MegaCon: The Positives
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ericadawn16My brother and I went to MegaCon and it was AWESOME!
He claimed he had no desires and wanted to do whatever I wanted.
I wanted to see the Torchwood panel. This was my main reason for wanting to go. It was originally supposed to be John Barrowman, Gareth David-Lloyd, Eve Myles, Burn Gorman and Kai Owen. Gorman and Owen dropped out but just having those first three...it's magic with them together.
You can watch the whole thing here...well, except for the erotic shadow puppetry that John and Gareth did while waiting for Eve:
I was a little worried because my brother has never seen Torchwood. He knows the older Doctor Who and a few newer ones here and there, but doesn't have BBCA. Then, the announcer started telling about how raunchy it could get and how John doesn't like to keep his clothes on and how it might not be the best panel for smaller viewers and...
I got a little worried what he must be thinking...
He laughed just as hard as I did through all the jokes and stories. He even said he might try Torchwood and definitely wanted to see more from John Barrowman, like maybe a villain role...
hehe, I do have to get him hooked on Arrow, I admit that.
Please continue contacting the BBC/BBCA/everyone in the universe about bringing back Torchwood. I admit I was a bit done after the last one, but this panel really made me remember why I liked it so much in the first place. Gareth was also very adamant about bringing him back.
I know, I know, he's supposed to be dead but that's also what they said about Coulson and Barbossa AND they claimed Rose would never be back...I'm good with technicalities.
In the meantime, I really hope Gareth will be on Arrow at some point.
Afterwards, when we finally were able to get downstairs, we wondered around the main floor. It was amazing; not just the experience but when I last attended MegaCon in 2002, that main floor was IT. You had the celebrities, the gaming, everything in one room. It's grown so much.
In fact, on that Saturday, they had 87,000 attend. To put that in perspective, Magic Kingdom usually only gets 50,000 visitors per day and they're not crammed into a three-story building.
Brother and I found the celebrities. We didn't wait in line but we loved just being in the same vicinity as John Barrowman, Jon Heder, Eliza Dushku, James Marsters and David Morrissey!
The rest had all been at conventions before but I'd never seen David Morrissey appearing at one before. He's been awesome sauce on top of awesome sauce (Blackpool, Doctor Who, State of Play, The Other Boleyn, Sense & Sensitivity). I was a little saddened that the majority of the line was holding The Walking Dead stuff. Did they not know him before that??
They had a wonderful Lego exhibit. You can learn more about it here:
http://www.gflug.org/project-tampa.htm
I like to think the University of Tampa is just on the other side of the table where people are walking, hehe.
I guess I'm a little short for a stormtrooper?
Skottie Young was there. It was so awesome to see him after loving all his stuff. He drew the Nick Fury in the icon. I had finally found the variant for Secret Avengers where Natasha, Clint and Phil are all tied up together so he signed that. He was so tired. I felt a little bad for him because he was trying to be nice. He wasn't charging for autographs. He simply wanted people to donate to the charity that helps comic book creators in need, but people were taking advantage of that. The guy in front of me was obviously a dealer who made him sign a THICK stack. There were a good 15-20 comics in that stack.
Then, we tracked down Silent Bob's Secret Stash. This was the other big reason I wanted to come. In 2002, the BIG media guest was Kevin Smith, but he had his buddies with him, Bryan Johnson and Walt Flanagan. I had all three sign my Jay & Silent Bob cover of Star Wars Insider even though Bryan and Walt seemed embarrassed that anyone would even want them to sign anything.
Now, Walt and Bryan have their own show and most of them were there. I wanted Ming Chen and Frank Zapcic to sign my magazine so I'd have the whole cast of the show. It was forty dollars for everyone to sign AND a photo or thirty dollars just for Ming and Frank. However, they were INCREDIBLY NICE!!! Almost no one paid the forty dollars but almost everyone got a photo anyway as long as they had their own camera. They were very surprised and impressed by Walt's signature and wanted to know how I had it because he'd stayed home and stays home most of the time it seems. I doubt too many people take 12 years to get autographs in the Viewaskewniverse. I'd still like to get Jason Mewes.
At this point, brother admits that what he really wanted to do at MegaCon was meet Stan Lee.
