More on Stargate Atlantis: "Vegas"

[wraithfodder]

Hmm, I seem to love posting about this epsiode because well, it was so different, and hmm, shall go beneath the cut in case someone hasn't seen it yet... but it's about MGM's latest article/interview on this episode.

http://stargate.mgm.com/news_detail.php?id=125

is where you can find the full article.

You should read it all, but this is the most fascinating bit: "And, doing an alternate reality that is so similar to ours, the idea I was working with was that sometimes an event will happen and it will throw your life in a particular direction ¬– but if that event hadn’t occurred, or it had happened slightly differently, how would your life be different? Are you the same person at your core, in your heart? And that’s what I focussed on with the Sheppard character. Even though this story is about other characters in an alternate reality, I think there are insights into our characters that come out that maybe couldn’t have come out in any other way. It’s quite nice to see a story in which Sheppard is not the same Sheppard, because of certain events that occurred in his back story differently. Yet we understand that in his basic core make-up he’s still the same guy. And it was fun to see the slight variations that people played on the alternate reality versions of themselves. The fact that Sheppard was no longer the commander made McKay a different character. Suddenly he was less neurotic and stronger as a leader, because he was thrust into that role. And seeing those ripple effects and how they happen, and how the actors played them differently, was very interesting"

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Comments

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

The fact that Sheppard was no longer the commander made McKay a different character. Suddenly he was less neurotic and stronger as a leader, because he was thrust into that role.

He was also kind of a jerk, lacking the compassion I think our McKay has. I agree he was stronger, yes, but he was also cold. I think our John's overall influence on McKay was to make him both strong and human.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Hmm, quite true. Rodney was fine being an ass until he came to Atlantis (sorry for the bluntness) ;) And for once in his life, probably, ROdney thought about others and not just himself.

[nialla]

I've never thought Rodney was intentionally being an ass, it's just he had no patience for stupid people, which in most cases was anyone else in the room.

They would rightly assume he's being an ass, he'd think they're stupid and not bother to correct them. Nice defensive mechanism to not deal with people too. It wasn't until people actually started listening to him and actually caring about what he thought about about him that he finally started opening up.

But then I'm biased. ;)

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Oh, he's not intentionally an ass, but to the uninitiated, he would come across as one. ;) ALthough Zelenka may think he's one on and off ;)

[nialla]

I think Zelenka is the only person who challenges Rodney on equal footing.

Of course that challenge has probably meant Rodney had to learn Czech just to understand all the curse words Zelenka was throwing his way. ;)

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

You know, I wonder if Rodney knows French, being CAnadian and all...

[nialla]

From what I've heard, having French classes is required, but unless you're in an area where you can actually use it, proficiency is iffy.

But I would be perfectly fine with fanfic with Rodney wooing John with his mots de l'amour. ;)