.... that is, in an utterly cool way, marginally involved in the upcoming movie!
This is a childhood friend of my wife's. She lives in Seattle now and signs out to many and varied scientific expeditions (she has, I believe, a degree in marine biology). Besides being an absolute sweetheart she's just one of those people that seems to find herself in interesting situations. She's flown into the eye of a hurricane, spent months at sea and in the arctic. And that's where our story begins. You see the head of the arctic expedition that she's a part of is a HUGE "Stargate" fan. He contacted the producers and informed them of his somewhat unique situation and they took him up on his implied offer and decided to shoot part of the movie there. He was even given a cameo in the film. Along with the crew and producers Richard Dean Anderson, Ben Browder and Amanda Tapping made the trip and stayed with the team for several days. Our friend was a part of that expedition. Amongst other, sciencey things, she was also a cook. There not being many women in the group she and Amanda Tapping where bunk-mates for the duration. Accommodations are limited at the best of times... it IS the freakin' North Pole; but I can honestly say that I know somebody that slept with (or, to be honest, near) Amanda Tapping. ;^) (The following pictures are all pretty large, about 1.5 meg each. Sorry about the quality... cold hands and cameras apparently make for blurry pictures.) Here's a coupla shots of the camp: http://www.depressedpress.com/external/stargate/IMG_5039.jpg http://www.depressedpress.com/external/stargate/IMG_5046.jpg Here's some shots of folks at the chow line (Ben Browder, Amanda Tapping and Richard Dean Anderson): http://www.depressedpress.com/external/stargate/IMG_5090.jpg http://www.depressedpress.com/external/stargate/IMG_5094.jpg http://www.depressedpress.com/external/stargate/IMG_5125.jpg And here's our friend prepping something. Something brown: http://www.depressedpress.com/external/stargate/IMG_5145.jpg Here's what I think is a script meeting followed by a close-up of Richard Dean Anderson: http://www.depressedpress.com/external/stargate/IMG_5131.jpg http://www.depressedpress.com/external/stargate/IMG_5175.jpg Here's a couple of our friend and stars (Richard Dean Anderson and a blurry Amanda Tapping): http://www.depressedpress.com/external/stargate/IMG_5178.jpg http://www.depressedpress.com/external/stargate/IMG_5180.jpg Finally here's a shot of the whole crew: http://www.depressedpress.com/external/stargate/IMG_5184.jpg Everybody on the team was apparently given "crew" jackets and kits and (we're pretty sure) will be listed in the credits of the movie. Of course our friend had never even seen the show (or "Farscape" for that matter since Ben Browder was there as well) and had no idea what all the fuss was about. It also means that she paid no attention whatsoever to the actual scripts being run a few feet from her so I've got no spoilers. ;^) Still... even if you're not a fan of the show it's gotta be great to have a story about running into "MacGyver" at the North Pole. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:254320 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
