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BREAKING: A New Stargate Series is Officially in Development 🚨

A new chapter begins for the Stargate franchise as MGM confirms a brand-new series with Stargate veterans Martin Gero and Brad Wright involv

MGM confirms a brand-new series with Stargate veterans Martin Gero and Brad Wright involved.

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Here is something atypical from what I usually post but I couldn't help myself to not share it because it's just insane.

You'd think such content is a parody or some comedy text laughing at the extreme hypocrisy in corporate environment.

But no.

This is a genuine email received this week from DELL HR who seems to have a wellness comitee in place Aka a group of ppl who are in charge of sending mass communication with bullshit content, which in between the lines finger points the employees for being unhappy at work because they complain too much.

🤣😄

Like when you point out an issue for the only purpose to improve & find solutions, the incapable management only register: you're complaining, you're negative, you're attempting to rock the boat, you "challenge" them.

Sender's name & other name present in the email were covered for reasons of privacy protection.

What's important & mind-boggling is the actual content.

The person who created the communication though forgot to proofread 😄she sent an email in English with title in Dutch.

Do you think it's a trap?

🤣

To see who reacts on it and complains?

Feel free to share this, let's laugh together.

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Happy Birthday to the one and only Grand Empress of Sci-fi 🙃, Amanda Tapping!

🎂🎉🎁❤️!!

28th of August

Also looking forward to watch the new project she's involved in: "Ripples" series.

She'll be directing the first two episodes.

I'm always so happy for her when I hear of a new accomplishment.

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[writtenndust]

My emotional support intergalactic explorers. ✨

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Yes! Always!

[stargatelov3r]

SG-1 4x5 Divide and Conquer vs. Stargate: Continuum

for anon <3

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That's a very interesting paralel & the lines match for both

[ladyvader-99]

Some NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN photos from Jack and Sam’s wedding in season 3 episode “Points of View” they are from an episode of Dial the Gate on YouTube and edited by some users on Twitter!!! Love these photos

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Omg !!!! THEM!!! ❤️

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Happy 27th anniversary, Stargate SG1!

27th of July 1997

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And because it's SG1 anniversary, I'll bring in my number one ship, thank you very much.

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Happy 27th anniversary SG1 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️!

27th of July 1997

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Shannen Doherty was a strong woman standing on her feet til the end.

In spite knowing her cancer metastased she said she'll work until the end , series, movies and conventions to meet the fans.

May she rest in power 😔

[stinalotte]

So. Basingstoke Comic Con.

This is going to be a rant. I'm German, so I have a PhD in a) complaining and b) being blunt. Perfect combination for this post. It's going to be long, so buckle up.

I give explicit permission to repost, reblog, screenshot and post to other websites, comment, tag, and add to this in any way you see fit. Feel free to write your own experiences and criticism.

It's a modified version of the feedback email I sent them. Since then, they have put out a statement which directly contradicts some of the stuff other people have told us (and have evidence for) and which blames everyone from attendees to guests to staff to the weather.

First of all, despite all the mess with the actual con, I had a ton of fun. I hadn't seen some of these people in 20 years. I hadn't met some of y'all before, and I talked to so many people this weekend. I don't regret a single meeting, hug, smile, or laugh. I do wish however for the organizers to step on legos for the rest of their lives.

Frankly, they had a huge business opportunity and they blew it. They could have established themselves as THE Stargate convention in Europe. People were taking 15-hour flights to be there. We were willing to spend hundreds, in some cases thousands of pounds. With that lineup, they blew every other current convention out of the water. If they had done this right, this would have been a huge success and an absolute no-brainer for years to come. They could have been one of those cons that sell out in minutes. 

Instead, they let greed and poor organization guide them. They severely underestimated the size of the Stargate fandom. They didn't bother to learn about what the fans wanted and who the guests actually were.

A few things stood out for me:

Health and safety at the venue. No a/c, running heaters (!!) in some rooms, not enough opportunities to get water, way too many people for this size hotel. We are lucky there wasn't a panic or more severe injuries. Crowd control was non existent.

An impossible, ever-changing schedule. You can't put talks back to back, or meet&greets, or photo ops. Everybody knows you will run overtime and then the whole thing collapses. Changes were not communicated. Nobody knew what was going on.

Poorly trained staff. No staff meetings beforehand. Staff had no way to communicate with each other. Seriously, give them radios! Some of them didn't now the names of the guests or in which autograph group they were.

People could not get the things they paid for. Out of all the autographs included in my pass, I only got one, and only because a friend got it for me. [Marion, you're a fucking rockstar] I don't even want to know how many people will be attempting chargebacks on their credit cards in the coming days.

