LIVE From Dragon*Con
POSTED BY: bad2verse
UPDATED: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 05:39
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He was coming OUT of the Wash Wake
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Oh, DUH! (slaps forehead) Reading too fast and misread it as wash room. Well, it was a kind of Wash room.
The hugeness of the Shindig as reported is truly amazing. I think the organizers must have been taken by surprise, as it seemed they only got started on it at the last minute and must not have expected such a response. There is a bigger venue available for it next year?
Miscellaneous info follows:
"Book" was played by the wonderful Ron Glass, who loves the part and would not likely be voluntarily unavailable. Hope there isn't a health issue.
"The Operative" (Chiwetel Ejiofor) had data scrolling inside his glasses in a deleted scene. I wonder if that was what the author was talking about, rather than a future project.
But I still like to get my hopes up.
Alan insists he is as tall as Gina, but not as tall as Nathan, who is listed at 6'1''-plus. Our fangirls who've had their photos taken with Nathan say he's quite tall, but Alan not so much.
Sleep fast and have more good con tomorrow. Eat your greens! Take your showers!
Keep those great reports coming, bad and Boomer, and anyone else.
bun, lovin' it...
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I just love reading these reports.
I guess we're lucky, BAD isn't one of the organizers so he still gets to report.
Or maybe we'd be luckier if he is, we get to see the shindig. 
Thanks bad. Amazing work.
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At the "discussion" (The one with the Projector screens hanging up in centenial 1-3) Notice Some one asked Wash if he'd read the books (From the writer that was tasked to novelize the scripts).. earlier he said they'd ALL signed on to a 3 movie contract originally... and then later when asked if he'd read the Books, Summer said she'd read one, and Wash asked if he was in them... Then Everyone said "YES!" he said "Oh Good, Maybe I'll be working on them then.. and then Summer cut him "that look" and they rushed on.... made me think about Everyone talking about the Non-Disclosure Agreements They'd all signed so much yesterday at the Miranda trial.
Is this possably a hint about new line of Firefly/Serenity novelisations beyond the original scripts?
There has been some hints on other threads that the suits have only been waiting for the DVD sales to reach a certain level before `greenlighting` this and now that Serenity has won both the Hugo and Nebula awards......
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Flight Instructor: Son, know what the first rule of flying is?
Me: Don`t crash?
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This is my take on the Shindig: First, my husband and I did manage to get in. The line was unbelievable. It was a smallish room, looked like it could only fit around 300 or so. Half of the room had tables, with games (chinese checkers, etc.) and small bottles of bubble fluid. The other half was crammed with standing people, which I took to be on the dance floor. 2 bartenders this year, which was good. The costume contest had 70 entrants, so the music didn't even start until after 11:30 or so. I'm not sure who the first band was, but the The Bedlam Bards did play after midnight sometime.
A couple of folks into the contest, we decided to take our leave. My head was killing me, hubby's back was about to go out...we're just not as young anymore. It was extremely crowded (the line wasn't any shorter when we left), and we couldn't really see any of the costumes. (I both priase and curse the digital camera age. Never seen so many cameras raised in the air before.) I imagine the thing was going until dawn, or close to. For only having a week to plan, Serenity and her minions did a fantastic job. Wish I would have felt better to enjoy it.
D*C note: While waiting in line, we saw a most unusual sight (heh, one of many). Imagine a guy that's dressed as a stormtrooper from the neck down, and the King from Burger King from the neck up, complete with cape. Most weird.
BoomerGoodheart
"I love my Captain."
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Quote:Um, well, neither did I!
Originally posted by FollowMal:
...And DonCoat.. I didn't even know he was going!
Maybe it's my doppelganger, or I'm doing a bit of OOB travel...
(Actually, I think somebody ASS-U-MEd.)
Edit: having finally read all the way through the thread, I must add -- thanks for the great reports!
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I'm pointin' right at it!
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I can't believe that both Bad2 and I forgot to share this incident:
During the first panel on Friday, Nathan called Alan. He was looking at his phone and said, "Everyone, say hello to Cap'n Tightpants". Needless to say, the place went wild. Alan put him on speaker phone so all of us could listen in. The two of them together are a riot, and Alan says that's pretty much how they always are, shootin' the shit, giving each other grief. It was very exciting, especially for us that have never seen/met Nathan in person.
How did we manage to forget this?!?
BoomerGoodheart
"I love my Captain."
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I almost wanna hang myself for not making it out to Atlanta for this. I cannot beleive how great everyone is making this sound and look... makes me feel like such a tool.
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OOOH!! These reports are GREAT!!! SHINY!! THANK you all so very much!!!
I think there is some veyr hopeful signs in there.. oversold Shindig, more browncoats then ever, and little slips by Alan.. all very very interesting and hopeful!!
Keep those notes coming.. we are all enjoying being there,,, virtually anyway.
BTW Alan is a bit taller than I am (met him at Flan) so taller than 5'7 but not much. Nathan is indeed 6' plus...
but in my eyes.. they are ALL BDH!!!
Chindi
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Alan did say that Joss assured him--should there be another movie--that both Wash & Book would be in it. Today, he said something to the effect that they haven't been told "definitely no" on another movie. Hmmmm.....
Oh, and neither he nor Summer knew about winning the Hugo award. It was hi-larious to see them so stupified. Alan said, "Guess I owe Joss a call".
I have some .avi clips that I'll post a link to when I get home. The files are big (around 40MB), the camera is still being figured out, the shots are of the big screen, and you'll have to turn your sound WAY up. Other than that, Speilberg's got nuthin' on our filming skills.
Oh, and Alan keeps wearing our lanyard! It's such a visceral thrill to see....
*Edit* Me & Bad posting the same things at the same time...how weird is that?
BoomerGoodheart
"I love my Captain."
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