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Gatecon 2002 Day Four: Guest Panels |
Vancouver, B.C. Canada September
12-15, 2002
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From this point on, there will be Season 6 and even movie and/or Season 7
spoilers to be found in the guest talks. These reports were written during the
convention, for the most part, although I have tweaked them here and there with
comments, corrections and/or updates and the like for the web page.
Hello
from Vancouver! We've survived Gatecon and it has survived us. I'm going to try
to catch up on reporting somewhat tonight, so we rejoin Gatecon where I left
off with the beginning of the Saturday morning panels. I was busy taking lots
of photos, so my notes aren't complete by any means and I did not tape anything.
So, I'll tell you what I can remember and others will hopefully be able to fill
in more...
Things
kicked off with silliness, of course, because the first guests on stage were
Colin Cunningham and JR Bourne. Alan came out to announce the guests and
suddenly there was a deep voice from off stage claiming to be "Alan's
conscience" and warning him not to turn around. Then a hairy head appeared
from behind one of the props. It was JR wearing a big hairy wig backwards.
Colin’s head eventually popped up, too, wearing a scruffy blond wig. (See
photos below.) There was a bit of silliness and finally the panel began. Colin
was wearing a very sexy leather jacket and it turned out it was an actual piece
of wardrobe from Big Sound and it had "sex" etched into it. Apparently,
it was a jacket that JR had actually worn on the show. Early on,
Colin jumped down into the audience and then paused with his hands up, waiting
to once again be rushed by security. The security people were sitting to one
side and I saw one of them laughing at his antics. I can't remember if I
reported on it previously, but by this time Colin had refused security and was
wandering around the convention unescorted.
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Amanda
Tapping arrived and joined JR and Colin on stage for a bit.
Colin
was asked why Major Davis waited for Daniel to confirm the order to blow up the
sub with Jack and Teal'c (in Small Victories). Colin explained that it was felt
that Daniel should have more to do in that particular scene and be more closely
involved in the decision since it was his team members who were about to die.
He also made a comment that Michael Shanks was one of the leads of the show so
he wouldn't have had a job without the main characters. I don't remember his
exact words, but that was about the gist of it. He said that although Major
Davis might love SG-1, Daniel loved the people who were about to
die, in essence.
Someone
asked Colin to sing but instead he said he would like to "conduct"
and he led the audience in singing "Row Row Row Your Boat." JR and
Amanda joined in the madness for a bit.
JR
made a phone call to his sister Kim and his niece, Maddy (who has cystic
fibrosis), to fill Kim in on the fundraising efforts for the Canadian Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation. He was selling and autographing copies of a children’s
book Kim has written to help raise money for CCFF. Maddy told her Uncle JR that
she was making a pair of binoculars so that she could see him in Vancouver (I
think they live in Montreal, but unfortunately, that was something else I
didn't write down). At that point in the con, $15,000.00 had been raised so
far.
We
learned (those of us who didn't know) that JR's real name is David Bourne, Jr.
Amanda
told us about renovating her house. She described it as a house built by Papa
Smurf on crack. She said they were finding all kinds of bizarre things as they
had worked on it like the tile was laid over shag carpeting (!) which was laid
over hardwood floors, a ceiling that had no beam holding it up, wiring that was
spliced every which way, etc.
There
was some comment about how did Colin feel kissing Ann Marie Loder (who has
recently married Peter DeLuise). (I suppose Colin must have been in some show
with Ann Marie but if it was mentioned, I don't have it in my notes.) He
wondered if JR had ever kissed Ann Marie? Or if he had ever kissed Peter
DeLuise, for that matter. (I may have Colin and JR backwards in this...I can't
tell from my notes and they were bantering back and forth so rapidly sometimes...)
JR
was asked how his sick dog was doing, but Colin interrupted and said he heard
the question as "How's your knob?" JR immediately quipped, "A
little tired." The dog was doing better, by the way.
Before
they left the stage, Colin and JR agreed to pose with Gilda with a bumper
sticker from San Antonio and she quipped: “Keep it clean, guys. This is for the
San Antonia newspaper!”
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next panel was Jay Acovone, Gary Jones and Don S. Davis. Don talked about
visiting Cheyenne Mountain and Colorado Springs and said "I drank a
lot."
