy Viewer Comments line: 212-664-3571

Various campaigns:
http://www.gopetition.com/online/31740.html
http://forums.syfy.com/index.php?showtopic=2339418
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=160317509623&ref=ts
http://twitter.com/SaveAshley
http://groups.myspace.com/saveashleymagnus
http://www.emilieullerupforum.com/bringbackashley/

By: holly

holly — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:17:16 +0000

Who can we write to make sure Emilie is returned to Sanctuary??

By: Anon

Anon — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:52:48 +0000

In answer to Emilie’s final question: The Ashley that “died” was actually a clone of the real Ashley who is being held captive in a stasis chamber at some secret Cabal base… lets hope the Network comes to their senses soon and brings Emilie/Ashley back to the Sanctuary.

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By: Raven Kai

Raven Kai — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:20:29 +0000

Lots of great discussion! Thanks for the responses. Keep ‘em coming!

By: Tri

Tri — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:25:24 +0000

Love Emilie. Not so much Ashley, though she’s not my least favourite character. I am happy with that development in the Sanctuary story, because it’s great to have a show that does not double back on its death scenes like Stargate (and in several cases, Battlestar Galactica) did. There’s real character development involved for both Helen and John, as well as several of the other characters.

So: not everybody hates this, and I know as a fact that I am not alone in the way I feel about it. (I was quite pleasantly surprised by that last part.) But I hope to see Emilie in other projects she enjoys soon…

By: Rahchell

Rahchell — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:26:54 +0000

In response to Emilie’s question for the fans, there is a pretty good forum (The fate of Ashley Magnus *SPOILERS*) on the Sanctuary website at the moment with detailed posts regarding Ashley Magnus and the possibility of her return to the series.

On the first of two pages, Trindajae does a fanastic job exploring the complications that could and perhaps should arise, if and when Ashley returns. To quote Trindajae (as this completely backs my point of view):

“One of my worries with negating a death, any death, in sci-fi is that the pain of being reunited is often ignored…”

“Done right, I think it could be fantastic. But getting Ashley back will need to hurt (for her and the characters) as much as losing her, even if in a different way.”

(Sourced from: http://www.sanctuaryforall.com/f/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2435&sid=4477b807f3cdff6fcfcf29d4826f32fc)

Regardless as to how she comes back, I think this will be the key, so as to ensure that it doesn’t come across “cheap”, but instead realistic. It can’t just be a smooth transition back to the way things were. Hopefully that makes sense.
Futhermore, I think if Ashley is to return it should be similar (in capacity) to the first season. I would love to have the character back in any respect, but I think there may be dangers (at least in terms of the fan community and their response) in only bringing her back for certain episodes (in an on/off sort of nature).

Best of luck with your future ambitions Emilie, and thank you for all you’ve given us in the character of Ashely (thus far). I personally look forward to seeing you in future projects!! Also, many thanks to you Manuel for a great interview.

By: Raven Kai

Raven Kai — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:35:53 +0000

Thank you Manuel and WR_Systems! I’m glad you loved the interview. It’s easy to do a great interview when she’s such a joy to speak to.

By: WormholeRiders (WR_Systems)

WormholeRiders (WR_Systems) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:56:24 +0000

Hi RK!,

Superb interview with Ms. Ulerup. Very nice job with your blog too!

Thank you for including fan input in the interview.

Best Regards,

WR_Systems
WormholeRiders

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By: Manuel

Manuel — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:34:24 +0000

@Raven Kai: Yes she is

Great interview!

By: Raven Kai

Raven Kai — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:24:06 +0000

She is like a ray of sunshine, isn’t she? I am really looking forward to her future projects.