quote:I could bag on the the linguist in "Stargate" again. Oh, wait, I seem to have fundamentally misunderstood the nature of the irony we are going for here.
While it is true that you missed my point at first, I would love to hear you rant about the linguist in Stargate.
[ June 10, 2005, 12:52 PM: Message edited by: mr_porteiro_head ]
Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :
There's not much you can say about him really. He ends up with one of the more beautiful women in all of cinema .
Sorry, just have a little crush on that character/actress. Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Xav, my freshman year, my friend Jason requested Stargate every time we wandered out to rent a movie. Every time. For six months. We agreed once, and then couldn't find it anywhere in town, at any of the six video stores. I have vivid memories of the Egyptian Chick's power. Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Dude. I don't even remember what she looked like.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Ah, you found a different link than me, but good one!
I found out lots more detail about Stargate than I ever knew before Right Here
FG
Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :
Farmgirl, that pic must be the actress in the TV show. The one in the movie is the one I like. (never even seen the TV show)
Edit: It looks like Vaitiare Bandera is the actress in the picks you guys linked.
Mili Avital is the one I like .
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Ah -- I wondered why KQ's link listed two different people as playing the part of Sha're -- and that would explain it! Mili Avital and Vaitiare Bandera....
(trying to remember if I saw the movie version)
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
The movie was okay. But the show is great.
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
One of these days I will probably watch it....
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Please link the thread the original quote was in. It sounds amusing, and I haven't seen it.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
I didn't care for the movie much, but the show is very good.
-Trevor
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Wow. I totally didn't associate "the linguist in stargate" with Daniel Jackson. Weird.
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
He's an Egyptologist in the movie. Not a linguist.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Yeah, technically he's an archaeologist with a special interest in Egypt, languages, and the link between Mayan and Egyptian cultures, or some such.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Like most Hollywood scientists, his particular field of study varies from plotline to plotline.
-Trevor
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
He also seems to know just about every language ever known to mankind, and a few that weren't. He can recognize cultural influences after 5 seconds of observation, down to the specific century and Native American tribe, where applicable. Plus, he's dead sexy.
Truly a man for all seasons. Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
We're supposed to overlook the fact that he seems to know everything about every single human culture ever to have graced the surface of the earth.
Afterall, he IS very very smart.
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
How they expect us to believe geek from that... pfff! He's more Hollywood Total Babe. Booooring.
Even in a suit with a haircut, James looks like a dweeb. Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Wow. Get him out of the ill-fitting air force gear and he looks a lot likeBenBowder from Farscape.
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Yup. The piercing blue eyes. Except, I think Ben is actually quite hawt. I think it's his whole "crazy act". And he makes me laugh. Not boring at all.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Michael Shanks is the one I think is hottest. He's just got this sweet mannerism, you know? Both in and out of the role. Plus, yeah, hot. Hot hot hot. And Richard Dean Anderson is much hotter than Kurt Russell. Yummy. *drools*
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Since I haven't watched the show much, it is hard to tell. I might warm up to him, given the chance.
Sweet is good.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I think I have a platonic man crush on Richard Dean Anderson.
Posted by alluvion (Member # 7462) on :
*dunno nothin' bout' no sci-fi shows*
but, sweetness is a childish craving and not at all good (as any child who's gorged herself on the post-halloween's sweets knows)
but saucy is definitely good.
ranks somewhere between dill and tart.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by ketchupqueen: Michael Shanks is the one I think is hottest. He's just got this sweet mannerism, you know? Both in and out of the role. Plus, yeah, hot. Hot hot hot. And Richard Dean Anderson is much hotter than Kurt Russell. Yummy. *drools*
Ditto, ditto, ditto.
In fact, why am I here? I have a completely-unwatched SG dvd waiting for me!
See ya!
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
*jealous*
For some obscure reason, my husband put the Clone Wars DVD, which is completely available online (we have my friend's Hyperspace un and password, so we get in free) on our Netflix queue, and it's holding up our SG-1. Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Yes, gorgeous, buffed, well-dressed, eloquent geeks are hawt. Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
If he's georgeous, buffed, well-dresses, and eloquent, I think it's fair to say that he's no geek.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Hmm...I know some Hatrackers that fit the above description but are still, definitely, geeks.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
And, he's totally a geek. He gets all excited about science and history. He'd rather not be buffed, it just is kinda essential when you might have to be running and fighting for your life at any time. As for well-dressed, it's not too hard to dress well some of the time when you spend most of your time in fatigues. And what he gets eloquent about is usually geeky stuff- at least to the military types he hangs with.
