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Hi everyone!

I want to start off by saying this blog does NOT reflect Ben Browder's views or thoughts(hopefully he will ever see it!) just random thoughts of an action figure.

The man himself will be in Australia next month :http://www.thehubproductions.com/events/stargate-2010/home

I won't. I have been there---lost a hand in Kuranda as a matter of fact. I am confident the fans Down Under will give Ben a warm welcome and not be like some who see him as a usurper. Acting is a profession where about 5% of those who call themselves are actually able to pursue their career and be paid for it. Actors don't always take a job because they feel it is the dream script or an amazing character.I can enjoy SG1 but after SciFi got it's hands on it and went to using a stable of writers, it stopped being character driven which had made it different. Ben didn't force RDA to retire O'Neill but many fans don't seem to get that. Mitchell was a difficult character to introduce and doomed in many ways no matter what choices were made by the writers or the actor. Ben answers fan questions thoughtfully and pretty honestly which after 10 years of following the guy still surprises me. Fans who don't know an actor's whole body of work shouldn't expect the actor to be as taken with a series as they themselves are when questions are asked/answered. In LA last fall may SG1 fans seemed surprised that plot twists on SG1 were predated by the same or similar twists seen a few years earlier on Farscape.Ben honestly referenced them. Many were done better on Farscape becausethe writing was less rigid and the emphasis was on the characters not the action sequences. Farscape held the Guiness record for most visual effects of an episodic series as of July 2009 but they were a organic part of the series not the focal point.