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Sorry the report is late. I didn't get home until after midnight and my brain was fried. David Hewlett's autograph session lasted over 4 hours because he insisted on talking to everyone and personalizing every autograph even though Creation told him not to. I was #502 in line.
I had a convention first this weekend, which is saying something because I've been going to cons for 26 years. The button on my jeans separated into its 2 component parts during the first panel and fell off. Since I wasn't staying at the hotel (I only live about 25 minutes away) and had nothing else to change into, I had to hunt up a hotel maintenance man and borrow his pliers to put my pants back together. I'm sure that's a story that will be retold in the maintenance department for some time to come.
But on to the part you actually care about: the panels.
Joe Flanigan & David Hewlett
Whoever decided to put these 2 on stage together is a genius. They're both hilarious and they just pick on each other all the time. I laughed so much my face hurt afterward. They cracked each other up quite a bit too.
The quips came fast and furious, so it was impossible to keep up with the note-taking. They were also on for an hour and a half, so my hand got tired. All I can say is that if you have the chance to see them together, trade in your least favorite child for a ticket. Meanwhile, I'll try to hit the highlights.
They started the second they came on stage. David came out first to a round of applause. Joe came out next and threw his arms out in a welcoming gesture deliberately in front of David's face. They opened the floor for questions:
Joe: "I really hope people have good questions for us."
David: "Because we have terrible answers for you."
They tag-team answered a lot of questions during the session.
The first person in the question line presented Joe with a Twitter Actor of the Month trophy (David got a runner-up trophy). David immediately launched into one of his Joe impressions: "David, what's this Twitter thing?" He complained (mock-)bitterly that he'd been on Twitter for years, but Joe was on for 5 minutes and gets Twitter Actor of the Month, and who was the one who explained it all to him and got him started? "Once again I'm his helpful sidekick." Joe said he hadn't won anything since his school days, and David reminded him of the People's Choice Award Stargate Atlantis had won. Then they joked about having to share the one trophy and whose turn it was to have custody that month.
Someone asked David how he managed to memorize his long pages of technobabble and if he had a photographic memory. Joe said, "He was saddled with the most difficult part of the show," to which David responded, "Joe." The real answer is that he had a horrible time memorizing all that dialogue but because he could do it, the writers thought it was easy for him and kept giving him more. David said he had to run the lines over and over again at home. Jane, now his wife, eventually learned to tune it out as background noise, but the reason his dog, Mars, always has such a glazed expression is because David ran lines with him.
Since David always does his Joe impression at least once per con, someone asked him about doing impressions of other cast members. Joe did his Jason Momoa voice, and David did Rachel Luttrell's.
Another question was about tattoos. Neither of them have any. David said, "I've never seen a picture I want to hang on my wall forever," so he can't see himself getting a tattoo any time soon.
Asked about their favorite non-Atlantis roles, Joe named Brendan Dean from Thoughtcrimes. David immediately started singing the Scooby-Doo theme, then launched into a squeaky fan voice: "I've seen all your work. I'm your biggest fan." David's favorite non-Atlantis role was Grant Jansky on Traders.
Joe said that "Vegas" was his favorite episode, to which David replied, "Yes, of course. 'Let's make Joe the coolest person on the planet.'" David's favorite was "Grace Under Pressure." Joe's least favorite, which I'm sure will come as a shock, was "38 Minutes" because they were stuck in the puddlejumper set, which had actually been built too small to film in, for a week. David's least favorite was the series finale because it didn't make any sense. "I've seen Wraith ships explode and destroyed planets--ooh, look, the Golden Gate Bridge!" Joe complained that he was the only one who hadn't hooked up at the end. Rodney had Jennifer, Teyla had Kanaan, and Ronon had Amelia. They were both kind of, 'Wait, what?,' about Amelia being there at the railing at the end. David joked that Ronon should have had 15 women standing around him.
