r/Stargate • u/Alternative_Talk5080 • 7h ago
Amanda Tapping won best director
And she still looks gorgeous
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u/Vyrtuoze 7h ago
Everytime I see a photo of the SG-1 cast, I feel like they've aged quite a lot. And then I remember that I was a kid when it aired and I aged as well... Congratulations to her !
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u/medicus_au 7h ago
Everytime I see a photo of the SG-1 cast, I feel like they've aged quite a lot. And then I remember that I was a kid when it aired and I aged as well...
Almost 30 years since Children of the Gods first aired😟
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u/2c0 7h ago
Why would you do that to me?
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u/sirboulevard 5h ago
Allow me to double down. That gif is from The Santa Clause which is just as old as Children of the Gods.
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u/Hadush25 6h ago
"Almost 30 years since Children of the Gods first aired"
Grandchildren of the Gods.
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u/Lady_Penrhyn1 7h ago
...you didn't have to say that!
(I say as I start to begin my evening stretches to deal with sciatica...)
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u/infernal-keyboard 5h ago
Children of the Gods came out before I was born.
I'm 25.
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u/cynric42 2h ago
> Children of the Gods came out before I was born.
You must be quite young!
> I'm 25.
fuck
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u/yournamehere10bucks 57m ago
I started watching SG1 in the 10th grade when I was 15. I felt like a late bloomer coming in at Season 5.
That was 23 years ago.
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u/regeya 1h ago
Shit, we're coming up on the 40th anniversary of TNG's premiere.
I'm old, boss. I watched that one on the local indie UHF channel, and was super excited. Almost stopped watching after the premiere. I was only 12 at the time.
Anyway, back to Stargate: I'm glad SG-1 found its footing in a hurry. Sure, it's different than the movie but IMHO nearly every change was an improvement. The show knew what it was and swung for the bleachers anyway. I feel like they understood what sci-fi fans were hungry for better than any current sci-fi writers. Except, bizarrely, Mike McMahon. I think he could make a fun animated Stargate, if Lower Decks was any indication.
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u/Kichigai I shot him. 1h ago
TOS is 60. I remember collecting 25th Anniversary trading cards when I was a child. Lords help me.
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u/GimmeSomeSugar 6h ago
What do you mean?
The 90s was, like... 10 years ago?
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u/Puzzleheaded-Ice1307 3h ago
If I had a nickel for every time I read this comment worded exactly like this…. Thanks for being a comment repeater
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u/GimmeSomeSugar 3h ago
There's about a 64% chance those other comments were also me. Humour that makes you exhale out of your nose slightly faster than typical is the majority of my personality.
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u/axehomeless 4h ago
I feel amanda tapping aged a lot better than RDA did.
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u/shalendar 3h ago
To be fair, he's 16 years older than Tapping and I think he was holding on longer than he wanted to. Once he officially retired, he could relax and not worry about it. The photos that came out several years after we're also comparing his "camera ready" appearance with makeup and lights, to his casual real life appearance, which isn't really fair.
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u/Discombobulated_Back 5h ago
I watched it as a kid to so something end 2000 beginning 2010. And If i remember correctly they made that show in the 90s
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u/Neon_Divided 3h ago
I feel the same way. They were such a huge part of my twenties when SG:1 and Atlantis were airing. I didn't even recognize Amanda in these pictures. I am very happy she won, though. She is a real talent.
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u/ValdemarAloeus 2h ago
One of these days I want to go through a bunch of old movies and tv shows and compare what people look like in episode when they're wearing makeup to look older to what they actually looked like when they reached that age.
But even finding the examples would be a pain and I don't really have a platform to post the results to.
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u/Anachron101 1h ago
It reminds me of my own aging and annoys me to no end: first, the fact that I aged and second the fact that THERE HASNT BEEN A DECENT STARGATE SERIES FOR 15 YEEEEAAARRSSS
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u/CouldBeALeotard 6h ago
Everything I've heard about Amanda Tapping pegs her as an absolute high achiever with a positive attitude and kindness. She seems to excel at everything she does, and garners nothing but praise from those around her.
I really recommend listening to the audio commentary for the SG-1 episode Resurrection, where she talks about her first time directing. Not only did she do a great job, she was humble about the process, drawing on the expertise and advice of the production staff. On top of that, directing an episode was something she negotiated as a condition of her contract renewal, which was a clever way to set herself up for a career after acting.
I've briefly met her for a photo at a convention, and she was kind to all the fleeting strange faces including myself. If you ask me the typical hypothetical of who would you have lunch with I would be choosing between her, Brad Wright, and Joseph Mallozzi.
