{"id":7827,"date":"2010-02-05T12:24:08","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T16:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wormholeriders.com\/blog\/?p=7827"},"modified":"2018-01-10T07:07:23","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T15:07:23","slug":"chicago-2009-joe-flanigan-man-of-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/stargate\/2010\/02\/05\/chicago-2009-joe-flanigan-man-of-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago 2009: Joe Flanigan, Man of Action"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Joe<\/a><\/p>\n

Joe Flanigan was scheduled to come to Chicago in 2007, but had to cancel at the last moment. Since then fans have been clamoring for him to come to the Windy City, and they were not left wanting for long!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A number of Joe\u2019s stories were repeats from Vancouver, and when I recognized them I took the opportunity to give my poor hand a break and enjoy the experience. Those stories and more can be found in my 2009 Vancouver Report<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Joe<\/a>Having Joe on stage is actually one of the few times when having a second row seat is a disadvantage. Joe moves around quite a bit. One minute he is \"Click<\/a>sitting, the next he\u2019s at the side of the stage talking to someone who asked a question and facing completely away from you, or he\u2019s smack in the middle of the stage, but right where the two heads that frame your view block him out. I had a much better time getting good pictures of him in Vancouver when I was 5 rows back and at the far right! Therefore I got the best pictures I could, and I wish I could have done better. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Joe had a seat and cut right to the chase. \u201cWhen I do these things, I like to answer questions. I know some people, like (clears throat) David Hewlett, like to get up here and talk about things, and talk and talk and talk. But I would love to answer any questions you guys have.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

So, as requested, fans ran to get in line at the microphones on either side of the stage. I was happy to hear that the first question, while not terribly original, was one I had not heard asked before.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"I<\/a>Do you prefer dogs or cats? <\/em>Joe answered that he is a dog guy and he has dogs. \u201cI\u2019ve got complete control, they\u2019re wagging their tails. I like that. Where I live, cats make nice little nibblets for the coyotes. \u00a0I\u2019m being totally honest! I lost 2 dogs last year to coyotes. And those are dogs,<\/em> so cats are even tastier. (The questioner suggested that it is advisable to declaw cats, which caused many cat lovers in the audience to pipe up, saying \u201cNo!\u201d Joe, sensing the incoming can of worms, made a joke of it.) Oh, well you could declaw them. You could. You could shave them and paint them purple. Or you could just let my four dogs out and watch the fun! I don\u2019t think a cat would survive in our house.\u201d Hmmm, best cancel that trip to go visit Joe, huh Adria the Cat? Yikes! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"History<\/a>Randomly, Joe had this little lesson to share about actors. Apparently, Joe\u2019s chair on set was shorter than the others by a good six inches or more! \u201cI like to put my legs down. We were trying to figure out the history of the tall chair, so we thought, \u2018well maybe it\u2019s hair and makeup.\u2019 And then we realized it\u2019s probably just like actor\u2019s outsized egos, like literally, and they\u2019ll tell you stories, that some people have to have higher chairs than others. Which is probably why my chair is down there (points to the floor)!”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Are you being considered for or are you interested in being Robert Jim Rockford in the remake of \u2018The Rockford Files\u2019?<\/em> Fans who are familiar with the original series (1974) seemed intrigued by the idea. \u00a0Joe . . . looked at the fan who asked, mouth open, and nodded for a good minute before answering, clearly surprised by the question. \u201cNaw, I mean, I thank that they just announced that. I don\u2019t know. I would love to do Rockford. I\u2019d \"To<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>be curious how they are going to remake it. They seem to have really destroyed every attempt at remaking a good show. So it\u2019s a good question. Rockford is one of my favorite shows, and James Garner is one of my favorite people. I did a series with him and I love the guy. I would call him tomorrow and say, \u2018Call everybody you know and tell them I\u2019m going to be the next you! But I don\u2019t \u2013 they just announced that. But Rockford is a great character. He\u2019s a good archetype. I can recreate that archetype on another show; it doesn\u2019t have to be Rockford. But good question.