Big Damned Flanvention
POSTED BY: Piffle101
UPDATED: Monday, November 28, 2005 00:47
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Originally posted by RiveR6213:
Oh leave me alone...
See how I'm not punching him? I think I've grown.
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Because Dancers are tough,mean...Chicas!! -Summer Glau
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well, I went back and 
myself...I just get real annoyed by folk like this XG fella. Know I shouldn't; guess I'll just ignore him from now on.
Yeah, hope I won't be missing anything by skipping out Friday; couldn't afford to go all three days (well, I really can't afford to go at all..but I figure, I'm 1000 dollars in debt already; what's another 700? I mean, if you're gonna be poor, you might as well do it in style). Plus, I've never been to Cali, so I wanted some time to explore the reigon...I figure I'll hit Hollywood and Beverly Hills, since they're the two places I've heard of =)
Not really sure what all's going down at the convention - never been to anything of the like before - but I figure, if I get to see the coolest eight people from the show, it should be worth the cash. I'm staying at the Hilton both nights, so, maybe I'll even run into one of 'em on the 'vator, as previously suggested. That'd be pretty neat.
Yeah, question for any Los Angelosians - is the subway a good way to travel? I figure it'd be within my price range - it's either that, the bus, or walkin' (taxis are to rich for my blood, and a rental car isn't an option for my friends and I - none of us are 25).
-Steve
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I'm a her not a him
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Originally posted by Steve580:
well, I went back and
Yeah, hope I won't be missing anything by skipping out Friday; couldn't afford to go all three days (well, I really can't afford to go at all..but I figure, I'm 1000 dollars in debt already; what's another 700? I mean, if you're gonna be poor, you might as well do it in style). Plus, I've never been to Cali, so I wanted some time to explore the reigon...I figure I'll hit Hollywood and Beverly Hills, since they're the two places I've heard of =)
Not really sure what all's going down at the convention - never been to anything of the like before - but I figure, if I get to see the coolest eight people from the show, it should be worth the cash. I'm staying at the Hilton both nights, so, maybe I'll even run into one of 'em on the 'vator, as previously suggested. That'd be pretty neat.
Yeah, question for any Los Angelosians - is the subway a good way to travel? I figure it'd be within my price range - it's either that, the bus, or walkin' (taxis are to rich for my blood, and a rental car isn't an option for my friends and I - none of us are 25).
-Steve
Thank you, bunches.
And we're all annoyed at him.
Elevator meetings sooo rock! I cant wait for December to come!
Hm.. Most people jsut take the bus or taxi. But the taxi people try to jip you if your not paying attention. I'd say Bus.. But from the aiport, they give you FREE shuttle to your hotel. That's what Im doin.
How will I be able to find you?? I guess Ill see everyone ever the span of the weekend.
Ps..If you want to post in a place where people are
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Because Dancers are tough,mean...Chicas!! -Summer Glau
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Originally posted by Vicki:
Booky, you are toooooo funny. We'll do what we can for ya- I can see the next new neighbor at Wisteria Lane- Booky! hmmm.... and an opportunity to work with Denton. Woot. We'll get right on that *wink*
Yippee!!! Anything with Denton.... He's all mine and I'm not sharing!!!
I soooo love you!!! 
THE BIG DAMN FLANVENTION WILL BE AWESOME!!!!!!
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Quote:As I understand it (and I could be wrong), that's only true if you're flying into the Burbank airport. Apparently the ride from LAX costs about $30.
Originally posted by Piffle101:
... But from the aiport, they give you FREE shuttle to your hotel. That's what Im doin.
If anybody has better info about this I'd like to know. Is there a free shuttle from LAX to the convention hotel?
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Ain't about you, Jayne. It's about what they need.
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Originally posted by RiveR6213:
A Meaningless Rant
I'm going to go to the convention, but I'm feeling a little annoyed by this whole thing. I suspect that the only reason we got a movie was just so Joss could afford doing Wonder Woman (he better not screw that up by the way) and I really dont think it has anything to do with what we want....not at all.
Please forgive me for sounding so negative, but that's just how I feel right now about this whole thing; I actually wish I never heard of Firefly/Serenity.
The only reason I'm going to the convention is to see the actors up close; to see if there is a little bit of the characters from the show within their real personalities, to see if I like them as much as I liked their characters.
I know I'm going to be disappointed, but this is something I've got to get out of my system.
Now the big task when I go is not to act like a complete geeked-up fan when I get there, and I have to keep in mind that these actors have heard it all before from other conventions, so my telling them I really liked the characters that they played is only going to get me a plastic smile and thoughts of "Does this person even have a life?"
And the meaningless rant continues...
This is also going to be very expensive, because I want everything, so these actors are going to make a bundle off of me, and they wont even remember me, and all I get to take home with me is a whole bunch of photographs and signatures, and a bad feeling within my heart that I am seriously stepping off the deep end. The actors will go back to their hotels laughing at all of us, and counting their money...this is the sad and pathetic part about all of this.
