Supanova Melbourne 2009

POSTED BY:  BeckSpank 

 

I know this is a bit late- but I wanted to share my convention experience and my first time (and hopefully not the last) meeting Katee Sackhoff. I actually had no intention of going to Supanova until two weeks before when they announced Katee as a last minute replacement guest. The convention came the weekend after the finale to BSG (which I didn’t like the ending of) so the convention was a good way for me to say goodbye to the show.

 

A few things that Katee said:

• She doesn’t know what Kara is.
• She seemed disappointed that there was no resolution between Kara and Lee, and she doesn’t know why it was written that way.
• Katee ad-libbed the “I love you” to Sam because she knew she wasn’t getting any kind of resolution with Lee and she wanted Kara to have that with someone.
• Katee is getting a motorcycle for her birthday (since this is late, she would now have it). She wants/or has (I’m not sure) a bike with yellow daises on it, and Tricia’s bike is purple.
• Katee, Tricia, their significant others and Michael Trucco have formed a motorcycle group. Katee was excited that Michael was getting his fiancée a bike so they would have another woman in the group.
• Katee isn’t in the BSG movie The Plan, as it was shooting started a few days after the finale finished and she was exhausted, plus she had just been diagnosed with cancer.
• There was no resolution between Kara and Leoben because Callum Keith Rennie was really the only actor they couldn’t tie down to a contract and he was busy filming other things, probably Californication.
• She loves Twilight, and came out on the second day to the Q and A wearing a Twilight shirt.

Overall she was a complete delight to meet, she was really friendly, though I was so nervous I couldn’t carry on any sort of prolonged conversation with her other than to basically gush to her about how awesome she is.
  

See Beck's other Supernova photos here

I know this is a bit late- but I wanted to share my convention experience and my first time (and hopefully not the last) meeting Katee Sackhoff. I actually had no intention of going to Supanova until two weeks before when they announced Katee as a last minute replacement guest. The convention came the weekend after the finale to BSG (which I didn’t like the ending of) so the convention was a good way for me to say goodbye to the show.

 

A few things that Katee said:

• She doesn’t know what Kara is.
• She seemed disappointed that there was no resolution between Kara and Lee, and she doesn’t know why it was written that way.
• Katee ad-libbed the “I love you” to Sam because she knew she wasn’t getting any kind of resolution with Lee and she wanted Kara to have that with someone.
• Katee is getting a motorcycle for her birthday (since this is late, she would now have it). She wants/or has (I’m not sure) a bike with yellow daises on it, and Tricia’s bike is purple.
• Katee, Tricia, their significant others and Michael Trucco have formed a motorcycle group. Katee was excited that Michael was getting his fiancée a bike so they would have another woman in the group.
• Katee isn’t in the BSG movie The Plan, as it was shooting started a few days after the finale finished and she was exhausted, plus she had just been diagnosed with cancer.
• There was no resolution between Kara and Leoben because Callum Keith Rennie was really the only actor they couldn’t tie down to a contract and he was busy filming other things, probably Californication.
• She loves Twilight, and came out on the second day to the Q and A wearing a Twilight shirt.

Overall she was a complete delight to meet, she was really friendly, though I was so nervous I couldn’t carry on any sort of prolonged conversation with her other than to basically gush to her about how awesome she is.

See Beck's other Supernova photos here

KateeSackhoff.com

POSTED BY: nospank 

 

Hello SPankers.

I am in the process of working with your team leader to bring you all Katee's first ever OFFICIAL website.

I'm not going to spill the beans on anything, but I will tell you that there is a fan club section of the site and plenty of goodies for all of you.

I thought it only fair to come here and keep you all posted on the progress of the site as not only are you people hardcore Katee Sackhoff fans, but Maxi threatened me with bodily harm if I did not comply. (ok that last part isn't true, but she did invite me here to share with y'all)

Anyways, if I find the time I'll mosey on over here every once in awhile and keep everyone updated.

We recently re-acquired Katee's Myspace page and started up her Facebook page. Yes they are OFFICIAL, no she doesn't go on there a whole helluva lot. The girl doesn't have the time to be on the internet like us computer nerds. Thus I'm the one who has been updating it.

