We turned off the main street and onto a back road that snaked through a heavily forested area, endlessly rising, falling, zigging and zagging – nothing but deep, dark wilderness to either side. “It’s beautiful,”remarked Larry, my driver. Hmmm. To me, it looked like an ideal place to dump a murder victim.
Eventually, we reached the end of the road – which turned out to be an even rougher trail that continued for another two miles before delivering us to an impromptu tree-lined parking area. I made the rest of the trek on foot, arriving by the water as they were setting up the first shot of the day, a “walk and talk” backlit by the rising sun. It was a beautiful scene, one of those rare instances that someone bears witness to only on those rare occasions he wakes up 5:00 a.m. and takes the 90 minute drive down to the location to watch it being shot – or, better yet, just watches it on t.v. months later.
From there, we moved on to the bridge scene and got as far as blocking the power bar scene before lunch was called. Veal cutlets and peanut butter bars! Fortified, we hiked back into the bush to shoot the power bar scene followed by the search scene and ending with the green screen shot.
Jodelle F. – What can I say? She’s an incredibly talented young lady eho is doing a fantastic job as little Harmony. Her character, McKay, and Sheppard play wonderfully off one another, and the fun between these three continues long after the scene has been shot.
No bears on set this day (the one we saw ambling across the trail on the drive back doesn’t count) but plenty of mosquitoes and the odd plane flying by to ruin a take or five. Apparently, there are cougars in the area, but they’re mainly up in the mountains and only come down when it’s dark – like, say, this Friday when we do the night shoot. Also, excitement galore and a near-disaster averted after quick action was taken to fix a tear in David Hewelett’s pants (“Them aren’t sitting pants!“I warned him.). Ah, show business!
Pics: You bet!
ooh, what book is Joe reading in that pic?
Heya Mr Mallozzi,
I love the pics of the sun! Gorgeous location… uh, not that I’d know anything about places to dump murdered victims.
So McKay tears his pants huh? Oh woe! Did you guys start really early today – as in before sunrise?
Nothing to say except keep posting the pics.
The little cute looks cute 🙂
Ta,
M
Hahahaha! Sounds like fun! It also sounds like Harmony is going to be a really interesting episode…though if the elder sisters are named Rhyme and Reason I’m going to be scared. Well, sorry about having to get up so early, but I hope you feel it’s worth it!
When that Silent Hill girl(guessing its the same girl) is old enough, will you consider her for more episodes?
Joe,
Thank you for the Joe Flanigan pics! You rock!
Awesome pics, Joe!!!!
Glad you avoided the bears, if you couldn’t avoid the evil mosquitoes! Don’t tell Baron Destructo about the “murder victim dumping ground,” for that might aid his world domination scheme!
Also, nice writing – very picturesque. 🙂
Sooooo…I know I can’t ask questions. *struggles not to ask something* Instead I’m going to assume. (Good thing nobody does that in this blog’s comments! LOL)
The fixing of the tear in David’s pants involved the handy man’s secret weapon–duct tape. It did! It did! I know it did!
Damn, it’s hard not to ask questions!!!
Take care and avoid the bear!
Thanks as usual for the update and some stunning pics also. The only wildlife to worry about in my neck of the woods….well not so much woods as a copse….and by copse I mean tree….anyhoo, are a smattering of ducks, a couple of feral cats, a possum and a rabid breakfast squirrel.
Oh, and thanks for the “Them aren’t sitting pants!“….ammo for future cons
Wow – oh, my, what beautiful photos, Joe.
Thank you so much (again) for sharing with us.
Glad you had a good day!
I read somewhere that if you wear bells, it will scare off bears.
But then again…I also read the number one “manmade” item found in bear scat is…the little bells that hikers wear to ward off bears.
Mwhahahahaha.
Ahem.
Sorry.
Morjana
Her character, McKay, and Sheppard play wonderfully off one another, and the fun between these three continues long after the scene has been shot.
I know you said no questions for a while, but could you elucidate at some point, please?
Also, what book is Mr. Flanigan reading/holding in that shot?
Oh, and most effusive praise cascading your way… excellent pictures.
Ooooooh, look at the pretty pictures! ::key effusive praise::
I’m an outdoors nut, but 5am is early…unless there’s coffee. A lot of coffee. Were talking travel-cup possibly in the range of quart-size. Anything less just wouldn’t be decent.
