Mallozzi's Mailbag & More II

EvilSpaceAlien

EvilSpaceAlien

Sinister Swede
mzzz said:
What's wrong with him? Besides being a politician
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Well... he's an idiotic politician who's out of touch with reality... It'd take too long to get into specifics and this really isn't the thread for that (plus, I'm tired and it's the middle of the night here)
 
mzzz

mzzz

Well Known GateFan
go sleep man, guessing you watched the new doctor who episode, haven't gotten around to it yet.
 
shavedape

shavedape

Well Known GateFan
Tropicana said:
He sounds just like an idiotic politician, who is out of touch, and out of step with reality and the voters.
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Vox populi vox dei.
 
Inara

Inara

GateFans Noob
shavedape said:
I was going to bold certain parts of this post but then realized the whole thing deserved to be bolded because it's all true. Inara, you've distilled the man's character and motivations down to two perfect paragraphs. I couldn't add a thing.
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Danke, m'dear.

I've been following his commentaries since long before the fiasco over the cancellation of SGA in favor of starting SGU. It became clear that he was using his own personal Squee Squad as a way to promote himself first, using the show as his hook. He would "reward" fans who agreed with him, so they were more likely to agree with him in the future and ignore rather obvious transgressions, or worse, blame the person/group he was attacking.

It was sort of strange watching this as it happened in the early days, because I couldn't believe people were siding with a member of TPTB just because they were TPTB. But then I came into fandom at a time when TPTB were only vaguely aware of fannish discussion, and in general most fans were in the "You don't talk about Fight Club" mode, so I guess I was actually bothered by one of TPTB trying to play in the fannish sandbox and making fans feel like they had to take sides. Don't get me wrong, interaction with TPTB can be good. Answer fannish questions and the like, but don't put yourself out there as the UberFanGodKing just because you work for the show. His answers were often his opinion, but were treated as canon by many even if another TPTB or an actor said something different. I tried to stop watching the train wreck, but it just won't go away. Stargate is dead, even the two-season spawn, but Mallozzi just won't shut the hell up.

Looking back on it, I think he was trying to build a cult of personality for himself. He wanted to get automatic fannish recognition and respect, like Joss Whedon generally gets. The Joss earned his rep, Mallozzi didn't; he's a loud little pissant with delusions of grandeur. I don't agree with every storyline choice Whedon's made (Tara! :icon_cry:), but in the end I felt he respected my opinion as a viewer and didn't try to justify what he was doing by bashing those who didn't like the choices.

Mallozzi needs to learn to follow the sage words of someone who went through fannish scorn in his early years to later earning and downright owning his Geek Cred, Wil Wheaton: "Don't be a dick!"
 
Overmind One

Overmind One

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OMNI said:
i stumbled across mallozzi's blog earlier and i found this on the newest post



http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2011/05/09/may-9-2011-farewell-destiny/

it is one of my early 3d meshes i made of the ship :D:D:D
probably just a happy accident seeing as my 3d destiny meshes are high on the search engine ranking and most of the time they are the first pics that show up but DAMNIT!! ima enjoy the spotlight :P

thanks Mr Malozzi!
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Is it hotlinked? You could change the picture to an Ad for GateFans! :)
 
OMNI

OMNI

My avatar speaks for itself.
Overmind One said:
Is it hotlinked? You could change the picture to an Ad for GateFans! :)
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it is not it is actually downloaded resized and uploaded on his own blog.

and i wouldnt cheapen my reputation by doing something so sneaky gotta protect my bidness yaknow so im not saying this place would cheapen my rep but rather the sneaky advertising stunt you proposed ;)

and accident or not im honored to be on there :)
 
Overmind One

Overmind One

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OMNI said:
it is not it is actually downloaded resized and uploaded on his own blog.

and i wouldnt cheapen my reputation by doing something so sneaky gotta protect my bidness yaknow so im not saying this place would cheapen my rep but rather the sneaky advertising stunt you proposed ;)
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I was kidding. :) I have done that before though, when there was a site that was perpetually hotlinking my graphics from another website I have. I changed the pictures to the hind end of a hippo. Stopped that one cold!
 