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"IMG_3492\"<\/a>Have you considered making the transition to the big screen?<\/em> \u201cIf it were in my control I would! Let\u2019s just be honest, that there\u2019s a thing called (waving an arm flippantly) career management<\/em>. It\u2019s kind of nonsense. There is no career management<\/em> per say. There are very few jobs for a lot of people. It\u2019s got to be the right place at the right time, and sometimes there are elements that are just out of your control. I have no doubt in my mind that I think I would do very well in movies. I would love to do movies. And yet they are amazingly short-sighted about who they go after. It\u2019s really weird. They want to discover new stars, but they don\u2019t want to take the risk in giving any of them a chance. So they reach for the same thing over and over and over, and they close the doors consistently to other people. I was kinda hoping that the show, since we\u2019ve sold so many DVDs, would kind of change that, but we\u2019re in the middle of a really deep recession and I\u2019m not sure that that research is being done and people are looking at those particular numbers and seeing that (gesturing at the crowd) we have a really amazing fan base, and I think the fan base could push us all to the next level. (Shrugs) We\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"3507\"<\/a>Joe was asked about his appearance on SyFy\u2019s Warehouse 13. \u201cIt was a really good group of people in Toronto. I enjoyed myself a lot. I looked at that and I was thinking to myself, \u2018My God I didn\u2019t do anything on that show!\u2019 I just watched it the other day and I was like, \u2018Right, well where\u2019s the rest of it? That\u2019s it?!\u2019 I really enjoyed not<\/em> doing a lot of things also because it was really interesting. I had a day off in Toronto. I didn\u2019t have any<\/em> days off in Vancouver, ever<\/em>. I enjoyed that aspect of it. The two leads were pretty beat up from the season of shooting, and I just remember that so well that I was enjoying not being in that position. But, <\/em>being egocentric and self-involved, I also said, \u2018Damn. I want his job. Because I do! I like the premise of that show, and Eddie is an awfully nice guy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe all get into caveats because we\u2019ve all \u2013 anybody who knows about developing a show knows it\u2019s a long process. It may be working one week and not working the next. And yet I\u2019ve done it successfully before and I\u2019ve done it unsuccessfully before, so I don\u2019t know where this will go. I know that I\u2019m waiting for the right project. I just got asked this question which was \u2018just get back on the air.\u2019 I don\u2019t really feel like that\u2019s really my goal. I don\u2019t really feel that I need to just <\/em>get back on the air. I feel like I want to do the right thing. It\u2019s a lateral move (waving his hand horizontally) or a move higher up, and I don\u2019t want to fade into the background just to be on the air.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"How<\/a>How did you like working with Richard Dean Anderson? <\/em>\u201cI only worked with Rick a very very very little bit. I enjoyed it. When I first started working with Rick in the pilot I thought it was very cool because I had just done a series with Rockford, and I was like, \u2018Yeah! Now I\u2019m with MacGyver! I\u2019ve got all the guys, man!\u2019 So that was pretty cool. We were in a helicopter flying around, and I thought it was pretty funny. I handed him a paperclip and a rubber band. \u2018If this plane goes down, here you go!\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018Damn I\u2019m funny, I\u2019m funny.\u2019 He just gave me this look (too funny for words, but included here!). Clearly he was like, \u2018Who is this guy? Does he think this joke hasn\u2019t been pulled on me before?\u2019 So I realized the MacGyver jokes just keep coming at him. They weren\u2019t as original as I thought they were. But I had a great time, and he\u2019s got a good sensibility. I just saw him in Malibu, we both live in Malibu. He lives very<\/em> close. He was playing ping pong [some fans chuckle, no doubt recalling the hilarious scene where Jack and Teal\u2019c played ping pong.] Yeah, in like this open court shopping area. I was like, \u2018You\u2019re out of work too, huh? Here\u2019s a paperclip and a rubber band!