Gary
Jones responded with "Boozegate!" and Don came back with "I
drink so I can have a hobby that matches my sex life." Don actually toured
Cheyenne Mountain and said he was surprised it wasn't as large as the Stargate
set or as elaborate. He commented, "I asked for guns and they would give
me none."
Gary
was asked about his son and he said that his little boy was two now and is very
fond of Amanda Tapping's dog, Abby. He says its name all day long. Instead of
"dog," he says "dobie," so he says "Abby's a
dobie." Therefore, Gary claims, his son is an Abydonian!
Don
said he's done a lot of artwork and a lot of traveling since the last Gatecon.
He was asked when Jack and Hammond are going to be promoted. His answer:
"Right now, we're just hoping to get renewed!" He then did seriously
explain that they couldn't promote Jack and have him still leading SG-1. But
Hammond could be promoted with no change in his assignment.
Gary
talked about Davis' rank and said that one day the Air Force people said that
Davis should have a lot more decorations (ribbons) on his uniform, so he
suddenly had a lot more. He said he wondered what they were for and he made up
some categories, including decorations for vacuuming the Gate, typing, and
sewing. He'd love to go through the Gate, but who would operate it? Don doesn't
know how. He did some hilarious imitations of Don as Hammond ordering the Gate
opened and closed and so on.
Don
likes comedy although he doesn't get to play those kinds of roles. His favorite
character that he's played was a Private Eye named Donald Carstairs who was
kind of crude. The character had a Hawaiian doll that dropped its grass
skirt...and he drank a lot.
Gary
said that the most unusual role he ever played was when he was booked to do a
comedy routine on New Year's Eve 2000. It turned out it was for a party at Bill
Gates'. Gary called him the "richest geek in the world." He quipped
that the best place to be in the whole world on the eve of Y2K was definitely
Bill Gates’ house!
Gary
and Don are doing their own stunts in "Full Circle," which was being
filmed right now. Don commented that Gary is catapulted across the room and
Gary said "I get blown up." (Much speculation has ensued among the
fans about what this might mean, of course!)
Don was
asked about Colin's comments that Major Davis and General Hammond both wear
pantyhose. Don wasn't fazed at all and said that he did wear
pantyhose...and then he went on to tell us about how he used to do stunt riding
(of horses)...about this point, Gary and Jay completely lost it. Jay said
"I was at a con where Don put on a wig and lipstick!" (That was
Gatecon last year.) Both of them started edging away. Don just ignored them and
explained that when he did the stunt riding, he was given advice by a longtime
rider that pantyhose help when you have saddle sores because they stop the
friction. So he really did wear them!
Gary
said he also used to do stunt riding but he got fired because he put the
pantyhose on the horse!
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The
next panel was Frida Betrani, Sarah Douglas and Suanne Braun. They came out and
began taking our pictures. Sarah Douglas commented that we all
seemed so "normal." She said she'd just come from Dragoncon where
she'd seen some very strange things so she was taken aback that the fans at
this con were so normal looking (Dragoncon has a high proportion of people in
costume the entire weekend). All three ladies piled into Chronos' throne (which
was sitting on the stage) and posed. They all commented that they were
"Gatecon virgins" and Frida said that JR had "deflowered"
her the day before. Sarah pointed out that JR was a "virgin" on
Stargate when he did his first episode with her and "I showed him how to
do it."
Sueann
talked about how she got into acting. The first role she ever played was at age
10 as "Annie" for two years. She was apparently the youngest actress
to ever play the role. She sang a few snatches and her voice was lovely.
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There
were photo sessions again on Saturday and Leah and I got our pictures taken
with everyone who was there. Don hugged us both and said "I'm in heaven; I
don't want to move." (See the picture below.) He is such a charmer. He
gave me a lovely kiss. Amanda noticed my "Got Daniel" button (made by
the wonderful Chance) and found it very amusing.
After
the photo sessions, I wandered into the dealer's room and found Colin, Peter
Williams and Frida doing an impromptu autograph session for everyone. So, I got
in line. For some reason, Colin was signing a lot of stuffed bears on the butt.