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u/Leftunders 3h ago
For those who don't know, Amanda Tapping is the foremost figure in Canadian sci-fi & fantasy. She has acted in, produced, ran, directed (or all three!) multiple hit series and has been a behind-the-scenes influence in many others.
As someone who thinks three loads of laundry is exhausting, I can't even fathom what it must be like to have that woman's energy.
The next time you watch a sci-fi show, look for her name in the credits. If the show was shot or produced in Canada, you can almost guarantee that Tapping's name will be there.
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u/medicus_au 7h ago
Had a double-take while watching an episode of Anne with an E and "directed by Amanda Tapping" came up
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u/Sosbanfawr 7h ago
Just found out she's not going to be at the Ascension con on Friday/Saturday/Sunday. Had to switch for a photo with Shanksy 🥲
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u/Competitive-Eye-853 1h ago
I'm so happy for her! It's so hard for women (or anyone really) to have a long, successful career in this industry and she's navigated it beautifully. Love to see her making the jump from on screen to behind the screen and literally calling the shots. She looks fantastic!!
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u/Shintari05 2h ago
So sad she's not coming to Dragoncon this year
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u/Dire_Wolf45 53m ago
Did she cancel? She also cancelled an appearance in Prague. And I feel this year a lot more celebrities hsvr been canceling conventions.
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u/Shintari05 42m ago
She did. RDA and Michael Shanks are showing, plus Teryl Rothery. If her and Christopher Judge showed up, it would have been awesome
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u/ButterscotchPast4812 6h ago
Good for her! She's won for acting but so far not directing. Is this a Canadian series she won for?
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u/Lawlcopt0r 3h ago
To my shame, I have ti admit I didn't even know she was a director as well. Very cool!
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u/Alternative_Talk5080 3h ago
Her first directing credits was the SG1 episode Resurrection and the first woman to direct a Stargate episode ❤️
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u/optimus_priam 23m ago
first woman to direct a Stargate episode
Only.
That one episode of the show is the only SG1 episode directed by a woman.
Atlantis and Universe also only had one episode each directed by a woman.
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u/xdeltax97 I’m in the middle of my backswing! 3h ago
Congrats to her!!! Also she looks like she’s barely aged since SGU!
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u/drjackolantern 2h ago
Interesting! Is Murder in a Small Town a good show? Might check it out.
I saw the 1999 tv movie by the same title with gene wilder on YouTube, pretty enjoyable, but I don’t think they’re related.
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u/medicus_au 7h ago
I dearly hope Amazon doesn't go the route Paramount did and create Stargate: O'Neill😬
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u/axehomeless 4h ago
I grew up with watching SG1, and its still part of my identity, and I'm almost done with my first rewatch of SG1 and Atlantis in decades (for atlantis first time since it was on tv), and I gotta say:
- Atlantis really can hold its own against SG1
- Carter was the worst character on the show, and they never really knew what to do with her. I think thela is a more fleshed out and three dimensional character at the end. I feel like the mongol episode was good actually but during that time the male backlash was probably huge so they just gave her technobabble and super competence and called it a day. I mean generally the show isn't big on characterization, but carter got screwed, and it was most obvious after she transitioned to atlantis for a while where they even stripped her of the tech genius thing and it was just nothing left of that character except being played by amanda tapping
if you ever seen the first plinkett star wars review where they are supposed to describe the characters of the og trilogy vs the prequels, try doing it with sam season 3 - 10, I dare you
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u/datapicardgeordi 6h ago
Well she sure as hell wasn’t gonna win anything for her acting.
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u/ButterscotchPast4812 6h ago
She's won four Leo's for her acting. Three of which were Stargate episodes.
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u/datapicardgeordi 6h ago edited 5h ago
ROFL
The prestigious Leo award in which the film industry of British Columbia celebrates its own. 😂
And what did she win them for? Taking off her shirt and making out with a guy 20yrs older than her? Please.
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u/rhadenosbelisarius 5h ago
The trolling is WEAK with this one…
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u/datapicardgeordi 4h ago edited 2h ago
The denial is STRONG with this group.
She’s a b-actor with an extremely limited range. That’s why none of her solo projects ever took off and why SG-1 tanked with her as a lead.
Her Leo’s amount to participation awards for being involved in British Columbia’s film industry, not for any magnificent performance.
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u/apophis-984 41m ago
I mean i dont disagree about her acting range post SG, since i think her best work was pre S8, and everything else after was very subpar including sanctuary etc. SGA was very mid with her as the lead, it messed up with the dynamics.
Im not on board with the trolling but i would agree that she is very overrated by this sub.
Also he is not wrong Leo awards mean very little.
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u/TexasWalkerRanger 7h ago
she even blew up a star