1 00:00:02,807 --> 00:00:07,039 Threat level Foxtrot Alpha Six. All security teams to the gateroom. 2 00:00:07,127 --> 00:00:09,516 Give me your weapon. 3 00:00:48,527 --> 00:00:54,523 [SG-1 DIRECTORS SERIES "AVATAR"] 4 00:01:01,647 --> 00:01:05,765 Here we are in "Avatar", and we're in game 14. 5 00:01:06,967 --> 00:01:10,357 What happens is we repeat and repeat. 6 00:01:10,447 --> 00:01:14,565 It's kind of a Groundhog Day, kind of "Window of Opportunity" thing. 7 00:01:14,647 --> 00:01:18,435 Teal'c is stuck in a game of his own making. 8 00:01:18,527 --> 00:01:24,318 It's using the "Gamekeeper" chairs, and we've modified them. Badly. 9 00:01:24,407 --> 00:01:27,717 So he puts himself into the game but can't get out. 10 00:01:27,807 --> 00:01:31,117 The reason he can't get out is because of his ego. 11 00:01:31,207 --> 00:01:34,199 Well, his self-image. 12 00:01:40,767 --> 00:01:45,079 - What just happened? - It looks like the chair induced pain. 13 00:01:45,167 --> 00:01:48,443 He knows in a real situation your tactics would be different 14 00:01:48,527 --> 00:01:50,165 if you thought you couldn't feel any pain. 15 00:01:50,247 --> 00:01:52,522 Man, that was a heck of a shock. 16 00:01:53,527 --> 00:01:55,119 He wanted it to be realistic. 17 00:01:55,207 --> 00:01:59,200 Teal'c can't give up. He can't give up until all the Goa'uld are dead. 18 00:01:59,287 --> 00:02:04,042 Now, within the confines of the game, it keeps changing to adapt to them. 19 00:02:04,127 --> 00:02:07,437 They will attempt to destroy the base via the command. 20 00:02:07,527 --> 00:02:10,087 - What? - If you disable the command, 21 00:02:10,167 --> 00:02:14,957 they will be forced to use other means. Only then can we hope to defeat them. 22 00:02:15,047 --> 00:02:17,436 Teal'c, how could you know? 23 00:02:17,527 --> 00:02:21,839 Threat level Foxtrot Alpha Six. All security teams to the gateroom. 24 00:02:21,927 --> 00:02:26,318 OK, this is video reference for scene ten. This is the runup to the armoury. 25 00:02:26,407 --> 00:02:30,923 Teal'c is running in, we see the armoury. We see his hand swipe the door open. 26 00:02:31,007 --> 00:02:32,998 He runs in. 27 00:02:34,567 --> 00:02:38,162 I'm gonna grab a vest from here, from a rack. 28 00:02:38,247 --> 00:02:40,761 This is how all the guns are set up. 29 00:02:40,847 --> 00:02:43,566 And cut. This should not be here. 30 00:02:45,687 --> 00:02:49,157 A card swipe should not fall sideways like this. 31 00:02:50,247 --> 00:02:52,841 Nathaniel Massey. 32 00:02:52,927 --> 00:02:57,443 So, in this show, we make him run all the time. 33 00:02:57,527 --> 00:03:00,405 Everything that happens in the game is his camera. 34 00:03:00,487 --> 00:03:05,436 Normally, we shoot one, two, maybe three cameras, and it's guys sitting on dollies. 35 00:03:05,527 --> 00:03:10,555 Not when Nathaniel does it. He does it on a Steadicam. A Steadicam weighs what? 36 00:03:10,647 --> 00:03:13,241 - 100 pounds. - An extra 100 pounds. 37 00:03:13,327 --> 00:03:18,355 He runs up and down stairs carrying an extra 100 pounds, trying to hold the shot. 38 00:03:20,207 --> 00:03:23,199 There's a scene where he starts in the hallway down there, 39 00:03:23,287 --> 00:03:27,439 runs up through here, down into there. 40 00:03:27,527 --> 00:03:32,601 That's two sets of stairs he has to run up and down and ends in the hallway. 41 00:03:32,687 --> 00:03:37,158 And the whole time he's following Teal'c's face like this. 42 00:03:37,247 --> 00:03:40,762 He's not that good yet, but soon he will be cos they keep working him. 43 00:03:40,847 --> 00:03:43,520 - Another 17 years, maybe. - That's right. 