Great angle on this one. And I love the smile he's sporting there. :D
And it's reminded me of something I've wondered for a little while now... When did he start wearing the black uniform all the time? I could go back and look at all of the episodes (or the screencaps) all over again (and what a hardship!) but I just haven't had time with RL things, OD'ing on fanfic and also trying to find certain shots to work on a Sheppard manip.
I think it was late season 3. He and Rodney both started wearing similar uniform blouses then (only Rodney's was grey) but Rodney switched to the Star Trek uniform during season 4 with the rest of the cast. I've always found it kind of funny that John is the only person on Atlantis wearing that uniform. *g*
And I always had it in my head that the reason his is different was to show that he's a leader but set apart from the civilian leader of the expedition. Just so that there is a distinction when it comes to their allies. (not sure if this is the best way to describe it)
Either that or the Quartermaster is just indulging his love of wearing black. :D
*scratches head* It sets him apart from the military contingent too. They don't wear anything like that, regardless of rank. Everyone on SG1 wears uniform blouses like John's (only the military's are green and the civilians' are blue), but on Atlantis he's the only one. It's a bit odd, isn't it? Usually the military leader wears what the rest of his men do, only with more bling.
The only thing I got for that is that different color was his 'bling'. Show that he's not better than the other soldiers but that he's different enough from them to be set apart.
I guess that's a question someone can ask at one of the cons. *g*
Sadly, Joe doesn't tend to remember much about the show at cons. He explained it as 'dumping his internal hard drive', but I'll try to get someone to ask.
The only other person who might know is an evil SOB and I'm not sure if I'm brave enough to go to his blog and ask.
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Date: 2010-10-20 07:12 pm (UTC)And it's reminded me of something I've wondered for a little while now... When did he start wearing the black uniform all the time? I could go back and look at all of the episodes (or the screencaps) all over again (and what a hardship!) but I just haven't had time with RL things, OD'ing on fanfic and also trying to find certain shots to work on a Sheppard manip.
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Date: 2010-10-20 07:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-20 07:41 pm (UTC)And I always had it in my head that the reason his is different was to show that he's a leader but set apart from the civilian leader of the expedition. Just so that there is a distinction when it comes to their allies. (not sure if this is the best way to describe it)
Either that or the Quartermaster is just indulging his love of wearing black. :D
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Date: 2010-10-20 07:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-20 07:53 pm (UTC)Hmmmmm
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Date: 2010-10-20 08:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-20 07:59 pm (UTC)I guess that's a question someone can ask at one of the cons. *g*
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Date: 2010-10-20 08:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-20 09:01 pm (UTC)The only other person who might know is an evil SOB and I'm not sure if I'm brave enough to go to his blog and ask.
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Date: 2010-10-20 09:04 pm (UTC)The costuming department might know, but I guess they're a bit more difficult to get hold of. ;)