Uh oh...
I mean, they had that whole pre-order and stuff which apparently my brother didn't read and/or understand. Still, if that's what he wanted most in the whole world and we only had about an hour left before close, I'd do my best to accommodate. We tracked him down to a series of rooms that were closed off. You could only enter with a special ticket and they were all sold out. My brother was starting to do his freak out; not helped by not bringing drinks or food. I made sure I had my Vitamin Water. I wasn't going to be satisfied until we at least SAW Stan Lee. I scoped the area and discovered the last set of doors had a clear view. The attendant at the door smiled at me, "You want to see him, right?"
I nodded and motioned for brother to come over. We saw him. He was older and more tired than I remembered from his Thor cameo but it was him. We could now say for the rest of our lives that we saw Stan Lee in person.
I think he still wants to actually MEET him so hopefully, next year. *fingers crossed*
All the cosplay was awesome. I think there should be a cosplay bingo or scavenger hunt at these things:
Female He-Man? Check.
TARDIS made out of a wheelchair? Check
Steampunk pilot with large retractable wings? Check.
Ghostbuster with real "working" pack? Check
However, this group was one of my favorites especially since...when do you ever get to see Frigga?
I also want it to be known that Sif and Loki had to be told to stop flirting in order to take the photo.
He claimed he had no desires and wanted to do whatever I wanted.
I wanted to see the Torchwood panel. This was my main reason for wanting to go. It was originally supposed to be John Barrowman, Gareth David-Lloyd, Eve Myles, Burn Gorman and Kai Owen. Gorman and Owen dropped out but just having those first three...it's magic with them together.
You can watch the whole thing here...well, except for the erotic shadow puppetry that John and Gareth did while waiting for Eve:
I was a little worried because my brother has never seen Torchwood. He knows the older Doctor Who and a few newer ones here and there, but doesn't have BBCA. Then, the announcer started telling about how raunchy it could get and how John doesn't like to keep his clothes on and how it might not be the best panel for smaller viewers and...
I got a little worried what he must be thinking...
He laughed just as hard as I did through all the jokes and stories. He even said he might try Torchwood and definitely wanted to see more from John Barrowman, like maybe a villain role...
hehe, I do have to get him hooked on Arrow, I admit that.
Please continue contacting the BBC/BBCA/everyone in the universe about bringing back Torchwood. I admit I was a bit done after the last one, but this panel really made me remember why I liked it so much in the first place. Gareth was also very adamant about bringing him back.
I know, I know, he's supposed to be dead but that's also what they said about Coulson and Barbossa AND they claimed Rose would never be back...I'm good with technicalities.
In the meantime, I really hope Gareth will be on Arrow at some point.
Afterwards, when we finally were able to get downstairs, we wondered around the main floor. It was amazing; not just the experience but when I last attended MegaCon in 2002, that main floor was IT. You had the celebrities, the gaming, everything in one room. It's grown so much.
In fact, on that Saturday, they had 87,000 attend. To put that in perspective, Magic Kingdom usually only gets 50,000 visitors per day and they're not crammed into a three-story building.
Brother and I found the celebrities. We didn't wait in line but we loved just being in the same vicinity as John Barrowman, Jon Heder, Eliza Dushku, James Marsters and David Morrissey!
The rest had all been at conventions before but I'd never seen David Morrissey appearing at one before. He's been awesome sauce on top of awesome sauce (Blackpool, Doctor Who, State of Play, The Other Boleyn, Sense & Sensitivity). I was a little saddened that the majority of the line was holding The Walking Dead stuff. Did they not know him before that??
They had a wonderful Lego exhibit. You can learn more about it here:
http://www.gflug.org/project-tampa.htm
I like to think the University of Tampa is just on the other side of the table where people are walking, hehe.
I guess I'm a little short for a stormtrooper?
Skottie Young was there. It was so awesome to see him after loving all his stuff. He drew the Nick Fury in the icon. I had finally found the variant for Secret Avengers where Natasha, Clint and Phil are all tied up together so he signed that. He was so tired. I felt a little bad for him because he was trying to be nice. He wasn't charging for autographs. He simply wanted people to donate to the charity that helps comic book creators in need, but people were taking advantage of that. The guy in front of me was obviously a dealer who made him sign a THICK stack. There were a good 15-20 comics in that stack.
