The new SGA season 5 promo pic -- hahahahaha!

[icarus]

LOL! The season five promo pic. Wow, that sucks. (Note: contains a spoiler).

What's with the water splash? And hahahahahaha, they superimposed water over clouds. Whee! Love how they highlighted sparkles over Teyla and Keller's eyes.

Ronon's hair is blowing one way. Keller's is blowing the other.

Joe Flanigan "striding" looks like a total dork. The petulant pouty lips with the robot eyes. Bad combo. "I'd shoot lasers from my eyes, if I weren't so hung over today."

Teyla looks a Victoria's Secret model, with that same vacant stare, busting out of her bodice. "The new Athosian line lace up corset tops... only by Victoria's Secret." All she needs is a blond wig--oh, wait.

David Hewlett opted to shelve Rodney for this photo and is playing Worth from Cube instead.

And, oh, isn't that the SG-1 stargate with the SGA chevrons glued on?

Like little girls with glitter pens -- more is always better, right?

Comments

[feanna.livejournal.com]

Like little girls with glitter pens -- more is always better, right?

You are so very right! Have you seen the "floating"-pictures? Maybe they figured if they just put splashing water all over id would disguise their nonexistent photoshop skills.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

No. Show me the floating photos.

[feanna.livejournal.com]

They're on gateworld
http://www.gateworld.net/news/2008/06/new_iatlantisi_cast_photos.shtml

There were some posts on my f-list about it, but seeing how the pictures are of absolute fail I didn't save the links.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Oh, Jesus. What's the deal with Joe's left foot (http://www.gateworld.net/atlantis/s5/images/500_06.jpg.shtml)?

This one's a little better, but still sucks (http://www.gateworld.net/atlantis/s5/images/500_07.jpg.shtml). Hint to the photoshoppers at MGM: paint the shadows of the feet in the same direction of the other shadows. Really.

Hahahahah! Rodneeeeey iiiiiiiiiin spaaaaaaaaaaace (http://www.gateworld.net/atlantis/s5/images/500_08.jpg.shtml)!

They did better with Momoa (http://www.gateworld.net/atlantis/s5/images/500_09.jpg.shtml).

God. How hard would it be to just have them pose on the set?

[feanna.livejournal.com]

The best part is the fact that the steps obviously reflect light, but there's NO reflection of the people "standing" there.

[tingler.livejournal.com]

That's certainly the thought that crossed my mind! I mean, they *have* the set, they must have had the actors "in hand" at some point (um, wait a minute till my 12-year-old mind gets done giggling over "in hand")(and the somewhat more mature parts get un-glazed at the same thought). Did they *look* at those pictures? I didn't think anything could outdork the last striding-through-the-water shot. Boy, was I wrong!

[bruinsfan.livejournal.com]

These are the promo shots that led to me speculating that they'd all be bitten by Stoker-style vampires in the 5th season, what with the lack of shadows and reflections.

[feanna.livejournal.com]

Alsodid you notice how Rodeny's Teyla's and Keller's leather jackets have water droplets on them but the rest of everybodies clothing is comletely dry?

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I was just noticing that -- especially Joe Flanigan's pants. They wonder why there's so much crack fic in this fandom, and then they do shit like this.

[archae-ology.livejournal.com]

Keller just looks like she's about to fall flat on her face into the water and Joe's whole pose is more than a little amusing. Then there's the fact that three of the four guys have utterly no trace of the water that the others have on them what so ever. Photoshop gone wrong.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah, you're right. Hewlett's jacket looks fake-wet, and I think they've tried to put beads of water on Flanigan's collar, but everyone else-?

I love how they managed to avoid making anyone's pants wet, too -- while walking through water. Because that wouldn't soak in or anything.

[archae-ology.livejournal.com]

It looks like they just took a spray bottle full of water and attacked David randomly then just sprayed Rachel and Jewel as an after thought. And I can't tell if that's water in Joe's hair or if it's just all product.

Didn't they do the same thing in one of the other seasons' promo pics? If I recall correctly their pants were perfectly dry as well.

[emeraldsword.livejournal.com]

SO AMUSED.

