Thought the writers said they'd never do that
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And I wonder where those USAF advisors were when the writers decided to shoot/write DAC? Did the producers wait for the USAF personel to get their yearly one-week vacation to drop the ball??? Or did they send them to a big military meeting while they shot THE scene? Ya know the saying about the cat being away...
And I wonder where those USAF advisors were when the writers decided to shoot/write DAC? Did the producers wait for the USAF personel to get their yearly one-week vacation to drop the ball??? Or did they send them to a big military meeting while they shot THE scene? Ya know the saying about the cat being away...
Yep. And they are "advisors." I am sure they were chosen for their advise on military tactics, not on how good Sam looked in longer hair, or how much the fans would/would not like to see her character and Jack together . . . ratings probably do not impress the US Air Force!
Actually, from what I understand, saying that Sam's hair was too long for military regulation and that militaries would never accept a romance between 2 officers like S and J were also part of their job. This is why AT had her hair cut and why they said that the S/J relationship wouldn't go further ( unless maybe at the end of the serie ).
Yeah? And what about a whole bunch of crazy maniac angry fans with homicidal tendencies???
Yeah? And what about a whole bunch of crazy maniac angry fans with homicidal tendencies???
Texane,
Don't panic that is my nickname for Heliopolis, the fan fic site. It has almost turned in at times to a Sam/Jack shipper site... and I don't go back for a few weeks and read...unless I am really desperate...So I try and go about once a week to check out stories!
Don't panic that is my nickname for Heliopolis, the fan fic site. It has almost turned in at times to a Sam/Jack shipper site... and I don't go back for a few weeks and read...unless I am really desperate...So I try and go about once a week to check out stories!
Writers do all sorts of things. They don't have to have technical people or such but Sg-1 seems to be holding the line somewhat. Lets hope the Sam and Jack thing will be the last tabu to fall and that at the last show of the last season instead of how so many of the fan fic writers are doing it by haveing S/J doing it!
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Could be worse...could be a S/T shipper site..
S/T = Sam/Thor
S/T = Sam/Thor
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Of Things Creative and the Air Force...
Well ... judging by the posts on this thread, I've been missing a good set of discussions. :}
Actually, after talking for a good length with the guy from the Air Force {a lovely E-6 Staff Sargeant whose name I'm drawing a total blank of at this exact minute - so I'll call him 'Tom' with the sincere hopes he'll forgive next time me meet.}, the Air Force *does* feel they have a vested interest in the show. They recuriting contacts have almost doubled since 'Stargate:SG-1' has been on the air. Tom said the day he walked on the set early on a Monday and saw Amanda Tapping's hair, he made a comment that it was 'out of reg'. She immediately went to the set stylist and had it cut.
Now, Tom isn't on the set 24/7. He comes and goes and sometimes it's a few weeks before he can get back, so some stuff may slip through. But on the whole, the Air Force and production company work hard to coordinate things for believeability... not only on the 'action' end of things, but the entire military gambit.
I found it personally interesting, myself... that the show stays on top of the most receant ordinance being used in the field. Like the P-90 showing up in place of the MP-5. More Special Tactics units are taking the P-90 to the field. It's a good weapon, but it's harder to 'film': doesn't have all the nice sharp lines and angles the MP-5 has. Here we have accuracy taking place of what might show up better on the screen.
Just another reason I love this show. Even if it *is* the Air Force. Hey! I have to gripe a bit... I'm Army. :}
Well ... judging by the posts on this thread, I've been missing a good set of discussions. :}
Actually, after talking for a good length with the guy from the Air Force {a lovely E-6 Staff Sargeant whose name I'm drawing a total blank of at this exact minute - so I'll call him 'Tom' with the sincere hopes he'll forgive next time me meet.}, the Air Force *does* feel they have a vested interest in the show. They recuriting contacts have almost doubled since 'Stargate:SG-1' has been on the air. Tom said the day he walked on the set early on a Monday and saw Amanda Tapping's hair, he made a comment that it was 'out of reg'. She immediately went to the set stylist and had it cut.
Now, Tom isn't on the set 24/7. He comes and goes and sometimes it's a few weeks before he can get back, so some stuff may slip through. But on the whole, the Air Force and production company work hard to coordinate things for believeability... not only on the 'action' end of things, but the entire military gambit.