\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Thinking\"<\/a>Who is your idol? <\/em>\u201cMy idol? Wow. I don\u2019t have an idol but I have heroes. There is a distinction, I think.\u00a0 I think a hero displays sort of heroic qualities that you find bold that you\u2019d like to have in your life. I think idols tend to be more of a blind worship thing. I don\u2019t know that I idolize anybody in particular. My father-in-law has been a hero of mine for a long time. He\u2019s a quadriplegic and he\u2019s an amazing, amazing human being. My dad was a hero to me, and I have \u2013 there are so many people that I find interesting, and a lot of the times I meet people, (shrugs) they\u2019re not famous. I just hear their story and I hear what they\u2019re going through. It\u2019s insane, it\u2019s incredible, the adversity that people are able to survive without any glamour and any recognition. To me, I find that astounding, and because we\u2019re in a public situation and we\u2019re always given some weird affirmation about things and celebrities always air all their c%@& in public. There\u2019s something a little disingenuous about that. I\u2019m sorry I don\u2019t have a specific answer. I could go through a list of people if we had more time, and people weren\u2019t leaving right now because of this long answer, but literally I could go through so many different\u2019 characters, well known and not well known, and why I like them and so forth.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"My<\/a>Everyone always wants to know what your favorite episode is, but I want to know what your least favorite episode is.<\/em> \u201cProbably that bug episode (holding a hand by his neck to indicate that he is talking about \u2018Thirty Eight Minutes\u2019 where we first encounter an iratus bug), with the bug on me. We had not built the sets properly. For some reason we built the space ships as though they were really space ships, and we couldn\u2019t get in them (contorts his upper body around as if he\u2019s trying to squeeze through a small space). We\u2019re like, \u2018but this is for TV. We need to get a film crew in there!\u2019 So we were all shoved in there. It was like the forth or fifth episode, and it was hot and sweaty and they wouldn\u2019t pay for the air conditioning; because they weren\u2019t sure whether we were going to last, I think. They went, \u2018(shrugs) I ain\u2019t paying for air conditioning!\u2019 It was hot, and sweaty, and miserable. And Rainbow [Sun Franks] – who I love to death \u2013 kept messing up all of his lines and my bug was stuck on my neck, and I was like, \u2018(through gritted teeth) Come on! Come on! Get me outta here!\u2019 And it was frustrating. But I learned. I have more patience now than I did when I was your age (indicating the young person who asked). I was about your age when I started the show.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Let's<\/a>When you were on Warehouse 13, did you feel like they left the \u201ccharacter\u201d out of your character? <\/em>\u201cI didn\u2019t quite know what it was, and I realize it was very guest star-ish. I didn\u2019t have time to talk to any of the writers, and had we talked about it I\u2019m sure we would have tweaked it in an entirely different direction. It would have been more interesting. No, you\u2019re a fine actor, I\u2019ve seen you act, but as written it was not an interesting person. <\/em>I think that it doesn\u2019t quite work that way. When you\u2019re the lead of a show they\u2019ll let a camera sit there for a little while, and so you can inject moments into the situations that are not written. But when you\u2019re a guest star, there\u2019s a time line. Boom boom boom, you\u2019re delivering information. Now let\u2019s go back to the lead (turns with this hand up indicating the position of the camera). Information (turns back to guest star), lead (turns back again). So when you\u2019re a guest star, I have found that our guest stars, many of whom are phenomenally talented, it comes out relatively flat. It\u2019s not them, it\u2019s really how the material they\u2019re given and the editing they\u2019re given and everything else is not a critical factor in the show. So, to answer your question (laughing) I guess you didn\u2019t like Warehouse 13!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Johnny<\/a>A fan asked about the use of the Johnny Cash songs in \u2018Vegas\u2019. \u201cWe\u2019d discussed that we\u2019d have liked to have had Johnny Cash signing at the end, but it was going to come down to a licensing issue and a cash issue \u2013 \u2018cash issue\u2019, no pun intended! \u2013 and Robert [Cooper] called long after we\u2019d finished shooting it and said, \u2018Oh yeah we got Johnny Cash for the last thing,\u2019 and I was like, \u2018Oh that\u2019s amazing!\u2019 I was wanting to put Johnny Cash music in tons<\/em> of different episodes, but we didn\u2019t have the money. But it was kinda cool to at least be able to do it once before it was all over.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