Asked what they wanted to do if they weren't actors, Joe said, "Fly through space and kill bad guys." David said he wanted to be a Time Lord. They both talked about other jobs they'd had and Joe said, "We failed our way into acting."
There was a slight pause while they tried to figure out whose cell phone was ringing. It turned out to be Joe's, which David announced by saying, "Joe's ass is ringing." Joe pulled out his iPhone to turn it off and David pointed out to everyone that he'd changed Joe's iPhone wallpaper to a picture of David. Joe held it up to show everyone.
A fan asked David if he'd trained Mars for his part in A Dog's Breakfast. David said that he'd just written the script around Mars's limited ability "much like they did with Joe."
Joe took out a handkerchief to blow his nose and David was horrified. David said that the only person he'd seen use a handkerchief was his grandfather and who still does that? Joe put on a California surfer dude voice and said, "It's environmentally friendly, bro." David said it was full of germs and called it a "petri dish of terror." Joe pulled it out again and waved it in David's face.
In response to a question about who was the biggest prankster on set, David said, "Flanigan, because I have respect for my coworkers." Joe added, "I blame Jason for my problems." Neither of them would relate any pranks from set because none of them were family friendly.
It turns out that Joe was fairly infamous at the all boys school he attended. He said that teachers still use him as an object lesson for other students. One time he was sitting in class and water started pouring under the door. The whole first floor got flooded. Then the janitor came into Joe's classroom with a defeated expression on his face and said, "Can I see Joe and Chris please?" Yes, Joe and his friend Chris had flooded the school. And funny how the janitor had known instantly who'd done it.
Sadly, that was pretty much the end. I could've listened to those two all day.
Joe's autograph line went pretty fast, but he was on a pretty tight schedule. He didn't do any personalization, although he did look up and interact with people briefly as he signed. I warned him that I wasn't going to protect him from any Hewlett shenanigans when he signed the same photo later. Joe said, "You better! I have a plane to catch!"
Dan Shea
Dan spent his whole hour telling stories about the goofy life of a stunt man. He's only been injured once, and due to the vagaries of a stunt man's life he made more money from workman's comp than he would have if he'd been scrabbling for jobs those six weeks.
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daneffew, and with asyouleft and loves_bitch and their friends (who I enjoyed meeting but whose names I never did get because I have no social skills).
Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks came out and immediately let everyone know that he's not on Twitter like Joe and David. He was stunned that Richard Dean Anderson was. "I didn't know he knew what a computer was. That's how you know he's bored."
He said he'd seen RDA somewhat recently and that he'd lost some weight and that he looks great. "I'd do him."
A fan asked him about the best joke ever played on set. Michael said, "The show got canceled after two years, but we continued to do it for another eight." Then he mentioned that Christopher Judge liked to duct tape people to trees when they were filming on location.
Another fan asked him how someone so young could project such intelligence and wisdom when he was playing Daniel. He said the glasses did all the work for him to make him look smart and deep.
A very young fan came up and said, "My mom asked me to ask you if I could have a hug because it's her birthday." Michael came down off the stage to give the kid a hug, then came back on stage, looked at the audience and said, "My mom asked me to ask you if I could have a thousand dollars."
The subject of props came up because Propworx has been auctioning off Stargate props since last February. Michael said he has the red phone from the general's office and Daniel's first pair of glasses. He also said he has some of Daniel's uniform pants and boots, which he wears for gardening.
Michael Shanks is yet another Stargate guest this weekend who has been on Supernatural. His part was so small he didn't really have any stories though.
After Michael's panel, I waited 4 hours for David Hewlett's autograph. Michael started slightly after David and finished his whole line while David was on Row J. David was reading his personalizations out loud as he was signing, and it was like listening to a stand-up routine. I asked him how sorry he was that he'd ever introduced Joe to Twitter and he said he regretted it every second.
Then I went home and fell on my face and slept for 11 hours. I remember when I used to be able to do a whole con weekend on minimal sleep and food. Apparently I need to start acting my age.
