Sam Carter/Amanda Tapping Discussion/Appreciation

[majorsal]

(re replicarter)

Indeed, such a great character. I think she and Ba'al (before he was cloned) could have been interesting bad guys in S9/10, or at least more interesting than the Ori to me.

omg, can you imagine!!

[suse]

Indeed, such a great character. I think she and Ba'al (before he was cloned) could have been interesting bad guys in S9/10, or at least more interesting than the Ori to me.

Oh, that would have been fun! Much, much better (imo) than what we got instead.

[suse]

From Joe Mallozzi’s Blog:



It seems they did realize how the command situation might play out while they were writing the first few episodes of Season 9 – it’s just that some of the guys in charge didn’t care. The fact that Paul Mullie brought up the issue and thought it would be disrespectful to the Sam character makes me respect him a lot. Joe also seems to imply that he agreed with Paul on the issue. Too bad the other boys in the writers room didn’t seem to agree. Then again, I think some of those same guys didn't really want Sam around anymore anyways.

That would be because although they came up with the "co-command", that wasn't acknowledged til several eps into S10 - a full *year* later. And frankly, I'm not so sure this isn't at exaggeratedly revisionist history. Perhaps a nugget of truth, but spin nonetheless.

In the end Mitchel was team leader. And he said it "SG team leader"/ignored learned wisdom just often enough to twist the knife.

[suse]

very interesting. Good to hear Mullie recognized the problem. I continue to believe there were many ways they could have had Sam in command AND had an interesting Mitchell character had they (or the network?) wanted to do it.
They say SG1 was broken up at the start of S9. It was only broken up b/c that's what you guys wrote. It didn't have to be.

I think addressing Sam's absence and having (Major) Mitchell temporarily in charge could have worked. Sam could have been recovering from a wound, sent on a temporary assignment etc. When she recovered (i.e. AT came back from maternity leave) she would have resumed command. We could have seen T&D adjusting to Mitchell & then adjusting back to SAm and dealing with the new dynamic. Lots of character possibilities for Sam, Cam, Daniel & Teal'c.

imho, Sam in command didn't fit wth RCC's "miniseries" that opened S9.

ETA: They cynical side of me says AT's maternity leave at the start of S9 gave them a good excuse to get her out of command. Whoever "they " is .

ETA: or having Mitchell be an NCO. They can be very important advisers to officers.

Word!

Nice to see that Jckfan and I still share a brain. Good thing it's such a smart one.

[Mandysg1]

From Joe Mallozzi’s Blog:



It seems they did realize how the command situation might play out while they were writing the first few episodes of Season 9 – it’s just that some of the guys in charge didn’t care. The fact that Paul Mullie brought up the issue and thought it would be disrespectful to the Sam character makes me respect him a lot. Joe also seems to imply that he agreed with Paul on the issue. Too bad the other boys in the writers room didn’t seem to agree. Then again, I think some of those same guys didn't really want Sam around anymore anyways.

I always take what JoeM says with a grain of salt, considering the part about being co-command (which is ridiculous idea anyway) didn't come up until s10 (if I'm recalling correctly). It came up like he was also specail ops trained after the fans complained and brought it to thier attention. Yep many mistakes were made, and hindsight is 20/20

[SWMBOTGSG]

This is my 1000th posting, and I thought I would 'spend' it here with my Samanda family.

Huggles

Mumsey

[Skydiver]

We're happy to party but....Mumsy you're up really, really late.

[Skydiver]

IMHO, that whole 'co command' stuff was just retcon for s10 in response to a year's worth of complaints. a 'too little, too late' attempt to acknowledge just what a flop their 'new and improved stargate command' was.

[Mandysg1]

This is my 1000th posting, and I thought I would 'spend' it here with my Samanda family.

Huggles

Mumsey

Congrats Mumsy!!!

You're such a talkative woman

[Skydiver]

This is my 1000th posting, and I thought I would 'spend' it here with my Samanda family.

Huggles

Mumsey

there should be cake.

[siles]

IMHO, that whole 'co command' stuff was just retcon for s10 in response to a year's worth of complaints. a 'too little, too late' attempt to acknowledge just what a flop their 'new and improved stargate command' was.

If I recall correctly TPTB plans for Sam in S9 involve a recurring role (a ship commander) that would shuttle between SG-command and Atlantis, which AT nixed...

[rderoch]

I agree. In many ways, she was used as wallpaper in SGA, S4, just as much as she was in SG19&10, if not more so.

I definitely agree with 9&10, but I wasn't surprised about SGA. The base commanders are usually in the background and only get to be a large part of a couple of episodes a season.

Indeed, such a great character. I think she and Ba'al (before he was cloned) could have been interesting bad guys in S9/10, or at least more interesting than the Ori to me.

That would have been awe....some!

This is my 1000th posting, and I thought I would 'spend' it here with my Samanda family.

Huggles

Mumsey

Yeah, Mumsey! Hugs.

[hisg1fans]

there should be cake.

Woohooo !!!! Congratulations on 1000 posts

I recently arranged a very big Open House with lots of "dignitaries". My one and only demand was that we have cake. And we did ! And it was all gone by the end

I also gave a tour of the facility and one time said "And, we're walking."

[NZNeep]

Yay Mumsey! Party party party

[Mandysg1]

If I recall correctly TPTB plans for Sam in S9 involve a recurring role (a ship commander) that would shuttle between SG-command and Atlantis, which AT nixed...

Um...I don't believe Amanda had anything to do with the 'nixing' of it, I believe it was SyFy's PTB, just like they wouldn't let them do the show Stargate Command.