Hope you like 'em!

I'm working on getting her a little more interactive with the Myspace and Facebook, so we'll see. I think the website may be all she has time for though.

We're looking to have the site up and running for the public by June of this year.

Again, I'll keep everyone here updated and let you know when we have an official release date.

That's about it for now.

Last but not least, Katee values her privacy and I ask that all of you please respect that, as I'm sure you have and will continue to do.

Until next time SPankers...

Happy Birthday Katee (2009)

POSTED BY:  MaxiSpank 

 

Dear Katee, many happy returns from your many Spanker fans!

This is a bit of a rehash from last year's Spanker birthday wish, because you probably didn't see it last year and we are far too lazy to whip up something fresh. Also, we don't want to overdo the 'Happy Birthday' thing because you probably get more birthday wishes in one afternoon than the rest of us get combined in an entire lifetime, and that's just plain bad for your ego.

By the way, some of your Spanker fanboys and girls have left some pretty damn fine birthday suggestions in the comments, so be sure to click on the comments link and check them out.

About this time last year, we recommended that you buy yourself a nice new Harley for your birthday. A year on we hear that you seem to have heeded our advice, so maybe you did read this thing last year after all.

Anyway, this is what recommended for you 12 months ago:

This a Harley Touring Ultra Classic Electra. We have no idea what "Ultra Classic Electra" means, but we do know this:

• It was the most expensive one so it must be the best, and only the best will do.
• It looks pretty badass.
• It is essential that you have a bigger bike than Tricia Helfer.
• It has a nice little storage compartment at the back where you can store all your makeup and CFM boots.
• It'll look great with a full helmet. (Kiddin').

By the way, The TeamSpankers are most keen for you to provide a photo of your new bike, once it's been painted yellow with daises and you have bedazzled the leather. That sounds like it's going to be pretty damn sensational. (As you probably know all to well, we Spankers have no lives of our own and must content ourselves with living vicariously through you).

All the best,

TeamSpank!!!

PS DJ apologises for her playlist review. She is quite distraught. She thought it was funny. Admittedly so did I. It is funny! That bit about how the Foo Fighters should not even exist is pure gold. But DJ is sorry anyway and retracts the entire thing. (No she doesn't, I made that last bit up).

