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| Name: Ryan Roe Email: prawnrr-rmv@this.com-yahoo.com Position: Movie / Television / Comic Book / Trivia Geek View Ryan's Personal Profile |
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| And now the exciting conclusion to the story begun in this journal post. Two o’clock was time for the Buffy Girls Q & A. We managed to sit in the third row, which was cool. Robia LaMorte and Iyari Limon really seemed like they were having fun the whole time, which made for an entertaining panel. I guess I’d be having fun too if I was getting free airfare and accommodations to come talk to people who loved my work. Oddly, several of the audience questions weren’t even Buffy-related. People asked, “What are your hobbies?” and “Where do you like to go on vacation?” Though the latter question led to Limon telling a wild story about being chased by a shark, it wasn’t about Buffy. I did get to ask a show-related question, though, so I can’t complain. The Wil Wheaton book reading was next, followed by the Star Trek Q & A with Brent Spiner, Michael Dorn and John de Lancie. However, it was after 3:00, and we hadn’t eaten since breakfast. Also, we wanted to hit the dealer’s room before it closed. Hmm… “hit the dealer’s room” sounds pretty drug-related, doesn’t it? We decided to skip the Trek stuff, as we’re not Trekkies anyway. First we roamed the dealer’s room for a while. I had a list of comics to look for, mostly issues that filled in holes or resolved storylines of comics I already had. However, as I made my way around the room, I found that almost no dealers had their comics in alphabetical order, or chronological order, or any kind of order. It was as if they had been filed by the Joker! It seems to me you’d sell more comics if people could find what they’re looking for, but that’s just me. I only found two Incredible Hulk comics from my list. One dealer had several large bins of old action figures. I looked at some of them… Masters of the Universe’s Battle Cat and Thundercats’ Rat-Tar-O. I was very tempted to buy them, because they were figures I’d wanted when I was a kid, but hadn’t managed to get my grubby little paws on. But the difference is that Ryan of 1987 would play with a Battle Cat toy, whereas Ryan of 2004 would probably end up putting it in a box in the closet. Though my inner child whined, I walked away sans action figures. Jason pointed out a DVD copy of the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special at one of the dealer tables, and I was intrigued. It’s the much-mocked 1978 special that George Lucas has expressed great embarrassment over, and I’d always wanted to see it. Since I hadn’t spent as much on comics as I expected, I went ahead and bought it. Yes, it’s a bootleg, but the fact is it’s never been commercially released so there’s no other way to see it. Plus I’m still ticked off at Lucas over the whole debacle of the original Star Wars trilogy changes, but many of you reading this have already heard me kvetch about that, so I won’t go into it. Just before leaving to find food, we went to the autograph room, where Jason and I each paid to have our pictures taken with the Buffy women. They said all the money from the photos would go to charity, and since Robia LaMorte’s other job is as a Christian speaker, I’ll take her word for it. Both actresses were really cool, and they both complimented my Ernie t-shirt. Yep… the ladies can never resist Ernie with a banana in his ear. Jason was kind enough to upload my photo: Click here to see it. You can also click here to see his. While in the autograph room, we caught a glimpse of Brent Spiner and Wil Wheaton, as well as Peter Mayhew, Star Wars’ Chewbacca, who is a big dude. After lunching at a nearby Wendy’s, where we saw a police car chasing a man (!) chasing a dog (!!) across a busy city street (!!!), we returned to the con. We got back just in time for the costume contest. There were some great costumes. My favorites were the ones that weren’t obvious. Though the Predator guy deserved his win in the Best Adapted Costume category, I thought the young man who came as Shaun of the Dead and the girl who was Kaylee from Firefly were a little more creative in their choice of characters. The winner of the Best Original Costume was a guy who came dressed as “a Giant Robot.” He chose a very good name for his costume, because when I saw him the first thing I thought was, “Dang, it’s a giant robot.” He was over 8 feet tall, with huge stilt legs, pincers for hands, and flashing lights all over. I can’t imagine how much money he must have spent on that thing, but I bet he’ll get a lot of candy on Halloween. Then we had to stand up, leave the auditorium, and get in line to come back into the auditorium. Next up was the final event of the evening, the special advance screening of the movie Saw, starring Cary Elwes and Danny Glover. I may post a review of it later. The movie is quite violent, so I was worried that some people who brought their children to the con might bring them into the screening, but I didn’t see any young children. That speaks well for the parenting skills of the nerd crowd. The con continued on Sunday, and Jason and I had considered going to the Q & A with Orli Shoshan (Jedi Master Shaak Ti from Star Wars), and Robia LaMorte’s talk “Faith, Christianity and God.” But that would have meant not leaving Plano until after 3 PM for the long drive home. Also, we had done everything else we wanted to do, so we opted to simply return home on Sunday. Sunday morning Aunt Carol took us to breakfast at the traditional Wood family breakfast spot, IHOP on Josey Lane at LBJ Expressway. Thanks, Carol! And then we were on the road again. I’m really glad I went to the convention. Going in, I wasn’t sure it would be worth the travel time, but when I got home I was already looking on the website for the next Dallas Comic Con. It was fun seeing famous people, or famous-to-me people. And it was cool knowing that for once, I was surrounded by people who would actually know what I was talking about if I asked them whether they preferred Erik Larsen to Todd McFarlane, and people who might actually laugh if I made a hilarious joke about Bib Fortuna. Hooray for comics. Hooray for sci-fi. Hooray for people who like comics and sci-fi. Peace out. Comments on this post are closed. |