At this point a fan asked Joe pointedly about a written chat session he did for the Hungarian site AXN in June of 2009. Joe talked about Atlantis\u2019s cancellation and commented on Stargate Universe. You can read the Q&A here<\/a> and read GateWorld\u2019s report on it here<\/a>.\u00a0 Some fans see that Joe might have been suggesting that the Atlantis cast was not properly appreciated by the writers and producers, and that contributed to the end of the series. Responding to the fan\u2019s comment on this, Joe said, \u201cSomebody brought that to my attention. I was supposed to do this interview and I \"3505\"<\/span><\/span><\/a>missed the interview and they go, \u2018Can you do a written thing?\u2019 So I did the written thing, and then somebody called me and said, \u2018you kinda set off a little firestorm here. People seem to think you\u2019re implying \u2018don\u2019t watch Universe\u2019\u2019, which is nonsense. I would never ever<\/em> \u2013 I\u2019d never wish that on anyone. I think that they deserve every chance we got. There are a lot of really talented people that are coming together for that project. My point was we helped build a show for a long time, and we were assuming based on the success \u2013 not only financial, statistical success \u2013 that we were going to get a chance to benefit from more seasons. I think a formula was done saying, \u2018We could save a little bit more money maybe if we didn\u2019t do that and we just retooled it this way.\u2019 I think that it is unfortunate because it\u2019s not unlike a company. You work for a company for a long time, you work hard, you\u2019re hoping that it\u2019s going to get you to the next level, and you want to be rewarded for that. It didn\u2019t happen that way, so I think that there\u2019s a level of frustration, for sure, and we would like to obviously be valued for the work we did and the connection we made with the audience, which we think is substantial.\u201d Fans applauded this statement, confirming that we made a connection with the characters that Joe and his cast mates brought to life. \u201cThey\u2019ll hopefully move that to the next show. I hope it works out, I really do. I\u2019m hoping that they all have a really good professional experience on the show. Mostly we miss working. David and I miss coming to set, giving each other a hard time, and things like that. It\u2019s just, there\u2019s always a jealousy factor of just like, I\u2019d<\/em> like to be working again on my show, because we were really getting things going.\u201d The fan replied, that she wasn\u2019t really asking about Universe, but rather his suggestion that the actors were underappreciated. \u201cI just wanted to say that the fans appreciate all the blood, sweat, and tears that everybody puts into the characters.\u201d Joe said, \u201cYeah well we appreciate that you appreciate it, trust me, we really do. Thank you.\u201d As the young woman walked away and the fans applauded, I sensed a change in the room. A chill tension seemed to form as Joe spoke, and it loomed throughout the rest of his panel. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"3505\"<\/a>Next, Joe was asked about his acting training.<\/em> \u201cSeriously, I\u2019m in some ways not too trained. Maybe that\u2019s a benefit. Maybe it is, maybe it isn\u2019t. I think you can learn this craft forever<\/em>, but I think there\u2019s a point also where too much training can suffocate the humanity in a character, and the humanity in a character is really what we all connect to, so then it\u2019s a little idiosyncratic, and a little different, and is to me kind of interesting. I think there are some professionals in acting school who really try to destroy that.\u201d The fan commented on the use of humor in Atlantis, and Joe replied, \u201cWhere I wanted to strike was taking the situation seriously, that it was a life and death situation, but having humor about it and defusing the tension through a sense of humor, but not the other way around. Not trying to make it a funny situation and not take it seriously. To me I thought that would be a detriment to the show.