My cell phone battery died yesterday so I had to pick up a new one. As I completed the purchase, the salesman informed me that he had put the new battery in the phone and packed the old one away for me to take home. Take home? What the hell was I going to do with an old battery? For that matter, what the hell am I going to do with all of my old batteries including my laptop batteries still attached to my old laptops that occupy the corner of the crawlspace that has become a graveyard for my long-abandoned technologies. I hold onto the old laptops for fear that someone will retrieve them and find a way of accessing twelve year old banking information and long-since deleted pictures of me cutting a rug on my wedding day, while the actual batteries I hold onto because, apparently, we can’t just chuck them away. Doing so is bad for the environment and thus, rather than risk one more hummingbird developing eczema as a result of tainted groundwater, I’m doing my part by amassing a splendid lead, mercury, and cadmium shrine.
That’s what I’VE done. My conscience is clear. What the hell have YOU done? Yes, YOU! Forward-thinking musicians have jetted in from all over to stage a concert that will help raise awareness to the very real crisis facing our world brought on by ignorant individuals, money-hungry corporations, and oblivious forward-thinking musicians who have jetted in from all over to stage a concert that will leave a carbon footprint of at least 31 500 tonnes of carbon emissions according to John Buckley of Carbonfootprint.com.
To those of you who don’t know, a carbon footprint is a measure of the amount of carbon dioxide you, your household, or organization produce to screw up our environment. Thanks a lot. There are plenty of websites that allow one to calculate their own carbon footprint, factoring in everything from travel mileage and electrical usage to junk food consumption and one’s propensity to suffer bloating and gas. Thankfully, there are ways to reduce one‘s harmful influences. Hang your wash instead of letting it tumble dry for one. Turning down your central heating for another. But aside from these general rules of thumb (ie. use less electricity), reducing YOUR carbon footprint is something personal. And so I strongly believe that everyone should takes steps to adopt a unique strategy personally suited to them.
I, for instance, have adopted a 10-pronged approach to reducing my carbon footprint:
1) According to a 2006 University of Oregon study, the average household dishwasher produces 162 lbs of CO2 a year. Well, I am proud to say that I’m ahead of the game here since I rarely eat in and thus rarely make use of my dishwasher (unlike, I’m sure, many of you thoughtless polluters). However, the big, industrial dishwashers restaurants use are even more problematic. Aware of this, I now make it a point to eschew all cutlery and dinnerware in favor of having the waiter spoon my meal right out of the various cooking pots and pans and directly into my mouth. Carbon savings: approximately 300 lbs.
2) Cars are one of the worst offenders when it comes to harmful emissions. According to the University of Oregon study, even the innocuous Subaru Outback produces almost 10 000 lbs of CO2 a year! To counter you shameful lot who drive your cars about willy-nilly on your joyrides to work, your child’s school, or to the hospital emergency ward when grandpa starts complaining about the chest pains, I’ve taken steps to reduce my automotive carbon footprint by not driving in to work anymore. Instead, I will write from home and receive updates (on my old rotary dial not cordless phone, thank you very much) from my office lieutenants to whom I have delegated authority. To circumvent the potentially harmful emissions produced by the various courier companies that would have to home-deliver me the episode dailies, cuts, and edits, I will have Carl or Martin watch them on their end while relaying me a detailed description. Once this new automotive strategy has been fully adopted, the only negative environmental effect of any significance will be the carbon emissions produced by whatever means the studio will use to deliver my paychecks. Alas, I can’t think of any way around this one. Carbon savings: I don’t drive anywhere close to the 12 500 annual average outlined in the report, but I do drive a Q7. So let’s say 8 000 lbs.
3) The average household’s laundry needs produce about 620 lbs of C02 annually according to the University of Oregon study, and over 80% of that comes from the clothes dryer alone. Air drying your clothes is one possible alternative but for someone like me who is always on the go, air drying is a luxury I don’t have time for. Instead, I wear my clothes out wet and allow them to dry out over the course of the day. Numerous variables like outside temperature, one’s activity level, and the layers of clothing sported will impact the overall R.O.D. (rate of drying). Showering in my clothes rather than making use of the washing machine has also proven an effective means to saving both time and energy. Carbon savings: Let’s say 450 lbs.
4) Like to watch t.v.? Shame on you! Shame! Shame! Shame! Unless it’s Stargate. The University of Oregon study says that your average year’s worth of t.v. viewing produces an average 103 lbs of CO2. Like to watch with the lights on? Even more shame! Add another 172 lbs of CO2 you illuminated energy squanderer! Watch with the lights off. Limit your viewing to very important programming only like your local emergency storm advisories, escaped convict bulletins, and Stargate. Or, do what I do and don’t watch t.v. at home. Nope. Instead, go to a friend’s house and watch THEIR t.v. thereby increasing their carbon footprint at no cost to your own. And remember to watch with the lights on. Watching t.v. in the dark is bad for your eyes. Carbon savings: 103 lbs. At least!
5) Like to listen to music on your stereo (47 lbs annual), drink coffee from your coffee maker (97 lbs annual), or use your fireplace on cold winter nights (1 080 lbs annually)? I don’t. Carbon savings: 1 224 lbs.
6) I have a friend back in Montreal, Nigel, who, as long as I’ve known him, has lived in an apartment without an oven. I used to think it was because he was a hopeless bachelor and incredibly inept cook who preferred to order in rather than hazard the gas range, but now I’ve come to realize he was way ahead of his time. According to the University of Oregon study, your average electric oven produces 538 lbs of CO2 a year. Enjoy that toast in the morning? Well maybe you can also enjoy the 30 lbs of CO2 you produce along with it! And there’s nothing like the convenience of being able to warm up your food in the microwave…so long as your stone conscience doesn’t feel the guilt of the 258 lbs of CO2 IT produces! And what’s that? You don’t enjoy sour milk and spoiled meat? Well okay fancy-pants. In that case, do you enjoy the almost 1 500 lbs of CO2 produced every year by the average 18 cu. Ft. self-defrosting refrigerator? Geez, get your priorities straight. Yes, I know. Not eating at home is easier said than done, but there are cost-efficient alternatives out there. Make an effort and be more sociable. Try dropping by the homes of friends or extended family right around dinner time. Mix it up. Heads over to Ted and Irene’s for lasagna night one Tuesday, then over to cousin Sheila’s for tuna casserole the next. If they start getting suspicious – make new friends! Also, organize potluck suppers and be the first to volunteer to bring your “famous salad” (which can be purchased from your local supermarket enroute). Alternate hosting duties and when your turn comes up in the rotation, offer up last-minute excuses to orchestrate a change in venue: your house is being fumigated, you’ve locked yourself out and the locksmith won’t be by until much later, your crazy diaper-wearing uncle is bivouacked in your living room. For my part, I make do without the oven, the toaster, and the microwave, but the refrigerator is a necessity on account of my enormous hot sauce collection. Carbon savings: 825 lbs.
7) An in-room air conditioner produces approximately 85 lbs of CO2 according to the University of Oregon study. Imagine how much is produced by a central air conditioning unit for an entire house? Or office? A lot, that’s how much! Well, in an effort to make sacrifices where it would have the most environmental impact (and, coincidentally, the least personal impact since I won’t be going into the office anymore. See 2), I’ve had management dismantle the central air conditioner at the production offices. A little heat never hurt anyone (unless you count heatstroke which I don’t). Also, the Vancouver winters aren’t that bad, so the offices will no longer be heated come November-ish. Employees will be encouraged to dress in layers and disdainfully reminded that they were complaining just the opposite last Summer. First you’re too hot and now you’re too cold! Which is it?! Carbon savings: A LOT!
