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Originally posted by Skydiver View Postto me?? when you watch the actor/actress and it looks like, to them, they're not just on a set, saying what they're told to say, they ARE on a teltac, or they ARE upset because their friend just died, or they ARE seeing someone die
to me, a 'good' actor/actress is someone that is able to forget that it's all a job and a game and who immerses themselves into the set so fully that it's real to them
When I watch SG-1, I see Sam Carter. Amanda makes her so real that I can forget that she's not.
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Originally posted by hisg1fans View PostKnowing little about show business or acting myself, I've been trying to figure out what is 'good' acting vs 'bad' acting. Many posts talk about AT as an 'excellent' actress.
My question for you all is: What specifically is 'good' acting to you and why does that apply to AT?
Thanks for you help
Originally posted by rderoch View PostAll of the above.
And a bit OT now. Another actress who has the same ability as Amanda to say alot without saying anything is Gillian Anderson. And back to the previous topic of revenge stories. Her lastest DVD just came out. The title in the UK is Straightheads, in the US it is Closure. Why they had to change the title I have NO idea, but there it is.
Also, watched A Dog's Breakfast last night and it was very cool. Good job by all our SG people involved. Chris looked YUMMY.
Back on topic. Yes, it would be very cool to see Amanda play a revenge role. I think she would be awesome. We got a small taste of her playing dark/evil as Replicarter and she kicked booty.
Originally posted by RepliCartertje View PostI am here And most of the replicarter vids I had where on youtube and were all got off from youtube...
But I must say I still have one great one... on the song from Requim for a Dream.
I love RepliCarter
I never found stronger either anymore
Passive
Sam/fifth/replicarter
I hope this helps
I'll post some of my favourite vids later on and also all of mine Just to make some shameless promotion eh
Originally posted by Skydiver View Posti would love to see her play someone evil, or crackers. You know that quiet kind of nutball, that smiles, then switches moods and kills you
it'd be great
Originally posted by JanSam View PostI thought I had found that Stronger vid on the MGM site.....
Yep I did...
Stronger
http://sg1.stargatecommunity.com/Med...mId=237753&p=0
Originally posted by RepliCartertje View PostSome of my vids:
A day without rain - Enya
The many faces of Sam
Stand my ground - Within temptation
Sam as a warior
Freedom Fighter - Creed
Sam as a fighter
Cold as ice - Foreigner
Jolinar and RepliCarter vid
Memories - Within Temptation
Team vid on Jolinar Memories/the Devil you know
I am Woman - Hellen Reddy
The many faces of Sam
Me and my Gang - Rascal Flatss
Sam and her team mates
Do I make you proud - Taylor Hicks
Sam and her dad
Suddenly I see - KT UnstallMADE WITH JANSAM
Amanda Tapping vid
If everyone cared - Nickelback
Just a Sam vid
Photographs and memories - Jim Croce
A vid made after I saw unending. Sam looking back at things
Love's devine - Seal
Sam/team
Crawling - Linkin' Park SPOILERS UNENDING
Sam whump vid
Where do we go from here - Buffy SPOILERS UNENDING
Unending vid
Fingerprits of God - Steven Curtis Chapman SPOILERS SEASON 10
Title says it all
And that are all the Sam vids, not included my Sam/Janet and my Sam/Jack vids (if anyone wants, I can make a list of those too )
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Originally posted by antoa315 View PostA lot of good acting is subtle. You shouldn't really even notice that they are 'acting' at all really. Acting is not just placing the proper inflection into a line, it's the expression and body language and little things that are behind the line to make it feel like it's spontaneous and not scripted.
AT specifically has incredibly expressive eyes. She can carry a scene without even saying a word. Even when she's in the background of a scene, she's still in character, reacting and totally invested.
So, yeah, I hope that makes sense
I think it's sort of like not noticing camera angles but feeling what the film maker must have intended in terms of mood etc. If you're watching and saying "what a cool camera angle" that takes you out of the story. IMHO
ETA: oh and if the character is believable even if the rest of the movie/show is sub par. I think AT can elevate the material.
on a superficial note: doesn't Sam look cute in a desert boonie hat? (Other Guys was on today)Last edited by jckfan55; 19 September 2007, 03:48 PM.
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Originally posted by jckfan55 View PostI agree. You think of the character as a person, and not "here is actor x playing y character." Now, I find I can comment on AT's expressions etc b/c I've watched the episodes many times. But when I'm watching for the first time, I'm just sucked into the story. For example in LiTS--First time out I was totally caught up in Sam's situation. After the fact or on later viewings I could say "boy, AT really did a great job."