So, yes, did I mention effusive praise? And please, pass it on to the crew!
So, so beautiful. Thank you for sharing these.
Hello your godlyness!!!
Should you continue to produce fair pics like today I shall have to build a bigger alter to worship Your Evilness at.
One teeny tiny question…
What’s the book that Joe F reading?
The first two photos there are stunning Joe! Thank you for those!
Hehe, Ferland’s cute; I can’t wait to see her shine when she deals with the Shep/McKay banter that we’ve all grown to love or endure.
Do you know what Joe is reading?
Is the little girl the same one who played one of the younger versions of Adria in Flesh and Blood?
WOW! Those first two pics were amazing! I will look forward to that episode just for the scenery. Well…and McShepp….and McKay interacting with a non-adult. Oh hell, I’m just going to look forward to it period!
And congrats to Martin Gero on his nomination for McKay and Mrs.Miller… fantastic episode!!! You should dedicate your blog to him tomorrow!
Glad to see Joe F. feeling better. Poor guy…food poisoning is awful.
Have fun in the outback..lol.
What fantastic pics! I can’t wait for this episode. Jodelle Ferland did a wonderful job as young Adria, and I’m sure she’ll be great as a foil to the guys.
The plot, the characters (John and Rodney — hooray) and the setting all look marvelous to me.
A pity you didn’t appreciate the scenery at 6 am, but thanks for sharing it with us anyway!
david’s looking awfully hot!
sally 😀
Heh, Lisa S asked exactly what I was wondering! As always, thankee for the David & Joe piccies! 🙂
Off to Dragon*Con tomorrow to hang with other Stargte (and Harry Potter) fans, help pimp A Dog’s Breakfast, and get more of my artwork signed. (Been bustin’ my toukis to get those portraits done in time, too! The guest list kept growing!) See you in about a week. Behave yourself, Cookie Monster!
Hi Mr Mallozzi,
I just love the pics and comments on your blog. I truly appreciate that you take time to review and answer on some of the comments. I was (still am) a Stargate SG1 fan and since Amanda Tapping will now appear in SGA, I can’t wait to watch the show (never really did before but hey, I’m kinda curious to see how this will work out, I like Sam). Plse stop by my blog if you get the chance, I’m very new at this…BTW I got the idea from visiting your blog. So I thank you
You didn’t answer the most important question! How’s Joe feeling? Poor thing. Food poisoning is evil.
I’m not a Weir or Beckett fan specifically. I like them, but I prefer Shep.
Still, I’m not amused that all these people are going to start watching purely because of the misfortune of Paul and Torri losing their jobs and Amanda “she who can do no wrong in the eyes of TPTB” Tapping is now part of the show.
I watched SG1 for the first eight years, and by that point I’d had well and truly enough of Carter.
She’s possibly the most contrived character I’ve ever seen in this series. The perfection, the superiority of her attitude… it’s too much. Not to mention the fact that without the fantastic Jack O’Neill, she’s boring as hell.
To me, that is.
It took RDA leaving for me to realise just how bad this character is. I’d been blinded by the shippiness of Sam/Jack. Once he was out of the picture, I saw her for what she was. And I didn’t like it.
I won’t be watching season four because of her. Or if I do, I”ll be taping it and forwarding through her bits.
What would you do if – dare I say it? – you became allergic to allergic to chocolate or lactose intolerant or some such thing?
Very, very nice pictures… I love sunrise and have been known to wander the few hundred yards from my home to the beach just to watch the disc of the sun rise above the horizon.
Thank you, also, for brightening this currently sunless morning with the pictures of Joe_F – I heard he wasn’t well so I’m glad he’s feeling better.
🙂
Those pics are beautiful. I’ll have to remember to drive around up there when I visit the area one day…
I can’t believe a little digital took those…
Salut Joseph!!
Waou !! ces photos sont trés belle, et quel joli paysage!
Oula a 5 h00 heure du matin! Bah dit donc il faut du courage pour ce se lever aussi tôt et surtout si c est pour aller à la rencontre des pumas et pleins de moustiques lol!
Le tournage devait être rigolo^^! Je suis impatiente de voir cette épisode!
Bah Merci pour ces jolies photos!!
Je vous fait les plus énormes bisous de la galaxie! a demain! Je vous adore!
