Comments on: On Being the Stargate Universe Creative Consultant: Get Your Questions In http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/09/29/on-being-the-stargate-universe-creative-consultant-get-your-questions-in/ DEVISING A SYSTEM FOR REMEMBERING EVERYTHING Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:10:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Robert http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/09/29/on-being-the-stargate-universe-creative-consultant-get-your-questions-in/#comment-167894 Robert Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:12:09 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=8644#comment-167894 Get any good drugs or is that reserved for the actors and directors? Get any good drugs or is that reserved for the actors and directors?

]]> By: Xopher http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/09/29/on-being-the-stargate-universe-creative-consultant-get-your-questions-in/#comment-167503 Xopher Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:59:48 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=8644#comment-167503 Also, for all you know I could have been Alec Bings Who Sees Through Things, in which case hitting my head on the ceiling would be the <em>easy</em> part...jumping would be hard. So would watching TV. Also, for all you know I could have been Alec Bings Who Sees Through Things, in which case hitting my head on the ceiling would be the easy part…jumping would be hard. So would watching TV.

]]> By: Xopher http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/09/29/on-being-the-stargate-universe-creative-consultant-get-your-questions-in/#comment-167502 Xopher Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:58:26 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=8644#comment-167502 It was a very low ceiling back then. It was a very low ceiling back then.

]]> By: John Scalzi http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/09/29/on-being-the-stargate-universe-creative-consultant-get-your-questions-in/#comment-167495 John Scalzi Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:49:46 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=8644#comment-167495 You could hit your head on the ceiling when you were three years old by jumping up and down? That's some vertical leap. You could hit your head on the ceiling when you were three years old by jumping up and down? That’s some vertical leap.

]]> By: Xopher http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/09/29/on-being-the-stargate-universe-creative-consultant-get-your-questions-in/#comment-167493 Xopher Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:47:31 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=8644#comment-167493 Are there any gay MEN in this? Oh, wait, SyFy. Nope. Lesbians are sexxay, gay men are just icky. Because, you know, everyone who watches SyFy is a straight 13-year-old male. On second thought, don't answer that. If there are any I want it to be a pleasant surprise! Actually I've already DVR'd it so I don't have to get home in time, but I'm also going to make sure I do. I really can't wait! And that's assuming there will be no gay men (or even male eyecandy) in it. If there are...well, I'll probably hurt my head on the ceiling by jumping up and down. Like a happy 3-year-old. Are there any gay MEN in this?

Oh, wait, SyFy. Nope. Lesbians are sexxay, gay men are just icky. Because, you know, everyone who watches SyFy is a straight 13-year-old male.

On second thought, don’t answer that. If there are any I want it to be a pleasant surprise!

Actually I’ve already DVR’d it so I don’t have to get home in time, but I’m also going to make sure I do. I really can’t wait! And that’s assuming there will be no gay men (or even male eyecandy) in it. If there are…well, I’ll probably hurt my head on the ceiling by jumping up and down.

Like a happy 3-year-old.

]]> By: John Scalzi http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/09/29/on-being-the-stargate-universe-creative-consultant-get-your-questions-in/#comment-167490 John Scalzi Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:40:35 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=8644#comment-167490 Megan Rose Gedris: In fact, I have sent them notes about Camille's sexuality, and notes on other aspects of other characters and their personalities/salient character points, etc. As with everything else I do, they make their own decisions as to how/when/if to implement the suggestions, but I make them anyway, because that's what they pay me for. Megan Rose Gedris:

In fact, I have sent them notes about Camille’s sexuality, and notes on other aspects of other characters and their personalities/salient character points, etc. As with everything else I do, they make their own decisions as to how/when/if to implement the suggestions, but I make them anyway, because that’s what they pay me for.

]]> By: Megan Rose Gedris http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/09/29/on-being-the-stargate-universe-creative-consultant-get-your-questions-in/#comment-167486 Megan Rose Gedris Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:13:34 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=8644#comment-167486 I know you're there to be a creative consultant for technical science-ey things, but do you contribute to other aspects of the story as well? For example, a lot of us lesbians really like seeing good representations of us on the screen, and you've been an excellent advocate for gay rights thus far. Do you have any input over things like what they do with Camille's sexuality (trying to keep that as realistic as the science), or are you purely Tech Man? I know you’re there to be a creative consultant for technical science-ey things, but do you contribute to other aspects of the story as well? For example, a lot of us lesbians really like seeing good representations of us on the screen, and you’ve been an excellent advocate for gay rights thus far. Do you have any input over things like what they do with Camille’s sexuality (trying to keep that as realistic as the science), or are you purely Tech Man?

]]> By: Tennwriter http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/09/29/on-being-the-stargate-universe-creative-consultant-get-your-questions-in/#comment-167374 Tennwriter Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:04:03 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=8644#comment-167374 Mark, Bacon does make almost everything better, doesn't it? :) Tennwriter Mark,

Bacon does make almost everything better, doesn’t it? :)

Tennwriter

]]> By: MarkHB http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/09/29/on-being-the-stargate-universe-creative-consultant-get-your-questions-in/#comment-167353 MarkHB Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:38:55 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=8644#comment-167353 Tennwriter @102&103 I'm very much in the same boat. I've been re-watching SG1 off DVD, and it's been like a breath of fresh air. I'd forgotten what Sci Fi that actually made me laugh was like. Not to mention the not-uncommon "Hell, Yeah!" moments. Virtually everything that's being produced these days seems to have two settings: "Grimly Determined" or "Determinedly Grim". I worry about the Darker, Grittier More Realistic things they're saying. Hopefully the injection of Vitamin Scalzi will keep the levity levels lively. Failing that, you can always imagine a rasher of bacon taped to the gate. Tennwriter @102&103

I’m very much in the same boat. I’ve been re-watching SG1 off DVD, and it’s been like a breath of fresh air. I’d forgotten what Sci Fi that actually made me laugh was like. Not to mention the not-uncommon “Hell, Yeah!” moments. Virtually everything that’s being produced these days seems to have two settings: “Grimly Determined” or “Determinedly Grim”.

I worry about the Darker, Grittier More Realistic things they’re saying. Hopefully the injection of Vitamin Scalzi will keep the levity levels lively. Failing that, you can always imagine a rasher of bacon taped to the gate.

]]> By: Tennwriter http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/09/29/on-being-the-stargate-universe-creative-consultant-get-your-questions-in/#comment-166585 Tennwriter Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:36:29 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=8644#comment-166585 To clarify my next to next to last para... I hear someone say 'I spent big bucks on SFX' or 'this show is edgier, darker, and therefore better' and I find myself sitting in the skeptic's seat because those phrases tend to precede junque. That said, I'm rooting for the show. Stargate has given me many wondrous hours and I hope for more. I know I was worried when Atlantis came out, and that worked out pretty well. To clarify my next to next to last para…

I hear someone say ‘I spent big bucks on SFX’ or ‘this show is edgier, darker, and therefore better’ and I find myself sitting in the skeptic’s seat because those phrases tend to precede junque.

That said, I’m rooting for the show. Stargate has given me many wondrous hours and I hope for more. I know I was worried when Atlantis came out, and that worked out pretty well.

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