Sam Carter/Amanda Tapping Discussion/Appreciation

[tsaxlady]

LOL And me watches the Philadelphia Eagles "try" to get their act together and salvage the season!

In the long run they will be much better off without TO. But all I have to say is GO JAGS!!

[Suzotchka]

Hi everyone!

I'm new here and just trying to get the hang of everything. I have to say that "In The Line of Duty" has to be one of my favorite Sam episodes. Amanda is just an incredible actress.

Susan

[ChevronSeven]

Amanda on T4 right now!!!

Looks like the interview was actually shot last Sunday, as Amanda's wearing exactly the same gear as she was at GABIT.

I've got it taped, so bear with me and I'll try to do a bit of a transcript.

[TEASER] S/J ship gets a mention... [/TEASER]

You're killing me here!!

[Uber]

In the long run they will be much better off without TO. But all I have to say is GO JAGS!!

Jags schmags.

This year belongs to the mighty Tennessee Titans!!!!

WoooWoooWoooo

[ForeverSg1]

1Speed, you're a sweetie.

Gal was also livin' out of a suitcase, keep in mind. Outfits she wore at GABIT might have rotated a bit more frequently than usual over the extra vacation.

Actually the interview may have been taped on Sunday because I recall the Tea Party was actually behind schedule and when we asked what was going on someone said that Amanda had an unscheduled interview she was doing.

Kat

[SunKrux]

Traveler Enroute1 excellent job of reporting on the recent festivites.

It's been slow around here today so how about a

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[1speed4Sam]

OK, it’s like this…

I really did try to do a full transcript, but there was just too much inane chatter from the presenters to make it worthwhile. While a 5-minute piece filling the gap between “Britney and Kevin: Chaotic” and “The Simpsons” was obviously never going to be an in-depth examination of AT and the character of Sam Carter, they didn’t really give AT the chance to say much at all, but of course she took the whole thing in good spirit and looked her usual classy self. In fact, if I was to be really snarky, I’d say she made a special effort to think down to their level.

Anyway, FWIW here’s what I managed to come up with.

Who’s who:

SmB: Smug T4 Bloke
ShF: Shrieky T4 Female
AT: Go on, guess…


SmB: We’re joined by the best-looking theoretic astrophysicist I’ve ever met… and I’ve met a few… Stargate’s Sam Carter, AKA Amanda Tapping.

First off, excuse my ignorance, but I don’t even know what a theoretic astrophysicist is, and seeing as you have theoretically a PhD in Quantum Mechanics and are a plasma *stroke* particle physicist in Stargate, could you shed some light on it please?

AT: All right, in a nutshell, well, Space <big gesture>. There you go. No, I, er, my character’s actually the foremost expert on the science of the Stargate, but I’m also a leading expert on everything Space <big gesture>. Look up, and I know about it.

ShF: So did you take a crash-course in astrophysics when you started the show?

AT: I didn’t actually, really what I did was I bought Stephen Hawking’s “Brief History of Time” - the illustrated version - and that’s my big tome, that’s my reference.

SmB: Do you ever get the script and think “What the hell <inane chatter>, this is weird science stuff”, do you ever find it difficult at times?

AT: No actually, sadly I don’t. I actually really do understand it. I’ve actually gone and, erm, corrected the writers.

SmB: That’s a little bit sad…

ShF: That’s taking it too far, Amanda, c‘mon…

AT: You know, the star doesn’t actually do that. Yeah…

ShF: Well, I think it’s fair to say the show’s a phenomenon, so let’s take a little look…

<clip from today’s ep>

ShF: Were you interested in science before you joined Stargate?

AT: I actually, erm, won the drama award in high school and a science award, so I was, but in terms of television, no, I was Little-House-on-the-Prairie-girl. So no, I wasn’t a huge sci-fi fan when I started, I am now obviously.

ShF: And there are so many sci-fi fans, it’s amazing how big this show is…

SmB: I kinda assume by the facts in front of me Stargate is every sci-fi fan’s favourite. It’s been running for 8 years our time, 9 years your time <inane chatter>… it‘s the longest running sci-fi show ever, did yourself and all the crew and everybody go out and get completely wormholed when you heard that news?

AT: Well, actually we will when we shoot it. We start series 10 in February, and I think we’ll shoot like the 200th episode around March.

ShF: Wow, I can’t believe it’s longer than Star Trek, X-Files, it’s beaten them all. What do you think is the secret? Wormholes? Lots of wormholes?

AT: The secret is, I think, that we don’t take ourselves too seriously, that we have a sense of humour, and that we’re accessible, present-day, fallible human-beings, and we make a lot of mistakes in it.

SmB: You’re ahead of us as I explained before, and <to ShF> you told me not to ask this , that I might ruin it for myself and everybody else, but what the hell, I’m going to ask it. Does anything go on with Carter and O’Neill? Do they get it on?

