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corilannamPretty good weekend, all told. All nice and Stargatey, which is all it takes to make me happy these days.
Saturday,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
chelseafrew and I went up to Shore Leave for the day. I'd never been to this con before, despite its illustrious history and popularity in the area, and its reputation for coolness is definitely justified. I haven't been to con like that in a while, and I haven't been to the Hunt Valley Inn since my very first con, which was Syndicon '97. I kept having major Highlander flashbacks just walking through the hotel ("Look! There's where we had the MFWC waterpolo game. And there's the table I was sitting at when I had my very first bout of post-con depression. Oh, and there's the spot where I forgot my own name when Peter Wingfield looked at me!")
The dealer room proved dangerous - nabbed a "Many Faces of Teal'c" shirt, a plushie Cthulu for the roomie, and some zines. Two were gen Stargate zines, and looked good, at least until I got them home and noticed two typos on the first page of one. I expected better, considering the editor. And I also nabbed used copies ofsquashed's 1999 Snapshots and splix's Convergence/Provocateur, which I've been wanting for a while but couldn't afford new when I had the opportunity to get it.
I went to a Stargate panel which was supposedly to discuss Daniel's return, but ended up mostly being the members of a local ST club showing off how much they can read on the internet. It's a really good thing I'm already spoiled for a certain really, really major spoiler for later this season, or I'd have left the room screaming and foaming at the mouth, since none of the panel members seemed at all concerned with spoiling people who might not wish to be spoiled. I went to drown my annoyance in overpriced pizza, and got to hang out a bit withnatlyn, taffimai, and slashmommy, which I don't get to do often enough.
Then we finally went to the events we actually paid for, namely:
Marina Syrtis, while little more than a speck at the front of the ballroom, since we were a little late getting seats, was marvelously funny and bitchy. I just love her. She told some hilarious stories about the history of Troi's costumes, why Michael Dorn is essentially a woman with eternal PMS, and why the last two Trek movies sucked.
Then we managed to move up a few rows so that
I had suspected, after seeing the pre-season 7 Lowdown special, that Christopher Judge is essentially a very big little boy. This is no longer merely a suspicion. He's a very big, very adorable little boy, with the biggest, sweetest smile you'll ever see. He made everyone who asked him a question introduce themselves first, and then everyone in the audience had to say, "Hi, So-And-So!" before they could go on. And if he wasn't happy with the volume, this repeated until he was satisfied. It was like being at an AA meeting with a sadistic cruise director.
He's also extremely naughty, which I suppose is no surprise. I'll spare you the tales of onset flatulence competitions (resulting in a memo from MGM telling them to cut it out), but the dirty Jaffa joke deserves to be retold in its entirety (paraphrased by me, obviously).
So little Johnny Jaffa goes to Jaffa elementary school, and one day his teacher is giving a lesson. "Let's all name something that we have two of."
"I have two ears!" says one little Jaffa.
"Yes, very good," says the teacher, "you do have two ears. Who else can name something you have two of?"
"I have two eyes!" says another little Jaffa.
"Very good!" says the teacher, then points to little Johnny Jaffa in the back of the classroom. "Johnny, what about you? Can you think of something you have two of?"
"Well," says little Johnny Jaffa. "My Daddy has two symbiotes!"
"No, that's impossible," the teacher tells him. "No one can have more than one symbiote, dear."
"My Daddy does!" little Johnny insists. "He has the one in his pouch, and he has the one he brushes Mommy's teeth with."
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Christopher Judge.
He did try to make very sure that there were no children in the room before he would tell it. When later he spotted a kid in the back, he was very indignant. "You told me there were no kids here!"
Other highlights (CJ quotes paraphrased):
Fan: "Are you planning to introduce any new characters who would bring some of the same abilities and qualities to the show as Daniel?"
CJ: "You mean besides Daniel?"
(at this point, someone in the front row hurriedly explains to CJ that different people get the episodes at different times, and that the fan asking the question was watching on syndication, which means she had only seen as far as season 5)
CJ:"Ah, okay. So from now on I'll have to give two answers to every question, based on where you're watching the series. So, yes, we're about to get a new member of SG-1 named Jonas Quinn, who will be played by Corin Niemec. But don't get too attached to him." (pauses) "Oh, that's going to come out sounding really bad somewhere."