Daniel Jackson is a geek.
Posted by Sartorius (Member # 7696) on :
Daniel Jackson, I long for you tragically.
And you too, Jack O'Niell.
The TV cast is way hotter than the movie cast.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I dream about SG-1. And I mean really realistic dreams. Usually with some scenario where I get to kiss one or the other of them.
These are now practically the only dreams I ever have that I remember.
Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :
Perhaps the male TV cast is hotter.
Did you *see* the pic I linked?
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Please tell me I am not the only one who keeps inserting an "n" into the thread title.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
In what word?
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
bag? Katie, I'm shocked.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
nbag ... no bnag ... no bang ... no Wait! Bang! Yes.
This is what I had to do to figure out what you are talking about.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I'm shocked too! It's horrible.
Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
But you're not denying it.
Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :
Haha, no I don't add the 'n', because "bag" is already a slang term for the concept you are thinking of .
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
I believe Michael Shanks started muscling up on his own accord - which does somewhat take away from the "socially inept bookworm" schtick.
-Trevor
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
But he's still so sweet!
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Yeah -- when the show starts, he has a normal human physique.
But a few years in, he bulks up to Hollywood proportions.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Being an Air Force civilian consultant will do that.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Especially one who does all that running and dodging hostile fire all the time.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Yeah.
Heaven forbid he should ever have to...you know...study?
Who knew being a scientist was so easy?
Sorry, I'm being snarky - ignore me.
-Trevor
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
He studies! He's in his lab with papers all the time when he's on-world, and he always seems to try to keep up with the latest papers, and he knows what his former colleagues are up to most of the time. Most of them, anyway.
Trevor, I love you lots, but don't you start bad-mouthing Daniel Jackson or Jack O'Neill, or I will have to kill you. Posted by Sartorius (Member # 7696) on :
quote:Originally posted by Xavier: Perhaps the male TV cast is hotter.
Did you *see* the pic I linked?
Meh. I could swing for Samantha Carter, but not that other girl.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote:Being an Air Force civilian consultant will do that.
I doubt it.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
I think Rivka was being very dry in her wit.
-Trevor
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
You two are walking a fine line, um, busters.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
*moistens wit*
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
I'm all about the Michael Shanks action. And not just because his last name is "Shanks."
Though most of the time on the show, the cultures/cultural influences shown ARE that easily identifiable, so it's really not THAT huge an accomplishment.
And I think Daniel Jackson is primarily an Egyptologist, and one of the few who's done research in the cross-pollination of ancient cultures. Or something.
quote:I dream about SG-1. And I mean really realistic dreams. Usually with some scenario where I get to kiss one or the other of them.
You have those too, kq? I'm glad I'm not the only one.
On an unrelated SG note, anyone else excited for the foray into Arthurian legend this upcoming season? I know I saw Excalibur in the preview commercial...
Posted by Miro (Member # 1178) on :
quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head: Wow. Get him out of the ill-fitting air force gear and he looks a lot likeBenBowder from Farscape.
Who just happens to be joining the show this upcoming season.
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
O_o
OK, now I *really* have to watch SG-1.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote:Who just happens to be joining the show this upcoming season.
You pulling my leg?
Posted by alluvion (Member # 7462) on :
*dismounts MPH's leg*
sorry 'bout that!
*runs away with shameful tail between legs*
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Does anyone else have dreams that they are on missions with SG:1?
(Jack O'Neal saved my life once on a mission. *dreamy sigh* )
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I believe I've now talked about my SG-1 dreams several times.
But yes.
(Minor point, though: It's "O'Neill".)
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Wow. So if I start watching SG-1, am I going to have tons of sexy fantasy dreams too?
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
All this sexual objectification! For shame, ladies! For shame!
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
For shame!
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Wait, so my husband can have dreams about women in movies he sees, but I can't have dreams about men in Stargate? Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
You all make me wish for cable TV so I too could enjoy the wonders which you speak of . . .
Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :
Oh, I guess I better check in here...
One really great thing about being young in the 80's was the panoply of cheap movies starring James Spader. And I'm so glad my sister got me to watch Sex Lies and Videotape even though I can't recommend it in my official capacity as the poo-pooer of all R rated movies.
The draft script on the internet doesn't seem to have what I was looking for. I may just have to watch the movie again. The sacrifices I make for Hatrack. Okay, those of you who have seen the movie, doesn't Daniels say something about understanding the language once he got the vowels straightened out, or did I merely pick that up from the context of him talking to Sheera?
