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Shatner, Get Over Yourself

In the last day or so, all the big entertainment blogs have been posting little tidbits about how William Shatner, aka, Star Trek’s Captain Kirk is upset that he wasn’t invited to fellow Trek alum George Takei’s wedding.

Boo hoo.

George has responded by saying Shatner was issued an invitation but never responded. Either way, I don’t think it matters. It was George’s wedding and both he and his partner Brad made the decisions as to who got to come and who stayed home. So even if Shatner didn’t get invited he should suck it up and just wish George and Brad the best instead of making a huge fuss about it. You’re almost 80 years old man, act like it.

A Tale of Two Geniuses

Today is a day of mourning and of celebration.

We mourn the passing of the legendary comedian and word smith, George Carlin. He’s most famously known for his routine on the seven words you can’t say on television (only three or four of which are still majorly taboo). Younger fans may know him from his roles in the Bill and Ted movies or from Kevin Smith’s many movies.  I got the chance to see him live in concert a few years ago. Although we were quite a ways from the stage, I’ll never forget it.  The world is a lesser place without you in it, George.

But we also celebrate the birthday of another word smith and world builder, Joss Whedon. The man who brought us Buffy, Angel and Firefly and who is preparing to bring us Dollhouse. How we love to love (and to hate sometimes) the man who brings us kick ass female characters. Brad and I will be celebrating by going to a charity screening of Serenity tonight, I’m sure all you Whedonites out there will find other ways to celebrate. Happy Birthday, Joss.

BtVS Guest Stars (season 4)

Some really interesting guests this season.

Katharine Towne as Sunday. She’s had parts in Mulholland Drive, Evolution and Blades of Glory
Dagney Kerr as Kathy. Minor roles in George Lopez and Desperate Housewives.

Phina Oruche. Been in something called Footballer’s Wives. And because any time Giles’ has a canon love life is a time to celebrate.

Adam Kaufman as Parker Abrams. Minor roles in Dawson’s Creek and Law and Order. Big role in the mini-series “Taken”.
Walter Jones as Edward in “Fear Itself”. Roles in Malibu Shores, The Shield, and his best known role was The Black Power Ranger in Power Rangers.

Because chainsaw weilding Giles is sexy.
Guy on the left is Kal Penn. He did an episode of Angel (That Vision Thing). Was in Van Wilder, 24 and Harold and Kumar.

Leonard Roberts s Forrest. We know him now as D.L. in Heroes. We knew you when Leonard!

Bailey Chase as Graham. He’s been on As The World Turns, Las Vegas, Watch Over Me, Ugly Betty and Saving Grace.
Andy Umberger as D’Hoffren. He’s also done Angel and Firefly.
Because who doesn’t like the notion of a chained up Spike?

Because I adore Ethan and wish we could have had more of him in the later seasons.
Jack Stehlin as Dr. Angleman. He’s been on Weeds.
Harry Groener as The Mayor. He was my favorite villian. Harry has done Spamalot on stage, playing King Arthur.

Kathryn Joosten as Genevive Holt. She’s done Joan of Arcadia, Desperate Housewives, and (I think) her best known role, Dolores Landingham on the West Wing.
Naked Oz. Just because.

Connor O’Farrell as Colonel McNamara. He’s been in Port Charles. Murder One. Dark Skies, 24, Enterprise, Nip/Tuck, Medium, CSI and The Unit.
From Giles’ dream. That’s Christopher Beck, the show’s music director.

George Hertxburg as Adam. He’s much better looking without the make-up. Very striking features.
That’s Xander going up the stairs in Buffy’s dream. I find it interesting that she picks him out from the crowd and then follows him.
David Wells as the cheese man. His credits include Moonlighting, Basic Instinct, Roseanne, Ellen, the X-Files, CSI, Bones and Commander in Chief

BtVS Guest Stars Season 2

Today’s squee is brought to you by Buffy Season 2 and more of the character actors you know and love.