8) When you go grocery shopping, the bag boy will invariably give you a choice: “Paper or plastic?” The correct answer is “Neither.“. Although paper is recyclable, many people either forget or don’t bother to recycle it and it just ends up in the trash, proving almost as problematic as plastic. Instead, choose to carry your individual purchases back to the car sans carrying receptacle. The more purchases, the more trips and, yes, the more exercise. Alternately, you can do what I’ve tried on several occasions and that’s to go plastic BUT forego the excessive double-bagging. I’ve found that the single bag approach is quite good insofar as it will get you almost half-way across the parking lot before coming apart and surrendering its contents. If you’re with friends or family, make a game of trying to chase down your various jars and canned food items as they roll down inclines, under cars, and into oncoming traffic. Carbon savings: Negligible. But it’s the thought that counts.
9) Showers apparently account for roughly 60% of water heating costs, so why not think about installing a low-flow shower head. Thanks to Vancouver city by-laws, my home has been outfitted with not only low-flow shower heads but low-flow toilets as well. Provided you don’t mind spending three times as long in the shower because the resulting water pressure is too feeble to allow you to rinse off effectively, or mind having to flush your toilet at least twice after use, then these low-flow options are a wonderful break-even alternative. Carbon savings: Absolutely none because of the extra time spent in the shower and the extra flushing. But again, it’s the thought that counts.
10) Eat more cows! They produce more methane than humans and are one of the greatest contributors to global warming. Do your part to rid the world of this scourge to our environment. I know I am. Carbon savings: Depends. How much can you eat?
Pics from the archive: Me in my gangsterly best, Ark of Truth, Ara and Rakai from Reunion, a couple of selections from the Quarantine design package.
Q&A –
Poundpuppy 29 writes: “I was wondering if you would list your Top 5 Jack episodes?”
Answer: I can’t. I love them all.
Steph writes: “Okay, on the chicken fat sandwhich, was that the worst thing you’ve ever eaten?”
Answer: That distinction goes to the durian ice cream I sampled at Mario’s Gelato.
Anonymous #1 writes: “ 1. Given that there are Australians on Atlantis (judging by the flags on uniforms) does that mean there is vegemite in the Pegasus Galaxy? 2. And is there any chance of seeing an Australian in a bigger role in the hopefully many seasons to come?”
Answers: 1) No doubt. 2) It’s possible.
Have you ever seen David Hewlett’s “A Dog’s Breakfast”?! It’s one of the very few things that can get me rolling on the floor laughing – your blog and Terry Pratchett being the others!
I am beginning to feel ignored.
I won’t be ignored! (sigh) Ok, so Alex Forrest I am not…and maybe I will be ignored again…but I will keep on trying. ;-P
Have you thought of adding a historian/archealogist type of character to SGA? It seems that one or even a team of them would be needed to correctly archive any information on new societies they discovered. The character of Daniel Jackson on SG-1 really emphasized that. A women historian would be nice. Someone with an English accent…like Sonya Walger.
Also, are there any computer programmers on Atlantis? It seems that McKay and Zelenka are doing that job as well as being astrophysicists.
Three days in a row! Sheesh! I really want to know…can you tell?
You wrote: “To circumvent the potentially harmful emissions produced by the various courier companies that would have to home-deliver me the episode dailies, cuts, and edits, I will have Carl or Martin watch them on their end while relaying me a detailed description. Once this new automotive strategy has been fully adopted, the only negative environmental effect of any significance will be the carbon emissions produced by whatever means the studio will use to deliver my paychecks. Alas, I can’t think of any way around this one.”
As I didn’t read that you are giving up your computer, how about having scripts and etc emailed???
Also, you can have your checks deposited electronically so no trees are killed to make paper. You can order groceries online in some areas and then go pick them up with your bike! Heh heh heh evil grin (tongue in cheek)
Two words regarding the botany lab:
Manure Pillow?!
Rather an accumulating an interesting collection of paperweights and doorstops, I’d check out the website: http://www. earth911.org for places to recycle your old batteries, cell phones and laptops. In my experience (here in the US), many schools will take old computers/laptops (you could be helping the next generation of writers or supervillans) and many rape crisis/ domestic violence programs collect old cell phones because 911 calls go through regardless of whether or not the cell phone has a carrier program. (Not to mention to the possibility of tax deduction for your donation, in addition to the karma points).
joe, you are really funny. write a book and call it ‘My book of snark. You don’t know what that means? IDIOT!’
sally 😀
Hiya Aloysius,
Hmm, don’t you have recycling bins around for used items which contain mercury, cadnium or other harmful metals?
And I’m impressed that you’ve tasted durian ice-cream before. It isn’t something in other countries but it’s an acquired taste. Have you actually eaten Durian the fruit?
Curiosity propels me to ask – so when does the summer break end for you? I mean I know that you’re still working in summer, but when will you be doing paid work?
Take care – have a nice weekend!
Hi Joe,
I posted my question after you had already typed up your new blog, so I’ll try again. I was just wondering if Joe F. is going to be joining you, Amanda, and David at Comic Con? Joe F. isn’t listed with the others. I was also curious if Michael and Chris are still joining Amanda and Rob for the Arc of Truth panel?
Thank you for the Arc of Truth picture you posted today. All pictures, spoilers, and tidbits are appreciated. I LOVE your yellow tie, and I agree that it’s a great gangster picture. Another funny blog today Joe.
Thanks
That is you in the top photo, correct? Hmmmm…..the Godfather, mafiosa…gansta comes to mind.
Are you giving someone an offer they can’t refuse?
My husband says you look like you think you are all that and a bag of chips. (oooh snarcasm)
I think you look ticked cuz someone is taking your picture when you’re busy.
Tomorrow 6am I’m off on a plane to stay at the “Jersey shore” to quote B.J. (Spring Lake) and see N.Y. which I have never done. No husband, no kids, just me and some girlfriends! OMG I haven’t done that in 20 years of marriage.. I am so fired up!
Nice outfit!
” majorsal said…
Farscapefan said… “THAT’S ENOUGH!!! You had 8 YEARS, and you deny us, the fans of season 9 and 10 the right to enjoy the new characters’ development for just one year??? Go to hell…”
farscapefan, i just threw something in the corner, go fetch.
sally 🙂 “
Sally, you are a truly painful, obnoxious child, and an example of the kind of Amanda fan who makes people really, really dislike that side of fandom.
If people want to dislike Carter, that’s their business.
There are a LOT of them. If TPTB wanted a character from SG1 who’s ACTUALLY popular, they would have chosen Daniel.
He’s a nice little fact for you (and I know this because I was there and talked to the person selling the t-shirts): they sold ONE Carter t-shirt at the convention in NJ last year. ONE! If she was so damned popular, they would have been a hot item. They weren’t. They sold one, and another was given away as part of an auction.
Get over yourself and realise that there are a LOT of fans who can’t stand Carter. They’re sick of her worshippers bitching at them because they like Vala or Mitchell. Heaven forbid they should like Vala because she came in during Amanda’s maternity leave. OMG how dare they like Mitchell because he took over SG1. There are also a LOT who are angry that Elizabeth Weir has been dumped from the show without any explanation other than “it had to be done” from TPTB, and she’s been thrown out of the office to give Queen Carter somewhere to continue her reign on Stargate.
Get over yourself. You’re getting exactly what you want. You have a new show to watch (since you’ve never watched it before, I’m sure), and a lot of us, whether Mitchell/Vala fans or Weir/Beckett fans are constantly copping crap from the likes of you and a certain other Sam fan on GW who keeps making snide remarks in stupid text-speak whenever anyone disagrees with her.