I found it personally interesting, myself... that the show stays on top of the most receant ordinance being used in the field. Like the P-90 showing up in place of the MP-5. More Special Tactics units are taking the P-90 to the field. It's a good weapon, but it's harder to 'film': doesn't have all the nice sharp lines and angles the MP-5 has. Here we have accuracy taking place of what might show up better on the screen.
Just another reason I love this show. Even if it *is* the Air Force. Hey! I have to gripe a bit... I'm Army. :}
Thankgoodness! I was wondering what we would disagree on becasue it has been a long time since that certain day early in November! I kind of like that accuracy type stuff and having them sacrifice AT's hair and the guns! Yes, the others were more visable...perhaps I just don't like to see them so clearly and should screen down my set to 3 inches so my MacGyverish tendancies don't come out!
Sort of sorry, Texane!
Sort of sorry, Texane!
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Hair...
Please don't associate short hair with being butch, Texane. I know a lot of women in all branches of the military who wear long hair. My hair has been short since before I joined the military... back when I started in health care. I just look better in short hair.
I'm for encourageing military women to wear short hair if they're gonna spend a lot of time in a field environment. You don't get a lot of water to wash with, it's hard to get it to stay up when it's dirty and it's a really problem trying to get a field protective mask [gas mask] to seal properly with long hair. That's not something you want to have spring a leak, believe me. There were a couple of stylists with my unit when we deployed to Saudia Arabia in Desert Storm and after the first SCUD assault when we wnt into our chemical gear, most of the women had their hair cut. Short.
The Air Force, as a matter of fact, is one of the most leanient branches of the service when it comes to hair regulations.
It has nothing to do with the service wanting us all to look as unattractive as possible, it has to do with the job you're doing. A lot of front line guys clip their hair short or shave their head for many of the smae reasons. My husband, when he was in the field, shaved his head. Easier on hygine and he didn't bring back critters from spending 4 weeks hunkered down in the muck somewhere.
Not a lot of women are in military jobs that require field time. Many who work in on-base assignments wear longer hair. But quite a few don't because short hair is faster and easier.
Joining the military is all about changing your total lifestyle. You have to make choices on what works for you. Many women find that they'd rather trade the time they would spend keeping their hair up doing something else.
As long as you meet guidelines, it's no problem.
As for SG-1 being a SF show.. yes, it is. But it's part of *their* desire to be as militarily accurate as possible. I applaud them for not taking a cope-out and changing things just to make it easier on them.
BTW: When I started in health care in 1970, the same rules applied to the wear of hair in a hospital environment. It had to be short our up off the collar. Things change.
Please don't associate short hair with being butch, Texane. I know a lot of women in all branches of the military who wear long hair. My hair has been short since before I joined the military... back when I started in health care. I just look better in short hair.
I'm for encourageing military women to wear short hair if they're gonna spend a lot of time in a field environment. You don't get a lot of water to wash with, it's hard to get it to stay up when it's dirty and it's a really problem trying to get a field protective mask [gas mask] to seal properly with long hair. That's not something you want to have spring a leak, believe me. There were a couple of stylists with my unit when we deployed to Saudia Arabia in Desert Storm and after the first SCUD assault when we wnt into our chemical gear, most of the women had their hair cut. Short.
The Air Force, as a matter of fact, is one of the most leanient branches of the service when it comes to hair regulations.
It has nothing to do with the service wanting us all to look as unattractive as possible, it has to do with the job you're doing. A lot of front line guys clip their hair short or shave their head for many of the smae reasons. My husband, when he was in the field, shaved his head. Easier on hygine and he didn't bring back critters from spending 4 weeks hunkered down in the muck somewhere.
Not a lot of women are in military jobs that require field time. Many who work in on-base assignments wear longer hair. But quite a few don't because short hair is faster and easier.
Joining the military is all about changing your total lifestyle. You have to make choices on what works for you. Many women find that they'd rather trade the time they would spend keeping their hair up doing something else.
As long as you meet guidelines, it's no problem.
As for SG-1 being a SF show.. yes, it is. But it's part of *their* desire to be as militarily accurate as possible. I applaud them for not taking a cope-out and changing things just to make it easier on them.
BTW: When I started in health care in 1970, the same rules applied to the wear of hair in a hospital environment. It had to be short our up off the collar. Things change.
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