Lilith

Lilith

GateFans Noob
I think that he believes that he has the following. That people hang on every word that comes out of his blog. I just don't think he will have as many serfs moving forward. Let's face it, he isn't that interesting.
 
OMNI

OMNI

My avatar speaks for itself.
Overmind One said:
I was kidding. :) I have done that before though, when there was a site that was perpetually hotlinking my graphics from another website I have. I changed the pictures to the hind end of a hippo. Stopped that one cold!
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good good ;)
and i have deleted stuff thats been hotlinked and i didnt aprove myself so i know the game ;)
 
Overmind One

Overmind One

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Staff member
Lilith said:
I think that he believes that he has the following. That people hang on every word that comes out of his blog. I just don't think he will have as many serfs moving forward. Let's face it, he isn't that interesting.
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The sad thing is that many of them do. Many of those people have been going to that blog since it first came online in 2006. They hang on every word like Joe is the "Sage of Stargate" The fact is that even as a member of TPTB, he was on the B-list, not the A-list. His information was ALWAYS second-hand. Brad and Cooper were the A-list. So, I laugh when I read some of the older Mailbag emails I have received over the past two years. To read them, you would think that some of the people feel that Mozz was the sole writer, producer and creator of Stargate. And Joe was happy to allow this illusion to morph on its own without corrections. He should have used the phrase "I dont know" most of the time instead of speculating or outright LYING like he has been caught doing. I think a lot of angst which has been built up around Mozz and his association with SG would have been reduced considerably.
 
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Graybrew1

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If it weren't for here. I would have absolutely no idea that he even had a blog, let alone what was on it.
 
Mr. A

Mr. A

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Overmind One said:
The sad thing is that many of them do. Many of those people have been going to that blog since it first came online in 2006. They hang on every word like Joe is the "Sage of Stargate" The fact is that even as a member of TPTB, he was on the B-list, not the A-list. His information was ALWAYS second-hand. Brad and Cooper were the A-list. So, I laugh when I read some of the older Mailbag emails I have received over the past two years. To read them, you would think that some of the people feel that Mozz was the sole writer, producer and creator of Stargate. And Joe was happy to allow this illusion to morph on its own without corrections. He should have used the phrase "I dont know" most of the time instead of speculating or outright LYING like he has been caught doing. I think a lot of angst which has been built up around Mozz and his association with SG would have been reduced considerably.
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:beckettu: Exactly! This deserves to be reposted in large letters :)
 
Terran77

Terran77

Captain Tightpants
Overmind One said:
The sad thing is that many of them do. Many of those people have been going to that blog since it first came online in 2006. They hang on every word like Joe is the "Sage of Stargate" The fact is that even as a member of TPTB, he was on the B-list, not the A-list. His information was ALWAYS second-hand. Brad and Cooper were the A-list. So, I laugh when I read some of the older Mailbag emails I have received over the past two years. To read them, you would think that some of the people feel that Mozz was the sole writer, producer and creator of Stargate. And Joe was happy to allow this illusion to morph on its own without corrections. He should have used the phrase "I dont know" most of the time instead of speculating or outright LYING like he has been caught doing. I think a lot of angst which has been built up around Mozz and his association with SG would have been reduced considerably.
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So true. They do hang on his every word. Especially now that he's doing his "memoirs of SG, season by season"... it makes me want to puke. Ugh!
 
Gatefan1976

Gatefan1976

Well Known GateFan
Terran77 said:
So true. They do hang on his every word. Especially now that he's doing his "memoirs of SG, season by season"... it makes me want to puke. Ugh!
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I think he's going somewhere with this, somewhere we may all be interested in. I said it before, and I'll say it again, if anyone will come out and say just what happened to SGA, it will be the Mozzie
 
Lilith

Lilith

GateFans Noob
The man who would be King comes to mind. Great movie by the way. Gateworld is running a count down by seasons of all the SG shows. Five a week which they want everyone to watch together then comment on it and have podcast. He is extending his 15 minutes of fame into 6 months because he is a fame (insert the unflattering word here). How else is he suppose to get his daily intake of worshippers. You know his girlfriend learned the English language at the House of Joe so he needs new smoke up the wazoo, come on she is just one little person. Inform Cecil that he is ready for his close up now.
 
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