I cringe when I think of you putting an Aussie on the show, because every time someone does that, it’s an ocker bogan Paul Hogan type of character. Or it’s a cockney, trying to be an Aussie.
I’ll pass on both of those, thanks.
“Don’t know. Does Ministry count? Put me down for Stigmata.”
Absolutely! Stigmata was an insane video. But i had no clue you’d like Ministry.
Joe you’ve always been somewhat of a satirical figure, and I’ve always thought of that as commendable, but please don’t belittle the seriousness of global warming.
Live Earth may be somewhat hypocritical but at least they are getting the message out there. You of all people should know that to get any message out there you have to give a little to make an impact.
Don’t make fun of everyone else’s serious attempts keep the earth inhabitable.
Is it possible that the “Daniel Jackson” character (Michael Shanks) will appear on Atlantis? And, will Teal’C be seen? Probably already asked at some point but being a “newbie” I would be interested in the answer!
Ok Joe, I like to bathe, love watching tv and listening to music. I don’t do the shopping so the bags are beyond my control. I refuse to not use the dishwasher. As far as air conditioning goes, you don’t want to be around me when it is too hot, John Madden jogging on a hot day comes to mind. But as far as the eating cows goes, count me in, I should be good for reducing emissions from the cows significantly, as for myself, I can’t say for my emissions.
Many communities have hazardous waste days to take in nasties like mercury, old paint, etc. Bigger cities definitely should have these events.
Meanwhile, the following came out on ComicCon: Comic Con July 26-29
Friday, July 27th
1:15-2:15 Stargate Atlantis—The Stargate legacy continues to burn bright on SCI FI with the fourth original season of Atlantis. Amanda Tapping, one of the most beloved stars in the Stargate universe, travels to the Pegasus galaxy to join the Atlantis cast by reprising her role as television’s favorite astrophysicist, Lt. Colonel Samantha Carter. Taking the torch from SG-1 as television’s most thrilling adventure series, Atlantis promises to up the ante this season by introducing a powerful new race, welcoming new cast members and mourning the loss of some beloved friends. Featuring panelists Amanda Tapping, (Lt. Colonel Samantha Carter); David Hewlett (Dr. Rodney McKay); Joe Mallozzi, executive producer/writer; Nora O’Brien, VP, original programming, SCI FI; Charlie Cohen, senior executive VP, MGM Studios; and Robert Cooper, executive producer/writer. Moderated by Gary Jones (Chief Master Sergeant Walter Harriman, Stargate SG-1). Ballroom 20
is anybody else from the cast attending that you know of?
Love the things in the background of some of your office pictures! Bobble Heads…heh…
Are those SG1 Bobble Heads?, and how about a random question while we’re at it: Why is everyone always wearing the North Face jackets, etc. in most of your pictures of the studio?(Free stuff?, or contract?)
1.)Any chance on seeing Bra’tac in the Ark of Truth or Continuum?
2.)What about Jacob Carter in Continuum?
3.)What about Anubis in Continuum?
4.)Apophis?
5.)Is Baal going to live on forever, or are you guys planning on killing him off?
I checked on the Comic-Con site and I have a few questions about the Atlantis Panel.
1)I would like to know why not more of the Atlantis cast isn’t at the Panel.
2)You also said that Joe Flanigan maybe at the panel. Is he not going now? I really wanted to meet him.
Carbon savings: Depends. How much can you eat?
Finally! Something I can do! *goes off to devour steak*
Oh, and Stop blowing up Atlantis! Jeezus, between the Sheppards flying into walls and the explosions, it’s amazing it’s still standing.
10) Eat more cows! They produce more methane than humans and are one of the greatest contributors to global warming.
Curious if you’ve heard of cowpots?
http://www.freundsfarmmarket.com/cowpots/index.html.htm
I find myself both amused and impressed with human ingenuity and grateful that I’m not in the business of poo collections. 😉
Joe, I can’t understand your cynicism about the Live Earth concert. Does this mean you don’t think Jon Bon Jovi pedaled his bicycle to Giant Stadium with his guitar strapped to his back?
Live Earth is ridiculous. Everyone knows about this ‘global warming’. Live Earth is meant to be ‘awareness raising’, but if you have not heard about this so called ‘climate change’, you have been living under a rock. Therefore, the concerts are pointless.
Also, there is too much contradictory evidence in man made global warming.
Do some research, don’t just listen to what the media and newspapers have to say about Climate Change. It’s this freaky bandwagon everyone has jumped on, it’s become a trend. It is the ‘cool’ of the 21st Century.
But, do some research of your own, because all of the Global Warming Skeptics are constantly shunned.
Joe-
I totally agree Live Earth will have no impact. Bob Geldof called it, Bob Lefsetz called it, and I called it (yeah, I count!). Today I washed my cloths in cold water and hung them to dry. But my efforts to do my share were canceled out by massive, energy-sucking concerts on 7 continents which required private jets to tote around superstars. Way to go Kevin Wall. It was really just an excuse to make money off of tickets and sponsors.
joe, i’m sorry i can’t bite back to the person that insulted me… i was too busy laughing to think of any comebacks. :p
sally 😀
Hey, you forgot to mention that by opening that orphanage just without all those pesky children, you’ve ensured that a sizeable chunk of land and resources can’t be used by wasteful kiddies to increase the carbon footprint. You sell yourself short!
Speaking of changing the subject, do those pictures of Quaratine mean that the characters are getting stuck in odd places accross the city for a substantial amount of time?
anonymous said…“He’s (sic) a nice little fact for you (and I know this because I was there and talked to the person selling the t-shirts): they sold ONE Carter t-shirt at the convention in NJ last year. ONE! If she was so damned popular, they would have been a hot item. They weren’t. They sold one, and another was given away as part of an auction.
So now t-shirt sales at one convention are being used to corroborate people’s assertions about the popularity of characters. What next?
Have you ever thought that perhaps the fact that AT was not at the convention could have been a factor? The majority of people who attended that con were either MS or JF fans. Why would a whole bunch of Daniel or Sheppard fans want t-shirts with huge images of Sam on them? Besides, those t-shirts (both the Sam and Daniel ones) are rather tacky and overpriced. I’m a Sam fan and I wouldn’t be caught dead in that thing. I certainly wouldn’t spend any money on it. It doesn’t mean I like the character any less.
I’m really sorry you find sally and so many other Sam fans so annoying. But really… have you ever thought that perhaps there are quite a few fans out there who find you equally as obnoxious? Personally, I just find your little rant rather sad.
Just noticed this on the Comic Con schedule.
Friday July 27th
Featuring panelists Amanda Tapping, (Lt. Colonel Samantha Carter); David Hewlett (Dr. Rodney McKay); Joe Mallozzi, executive producer/writer;
http://www.comingsoon.net/blog/2007/07/sneak_peek_at_the_comiccon_200.php
Have they even told you that you’re going yet? =p
So basic you’re saying we should just sit in the middle of a cow field in our wet clothes and eat the cow right then and there.
Or better yet just go back to the basics and live like the caveman did then our carbon footprint would be hardly anything at all.
Dear Joe,
Please enlighten me,
You have mentioned a certain food type on several occasions called a: “Deep-Fried Mars Bar”
Now, Maybe this is a Canadian thing, However where I live (The Netherlands) I’ve heard of the Normal Mars Bar and the Ice-cream Mars Bar, But a Deep-Fried one?!, How is that even possible, Frying it would melt all it’s ingredients would it not?… Or is this Deep-Fried Mars Bar you speak of unrelated to the chocolate, caramel filled bar?
Thank you for your time,
Tony
1) Durian. Ice cream. …That makes me want to cry.
