New MGM video on Stargate Atlantis

[wraithfodder]

http://stargate.mgm.com/video.php?id=194 contains the video

Goodbye Atlantis - 4:25 15.9MB - Executive Producer Joseph Mallozzi says goodbye to Atlantis. Watch it in real time - only on SCI FI.

Okay, read some comments about it on GW, then watched it and well, yeah, the folks were right... well, it's got David Hewlett's last day, Jason Momoa's last day, RAchel Luttrell, Jewel Staite, and hello? I sorta recall some guy named Joe Flanigan throughout the entire series?? So I guess Joe M isn't going to miss him? It just seems, well, tacky, not to include the leading actor of the show in the goodbye. I seriously doubt they'd have done that to RDA (well, considering he was a producer, no they wouldn't).

So if you're watching for Joe Flanigan, once the scene atop the gate is over, that's basically it for Joe except far shots, but gad, so weird he's not even mentioned!

Comments

[belisse.livejournal.com]

Oh Dear.... I always thought there was something wrong behind the scenes. Just because JF gradually lost the *spark* he had at the beginning of the series. And it turned from acting out a great character... to just saying the lines to get it over with. At least that was my impression.

But this... wow... I think JM outdid himself this time. The lead character and is not even mentioned.... *shakes head*

I won't be tuning in to SGU, I no longer have cable and if I did... I think I would skip it. Why invest my time on something that could ultimately make me very mad at tptb... again. No thank you.

JF gradually lost the *spark*

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

thanks for putting so succinctly......
It became more and more clear to me that
the light gradually faded
It was why I feel that no matter what script they
were handed, and some of it was pretty terrible,
it was not there anymore........

Re: JF gradually lost the *spark*

[belisse.livejournal.com]

As far as I know he had it in season 1. No matter how horrible the episode was. Second season the spark was there still. Third season he started to fade in some episodes but it was mostly still there. Season 4 it was sporadic and season five (as far as the episodes i saw...) it was completely gone.

By the end I kept wondering what the hell happened. How do you fall out of love of a character. then I realized that if the actor falls out of love of the person he's playing that is going to transmit to the fans. And I think JF just fell out of love of the entire series. (story, plot, and direction wise)

Re: JF gradually lost the *spark*

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

Maybe the battles to maintain the character as it was
originally envisioned was too much. I would fall out of
love if I had that albatross Mallozzi around my neck daily too.
The battle becomes a ((((((daily)))))) diatribe.....
I can relate from my last job which I loved but the battles were daily............
After awhile no matter how much you love
it, the daily grind begins to wear you down..........
I believe you describe exactly what happened....
I watched the pilot the other day and you can really see
the difference.