And the meaningless rant continues...
I watched this interview of the woman who played lovable Kaylee, and I came to the conclusion that I don't like the real person, I liked the character she plays, but I dont like her. She seemed so condscending and pretentious in the interview and it surprised me a little; she must be a good actress because she made me believe that she was nice and loveable, while in real life she's a total A.W.G.
And the meaningless rant continues...
In every photograph that I see of Summer Glau, she's wearing this "hey, I'm a star" look on her face, and all the other actors look hungover all the time...its really starting to get to me.
* I think I'm going crazy *
One final thing. During the interview, on the Firefly the Complete Series DvD with Ron Glass, why the hell was he laughing so much? It made you want to slap him.
With that I'm going back to bed and hope to never wake up.
Oh leave me alone...
I'd like to respond to this. I've been to a bunch of cons and now run them. For the most part- the actors enjoy meeting the fans. Yeah- they get paid. So what? Who says they should do *anything* for free? Would you go to work for a weekend for free? I think people assume that because the actors are getting paid that they are somehow doing something wrong. Or that they don't *honor* their fans properly. That's not the case IMO.
I think you are going to enjoy the weekend more than you know :)
And as far as being crazy for attending cons? It's a hobby just like anything else- or even a vacation for a lot of people. The money spent is no different than booking reservations on say a cruise.
You're going to have a great time! And you're going to leave with some new and really great friends who like the same thing you do. Honest. :)
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posted by Vicki:
I'd like to respond to this. I've been to a bunch of cons and now run them. For the most part- the actors enjoy meeting the fans. Yeah- they get paid. So what? Who says they should do *anything* for free? Would you go to work for a weekend for free? I think people assume that because the actors are getting paid that they are somehow doing something wrong. Or that they don't *honor* their fans properly. That's not the case IMO.
I think you are going to enjoy the weekend more than you know :)
And as far as being crazy for attending cons? It's a hobby just like anything else- or even a vacation for a lot of people. The money spent is no different than booking reservations on say a cruise.
You're going to have a great time! And you're going to leave with some new and really great friends who like the same thing you do. Honest. :)
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I suppose you are right, but I have a bunch of fan related issues of the past staring me in the face here. I've been going through this big box of photographs and memorabilia (I spell that right?) from the past.
I have a whole bunch of signatures and photographs of all the Original Star Trek cast. Pictures of me standing on a fake transporter with George Takei and Nichelle Nichols, wearing a geeked-up star trek uniform, and smiling like a complete idiot, pictures of myself (wearing a geeked-up star trek uniform) with Leonard Nimoy, who was performing the Vulcan mind meld on me, photographs of myself talking with William Shatner at a convention, that my geeked-up friends took of me, photographs of myself smiling like an idiot with the orignal Battlestar Galactica cast members, and of course I was wearing a Battlestar Galactica uniform looking like a complete idiot.
Then there was the Space 1999 conventions, and the Star Wars conventions, where I have about a billion photos with me in it with some famous actor/actress, wearing some uniform and posing in front of the camera wearing the same idiotic, gleeful smile that I always seem to bring with me to these places, plus I always spend over $2,000 to $3,000 at these things because I don't want to miss anything; A total crazed fan I am.
I thought this fan-crazed behavior was behind me, I thought it was just a phase, but along comes Serenity and Firefly, and here I am, at it again!!!!
One last thing before I shut this hole of mine that passes for a mouth, this should pretty much sum up what kind of zealot I am. When I was in high school, for a whole 4 years, my friends and I wore Star trek uniforms, and the only reason no one teased, or tried to kill us is because it would be pretty embarrassing to have your azz kicked in by 30 crazed Star trek zealots in front of your friends.
With that I'm going to go and have breakfast.
See? I told you not to put your hand in there...
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Some of you persist in villifying my for saying what I think, how I feel, and so on.
I just call it like I see it. Seems River6213 is getting a taste of how I feel. Kind of shocking when you see the "stars" are just actors, not invested in the story they played a part in telling. Just ambitious people who saw FF as a stepping stone to better acting gigs. I've posted to that effect in other threads. Just seemed to take a while for it sink in where it counts.
Perhaps Shatner, Nimoy, Kelly (and crew) were only invested in ST because they had no other options. They were doomed to be B-film actors because they played TV personas on a genre that is hated by the moviemaking elite. And I'm not putting ST above FF. To the contrary, "Firefly" was infinitely more believable, more entertaining on a human level, and so "NOT" Star Trek. But the Trek stars took what they had (as pathetic as it was) and ran with it.
Nearly 40 years later, we have multiple movies and multiple spinoff TV shows. FF could have been the same, but alas...
XG
No such thing as gravity. The "Earth-that-was" just sucks.
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Here's my thought- We're only here once. For a short time. So- you get into things... so what? That's cool IMO. You were having FUN, enjoying life. That's a good thing. And you shouldn't put yourself down for it. It harms no one and it's a kick! LOL
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