One of my (many) cognitive disconnects with fandom is that Michael Shanks is the name of a scholar of archaeological theory whose work I read frequently when I was a graduate student. As you can see from his home page at Stanford ( [link] ), he would not be the first choice to cast in a TV show.
Gunn: Well, how horrible is this thing? Lorne: I haven't read the Book of Revelations lately, but if I was searching for adjectives, I'd probably start there.
'Hell Bound'
Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
flea - Jun 04, 2007 8:36:14 am PDT #880 of 10001
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Allyson - Jun 04, 2007 8:36:52 am PDT #881 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Whoot! I presold another 46 books last week.
Dana - Jun 04, 2007 8:39:13 am PDT #882 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
No, it's perfect! Daniel Jackson is an archaeologist. Sort of.
flea - Jun 04, 2007 8:41:21 am PDT #883 of 10001
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But does he write post-modernist theory and do *performance works* related to archaeology?
Also, is he better looking?
§ ita § - Jun 04, 2007 8:41:57 am PDT #884 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
An archaeologist with a leg holster.
Mrrowr.
Unrelatedly, I need to work out how to get my heart rate down.
P.M. Marc - Jun 04, 2007 8:45:36 am PDT #885 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Also, is he better looking?
Weirdly, I find the Actual Archaeologist hotter.
flea - Jun 04, 2007 8:48:59 am PDT #886 of 10001
information libertarian
Honey, we know you're weird.
Lee - Jun 04, 2007 8:53:42 am PDT #887 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
So what did people do this weekend?
(see ita, I don't always ask the same question.)
Frankenbuddha - Jun 04, 2007 8:56:56 am PDT #888 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
24 related question: I'm pretty sure I saw the name Michael Shanks in the credits of the finale. Was I hallucinating? Who did he play? I never watched more than a coupld of the Stargate shows so I wouldn't have recognized him without trying to notice him, and I forgot about it later.
Dana - Jun 04, 2007 9:01:30 am PDT #889 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
But does he write post-modernist theory and do *performance works* related to archaeology?
If coming back from the dead counts as "performance works." Daniel's certainly raised it to an art form.