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Look, I don't care if MS attends the Gatecon or not. I don't care for him as an actor at all. He has some ability, but in my opinion he's not near as good an actor as someone like Don S Davis, Tony Amendola or the man who played Chronos (who is a hjighly respect and accredited Shakespearean actor. I don't know MS as a person and I really don't want to, and the more I read about him and hear about him, the less I want to.
I just found it rather strange that he should make this kind of decision, and |I felt a genuinely sincere sympathy for ALL of you Stargate fans who are GENUINELY a fan of Michael's and would just love the opportunity of meeting the man and telling him just how much you admire his acting ability. But perhaps I shouldn't have, and really MS obviously gets the fans he deserves, because there are so many knee jerk reactions over him it is completely mind-blowing.
As someone once said on another list, I don't care if MS cartwheels naked down the main street in Vancouver. He can attend as many other conventions as he wishes, he can transport himself to the moon if he wishes, it won't make one iota of difference to my life or my enjoyment of Stargate.
If you want to truly make your feelings known to him, then definitely write to him. But if you approach him as a Stargate fan, perhaps you might need to be prepared for him to draw back a little.
And no, you don't have a right to expect MS to attend Gatecon, but you do have a right to be disappointed that he will attend another convention, nothing to do with the show he is a star of, and continuously avoids attending the convention set up solely for the purpose of admiring the show, its actors, producers and staff.
*Anni bowing out yet again from yet another pointless argument over someone who isn't actually worth all this fuss*
I just found it rather strange that he should make this kind of decision, and |I felt a genuinely sincere sympathy for ALL of you Stargate fans who are GENUINELY a fan of Michael's and would just love the opportunity of meeting the man and telling him just how much you admire his acting ability. But perhaps I shouldn't have, and really MS obviously gets the fans he deserves, because there are so many knee jerk reactions over him it is completely mind-blowing.
As someone once said on another list, I don't care if MS cartwheels naked down the main street in Vancouver. He can attend as many other conventions as he wishes, he can transport himself to the moon if he wishes, it won't make one iota of difference to my life or my enjoyment of Stargate.
If you want to truly make your feelings known to him, then definitely write to him. But if you approach him as a Stargate fan, perhaps you might need to be prepared for him to draw back a little.
And no, you don't have a right to expect MS to attend Gatecon, but you do have a right to be disappointed that he will attend another convention, nothing to do with the show he is a star of, and continuously avoids attending the convention set up solely for the purpose of admiring the show, its actors, producers and staff.
*Anni bowing out yet again from yet another pointless argument over someone who isn't actually worth all this fuss*
No hard feelings were intended Annie, I feel that the point I made really applies to any of the actors not just MS. All of them have to live up to expectations on a daily basis, and it must be incredibly frustrating that's all. Micheal has been known to monitor some of the fans input on the web from time to time and I think the more he is criticzed for not showing up ( or for anything else for that matter) the less he would want to attend, after all if he is judged so harshley online why would he want to deal with it face to face these are the same people that are SG1 fans after all.
If you don't like MS that's your opinion, and I respect it (although I think he's a decent guy, but that's my opinion.) What about the issue of RDA not attending Gatecon when he is constantly in Vancouver? He spends his free time either with his family, or filming documenteries in South America. We shouldn't criticize either one of them in how they spend thier free time. Sure we can wish that they would be there, but it's not our lives, it's thiers.
They have each had bad expieriecnes with fans, and are not overly eager to relive them. I personally respect that, if someone gets mugged in an alley they really don't want to go down that alley again even if nothing will probably happen. (okay maybe thats extreme, but it's the same kinda effect phsycologicaly)
I guess what I'm saying is there is no point saying the actors should do this, or that, or whatever because we are not them. We do not understand the things that they have to go through, all we know is what we see, and that is what we judge them by, yet how many thing drive our decisions that we would rather not have to explain to others? That's why I say okay, if they don't come, RDA, MS, and others have thier reasons. If you and I don't understand, or agree with those reasons it doesn't matter. They know they have a huge fanbase out here they are not doing this just to be mean to us. Just like you, and I they have thier own responsibilities, passions, feelings, etc. We must simply respect that as we would wish others to respect our decisions, even if others don't completly understand them all the time.
Again no hard feelings to anyone out there, this is just the way I see it.
If you don't like MS that's your opinion, and I respect it (although I think he's a decent guy, but that's my opinion.) What about the issue of RDA not attending Gatecon when he is constantly in Vancouver? He spends his free time either with his family, or filming documenteries in South America. We shouldn't criticize either one of them in how they spend thier free time. Sure we can wish that they would be there, but it's not our lives, it's thiers.
They have each had bad expieriecnes with fans, and are not overly eager to relive them. I personally respect that, if someone gets mugged in an alley they really don't want to go down that alley again even if nothing will probably happen. (okay maybe thats extreme, but it's the same kinda effect phsycologicaly)
I guess what I'm saying is there is no point saying the actors should do this, or that, or whatever because we are not them. We do not understand the things that they have to go through, all we know is what we see, and that is what we judge them by, yet how many thing drive our decisions that we would rather not have to explain to others? That's why I say okay, if they don't come, RDA, MS, and others have thier reasons. If you and I don't understand, or agree with those reasons it doesn't matter. They know they have a huge fanbase out here they are not doing this just to be mean to us. Just like you, and I they have thier own responsibilities, passions, feelings, etc. We must simply respect that as we would wish others to respect our decisions, even if others don't completly understand them all the time.
