Sam Carter/Amanda Tapping Discussion/Appreciation

[DEM]

Actually I had a question about this. I tend to overthink these surveys and I *hate* being misrepresented. How the heck and I supposed to rate the humor and the action? By what is on *now* or what is was like when I enjoyed the show? Is there a place later in the survey to differentiate this? Otherwise this survey is meaningless.

You're not overthinking things, Suse. I went back and forth trying to solve that particular puzzle. I was so frustrated I almost added a bit to my GW user info stating that I do survey research in the vain *cough* hope that someone will hit me up for free consultation and we can have better fandom surveys in the future.

The way I finally resolved it was to frame those questions as "How much have you enjoyed these aspects of the show?" I then took a rough average over all the relevant seasons, but gave s9-10 slightly more weight. :shrug: I figured they couldn't be talking about now only because of their inclusion of choices like Hammond, Fraiser, and O'Neill. :shrug again: And don't get me started on having Hammond & Landry mixed in with the recurring guests. :twitch: However, I also figured there should be some reflection of my opinion of how things are right now.

It's messy and riddled with error, but what can you do? At this point, they've probably already had hundreds of submissions. They can't change the instructions -- legitimately -- unless they throw out all the old votes and extend the polling period.

[Deejay435]

yeha, it was tough.

and i have two more older cats and one older dog, so i know i'll be facing that day sometime in the next few years

I remember the night my grandmother died. my mom was at a friend's tha night. the phone rang at 3am and i just knew. i had to call my mom and tell her that grandma was gone.

we waited to call my sisters until the next morning, knowing wouldn't make a difference, let them sleep, and i remember calling themand leavng a message on tiher answer machines to call me

definitely was not an easy weekend even though she'd been sick and we knew she was dying

Yeah. It never is easy...no matter if it's expected or not. They each have their own horrors, and their own reliefs.

[Agent_Dark]

You're not overthinking things, Suse. I went back and forth trying to solve that particular puzzle. I was so frustrated I almost added a bit to my GW user info stating that I do survey research in the vain *cough* hope that someone will hit me up for free consultation and we can have better fandom surveys in the future.

The way I finally resolved it was to frame those questions as "How much have you enjoyed these aspects of the show?" I then to take a rough average over all the relevant seasons, but gave s9-10 slightly more weight. :shrug: I figured they couldn't be talking about now only because of their inclusion of choices like Hammond, Fraiser, and O'Neill. :shrug again: However, I also figured there should be some reflection of my current opinion.

It's messy and riddled with error, but what can you do? At this point, they've probably already had hundreds of submissions. They can't really change the instructions unless they throw out all the old votes and extend the polling period.

Oh, when I was doing it, I got the impression that it wasn't so much as 'how do you rate the actual humour/action of the show?', but more 'do you like humour/action in the show?'

[suse]

fishing? did someone mention fishing??????

for reel???

Fishing for a reel? Nope. For dinner maybe. Compliments even. Or in DEMs case a reaction. But why would Dem/I fish for a reel?

One must fish the way a *real* hunter would. Like a fish*whisperer*.

Here fishy fishy. Be the fish!

Suse
::brain implodes::

[Skydiver]

there are other issues with the survey

such as 'no opinion' should be the default, not 'excellent'

having excellent as the default increases the risk that someone could make a decision in error.

it also makes the presumption that, if you watch the show, you MUST have a singular favorite character. I enjoy atlantis yet i don't connect with any of the characters to have a favorite (beyond my Lorney porney of course )

[Skydiver]

Fishing for a reel? Nope. For dinner maybe. Compliments even. Or in DEMs case a reaction. But why would Dem/I fish for a reel?

One must fish the way a *real* hunter would. Like a fish*whisperer*.

Here fishy fishy. Be the fish!

Suse
::brain implodes::

and we'll have a fin time. we'll get along swimmingly

on a scale of 1 to 10, it'll be a 10

[Uber]

fishing? did someone mention fishing??????

for reel???

and we'll have a fin time. we'll get along swimmingly

on a scale of 1 to 10, it'll be a 10

Ah that great Kansan humor we all know and love.

*considers adding snark about fellow Kansan Mitchell's humor and wisely opts not to for fear of being thwapped by an irate skydiver named Skydiver*

[Skydiver]

Ah that great Kansan humor we all know and love.