Let’s start out with Spike and Dru, because they are so pretty.
Spike kneeling. I just leave you to your thoughts.
Poor, poor Johnathan.

Our favorite chaos mage, Ethan.
Jason Behr as Billy “Ford” Fordham. He went on to star in the series Roswell.
Jarrod Paul. Not acted in a lot, but wrote the SG-1 episodes “Message in a Bottle” and “The Crystal Skull.”
Vincent Schiavelli. You’ve seen him everywhere. He was also in the X-Files.
Brian Thompson as The Judge. We’ve seen him previously as Luke and the ABH on the X-Files.
Bianca Lawson as Kendra.
Biggest guest star so far, John Ritter as Ted.
Giles and Jenny kissing. Because I can. Anytime Giles gets some is a cause for celebration.
Jeremy Ratcherd as Lyle Gorch. He’s currently on Cold Case as Nick Vera.
The actor playing Tector Gorch, James Parks (I sadly didn’t get any caps of him) played Pharrin on the SG1 episodes “Space Race” and “Lifeboat”.
Jack Conley as the werewolf hunter Kane. He went on to play Sahjahn on Angel.
Naked Seth Green. Because I can.
Wille Garson! Marty from SG1. He sure gets around.
John Hawkes playing George the janitor. He is most know now for playing Sol Star on Deadwood.

Chirstopher Gorram as James. He’s done a lot. Jake 2.0, Medical Investigation, the TV movie Relative Choas which Nick and Charisma were also in and is currently in Ugly Betty.

Wentworth Miller as Gabe Petronzi. He now has his own series, Prison Break.
Shane West as Sean. He’s been in Once and Again and ER.
Ending with pretty. Julie Benz because I LOVE that dress.
And Juliet Landau because she looks so innocent in this scene.

Character essay (Daniel Jackson)

Here is a character essay I did for

idol_reflection

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Title: What Kind of Archeologist Carries a Gun? (Daniel does.)
Fandom: Stargate (Movie and Television Series)
Character: Doctor Daniel Jackson
Author: Katy
E-Mail: secondalto@yahoo.com
Spoilers: All ten seasons including the finale, Unending
Notes: With grateful thanks to 

fiareynne 

for looking it over. Some information taken from Stargate Wikipedia and from Arduinna’s Stargate Handbook

When I first met Doctor Daniel Jackson, it was on the big screen and he was played by James Spader. Daniel was cute, innocent and above all, intelligent. By the end of the movie Daniel had new friends and a new wife and I had a small crush. Then many years later I re-encountered the good doctor on the small screen, played by Michael Shanks, and I fell in love. Shanks gave Daniel heart and soul, pushed him beyond the identity of simple archeologist/linguist. So who exactly is Doctor Daniel Jackson and why am I in love with him? Let’s find out.

Strengths/Weaknesses

For Daniel both characteristics are intimately tied together. His biggest strength is his willingness to believe that there is goodness in everything and everyone. It’s also his biggest weakness. In part it stems from a naïveté that is endearing in Daniel. But that naïveté doesn’t last long and it never extends to his enemies, the Goa’uld. (This is evidenced by Daniel’s wanton destruction of a tank of Goa’uld symbiotes in Bloodlines.)

Contrary to fanon, Daniel has always been able to handle a weapon. He uses both a gun and a staff weapon in the movie and shows competence with both (and other weapons) throughout the series. We never know how or where Daniel got this knowledge, but it is canonical fact that he can protect himself.

Daniel is smart, genius level smart. He holds three doctorates (a fact enforced early on in the series). As Daniel is very young (in his late twenties/early thirties at the beginning of the series) this is an extraordinary feat and lends legitimacy to Catherine seeking out his knowledge (and the SGC keeping him around). His doctorates are in archeology, anthropology and linguistics, but he only ever refers to himself as a doctor of archeology. And while he may be book smart, he doesn’t always use his head to think clearly, his naïveté coming into play.

Evolution (from geek to guh)

From a fresh faced floppy haired youngster to the buff, battle hardened, crop haired older Daniel, his character has changed significantly in ten years.

