heh that is just great. But .. but .. grarg at her not knowing 'what the fuss was all about'. Great pictures though. These are getting saved :)
haha at RDA's nametagbadgething ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 1:17 AM Subject: Speaking of Stargate SG1 - we've got this friend... > .... that is, in an utterly cool way, marginally involved in the upcoming > movie! > > This is a childhood friend of my wife's. She lives in Seattle now and > signs > out to many and varied scientific expeditions (she has, I believe, a > degree > in marine biology). Besides being an absolute sweetheart she's just one > of > those people that seems to find herself in interesting situations. She's > flown into the eye of a hurricane, spent months at sea and in the arctic. > > And that's where our story begins. You see the head of the arctic > expedition that she's a part of is a HUGE "Stargate" fan. He contacted > the > producers and informed them of his somewhat unique situation and they took > him up on his implied offer and decided to shoot part of the movie there. > He was even given a cameo in the film. > > Along with the crew and producers Richard Dean Anderson, Ben Browder and > Amanda Tapping made the trip and stayed with the team for several days. > > Our friend was a part of that expedition. Amongst other, sciencey things, > she was also a cook. There not being many women in the group she and > Amanda > Tapping where bunk-mates for the duration. Accommodations are limited at > the best of times... it IS the freakin' North Pole; but I can honestly say > that I know somebody that slept with (or, to be honest, near) Amanda > Tapping. ;^) > > (The following pictures are all pretty large, about 1.5 meg each. Sorry > about the quality... cold hands and cameras apparently make for blurry > pictures.) > > Here's a coupla shots of the camp: > > http://www.depressedpress.com/external/stargate/IMG_5039.jpg > http://www.depressedpress.com/external/stargate/IMG_5046.jpg > > Here's some shots of folks at the chow line (Ben Browder, Amanda Tapping > and > Richard Dean Anderson): > > http://www.depressedpress.com/external/stargate/IMG_5090.jpg > http://www.depressedpress.com/external/stargate/IMG_5094.jpg > http://www.depressedpress.com/external/stargate/IMG_5125.jpg > > And here's our friend prepping something. Something brown: > > http://www.depressedpress.com/external/stargate/IMG_5145.jpg > > Here's what I think is a script meeting followed by a close-up of Richard > Dean Anderson: > > http://www.depressedpress.com/external/stargate/IMG_5131.jpg > http://www.depressedpress.com/external/stargate/IMG_5175.jpg > > Here's a couple of our friend and stars (Richard Dean Anderson and a > blurry > Amanda Tapping): > > http://www.depressedpress.com/external/stargate/IMG_5178.jpg > http://www.depressedpress.com/external/stargate/IMG_5180.jpg > > Finally here's a shot of the whole crew: > > http://www.depressedpress.com/external/stargate/IMG_5184.jpg > > Everybody on the team was apparently given "crew" jackets and kits and > (we're pretty sure) will be listed in the credits of the movie. > > Of course our friend had never even seen the show (or "Farscape" for that > matter since Ben Browder was there as well) and had no idea what all the > fuss was about. It also means that she paid no attention whatsoever to > the > actual scripts being run a few feet from her so I've got no spoilers. ;^) > > Still... even if you're not a fan of the show it's gotta be great to have > a > story about running into "MacGyver" at the North Pole. > > Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:254321 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
