Creation Con this year?

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NE0VEN0M

Monday, November 24, 2008 2:59 PM

Where are the reviews and pictures?!!

COPILOTER

Monday, November 24, 2008 7:33 PM

C'Mon Browncoats.. REPORT!!

--the co-pilot

CHINDI

Tuesday, November 25, 2008 12:58 AM

Pretty nice gathering. Paired with the Starfate Con (in another ballroom) there were about 750 Browncoats and a few who straggled back and forth between rooms.

the vendors were all the usual suspects with nice arrays of Tshirts, swag and shiny stuff. Best by far (for my alliance money) was QMX.

They brought the first prototype of the Serenity Model. Let me tell you fellow travelers, it is truly amazing!! No set launch date (get it???) But it will be well worth the coin.

They also had the fantastic map of the 'verse; some incredibly detailed topographic maps of Serentity Valley itself (great place names canbe found with searching of the terrain... my fav? YoSaf Bridge... lol). And another mock up of a work in progress.. the Atlas of the 'verse. It is really something. These guys (gals) are all artists and they respect the 'verse tremendously. You should check them out.

Now- the main events.. oh. my.

Gina Torres was a delight. This woman is tall, statuesque and far more beautiful than you can believe in person. She was/is warm and gracious. Her litlle Q&A started with her reporting that she has had a baby 17 mos ago or so- hence her absence. She admitted that she went back and watched the videos so she could remember better what went on and she brought her own "Stump the Browncoats" trivia questions.

Suffice it to say she was mighty impressed with the level of detail knowledge the 'coats have! She could not stump them. And she gladly admitted that re watching the show thrilled her and reminded her what a great show it was (then she growled about f*x...lol)

She talked about upcoming proejects (she has auditioned for Broadway musical) and then she demonstrated her amazing singing voice by singing with the audience Take Me out to the Black..

She is a real gem. Her Q&A was just so entertaining. She said she had no meaning for the necklace she wore- but the bracelet was her wedding "ring" wit Wash. It was the symbol of their marriage.

She also talked about how hard it was to keep a straight face on the set with Nathan and Alan/ And especially difficult scene occurred when they buried one of the working girls on HOG... she said it was all she could do to keep a straight face during the filming. She also wished Joss would have written her a scene where she got to dress up all slinky.

I hope she comes to future cons. She is just one classy, funny, talented lady. I think she was moved by all the love!

Chindi

CHINDI

Tuesday, November 25, 2008 1:11 AM

PART II

Adam Baldwin also gave an AMAZING Q&A- best I have seen in awhile! Just goes to show you what a beer or two can do! (He passed some waiting time in the bar with Browncoats...)

He joked about how grateful he was to all the audience for helping him to pay for his children's college education; he mentioned that he and Mrs. Baldwin will be celebrating their 20 anniversary next week(I think that was the date) and he solicited suggestions from the audience for a good/propper gift... the consensus was- whatever she wants... to which he commented he would get the old "If you don't know- I am not going to tell you!" harrumph from Mrs. B. (it was done in great humor.)

He talked a wee bit about politics and more about Chuck and his charity work. He looks very relaxed, happy and contented (tho that could have been the beer! lol) no, I think the steady work on Chuck has given him some peace of mind.

Also (and this is MHO) without Nathan there (whom I love and want to see all the time) Adam was able to really command the room and the floor.. it was nice to see him able to hold forth without being talked over.

Adam too, with the help of the Bar Coats, put together a list of trivia questions for the audience... he could not stump these Browncoats either.

It was very obvious that Adam was respectful and appreciative of this fan base. He recounted the appearance of the Chuck cast at Comic Con and how impressed they all were when the BC came out to support Adam. You could tell it meant a lot to him. There was talk of how we can convert all those Chuck viewers and fans into Browncoats... a project that will develop over the coming months I am sure.

He also mentioned that Chuck will air the first HDTV 3D episode in January. He said it was amazing. And he talked about the recent episode where Chuck had to kiss Casey (Adam) to give a poison antidote.. Jayne was philosphical about that one! To great amusement.