Spank Meets Sackhoff

Spank Meets Sackhoff

Written by MaxiSpank

28-29th March 2009 Last weekend I became the third official Spanker to meet Katee Sackhoff. (Actually I think there are more, but they met her pre-TeamSpank, so that doesn't count). I thought I'd better write it all up before the rest of you whip my arse, and also because when Swimmer and Starby met her, they only managed to produce a hysterical, blubbering rant. Let's see if I can do better. (I know I'm gonna ramble - that's ok. No-one has to read it). I would have never in a zillion years considered going to the US to one of those Con things, but freakishly, The Sackhoff as good as came to me - so I really had to get my finger out and get my arse down to Melbourne on a reconnaissance mission for the Spankers. I got to meet Katee S a couple of times and have a couple of chats, so my efforts were successful I guess. She was totally sweet and lovely, but I must confess I felt like a massive, utter loser. You don't have any identity at those things to distinguish yourself. Your self-esteem takes a beating. It's a pretty uneven way to meet someone. I really wanted to tell Katee that my TV show is about 500 times more popular in Australia than hers is and that pretty much everyone in the building would have heard my work, even if they didn't know who I was - I just wanted her to know that I wasn't the total loser that I must have seemed to be. But obviously that would have been silly, pathetic and inappropriate and she wouldn't have given a shit anyway, so I didn't bother. Either way, she would have totally forgotten me by now so it's not like it matters. It must be pretty hard going meeting a shitload of needy strangers like that and keeping a smile on your face the whole time. She's obviously a total pro at it though. She was really nice & open. That Hayden chick from Heroes was there too & I got the vibe that she wasn't as comfortable with the whole thing, which is fair enough since she's very young. It looked like she and Katee S were pals. Richard Hatch was there too and he was a very welcoming, generous, cool dude. In the first chat, I confessed my TeamSpank sins & Katee confirmed that she's read some of the stuff on the site. I was very relieved she didn't rip me a new one there on the spot. A couple of site things she's read include that sarcastic piece of snark "The Helmet" and also DJ's review of Katee's playlist. I have a feeling that Katee may be a tad sensitive about her playlist and that DJ's review pretty much hit her where it hurts. (By the way Katee, when DJ called you "a sick, sick fuck and a genuine Spank" - she meant that as a huge compliment). On that note, I'd like to point out to Katee that I have also seen DJ's playlist, which contains an Avril Lavigne song. DJ, you are in NO position to be judging Katee Sackhoff. You really should be burying your head in the sand. I was pretty mortified to learn that Katee (and Tricia H) had read "The Helmet", considering that thing was 100% me. Apparently having read it, Katee said something like "I don't care; I'm still not going to get a full helmet". haha. Katee, I didn't mean for anyone to heed my advice or anything. I was just bored and saw a photo and thought it would be a funny, random thing to write about. I've only ever ridden a motorcycle once - I got the brake and accelerator mixed up and crashed head first into a barbed-wire fence after about 30 secs. I'm obviously NO expert in these matters. That thing has a new-ish (Jan 2009) addition at the end by the way. About Tricia. At that first meeting I also got Katee to autograph a bunch of TeamSpank Pimpage Banners, which were mainly put together by DJ. I'm still coming to terms with the fact that I actually paid money for someone's autograph (something I always vowed I'd never do - too much like paying for sex or something). But anyway, I guess it was worth it because now we've got some more shit to pimp around the website & Treehouse. Katee looked at me like I was on crack when she asked me what to write on them and I said "oh, whatever you like". I don't know the etiquette for these things - I've never asked for an autograph before in my life. Katee said she thought she was sick on the day of the sleeping one, which makes me feel a little like we're having a laugh at her expense (this wouldn't be the first time). Some Spankers have been saying that my balls are made of steel since I got her to sign the "fucking hates us" one. Honestly guys, we've all heard Katee say 'fuck'. She wasn't going to be offended. If she didn't want to sign it, that would be fair enough, but it's not like she hadn't come across the term "fucking" before. She was actually far more interested in where that picture came from (that Bear M thing). Damn, Katee does some truly sublime death stares. Scary shit. She's not someone you'd really want to piss off too much. Based on recent events, I'm pretty sure she doesn't hate us. Except for DJ. The second chat I had with Katee was mainly about the online thing - about how some folks people have been misquoting shit she's said in interviews and at cons and how some of them have been pretty hateful. I think she might be a bit burned by it, but at least she doesn't read that crap anymore, thank God. She'd only just learned about that horrid Cort & Fatboy Q&A fall out a day or so before. I