From Joseph Mallozzi's blog update for September 8, 2007:
http://josephmallozzi.blogspot.com/2007/09/september-8-2007.html(Please follow the link for the complete blog update. There are new photos and a new video clip at the site.)
Today's pics: The harness test including (a harnessed-up Amanda, Jewel, Martin Wood, and stunt person, a concerned-producer photo compliments of Lawren).
Today's video: Next week, we're going to make her wrestle an alligator!
http://s230.photobucket.com/albums/ee164/BaronDestructo/?action=view¤t=Fearless.flvSaturday, September 8, 2007
Regulars to my blog will know that I am a relatively fearless person. With the exception of snakes, komodo dragons, massive script rewrites, and the cursed furry-skinned kiwi fruit, there isn’t much that scares me. Oh, yeah, heights. I really, really hate heights - so I guess that makes me acrophobic (which is either an irrational fear of heights or an irrational fear of acrobats although, come to think of it, in my case, both apply). Just the sight of someone I know stepping out onto a balcony is enough to make me nervous. So you can imagine my discomfort this past Thursday and Friday, as I watched Jewel and Amanda make like a couple of Cirque de Soleil vets to brave Stargate’s version of the high-wire. Jewel, who obviously has no problem with dizzying heights as evidenced by her choosing to do the Missing rope bridge sequence sans stunt double, was a veritable monkey up there - scampering up that ladder and along the crossbeams, showing off for the camera. Amanda, on the other hand who coincidentally shares my pronounced dislike for lofty elevations, demonstrated great courage in clambering up and executing her own maybe-not-death-but-certainly-serious-injury-defying walk. Both were harnessed and had director Martin Wood,and stunt coordinator Bam Bam standing by to walk them through it. I, of course, was on hand to spot, standing beneath them, arms outstretched, prepared to break their fall should the need arise. Fortunately, the need did not arise - not even when they tilted the set 20 degrees.
Unfortunately, the pics I snapped aren’t the greatest (too dark and the flash kept on firing up everyone’s eyes despite the red-eye reduction setting on my cam). Still, you get the idea.
**snippage**
The mailbag is back -
Anonymous #1 writes: “Will there be much McKay whump in this new series? Emotional and physical!”
Answer: Yes, both.
Susan the Turtle writes: “Does this mean your big trip to the great outdoors is at an end?”
Answer: Yup. Trio will take place on our standing set while Outcast will take me out and about again, but to heavily forested surroundings.
Susan the Turtle also writes: “What is the average amount of days taken to film one episode? Is there a set formulae for writing an episode?”
Answer: It takes approximately seven days to shoot an episode. Every Stargate episode follows the same structure: Tease and five acts.
Jedi writes: “ Will we ever get to see Sheppard use the stick fighting skills he's acquired from Teyla, other then just sparring?”
Answer: Not this year.
Kimberly writes: “We all want the ratings to be very high so there will be a season 5 so how do we help that along?”
Answer: Seriously? Tune in. Find someone who has a Nielsen box and make sure they tune in.
Arctic Goddess writes: “ Looking at the pictures of all those people working so hard to make Atlantis happen, I thought I would create my own personal tribute to them: Hinterland Who's Who”
Answer: Can we get Lorne Greene to do the voice-over?
**snippage**
Mrs.B108 writes: “ 1)Will we see any angsty rage from Sheppard this year? 2)Would you say this season packs more of an emotional punch than the past three?”
Answers: Yes and Definitely.
Anonymous #2 writes: “If you could describe "The Kindred" parts 1 + 2 in one word, how would you describe the episodes?”
Answer: Dovetail.
