Joe Flanigan válaszolt!
Június 02, 2009
Joe Flanigan végre elküldte hozzánk a chat-en feltett kérdések válaszait. Miután a színész nem tudott megjelenni az on-line chat időpontjában, ígéretett tett, hogy megpróbál minnél több kérdést megválaszolni rajongóinak. A válaszok tehát megérkeztek, elolvashatjátok őket a www.axn.hu/stargatechat oldalon, vagy lejjebb:
| Joe Flanigan: | Thankyou all for writing me these questions. I am deeply sorry about our online chat that didn’t happen. I was in Toronto shooting a project and staying in a hotel whose internet connection failed right before our interview. Thanks to Adam and all his patience. Look forward to all personally meeting you oneday |
| Teensqueen: | I have a simple question, how are you? |
| J.F.: | I’m great. Feel very lucky about my life. |
| Some guy from the Czech republic: | Hello Joe.I´d like to know what do you think about downloading TV shows and movies (like StarGate).I know it´s not good but before AXN we didn´t have much options to get our beloved Atlantis :-).Thanks for response, sorry for mYstakes (hope dictionary helped ;-) PS could you say HI for me to David? |
| J.F.: | Well…we know it’s not going away. One of the reasons TV programming has gotten worse on networks is the lack of revenue stream, Downloading is the noose to hang ourselves |
| Sylvia Knowles: | I'm a big fan of yours! Thanks for some great moments as John Sheppard, Vegas was my favorite episode ever! At the Vancouver con you said you were keeping bees? How is that going? Any new projects in the works? |
| J.F.: | Bees are very good. Very Busy. They work awfully hard. I wonder if there are actually lazy bees? Just finished an episode of Warehouse 13 for the Sci Fi network. Will be shooting a movie in Vancouver for the month of January. |
| P$YCHO: | Hi Joe! Do you like beer? Whats your favourite? Have a nice day! |
| J.F.: | Love Beer. My Dad was a brewer. Made Budweiser. Love it or hate it, but that’s the family beer. |
| Philip Kasabov: | Hey Joe! I'm a big fan of the Stargate series and i have 2 questions for you 1. Will you take part in Stargate Universe? |
| J.F.: | No |
| Philip Kasabov: | If you had the chance would you take part in Stargate Atlantis again? |
| J.F.: | Probably. I miss my cast members and the crew. There is a lot of unexplored elements left for Atlantis. Personally I think it could have easily gone for another 5 years. No one is really certain why it was cancelled. Every producer/executive lays the blame on the other so it’s becomes impossible to understand the true reasons. I think our cast did a truly amazing job in helping build a succesfull franchise, but I don’t think that it is seen that way by the writers and producers. If Universe is successful, the prevailing theory among the writers and producers will be that actors are dispensible and not a critical part of the show. Only time will tell. I don’t know about you, but I think there are a lot of crappy shows on the air and I really appreciate good acting and interesting characters more than formulaic and procedural dramas. |
| Gina: | Hello, Joe. I'm a forteen-year-old girl from Hungary. I have three questions for you. 1. I know that you play the guitar. What kind of music do you play? 2. I hope that you don't smoke. Am I right? 3. After three boys, would you like a girl, too? |
| J.F.: | Love all kinds of music. Listening to RadioHead right now. Mozart this morning. Probably be listeing to Rage Agianst the Machine by the afternoon. I do not smoke, at all. I’m very active and could never keep up my schedule of games if I smoked. I love my boys. I even love their problems. I would like to have a girl, but would probably adopt if I had another one. There are too many children in need. |
| Rose: | Are you still playing the guitar? Thanks, Rose |
| J.F.: | Not as much. |
| George: | When we will see The Stargate Atlantis Movie? |
| J.F.: | Good question. You might want to ask the producers. |
| Sanzi: | Hi, (sorry about my english) my favourite episode of the Atlantis series is 05x19 (Vegas). Do you play poker regularly? The nice .45 Colt 1911 single row magazine was yours? And the car? :-) They both really suits you. |
| J.F.: | Fun episode to shoot. Nice gun, and car. Wish I could keep both. Love poker. Listen to that scene again. The dialogue is based off something that happened for real at my house. My friend got her finger bit off by a dog and Robert Cooper thought it was strange and funny. So did I, so we put in he show. When I told the actors, who were from the Sopranos, they freaked out. Made it even funnier. |
| Andra: | Hi Joe! If you would have to face a similar situation to that in Stargate Atlantis, as John S. does in the show, do you think you would be as cool and as in control as the character you played was? XXOO |
| J.F.: | Good question. I don’t think anybody know exactly how they will respond to a crisis. My father-in-law is a quadraplegic from a skiing accident. He is my hero. Goes to work every day and never complains. I think he surprised himself and found this great inner well of strength. I would like to think we all would, but hopefull we will nerver have to find out. |