44 00:03:43,607 --> 00:03:45,837 Scene 19 that we're doing right now is... 45 00:03:45,927 --> 00:03:50,079 We've just finished killing a Super Soldier. 46 00:03:50,167 --> 00:03:52,522 We realise the base auto destruct goes off. 47 00:03:52,607 --> 00:03:54,837 ...sequence has been activated. 48 00:03:54,927 --> 00:03:57,202 30 seconds to detonation. 49 00:03:57,287 --> 00:04:01,917 We're kind of busy right now. We're just trying to light a Super Soldier. 50 00:04:02,007 --> 00:04:05,795 - And he's all black. - He's black. He's very black. 51 00:04:05,887 --> 00:04:11,439 ...around a thing called "blood". It's "Thick Blood". Show me the top. 52 00:04:12,487 --> 00:04:14,478 A star! 53 00:04:16,287 --> 00:04:20,041 Amanda Tapping. Behind the scenes with Amanda Tapping on "Avatar". 54 00:04:20,127 --> 00:04:25,565 Hi, Michael Greenburg. Have you looked at Martin lately? He looks a little crazed. 55 00:04:25,647 --> 00:04:29,083 - This one will be great. - Have you figured what "TBA" means? 56 00:04:29,167 --> 00:04:31,283 "TBA" means "The Brilliant Amanda". 57 00:04:31,367 --> 00:04:33,562 Right. So on all the directors' schedules... 58 00:04:33,647 --> 00:04:36,036 Where there's two TBAs, like this year - 59 00:04:36,127 --> 00:04:38,925 in Season Eight there's two left on the directors' schedule - 60 00:04:39,007 --> 00:04:43,603 it should be "The Brilliant Amanda's" episode, or "To Book Amanda". 61 00:04:43,687 --> 00:04:45,962 Who are these chaps? 62 00:04:46,047 --> 00:04:48,607 No cameras, please. I gotta get to work. 63 00:04:48,687 --> 00:04:50,996 He's got a lawsuit. And that's Chris Judge. 64 00:04:51,087 --> 00:04:55,319 You know I don't do interviews on Friday. No interviews on Friday. 65 00:04:55,447 --> 00:04:59,156 As you come running up, you turn around and you run in there. 66 00:04:59,247 --> 00:05:02,398 And we come by, and as she's typing we go into here. 67 00:05:02,487 --> 00:05:05,160 We see a change, we come back here. 68 00:05:05,967 --> 00:05:07,605 We're clear. 69 00:05:07,687 --> 00:05:10,326 The door is coming up. 70 00:05:10,407 --> 00:05:13,001 And she steps forward and says... 71 00:05:13,087 --> 00:05:15,203 Teal'c. 72 00:05:15,287 --> 00:05:18,723 And the camera doesn't move and she hits her face off it. 73 00:05:18,807 --> 00:05:21,640 Let's go to number one. First team rehearsal. Thank you. 74 00:05:21,727 --> 00:05:23,763 The last line is, "I'm fine". 75 00:05:23,847 --> 00:05:25,883 - Yes, I know. - Have you been saying it? 76 00:05:25,967 --> 00:05:29,004 - Yes. - Michael, have you heard him say it? 77 00:05:29,087 --> 00:05:33,205 Yeah. Yeah, I've been meaning to talk to you about that. 78 00:05:33,287 --> 00:05:37,166 - Can you say it so that we can hear it? - It's internal. 79 00:05:37,247 --> 00:05:42,719 As long as you look toward camera, someone off camera will go, "I'm fine". 80 00:05:42,807 --> 00:05:45,640 - OK, good. - That's how I do some of my best work. 81 00:05:45,727 --> 00:05:47,718 I'm fine. 82 00:05:48,247 --> 00:05:49,362 I'm fine. 83 00:05:49,447 --> 00:05:53,884 This is a six-foot-seven Super Soldier dropping from full height. 84 00:05:53,967 --> 00:05:57,437 - We'll feel it down here. - It's a long way down. 85 00:05:57,527 --> 00:06:01,315 - So you didn't like that? - A little soft. A little late, as we say. 86 00:06:01,407 --> 00:06:04,956 I'm expecting this should register on the Richter scale when he hits. 87 00:06:05,047 --> 00:06:06,560 And 88 00:06:07,567 --> 00:06:09,797 action! 