Oh, and there won't be a report on Sunday because I only attended the con on Friday and Saturday.
I had a convention first this weekend, which is saying something because I've been going to cons for 26 years. The button on my jeans separated into its 2 component parts during the first panel and fell off. Since I wasn't staying at the hotel (I only live about 25 minutes away) and had nothing else to change into, I had to hunt up a hotel maintenance man and borrow his pliers to put my pants back together. I'm sure that's a story that will be retold in the maintenance department for some time to come.
But on to the part you actually care about: the panels.
Joe Flanigan & David Hewlett
Whoever decided to put these 2 on stage together is a genius. They're both hilarious and they just pick on each other all the time. I laughed so much my face hurt afterward. They cracked each other up quite a bit too.
The quips came fast and furious, so it was impossible to keep up with the note-taking. They were also on for an hour and a half, so my hand got tired. All I can say is that if you have the chance to see them together, trade in your least favorite child for a ticket. Meanwhile, I'll try to hit the highlights.
They started the second they came on stage. David came out first to a round of applause. Joe came out next and threw his arms out in a welcoming gesture deliberately in front of David's face. They opened the floor for questions:
Joe: "I really hope people have good questions for us."
David: "Because we have terrible answers for you."
They tag-team answered a lot of questions during the session.
The first person in the question line presented Joe with a Twitter Actor of the Month trophy (David got a runner-up trophy). David immediately launched into one of his Joe impressions: "David, what's this Twitter thing?" He complained (mock-)bitterly that he'd been on Twitter for years, but Joe was on for 5 minutes and gets Twitter Actor of the Month, and who was the one who explained it all to him and got him started? "Once again I'm his helpful sidekick." Joe said he hadn't won anything since his school days, and David reminded him of the People's Choice Award Stargate Atlantis had won. Then they joked about having to share the one trophy and whose turn it was to have custody that month.
Someone asked David how he managed to memorize his long pages of technobabble and if he had a photographic memory. Joe said, "He was saddled with the most difficult part of the show," to which David responded, "Joe." The real answer is that he had a horrible time memorizing all that dialogue but because he could do it, the writers thought it was easy for him and kept giving him more. David said he had to run the lines over and over again at home. Jane, now his wife, eventually learned to tune it out as background noise, but the reason his dog, Mars, always has such a glazed expression is because David ran lines with him.
Since David always does his Joe impression at least once per con, someone asked him about doing impressions of other cast members. Joe did his Jason Momoa voice, and David did Rachel Luttrell's.
Another question was about tattoos. Neither of them have any. David said, "I've never seen a picture I want to hang on my wall forever," so he can't see himself getting a tattoo any time soon.
Asked about their favorite non-Atlantis roles, Joe named Brendan Dean from Thoughtcrimes. David immediately started singing the Scooby-Doo theme, then launched into a squeaky fan voice: "I've seen all your work. I'm your biggest fan." David's favorite non-Atlantis role was Grant Jansky on Traders.
Joe said that "Vegas" was his favorite episode, to which David replied, "Yes, of course. 'Let's make Joe the coolest person on the planet.'" David's favorite was "Grace Under Pressure." Joe's least favorite, which I'm sure will come as a shock, was "38 Minutes" because they were stuck in the puddlejumper set, which had actually been built too small to film in, for a week. David's least favorite was the series finale because it didn't make any sense. "I've seen Wraith ships explode and destroyed planets--ooh, look, the Golden Gate Bridge!" Joe complained that he was the only one who hadn't hooked up at the end. Rodney had Jennifer, Teyla had Kanaan, and Ronon had Amelia. They were both kind of, 'Wait, what?,' about Amelia being there at the railing at the end. David joked that Ronon should have had 15 women standing around him.
Asked what they wanted to do if they weren't actors, Joe said, "Fly through space and kill bad guys." David said he wanted to be a Time Lord. They both talked about other jobs they'd had and Joe said, "We failed our way into acting."