| Adam: | Hi Joe, I would have two short questions: what was the strangest thing a fan surprised you with? And would you go to "Dancing with the Stars" if they would ask you to be one of the celebrities on the show? |
| J.F.: | I’ve had some pretty strange gifts, ranging from chunks of ice from the Anarctic to women’s panties. Most of the gifts are truly heartfelt and sweet. I don’t think I am a dancing with Stars type of guy. How about “Shooting Guns with the Stars”? |
| Deb Selle: | I'm still holding out hope for the Stargate Atlantis movie :-). But in the meantime, what type of projects are you interested in getting involved in? Another series possibly, or a movie, or a play? |
| J.F.: | I have been really fortunate in my career and hope that I continue to be. I have been offered a number fo things since I quit Atlantis. Many of them require relocations that would prove too difficult on my family. Some are simply not as interesting as my role as John Sheppard. I am looking for a show that will really invest in their lead characters. I’ll be shooting a movie in July. |
| Maria Petrova: | If you are the one with the questions, what would you like to ask the "Stargate: Atlantis" fans? |
| J.F.: | Would you like to see more Atlantis? As a movie or a series, or both? What characters worked and didn’t work? Would you like to see Chris Judge, David Hewlet and myself do another series, even if it’s unrelated to Atlantis? |
| Kuraimo: | How do you do that, you look so good? :) |
| J.F.: | ?? You mean shoot aliens, save the Universe and crack jokes? |
| G: | Ok, stargate is a frnachise, and you are all connected somehow in the shows, but wasn't it strange when Amanda Tapping / Sam Carter appeared in the show as the "leader"? I mean personnaly for you and for the other members of the cast - workwise? |
| J.F.: | I love Amanda, as a person and an actor. I do think there was a significant risk bringing her over, namely making Atlantis SG2. A lot of the things I was trying to achieve on Atlantis were big stylistic departures from the SG1. I was a fish swimming upstream. |
| Iary: | Have you ever brought your kids to the Stargate Atlantis set? If so, how did they react? What do they think about their dad playing a scifi hero? |
| J.F.: | For a long time, my kids thought that I flew to space everday to kill badguys. They still play with my action figure. That’s always flattering. |
| Cécelie: | Hi, I'm Cécile from France. I was wondering if you had any personal backstory for Sheppard that never made it on screen but that you had in mind when playing the character, things that may have happened to him or that he may have done. Thank you very much for participating in this chat! |
| J.F.: | Sheppards family, and for that matter his personal life, went largely unexplored. There is a lot of interesting stuff there. I was hoping more earth based episodes could bring them to light. |
| George: | Hello Joe, have a little question "To je na hovno tohleto, kdo vymyslel ze budeme zrovna pod vodou". Do you understand that or not? Its David Nykl monologue from 2x14 Grace under Presure. Im from CZ and Im realy curious if you understand that or if your answer was from script. |
| J.F.: | Nichol spoke Chec. I told him to say the most vulgar thing possible. I hope he made me proud. |
| Eleeri: | I`M A BIG FAN OF "STARGATE ATLANTIS", BUT ALSO I LIKE "STAR WARS". SO I MUST TO ASK YOU, DO YOU LIKE "STAR WARS" ? AND IF YOU DO, WHICH IS YOUR FAVORITE EPISODE ? |
| J.F.: | Love Star Wars. Favorite is probably Empire Strikes Back, or the original. Han Solo rocks! |
| Katja: | What are you doing currently, I mean after the end of SGA? Some long vacation or rather shooting something new? We miss you terribly ;-)! |
| J.F.: | Just finished shooting a project in Toronto. Supposed shoot a film in July. Don’t want to get involved in another TV project unless the character is really interesting |
| Carmen: | Hello Joe! You play the chararcter of someone who is a good friend, a brave fighter who can also be very attractive and has a lot of sex appeal and i was wondering how much of yourself you find in that description? Thank you. |
| J.F.: | I am too smart to answer that question |
| v.rejam@gmail.com: | Hi Joe...My name is Vojta Majer and I am from Czech republic... Anyway i want to do apologize for every mistake or rubbish what I going to do in your grammar...I so sorry ....OK let´s go to that questions... 1.What is your favourite beer??? and 2.Do you relly like Johnny Cash??? Ok that´s all so by. |
| J.F.: | Love Beer, but really love single malt scotch. Lagavulin 16 year. Johnny Cash is a national treasure. God Bless Johnny Cash |
| Michael Petrik: | Hello Col. Sheppard.You´re excellent actor,but if stargate really exist and all of it you play and they come to you as a ordinary man and tell you to be first to go through to unknown planet,will you have a courage to make a first step?Thnx for answer. |
| J.F.: | I think I am just stupid enough to do that. |
| Csaba Komives: | Hello Joe, I would like to ask you about Richard Dean Anderson and his jokes(looking stupid) in the SG-1 series. I noticed, that the character you play uses almost the same humour as him. And my question is: was Richard an inspiration for you, or it was requested by the director? Thanks a lot |