2) By the by, you can find out where to recycle your batteries ici: http://www.ehso.com/ehso2.php?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rbrc.org/call2recycle/dropoff/index.php
3) And? Purchase re-usable shopping bags over here: http://www.delight.com/Envirosax-Delightfully-Hip-Reusable-Grocery-Bags
😉
Wow, you…sure put a lot of time into that post. Is that why you didn’t answer many questions? Anywho…
I see my attempt to anger you failed. Well, fine. Then I’ll just make another pointless suggestion: You should have Brent Spiner on the show some time. Because he’s cool. And you haven’t used nearly enough TNG actors.
Evening Joe!
You forgot to mention the reduction of carbon by not staying in your own home- stay at a friends!
Randomly; today is 07/07/07 on the 7th day of the week. (best day ever cause its my birthday!)
But I actually have a question. If you could go and eat any type of food from any culture, what would it be?
I myself completely love KellyO’s Irish-at least thats what we call it up in good ole Prince George (yeah, north of you, in the supposed cold)
Alex (either Ara or Rakai) is a super cool guy. I got to meet him on the set of a different sci-fi TV show a year or so ago. He even chatted with the bg like we were part of the family (which is the same with the Atlantis cast & crew…they are all super nice to us extras). I am stoked that season 10 of SG-1 coming out in a couple weeks, and super stoked for the movies.
How much was your suit if I may ask? Thank-you for your time.
Hmmm… I would say eat LESS cows. See, because they’re produced specifically for you to EAT… so if you eat less, less will be produced. I know the whole thing was kind of tongue in cheek, but the whole “cow” thing is actually a huge problem and is killing canadian ag lands. The average canadian eats something like four times the global average of meat and three times the amount recomended by the canadian cancer society. Sorry… apparently, I’ve been brainwashed by David Suzuki 😛
majorsal said…
joe, i’m sorry i can’t bite back to the person that insulted me… i was too busy laughing to think of any comebacks. :p
sally 😀
That’s nice Sally, but as a fan of Carter who avoids her fandom altogether, I can honestly say some of you are a little obsessed.
Your profile here says it all. “I want to be Amanda Tapping but she’s already herself”, isn’t that what you said? Isn’t that a little abnormal? Just slightly obsessive?
I and a lot of other Sam/Jack shippers avoid the Sam fans like the plague because if someone says anything remotely critical of your favorite character you go on the attack.
It’s not worth the drama, and your response to the fan of Vala and Mitchell here, as arrogant as it was, kind of sums your kind up.
Anonymous “bla, blah, blah, “He’s (sic) a nice little fact for you (and I know this because I was there and talked to the person selling the t-shirts): they sold ONE Carter t-shirt at the convention in NJ last year. ONE! If she was so damned popular, they would have been a hot item. They weren’t. They sold one, and another was given away as part of an auction. blah, blah, blah”
Joe – thanks for posting this as it has got to be one the single most funniest posts I have ever read. I once went to a convention here in the states where I spoke to dozens of people, including a few of the promoters, and they all disliked/hated the Daniel character so there is your proof positive that Daniel stinks. Can you please now just kill him and leave him dead once and for all.
Majorsal, really? “I just threw something in the corner, fetch!”?
Do you really think that’s the way to talk to a fellow fan, even if they don’t agree with you?
I’m a Sam fan, but honestly, some of the nastiest fandom bitching I’ve seen has come from my own kind. Luckily the mods at GW are good enough that they get most of it before anyone sees it.
Personal attacks on CB and BB, moaning about Daniel, carrying on about anyone who happens to not think that Sam is the centre of the universe.
It’s not cool. I know you’re one of her biggest fans, and you started that Sam thread. Surely you should be setting an example instead of being snide about other fans.
It’s that kind of behavior that makes people hate us.
You said: “Eat more cows!”
NOOO! Don’t eat me!!!!
Hey, Joe! Aren’t you lucky that somebody around here works at a bottle return it depot? Uh.. That’s me, if you can’t tell. Too bad I work in Kelowna, I don’t know the Vancouver system as well as I know the stuff here.
However, through my employee insider information, heh heh, I have found out this. You can get rid of your old batteries at pretty much any London Drugs you come across. Also, Staples and The Source by Circuit City all take batteries at any given time. As do most cell phone stores in the area, which means the place where you got your battery either wasn’t on the list or it was full of dinkwads. Also, Radio Shack and Zeller’s all take batteries, I believe. Not to mention there are most likely some e-waste events where you could drop the thing off. Or, my personal favourite, throw it in your blue box with the rest of your recycling and let other people deal with it.
Anyhow, as I am a bottle return it person, I should probably condemn you for mocking the whole environmentalist perspective. But, knowing what is actually done with all the recyclable stuff, I realize that I don’t really care what you said, as it was more true than most people realize. Don’t forget to add using credit card bills as toilet paper to the list. Saves a tonne of energy.
Another hilarious entry, Joe. Always a pleasure.
Another note on the Carbon Footprint… So many people now act like they are experts in the field of Climate Change and are hell bent on reducing their carbon footprint like it’s the latest weight loss method in Dolly magazine…
A few months ago in Australia, well, it was Sydney based, they did this ‘Earth hour’… It was one of those charismatic global warming ‘awareness’ raisers, where you turn your lights off for 1 hour…
But, the amusing thing is, as people had their lights off, they lit numerous carbon-belching candles in place.
It is a new religion. But, I guess they all mean well… even if they don’t think things through logically.
According to this, you’re already saving energy by having a black background on your blog instead of light one. That was easy, huh?
I’m thinking it would be best if you simply bought two things at market each day. After all, not only do you save on the paper/plastic, but one isn’t supposed to be driving a car and if you bought more, the people in line behind you might be slightly annoyed at you having to go home in between each trip. Or just live at the grocery store. Better yet, find a mall where you can camp out in the display beds, work during the day (never having to drive) and within range of the nearest grocerer. Hey, the mall might even have those sky lights to cook the food via solar energy!
PS: Loved the post today.
Ah the old carbon footprint dilemma, I say first and foremost get rid of all politicians, the hot air they emit must surely account for fully half the entire worlds carbon emissions. and when you get around to reading Terry Pratchett’s Last Continent you will see that on four ecks (XXXX) politicians are bunged in jail as soon as they’re elected as it saves time! it’ll also give you something else to muse on, The Luggage, female or transgendered?
Have a great week mate, I’m off back down to the village green to drool over the extensive display of Motorbikes and watch my youngest daughter row in her first regatta for Calstock Rowing Club. carbon footprints. utter balderdash and piffle.
I love # 10 on your list. Have you Ever been to Megabite pizza at Commercial station (on Broadway and Commercial)? If so, do you like it, and what is your favorite kind of pizza there?
Oooooh, Brent Spiner! That would be cool! He’d be very good.
I noticed at the grocery store today that those new Hershey dark chocolate bars are on “closeout,” so I guess I’m not the only one who wasn’t impressed.
He’s a nice little fact for you (and I know this because I was there and talked to the person selling the t-shirts): they sold ONE Carter t-shirt at the convention in NJ last year. ONE! If she was so damned popular, they would have been a hot item. They weren’t. They sold one, and another was given away as part of an auction.
So, the spending habits of the tiny percentage of Stargate fans who attend conventions (or buy merchandise) gets to determine how “popular” a character is? The thoughts of all of the millions who don’t attend conventions aren’t even factored into this popularity contest?
It’s just so unfair.
Hi Joe,
I have B-day today – July 8, I’ll be 29. Just wanted to say “thanks” for those 11 years of Stargate.
