Atlantis once more...
Sep. 4th, 2008 07:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
katikatI finished reading Sally Malcolm's novelization of SGA's pilot Rising - "Stargate Atlantis: Rising" - and let me tell you, it's A-awesome! Sally Malcolm really understands the characters, and their inner monologues and thoughts are quite revealing and hilarious at the same time too. She nailed Jack O'Neill and John Sheppard perfectly. Their wry humor, the laid back attitude... Her McKay is convinced that the universe is out to get him, that for some reason, fate hates him personally. Teyla is a wise, thoughtful leader. And even Weir and Ford are likable! My favorite part of the book/episode is the beginning that takes place in Antarctica, when we get to see the characters for the first time and the threat of the Wraith is still far, far away. If I didn't find it silly, I would talk about the book in capslocks, I love it so much. This one will be definitely filed under "favorites" in my GR account!
And there is a really funny interview with Joe Flanigan on IGN's site (spoilery, beware!). The funny bits?
* "The one thing that strikes you as odd when you meet the actor who plays Sheppard is that either he's the perfect actor, or he's perfectly cast, because he seems to have the easy, heroic charm of a man who's looked death in the face, made a sarcastic and rather wry quip, and then gone on to save the world and himself anyway. It's quite an unnerving quality, but it's something that doesn't take long to get used to, and before long you're yapping away like chums discussing a hard day at the office – or in his case, a hard day fighting off The Wraith, Replicators and all manner of intergalactic foe that threaten Atlantis on a daily basis."
* "I'm a bit simple when it comes to watching TV, if someone's there trying to talk about something, I'm more than likely going to change the channel, but if you're watching someone getting the crap beat out of them, fighting for their life... oh well! Look at that! Turn that up! (...) I don't watch a lot of TV – I do like to buy DVDs of TV and watch that. It's the best way to watch TV. You can see it all the way through, no commercials. I like Entourage, I really like Deadwood – I would love to do a western. I don't watch Reality TV – it frightens me to the depths of my soul."
I think I would like Joe Flanigan a lot :)
And there is a really funny interview with Joe Flanigan on IGN's site (spoilery, beware!). The funny bits?
* "The one thing that strikes you as odd when you meet the actor who plays Sheppard is that either he's the perfect actor, or he's perfectly cast, because he seems to have the easy, heroic charm of a man who's looked death in the face, made a sarcastic and rather wry quip, and then gone on to save the world and himself anyway. It's quite an unnerving quality, but it's something that doesn't take long to get used to, and before long you're yapping away like chums discussing a hard day at the office – or in his case, a hard day fighting off The Wraith, Replicators and all manner of intergalactic foe that threaten Atlantis on a daily basis."
* "I'm a bit simple when it comes to watching TV, if someone's there trying to talk about something, I'm more than likely going to change the channel, but if you're watching someone getting the crap beat out of them, fighting for their life... oh well! Look at that! Turn that up! (...) I don't watch a lot of TV – I do like to buy DVDs of TV and watch that. It's the best way to watch TV. You can see it all the way through, no commercials. I like Entourage, I really like Deadwood – I would love to do a western. I don't watch Reality TV – it frightens me to the depths of my soul."
I think I would like Joe Flanigan a lot :)