mentioned that I didn't think that Anders/Trucco thing at the Cort & Fatboy night was a spoiler at all & she agreed. I felt that side of the show was already over and no-one was going to be getting loved up with anyone any more, (flashbacks aside). When I was watching it, it seemed to me that she was pouring her heart out about how her friend had almost been killed and her feelings about that just took over when they were filming - because her friendship was more important. That was how any decent human being would feel in that situation. Also Trucco, having just had a near fatal accident that could have left him paralysed, had some physical limitations and they had to factor that into the script. Somehow that ended up being a massive character assassination of Katee because Kara & Lee didn't get to have a final shag in the long grass at the end. So shallow. (That's my view on it - KS didn't say any of that). Katee did two 'panels' at this thing, both of which I attended. They were both totally delightful - she did her usual thing of starting off really shy and then warming into it with rambling, fun answers to the audience Q&As. I was actually impressed with my countrymen - who seemed pretty knowledgeable about Katee and BSG. There were hardly any dumb questions. I didn't think Katee would be famous at all in Aus and I thought she might have to buy her own ticket to get into the con thing. But the room was packed for both panels - 200 people each time maybe. It's a testament to the power of bit torrents really - because BSG is really hard to watch any other way in Australia. There were lots of BSG type questions at these things, but I'm not gonna talk about them 'cause I'm kinda sick of BSG right now. There were lots of fun anecdotes as well. Here are a couple… She was talking about how awkward she felt filming the Nip/Tuck sex scenes. She said something like "you may all think you want to see my ass, but trust me, you don't". Her bike gang with Tricia H & their partners is known as "The Acting Outlaws". Katee said they are going to get jackets and logos. There is an abbreviation for it but I couldn't make it out. Trucco is also in the gang, and apparently Trucco's fiancé is learning to ride and about to join. Katee seemed quite pumped about having a third chick in the gang. Katee was chilling at an airport and in the background she heard a high pitched yell "Kateeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Kateeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee". She wanted to duck for cover, but she turned to have a look. It was Quentin Tarantino. He sat down with her and started talking non-stop about BSG without ever introducing himself. She is massively addicted to Twilight and would happily play a plant in the next movie. She forced her BF to watch it and he didn't sound too impressed. The actors had a theory about the end of BSG, that the Battlestar would find Earth and start to land but that Bush would blow it out of the sky. One interesting thing that happened at these panels is that we weren't allowed to enter with cameras and phones - we had to leave them at the door. At the first Q&A I just thought the organisers were being control freak dicks - I moaned as much as anybody. However at the second Q&A Katee apologised profusely and she explained 'the ban' was at her request because of people quoting her out of context and misconstruing things. I felt kinda sad for her when she was talking about it - because it's totally true. Some people have been viscious schmucks. It's sad that she doesn't feel she can speak freely without people putting shit on her on the internet. Katee, in case you've ever bothered to return to TeamSpank and read down this far - I didn't get a chance to mention it when we met but I wish I'd have said that the negativity is only coming from a very small, yet extremely vocal section of the BSG fan base (some, but by no means all of the Kara & Lee 'shippers' who enjoy that element of the show above anything else). They take their disappointments out on you. They have done since Trucco returned to the show after his first couple of episodes. Now BSG is over that will all hopefully become ancient history. The rest of the BSG fan base, other supporters such as TeamSpank and pretty much the rest of the entire world totally loves your candid, fun interview style and pretty much thinks the sun shines out of your arse. Say whatever you wanna say. Don't ever change for anyone. Well that pretty much sums up my odd little weekend, except to say that I should have never gone in the first place because I had way too much work to do and I've been pulling all-nighters ever since to make up for it. I also spent an excessive amount of $$$ but let's not talk about that. Oh, and I got a speeding ticket driving home from Sydney airport - if I get another one before November my ghost is toast. No soul in the 'real world' knows that I actually went, because had they known, they would have teased me mercilessly. When my mother asked me where I was, I said "at a pop culture event/conference at the showground". I wasn't lying. I was in Melbourne but she thought I meant Sydney. Lucky the plane didn't crash on the way home. That would have left a true mystery. Anyway apart from all that, I'd say it was totally worth it. I'd be kicking myself forever had I not gone.