<3Passez une trés bonne jourée<3
Sunsets are more my bag, not being a morning person – my sympathies for having to drag your a** out of bed at such an ungodly hour.
GREAT photos – when you do start answering questions again, can you please tell me what camera you use (is a pocket jobbie or a flashy DSLR?)
Keep that bug spray handy – I hear it works on cougars, too. Maybe.
– dana
Hi Joe:
I’m baaaack!!!
Did you miss me? What’s this? I come back and you are gone! Darn… I went to the Chicago convention and chatted about you with Jay Acovone (Major Kowalski). Were your ears burning? Anyway, he would be so awesome as a guest character on Atlantis. He is such a nice guy in real life. Hint hint.
Speaking of big things…meaning you, Joe. You are a big hit with the fans, a big power broker, a big hearted fellow… Is that enough adoration? I can provide more…
Here is a link to something very big very near where I live: http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p133/Arctic-Goddess/pyrogy.jpg
Alberta has a bunch of other ones, like a giant replica of the Enterprise, an Easter egg, a Giant mushroom, and a landing pad for a flying saucer. And that’s just the stuff north of Edmonton. Honestly, I’m not making this up.
By the way, bears don’t like loud noises, so bring some bear bangers with you to your location shoot.
Patricia
Love the pics! Heh. BC really is gorgeous… too bad you never really get to see it when you’re in the city most of the time.
Should (God forbid) Atlantis not get picked up for a 5th season and (also God forbid) you can’t find any more writing/producing work, with pictures like that you could always become a landscape photographer.
Hewlett tore his pants? Intriguing. You should leave that in the scene, you’d make many fangirls very happy 😉
Thank you soooooooo much for the pictures of Joe!!! 🙂
Scenery shots!
You should really feel special. I’ve been sooo busy lately and this is one of the few things I choose to read after a long day at work. =9
You know, busy helping the office make lots of money suing (Per Harvey Birdman) Doctors, Dentists, Astrologists, people with sidewalks, defective automobile manufacturers, and oh yeah, priests.
Actually Birdman was pretty accurate minus the astrologist part.
The boss says he’s retiring at 57 and we’re going to ride out the auto defect and chicken sh*t wave until then.
..He actually said that today.
Is the only original character not invited back for Stargate Atlantis season 4 Daniel? That sucks.
Hi Joe!
Thanks so much for the wonderful piccies! The first two are breathtaking scenery shots; really beautiful. The others are breathtaking for other reasons, especially the one’s of a certain Lt.Colonel!
I’m really looking forward to Harmony, as I’m a big fan of episodes which centre on Sheppard and McKay invariably getting into some sort of trouble! Jodelle Ferland did a wonderful job as young Adria, and I’m really looking forward to seeing her in SGA, and her interactions with Shep and McKay.
5.00 am? In the morning? Ouch!
Effusive praise is winging its way to you as I type…
The shot of the sunrise and the shot of the mountains are worthy of framing, Joe. Very pretty. You should be on the board of tourism for Vancover. Those pictures make me want to plan my next vacation there!
Hope you guys are having fun out there and staying chigger-free… 😉
Hi Joe
YOu actually get sunshine out there? Too bad you can’t incorporate the cougars into the show.. that would really add some unwanted interest and excitement!!
I’m developing a weird sense of humor.. I think it must be from reading your blog..
Dori
bonjour M.Mallozzi how are you?
vos photo sont vraiment super ma preféré celle de david et la jeune fille et aussi celle de joe. cela fait vraiment longtemps que vous avez repondu a une de mes question… mais je vais reassayé on ne sais jamais LOL.
=> est-ce vrai que mckay a apprit a se battre comme john, teyla ou ronon? même s’il est moins performant. ^^.
=> son personnage rodney aime-t-il les enfants maintenant? 😀
=> avez-vous etez voir mon blog? accepter-vous les montage cadeau que l’on vous fait?
voila je n’en pose pas plus car je sais que vous devez avoir beaucoup de travail. sur ce bisous et continuait votre travail il est super VIVE STARGATTTEEEEUUHHHH.
Wow, those are some beautiful pictures. One day I’m going to go to the Pegasus galaxy where eveything looks like Western Canada 🙂
Hi Joe,
I know you said that the least developed character in S4 was Chuck… how about developing him in S5? hmm how about giving him a second name, some personal quirks, and maybe a promotion (like Gary’s character!!!)? hehe. Thanks for the photos!