Anyone know what that was about? He signed a photo I had of him as "I'm
EEEEVIL" because I said he looked rather wicked in it and I reminded him
he’d said he wanted to do a slasher film. Peter liked the photo I'd taken of
him at Gatecon last year and commented about the Dragoncon photos I showed him
that he'd seen them on my website. I asked him how the heck he'd already seen
them so quickly and he told me that someone had sent him my website because
they "questioned" the legality of me selling reprints of my photos.
Quick lesson in copyright, folks. The photographer owns the copyright on the
photo and the photos were taken of a celebrity in a public venue. I own the
rights to them. But, hey, whoever you are, thanks for sharing my website
address around. A lot of celebrities have their official sites linking to me nowadays
and I just got another note from one of them regarding the Dragoncon site,
wanting to link to us. Since photographing the average convention like Gatecon
costs me about $700.00 in processing and film, not to mention the associated
hours of work at the convention and afterwards scanning and building a website,
it’s nice to get some recognition once in awhile. <g>
Amanda
was signing autographs so we got in line for that. When we got inside, Corin
Nemec had arrived. Leah had Amanda sign the descended naked Daniel cartoon and
she just lost it laughing when she saw it. She held it up and read it to the
crowd of fans waiting. She autographed it with the words "Yeah baby!"
(Some of you might remember that Teryl had autographed it at Dragoncon with
"Ohhhhh... Daniel!" Check out the Sunday panels site once it goes up
for a picture of the autographed cartoon.) Corin asked Leah where it had come
from and she said "Oh, someone drew it." I didn't let her get away
with that, though. I told him that Leah drew it. I had a copy of the Neal Adams
SciFi drawing and when I handed it to Corin to sign, he sighed and said
"You know, this is the first time anybody's cartooned me." *Ahem* I
didn't say anything. I don't know if he was being coy or if he really hasn't
seen any of Leah's cartoons. He was very quiet, low-key and sweet, but
friendly. He signed the postcard in tiny little print to make it fit just over
himself. I had asked Leah to have him sign my Stargate book and he drew a
little cartoon of himself inside with, as he said, the spiky hair. It's
actually rather cute.
Peter
Williams and Alexis Cruz were next up. My notes are kind of disjointed. I think
I was already wearing out! So, here are some bits and pieces that I wrote down.
They were asked what their favorite shows to watch were. Peter said Blind Date
and 5th Wheel because he likes to just relax and watch something silly. Alexis
was raised in The Bronx. Peter loves Bob Marley and his favorite song is
"One Love." (I found that interesting because Peter often signs
autographs with "One Love"). Peter talked some about a movie he was
in, Big Yard, as a character called Merlin. Jerry Plunkett, who played Nem and
Tuplo on Stargate, was also in Big Yard as Mr. White. (Coincidentally, we saw
Plunkett in Suddenly Naked with Michael Shanks Sunday night!) Alexis loves
gaming because he adores the role-playing...but he loves the storytelling
aspect of it all most of all. The high school he attended in New York is the
one that Fame was based on.
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Corin
Nemec was next up. He was wearing some absolutely hideous faded red-orange
jeans, a white t-shirt, a red checked shirt and a Hawaiian lei. He commented
that he didn't expect to get "leied" first thing when he came to the convention.
One of the first questions someone hit him with was "boxers or
briefs?" He didn't seem to understand the question at first but he caught
on quickly. His answer? "Depends on the weather." He was asked about
a 7th season and he said they didn't know but he had signed a 2 year contract
with MGM. He didn't elaborate further, but I thought that was kind of strange
since the 6th season was touted as the absolutely last one until fairly
recently. (Speculation is that he was being considered for a role on Stargate:
Atlantis when they signed him to a longer contract.)
He
said when he was up for the role, they sent him some episodes to review and he
remembered one of them was Solitudes. He loved the mythology. Since being cast
in the role, he said he went back and watched them all and really enjoys the
show. He was asked about Chris Judge and he said the man was "goofy."
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Someone
brought up Jonas' eating and Corin said it was his idea but that it has been toned
down because the producers were starting to notice it in the dailies and
freaking out. The banana scene in Descent was Corin's idea (one of the few
Jonas scenes I actually liked and found funny, by the way). He said he proposed
it to Peter DeLuis, Peter liked it, and it went in.