How I Spent My Spankiversary or Maxi's Balls of Steel

POSTED BY:  sarahspank 

 

Recently, Team Spank celebrated our first birthday! YAY US! (Because we such self-congratulatory assholes, of course.)

You'd think that Spanks would celebrate by:

- drinking
- posting madly
- yelling at each other in LARGE, COLOURFUL FONTS.

Well, we didn't.... okay we did. We did that.

But the ultimate icing on the cake was... MAXI, god of the spanks, met up with our illustrious Team Leader. KATEE SACKHOFF herself!

A momentous event! The biggest ever.

Teamspank meets Team Leader. (Okay there was the time when Swim and Starby met her, and that was good too, but this time, our HEAD person. MAXI met her)

(On a side note, some of us believe this to be bigger than us, of course. Destiny, blah, blah, blah. How could it not be so?)

Now, Maxi, modest as she is despite the fact that she is more famous than Katee (sorry, Katee), hemmed and hawed about going.

In the end, she did.

At the prodding of her faithful spanks, Maxi flew the hour it took to Melbourne (pronounced Mel-bin), booked a hotel, and attended her first ever convention.

She prepped for this by watching the most enjoyable film "Galaxy Quest" and getting a Twitter account. (Spanks, see how Maxi leads by example.)

Also, she, with Dj's help, prepared lovely Teamspank banners.

Meanwhile, back in the U.S. where most of us active spanks reside, a flurry of activity commenced. All of us excited (and jealous) that Maxi would meet our Team Leader.
As events unfolded, some of us kept vigil for Maxi's reports, maniacally checking Twitter and harassing Maxi to let us know what was going on. (unfortunately for some, all this took place beginning around 11:30 PM EST. Too late for many).

In the end, Maxi and our Team Leader did not disappoint.

Maxi met Katee and was not chewed out in fact, which is what she had feared.

They had a lovely talk (which I'm certain Maxi will update us on).

The clincher was that Maxi had Teamspank banners signed.

Yep, you know which ones.

I'll have you know that Spanks who were watching this practically died. It was both shocking and awesome.

Heh. Waaay cool, Maxi.

It all led us to the conclusion that Maxi has balls of steel. Not just any regular balls of steel, but Balls of Stainless Steel and Diamond Hard.

Yup. That's Maxi for you. We are so proud of her.

Also, she found out that Katee does visit our website and now has passwords. (Once again, causing some spanks to perish/ feel sick).

(Katee, if you are reading this, great. We love you and support you all the way.)

While I could go on, I won't because that's Maxi's story to tell.

Just remember folks. The moral of the story: Maxi has bigger balls than you.

Katee Shoots Guns in Halo 3? I Wanna Play, Too!

POSTED BY:  NightSpank 

The setting is 2007, specifically September 25th. A line is trailing out of WalMart for blocks, the store not yet opened. What are they waiting for? Halo 3, of course!
Halo 3 was hands down the most anticipated game release of 2007. It was ported only to the XBox 360 console and it sold 3.3 million copies in 12 days, even setting the record for 24-hour sales - $170 million dollars.

But the highlight of the game was not the plot, the graphics, or the epic gun shooting. No, the highlight of this game was 20 seconds worth of dialogue said by Female Marine #2, who you should all know is voiced by Katee.

Having never played the game myself - and I doubt many of the other Spanks have played it either - I was worried by this character title. As if being unnamed wasn't bad enough, she's labeled as a "marine". In shooting games, characters with names like "marine" or "soldier" and the like usually are used as shooting targets. If this was so, then we would have to boycott the game and start a movement against its players for shooting at Katee.

However, in my intense interrogation of my coworkers who have played the game, I have gleaned extremely valuable information: Instead of shooting at her, you shoot with her. I bet she kills tons of bad guys, because she's just that awesome.
She has fantastic dialogue, all 20 seconds of it. In fact, I'm willing to bet this is the highest paid batch of 20 seconds worth of lines in video game history. Nice job, Katee! You can hear her say:

• Here it comes!
• We've got a problem!
• Eat lead!
• Hold on to your hats!

for a few examples.
Now, I feel it's important to get opinions of people who have actually played the game. Unfortunately, my emails to my coworkers asking them for a typed paragraph of minimum 5 sentences have gone unanswered. I did manage to find quite a few reviews by doing a google search, including someone on Digg saying in response to the game, quote, "mmmmmmmmmmmmmm Katee Sackhoff....... damn I'm a nerd." Very to the point.

However, I will leave you with a passage from some Firefly fan who had a lot to say about the game (Source):

So, again, I'm thinking, okay maybe it's just a coincidence but then when Katee's character is around she is sounding just like Starbuck! When I accidentally shot her in the middle of a battle she yelled at me that we're all "friendlies" just like Starbuck says in one of the episodes when she came across both crews ready to battle. But the defining moment was when one of the grunts was attacking the jeep she was in she yelled out something like "Frack! We've been hit!" She definitely says frack. Plus if you stare at her to try and get her to talk she definitely has Starbuck's attitude and will say stuff like "Bug off creepo" or "Is there a problem sir?"

I think I need to buy me a XBox 360...

Fun New Katee Interviews

POSTED BY:  MaxiSpank 

Here's a fun 4 part interview with The Sackhoff by Schmoes Know. They are really random & chill - the style of Katee interviews that Spankers love best of all.

More to come in the next 2 days.