Cheers
Hi Mr. M.,
I stole your pixs of the sun and the foggy mountains to use as backgrounds on my computer. Absolutely gorgeous!!
Geez, being that far back in the middle of nowhere, did you ever think to look if there were any geocaches in the area? If it’s a good place to hide a body, it’s probably a good place to hide a container, publish the cooordinates on the internet and have others go in search of it.
Keep the gorgeous pictures coming!
Thank You.
Gate Geek
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En plus de sa Mardi c est la rentrée des classes, la pire nouvelle de toute l été !!!Je n est pas envi que mes vacances ce termine! elles ont été si génial!
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Bon aller!passez une bonne journée!! Gros bisou!!
Hello Sir,
I’m back in town after our three weeks family vacations at 126 km north-west from Québec in the forest ( no electricity, no phones, no tv but yes a propane water heater to get washed !). I like to walk at 5:00 AM in the forest. That gave me this year the chance to see a black bear, a wildcat ( lynx en français ), a fox, 4 mooses, two royal white head eagles and I’m still alive. I can help you if you need some advices.
So I think you should survive and hopefully will continue to entertain us with your blog.
BTW, I am rewatching SGA first season at CITY-TV in high definition. Joe Flanighan is very good as a leader and the chemistry between McKay and the others already well established.
Bye
i was just wondering if you know when any of the season4 promotional photos are due to come out? and is the episode missing wen we find out how Teyla Gets pregnant or will it be an earlier episode?
My friends as they walk past my computer:
“Hey, is that little girl you?”
“Woah! Look at that guy’s hair!”
“Is that ‘Battlestar Galactica?”
Suffice to say, they didn’t leave my room before watching some eps. and becoming die hard converts ;D. Ha ha. Just doing my part.
It sounds like you’ve recovered from your food poisoning. That’s good. Hope Flanigan didn’t put rocks in your backpack ^_^;.
Thanks for the pictures of the beautiful scenery…oh, and the mountains and sunrise too. I’m sure it’s hard to appreciate at OMG5am!
I can’t resist adding my name to the list of people wondering about Joe F.’s book. We’re dying of curiosity here! Glad he seems to be feeling better. Should we be making a list of places to avoid dining in Vancouver??
Good luck with the rest of the remote shoot. Hope you don’t encounter any bears.
Great photos! More, please!
Photos are very nice, particularly the sunrise and JF reading a book 🙂
Meanwhile, if you’re worried about bears, read this page
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/misc/bears/bearsaf.html
Still, I’m not amused that all these people are going to start watching purely because of the misfortune of Paul and Torri losing their jobs and Amanda “she who can do no wrong in the eyes of TPTB” Tapping is now part of the show.—
Oh dear it looks like someone got lost on their way to the OS forum where this kind of tripe is well and truly the norm.
Do you need directions sweetie? Because really that’s the only place I can think of where the silly notion is welcome that fans are watching because they support some sort of ‘misfortune’ for other actors and not because they might genuinely like the character of Samantha Carter and the actress Amanda Tapping.
Out here in the real world of Stargate fandom we know fans tend to try and respect what people’s real reasons might be for watching a show and don’t get nasty towards them based on delusions about them.
So if you need directions to nasty fantasy world–er I mean the OS please just ask.
Right now they are having a lovely discussion about how much better Michael Shanks is at interviewing about Rage of Angels than Christopeher Judge is. Apparently according to the OS resident cartoonist, CJ is only about self agrandizing, self promotion and whining for fan support.
Jodelle F…..she was in SG-1’s “Flesh and Blood” Right? I remember her being Adria at one point in the ep.
Speaking of McKay- What character developments can we exspect in the new season? I understand if you can’t give anything away and i was wondering if you wanted to look at my Story Arc idea for Atlantis. I have some more ideas for it like to introduce a new enemy but it would be a different enemy…i would just really like it if you could comment on it and see what you think cause i can’t make it all the way out to Canada to pitch the idea LOLS! ^^ I’ll await your reasponce.
~Danielle
Bears? Tell you what, I’ll trade two Lions for two Bears. That should make for a really interesting shoot!
Thanks for the pics!
That second one is gorgeous.
