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JM BLOG UPDATE
Spoiler:
StellabyStargate writes: “Since the back half of S5 seems to be falling into place, does it look like there will be any more episodes with Sam in it or are we going to have to hold out our hopes for Season 6?”
Answer: We’re hoping to have Sam back for at least one episode in the back half.
StellabyStargate also writes: “And I know the movies aren’t your area, exactly, but I have to say, the Sam/Jack shippers’ mojo is running on empty these days…any chance you could give us a wink or a thumbs up that we might have something squeeable to talk about in the not-too-distant future???”
Answer: Sorry. If you’re looking for any sort of confirmation, you won’t find it in Continuum. Still, there is one nice moment that shippers can find solace in.
DasNdanger writes: “Do the writers ever throw ‘gratuitous’ things into scenes just to thrill the fans?”
Answer: Of course. Everything you see onscreen is for the fans.
DasNdanger also writes: “How many episodes is Todd scheduled for so far? Before you said three, but has that changed?”
Answer: So far…nope.
May writes: “…which of the SGA (if any) actors is the most adventurous in terms of wearing the most outlandish costumes - or loves asking to keep trying new clothes?”
Answer: Oh, hell, Jason Momoa, hands down. There isn’t a week that goes by that the costume department isn’t running some weird shirt or crazy pantaloons Jason picked up to add to Ronon’s wardrobe.
Tammy writes: “Will the Atlantis expedition ever find instructions in the city to try and make their own ZPMs instead of always looking for old ones?”
Answer: Not in the foreseeable future.
GoSpikey writes: “The scientist from “The Gift,” is that someone we’ll ever actually see, or was he just a one time mention kinda Wraith?”
Answer: We may see him again.
Kay writes: “Will there be changes in the way Keller is portrayed?”
Answer: We’ll see some growth in Keller as she tackles her second year in the Pegasus Galaxy.
Iamjohn writes: “Are there any city specific episodes this season?”
Answer: Yep. Carl is working on one as I file this entry.
Shawna writes: “This has probably been asked before and I just can’t remember, but is anything in season 5 going to touch on the ability of the wraith to give people back life, as we saw Todd do to Sheppard in Common Ground?”
Answer: That’s a definite yes
Kristen writes: “In your opinion which episode for Sheppard is going to be his character driven magnus opus?”
Answer: Right now? Remnants.
Marc writes: “There is a lot of talk about not leaving our people behind. Does this include the dead?”
Answer: Yes, it definitely includes the dead. In fact, Carl pitched out a story that was to deal with this very issue (The Red Shirt Diaries) but, after much discussion, it was temporarily shelved. Season 6 maybe?
"Whenever I start work on a script, I set modest goals and then always surprise myself by exceeding expectations. I’ve done this so often that you would think I’d know better by now but, no, I continue to amaze myself. Take Remnants for instance. I wanted to have a first draft for mid-July but, after some thought, revised the target date to a month earlier - the second week of June which would allow me to get some feedback from the other writers before I head off for hiatus. It usually takes me about two weeks to write a script, so I figured if I had an outline in place by the beginning of the month, June 13th would be very doable. Well, as it turned out I nailed down the outline at the beginning of this week which gave me an extra few days to work with. Add the fact that the first two acts practically write themselves, my wife is out of town, and I have no social life to speak of outside of backyard babysitting duties with the dogs, and June 13th looks very doable indeed. “Joseph,”I said to myself using the name given to me by my parents at birth because, for some reason, it seems to draw less attention from curious bystanders, “aim to have 25 pages completed by Monday morning.” They didn’t have to be perfect. Perfection would come later over the course of the interminable polishes. Good would do for a start. Flesh out the scenes. Hit the beats. Run the dialogue. And, most important of all, really push the envelope. They may ask you to scale back or remove it altogether but, hey, you never know. Remember Teal’c’s appearance at that Vagina Monologuesque reading of the Virginia Dialogues in Family Ties?
Anyway, I hit P. 21 today and, as predicted, it’s fairly smooth sailing. So far. The process of scriptwriting is not unlike suffering from a bad fever. Morning, noon, and night, you’re head is swimming with the same damn images, pieces of some unfathomable puzzle bobbing up and down in the soupy morass that was once your mind, just begging to be recovered and made sense of. And, needless to say, the more you obsess over this conceptual flotsam and jetsam, the clearer the grand picture forms. For instance, just this afternoon a couple of those persistent little notions came together to give me a truly diabolical revelation. The result = a scene that will have all the Shep-whumpers screaming “Yes! Yes!” and then “What?! NO!! NO!! NOOOO!!!” The gloves are off, kiddies.
Oh, and I came up with that fifth act twist I’ve been agonizing over."
Answer: We’re hoping to have Sam back for at least one episode in the back half.
StellabyStargate also writes: “And I know the movies aren’t your area, exactly, but I have to say, the Sam/Jack shippers’ mojo is running on empty these days…any chance you could give us a wink or a thumbs up that we might have something squeeable to talk about in the not-too-distant future???”