Again no hard feelings to anyone out there, this is just the way I see it.
It's okay...... I accept that no hard feelings were intended! and up to a point I certainly do personally respect people's wishes to be left alone. I personally would never approach an actor even if he/she was sitting right next to me, but that's not because they're famous, it's because I don't think they're any different to or any better than me. they just happen to appear in a public and often a world wide forum.
You may or may not remember an actor called Peter Ustinov, he was rather famous in his day. I was in London one day travelling from camp to home for weekend leave, but had to wait a while for a connecting train, so I went to eat in a restaurant. I sat at a table for two and read while I ate, and after a while the waiter came over and asked if I minded if someone joined my table since the restaurant was packed. I said, no of course not, and this silver haired portly chap sat down, we chatted about the army and various things, and I kept thinking, I know this chap and it suddenly hit me that it was Peter Ustinov, but you know? I couldn't bring myself to ask him about movies or acting, I couldn't even bring myself to say "You're Peter Ustinov, the actor aren't you, I really admire your work". It sounded so darned intrusive somehow! I also once met Kenneth Branagh and our whole conversation was about the Gulf War. I wanted to tell him that I'd seen him in Shakespeare plays, but I didn't want to sound like a drooling idiot.
Go figure!
Yes, I agree about RDA, the same applies to him as to MS, but RDA doesn't seem to attend ANY conferences, so I'm more inclined to let that one go. At least he's egalitarian in his non-attendance. I don't know if MS monitors the internet, I think they probably all do. They wouldn't be human if they didn't want to know what people think of them. Once thing all actors have in common is a huge ego..... they wouldn't be in the profession if they didn't, and I speak as a former professional musician... no one had an ego bigger than mine. It comes with the turf. Actors have fans, actors like MS who appeal to a lot of people, have many fans, that also comes with the turf and the relationship is a two way street. If you as an actor don't want to do the time, then don't do the crime (i.e. don't be an actor!). If you want a less frenetic class of fan, then stick to the legitimate theatre, they tend to be older and less frenetic.
The connection between fan and star is a very tender thing. Whilst I agree it has to be treated and nurtured very carefully by the fan...... it also has to be treated very carefully and nurtured by the star, MS doesn't appear to have learnt that lesson and it's to be hoped that one day he doesn't turn around and find that the fans have lost interest. MS doesn't yet have a very solid acting profession background built up to fall back on, because he hasn't been doing it all that long yet.
Ah well, he's young and hopefully he will learn... in the meantime he has you lot to sustain him doesn't he?
You may or may not remember an actor called Peter Ustinov, he was rather famous in his day. I was in London one day travelling from camp to home for weekend leave, but had to wait a while for a connecting train, so I went to eat in a restaurant. I sat at a table for two and read while I ate, and after a while the waiter came over and asked if I minded if someone joined my table since the restaurant was packed. I said, no of course not, and this silver haired portly chap sat down, we chatted about the army and various things, and I kept thinking, I know this chap and it suddenly hit me that it was Peter Ustinov, but you know? I couldn't bring myself to ask him about movies or acting, I couldn't even bring myself to say "You're Peter Ustinov, the actor aren't you, I really admire your work". It sounded so darned intrusive somehow! I also once met Kenneth Branagh and our whole conversation was about the Gulf War. I wanted to tell him that I'd seen him in Shakespeare plays, but I didn't want to sound like a drooling idiot.
Go figure!
Yes, I agree about RDA, the same applies to him as to MS, but RDA doesn't seem to attend ANY conferences, so I'm more inclined to let that one go. At least he's egalitarian in his non-attendance. I don't know if MS monitors the internet, I think they probably all do. They wouldn't be human if they didn't want to know what people think of them. Once thing all actors have in common is a huge ego..... they wouldn't be in the profession if they didn't, and I speak as a former professional musician... no one had an ego bigger than mine. It comes with the turf. Actors have fans, actors like MS who appeal to a lot of people, have many fans, that also comes with the turf and the relationship is a two way street. If you as an actor don't want to do the time, then don't do the crime (i.e. don't be an actor!). If you want a less frenetic class of fan, then stick to the legitimate theatre, they tend to be older and less frenetic.
The connection between fan and star is a very tender thing. Whilst I agree it has to be treated and nurtured very carefully by the fan...... it also has to be treated very carefully and nurtured by the star, MS doesn't appear to have learnt that lesson and it's to be hoped that one day he doesn't turn around and find that the fans have lost interest. MS doesn't yet have a very solid acting profession background built up to fall back on, because he hasn't been doing it all that long yet.
Ah well, he's young and hopefully he will learn... in the meantime he has you lot to sustain him doesn't he?
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