DragonCon interview with Stargate Atlantis' JOE FLANIGAN!

[wraithfodder]

Brand-new interview with Joe Flanigan (Stargate Atlantis). Interesting stuff!

http://dailydragon.dragoncon.org/2009/joe-flanigan/

EXCERPT:

This year is Stargate Atlantis star Joe Flanigan’s first year at Dragon*Con.  I sat down with Joe to get his thoughts on his co-stars and the cancellation of Stargate Atlantis, as well as his views on a variety of matters.

DD:  Based on published reports on the internet, you’ve been made to sound as if you’ve spoken out against the new Stargate Universe series.

JF: I have?  I don’t remember ever speaking out against it.  I think the feeling was, from David Hewlett and I, that it was odd to cancel us but yet to spin off a new show at the same time.  I don’t think that anybody is speaking out against Universe at all.  I have absolutely nothing against the new show and I encourage people to judge it on its own.

DD:  So it’s more a case of speaking out as to why Atlantis was canceled.

JF:  I think mostly because David and I haven’t been given a proper explanation and I don’t think anybody has, and I think everybody’s running around wondering if we’re doing the movie or we’re not doing the movie.  I think everybody wants their cake and eat it, too.  I think they want the fan base but they don’t want to necessarily listen to the fan base also.  I’m also a businessman;  if somebody gives me a reason as to why something doesn’t work (…) I’ve been on many shows that were canceled or failed for many reasons and I get it.  I just get it.  We’re just looking for a compelling reason.  We’re confused why—the show was doing so well, and if you look at the DVD sales you’ll know how well the show was doing. Why, if it’s a favorable economic model, why would you change or cancel it?

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Yeah, even we the fans would like a decent explanation...

Comments

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

all the reviews coming out seem to indicate the critic’s like it

Critics like a lot of stuff that falls flat on its six when it comes to the viewing public.....
I read a review not long ago that tended to disagree.....Basically it said there were a lot of problems with the show....

I hope SGU is swallowed by the black hole it deserves.
And had I been an actor, and had seen how poorly SGA and its cast, and never mind its fans, were treated, I would have felt deep concern over how long their love fest for me would last if I signed on with SGU.........Their failure to see that is what makes me wonder if they deserve Joe's concern for their welfare.
As much as I love Joe, I don't give a flying fig about what he said about supporting the SGU actors.
They sure stepped up to the plate without a care about what had happened to SGA, didn't they???????.........
Hardly worth any concern IMO

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Well, only some reviews are out. It's the mainstream reviewers who aren't die-hard SG fans who are holding their reviews till the show airs, that remain to be seen.

As for Joe F's comments, I can see him supporting his fellow actors. Actors are basically pieces on the chessboard, moved around by TPTB. They take a job and hope it lasts.