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This got a HUGE round of applause from the mostly female audience -- Joe said that the show didn't really know what to do with women characters (he said Isn't Amanda the only female to survive Stargate?) The writers were all men and Joe thinks the show would have been vastly improved by having some women on board. \o/

Joe said he's sorry that they only got around to the AU-type story in Vegas at the end of the series. He thought it would have been a great story to explore further. Both David and Joe would like to have seen Vegas end the series. David said the audience would have been, "WTF??" at the end of it but it would have been a great way to go out.

David told a story from Season 1 about how he exploded at Joe once. He said Joe only had one word and he had a one page monologue and when Joe screwed up his one word, David had to go through the whole page again. David blew up and then they wrapped for the day. He was on his way home when he got a call on his cell and it was Joe. Joe said he hated the way the day ended and he didn't want David to go home mad at him. Everybody went "awwww!" And Joe said, see, that's how lazy I am. I can't even hold a grudge! I can't remember where this story started but I think it was when someone asked about the pranks on the set. Can't remember for sure.

Paul had some things (call sheets and pictures) that he usually gives away during his talks and he throws out trivia questions to the audience. While he was on stage with David and Joe, he asked them to help him come up with a question. So Joe pipes up, "In what episode did Sheppard call Ronon Chewie?" And some guy immediately yells out, "The Daedelus Variations" and everybody looks at Joe for confirmation and he laughs and says, "I have no idea!" The guy got the prize.

Joe told a hilarious story about Brad Wright. During the filming of Vegas, Brad happened to win a huge payoff on the slot machines. Joe said it was about $50,000 and all of a sudden, all these gorgeous women started hanging around him. He said something to Joe like, Hey, what's going on? What should I do? And Joe said, hey, Brad, you just won a ton of money. You're in Vegas. They're called hookers! I guess Brad thought he spontaneously became a chick magnet. *snort*

And now, for a little gossip. Here's some insight into just how petty and childish adults can behave when you're jockeying for attention from celebrities. At the Meet and Greets, for the first time ever, there was assigned seating. We had to pick a number from a bag before we entered and the number corresponded to a seat around the table where the M&Gs take place. The reason, we were told, was that there were some complaints from participants of previous M&Gs that certain fans were deciding (or trying to decide) where the celebrity was going to seat and trying to bully other paying guests into sitting somewhere else. Since I witnessed this very thing at the last convention I went to, I thought this was a great idea. And felt somewhat vindicated (though I wasn't one of the participants who complained although I certainly could have been!)

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