I agree, it's a crappy promo shot, and I love your comments on it!

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Hee. Clearly, there is such thing as enjoyably bad.

[jmtorres.livejournal.com]

I have decided that the water is because Costuming forgot to bring shoes.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I like that explanation and it has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that I like picturing any part of Joe's body nude.

What do you mean he's wearing socks?

[01100100.livejournal.com]

I confess, once I magnified the pic and concentrated on Teh Flan's face, the badness of the picture just drifted away /stares some more/

At least it's not as bad as the other *awful* promo shots. Ugh /sporks brain/

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

They wonder why there's so much crack fic in fandom, and then they do thinks like this. *wide grin*

In my mind, I have cropped all those other promo shots.

[lexstar29.livejournal.com]

Why do they always have Flanigan do that exact pose? It's like the last 'striding through water' photo they did. I swear, different outfit but exact same stance and expression.

Also, to me, Hewlett looks a little constipated, and the girls look really surprised.

Loving the comments on this!

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

...the girls look really surprised.

And then the girls both said, "You're going to photoshop us onto what?"

[lerah99.livejournal.com]

Poor Ronan. Where ever they shot his part was cold. He has goosebumps on his upper arm.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Oh, good eye.

[inkscribe.livejournal.com]

The pic, in addition to all the scorn heaped here, makes me want to hum "Venice is Sinking" by Spirit of the West.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpFaYOQ4yQM

THIS IS THE YEAR LANTIS SINKS FOREVER, ZOMG! Spoilers abound!

*g*

[tonicollins.livejournal.com]

Yeah, these are some of the most amateur looking 'professional' photos I've ever had the misfortune to see. I mean, the whole "standing with one foot up" thing is just so... so... 12 year old fanboy/girl. And if I think about what the direction for their facial expressions must have been I start laughing.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Hee. What do you think the direction was? I'm trying to picture it and coming up empty.

[auburnnothenna.livejournal.com]

What in hell did they do to Hewlett's head? It looks like they tried to morph it or something and squished up his features and ballooned his forehead - like a funhouse mirror or... remember those bitter beer commercials? He's got the bad Photoshop face going.

JFlan just looks more like he's shambling than striding, like in the next minute he stretched out his hands and started moaning, "Brains...brains...could we get some brains in the promotional department?"

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Smoothing him out. Making him look younger. Ooops. Well, maybe no one will notice the accidental lensing effect.

[auburnnothenna.livejournal.com]

Every year the pics get worse. How can this be? This is an industry that's all about the pretty, so how do they go with pics that actually detract from the attractiveness of the stars? It boggles the mind.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

They know not what they do.

[auburnnothenna.livejournal.com]

It becomes clearer and clearer that any time they get something right it's an accident. I

'm trying to find a disability fic I vaguely remembered for you, btw. Wait on it.

[whatifisaidno.livejournal.com]

I miss these pictures from season four: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v443/morjana/movie%20channel/mainphoto.jpg

http://www.sliceofscifi.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/sga.jpg

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

John is kind of tiny in the second one. It's mini!John. I want one. Can I take him home if I promise to feed him and take him for walks?

[miso-no-tsuki.livejournal.com]

Dei-i!!(Ancient ones, obviously)
Colonel K offers the following explanation.
In order that none of the actors could play the "asking for more money next season" game and to make them all worry about whether they will be in the next series all the photos were taken individually in a little back room. This would explain the completely different lighting/effects on each person *on each person*. Note the angles of light on the various costumes. Every thing was P'shopped on by different artists who had no overall brief. The studio execs wanted the women to look hot, hot HOT! So pull in that jacket and stick out the boobs, girls. The men were all desperate to get to the loo Oh yes, constipated is hot right? Poor JF looks hungover.
The whole thing is just AAAAAAAaaaaaaaarghhh!

[formerlydf.livejournal.com]

*delurks* Really, I should have been focusing on the terrible photoshopping, but all I could think was, "Wow, they kind of look like the X-Men." I'm still trying to decide who would be who.

Also, um. Hi. *relurks*

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Hi!

It's all the black leather, methinks.