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Originally posted by LidaI agree completely Bama. TH has made the character of Dr. Weir into a strong, believable leader and yet has maintained a sense, that underneath the strength, there is tenderness. JS would never have worked.....she was never believeable in the 2 episodes in which she appeared as Dr. Weir and I thought she was a bit "whiney".....but that's just my opinion.
Of the two, TH, hands down, the BEST choice!
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Hello just saying few thing real quick. The first ep I ever saw was 'rising' so i've always known torri to be weir and then i finally saw lost city about a mnoth ago and honestly JS just didn't seem weirish, you know? I mean maybe the actress might be good with other stuff (never seen her before) but she just didnt cut it with this role and im glad we have torri. I think she has done an amazing job with everything she has had to work with and she can actually act (ive seen some of her other stuff, so trust me when i say the woman can act) and she's gorgeous and funny and well i just happen to be one of her biggest fans. Anyway, i thought she did an amazing job with this weeks ep and she stole the show and so deserves that nomination she got.McKay: I'm invulnerable!
Weir: Aren't you the one who's always spouting off about how proper and careful scientific procedure must be adhered to?
McKay: In-vul-ner-able.
McKAY: I'm not crazy -- I just have another consciousness in my brain.
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Originally posted by weirfan517Hello just saying few thing real quick. The first ep I ever saw was 'rising' so i've always known torri to be weir and then i finally saw lost city about a mnoth ago and honestly JS just didn't seem weirish, you know? I mean maybe the actress might be good with other stuff (never seen her before) but she just didnt cut it with this role and im glad we have torri. I think she has done an amazing job with everything she has had to work with and she can actually act (ive seen some of her other stuff, so trust me when i say the woman can act) and she's gorgeous and funny and well i just happen to be one of her biggest fans. Anyway, i thought she did an amazing job with this weeks ep and she stole the show and so deserves that nomination she got.
"But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence." ~In memory of Whistler84...loved and missed but never, never forgotten. Safe journey, my dear friend. Love you.
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Originally posted by SnoggingPicardYay for Dr. Weir! She finally got an amazing episode this week (best since "The Storm"/"The Eye" IMHO), and totally stole "Conversion" from Sheppard. Love ya TH!
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Folks, this is so unfair for Jessica Steen. As some people have already pointed out, Steen has been given only 2 episodes - and don't forget her Dr. Weir was a diplomat who had just realized the magnitude of the truth and just been given command of a military organization - while Torri Higginson has been given a full season and a half so far, who in the storyline have had enough time to familiarize herself with what she is dealing with!
If, this is just an IF, Higginson were given the job from the first place - that being the episode 'Lost City' - she, as Dr. Weir, might have been required to respond (act) the same way Steen did in 'Lost City.'
If you doubt Steen being capable of acting sharp or portrayed as a leading figure, I must say, at least, that she knows how to snap. Do you guys remember the movie 'Armageddon' back in 1998? And do you remember the co-pilot of the surviving shuttle, Jennifer Watts who was nailing down on Bear in Zero-G briefing? She didn't look much pansy or wimpy there.
Now that Higginson is stuck with the character and doing her job very well, I have no problem with that. Kudos to Higginson. But at the same time, I would have really liked to see Steen playing Dr. Weir in Atlantis, too.
Although I think the 'the second blonde in the show being repetitive' hypothesis suggested before is quite plausible, I really wonder why such a big change occurred - for the sake of continuity! I wonder whether it was on the actress' side or the producer's, or some contractual matter got in the way. It is just regrettable that Steen hasn't got a chance to get our collective affection world-wide.
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I posted some of this before, but I feel a need to chime in here...
I have to agree with DeltaEagle that some of the comments here are being very unfair to JS (and some are just downright harsh. Jeez.)
Now, I may be a bit bias because I'm a fan of Jessica Steen. I've liked her in everything I've seen her in. I loved her in Homefront and Earth 2 and I thought she did a good job on SG-1. In JS's defense, when Weir was introduced, she was in a complete fish out of water situation. And she acted like it. Of course Weir, as a character, would grow more comfortable with her role given time and experience... and she has. But 2 episodes was not enough time for JS to thoroughly establish a character. Look how long it took Torri to get there. And I'm not saying Torri is doing a bad job. I'm saying the character needed time to grow and Torri was the one given the time to develop the character. I really have no doubt that had she continued on in Atlantis, JS would have done well, even though the dynamic would have probably been very different.
Having said all that, I'm also of the mind now that Torri owns the role. She came in during New Order and made the part hers. JS had the character for 2 eps. Torri's been there over a year now, so of course it would be hard to see Weir played by anyone else at this point. And I, for one, am thoroughly enjoying what she's doing with the role.
Still, I'm really hoping to see Jessica get a good role in series TV again. If that's the direction she wants to go, of course.
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Originally posted by QasimI believe the original plan was to have Woolsey in charge of Atlantis but when they changed their minds to Weir - JS didnt want to do a full series
Oh man that would be turning Atlantis into Voyager and we wouldnt want that now would we.Oh Yes the Sam is Back and hes more Sci-fied up than ever !!!!!!!!!
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Originally posted by Metarock SamWoolsey in charge of Atlantis ???
Oh man that would be turning Atlantis into Voyager and we wouldnt want that now would we.
"But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence." ~In memory of Whistler84...loved and missed but never, never forgotten. Safe journey, my dear friend. Love you.
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