*waves*
Sounds like you’re having a great time, and the sunset with the mist, looks exquisite. And the other scenery is just as nice 😉 Good to see Joe’s feeling better. :o) I’m looking forward to this ep immensely. With Shep and McKay banter, Rodney + Ankele bitters = Great entertainment! And who could forget the Quest! 😉
*hugs*
Thanks so much for the great stuff Mr M, it’s very much appreaciated. You’re indeed a very wise and kind man! Is that enough praise? Or do you want more gushing? 😀
So rather than being attacked by bears you were all attacked by David Hewlett’s arse instead – damn those wardrobe malfunctions to hell. And I’m really hoping that this remains the most disturbing sentance I end up writing today.
Going to join the chorus because those first two pictures are just beautiful. If your going to have to crawl out of bed at oh my god o’clock it might as well be to scenery like that.
Loved the pics of Jason at the SGC you posted the other day, and loved the pics of David and Joe you posted yesterday. Beautiful scenery too. Thanks!
Keep them coming…
A vid of Mr. Flanigan wouldn’t hurt either *wink wink*
to the anonymous that won’t watch s4 because of Sam:
If it was my choice, I would love to have Elizabeth and Carson as regulars. I won’t stop watching because of Sam, though. I’m not a fan of any SG-1 character. I stopped watching SG-1 years ago, sometime around season 7. However, if a character from SG-1 had to be shipped to Atlantis, I’m glad it’s Sam and not any other (not even Jack). I understand how you feel because, if it had been Daniel the one coming, I would’ve stopped watching SGA. I have nothing against MS or any other SG-1 actor. In fact I’m sure they are all great guys/gals. I can’t stand the Daniel of season 7 and beyond, and it’s the reason why I stopped watching SG-1 when the character came back. The few episodes I’ve seen since then only made me dislike the character even more. So I understand how you feel. We only differ in the character we dislike 🙂
The point is that no matter what character comes/go, there’ll always be people who start/stop watching because of the said character. You and others won’t watch because of Sam, others will watch because of her. If it had been Daniel, you and others might have still watched it, I and others wouldn’t have watched it…
Heh – “… blinded by the shippiness of Sam/Jack.” That’s quite an admission from a familiar anonymous, given that it constituted about three or four lines over eight seasons. Such powerful writing! *g*
Hi Joe,
It was a beautiful scene, one of those rare instances that someone bears witness to only on those rare occasions he wakes up 5:00 a.m.
It’s great to get out of bed ‘really’ early occasionally to check out nature in a different time slot that we are accustomed too.
I have taken the opportunity to put the 2 photos of Joe F into the JoeFlaniganOnline photo page, but I would remove them if you wanted me too.
Oh for God’s sake please shut-up already about Carter going to Atlantis. Fine don’t watch just please shut-up it is so boring, so predictable, so innane -it wastes time and energy and you sound pathetic – JUST DON”T WATCH and in the process if you don’t watch thank God so maybe you will just stop junking up the forum.
Thanks for more great pics. You’re making me homesick. I miss the fog.
Regarding the episode, all I can say is that I look forward to any ep where McKay has to interact with a kid (really, it’s a shame that you scrapped the daddy McKay idea, though perhaps they’ll be some good stuff with him and Teyla’s baby).
are you lost? said… “Oh dear it looks like someone got lost on their way to the OS forum where this kind of tripe is well and truly the norm.”
Although you weren’t quoting my post I’m going to respond to you anyway. After reading your post I’m just curious how you’re any better? Maybe you would like to explain it to me because at the moment all I see is someone who has an agenda and is using Joe’s blog for it. And for you to bring up Chris and Michael, who are very close friends, was totally uncalled for.
It also might interest you to know that the person that you were quoting is from Gateworld not OS. Go back and read the post carefully. They left a clue.
If you say the poster I responded to is from Gateworld maybe they are.
My point is Sam fans have the right to be happy about her coming to Atlantis without being told they are taking advantage of the misfortune of some other actors. That’s crap and I thought the poster should move it to a place for crap.
I pointed out that the OS is a place for crap and as an example mentioned that the resident cartoonist over there was currently adding to the crap content by continuing the recent attacks on Christopher Judge saying Michael’s interviews are better than Christopher’s.
And for you to bring up Chris and Michael, who are very close friends, was totally uncalled for.
I said nothing against them, read my post again. I think it’s nasty that CJ is getting attacked like he is at the OS because he and Michael are good friends and here are fans pitting them against each other.
Merci josephmallozzi.wordpress.com.
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