| J.F.: | No, In fact I never even saw SG1 untill much later. I actually think my character is very different from Rick’s, but I like what he does generally. We make very different choices but both like to have fun. |
| Palotai Marci: | Hello again Joe, Do you like golf in real life? Because John Sheppard likes it. Thank you |
| J.F.: | Yes. Very much |
| Cristi: | Hi John, I am Cristi from Romania. In some episodes from Stargate Atlantis you have contact with people who meditate to became like Ancients, to live on a high level of existence. Also you meet Ancients.This made you curious to read about meditation (maybe insight - meditation, forest sangha) ? |
| J.F.: | I don’t have a long enough attention span to meditate. |
| Jan from Poland: | I also want to ask you: if you had a chance to play in new Stargate serial - Stargate Universe, would you do this? Would you come back to role of John Seppard? |
| J.F.: | I don’t really think that will happen. |
| Maria Petrova: | What's the one thing you would steal from Atlantis? |
| J.F.: | Spaceships…and beer |
| Marta Poland: | Someone told me once that good Science-fiction has got more science in it, than fiction. What do You think about it ? |
| J.F.: | Interesting question. They have both. The future and the potential of civilization is fiction now, only to be truth later. Maybe in our lifetimes |
| Martine Dellaleau: | You had the chance to shot in the episode "The Kindred", a small stage with your son Aidan and Truman. I want to know what you felt as a father in this little moment. Thank you for taking the time to answer the many questions from fans. |
| J.F.: | Makes me laugh. They played villagers in a prison, and I was supposed to free them. The director told them to be very serious, tired, scared etc.. My middle kid, Truman, would see me and say “Daddy” with a big smile. My oldest kid Aidan was taking it very seriously and was horrified by Truman’s acting. It was pure gold. |
| Rics: | Hi joe .Are you hate all kind of bugs or just the iratus?:D |
| J.F.: | Not a big fan of bugs |
| Violeta from Romania: | Hi again Joe. I know that you've graduated History in College and I'm also a History student and a History addict, also. My favorite part is Ancient History. What is yours? |
| J.F.: | Huge question that would require an entire day to answer. However, I have always been fascinated by history and think that almost all the answers are buried in the past. If we were just wise enough to understand them. My oldest kid has the bug for history also. If nothing else, history can you give you a healthy perspective on the present. I think mankinds best days are ahead. |
| Michal: | Hi Joe, I m from Slovakia. First of all, I d like to congratulate you to 5 great seasons of Atlantis - I ve had a great time watching it. My question is :Do you use that phrase of yours, I dont think so, with your typical voice melody in every day life ? Wish you good luck, see you in SGA movie :-) |
| J.F.: | Not sure what you are talking about. But I have a little bit of a western drawl naturally. It’s a distinct accent that perplexes a lot of people because they can’t pin it down. |
| Melania A.: | Hello again . Did u have to learn any special skills for Atlantis ? What were they ? Love the cast and the team behind the cameras , u all did a verrry good job ! |
| J.F.: | Yes. I can really shoot guns, drink beer, crack jokes. |
| Hugi: | Hi Joe! If you were a jedi knight, what would be the colour of your lightsaber? Thanks! |
| J.F.: | Purple |
| Éva: | With one answer, how would you prove that you're really Joe Flanigan on the other side of the chat? :) |
| J.F.: | Sometimes I wish I wasn;t Joe Flanigan. |
| Lise: | hello it's lise again . one last question, an alien ring your door what's your choice :you trying to get to know him or call the army.thank you for your answer |
| J.F.: | Probably offer him a drink and ask him to babysit my kids so I could go on a surf trip. |
| Marianna: | Hi! Did you watch the series before you got into it? What was your first tought when you got John's role? ~Thank you! |
| J.F.: | As I said earlier, I had never watched Stargate. I actually was given the material by my manager and told him thanks, but no thanks. I wasn;t excited about the idea of doing a Star Trek-like TV show. When they came back to tell me they it was all very self-deprecating it changed everything. |
| Julia: | Did the creators ever ask the actors about what they would want to have in the next episodes? Was there anything you could decide upon? (small things like clothes and colors and effects, texts maybe) |
| J.F.: | There is usually collobaration and small issues like wardrobe, and specific dialogue issues |
| Sorins: | If u would go "off world" in a mission and u could bring only one of your teammates who would it be. As a more serious question , who would u like to work again if given the opportunity (beyond stargate film/show) ofcourse from the cast of atlantis. |
| J.F.: | The safest team would be me an Jason, but the funnier one would be me and Hewlett. |
| Michal: | If Stargate is real, would you like to live as Joe Flannigan or John Sheppard? |
| J.F.: | Tough question.. Probably a little bit of both |