Answer: Sorry. If you’re looking for any sort of confirmation, you won’t find it in Continuum. Still, there is one nice moment that shippers can find solace in.
DasNdanger writes: “Do the writers ever throw ‘gratuitous’ things into scenes just to thrill the fans?”
Answer: Of course. Everything you see onscreen is for the fans.
DasNdanger also writes: “How many episodes is Todd scheduled for so far? Before you said three, but has that changed?”
Answer: So far…nope.
May writes: “…which of the SGA (if any) actors is the most adventurous in terms of wearing the most outlandish costumes - or loves asking to keep trying new clothes?”
Answer: Oh, hell, Jason Momoa, hands down. There isn’t a week that goes by that the costume department isn’t running some weird shirt or crazy pantaloons Jason picked up to add to Ronon’s wardrobe.
Tammy writes: “Will the Atlantis expedition ever find instructions in the city to try and make their own ZPMs instead of always looking for old ones?”
Answer: Not in the foreseeable future.
GoSpikey writes: “The scientist from “The Gift,” is that someone we’ll ever actually see, or was he just a one time mention kinda Wraith?”
Answer: We may see him again.
Kay writes: “Will there be changes in the way Keller is portrayed?”
Answer: We’ll see some growth in Keller as she tackles her second year in the Pegasus Galaxy.
Iamjohn writes: “Are there any city specific episodes this season?”
Answer: Yep. Carl is working on one as I file this entry.
Shawna writes: “This has probably been asked before and I just can’t remember, but is anything in season 5 going to touch on the ability of the wraith to give people back life, as we saw Todd do to Sheppard in Common Ground?”
Answer: That’s a definite yes
Kristen writes: “In your opinion which episode for Sheppard is going to be his character driven magnus opus?”
Answer: Right now? Remnants.
Marc writes: “There is a lot of talk about not leaving our people behind. Does this include the dead?”
Answer: Yes, it definitely includes the dead. In fact, Carl pitched out a story that was to deal with this very issue (The Red Shirt Diaries) but, after much discussion, it was temporarily shelved. Season 6 maybe?
"Whenever I start work on a script, I set modest goals and then always surprise myself by exceeding expectations. I’ve done this so often that you would think I’d know better by now but, no, I continue to amaze myself. Take Remnants for instance. I wanted to have a first draft for mid-July but, after some thought, revised the target date to a month earlier - the second week of June which would allow me to get some feedback from the other writers before I head off for hiatus. It usually takes me about two weeks to write a script, so I figured if I had an outline in place by the beginning of the month, June 13th would be very doable. Well, as it turned out I nailed down the outline at the beginning of this week which gave me an extra few days to work with. Add the fact that the first two acts practically write themselves, my wife is out of town, and I have no social life to speak of outside of backyard babysitting duties with the dogs, and June 13th looks very doable indeed. “Joseph,”I said to myself using the name given to me by my parents at birth because, for some reason, it seems to draw less attention from curious bystanders, “aim to have 25 pages completed by Monday morning.” They didn’t have to be perfect. Perfection would come later over the course of the interminable polishes. Good would do for a start. Flesh out the scenes. Hit the beats. Run the dialogue. And, most important of all, really push the envelope. They may ask you to scale back or remove it altogether but, hey, you never know. Remember Teal’c’s appearance at that Vagina Monologuesque reading of the Virginia Dialogues in Family Ties?
Anyway, I hit P. 21 today and, as predicted, it’s fairly smooth sailing. So far. The process of scriptwriting is not unlike suffering from a bad fever. Morning, noon, and night, you’re head is swimming with the same damn images, pieces of some unfathomable puzzle bobbing up and down in the soupy morass that was once your mind, just begging to be recovered and made sense of. And, needless to say, the more you obsess over this conceptual flotsam and jetsam, the clearer the grand picture forms. For instance, just this afternoon a couple of those persistent little notions came together to give me a truly diabolical revelation. The result = a scene that will have all the Shep-whumpers screaming “Yes! Yes!” and then “What?! NO!! NO!! NOOOO!!!” The gloves are off, kiddies.
Oh, and I came up with that fifth act twist I’ve been agonizing over."
Thanks MrsB.
Spoiler:
Wooohooo. Sounds like some good whumping in the future.
We got criticised on a couple of things but we all knew thay didn't come out as we wanted them too! Got some good praise too 
The other films were more coventional student films, like quirky comedy's and horror (very good though 
You don't remember divide and conquer.......Oh i feel faint...I need to lie down!
She's right, pine needles in the hair are not fun
Wow ok I'm speechless
I have more problem with Vala and what really helped me to appreciate her is the great friendship that shared Sam and Vala. If they had a relation like Weir and Teyla (sadly few contacts) I will probably have dislike her.
lol. Really beautiful and well written 
So thanks a lot. And I am going to look for some Teyla pics now, to make the Teyla WP I was talking about yesterday! 
This is a litle special I haven' Gimp to do it so I hope this isn't too bad.
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