Anonymous wrote
There are also a LOT who are angry that Elizabeth Weir has been dumped from the show without any explanation other than “it had to be done” from TPTB, and she’s been thrown out of the office to give Queen Carter somewhere to continue her reign on Stargate.
Joe has stated that Torri wasn’t thrown out of the office to give Carter/Amanda a place on SGA. He’s stated that more than once. You, clearly, don’t choose to believe that. If he did give you a detailed explanation as to why they wanted to reduce Torri to 4 episodes, I’m sure you wouldn’t agree with that or believe what he said anyway. And it probably wouldn’t reduce your anger at all – she would still be gone.
Sorry. You have the right to complain all you want, but neither Joe nor anyone else involved owes *you* or anyone else an explanation for the decisons they make. The sense of entitlement that you are *owed* explanations is very puzzling. If Carter’s presence on SGA makes the show unbearable for you, don’t watch it.
Salut Joseph!!
Waou long discourt aujourd hui!
=} C est vrai se que vous avez écrit pour protégé la planet, j ai aprit a l école tous sa et j essaye de suivre ces recommendation. La tV polue? sa va je ne regarde pas.. sauf quand il a y Stargate biensur^^.Et l ordinateur aussi? car la j y passe beaucoup de temp!^^
=}Mais c est vrai que le temp est trés bizzard depui quelque année, tient depuis Mai, ici il n y a fait que 2 jour de soleil alors que d habitude il fait toujour beau! L europe de L oest subit de forte inondation et l europe de l est des caniculs! Vraiment étrange!
=} Lol moi mon poratble ne marche plus depuis 1 semaine, et je ne les pas encors fait remplacé XD!
=}Trop génial la photo de vous aujourd hui!
=}Je poserais encors la méme question que la derniere foix:
Les wraith peuvent t ils aspirer la vie d un animal?
Bon ba voila! je vous souhaite une super journée!Bisou, je vous adore, a demain
Ah oui aussi…Cette nuit j ai rêver de vous et que je vous veniez manger a la maison lol XD!!
Answer: Not really. Most of those complaining are overreacting. Yup, you heard me. Overreacting. Those who are complaining because they think she’s going to take over the show are wrong. Those who are complaining that other characters had to leave simply because we wanted to make room for the Carter character – wrong. Those who think she’ll take screen time away from the existing cast of characters – wrong. O. VER. RE. AC. TING.
One of the reasons people seem to be overreacting is that a lot of advertisements for SGA related stuff, including the one for Comic Con, highlight Carter coming to Atlantis in Season 4 as if she is the savior. If those people who write-up the ads (including Sci-Fi, but they only did it during SG-1 finale) would stop “O. VER. AD. VER. TI. SING” the fact that Carter is coming over, than you might be hearing less of this overeaction, IMHO. But it keeps getting rammed down our throats.
God, you’re bored.
So, you’re worried about your carbon footprint, are you? If so,I have a nice hut in central Africa I can rent you – real cheap!
Hunt down a couple of elephants, (I’m sure they’re worse than cows), but don’t export the tusks or hair, y’ hear? That’s illegal.
Serious stuff now. You drive a Q7? Is that the Audi Q7?
If so, is this the new car you were looking for a while back?
Can we assume from the length and depth (research) evident in today’s blog post that your script is at it’s next step in the evolutionary chain?
As to the concert …I absolutely agree. Every few years the environment becomes “popular” again. We get a variety of new products – that generally are overpriced and often lower quality – and then, when the sales don’t reach expected levels, they become harder to find or are discontinued. The producers of those products then can say ‘We tried, but no one was interested.’ even though they may not have tried very hard.
There are lots of things that can and should be done on a daily basis to help the planet, but this concert wasn’t one of them.
Replies to misc comments that weren’t directed towards me. :
“and many rape crisis/ domestic violence programs collect old cell phones because 911 calls go through regardless of whether or not the cell phone has a carrier program.”
Now you tell me. We paid phone bills for a decade in case my mom ever got stranded in her car. Never used the phone. We have been collecting old phones for the women’s shelters , but I didn’t know about the 911 bit.
” don’t you have recycling bins around for used items which contain mercury, cadnium or other harmful metals?
Sure, if I want to drive 15 or more miles.
Anonymous said…
“Don’t make fun of everyone else’s serious attempts keep the earth inhabitable.”
Everything is fair game for humor & Joe is being good natured about it. ( As much as an evil genius can be ). I didn’t see anyone upset about the death bed & orphanage humor of the past week. So , it’s okay to joke about orphans and the terminally ill, but not… paper bags ?
” Now, Maybe this is a Canadian thing, However where I live (The Netherlands) I’ve heard of the Normal Mars Bar and the Ice-cream Mars Bar, But a Deep-Fried one?! “
Tony,
I’m American & didn’t hear of this until a couple years ago. Sometimes people freeze things before frying. I’ve seen fried ice cream on menus, but I’ve never tried it. I have enough trouble burning the fat & calories of the plain stuff.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep-fried_Mars_bar
Joe,
I agree with previous posters that you looked terrific in the interview. The set made a beautiful backdrop & your red shirt was gorgeous. I was trying to determine whether you were wearing cufflinks. Today’s pic has me wondering again. Are you a cufflinks man ?
2 more questions.
Did you try poi when you were in Hawaii ?
Has Fondy found a new tile guy for her shop ?
Hi Joe,
I just thought that I’d drop out of lurk mode and tell you that I enjoy your blog and I am looking forward to summer and your return to icecream making.
I must admit that I had stopped watching Atlantis somewhere in the back half of Season 2, to me it just seemed as if it had lost it’s way. However on hearing of the proposed changes, it does sound like it will have possibilities again for me and I will be tuning in again for Season 4. I am looking forward to the addition of Amanda Tapping to the cast and hopefully S4 with all the changes will once again gain my interest and make Atlantis must watch TV for me.
I do not have an account so I will sign my screen name below so that I do not get confused with some of the other anony mice. Perhaps Joe you could give out helpful hints on manners in your blog because it would appear that some of your commenters here are in serious need of the advice.
Tcat
Aussieland
Joe,
I neglected to mention a few things.
Thank you for replying to my query about toddler videos. I am checking them out.
I really enjoyed last week’s posts Thanks for the humor.
That french bulldog puppy is too cute . He looks like he could be a Kobe. ??
re : FWA European Hall of Fame: Sixteen Contemporary Masterpieces of Science Fiction from the Continent : Thanks for your comments. That sounded intriguing & I was anticipating your critique
Hey! I went out for the day to a local attraction (Babbacombe Model Village) here in Torquay, England… and in one section they had models of TV shows and films and such – and amongst them was an SG-1 scene!
I took a photo for you to see: http://www.lloydengland.com/assets/images/sg1.jpg – random people on the left and right, with Sam, Daniel & Jack in the middle, with Teal’c walking through the stargate!
Each model of each character is only about 10inches high, if that. I’ve got a couple more shots closer up if you ever want to see them!
Hi Joe,
In case you forgot, today is Daniel’s 42nd birthday. To celebrate, make sure you fill up on lots of ice cream. I always found it neat that Michael can play a character so much older than himself. I know that actors can play characters older and younger than themselves if the story calls for it, but I’ve never understood why the character of Mitchell is alot younger than Sam and Daniel. It seems like Mitchell should be around the same age as Daniel and Sam because of the roll he plays, plus Ben is older than Michael and Amanda.
So my CA question is, (because I know you won’t touch it with a 10 foot pole) was there a reason why you guys made Mitchell so much younger than Sam and Daniel or was it done by accident?
How much carbon footprint did you produce writing up that missive to the eco-friendly?