Daniel returned to Earth and joined the SGC to find his wife, Sha’re. She had been kidnapped by a Goa’uld system lord, Apophis. When she was killed in the third season (Forever and a Day), she gave him (through telepathy and a hand device) a new mission, to find her child. Sha’re (or more precisely her Goa’uld host, Amonet), had given birth to Apophis’ child. He did find the child on the planet of Kheb, long thought to be only a myth by the Goa’uld and their servants, the Jaffa. But Daniel handed the child over to Oma Desala, a mystical being, because he knew that she and her kind (more on them later) could better keep the child safe from his father and all other Goa’uld.

For almost a season, Daniel drifts, having no real path to follow. That is until the team is called back to Abydos (Sha’re’s home world) by his father-in-law, Kasuf (Absolute Power). Shifu (Sha’re’s child), sets Daniel on a new path, ridding the galaxy of the Goa’uld and helping Teal’c to free the Jaffa. Then come the Replicators (think evil Lego spiders). By the end of season eight, both those enemies are defeated and Daniel had only one goal in mind, the city of Atlantis. Alas he would not fulfill this dream until season ten (The Pegasus Project) and then only for one episode in which he was trying to find a weapon to destroy the newest enemy, the Ori.

While the weapon was found (well made really) and used in the Ori’s galaxy (successfully as far as fans know), it’s not the end of the threat, nor of Daniel’s journey. With two movies yet to come, there will hopefully be a resolution for Daniel and the rest of SG-1.

Let’s take a moment to discuss Daniel’s death and ascension in season five (Meridian). Daniel has…a thing about dying. He’s died roughly twenty times in ten years. (Only eleven of those are “official”, the others happening to alternate Daniel’s or in other circumstances.) The death in season five was his longest and the most significant. Daniel was exposed to a lethal dose of radiation on the planet of Kelowna, while trying to stop an experiment from overloading and killing everyone.

After a slow decline that devastates the entire SGC, Jacob Carter attempts to heal Daniel using a Goa’uld device. But Daniel appears to Jack in a vision, asking him to stop the attempt. Daniel has chosen to ascend to a higher plane of existence, with the help of Oma (remember her?). Oma is one of the Ancients, the beings responsible for building the Stargate system and the former residents of the city of Atlantis. Daniel is returned at the beginning of season seven, missing his memories. He didn’t exactly follow all the rules the Ancients had and for good reason.

Relationships and Family

In the movie, it’s revealed that Daniel had foster parents. It’s not until the second season that we learn his pare
nts, Claire and Melburn, were killed in an accident at the New York Museum of Art (The Gamekeeper). Canonically, Daniel is an only child. His only other blood family is his grandfather, Nick Ballard who refused to adopt him and let Daniel grow up in the foster system (The Crystal Skull).

Daniel’s non-blood family is the one he married into. Sha’re is his wife, she was given to him in the movie, as a sign of respect from the village elders (which includes her father). Daniel loves her deeply. There is also her father Kasuf and her brother Skaara (who is also kidnapped by the Goa’uld).

Now onto the women in Daniel’s life.

Hathor: the Goa’uld passing as the Egyptian goddess of sex, drugs and rock and roll. She ensnares Daniel using pheromones and for all intents and purposes, rapes him to obtain his DNA so she can produce symbiotes. She eventually meets a nasty end.

Shyla: He meets her offworld, saves her life and in return she gets him addicted to the sarcophagus. He recovers and returns to help her recover as well.

Kera/Linea. When she is known by the latter name, she is The Destroyer of Worlds, helping the team escape a prison planet for her own nefarious purposes. When known by the former, she has no memory of her former life and is much younger. She flirts with Daniel and possibly sleeps with him, though there is no concrete proof of that. She loses her memory again and they both move on.

Sarah Gardner. They used to date when they were both in college and met again later when Daniel’s mentor dies. It’s uncertain if they were in love, but they do have certain affection for one another. Sarah is later possessed by the Goa’uld Osiris.