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"He<\/a>Joe was asked a question about working with Robert Davi as Acastus Kolya. \u201cRobert Davi is a superb<\/em> actor, and so he knows exactly what to do, which is cause tension in a scene, and he\u2019s good <\/em>at it! He took something small and (makes a pulling motion with a clawed hand) sucked the life out if it. He did it for, what, seven episodes or something like that. And they killed him off and they didn\u2019t even need to. He could have gone on and on. He was a formidable opponent, and it was hard to find a formidable opponent, and when you do you need to keep them coming. Colm Meaney (Cowen) was another guy that was very<\/em> good [Fans applaud in agreement]. Those guys were good<\/em>. They\u2019d just lay it into you and it just comes through, and it\u2019s hard to find guys like that.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Animal<\/a>As one might expect, with all the cast changes that took place on Atlantis, fans are curious about what caused them. One fan in particular asked Joe if he knew why Rainbow Sun Franks was let go from his role as Lt. Aiden Ford. \u201cI don\u2019t know, they just thought his character wasn\u2019t working. They wanted to come up with something else, and they did, they came up with something very different which is Jason [Momoa]. Which is more along the kind of . . . animal nature (Joe chuckles as we laugh). So they thought that would make for better opposites. I mean in some ways it did, but I don\u2019t know. That\u2019s a question you need to ask the producers. They might have a specific reason for that, but Rainbow was so much fun to work with. I hung out a lot with Rainbow. I just saw his sister a few weeks ago. It\u2019s a great family. Good people.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Joe's<\/a>I\u2019m not entirely sure what led to this \u2013 perhaps Joe was asked about his TV and movie genre preferences \u2013 but regardless, it was very funny! \u201cI\u2019m hyperactive and I have ADD and I don\u2019t know what else (waves a hand away), everything I guess, and so I have a hard time sitting there watching anything<\/em>, and if I see people active on television I\u2019m just like my nine year old son. They\u2019re having a sword fight? (Jumps into what you might be able to call a sword fighting stance) I want to have a sword fight! Ahh! We come back from the movies and the kids are recreating every battle scene (draws an imaginary sword – or light saber as the case may be! \u2013 and says guiltily), and I\u2019m doing it too. My wife is like, \u2018(in a skeptical voice) What are you doing with that Luke Skywalker garb on?\u2019 \u2018(Trying to sound innocent, but Joe just sounds high pitched and funny) Nothing! Looking for work!\u2019\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"David's<\/a>A young fan came up and asked: What has been your most memorable moment with Jason Momoa?<\/em> \u201c(Teasing) Memorable? Is that good memorable or bad memorable? You could put those in a couple different categories! (Pauses to think) Oh man, we spent an awful lot of time together. . . . The best memory I\u2019ve had with Jason\u00a0 . . . I would say . . . that . . . (grins mischievously) Oh no I can\u2019t tell you, you\u2019re too young! I just realized I can\u2019t tell you that story! So sorry, I\u2019m glad. (Poking himself in the head) Good Joe. Let me tell you a milder story. Here\u2019s a milder one. We had just gotten out after a really long day, one of those 14 hour days way out in the middle of nowhere, and everyone was tired and grumpy and exhausted and they\u2019re all going home. Jason and I are in the same car, and there goes David right past us in his little red something, (hunches up like he\u2019s driving a toy car) eco-\"Joe<\/a>friendly something that no one knows, right? And the car is this big (holds up fingers to show something about 3 inches long. Joe hunches even more and makes a buzzing sound that is apparently comparable to David\u2019s car!). He was super <\/em>grumpy that day. I was like, \u2018catch up with him! Catch up with him!\u2019 And we caught up to him and Jason rolled down his window . . .\u201d Joe showed us what Jason did . . . only Joe kept his pants pulled up! That\u2019s right! Joe bent over, wiggled back and forth a little, then craned his head around to look behind him and said in a gravelly voice like Jason\u2019s, \u201cThat\u2019s right! Whoa look at that!\u201d Laughing, Joe straightened up and said, \u201cDavid looked like he was going to carjack us. You could see the blood go out of his face. And then he finally cracked a smile and we were like, \u2018Yes! We got him!