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote:Wait, so my husband can have dreams about women in movies he sees, but I can't have dreams about men in Stargate? [Confused]
Who said it was OK for him?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by mothertree: Okay, those of you who have seen the movie, doesn't Daniels say something about understanding the language once he got the vowels straightened out, or did I merely pick that up from the context of him talking to Sheera?
I don't think so . . .
[nitpick] Daniel, no S; and Sha're (Sheera would be a character from an 80s cartoon).
Posted by Miro (Member # 1178) on :
quote:Originally posted by mothertree: Okay, those of you who have seen the movie, doesn't Daniels say something about understanding the language once he got the vowels straightened out, or did I merely pick that up from the context of him talking to Sheera?
I don't have the movie, so I can't check, but that sounds familiar.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Actually, what happened is this: Sha're's people were forbidden to write. But they had secret writings hidden away, and once Daniel saw the written words, he started pointing at them and pronouncing them, and she corrected his pronunciation. So, he did say something about the vowels being different, and there were a few other differences, but once he was able to grasp the main differences, he was able to communicate with them pretty effectively.
Posted by alluvion (Member # 7462) on :
oh?
Posted by Miro (Member # 1178) on :
quote:Originally posted by Shan: You all make me wish for cable TV so I too could enjoy the wonders which you speak of . . .
You don't need cable to enjoy the wonder that is Stargate. I don't have cable. I use Netflix. The first seven seasons of SG-1 are on DVD. Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Yup, we're up to season 6. I don't know how we're going to wait for the next one after we finish 7.
Except that I think I caught an ad for Stargate Atlantis on DVD. Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Goodness, mothertree. That bagging was kinda a let-down in comparison to the scalding diatribe I was expecting.
(BTW, I've missed you over at GC)
Posted by Lady Eruve (Member # 6883) on :
quote:Originally posted by ketchupqueen: I believe I've now talked about my SG-1 dreams several times.
But yes.
(Minor point, though: It's "O'Neill".)
Ah, yes...I forgot. "O'Neill...two l's" *holds up 3 fingers*
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Yes! *high fives*
Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :
It's been over 10 years since I saw it. I would also have to review the qualifications that he presents at the beginning of the film. But as I recall, he was some form of Semitic Linguist, and in Semitic Languages the vowels don't hardly matter. Like, for several centuries the Koran was written with no vowels.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
But the people on Abydos speak some form of Ancient Egyptian or some such, don't they?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by ketchupqueen: Yup, we're up to season 6. I don't know how we're going to wait for the next one after we finish 7.
Except that I think I caught an ad for Stargate Atlantis on DVD.
Darn it! Y'all passed me! (I have two episodes left of s5, and the first s6 disk came today.)
pooka, vowels don't signify in written Semitic languages, but they do when the languages are spoken, neh? And he was decoding a spoken language, and its shifts from the form he was familiar with.
If that doesn't work, then just remember: it's comics physics (well, linguistics, but you know what I mean) .
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
quote:Darn it! Y'all passed me! (I have two episodes left of s5, and the first s6 disk came today.)
Muahahahaha! We are sending back disc one today, and will watch disc two tonight. Since we're also sending back disc one of season one of Lois and Clark, our next two are two more of season 6.
This jeff job hunting and so not having to get up early most mornings is really paying off in the Stargate dept.
But he's going to be gone to CA next week from Wed. to Fri. Without me! Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
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quote:Darn it! Y'all passed me! (I have two episodes left of s5, and the first s6 disk came today.)
Muahahahaha! We are sending back disc one today, and will watch disc two tonight.
Well, one couldn't-fall-asleep night later, and the last disc of s5 is in the mail.
quote: Since we're also sending back disc one of season one of Lois and Clark, our next two are two more of season 6.
OH MY GOODNESS!!! I NEVER ORDERED MY LOIS&CLARK DVD!!!! *thwaps self* BAD FOLC!
Must do that, immediamente!
quote: This jeff job hunting and so not having to get up early most mornings is really paying off in the Stargate dept.
quote: But he's going to be gone to CA next week from Wed. to Fri. Without me!
Aw. *hug*
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
'Salright, if he comes back with a $40,000 a year job and an opportunity to live both near my family and where I will have an opportunity to bring in at least another $10,000 a year without working outside the home (caring for my aunt's goddaughter's children in my home), I suppose it's worth it. And I still get to see Boon for her birthday, and we still get to spend Tue. (our anniversary) together. *sigh* It's just a few days. I can get through that. Especially with plenty of library books and some movies to watch.
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