*considers adding snark about fellow Kansan Mitchell's humor and wisely opts not to for fear of being thwapped by an irate skydiver named Skydiver*

bite yo tongue woman

mitch may have gone to school here, but he is NOT a kansan. we may be hicks, but we're not hillibllies

at lest i have one thing in my favor, the chances of these guys googling Kansas high schools and picking the one i went to are slim...despite the fact that i'm in one of the two cities in the state that have AF bases

here's hoping and praying they go for wichita instead of Topeka (and we all know they'll ignore the fact that wichita is about 5 hours drive from colorado springs, topeka is 7+...they'll just nip down for the afternoon and be back in a flash)

[suse]

You're not overthinking things, Suse. I went back and forth trying to solve that particular puzzle. I was so frustrated I almost added a bit to my GW user info stating that I do survey research in the vain *cough* hope that someone will hit me up for free consultation and we can have better fandom surveys in the future.

The way I finally resolved it was to frame those questions as "How much have you enjoyed these aspects of the show?" I then took a rough average over all the relevant seasons, but gave s9-10 slightly more weight. :shrug: I figured they couldn't be talking about now only because of their inclusion of choices like Hammond, Fraiser, and O'Neill. :shrug again: And don't get me started on having Hammond & Landry mixed in with the recurring guests. :twitch: However, I also figured there should be some reflection of my opinion of how things are right now.

It's messy and riddled with error, but what can you do? At this point, they've probably already had hundreds of submissions. They can't change the instructions -- legitimately -- unless they throw out all the old votes and extend the polling period.

Dingdingdingdingding! This is what I am hoping. Nothing like telling people they have a flawed survey. Which is fine if they want to say humor is wanted. Not so fine if they want to say *I* said the humor in S9/S10 was spot on.

It didn't help that I had just taken a 3 mile long survey that I was yelling at for asking *too* much information.

So,, when does S10 wrap?

Suse

Suse
sure she is love and adored by the save SG-1 survey team

[Agent_Dark]

there are other issues with the survey

such as 'no opinion' should be the default, not 'excellent'

having excellent as the default increases the risk that someone could make a decision in error.

it also makes the presumption that, if you watch the show, you MUST have a singular favorite character. I enjoy atlantis yet i don't connect with any of the characters to have a favorite (beyond my Lorney porney of course )

Some of the questions didn't offer satisfactory answers either. And I know having an answer like 'Download Stargate episodes through alternative sources' isn't exactly what you want to show the desicion makers at SciFi, but there's not much point muddling up survey results because the answers didn't cover all the options.

[DEM]

DEM!!!!!

::taps foot:: Why are you baiting? Is she a fish? Silly Silly Dem.

Suse
thwaps DEM!

Et tu, My HomeySistahGirl?! I take back all the understanding I just extended toward you regarding That Damn Survey™.

and since I don't understand Mandy even when we've both had our meds on a good day, that iss-ewe is moot.

Sky, that was so corny. Like, LA corny. You should write for the show!

[minigeek]

I have to agree with everyone on this thread who said the Amanda did a wonderful job in CoT

Spoiler:

And as for the crying (yes again) let's not forget that Jack shed a tear in ITLOD when he thought Sam was dying and Janet was trying to save her life, so it's not just Sam who has shed tears in the show

Absolutely. Tour de force as always. She's an amazing actor.

Spoiler:

It's not about shedding tears (for me), it's about WHEN those tears are shed. 'Nuff said - refer to my earlier post for clarification if necessary.

mg

[Mandysg1]

Ah that great Kansan humor we all know and love.

*considers adding snark about fellow Kansan Mitchell's humor and wisely opts not to for fear of being thwapped by an irate skydiver named Skydiver*

Hey Sky, I can thwap Oooober for you if you want, really I don't mind

[suse]

Oh, when I was doing it, I got the impression that it wasn't so much as 'how do you rate the actual humour/action of the show?', but more 'do you like humour/action in the show?'

D'oh!

Told you I overthink these things. You should see what I do to personality tests. Amazingly, they still find I have one. <sigh>

Suse

[Skydiver]

Et tu, My HomeySistahGirl?! I take back all the understanding I just extended toward you regarding That Damn Survey™.

and since I don't understand Mandy even when we've both had our meds on a good day, that iss-ewe is moot.

Sky, that was so corny. Like, LA corny. You should write for the show!

corn!!!!!!!11

who mentioned corn?????

corn is teh evil