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| By the way, I've given it some thought, and I can't come up with a single joke about Bib Fortuna. If anyone else can do it, by all means post it in a comment. |
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| Bib Fortuna never checks his email anymore (cool_twilek23@tatooine.hutt). I heard him telling Jabba that it was because he was tired of reading spam about how to increase the size of his head-tentacle. |
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| You are amazing, dear nephew----!!!! I know next to NOTHING about all the celebritires you wrote about, but nevertheless, I am EXTREMELY impressed. Your mind and personality have always fasinated me..I'm in Alb. seeing docs and friends. Mick left last week. Looking forward to seeing you Thanksgiving....Love, GG |
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| Well done, Matt. I bet some of those people would have laughed at that one. |
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| re: Photos with hot chicks. I think people would pay money to have their photo taken with someone who'd paid money to have their photo taken with Buffy cast members. Think about it. re: Star Wars Holiday Special. I have seen it, and it is my sworn duty to prevent other Star Wars fans from glimpsing its horror. I know you want to, I know how desperately you want to, but I implore you -- I promise you -- there is nothing there for you. It's like looking into the soul of a dead vampire while wearing X-Ray specs. There. Is. Nothing. There. For. You. I realize my efforts will be in vain. I, too, have felt the inexorable, magnetic pull of the Star Wars Holiday Special. I remember only too well thinking to myself, "But it'll be funny! Bea Arthur singing in the Cantina! An unsubtitled, Wookie-Family-Christmas! It'll be funny!!!" But it's not. It's sad. It's woeful. It goes past bad, through so-bad-it's-funny, and comes around again to so-bad-it's-really-really-bad. It will drain you of your innocent, childlike enjoyment of space operas. It may spoil Carrie Fisher for you forever. Even her hilarious Postcards From The Edge DVD commentary may be able to bring you back. I have no wish to say I told you so. I just want you to know that others have been here before you. You stand on the brink of the Dark Side, and yet -- there is still time to turn away. |
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| <Even her hilarious Postcards From The Edge DVD commentary may be able to bring you back.> By which I mean, "even her hilarious Postcards From The Edge DVD commentary may NOT be able to bring you back." Yours grammatically -- TV's KB |
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| If Bea Arthur's in it, sign me up! |
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| If you're going to watch any part of the Holiday Special, watch the Boba Fett cartoon. It's nowhere near the quality of the Clone Wars cartoons, but it's the only tolerable part of the whole Life Day nightmare. Carrie Fisher's singing is just dreadful. I mean, they didn't let David Prowse or Ray Park use their own voices in the movies, so why on Coruscant was Carrie Fisher's singing left un-dubbed? I wonder if Bea Arthur's character will have a cameo in 'Revenge of the Sith.' And if you think Peter Mayhew makes a big wookie, then just . . . well . . . nevermind. I've probably said too much. But if I recall correctly, you've already seen the Boba Fett cartoon, haven't you, Ryan? |
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| To Kynan: I must respectfully disagree with you. Sure, the special is dreadful. But to me it's fascinating. I wouldn't try to deter anyone from watching it... You can't really understand how strange it is until you see it for yourself. As I watched it, I was full of questions... Who thought this would be a good idea? How did the children of 1978 react to Dihann Caroll's unsettlingly sexy song to Chewbacca's father Itchy? How much did the humans get paid? Which parts of the special did Bruce Vilanch write? And so on. To Michal: Yes, Bea Arthur's in it. She's a barmaid at the Mos Eisley cantina. Harvey Korman, in one of his three roles, tries to flirt with her. Then she sings a heartfelt song about how much all her patrons mean to her, and how sad she is when they leave. I think it was intended to be a genuinely emotional moment. To Matt: Carrie Fisher's singing doesn't reach painful until she tries to hit the high notes. Then it's painful. And yeah, the cartoon-- which I had already seen-- is kind of cool, but the character design of Han is pretty out there. |
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| Good article, Ryan. You forgot to mention what show-related question you asked the Buffy girls, though. And the Star Wars Holiday Special is the worst thing ever. Not just the worst TV special ever, mind you. Not just the worst Star Wars spinoff ever. It's the worst THING ever. I can't blame you for feeling like you want to see it for yourself, though. It's like a train wreck, or roadkill. |
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| I didn't forget to mention what question I asked. I just didn't know if the non-fans reading the journal would care. I asked, "Would you be interested in doing any new Buffy projects?" They both said they would, so I asked, "Have you heard anything?" Robia LaMorte said they've talked to her about doing the Buffy animated series, but she doesn't know anything else about it. |
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| I think the Star Wars Christmas Special is something that everybody should endure, like the birth process or seventh grade. |
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| Where did you get that shirt? I have to have one |
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| That's pretty much my favorite shirt. I got it at Kohl's for a very reasonable price. I've seen it for sale online as well. By the way, who are you? |
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| seriously where do you get that shirt online or at a store? |
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| As I say, I got mine at Kohl's, the department store. I bet you could find it if you did some web searching. So, "guy who wants that shirt"... are you related to "Ernie Addict?" |
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| Man, I can't wait until the PS4 comes out. Those games are gonna rock! |
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