Many BC wondered what the musical episode of Firefly would have been like (given Joss' penchent for musical episodes) So the casts ideas were solicited for their characters musical highlight... and who knows.. if Joss is reading- maybe he could do a webisode a-la Dr. Horribles- but of the Firefly cast. It would be AWESOME!

Apparently Adam is not a singer. He said he would talk his bits- like Rex Harrision in My fair Lady.

This ranked as one of the BEST Q&As I have seen of Adam. And next time he is coming to a con- I think I will bring him some beer.. Stella was mentioned with approval...

Chindi

RICKKER

Tuesday, November 25, 2008 2:51 AM

Sorry, I usually update by the day but I was distracted and worn out. Just got home today and am taking a vacation from my vacation. My update will start before the con as I flew in on Thur and Did my "not a con" thing before the con. During the day I went down to Little Tokyo for some shopping. Found a book a friend from another fangroup was looking for and spent a bit more money than planned. Later on that day I met up with an old friend I hadd'nt seen since our 10th year reunion(this year would have been our 20th if we had gone) We went down to... Malibu? I don't remeber one of the piers. We caught up with what we had been doing and all that stuff, ate at Bubba Gumps shrip. Then We went to West Hollywood to see a show a myspace friend was putting on. Her name is Schuyler Fisk and I've been a fan for some time if interested
http://www.myspace.com/schuylerfisk
She was fantastic. My friend Brian also enjoyed himself. Her mother also happened to be there. Sissy Spacek. Shock and Awe Both Brian and I go our pictures taken with her(actually with both) We had talked to a mother of one of Schuylers friend outside the club before the show we told her I had come down to see Schuyler (mostly true). The nice lady had spoken to her before the show and while getting cds and autographs she thanked me for comming all the way from Seattle to see her. Both Schuyler and Sissy were very kind and gracious. this is running rather long and I havent even gotten to the con yet more later....if I can remember(getting old sucks)

EMBERS

Tuesday, November 25, 2008 5:37 AM

I had an awesome time, I posted about it here:
http://embers-log.livejournal.com/224200.html#cutid1
and here: http://embers-log.livejournal.com/

We have the best BDHs in the 'verse,
awesome creative people making replicas and star maps,
AND many wonderful Browncoats who love to party!

It was a great weekend.

New Firefly fans should check this out: http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.asp?b=2&t=15816

NE0VEN0M

Tuesday, November 25, 2008 4:16 PM

Thanks for the review. Aside from Adam aiming to misbehave as usual, the rules were that there are to be no personalizations??! Booo!!

AYZSKY

Tuesday, November 25, 2008 4:32 PM

Some people did get personalized autographs. I got one from Summer and Jewel but not from the other three. Maybe Summer and Jewel weren't told to not to or maybe they wanted to anyway? Or maybe some of the fans specifically asked for them? I was too shy to ask.

EMBERS

Tuesday, November 25, 2008 4:52 PM

On Saturday, at the beginning of the convention nothing was said one way or the other:
Jewell offered to personalize but I was having her sign a group picture and I was just getting signatures on that...
I had Ron Glass sign a photo of himself as Book so he did personalize that...
they were all very nice!

But Sunday evening when things were getting late and Adam's line was growing longer the convention organizers were trying to discourage us from asking for personalizations...
but I asked anyway because I had my old photo taken w/Adam which I REALLY wanted him to personalize!

And (BTW) I don't want to sound like I'm bad mouthing Creation: they had had a bad wrap a few years ago (I don't know why, this was the first of their conventions I've attended) but they've been really trying to improve their reputation and this convention was great:
everything happened on schedule and as advertised,
all the celebrities seemed happy and comfortable,
and all the fans were having a great time.
I have no complaints at all about any of it!

CHINDI

Tuesday, November 25, 2008 7:56 PM

we got everything personalized. I know the emcee said no personalization- but the BDHs were personalizing anything you asked them to do... otherwise they did just sign names.

We even got Adam to write Happy Birthday on one for a friend..

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