Stargate Atlantis Season 5 Promo Photos: Yes, Rodney, they do exist...

[wraithfodder]

This is good and bad news.... Great, yes, MGM/Skiffy did do promo shots of the cast! Bad news, awkward poses, more photoshop poisoning.

Here's just the main one, so you can see...



You can view the collection here.

Comments

[monkey-junkey.livejournal.com]

Admittedly these photos aren't ideal. No one poses naturally like that. No one. But I'll take what I can get, and I'm sure someone in fandom will manage to Photoshop these into something properly worthy of the pretty pretty people.

[reiko-afterglow.livejournal.com]

Disclaimer: None of these people were in the same room when this picture was taken.

:P

[lelianamckay.livejournal.com]

OMG! *CRIES*
Why do they always photoshop them to death?
You are right, the poses are just awful, Keller being the worst but they all look so awkward anyway.
And what a bad idea to have them on those stairs, it makes them look 100% fake.
Thanks for posting them.

[shansgrl.livejournal.com]

It looks like Hewlett is laughing and thinking "these are gonna suck."

Damn, they are pretty without the photoshop. Leave my boys alone!!

[aelfgyfu_mead]

Very strange. I think having them pose on the lit-up steps makes it even worse somehow.

Why can't they just take pictures of the cast? I mean, there must be days when they all come in together! "Okay, everybody just stand here." It only takes a few minutes!

[nialla]

Can someone please tell me the name of the law which states SGA promo shots must look photoshopped to death? It has to exist, because nothing else can explain this.

[abracah.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link. At least we got some sort of promo pics. I do miss the ones from the first seasons. They just seemed so much more natural. They were probably touched up too, but not so much!!

[kristen999.livejournal.com]

meh, prefer the LA Times photos but atleast this means they are trying to promote it.

Love your new Ronon and John icon. Did you make it? I looked up but didn't see a credit so I'm assuming its yours cuz I'd love to snerch it, if thats okay.

[vecturist.livejournal.com]

Oh ick. I think I'll pretend these don't exist and go back to the LA Times pictures. Still it would be cute if they could grab everyone from the primary and secondary casts (Lorne, Carson, Zelenka, Chuck) and do a 'class photo.' I'm willing to bet the pictures taken when everyone least expects it would be the best (and most real - somehow I see at least one person with their eyes closed - JF? - and jason and DH elbowing each other).

Not sure what to think of Teyla's new top - bondage corset?

[flingslass.livejournal.com]

I think the best pose would have to be Horatio Caine from CSI:Miami. That hand on the hip thing doesn't make him look very comfortable.
But the crew do look a bit stiff. (I'd say they used your action figures but they only have McKay and Sheppard of this goup.)

[xenaclone.livejournal.com]

For those who remember 'American in Paris'...

::French accent mode on:::

"I'll beeeld a stairrwayyyy to parradize, wiz a new step everrry daiiy..."

::French accent mode off:::

XC

[the-scary-kitty.livejournal.com]

I didn't think it was possible, but...

...the Season 4 promos actually look halfway decent compared to the Season 5 promos. O_o

[k8t85.livejournal.com]

Wow these are bad, thanks for the link though.

Those stupid Captain Morgan commercials come to mind when viewing these pics. Why can't they just do it the old fashioned way? Forget Photoshop, just gather everyone on set make them stand together and take a picture. Easy. I'm afraid to see what the DVD cover will look like after this and after seeing the S4 DVD cover. They get progressively worse.