Originally posted by majorsal
You know what it is? Authors like that take the quotes they feel make their point for them. It's not a very balanced perspective sometimes.
But Amanda's not anti-Sam/Jack. She's anti-Sam/Weakness. And she can sound a bit mercurial when she's quoted in books and articles sometimes. I really think it's just the way the authors there are getting their own points across.
The fact is, Amanda and Rick as actors have incredible chemistry on-screen (and off!). When you cast for a long-term drama, you can't ask for better than that, and neither one of them would ever disparage the 'shipper' sect of their fans, because they know--they're the ones who made the whole thing happen in the first place.
I found a great post by a German fan right here on these boards. He tirelessly transcribed from the REGION 2 (SEASON EIGHT DVD) AUDIO COMMENTARY -- including some "PTB" POV. Some of it even highlights the chemistry between Amanda and Richard, which translated into Sam and Jack over the years. The original post is here:
http://forum.gateworld.net/showthrea...94#post4488194
...But I'll quote from it for you anyway. Hopefully we'll get that smile back on your face.
Read what Peter (DeLuise) says about Amanda and Rick towards the end of Moebius...
[snip]
WW = Will Waring (director, camera)
PDL = Peter DeLuise (director, writer)
GJ = Gary Jones (actor, director)
(811 Audio Commentary "Gemini" by Will Waring (WW, Director))
(17min - RepliCarter meets O'Neill in the base and is ordered to shoot
him in her vision)
WW: "But she [RepliCarter] can't just shoot Jack - because she loves
him..."
(33min - Alt. Carter and Alt. O'Neill just got into the PJ [PuddleJumper])
PDL: "This is a fun scene because they're starting to have feelings for each other because no matter what timeline, they would be sort of be drawn to each other. Did you ever notice that? Did you ever notice
how Amanda will flirt with you like heavily, and then when Richard
comes into the room, it just stops? Like it's all about Richard?"
GJ: "She NEVER flirted with me."
PDL: "Never?"
GJ: "Nah! She just kicks me out, you know... She just comes in and
goes, 'What have we got? What have we got? What's going on?' And I go,
'I don't know!' And she goes, 'Move over!'"
PDL: "She doesn't say, 'Move over', she taps your shoulder and you get
up, right? Why is that? Have you asked yourself that?"
GJ: "I asked the fans, and the fans crack up because they know..."
PDL: "It's HER bum to be pressed against the material that where your
bum was just being pressed up against. Was that not..."
GJ: "I DON'T think so."
PDL: "Well, then you explain it(!)"
GJ: "Oh, because you know I'm doing a good job, but she does it
BETTER. But she's not gonna be..."
PDL: "I never thought of her that way. Because I always thought, you
know, no-one was better opening the iris than you."
(37min - Alt. Carter and Alt. O'Neill aboard the PJ, which is being
shot at by Ra's Jaffa)
PDL: "This was a lot of fun. Do you remember the old series 'Love
American Style'?"
GJ: "Yeah."
PDL: "Do you remember when they would kiss, and there would be
fireworks? Do you remember when you first met your wife?"
GJ: "Love American Sty-hyh-yle..."
PDL: "Well, this is a much anticipated for moment where they kiss, and
all the sparks go bam-bam-bam-kah-bam-bam-bam, right?"
GJ: "That's cool. What's going on?"
PDL: "I tried to play it as much as possible."
(Daniel and Alt. Teal'c deal with the Ra's Jaffa)
PDL: "So Ra is not a god. And I'm speaking English to you even though
you're from Ancient Egypt. And what's going on? Yeah, they still don't
speak English, Teal'c. They're still from Ancient Egypt."
GJ: "Relinquish - what?!"
(40min - last scene at O'Neill's pond, and End Titles)
PDL: "Now, did you ever see the famous 'The Simpsons' where Homer goes
back in time several times over trying to make the timeline right? And
he finally finally finally gets it right, and he's eating diner with
his family, and they all have forked, snake-like tongues? And he goes,
'Close enough', because he can't get back anymore. It'd just kill him,
right? 'Close enough', the fish in the pond, there's not supposed to
be any fish in this pond. 'Didn't you say there were no fish in this
pond?' - 'Close enough.' Inspired by the Simpsons episode. Close
enough. And even though there's fish in this pond, there's something a
miss."
GJ: "Right."
PDL: "With the timeline, if there are in fact fish in this pond. But
he's close enough because of the Simpsons homage. This is the same
pullback from Threads, without the cut-aways with the fish in the
pond. If this had been this last episode that Richard or the show or
whatever, that would have been their riding off into the sunset moment
right there. He finally gets Carter to go fishing with him, which a lot of the fans have been waiting for for many many years."
GJ: "I'm curious what my very final shot is gonna be."
PDL: "I think your final shot will probably be on a space ship with a
harem of beautiful exotic alien women, who're all green."
GJ: "Oh, and I'm just reaching out and clicking off the intercom ."
PDL: "Yes."
GJ: "My final reach and grab."
PDL: "Got to. And for those of you who don't know about reach and
grab, watch Gary. He's the master."
Smile Sally! It's just some author using quotes she gleaned from Amanda to establish her own point of view. It's not Amanda making any statements about Sam and Jack at all. Truly.
Trust you me...
.A.
DT
I am still in Stargate withdrawal...well I mean Sam/Jack withdrawal. As those know 
Well have to go back to the ever present and OH SO WONDERFUL world of *drums please!* Homework...Aghh! Stop thowing tomatos! College is so much worse then High School....yea getting OT.
...... 
You had to put the tomato on my face didnt ya? HMM? HMM?! *pokes head out of view*
I never knew there were so many people who felt the same as me!! lol. 
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