Totally forgot about the concert, yesterday. Apparently I don’t care about our earth. So sad.
Joe Joe Joe…….
Global warming as a result of human influences is all…..
well the word bunkum comes to mind….
We just sped it up.
Take it from a geologist…..
Global warming has happened before….
It will happen again without our help…
so dont worry
😀
Hey Joe!
Got two questions for you.
Did you already get around to start writing your first short story? What would they be about?
Have ever thought about including a Swiss character or at least some Swiss flag patches on the Atlantis personel? Just thought, because the Swiss are leading in many scientific directions. So I guess, it would be nice and “only fair” to include a Swiss scientist 😉
Have a nice “carbon-efficient day” 😉
Eat more cows? I think not. Cow Karma will come and get you one day. They provide the milk that makes your icecream. Show them some respect!
Hello! I am back again. How are you enjoying your summer so far? My vacation was really short, and I am sad to go back to work tomorrow morning. Being disconnected from the internet was really something …. I had “Mallozzi Blog Withdrawal”.
Anyway, you said “you read all the comments you approve” … are there comments that get trashed?
Thanks again for the great pictures of Joe F. He’s just too pretty for words.
I watched season 1 & 2 w/ the commentaries (I did fall asleep on a few). Glad you guys take the time to do those — really opened my eyes. Now I have to go back and dig up all 10 season of X-files and re-watch and see if they all have the commentaries or not!! Oh, the horror! 🙂
Have you ever tried Bengali sweets?
Comment deleted. Sorry. It wasn’t meant to give offense. Please delete this one as well.
I see the bitchin has spilled over again and the children are throwing their toys out of the pram. Tsk tsk! Shame on you for disrespecting Mr Mallozzi’s blog and using it for your own stupid in-fighting. no wonder whole countries are at war. Grow up! Get over yourselves and do your pathetic crap elsewhere.
Anonymous said: “Joe-thanks for posting this as it has got to be one the single most funniest posts I have ever read”
I’m not going to quote the rest of your post, because I find it too insulting, extremely childish, and somewhat sad. Because someone trolls Joe’s blog, you feel that you need to say something about another character that (in my opinion) is alot worse. It was obvious when I read the post that you were attacking, that it was not coming from a Daniel fan but an Atlantis fan. All you had to do (if you even bothered) was read the last 2 paragraphs of her/his post. Because of what you wrote, (which I’m sure isn’t the truth) I have a pretty good idea who you are. Your track record speaks for itself. I just wish that the mods on G.W. would reign you in because you are giving other Sam fans like myself a bad name.
I apologize Joe for responding to a post that doesn’t even deserve the attention, but like alot of Sam fans and Sam/Jack shippers we soooo LOVE Daniel too. Do me a favor Joe, and please give Amanda and Michael a huge hug from all of us. Thanks and (((Hugs))) to you too.
HOW DARE YOU QUESTION MAN-MADE GLOBAL WARMING!!!! THE PROPHET AL GORE SHALL SMITE YOU WITH UNRIGHTEOUS FURY THE LIKES OF WHICH YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN!!!! JOE JOE JOE!!!! YOU ARE IN FOR A WORLD OF HURT!!!!
Omg, I just couldn’t say that with a straight face!!! HA!!!!
Joe, you’re awesome. =D
anonymous said:
There are a LOT of them. If TPTB wanted a character from SG1 who’s ACTUALLY popular, they would have chosen Daniel.
He’s a nice little fact for you (and I know this because I was there and talked to the person selling the t-shirts): they sold ONE Carter t-shirt at the convention in NJ last year. ONE! If she was so damned popular, they would have been a hot item. They weren’t. They sold one, and another was given away as part of an auction.
Well, I never cared for any SG-1 character so I really don’t care which character is popular within the SG-1 fandom.
But while reading your post a few things have come to my mind:
1- It’s the first time I hear someone claiming proof of popularity based on the number of T-shirts sold at con X. It’s so funny that it brought tears to my eyes. Sorry, no offense meant, but no matter what character you’re talking about, the whole popularity-based-on-T-shirts-sold-at-con thing is ridiculous.
2- Fans usually interact with other fans who have the same preferences. If you like a character and dislike another one, it’s easy to get the feeling then that your favorite character is the most popular and the character you dislike is hated by the majority. You usually end up interacting more with people who share your own views. But no matter where you spend you’re time in fandom, the number of people you know is tiny compared to the whole audience. You can’t draw any conclusion about popularity based on the people you know… or the number of T-shirts sold in a convention, for that matter.
3- None of the people I know in the fandom will stop watching because Sam is coming. I know one fan who will only watch the episodes Elizabeth is in and nothing else (she’ll stop watching because the only reason she watches the show is Elizabeth, not because Sam is coming), several SG-1 fans who will start watching on a regular basis the show because Sam will be in it, and 2 fans that they say they would’ve stopped watching Atlantis if Daniel or Vala were the characters coming to Atlantis. What does that proof? Nothing. Just that the fans I know think that way. It’s hardly proof of anything.
Anonymous said
One of the reasons people seem to be overreacting is that a lot of advertisements for SGA related stuff, including the one for Comic Con, highlight Carter coming to Atlantis in Season 4 as if she is the savior. If those people who write-up the ads (including Sci-Fi, but they only did it during SG-1 finale) would stop “O. VER. AD. VER. TI. SING” the fact that Carter is coming over, than you might be hearing less of this overeaction, IMHO. But it keeps getting rammed down our throat.
So these ads (which make you feel like Carter coming to Atlantis is getting rammed down your throat) are the catalyst for all of your “over-reacting.” That’s making you behave that way? You can’t control your behavior? Your at the mercy of the advertisments?
And of course, Joe and PTB are *causing* these fan wars by their actions regarding the characters. They’re *making* people behave like kids, arguing over which character is the most popular, right? You have no control over how you behave? If your favorite character isn’t as popular as another person’s favorite character, what happens? Is it going to totally destory your self-esteem?
The PTB of Stargate certainly have some powerful mojo about them. The things they can make people do!!!!!
anonymous said: One of the reasons people seem to be overreacting is that a lot of advertisements for SGA related stuff, including the one for Comic Con, highlight Carter coming to Atlantis in Season 4 as if she is the savior. If those people who write-up the ads (including Sci-Fi, but they only did it during SG-1 finale) would stop “O. VER. AD. VER. TI. SING” the fact that Carter is coming over, than you might be hearing less of this overeaction, IMHO. But it keeps getting rammed down our throats.
As an Atlantis only fan myself, I agree that the Sam-on-Atlantis advertisement lately can be a bit too much sometimes. However, in my opinion, it’s been done to let Amanda Tapping fans know that she’ll be on the show and get new viewers (many of the people who watch the ads on TV don’t go online, so the only way they get the news is by catching ads on SciFi, magazines, etc). I know several SG-1 fans who will start watching Atlantis because Amanda’ll be in. Some fans would argue that fans are stopping watching Atlantis because of the cast changes. True. Whenever there’s a change in the cast of ANY show, you will always have people that are happy with the changes, people who are unhappy with them, and people who are neutral about them. Some will start watching, some will stop watching and some will continue watching. Many angry fans said that the ratings would tank after Sunday, that none of the episodes after Sunday would make even a 1.0. Well, the fact is that ratings didn’t fall. The remaining episodes got 1.2, 1.2 and 1.5 respectively. We’ll have to wait and see how the first few s4 episodes do ratingswise.