Like
Colin, he was asked what he knows about Jonas that the rest of us don't. He
simply said that was a question for the writers.
In
Descent, he stayed underwater for close to two minutes. When asked about
Michael Shanks/Daniel, he said he'd met Shanks and that he was a great guy and
a wonderful actor. He can't replace Michael Shanks or Daniel, who was a
fantastic character, and he wasn't trying to. Okay, someone else wrote this
particular note and I'm not positive what it says (I was out of the room), but
I think it says that he really does like to watch the weather
channel in real life and also that he likes Spongebob Squarepants. (I later had
this confirmed.) It goes on to say something about Jonas would feel fortunate
to be able to see worldwide weather, not just his home planet. Corin was a
Gatecon virgin, but apparently Bill Vigars (the show's publicist) had taken his
Gatecon virgin badge and pinned it on a clapboard while they filmed recently,
all unbeknownst to Corin (until the con). The ring Jonas wears is really
Corin's grandfather's ring. It was the real thing in early episodes but they
have now made a replica for him to wear on the show. He was asked about the
Puff and Ruffle and the Wounded Lamb schticks but he'd never heard of them.
Amanda
came out on stage and she was asked why Corin didn't know about the Puff and
Ruffle. She said he just wasn't a Puff and Ruffle kind of guy although
occasionally he would give someone a sly glance.
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It
was time for Corin to go and Amanda to start her talk. She told a hilarious
story about Teryl trying to come up the steps of Amanda's trailer with coffee
in one hand and her little dog in the other. She was in costume as Dr. Fraiser
and her stethoscope got caught in the steps.
Someone
asked her what her favorite pie was. Strawberry Rhubarb. At least today, she
added. She commented that they call RDA "Maharishi Rick." (I thought
that was cute.) She talked a bit about an episode "Paradise Lost"
where Jack and Maybourne get stuck on a planet and it is Sam's fault. Maybourne
gets her zat somehow. She says she is an absolute bitch throughout the episode,
feeling guilty and responsible and near the end she breaks down in front of
Teal'c, crying about how they had lost Daniel and now they were going to lose
Jack and so on. Time ran tight and apparently they tried to cut that scene out.
She said she really had to fight hard to insist that they film the scene and
include it because she never would have played the rest of the episode so harsh
if she hadn't known she was going to have that emotional breakdown at the end.
She
was asked about Chris Judge, as some of the others had been, and she said he is
a level beyond "goofy Jack." He's huge — never does anything half
measure. He has the best laugh in the world. Chris wrote The Changeling with
Brad Wright and she said it's their best episode ever.
Amanda
didn't write anything this season. She said her ideas were all too esoteric to
make good episodes (or so the producers told her). She'd like to direct if
there is a 7th season. She made some comment about everything being up in the
air and how none of them knew what to plan for the future. She said she
wondered if she'd be moving to LA in October (Maybe they are planning to move
production or was she just planning to move? Amanda didn’t elaborate.)
She
talked about the last shot of Full Circle which they were just filming. She
said the four of them were walking away from Skaara and RDA started talking,
saying this could be the last shot of the series and shouldn't they do
something a little more profound? Maybe they should skip or something? She said
he is constantly forgetting Carter's name and having to stop and ask her
"what's your name again?" Her favorite science is biology. She was
asked which Sam she identifies with more, the one from Point of View or the
military Sam. She said now it is the military Sam although at the time they
filmed Point of View, she did identify more strongly with the non-military
aspect.
She
told some hilarious stories about Don S. Davis screwing up his lines and how
he'll curse and then when he redoes them he keeps talking faster and faster and
screwing up more and more...she said no one wants to be in a two shot with Don
because it's hard to keep a straight face when that happens! She loves Carmen
(Jacob Carter) and says he is always giving her fatherly advice, just as if he
was really her father. He calls her "Sammy" and her own father always
calls her "Sam."
She
talked some about working with Peter Stebbins (from Jeremiah) who appeared in a
couple of episodes as a Tok'ra. She said that recently the actress who plays
Ingrid on Jeremiah was also on Stargate and that this actress has the same sort
of sisterly relationship with Stebbings that Amanda, Christopher, Michael and
Rick all still share.
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