And the most important thing, the one that makes everyone I talked to the angriest: The way they treated the guests was appalling. They are such generous, hard-working people, and BCC shamelessly took advantage of that. Richard Dean Anderson was signing until after 1 am. A 74-year-old man who just wants to make his fans happy.

[BCC are now saying they were told he was a „slow signer“, aka someone who actually takes their time by talking to fans when signing autographs. Oh really? Then why did you continue to sell autographs well into Sunday when it was clear that there was no way he could get through them all in a reasonable time??]

David Blue was setting up his own autograph table. Several Atlantis actors went and got more of their headshots (by taking pictures in the photo room and printing them) because they ran out. Joe Flanigan tried to bring some order to the chaos more than once. He went full John Sheppard in the photo op room and took charge. We are lucky they're such sweet souls and didn't raise hell then and there. Nobody would have blamed them.

Staff were amazing and tried to make the best with what little support they were given. Kathleen, Finn and Nick (with the Stick!) especially, and so many others whose names I sadly didn't get. They worked so hard, never lost their humor, and tried to help as much as they could.

This disaster is entirely on management. It's a failure of leadership and an example of what not to do when you're running an event.

If you want to put on a convention, you need to go to people who have experience and listen to them. You need to attend several cons before even thinking about doing one yourself. And before, during and after, you need to take care of your people. You need to take care of your staff, of your guests, of the fans. You need to adjust the size of the event to the size of the venue, or vice versa. You need to actually be interested in this event beyond the money it will earn you. You need to know when you bit off more than you can chew.

I'm not hoping for a better one next year, because all of us said we won't be back. What I do hope is that hey sincerely apologize to the guests and at least double what money was raised for charity.

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Yep! 💯! 👏🏽 to all of this rant!

PS. I wanna say @stinalotte you are waaaay waaay to gracious & polite in your review 😄 😋

My personal experience :

This was my first Comic Con and the first time I've met Amanda & Richard.

I usually avoid gatherings like these because I have C-PTSD and chronic anxiety.

But this year 2024 is specialy for me, for many reasons ( my first and only child will be born) , so I decided I'll attempt to go and finally meet them.

Been a fan since 27 years and they mean a lot to me.

So I looked forward for this moment.

After slalom in between Basingstoke queues and skipping lunch or eating porely I bearly managed to do the few photo ops that I had.

Meanwhile for the autograph ops I had to give up to a lot of them otherwise I wouldn't have been able to attend the panels.

As far as the artisans alley goes I wasn't able to see anything.

So yeah...

First of all, huge props 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽❤️to Amanda Tapping, RDA and the rest of gracious guests who were there with their fans in mind.

Because otherwise con organisation had only greed in mind, while insulting guests and fandom alike.

Second, I am happy to finally have met in person wonderful ppl from fandom I only knew from Discord 🤩

These two things made the experience great.

But the con organisation was soooo bad :

- disorganised,

-lack of internal communication,

-overselling,

-unrealistic schedules with no forseen buffer breaks,

-only one stage for so many panel guests and such big stars that obviously would attact a lot of fandom,

- they sold the VIP stargate package that implied a reserved seat ( the very reason I purchased that, otherwise I wouldn't have) it was never the case.

- lack of air in the panel hall,

- accessibility wise total disaster, same for security,

- the venue totally unfit for the capacity of ppl present etc.

[lenalake]

“You kinda very severely hinted that you and–”

“My fella back home might’ve been–”

“Exactly. Mr. Jack O’Neill.”

“Not to name names.”

“Oh, that’s what it…”

“Yeah, it was incredibly not subtle.”

- Trio (S4E16) commentary with Martin Gero, Amanda Tapping, and Martin Wood

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Preorders for the book are live ❤️

Amanda Tapping's Book Pre-Order

Amanda Tapping Book Pre-Order

[thisisfromawhileago]

AMANDA TAPPING IS....(REBLOG THIS WITH ONE WORD THAT DESCRIBES HER TO YOU)

ASDFGHJKLI

[megatwitch]

awesome

[captain-sassy-socks]

kind

(If you ever met her, you know what I’m talking about. She’s the kindest person in existence.)

[amanda-tapping-ripples]

kind

would be my first option too.

light

is also a fitting one.

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She's a powerhouse and yet extremely humble.

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Amanda Tapping Book: Embracing Mental Health as a Fandom

Embracing Mental Health as a Fandom - The Book

Ok fandom, do your thing & spread the word ❤️

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Stargate Atlantis "The Seer"