DragonCon Report w/Photos!
POSTED BY: FireflyJunkie
UPDATED: Monday, September 13, 2004 12:33
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Count me in! Oh, and sorry about the picture pages being offline. I hate geocities for it's data allocation limits, but just wait a little and the page should be available again.
I scanned the photos big for detail. Geocities doesn't like big...
Mike
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Pics look great Mike! I will put you down for next year. Hopefully we will be able to plan a lot more Firefly fan events. We are working on a fan suite for 2005.
"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."
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Just a bit of trivia for ya. I worked in the con media/ops room so I was there after the Friday Firefly panel.
Scheduling, Facilities and Tech Ops all came into the room, babbling at the top of their lungs while pointing at the schedule for the next day. Apparently what had happened was that the Friday Firefly panel was put into the Centennial 1 Ballroom. For those who have never been to D*C, that will seat about 300 to 400 people or so. They filled the room, put people standing against the wall and STILL had to close the doors and not let another seventy-five to a hundred people in. So everyone was trying to figure out a way to move the Saturday panel into the Centennial 2-3 Ballroom, which can hold almost double Centennial 1.
The punchline here is that the figured it out, made the swap and the staff STILL ran out of room for the panel. Houston, we have a fandom. I think it's a pretty safe bet that they'll be asked back next year.
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Originally posted by arkhamrefugee:
Just a bit of trivia for ya. I worked in the con media/ops room so I was there after the Friday Firefly panel.
Scheduling, Facilities and Tech Ops all came into the room, babbling at the top of their lungs while pointing at the schedule for the next day. Apparently what had happened was that the Friday Firefly panel was put into the Centennial 1 Ballroom. For those who have never been to D*C, that will seat about 300 to 400 people or so. They filled the room, put people standing against the wall and STILL had to close the doors and not let another seventy-five to a hundred people in. So everyone was trying to figure out a way to move the Saturday panel into the Centennial 2-3 Ballroom, which can hold almost double Centennial 1.
The punchline here is that the figured it out, made the swap and the staff STILL ran out of room for the panel. Houston, we have a fandom. I think it's a pretty safe bet that they'll be asked back next year.
You are so right Arkhamrefugee. I was stunned to see that they had standing room only in Centennial II & III for the Firefly panels. People were turned away because the room capacity was reached (and then some!).
Next year when the movie is a big hit I think we will see a lot more Firefly fans then we did this year.
"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."
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Judging from the fact that last years one and only Firefly Fan panel was SRO I think we might of had an inkling that with 3 BDH's showing up Centennial 1 would be too small, but nobody asked me...
Can't wait till next year... Centennial's 1, 2 and 3 will be ours (insert evil laugh)
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Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
We are already in the planning stages for next years Dragon Con. We are hoping to have a dedicated Firefly/Serenity fan suite for parties, DVD viewings, mingling of Browncoats, and to invite any and all of the BDHs that show up for the Con.
It sounds like you guys had a blast. It also sounds like you guys impressed our BDH's and the con organizers so hopefully there will be an even bigger Firefly presence next time. Mark me down for next year BC1. I tried my best to be there this year, but alas it did not work out. Hell nor high water will keep me from the con next year.
May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.
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Curses! I couldn't download the pictures! CURSES!
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CaptainCDC wrote:
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It sounds like you guys had a blast. It also sounds like you guys impressed our BDH's and the con organizers so hopefully there will be an even bigger Firefly presence next time. Mark me down for next year BC1. I tried my best to be there this year, but alas it did not work out. Hell nor high water will keep me from the con next year.
Got you down for next year CaptCDC!
We did indeed have a blast. Getting to not only see Nathan, Adam & Jewel, but to be able to talk to them, get pics and autographs made it even better. I should have my pics up later this week.
You did miss the Serenity trailer, Serenity gag reel, and the movie slide show that Adam brought in to the Firefly panel Saturday night. We were all so thrilled to see it. Adam was great and when he said he brought them to show us because we are "part of the family" I thought I was going to get choked up. The BDHs were soooooo down to earth and thoughtful it made you realize that we are all part of something very special.
FireflyGal wrote:
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Judging from the fact that last years one and only Firefly Fan panel was SRO I think we might of had an inkling that with 3 BDH's showing up Centennial 1 would be too small, but nobody asked me...
Can't wait till next year... Centennial's 1, 2 and 3 will be ours (insert evil laugh)
I agree FFG. I think that we shocked not only Dragon Con w/ our sheer numbers and loyalty, but I think we shocked the BDHs as well.
I think next year that we will be turning people away again even if we have Centennial I, II & III. The movie will have been out (and a hit) by that point, which will draw even more Browncoats to the Con. I think we may very well be one of the largest fanbases at Dragon Con next year.
"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."
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If you go here:
http://www.exisle.net/mb/index.php?showtopic=19852&st=0&
you will see a con report by Cardie and I added in some of my thoughts and pictures.
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Browncoats, no power in the 'verse can stop us!!
By the way, BC1, I hope this is a given but sign me up for next DragonCon, heck, I already bought my ticket!
I too, was touched when Adam called us "family". I don't think I've ever seen an actor so into his fans and so truly grateful to US (what a switch) and Joss. You're right, BC1, Firefly fans will be the largest contingent there, I'd bet my autographed photo of Nathan on it!
Speaking of making the movie a hit (I should probably make a separate post on this but we have a captive audience) 
A magic number for the opening weekend that was mentioned, in order to be a "hit" was $40M. Now doing a little Browncoat math, using $8/ticket that's 5M tickets we have to get sold (or bought). Now, I'm planning on buying 1 ticket to each showing opening weekend, let's say 8 showings. That means we only need 625,000 fans to make this thing a hit, if each fan buys 8 tickets. And I'd say that's conservative based on tickets prices in high priced markets. Jewel mentioned that a fan bought out a whole theaters worth of tickets in his neighborhood already!! Wish I could do that, but alas, I'm a working class Browncoat.
I'll be trying to upload my pics too.
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