\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Flying<\/a>Apparently Joe has been known to say that he can fly a helicopter in real life, but that isn\u2019t true! A fan called Joe\u2019s bluff and earned this answer: \u201cI really was full of c%@$ wasn\u2019t I? I must have told them that to get the job. I can<\/em> fly a remote control<\/em> helicopter. I\u2019ve got one at home and I\u2019m like (walks around with an imaginary joystick, making the whirring sound of a toy helicopter). No, I\u2019ve never flown a helicopter!\u00a0 I don\u2019t remember ever saying that! Boy. You can\u2019t get away with anything, can you? I guess people lie about their resumes all the time, right? No I\u2019ve never flown a helicopter, but I have been in quite a few helicopters. It\u2019s fun to say, \u2018I fly a helicopter . . . on television<\/em>.\u2019 It\u2019s fun to say that. Kinda like when you\u2019re in an emergency room and they\u2019re doing surgery and you\u2019re like, \u2018(chuckles) I play a doctor . . . on television<\/em>.\u2019 That\u2019s fun. But know, I don\u2019t know how to fly a helicopter. I don\u2019t know how to fly a plane! Well, I have flown, I\u2019ve taken flying lessons. I can fly. It\u2019s the landing that\u2019s the problem.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Joe<\/a>There was once a prank battle going on between Joe and Paul McGillion. Joe played the now infamous rocks-in-the-bag prank on Paul, and then Paul wrestled with Joe and beat him. A fan asked: Have you gotten Paul back yet?<\/em> \u201cYeah he beat me in a wrestling match and he will pay <\/em>dearly for it because I\u2019ve figured out how. I haven\u2019t seen Paul. I saw him last night for the first time in . . . I don\u2019t know, six months? And you know, a bottle of scotch later we were like, \u2018(laughs drunkenly) Oh remember the time, you know!\u2019 It was one of those things. I can\u2019t remember, there\u2019s so many gags between Jason, Paul, and I, it\u2019s hard being serious. I\u2019m trying to figure out a serious moment. That would be more unusual. But Pauly takes the bait a lot. Pauly\u2019s pretty gullible. Pauly thinks he\u2019s pretty smart and you just throw it out, (mimes casting a fishing line and makes a sound like something dropping through the air, then casually makes the motion of reeling in a fish!).\u201d Uh oh, watch out Paul!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Did you ever have trouble with the directions you were given for the show, either character wise or acting wise?<\/em> \u201cI can\u2019t even remember a time where somebody gave me a direction that just (makes a horizontal slashing motion with his free hand) wasn\u2019t going to happen. There are suggestions that don\u2019t work. But generally directors – in television it doesn\u2019t quite work that way because you have your character and you know your character pretty well, so they\u2019re not really trying to make you do things that you wouldn\u2019t kind of actually do. So no, I don\u2019t remember that. It would be more an issue with the story sometimes. You could go up to them and say, \u2018I don\u2019t think that I would do this or this or that. There was one issue I was worried about. It \"You<\/a>was when I\u00a0 . . . I think I kill . . . somebody . . . right? (Sarcastically) I killed a few people on there. No I did, and it was kinda a weird thing \u2013 Oh, I know what it was. The father we fed to the Wraith. That was something we had a discussion about. We\u2019re like, \u2018Whoo, that\u2019s kinda . . . that\u2019s a new territory.\u2019 Because I\u2019m basically throwing him to the wolves. I think there was some discussion about that and that was kind of an interesting idea. When they explained it to me I was kinda like, \u2018I get it. I think that\u2019s kind of interesting.\u2019 So no, I don\u2019t really remember anything. There may be specific moments of blocking, and that\u2019s where, if there were differences, a lot of times it would come from blocking. You have it in your head, you\u2019re like, \u2018I\u2019m going to say, \u2018(walking across the stage as he speaks) David I told you for the tenth time, please start the ship\u2019 and you\u2019re going to be over here (indicating where he has stopped walking on the stage).\u2019 And they\u2019re like, \u2018Well you can\u2019t do that because we\u2019ve already got it blocked and you\u2019re supposed to be sitting down for that. You\u2019re like, \u2018Well I have this one line that\u2019s supposed to be going to find . . .\u2019 Those would be the only things you\u2019d have to work out, and even then everybody is super flexible. We made a lot of things work on the show.