Fan: (asks about the chocolate preferences of the female cast members, because he lives near a chocolate factory and wants to get candy for them)
CJ: "I'd like to think it would be dark chocolate!"
Fan: "How big are you?"
CJ: (pause) "If your next line is 'Because I'm stopping at the chocolate factory on my way home' then I'm leaving!"
(turns out, he's 6'2")
When asked what it was like to work with RDA, he stole Amanda Tapping's line that RDA is a smart, charming, talented jackass.
He and Michael Shanks had such a good time filming their recent Andromeda episode that he doesn't think they're ever going to be asked back! Apparently, the Andromeda cast and crew are used to banging out their takes very quickly and seriously, whereas the Stargate people are used to having to delay takes to wait for everyone to stop laughing. They had fun filming their big fight scene, except for the part where they were gripping each other face to face. They had been out drinking the night before, so their breath stank, and neither of them would bend and take a breath mint, because they wanted to make each other suffer.
Continuing on the subject of the Shanks, CJ wanted to play a joke on him on his first day back on the set. He went for ye olde Saran wrap on the toilet ploy, but someone ratted him out, and the Saran wrap got removed before MS got there. CJ is still bitter about this.
He talked quite a bit about the rest of this season, but since I haven't put spoiler warnings here, I'll just say that it's nothing you can't read about in the spoiler section of gateworld.net
I'm sure I've forgotten stuff that he said, but that's what sticks out in my mind.
After that, we came back and watched the end of 4th/beginning of 5th season, now that we finally have the whole arc. Pretty soon there will be no more episodes that I haven't seen. *sniffle*
Then Sunday I saw Pirates again withchelseafrew, meeby, and ndannais, and it was just as much fun as before. And I still think that Will/Jack/Elizabeth is just an inevitability.
Saturday,
chelseafrew and I went up to Shore Leave for the day. I'd never been to this con before, despite its illustrious history and popularity in the area, and its reputation for coolness is definitely justified. I haven't been to con like that in a while, and I haven't been to the Hunt Valley Inn since my very first con, which was Syndicon '97. I kept having major Highlander flashbacks just walking through the hotel ("Look! There's where we had the MFWC waterpolo game. And there's the table I was sitting at when I had my very first bout of post-con depression. Oh, and there's the spot where I forgot my own name when Peter Wingfield looked at me!")The dealer room proved dangerous - nabbed a "Many Faces of Teal'c" shirt, a plushie Cthulu for the roomie, and some zines. Two were gen Stargate zines, and looked good, at least until I got them home and noticed two typos on the first page of one. I expected better, considering the editor. And I also nabbed used copies of
squashed's 1999 Snapshots and splix's Convergence/Provocateur, which I've been wanting for a while but couldn't afford new when I had the opportunity to get it.I went to a Stargate panel which was supposedly to discuss Daniel's return, but ended up mostly being the members of a local ST club showing off how much they can read on the internet. It's a really good thing I'm already spoiled for a certain really, really major spoiler for later this season, or I'd have left the room screaming and foaming at the mouth, since none of the panel members seemed at all concerned with spoiling people who might not wish to be spoiled. I went to drown my annoyance in overpriced pizza, and got to hang out a bit with
natlyn, taffimai, and slashmommy, which I don't get to do often enough. Then we finally went to the events we actually paid for, namely:
Marina Syrtis, while little more than a speck at the front of the ballroom, since we were a little late getting seats, was marvelously funny and bitchy. I just love her. She told some hilarious stories about the history of Troi's costumes, why Michael Dorn is essentially a woman with eternal PMS, and why the last two Trek movies sucked.
Then we managed to move up a few rows so that
I had suspected, after seeing the pre-season 7 Lowdown special, that Christopher Judge is essentially a very big little boy. This is no longer merely a suspicion. He's a very big, very adorable little boy, with the biggest, sweetest smile you'll ever see. He made everyone who asked him a question introduce themselves first, and then everyone in the audience had to say, "Hi, So-And-So!" before they could go on. And if he wasn't happy with the volume, this repeated until he was satisfied. It was like being at an AA meeting with a sadistic cruise director.