Reese. She created the Replicators and Daniel tries to mentor her, but is unsuccessful. She is killed by Jack when she tries to take over the SGC.

Leda. Helps Daniel when he is injured on her world. She cares for him but the feelings are most likely one-sided. Later he finds out she died when the Ori overtook her planet.

Janet and Cassandra Frasier. Janet is the SGC’s doctor and she and Daniel have a close friendship (some see a mild flirtation as well). Daniel acts as a mentor, almost uncle, for Janet’s adopted daughter Cassie.

The Team

General George Hammond. Hammond indulged Daniel a lot, treating him almost like a son. They had a good congenial relationship, rarely coming to disagreements. What few arguments they had stemmed from Hammonds need to provide technology to the bean counters in Washington versus Daniel’s desire to explore worlds just for their cultural significance.

General Hank Landry. Landry is less indulgent of Daniel, focusing more on the problem of the Ori. There is not much canonical interaction between the two so their relationship is hard to define.

Cameron Mitchell. Cam is the person who persuades Daniel (and Sam and Teal’c) to rejoin SG-1. Daniel gives him about as much respect as a rock at first, but they eventually fall into a rhythm of sorts. They very rarely call each other by their first names. I think that keeps a kind of distance between them. A lot of fans point to the resemblance between the two (even Vala points it out) and suggest they may be related (see 200 for the joke).

Teal’c. Daniel and Teal’c share the burden of being outsiders. Even though Teal’c is the person who chose Sha’re to be the host for Aphophis’ queen (Children of the Gods) and eventually killed her (Forever and a Day), Daniel forgives him. Daniel even visited Teal’c (in a dream) while he was ascended to help his friend while he was in crisis. They remain close to this day.

Samantha Carter. Daniel and Sam are the intellectuals of the group. They complement each other’s styles. They support each other during emotional times. There is no evidence in canon that Daniel visited her while he was ascended but I’d like to think that he did.

Vala Mal Doran. They began as adversaries (Prometheus Unbound) and end up being lovers (Unending).Though the latter is erased from their memories, the two have an interesting relationship. They never fully trust each other (until Unending). Always bickering and fighting. But through it all they do form a bond and do care for each other deeply, whether it’s as friends or something else is left up to interpretation.

Colonel/General Jonathan “Jack” O’Neill (two L’s). There is no doubt that Daniel’s relationship with Jack is the most important in his life and to the series. They met on the mission to Abydos and stay bonded until the end of the series. Daniel gave Jack hope, Jack gave Daniel the universe. As Stargate Wikipedia likes to point out: “The word he (Daniel) probably says more than any other, with varying degrees of inflection, meaning, volume and emotional content is ‘Jack’.”

And it’s true. Whole conversations can be had with the simple exchange of names. Go, watch, and see. The bond between these men goes beyond mere friendship and whether the viewer sticks with the canonical bond, or sees something deeper (as many fans do), there would simply be no Stargate without Jack and Daniel.

Who is the first person to greet Daniel when he appears in the ‘gate room at the end of Serpent’s Lair? Jack. Who’s the first person Daniel visits after he ascends? Jack (Abyss). Who does Daniel go to with the information on the Eye of Ra? Jack (Full Circle). Who hurts the most when it revealed Daniel’s memories are gone? Jack (Fallen).

The word that keeps coming to mind when I think of these two (borrowing from Kevin Smith) is hetero-life mates. They fight and bicker and snark like an old married couple. They finish each other’s sentences. They touch a lot. While textually they are nothing more than friends, many viewers see a lot more going on sub textually, and the writers of the series know it. If you have any doubts about that, I point you to a certain scene in 200.

Cut to a garden, members of the SGC are sitting around. Camera pans to the head of an aisle. Daniel and Jack standing there. Daniel clears his throat, facing front. Jack looks around, sigh impatiently and faces front. Daniel sort of leans in and almost whispers to Jack.