Back on topic, the emphasis on Sam coming to Atlantis in advertisement is done to atract new viewers. But if you read the spoilers, you’ll see TPTB have said many times how all the characters would have episodes focused on them, how Sam would be more in a supporting role, etc. And none of the spoilers for the actual episodes suggest otherwise, at least so far. Besides, Amanda Tapping has said that she only has to go on set for 3 or 4 days per episode (while the rest of the cast spend about 8 days filming an episode, on average). She could hardly take over the show by spending half or even less time than the rest of the regulars there…
Anonymous said…
Sally, you are a truly painful, obnoxious child, and an example of the kind of Amanda fan who makes people really, really dislike that side of fandom.
If people want to dislike Carter, that’s their business.
So…to clarify…you’re ripping into Sally in an effort to tell her to be more tolerant of other people’s feelings. Does anyone else see the irony here or is it just me?
There are a LOT of them. If TPTB wanted a character from SG1 who’s ACTUALLY popular, they would have chosen Daniel.
Ah. Then dawn’s the light.
He’s a nice little fact for you (and I know this because I was there and talked to the person selling the t-shirts): they sold ONE Carter t-shirt at the convention in NJ last year. ONE! If she was so damned popular, they would have been a hot item. They weren’t. They sold one, and another was given away as part of an auction.
Well that sure is concrete proof! Joe…fire Amanda on the spot!!!
BTW, oh brave Anonymous one…who exactly was headlining this convention again?
Get over yourself and realise that there are a LOT of fans who can’t stand Carter. They’re sick of her worshippers bitching at them because they like Vala or Mitchell. Heaven forbid they should like Vala because she came in during Amanda’s maternity leave. OMG how dare they like Mitchell because he took over SG1. There are also a LOT who are angry that Elizabeth Weir has been dumped from the show without any explanation other than “it had to be done” from TPTB, and she’s been thrown out of the office to give Queen Carter somewhere to continue her reign on Stargate.
LOL Sorry but your wording here gives away EXACTLY where you’re coming from. 😉
I don’t care if people like other characters…they’re free to do so as far as I’m concerned. I might not understand it in some cases, but I’m certainly not going to rip someone apart because they prefer a character I don’t or because they don’t care for a character I do.
Oh and please feel free to quantify exactly how many “a lot” equals in numbers of viewers and ratings.
And no, quoting polls from OS isn’t enough.
Get over yourself. You’re getting exactly what you want. You have a new show to watch (since you’ve never watched it before, I’m sure), and a lot of us, whether Mitchell/Vala fans or Weir/Beckett fans are constantly copping crap from the likes of you and a certain other Sam fan on GW who keeps making snide remarks in stupid text-speak whenever anyone disagrees with her.
Right. So Carter fans need to “feel the pain” and be more considerate of other fans who aren’t getting their way, and yet those fans can rip Sam apart/write death fics/etc. with reckless abandon, right? Hypocritical much? Respect is a two way street.
BTW, the lumping groups together like that is a mistake. I loved Carson and Vala, am a fan of SGA and *gasp* love Carter too.
Will wonders never cease. 😉
majorsal said…joe, i’m sorry i can’t bite back to the person that insulted me… i was too busy laughing to think of any comebacks. :p
Or trying to work out what all the big words mean? 😉
Majorsal, really? “I just threw something in the corner, fetch!”?
Yes, a real little charmer, isn’t she? I’m sure Amanda would be so proud.
And possibly looking into some personal protection… Isn’t it usually the fans who say things like, “I want to be -insert celeb name of choice-” that tend to turn up on their doorsteps with firearms?
Anonymous said…
Majorsal, really? “I just threw something in the corner, fetch!”?
Do you really think that’s the way to talk to a fellow fan, even if they don’t agree with you?
To be fair, she was responding to a poster who told everyone who disagreed with him/her to “go to hell”.
I’m just saying.. 😉
Anonymous #whatever quoted here “Do you really think that’s the way to talk to a fellow fan, even if they don’t agree with you?”
Seems that when someone tells a group of others to “go to hell” a response is deserved and Sally addressed Farscapre fan directly and no one else so first and foremost you might want to mind your business. Second, if you are not going to mind your own business you should set aside some time to have a little chat with Farscape fan to tell her a little about behaviour since you feel you seem to know so much. Farscape fan is a disgrace plain and simple, talk about creating bad feelings and dissension, she’s a nightmare.
majorsal said…joe, you are really funny. write a book and call it ‘My book of snark. You don’t know what that means? IDIOT!’
Yes, I can see where that would be about your level of humour Sally.
Anonymous said…
“Majorsal, really? “I just threw something in the corner, fetch!”?
Do you really think that’s the way to talk to a fellow fan, even if they don’t agree with you?”
oh, i’m so sorry. i guess i’m tired of being told the sg1 of seasons 1-8 are crap because claudia/vala wasn’t in it. i guess i’m tired of being told that rda/jack and amanda/sam are crap. i guess i’m tired of being told to go to hell by the same fan, over and over and over.
besides, i gave joe some juicy stuff for his blog. :p
on a side note: i’m much, MUCH more apt to believe in what you’re saying if you sign your gateworld name. something to hide?
sally 😀
From Anonymous “I’m not going to quote the rest of your post, because I find it too insulting, extremely childish, and somewhat sad. Because someone trolls Joe’s blog, you feel that you need to say something about another character that (in my opinion) is alot worse. It was obvious when I read the post that you were attacking, that it was not coming from a Daniel fan but an Atlantis fan. All you had to do (if you even bothered) was read the last 2 paragraphs of her/his post. Because of what you wrote, (which I’m sure isn’t the truth) I have a pretty good idea who you are. Your track record speaks for itself. I just wish that the mods on G.W. would reign you in because you are giving other Sam fans like myself a bad name.”
Really you know who I am and GW should reign me in?? and what I wrote isn’t the truth??? MY GOD can you read other people’s minds too or just mine??? (Oooohhh what am I thinking RIGHT now?? Bet you can guess even if you cannot read my mind.) I haven’t been on Gateworld in months so let’s hear who you think I am cuz in my book if you are gonna call someone out you better be willing to step-up and call them out all the way otherwise keep it to yourself as it just makes you look foolish, oh BTW, trying to call me out while posting as Anonymous yourself is really brave of you (read as – doesn’t help your little self-righteous rant or your credibility much at all).
Also, get your sarcasm meter out – everyone here is far too serious about two fictional TV shows, a bunch of fictional characters and one real-life TV producer.
I’m not a Daniel fan, or a Sam fan, or an Atlantis fan (never even watched one episode of Atlantis) just someone who comes here to watch the horrific crap fly every day. This blog is a joke with what some of you people have to say but it’s absolutely some of the funniest shit I ever read and sometimes, as taught by Mr. Mallozzi himself, sarcasm is exactly what this blog and some of these comments deserve.
Gosh, Joe. I’m a bit worried you might be feeling a little unloved here… all the spite and villification that is usually directed your way seems to be aimed at Majorsal today. Can it be you have a rival for your supervillain crown?
With all the pointing and name-calling going on in here today, it feels almost like I’ve walked in on a private feud. Perhaps we should all just go away and leave them to it… oh, hang on though, whose blog is this again? Oh, that’s right… it’s yours… 😉
Anonymous wrote:
Back on topic, the emphasis on Sam coming to Atlantis in advertisement is done to atract new viewers. But if you read the spoilers, you’ll see TPTB have said many times how all the characters would have episodes focused on them, how Sam would be more in a supporting role, etc. And none of the spoilers for the actual episodes suggest otherwise, at least so far. Besides, Amanda Tapping has said that she only has to go on set for 3 or 4 days per episode (while the rest of the cast spend about 8 days filming an episode, on average). She could hardly take over the show by spending half or even less time than the rest of the regulars there…
True, but you see, there are those fans who don’t believe what Joe says, who don’t believe what Amanda says. They were so traumatised by the Daniel/Jonas thing, in which they were told by the PTB that they would love Jonas; they were traumatised by the continuing S/J ship when the PTB told *them* (according to some fans) specifically that the ship wouldn’t continue – that they simply do not believe anything Joe tells them. In their world, if Amanda had turned down the chance to go to Atlantis, then Torri and Paul would still be there and all would be well. No amount of talking is going to change their minds.
