Vala Mal Doran/Claudia Black WOW Thread

[Heru'urs_first_prime]

You're kidding, right? Everybody knows who Claudia Black is

http://fp.culttv.plus.com/claudiablack/website.htm

erm...ok......but who does she play/what does she do?

[Kalliope]

One thing I noticed while watching the ep again:

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Vala says "Get over it" to Daniel when he's upset about not going to Atlantis. Vala has never heard of the Tau'ri or Earth, yet that phrase is Earth slang. The writers need to be careful about "aliens" using it. It doesn't ring true.

Lisa Michelle

There's an explanation for it, I think. Vala has never heard of the Tau'ri or Earth at the time of PU.

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there were two SG soldiers with her who brought her to SGC. It's probably that she might hear that phrase from one of them.

[oragans]

she was also a host to a goa'uld - meaning she would of known about the tauri plus she has met the tok'ra maybe she heard about it from them - she might of saw jacob.

[Tucker Case]

One thing I noticed while watching the ep again:

Spoiler:

Vala says "Get over it" to Daniel when he's upset about not going to Atlantis. Vala has never heard of the Tau'ri or Earth, yet that phrase is Earth slang. The writers need to be careful about "aliens" using it. It doesn't ring true.

Somebody pointed out something similar last season, in the episode 'Sacrifices,' when

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one of the Jaffa holding Ishta warned Teal'c that Ishta was weak and that "zatting us both, even once, will kill her." The short form "zat," even as a noun, is a Tau'ri thing - an O'Neill-ism, in its origin; for a Jaffa to use it, particularly as a verb, was really jarring.

Vala is a more, um, "informal" character than, say, Thor or Teal'c or Selmac or your average Goa'uld, and is more likely to slip into the vernacular from time to time. As long as she sticks to things like

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"get over it," and nothing so culturally specific as "don't have a cow, man" or "talk to the hand,"

I can cope.

Having said that, what did throw me out of the plot for a second was when she

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picked up the lamp to shine the bright light on Landry's face when she asked if he'd come to torture her. It made me think she's seen too many of the same "bare bulb over the table" interrogation scenes in the same old Hollywood movies that I have.

We're probably going to have to learn to shrug these things off.

Tucker

[valaCB]

Still, here's a little something to water your mouth.



A.

wow!!! thank you.

Michael Shanks and Claudia brain are same!!! LOL. im sure they had fun toghter! cool, very cool!!! more Vala pls, even MS ask for more

[valaCB]

Well... we have to talk one of the directors into putting her in the singer's role on the screen

I agree

[valaCB]

Hi Egraine! More people, more people!!

Googling the news a bit. Not that impressed with this outing.
http://theedge.bostonherald.com/tvNe...rticleid=93870



Well, yes. But nevertheless, nooooooooooooo.


A.

we know all of that

[valaCB]

erm...ok......but who does she play/what does she do?

wellcome
maybe this will help http://imdb.com/name/nm0085227/

[Kalliope]

TV Zone Special #64 has arrived earlier today!!!

[ValaMalduran]

Well... we have to talk one of the directors into putting her in the singer's role on the screen

Well, I can easily imagine Vala dragging the guys into a karaoke bar and forcing them to sing some lovely 80s love songs.

But seriously, I'd like to see or better hear her in some movie, but that's always treading very dangerous grounds.
The only one I liked lately was 'Moulin Rouge'. Hats off to Nicole Kidman. Whatever you might think of her she did a phenomenal job dancing (in high heels, no less) and singing. And Ewan McGregor wasn't bad either.

A.

[valaCB]

TV Zone Special #64 has arrived earlier today!!!

[Kalliope]

Well, I can easily imagine Vala dragging the guys into a karaoke bar and forcing them to sing some lovely 80s love songs.

But seriously, I'd like to see or better hear her in some movie, but that's always treading very dangerous grounds.
The only one I liked lately was 'Moulin Rouge'. Hats off to Nicole Kidman. Whatever you might think of her she did a phenomenal job dancing (in high heels, no less) and singing. And Ewan McGregor wasn't bad either.

A.

Agree, I liked "Moulin Rouge" very much, too. BTW, Rygel... erm... Jonathan Hardy is in it, too, Man in the Moon. When I met Jonathan 2 years ago during Collectormania in UK he signed this photo of him from "MR" for me

[ValaMalduran]

Agree, I liked "Moulin Rouge" very much, too. BTW, Rygel... erm... Jonathan Hardy is in it, too, Man in the Moon. When I met Jonathan 2 years ago during Collectormania in UK he signed this photo of him from "MR" for me

Yes, now that you mention it I think I can remember his face.

Rygel would make a great 'Green Fairy', though. But I fear the absinthe would result in a very hazardous throne sled manoeuvering.

A.

[valaCB]

[valaCB]

after the dress in episode one, i think this is OK