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lorr54 s LJRules of the game: grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence AND post these instructions in a comment.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST book.
The result:
"If possible,at different times of year take as many walks as you can though natural woodland areas in your region."
From Lowes's Complete Landscaping in a chapter on Shade Gardens. Sunset Publishing. 2002
So, guess the jokes on me, but here is more irritating/depressing stuff about the cancellation of Stargate Atlantis and the creation of Stargate Universe by one of TPTB, Rob Cooper.
http://www.denofgeek.com/television/3345
"Yeah. Neither one of us really wanted to do the same thing again. We had felt like we had done Stargate, as it was, almost to death. And that 15 seasons of that type of television, we were running out of ways to be fresh and interesting in the writers’ room."
"We’re trying to make a show that we think is good and that we would watch. And I think Stargate Universe is much closer than either of the other two shows to a show that I would want to watch. As a viewer, when I sit down to watch TV, this is much closer to the type of show I really enjoy."
"Well, the first thing you have to do is write a script that will attract an actor of that calibre[referring to Robert Carlyle]. They won’t just agree to do anything. And I know that’s sort of patting ourselves on the back, but that was the… the attitude going in was we wanted to write a better quality piece, and so we could attract a higher prestige level of actor. Then it follows from there. Because once we had him, we found we had a better quality of actors coming in for the other roles."
He was evidently quite burned out. And he was one of my favorite PTB. Darn it, it just makes me sad.
We seem to be barraged with ads and interviews stating how cool, original and deep the newest incarnation of Stargate will be.
So, just for balance, here is link to Maureen Ryan's review of the show after having watched 5 episodes. She brings up quite a few things that reinforce my intent not to watch, most particularly the characterization of women.
From the Chicago Tribune (and she is a sci fi fan):
http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/e
- Mood:
nostalgic
I thought I'd be over caring much about what the Stargate PTB say/do/spit out, but saw the following interview with Brad Wright in a couple of places today and couldn't help myself.
http://communities.canada.com/theprovinc
Excerpts:
"SG-1 was a family show that was kind of bubble-gummy, we had big rubber-faced, English speaking bad guys, you know,” Wright says. “I’m not second-guessing 300-plus hours of Stargate, those two shows were what they were, they certainly fit the way Richard Dean Anderson likes to do things, which is quippy and funny and not taking things too seriously. But we wanted to do some real drama, and I didn’t want to run around in trees anymore too.”
"All of these things that we asked for required a lot more money than we started either of these (previous) shows with. We are starting Universe much more well-financed. The other two were good shows and I’m proud of most of them, but they kind of looked occasionally cheaper than a network show. And this one looks expensive.”
“We launched Atlantis really without a major name, because of the funding level,” says Wright, adding the same backstage crew — from writers to construction — put out Atlantis and SG-1 simultaneously for three seasons.
Disgusted, I am.
This is from the comments I made at Wraithfodders Lair
Here is why I think Joe and some of the others may not have thought they, as actors, were valued by TBTB. These are exerpts from someone who attended the Comic Con SGU party in San Diego:
http://www.pajiba.com/trade_news/stargat
"I approached a trio of middle aged men heatedly discussing the role of CGI and actors in the future. I thought that they might be writers since they clearly weren’t pretty people but weren’t carrying bags and tape recorders like the journalists. Two of the men insisted that while actors were important, perfect CGI meant that their appearance could be effectively “skinned” on. The third man, who looked a bit like Jeffrey Katzenberg, argued that while he might sound like an analog dinosaur, he felt that actors brought something indefinable that layered CGI always ruined...."
Then:
"The presentation started then as two of the three guys who had been talking about CGI so animatedly (faux Jeffrey Katzenberg included), mounted a little platform, took the microphones, and introduced themselves as Brad and Rob."
From today's Twitter by Craig Engler http://twitter.com/SyFy :
The 8/4 ep of Warehouse 13 added 985K viewers via DVR, becoming the most watched original series telecast in Syfy’s 17-year history!The ep set a series high in Adults 18-49 (1.8 million!) and posted a 3.0 Household rating.The five episodes of Warehouse 13 with full Live + 7 DVR data are all ranked in the top seven most-watched series telecasts ever on SyfyAnd finally, the fifth episode of Warehouse 13, Elements with Joe Flanigan, had a series high 4.3 million total viewers.36 minutes ago from web
awww shucks!
Rodney and John are back up on the Tubey Awards as Best HoYay! Couple
if you want to vote:
(it's under tab 9-10)
http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com...s/n
http://www.fanhistory.com/wiki/HoYay:
| HoYay or HoYay! is short for "Homoeroticism yay!" is a term used for accidental or intended homoerotic, or slash, subtext between two media characters who are otherwise perceived as heterosexual |
- Mood:
sleepy
What can I say? It's Joe - I'll be there!
For some bizarre reason I keep picturing what this would be like if the Atlantis folk were to dance at John and Rodney's wedding:
Pauley Perette's text for the vid:
http://www.sfuniverse.com/2009/07/13/com
Shep's hair made it into the Tubey Awards finals for
Best Performance by an Inanimate Object 
Vote here (under Tab 5-8)
http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/tub
And if so inclined, McKeller is a finalist for Worst Romantic Relationship
Stargate Atlantis is up for most painful cancellation
He sure is a cutie!
So thanks to elvineweng at JoeFlaniganOnline (yahoo group) for these:
http://tinyurl. com/nnnzsb
http://tinyurl. com/mkybua
http://tinyurl. com/mk5x96
- Mood:
content
One of the questions was as follows:
And keep in mind she works for him.
"Craig MD writes: “Question for Ashleigh: Don’t you get annoyed at Mallozzi for taking all those pictures of you? Wouldn’t you like a better job where your not always getting “caught on film”?”
Ashleigh: I am a shy person, so getting my pic taken was a little off putting at first…but you soon learn that he is going to take a pic of you whether you are just sitting there doing nothing or not…so you better just smile."
Guess JF just wasn't the type to "grin and bear it," huh?
*lufs Joe more every day*
http://www.gateworld.net/interviews/soli
(spoilers for Vegas warning)
(picture not from the interview :) )
JaceHallThat @nicaragon posted this - http://twitpic.com/3mxzd with Joe Flanigan, but didnt post mine :( http://twitpic.com/4nbx4
