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Angelica Constantine
08-26-2008, 07:53 AM
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Exclusive Interview: Joe Flanigan
The 'Stargate Atlantis' star on being an action hero
By Blaine Kyllo | Monday, August 18, 2008

Joe Flanigan, who plays John Sheppard on Stargate Atlantis, is a funny guy. But he has a dry sense of humour, so when he’s telling a joke it takes a moment to register because the only cue to the fact that he’s just said something funny is a slight shift in the cadence of his speech.
Joe Flanigan plays Lt. Colonel John Sheppard on 'Stargate Atlantis.'<br />

In talking with journalists at Vancouver’s Bridge Studios in May, he kept the group so relaxed and at ease that the 30 minutes seemed less like an interview session and more like a group of people hanging out at the pub. Flanigan talked about the sorry state of the action-adventure genre in the medium of television and why he prefers the Wraith to the Replicators.

CinemaSpy: Would you consider Sheppard to be old fashioned?

Joe Flanigan: No, I’d never consider him to be old fashioned. Old school?

CinemaSpy: I’m referring to the relationship with Teyla. Sometimes there’s an old fashioned treatment of Teyla, do you not think?

Joe Flanigan: What’s old fashioned? What do you mean?

CinemaSpy: Well, she’s pregnant so you don’t want her to go on missions. That felt old fashioned to me.


More of the interview here @....
http://www.cinemaspy.ca/article.php?id=1236&p=1

colonel Mitchell
08-28-2008, 05:57 PM
but thats the show

Dev Brown
08-28-2008, 05:59 PM
huh?

Anissa T
09-05-2008, 02:10 PM
It is interesting to see the way he talks about the show. It was clearly before he knew they were cancelling it.

I found it odd the way the interviewer thought about Shepp's thoughts on Teyla. I wouldn't have seen it as old fashioned, but it could be because I was pregnant and in the military myself. Had to make some of those same kinds of decisions (except I didn't have the risk of saving the galaxy to ponder...LOL). Matter of factly, my job wasn't affected until almost half way through the pregnancy.

I completely understand where Shepp was coming from in regards to his being a bit upset with Teyla. However, I still wouldn't have considered it old fashioned. I think it was an inherent protectiveness of a pregnant woman that drove his immediate response.

Oh and I loved his Harrison Ford reference. Funny......

colonel Mitchell
09-05-2008, 11:41 PM
agreed NF