Then, we tracked down Silent Bob's Secret Stash. This was the other big reason I wanted to come. In 2002, the BIG media guest was Kevin Smith, but he had his buddies with him, Bryan Johnson and Walt Flanagan. I had all three sign my Jay & Silent Bob cover of Star Wars Insider even though Bryan and Walt seemed embarrassed that anyone would even want them to sign anything.
Now, Walt and Bryan have their own show and most of them were there. I wanted Ming Chen and Frank Zapcic to sign my magazine so I'd have the whole cast of the show. It was forty dollars for everyone to sign AND a photo or thirty dollars just for Ming and Frank. However, they were INCREDIBLY NICE!!! Almost no one paid the forty dollars but almost everyone got a photo anyway as long as they had their own camera. They were very surprised and impressed by Walt's signature and wanted to know how I had it because he'd stayed home and stays home most of the time it seems. I doubt too many people take 12 years to get autographs in the Viewaskewniverse. I'd still like to get Jason Mewes.
At this point, brother admits that what he really wanted to do at MegaCon was meet Stan Lee.
Uh oh...
I mean, they had that whole pre-order and stuff which apparently my brother didn't read and/or understand. Still, if that's what he wanted most in the whole world and we only had about an hour left before close, I'd do my best to accommodate. We tracked him down to a series of rooms that were closed off. You could only enter with a special ticket and they were all sold out. My brother was starting to do his freak out; not helped by not bringing drinks or food. I made sure I had my Vitamin Water. I wasn't going to be satisfied until we at least SAW Stan Lee. I scoped the area and discovered the last set of doors had a clear view. The attendant at the door smiled at me, "You want to see him, right?"
I nodded and motioned for brother to come over. We saw him. He was older and more tired than I remembered from his Thor cameo but it was him. We could now say for the rest of our lives that we saw Stan Lee in person.
I think he still wants to actually MEET him so hopefully, next year. *fingers crossed*
All the cosplay was awesome. I think there should be a cosplay bingo or scavenger hunt at these things:
Female He-Man? Check.
TARDIS made out of a wheelchair? Check
Steampunk pilot with large retractable wings? Check.
Ghostbuster with real "working" pack? Check
However, this group was one of my favorites especially since...when do you ever get to see Frigga?
I also want it to be known that Sif and Loki had to be told to stop flirting in order to take the photo.
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Date: 2014-05-19 03:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-05-19 06:11 am (UTC)The fact that Barrowman is now a series regular on Arrow would probably also make it problematic.
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Date: 2014-05-19 06:33 am (UTC)They NEVER mentioned Russell in this context.
Considering that Torchwood wouldn't be more than six or seven episodes, I doubt that would be a problem since the summer hiatus is plenty of time to bang that out....
Also, the Arrow producers are HUGE DW fans so I don't think they would want to mess with Jack Harkness either.
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Date: 2014-05-19 06:45 am (UTC)Russell holds all the cards, and that includes Ianto being permanently dead. (And in the light of the way the Ianto fans behaved after Children of Earth, it seems like RTD'll go out of his way to keep him that way just to spite them.)
I'm sure they'd all love to do the show again, and there are people who want to produce it, but RTD's pretty much said 'no' to anything/everything since his partner got sick. :(
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Date: 2014-05-20 05:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-05-19 09:33 am (UTC)What's Eliza been doing lately? I haven't seen her in anything in ages.
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Date: 2014-05-20 05:46 am (UTC)I do try to watch the Hulk and the Agents of Smash sometimes but...it's so awful...
I totally expected her to guest star on Agents of SHIELD by now.
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Date: 2014-05-20 11:09 pm (UTC)I am always happy when celebrities do not charge for autographs. To me that feels more equitable.
Oh man. I love Kevin Smith!
That Thor group is pretty rad. Also of course Sif and Loki would be flirting.
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Date: 2014-05-29 02:48 am (UTC)So, I think you're the person on my FList who would appreciate seeing this the most.
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Date: 2014-05-29 05:53 pm (UTC)