There was a slight pause while they tried to figure out whose cell phone was ringing. It turned out to be Joe's, which David announced by saying, "Joe's ass is ringing." Joe pulled out his iPhone to turn it off and David pointed out to everyone that he'd changed Joe's iPhone wallpaper to a picture of David. Joe held it up to show everyone.
A fan asked David if he'd trained Mars for his part in A Dog's Breakfast. David said that he'd just written the script around Mars's limited ability "much like they did with Joe."
Joe took out a handkerchief to blow his nose and David was horrified. David said that the only person he'd seen use a handkerchief was his grandfather and who still does that? Joe put on a California surfer dude voice and said, "It's environmentally friendly, bro." David said it was full of germs and called it a "petri dish of terror." Joe pulled it out again and waved it in David's face.
In response to a question about who was the biggest prankster on set, David said, "Flanigan, because I have respect for my coworkers." Joe added, "I blame Jason for my problems." Neither of them would relate any pranks from set because none of them were family friendly.
It turns out that Joe was fairly infamous at the all boys school he attended. He said that teachers still use him as an object lesson for other students. One time he was sitting in class and water started pouring under the door. The whole first floor got flooded. Then the janitor came into Joe's classroom with a defeated expression on his face and said, "Can I see Joe and Chris please?" Yes, Joe and his friend Chris had flooded the school. And funny how the janitor had known instantly who'd done it.
Sadly, that was pretty much the end. I could've listened to those two all day.
Joe's autograph line went pretty fast, but he was on a pretty tight schedule. He didn't do any personalization, although he did look up and interact with people briefly as he signed. I warned him that I wasn't going to protect him from any Hewlett shenanigans when he signed the same photo later. Joe said, "You better! I have a plane to catch!"
Dan Shea
Dan spent his whole hour telling stories about the goofy life of a stunt man. He's only been injured once, and due to the vagaries of a stunt man's life he made more money from workman's comp than he would have if he'd been scrabbling for jobs those six weeks.
There was a lot of dead time in the middle of the day, so I got to spend some quality time with
daneffew, and with asyouleft and loves_bitch and their friends (who I enjoyed meeting but whose names I never did get because I have no social skills).Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks came out and immediately let everyone know that he's not on Twitter like Joe and David. He was stunned that Richard Dean Anderson was. "I didn't know he knew what a computer was. That's how you know he's bored."
He said he'd seen RDA somewhat recently and that he'd lost some weight and that he looks great. "I'd do him."
A fan asked him about the best joke ever played on set. Michael said, "The show got canceled after two years, but we continued to do it for another eight." Then he mentioned that Christopher Judge liked to duct tape people to trees when they were filming on location.
Another fan asked him how someone so young could project such intelligence and wisdom when he was playing Daniel. He said the glasses did all the work for him to make him look smart and deep.
A very young fan came up and said, "My mom asked me to ask you if I could have a hug because it's her birthday." Michael came down off the stage to give the kid a hug, then came back on stage, looked at the audience and said, "My mom asked me to ask you if I could have a thousand dollars."
The subject of props came up because Propworx has been auctioning off Stargate props since last February. Michael said he has the red phone from the general's office and Daniel's first pair of glasses. He also said he has some of Daniel's uniform pants and boots, which he wears for gardening.
Michael Shanks is yet another Stargate guest this weekend who has been on Supernatural. His part was so small he didn't really have any stories though.
After Michael's panel, I waited 4 hours for David Hewlett's autograph. Michael started slightly after David and finished his whole line while David was on Row J. David was reading his personalizations out loud as he was signing, and it was like listening to a stand-up routine. I asked him how sorry he was that he'd ever introduced Joe to Twitter and he said he regretted it every second.
Then I went home and fell on my face and slept for 11 hours. I remember when I used to be able to do a whole con weekend on minimal sleep and food. Apparently I need to start acting my age.
Oh, and there won't be a report on Sunday because I only attended the con on Friday and Saturday.