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"3506\"<\/a>What genre of television do you prefer working in?<\/em> \u201cWhen you\u2019re talking about a TV show, a TV show is a major commitment; it\u2019s a time commitment, making major sacrifices in terms of the time you get to spend with your friends and family. I would lean toward action\/adventure because that\u2019s the stuff that I feel translates well. It\u2019s fun to watch. Our show was one of the last action\/adventure shows on television. It really was. There\u2019s not a lot of action\/adventure television shows, and that is also why it\u2019s really popular all over the world. People don\u2019t need to figure things out, they get it! There\u2019s a physical action.\u00a0 Sometimes I would have a debate with the writers because the enemy in one particular episode would all be theoretical. \u2018Well if you do this, if you do that, we\u2019ll have no gravity left and we\u2019ll all float away.\u2019 And I\u2019d be like, \u2018But that\u2019s not as cool as a monster jumping out and trying the lop your head off!\u2019 Because the guy in New Guinea gets that, the guy in London gets that, and I get it and I\u2019m really dumb. So I was always about having a physical threat as opposed to a mathematical or hypothetical threat, and I know sometimes with special effects they can show something later on, but the acting was always best when there was an actual physical threat. Kolya for example, a human being who was a threat, and the Wraith who are a threat. So I was always pushing toward that kind of very palpable action quality that I like, so that\u2019s kind of where I would go and I would like to mix that in with really good drama and comedy. There\u2019s no reason there can\u2019t be a really good action\/adventure show that has all those elements. \u00a0We\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Jason<\/a>Sadly, we have now reached the final question of the 2009 Chicago Creation Convention: Who of the cast took to the weapons the quickest?<\/em> \u201cOh you mean the guns and clubs and knives and things. Jason and I, obviously! Right away we were like, \u2018Ha, check this out! (makes a sound like the crack of a bull whip, swinging an arm)\u2019 There was a lot of that. I think we made a lot of people nervous on set many times. (Chuckles) David got a little pissed off at us a few times when we were just like . . . playing with our weapons. \u2018I\u2019m a little uncomfortable with Joe and Jason playing with the um, machine guns.\u2019 Yeah, we were big on that. And also, having any physical exercise when you\u2019re working on that schedule, you don\u2019t really have time to work out. So this gave you an excuse to pump some physicality back into your life, so that was always fun.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In my random leftover notes, I have written down that Joe is a fan of Steve McQueen and his car. His favorite Stargate Atlantis episode was \u2018Vegas\u2019. When asked who his favorite band or guitarist is, Joe answered, Jimmy Hendricks. Out of all the roles he has played, his favorites come down to John Sheppard and Brendan Dean from ThoughtCrimes. Fans should note that, according to IMDB, Joe is currently filming a project titled \u201cGood Day for It\u201d, and his character is \u201cDeputy Brady.\u201d Joe said he once flew an F-16, and commented, \u201cThank God for air sickness bags!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

There you have it, folks! The 2009 Chicago Creation Convention was a big hit: providing fans with a wonderful experience, our first visits from Joe, Connor Trinneer, Gary Jones, and Rachel Luttrell, return visits from Michael Shanks and Paul McGillion, and a return visit from Amanda Tapping that was long overdue. It was certainly one of the biggest years Chicago has seen, and Chicago 2010 is shaping up very well with a new and better venue, and return visits from Michael Shanks, Joe Flanigan, and Jason Momoa, accompanied by Chicago first-timers David Hewlett, Christopher Heyerdahl, and Andee Frizzell! And guess what? The WormholeRiders Team is going to have it all covered for you, so sit back and enjoy the ride! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Joe Flanigan was scheduled to come to Chicago in 2007, but had to cancel at the last moment. Since then fans have been clamoring for him to come to the Windy City, and they were not left wanting for long! A number of Joe\u2019s stories were repeats from Vancouver, and when I recognized them I…<\/p>\n

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