I think it's sort of like not noticing camera angles but feeling what the film maker must have intended in terms of mood etc. If you're watching and saying "what a cool camera angle" that takes you out of the story. IMHO
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Originally posted by ForeverSg1 View PostThis is totally OT, but I finally got around to uploading some photos of the new addition to our extended family. So I thought I'd share it with you.
This is Lily... isn't she a cutie?
Spoiler:
Originally posted by PengYn View Posthee hee, they do. Here's another sibling moment:
Spoiler:
RepliCartertje, thanks for your video links."I have read of a place where humans do battle in a ring of Jello..."
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Originally posted by RepliCartertje View PostSome of my vids:
Spoiler:A day without rain - Enya
The many faces of Sam
Stand my ground - Within temptation
Sam as a warior
Freedom Fighter - Creed
Sam as a fighter
Cold as ice - Foreigner
Jolinar and RepliCarter vid
Memories - Within Temptation
Team vid on Jolinar Memories/the Devil you know
I am Woman - Hellen Reddy
The many faces of Sam
Me and my Gang - Rascal Flatss
Sam and her team mates
Do I make you proud - Taylor Hicks
Sam and her dad
Suddenly I see - KT UnstallMADE WITH JANSAM
Amanda Tapping vid
If everyone cared - Nickelback
Just a Sam vid
Photographs and memories - Jim Croce
A vid made after I saw unending. Sam looking back at things
Love's devine - Seal
Sam/team
Crawling - Linkin' Park SPOILERS UNENDING
Sam whump vid
Where do we go from here - Buffy SPOILERS UNENDING
Unending vid
Fingerprits of God - Steven Curtis Chapman SPOILERS SEASON 10
Title says it all
And that are all the Sam vids, not included my Sam/Janet and my Sam/Jack vids (if anyone wants, I can make a list of those too )
Awesome list!! I love your vids!
Much credit to Replicatertje and Ann Sgc_Fan for their lovely sigs
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Originally posted by hisg1fans View PostKnowing little about show business or acting myself, I've been trying to figure out what is 'good' acting vs 'bad' acting. Many posts talk about AT as an 'excellent' actress.
My question for you all is: What specifically is 'good' acting to you and why does that apply to AT?
Thanks for you help
Bad? Bad will make me turn the channel or off button. Bad makes me laugh because it's so unbelievable (unless it's acting that's done as parody or farce). Bad is when they should have just turned to the camera, lifted the script up to their nose (since they were too vain to wear their bifocals) and just read it monotone straight into the darn camera because it's almost like they're doing it anyhow.
As for how good/bad applies to Amanda?
I can believe through how she presents the character on-screen that this is a competent kick-bottom soldier; not just some stereotype of a 'hot soldier with boobs' that TPTB cooked up to garner a demographic.
I can believe from the way she delivered the "technobabble" dialogue and mannerisms in those scenes that this character does have a genius-level intellect and that it's related to her thirst for knowledge and for experiencing it/figuring it out for herself. And that she just loves it, period.
I can believe that this character, at the same time she's competent and intelligent as all get out, also harbors the same insecurities, concerns and fears that many of us harbor. (i.e., those looks of concern, the tears, the anger, the rage...)
She makes all these facets of this one character - who by all rights being written by men as the only (up to S9) female lead on the show should have been a major stereotypical soldier - very natural, and believable. And.... she's done it in a way that allows each of us to interpret what we wish while still having core traits we can all agree on.
Just my own humble opinion.
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Originally posted by Skydiver View Post
her acting was really all that 'sold' replicarter. and she could do ti again if the opportunity arises
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Originally posted by JanSam View PostI thought I had found that Stronger vid on the MGM site.....
Yep I did...
Stronger
http://sg1.stargatecommunity.com/Med...mId=237753&p=0
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Originally posted by majorsal View Postnone of these vids are showing up for me, except uber's 'passive'. it's just a white screen, though i can hear the song. anyone know what's wrong?
sally
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Originally posted by RepliCartertje View PostSome of my vids:
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ETA: Apparently not.
ETA2: MGM is launching its own HD channel in the States. I didn't know they were gonna do it here, but I thought they were going to do it abroad. Curious...Last edited by the dancer of spaz; 19 September 2007, 04:31 PM.
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A = Acting
M = Makes it look easy
A = Amazing range of emotions
N = Not just another pretty face
D = Drama queen (in a good way)
A = Accomplished
T = Thespian
A = Alive and alert
P = Personal best, all ways and always
P = Proud of her work
I = Imaginative
N = Non-complainer, team player
G = Generous and gracious
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Originally posted by RinggoldGateI have the same problem quite often. If you look below the screen you will see and avitar for the video. Hit that avitar to restart the video. Sometimes I have to do it two or three times before it works.Originally posted by Skydiver View Postmight be a codec issue too
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