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schtroumph_c) wrote2007-10-21 01:50 pm
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Cooper answered Doppelganger questions in Mallozzi's blog.
I admit, this one made me laugh. (no, it's not a spoiler.)
Connor writes: "So, why keep every light on in Atlantis if they only have one (fastly depleting) ZPM?"
RCC: In a bid to prevent galactic climate change, Zelenka has been busy replacing all the light bulbs on Atlantis with low wattage fluorescents.
Jedi writes: "Great job on Doppelganger Rob. Question for you...a friend of mine caught it early on ITunes and said that JF played 4 different roles in the episode, is this true?"
RCC: If you real look closely, in fact, Joe Flannigan is not just playing himself in this episode but his evil twin in everybody’s dreams as well as Teyla, Ronon, and the guy who hand’s Telya an AGR at one point. That was a complicated shot believe me. Hey, seriously, are you a real Jedi?
Anonymous #2 writes: "I expected more out of Rodney's dreams actually. After his encounters with the whale type animals before and then tonight's with the explanation of his Dad reading Moby Dick to him to explain his nightmares didn't seem to totally work for me. The scary clown was a nice touch."
RCC: To be honest, I wasn’t that happy with how Rodney’s dream sequence turned out. We were very limited by the rain towers and the horizon at the lake we were shooting at and the angles didn’t really work for me as much as I had hoped. David and Joe were troopers though, enduring freezing cold water on a brisk day. Mark Savela, our brilliant VFX supervisor saved the day … again… by enhancing the sequence digitally. I’m not sure what part of the McKay’s whale fetish not jiving with his childhood fear didn’t work for you but I think we all tend to be a little fascinated by the things that scare us most. For me it was sharks. Landsharks. A real shark could never get me because I don’t go in the ocean. Too many jellyfish.
Tesajb writes: "LOVED tonight's episode. Probably my favorite yet this season!
The only thing I'm confused about is why the alien entity had such evil intentions. Unlike URGO, who just wanted to experience new things, this entity seemed bent on their destruction. But to what end?"
RCC: I have often wondered the same thing about jellyfish.
Sarah writes: "Oh, Joe! I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to fangirl Robert Cooper now, because Doppelganger was the best thing ever! I think only dogs could hear the squeeing sounds that episode caused."
RCC: Thanks for fangirling me. I think. You know when I sat down to come up with an episode for this season I started as I usually do by saying to myself, what do people like? Easy answer! Joe Flannigan. What do people like more than Joe Flannigan? Two Joe Flannigans! Beating the crap out each other!!!! This show writes itself.
Anonymous #7 writes: "A question though, if I may? If you had longer with the episode to explore more personnel's fears, what would we see for the likes of Zelenka and Carter?"
RCC: Strangely Zelenka has a mortal fear of both kittens and walnuts and Carter’s worst fear was already featured in Marty Gero’s Grace Under Pressure.
When do we have fics with Rodney adopting alien kitten and Radek freaking out?
Anonymous #8 writes: "Hey Joe and perhaps your special guest! I am hoping you can breakdown the fears in each dream for us. There has been much debate over how to interpret what our teams fears are, so would love some insight into them. For example, is it true that Teyla's big fear is being in a relationship with Shep?"
RCC: I think her real fear is being misunderstood and not trusted…and having the life sucked out of her by the Wraith. And squirrels but that was too much to cram into one dream sequence.
I admit, this one made me laugh. (no, it's not a spoiler.)
Connor writes: "So, why keep every light on in Atlantis if they only have one (fastly depleting) ZPM?"
RCC: In a bid to prevent galactic climate change, Zelenka has been busy replacing all the light bulbs on Atlantis with low wattage fluorescents.
Jedi writes: "Great job on Doppelganger Rob. Question for you...a friend of mine caught it early on ITunes and said that JF played 4 different roles in the episode, is this true?"
RCC: If you real look closely, in fact, Joe Flannigan is not just playing himself in this episode but his evil twin in everybody’s dreams as well as Teyla, Ronon, and the guy who hand’s Telya an AGR at one point. That was a complicated shot believe me. Hey, seriously, are you a real Jedi?
Anonymous #2 writes: "I expected more out of Rodney's dreams actually. After his encounters with the whale type animals before and then tonight's with the explanation of his Dad reading Moby Dick to him to explain his nightmares didn't seem to totally work for me. The scary clown was a nice touch."
RCC: To be honest, I wasn’t that happy with how Rodney’s dream sequence turned out. We were very limited by the rain towers and the horizon at the lake we were shooting at and the angles didn’t really work for me as much as I had hoped. David and Joe were troopers though, enduring freezing cold water on a brisk day. Mark Savela, our brilliant VFX supervisor saved the day … again… by enhancing the sequence digitally. I’m not sure what part of the McKay’s whale fetish not jiving with his childhood fear didn’t work for you but I think we all tend to be a little fascinated by the things that scare us most. For me it was sharks. Landsharks. A real shark could never get me because I don’t go in the ocean. Too many jellyfish.
Tesajb writes: "LOVED tonight's episode. Probably my favorite yet this season!
The only thing I'm confused about is why the alien entity had such evil intentions. Unlike URGO, who just wanted to experience new things, this entity seemed bent on their destruction. But to what end?"
RCC: I have often wondered the same thing about jellyfish.
Sarah writes: "Oh, Joe! I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to fangirl Robert Cooper now, because Doppelganger was the best thing ever! I think only dogs could hear the squeeing sounds that episode caused."
RCC: Thanks for fangirling me. I think. You know when I sat down to come up with an episode for this season I started as I usually do by saying to myself, what do people like? Easy answer! Joe Flannigan. What do people like more than Joe Flannigan? Two Joe Flannigans! Beating the crap out each other!!!! This show writes itself.
Anonymous #7 writes: "A question though, if I may? If you had longer with the episode to explore more personnel's fears, what would we see for the likes of Zelenka and Carter?"
RCC: Strangely Zelenka has a mortal fear of both kittens and walnuts and Carter’s worst fear was already featured in Marty Gero’s Grace Under Pressure.
When do we have fics with Rodney adopting alien kitten and Radek freaking out?
Anonymous #8 writes: "Hey Joe and perhaps your special guest! I am hoping you can breakdown the fears in each dream for us. There has been much debate over how to interpret what our teams fears are, so would love some insight into them. For example, is it true that Teyla's big fear is being in a relationship with Shep?"
RCC: I think her real fear is being misunderstood and not trusted…and having the life sucked out of her by the Wraith. And squirrels but that was too much to cram into one dream sequence.