He's also extremely naughty, which I suppose is no surprise. I'll spare you the tales of onset flatulence competitions (resulting in a memo from MGM telling them to cut it out), but the dirty Jaffa joke deserves to be retold in its entirety (paraphrased by me, obviously).
So little Johnny Jaffa goes to Jaffa elementary school, and one day his teacher is giving a lesson. "Let's all name something that we have two of."
"I have two ears!" says one little Jaffa.
"Yes, very good," says the teacher, "you do have two ears. Who else can name something you have two of?"
"I have two eyes!" says another little Jaffa.
"Very good!" says the teacher, then points to little Johnny Jaffa in the back of the classroom. "Johnny, what about you? Can you think of something you have two of?"
"Well," says little Johnny Jaffa. "My Daddy has two symbiotes!"
"No, that's impossible," the teacher tells him. "No one can have more than one symbiote, dear."
"My Daddy does!" little Johnny insists. "He has the one in his pouch, and he has the one he brushes Mommy's teeth with."
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Christopher Judge.
He did try to make very sure that there were no children in the room before he would tell it. When later he spotted a kid in the back, he was very indignant. "You told me there were no kids here!"
Other highlights (CJ quotes paraphrased):
Fan: "Are you planning to introduce any new characters who would bring some of the same abilities and qualities to the show as Daniel?"
CJ: "You mean besides Daniel?"
(at this point, someone in the front row hurriedly explains to CJ that different people get the episodes at different times, and that the fan asking the question was watching on syndication, which means she had only seen as far as season 5)
CJ:"Ah, okay. So from now on I'll have to give two answers to every question, based on where you're watching the series. So, yes, we're about to get a new member of SG-1 named Jonas Quinn, who will be played by Corin Niemec. But don't get too attached to him." (pauses) "Oh, that's going to come out sounding really bad somewhere."
Fan: (asks about the chocolate preferences of the female cast members, because he lives near a chocolate factory and wants to get candy for them)
CJ: "I'd like to think it would be dark chocolate!"
Fan: "How big are you?"
CJ: (pause) "If your next line is 'Because I'm stopping at the chocolate factory on my way home' then I'm leaving!"
(turns out, he's 6'2")
When asked what it was like to work with RDA, he stole Amanda Tapping's line that RDA is a smart, charming, talented jackass.
He and Michael Shanks had such a good time filming their recent Andromeda episode that he doesn't think they're ever going to be asked back! Apparently, the Andromeda cast and crew are used to banging out their takes very quickly and seriously, whereas the Stargate people are used to having to delay takes to wait for everyone to stop laughing. They had fun filming their big fight scene, except for the part where they were gripping each other face to face. They had been out drinking the night before, so their breath stank, and neither of them would bend and take a breath mint, because they wanted to make each other suffer.
Continuing on the subject of the Shanks, CJ wanted to play a joke on him on his first day back on the set. He went for ye olde Saran wrap on the toilet ploy, but someone ratted him out, and the Saran wrap got removed before MS got there. CJ is still bitter about this.
He talked quite a bit about the rest of this season, but since I haven't put spoiler warnings here, I'll just say that it's nothing you can't read about in the spoiler section of gateworld.net
I'm sure I've forgotten stuff that he said, but that's what sticks out in my mind.
After that, we came back and watched the end of 4th/beginning of 5th season, now that we finally have the whole arc. Pretty soon there will be no more episodes that I haven't seen. *sniffle*
Then Sunday I saw Pirates again with
chelseafrew, meeby, and ndannais, and it was just as much fun as before. And I still think that Will/Jack/Elizabeth is just an inevitability.
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Date: 2003-07-14 05:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-07-14 05:29 pm (UTC)Pretty soon there will be no more episodes that I haven't seen. *sniffle*
So sorry grasshopper. Remember there's about half of season six that we don't have on tape because we weren't going to get into this show. *g* Anyway, you'll catch those in syndication in the fall.
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Date: 2003-07-20 11:19 pm (UTC)