AT: Oooh, what can I tell you… <sharp intake of breath> Let’s just say that they go fishing. <knowing look>

ShF: What, he uses his pole, does he?

AT: He gets me hook, line, and sinker. <another knowing look>

SmB: That brings a whole new meaning to the word “wormhole”.

AT: Let’s just say we go fishing… <ducks head, hides face, fans self with hand>

SmB: You obviously have a lot of on-screen admirers, your fans are very, very dedicated, and they have an Amanda Tapping Club, I’m sure you’re aware of this…

AT: They do, yeah…

SmB: The yearly Amanda Tapping contest, that entails fans sending in poems, videos, stories that they composed for you. Now we’ve looked through all of these, and this is genuine by the way, our favourite was a song submitted by Laura Morton, simply called “Amanda”. I stress again, this isn’t a T4 joke, this is serious, this lady wrote this song about you. It’s entitled “Amanda”, have a look…

<song plays over clips from show, split-screen shot of AT looking delighted and touched - also unfortunately touched by SmB who pats her shoulder at one point>

AT: Bit of warning on that one next time, guys. Wow…

ShF: Amanda, my favourite bit, which we didn’t see, she says thank you for going to the conventions.

AT: Yeah, that’s nice.

ShF: Thank you for coming on the show - Amanda Tapping. Right now, here’s The Simpsons…

[1speed4Sam]

Jags schmags.

This year belongs to the mighty Tennessee Titans!!!!

WoooWoooWoooo

OK, I'm speaking from a Transatlantic POV here, but all I can say is GO FALCONS!!!

Furthermore, because I'm a Brit, I have no hometown / State allegiance. This obviously allows me to have a team from each Conference, so I'd also like to take this opportunity to say GO STEELERS!!!

[jafacakes]

OK, it’s like this…

I really did try to do a full transcript, but there was just too much inane chatter from the presenters to make it worthwhile. While a 5-minute piece filling the gap between “Britney and Kevin: Chaotic” and “The Simpsons” was obviously never going to be an in-depth examination of AT and the character of Sam Carter, they didn’t really give AT the chance to say much at all, but of course she took the whole thing in good spirit and looked her usual classy self. In fact, if I was to be really snarky, I’d say she made a special effort to think down to their level.
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Thanks for that 1s4s. I only caught one litle bit during the Enterprise episode break where one of the T4 idiots asked AT who would Carter go with at the end of a hard day, the enterprise comander (can't remember his name) or Jack o'neill and she said it had to be o'neill

[pittsburghgirl]

Jags schmags.

This year belongs to the mighty Tennessee Titans!!!!

WoooWoooWoooo

oh i don't know about that.

GO STEELERS

[Uber]

OK, I'm speaking from a Transatlantic POV here, but all I can say is GO FALCONS!!!

Furthermore, because I'm a Brit, I have no hometown / State allegiance. This obviously allows me to have a team from each Conference, so I'd also like to take this opportunity to say GO STEELERS!!!

Bite yer tongue, biker boy.

[Uber]

Thanks for that 1s4s. I only caught one litle bit during the Enterprise episode break where one of the T4 idiots asked AT who would Carter go with at the end of a hard day, the enterprise comander (can't remember his name) or Jack o'neill and she said it had to be o'neill

Okay. PLEASE say someone recorded this digitally. PLEASE.

I'll host the file and everything!!!

please?

[AGateFan]

Thanks for that 1s4s. I only caught one litle bit during the Enterprise episode break where one of the T4 idiots asked AT who would Carter go with at the end of a hard day, the enterprise comander (can't remember his name) or Jack o'neill and she said it had to be o'neill

The enterprise captain Archer (scott bacula) has nothing on Jack.
Jack is a Hockey and US football fan. Archer is a water polo fan...
So obviously jacks a real man and Archer is a panzy ......(oops did I say that out loud).

[ChopinGal]

Actually the interview may have been taped on Sunday because I recall the Tea Party was actually behind schedule and when we asked what was going on someone said that Amanda had an unscheduled interview she was doing.

Kat

Yeah, I think it happened in the hotel last Sunday too ... I remember hearing that she was doing an interview ... unless it was still another. That's great - Amanda is getting quite a lot of publicity these past two weeks!

Kat, are you home?! Please share your week in England with us when you settle back into your regular routine! It was great meeting you at GABIT!

[1speed4Sam]

Okay. PLEASE say someone recorded this digitally. PLEASE.

I'll host the file and everything!!!

please?

*stops biting tongue*

A mate of mine reckons he can record from videotape to an AVI file? Would that do ya? Except of course it'll only be the main event, and not the extra snippets...

*resumes biting tongue*