“You know, if she doesn’t show, people are going to think that…you and I are….”

Jack looks at Daniel with a funny expression.

“What?”

They look at each other for a second and Daniel turns to face the front again, exhaling loudly. Jack continues to stare at Daniel, trying to catch his eye.

Even though Jack left after season eight and was no longer a presence in Daniel’s day to day life, he exerts and enormous amount of influence on Daniel and how he acts. And the few guest appearances of Jack just reinforce what a special relationship these two men have.

The End

So there you have it, Daniel Jackson; archeologist, linguist, lover, fighter, intellectual. If you want to know more about Daniel, here are a few livejournal communities that you can visit.

 jd_daily 

dc_daily

samdanshippers

daniel_daily

danielpix

daniel_vala

jackslashdaniel

sd_ficathon

danieljack

dvarchive

daniel_weir

carson_daniel

dan_jan_fans

dajava

alldanielfic

dt_daily

dcarchive

daniel_kawalsky

danjanficathon

devoted2daniel

Stargate SG-1 : A Fond Farewell

Tonight Sci-Fi will be airing “Unending”, the very last SG-1 episode, ever. I've already seen it and have commented on it here.  I'm still trying to decide if I want to rewatch it before I go to work tonight. But either way, it's the end of an era.

I came late to the SG-1 party. I saw the movie and loved it, but didn't get around to watching the show unitl a couple of years ago, around the middle of season eight. My husband and I caught up on all eight seasons over a summer. 

I was interested because of Richard Dean Anderson, who I loved as MacGuyver. I fell head over heels in love with Jack O'Neill.

I adored James Spader as Daniel, but he was soon replaced in my heart by Michael Shanks. He's my Doctor Jackson.

I admire Sam Carter and what Amanda Tapping brought to the screen. I'm sorry the writer's didn't know how to write a strong female. (Where's Whedon when you need him?)

I identified with Teal'c the outsider, his struggle to fit in and his unwavering devotion to his cause. Chris Judge just makes me smile.

I will miss George, Walter, Siler, Ba'al, the Tok'ra, the Asgard and all the various characters who came into my life via the 'gate.

While there is still Stargate: Atlantis and my ever growing love for that show (Carson! John and Rodney! Zelenka! Lorne!),  it's just not the same.  There are still the movies to come, but nothing will compare to having a new SG-1 to look forward to every week.

At least I still have my DVDs, so I can delve into that world whenever I want. And there's always fanfiction, where the 'gate never shuts down and the characters live on, hopefully happily ever after.

Oscar talk

These are my thoughts as I'm watching the Oscars (and the pre-show).

Heroes: The Fix

OMG!! *fangirl dance of squee*

Meme! psuedotagged by <lj user="antennapedia">

List ten fictional figures you would have sex with (in no particular order) and tag 5 people to do the same.

I think I did a similar one a while back, but I have a few new fandoms now, so this should be fun

1. Rupert Giles-BTVS (and no one is surprised by this I'm sure.)
2. Xander Harris-BTVS (ditto)
3 Jack O'Neill- Stargate SG-1(TV not movie. God he gets sexier every time I see him!)
4. Daniel Jackson- Stagate SG-1 (TV)
5. Seely Booth-Bones 
6. Will Tippin-Alias
7. Dean Winchester- Supernatural
8. Wesley Wyndam-Pryce-Angel
9. Matt Parkman-Heroes
10. Fred and George Weasley- Harry Potter (they're twins, they count as one!)

Meme and GIP (cause I can!)

Just using the icon because, well, it's one of my favorite scenes in “The Muppet Movie”.

Meme, gakked from a couple of people.

Make a list of all the characters in your icons. (Although you may have more than one icon of a single character, they only go on the list once.) Alphabetize it. Take the first two people on the list; that's your first pairing. Second two people; second pairing. etc.

Everyone is doing this by first name, so I'm going to be the rebel and do this meme alphabetically by last name! (or only name if that applies.) And it should be interesting as I just redid my icons to reflect some new fandoms.