DragonCon Report w/Photos!
POSTED BY: FireflyJunkie
UPDATED: Monday, September 13, 2004 12:33
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Hey all,
Long time Firefly fan, first time poster, with a report from DragonCon 2004. Got there early on Friday and raced down to the autographing area to getautographs for my Mom, the truest kind of Firefly fan who showed me the series while it was still airing.
Anyway, on Friday there was barely anyone there and it was great because I got to spend a few minutes with Nathan, Adam, and Jewel, all of whom are class acts. I told them how my Mom bought three of the DVD sets when they came out just to keep Firefly alive and they were so genuinely grateful.
I was REALLY NERVOUS to approach them, a first for me, as I have never gotten starstruck before, even in the face of other celebs. But Nathan I think saw my apprehension and called out to me first. "Hi," he said and stood up and introduced himself with an upraised arm and shook my hand. A real first class man.
Nathan asked me my name, thanked me, and signed a photo for my Mom which read, "To Ann, Stay Shiny - Shoot First!" He told me to thank her.
Then I got to talk with Jewel, who really took time to listen to me and signed a photo which read, "To Ann, Thank you so much for your support! I hope you enjoy Serenity!"
Then Adam Baldwin and I shared a funny non-verbal exchange as a wayward and confused Star Wars fan got between me and the table and started literally mumbling and muttering while Adam tried to explain to him he was in the wrong place and the Star Wars celebs were elsewhere. The man continued to mill around for a good two minutes, all the while Adam and I exchanging creeped out glances to one another. It was really funny. Then he signed a photo for my Mom.
Later, I went to the Firefly panel where I watched their comedic antics and got to ask them a question! I asked Nathan what Mal's character would be like in Serenity, whether he would remain the comedic Captain from the series or revert back to the harder, colder captain from the pilot episode that Fox didn't like. After I asked the question, the three of them all nodded and Nathan and Jewel both said, "Good question." That made me feel good.
Nathan answered by saying that Joss Whedon had made the choice to pull Mal back a little, bring him closer to the harder Mal for the upcoming film. It was cool b/c he remembered me from earlier and looked right at me the whole time he answered my question. I think we'll still see some comedy from Fillion though...
Nathan also said that sas an actor, he had always wanted to shoot a gun, shoot someone, get shot, and ride a horse, and that he was so happy to have done all of them in the first episode of Firefly. Then he said that now his goal was for a horse to shoot him! Lots of laughs from the audience and his fellow cast members.
I also went to the Saturday panel, but I was late due to some confusion. Got to see the last twenty or so minutes of it. Good stuff from the three of them as always!
I missed the Sunday panel, but took the opportunity to get some photos of them signing autographs and get my picture taken with Nathan Fillion. He remembered me once again, and what was really funny was, after I got a picture with him, he asked if he could get a picture of me and my friend! So, he took a picture of us! What a great guy and I couldn't have been more humbled by his genuine kindness and enthusiasm.
I have posted two pages of pictures I took on Sunday here: http://www.geocities.com/mfbespinluke/firefly
Enjoy guys! And as Nathan wrote to my Mom, "Stay Shiny! Shoot first!"
FireflyJunkie
They say that mercy is the sign of a great man...STAB...Guess I'm just a good man...STAB...Well, I'm all right.
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What an amazing first post,and great pictures--I am so there next year.VERY F'N SHINY!
"Hamsters is nice."
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Nice pics and post too! Thanks for sharing.
" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "
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Thanks for your post. I heard the mp3 of the first panel, and thought your question was the best--it's exactly the kind of thing I wanted to know. Well done, and if you remember anymore cool stuff, post it for those of us tragically unable to attend. . . .
"Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle. . . ."
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LEEH,
Where can I access the mp3 you mentioned? I would love to have that for my archive!
Thanks,
Mike
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Hey FireflyJunkie, excellent pictures! Some posed, and some of them just talking. Do you have any more you didn't post?
I was at the panels on Friday and Saturday. I heard your question, and I thought it was a good one too. Wasn't that a great panel? I believe, though no positive, that he also added that:
(hope this isn't too spoilery)
The reason Mal pulls back a little in Serenity is that some things have happened in the intervening months that are affecting him. He didn't specify.
Here are a few pics from the panel: www.animateanimal/dragoncon/2004
I'll put a gallery up later of more. Frances came through and I'm still without power at home. :(
I finally went to the Walk of Fame on Sunday, and met Jewel Staite. I asked if they were expecting the kind of response they got here, and she said they had NO idea it would be like that. They couldn't believe people were waiting to get in on Friday, which is of course why they moved Saturday's panel to the largest room, and that still filled up.
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You can find it at
http://homepage.mac.com/drewsemail/FileSharing17.html
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Judging by the pictures,It's Good to know that Jewel shakes her snapple bottle the cool way.....(I love the 90's VH1 reference there....never mind me)
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Yeah,
Nathan did say that about the 8 month gap between the last epsiode and the film being the reason behind the regression of Mal's character into the edgier version.
I just didn't know if I should have said that in the first post. It is pretty vague though, so it shouldn't bother anyone here.
Mike
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Welcome to the site FireflyJunkie! Great to have you w/ us. Thanks for sharing your post w/ us on what you saw & did at the Con.
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.
"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."
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