For some people, even having Carter in 2 minutes of an episode is enough to take them out it and make them feel like she is taking over the show. Rational discourse doesn’t work when a person hates a character that much. Having Jack refer to Carter as a “National Treasure” is something from which the anti-Carter people will never, ever recover.
It has to be said that some of your snarky posters are beginning to make sense… Must be time to up my medication!
Uberamandafan said: “LOL Sorry but your wording here gives away EXACTLY where you’re coming from.;)”
Please don’t stoop to this level Oooobs! Why didn’t you defend Daniel in the post that a Sam fan (from Gateworld) posted that was worse. Because you’re a Sam fan? Does that give you, or a few other Sam fans, the right to act this way? I know for a fact that you like Daniel too. Just because someone trolls Joe’s blog doesn’t give you the right to ‘1-upmanship’. I guess I’m just a firm believer in setting a good example. Sorry Joe, it’s like I said before, there are alot of Sam fans and Sam/Jack shippers that LOVE Daniel. Please don’t forget to give Amanda and Michael a big hug from us.
“…use your fireplace on cold winter nights…”
It’s ok, you can warm your old bones with a good fire, the balance is even, you only relase the carbon dioxyd the tree captured few times ago…. asumming you collected that wood by yourself and didn’t use chainsaw, car….
Please, stop eating cows, damnit. For each kilogramme of cow, one litre of fuel, and 15000 litres of water were used…
I’m sorry…is this “Rip Majorsal a New One Day” or something?
I must not be getting all my memos.
Mary Beth 🙂
[P.S…Joe, I’m not trying to be sneaky with the new username here. This really is UberAmandaFan but I’ve been consolidating my username all over the internet to just “Über.” Just sayin’ in case you notice and are wondering.]
Anonymous said: “I’m not a Daniel fan, or a Sam fan, or an Atlantis fan (never even watched one episode of Atlantis) just someone who comes here to watch the horrific crap fly every day.”
Oh, I understand now. So your just a troublemaker? Thanks for explaining. *Headdesk*
Joe..
I am begging you…
Please delete any post that contains the name (actor or character) of the major players on SG1 or Atlantis (eg Sam, Weir, Daniel, Vala, etc) no matter what the content is.
Maybe that will increase the number of entries that represent “Thoughts” and reduce to a minimum those that represent “ Tirades, Rants and Ruminations”
Alipeeps said…
“Gosh, Joe. I’m a bit worried you might be feeling a little unloved here… all the spite and villification that is usually directed your way seems to be aimed at Majorsal today. Can it be you have a rival for your supervillain crown?”
i know!:p joe, watch out, i’m taking over!! but… would blue jeans be supervillain enough?
sally 😀
Anonymous wrote:
I’m not a Daniel fan, or a Sam fan, or an Atlantis fan (never even watched one episode of Atlantis) just someone who comes here to watch the horrific crap fly every day. This blog is a joke with what some of you people have to say but it’s absolutely some of the funniest shit I ever read and sometimes, as taught by Mr. Mallozzi himself, sarcasm is exactly what this blog and some of these comments deserve.
I agree that some of the stuff said here is some pretty funny stuff.
Popularity being determined by the number of t-shirts sold at a convention – I love it. Thanks for whoever educated me regarding that factoid.
I’m going to make a bunch of t-shirts with the Presidential candidates names on them and set up a little booth in my neighborhood. Whichever one sells the most will, of course, be the most popular and odds are they will be elected President. With that knowledge, I’m taking my money and hitting Vegas to bet on the election.
Wish me luck.
I thought you might like to know that Michael Shanks and the SG1 movies got a nice little mention in USA Today’s Weekend edition in the Q&A section of the paper’s magazine supplement.in the Q&A section of the magazine supplement.
michaelshanks-online has a scan of the clipping here.
Hey Joe,
I was hoping since comments have to be approved by you that the comments section of your blog wouldn’t end up like it was on G.W.
How wrong I was. If you have total control now than why do you allow it? Bickering doesn’t make for more fans it makes for less. I’ve noticed quite a few fans not posting on boards anymore because of the fighting – especially Atlantis fans. I guess I’m just curious why you’re allowing your blog to be a place for fans to verbally attack each other when now you have total control?
anonymous said:
Please don’t stoop to this level Oooobs! Why didn’t you defend Daniel in the post that a Sam fan (from Gateworld) posted that was worse. Because you’re a Sam fan? Does that give you, or a few other Sam fans, the right to act this way? I know for a fact that you like Daniel too. Just because someone trolls Joe’s blog doesn’t give you the right to ‘1-upmanship’. I guess I’m just a firm believer in setting a good example. Sorry Joe, it’s like I said before, there are alot of Sam fans and Sam/Jack shippers that LOVE Daniel. Please don’t forget to give Amanda and Michael a big hug from us.
No…no stooping. Promise. 🙂
The reason I didn’t respond to the post about killing Daniel off was because I saw it as being sardonic wit rather than a genuine wish for Daniel’s permanent demise. I saw someone sarcastically applying the flawed logic another poster used in order to show how ridiculous the notion was of determining a character’s popularity based on anecdotal (and rather dubious) “evidence.” Read it again with that in mind: “I once went to a convention here in the states where I spoke to dozens of people, including a few of the promoters, and they all disliked/hated the Daniel character so there is your proof positive that Daniel stinks. Can you please now just kill him and leave him dead once and for all.”
MB 🙂
*waves*
*looks at all the comments*
And I thought I was having a rough few days! Joe, how do you manage to piss everyone off without opening your mouth? 😉 Is it an art form? Should I be taking notes?
On second thoughts, I’d better not, in case I cause more trouble than i’ve already done.
It has to be said that after reading your blog from the very start, some of your snarkyness must’ve rubbed off on me. And alas I kinda said some things I now regret. 🙁 So to those I ticked off, I apologise profusely. But no doubt I will do it again because I have a big mouth. So if I apologise profusely, can I build up credit for the next time? 😀
Any chance I could blame my big mouth on you, Joe? I thought I might as well get in on the act, as everyone else seems to be blaming you for everything. Doesn’t it make you feel special that you have all this power? 😀
*hugs*
Hi Joe, just a thought but please could all the anonymous posters give themselves names or numbers so I can keep up with whose insulting who!
And if you could all add your allegiances for instance D/J or S/J that would really help me with my flow chart of who, well lets not say hate (such a harsh word) each other lets say dislike each other intently. Let’s play nice!
Pauline
Anonymous said…
Hey Joe,
I was hoping since comments have to be approved by you that the comments section of your blog wouldn’t end up like it was on G.W.
How wrong I was. If you have total control now than why do you allow it? Bickering doesn’t make for more fans it makes for less. I’ve noticed quite a few fans not posting on boards anymore because of the fighting – especially Atlantis fans. I guess I’m just curious why you’re allowing your blog to be a place for fans to verbally attack each other when now you have total control?
Maybe because when people post this kinda crap on someone’s personal blog, all they really achieve is to make themselves look [ridiculous/stupid/pathetic/crazy/foolish/insert adjective of choice]?
Anthony wrote
“But, do some research of your own, because all of the Global Warming Skeptics are constantly shunned.”
No, they have been disproved.