89 00:06:09,887 --> 00:06:12,196 Zap! 90 00:06:12,287 --> 00:06:14,562 It should be more like... Like that. 91 00:06:19,447 --> 00:06:20,926 Change. 92 00:06:21,007 --> 00:06:22,998 Base auto destruct has been aborted. 93 00:06:23,087 --> 00:06:24,486 We're clear. 94 00:06:24,567 --> 00:06:26,558 And cut. 95 00:06:26,647 --> 00:06:29,320 Print that, please. 96 00:06:29,407 --> 00:06:31,682 OK, scene 24 here, guys. 97 00:06:31,767 --> 00:06:36,238 - So it doesn't change. You land here. - I'm trying to keep everything straight. 98 00:06:36,327 --> 00:06:39,797 - And come back, and she says... - I don't understand it. 99 00:06:39,887 --> 00:06:43,596 Somebody must have reactivated the auto destruct from a remote location. 100 00:06:43,687 --> 00:06:47,760 I'm locked out of the system. I can't shut it down. 101 00:06:47,847 --> 00:06:50,805 I'll change my shirt and put on the bandage. 102 00:06:50,887 --> 00:06:55,199 Take that off and put the wound back on, and put this shirt back on. 103 00:06:55,287 --> 00:06:58,484 It's faster than I realised. I'm sorry, Chris. 104 00:06:58,567 --> 00:07:01,001 No, no. I was just letting you know. 105 00:07:01,087 --> 00:07:05,239 That's a blatant cheat. I'm not for this whole blatant-cheating thing. 106 00:07:05,327 --> 00:07:07,602 I'm an honourable actor. 107 00:07:07,687 --> 00:07:12,238 I had my shirt cut off in that scene, so I don't think it should be folded in this one. 108 00:07:12,327 --> 00:07:16,718 I think it should be realistic and true to what we've already shot. 109 00:07:16,807 --> 00:07:18,923 Thank you. 110 00:07:22,767 --> 00:07:25,201 Tries to shut off the auto destruct, 111 00:07:25,287 --> 00:07:29,883 the game adapts to that and it doesn't shut off, and we all blow up. 112 00:07:29,967 --> 00:07:34,119 I'm locked out of the system. I can't shut it down. 113 00:07:34,207 --> 00:07:36,562 How did you know? 114 00:07:37,367 --> 00:07:40,803 - But Sherry doesn't blow up, does she? - Sherry blows up with us all. 115 00:07:40,887 --> 00:07:43,720 - Everybody blows up. - That's not what we discussed. 116 00:07:43,807 --> 00:07:45,684 I'm sorry. 117 00:07:45,767 --> 00:07:49,043 - I'm outta here. - See? Gone, blown up. 118 00:07:49,127 --> 00:07:52,358 If we put the cannons right here, right underneath here, 119 00:07:52,447 --> 00:07:54,517 and they go almost up in the air. 120 00:07:54,607 --> 00:07:57,075 So that we do it so it's here? 121 00:07:57,167 --> 00:08:00,842 No, just this way. But if it's this way, pointing this way, 122 00:08:00,927 --> 00:08:05,762 and if it sort of blooms up about 15 feet up above here... 123 00:08:05,847 --> 00:08:08,725 See at her head height? That's where I want the big... 124 00:08:08,807 --> 00:08:10,206 - Oh, yeah. - Yeah. 125 00:08:10,287 --> 00:08:13,165 How about two? One here and one there. 126 00:08:13,247 --> 00:08:15,966 - You want two of 'em? - Make it big. 127 00:08:16,047 --> 00:08:21,167 Propane cannons. Fillin' the gateroom with a big blast. 128 00:08:21,247 --> 00:08:23,841 - Absolutely. - Action! 129 00:08:31,887 --> 00:08:34,481 - Sam? - I don't understand it. 130 00:08:34,567 --> 00:08:37,923 Somebody must have reactivated the auto destruct from a remote location. 131 00:08:40,087 --> 00:08:42,476 I'm locked out of the system. I can't shut it down. 132 00:08:44,367 --> 00:08:46,676 How did you know? 133 00:08:49,807 --> 00:08:50,876 And cut. 134 00:08:53,607 --> 00:08:55,598 EN