Dallas Fandays - A Local Type Of Comic Con
Tommy and I went last weekend to the Dallas version of Comic Con.
It's much smaller scale than either Comic Con or Dragon*Con, but
I enjoyed it. Less walking and a single building instead of several
hotels like Dragon*Con. Plus you wait outside in a parking garage
instead of the hot sun.
First day was a bit of shopping and photos for Tommy and his niece,
Courtney, who came with us. That day we attended panels with
Sean Astin, Robert Englund aka Freddy in A NIGHTMARE ON ELM
STREET, and Felicia Day. Tommy and Courtney had photos to do
so I stayed in the panel room to hear Casper Van Dien and
Dina Meyer's panel for Starship Troopers. I felt bad for them because
there were very few questions about the movie or their careers.
Second day was just me and Tommy. We sat though panels with
Gina Torres and Alan Tudyk (from FIREFLY) and Eddie McClintock
from Warehouse 13. Did you know Gina has training as singer?
She sang during the panel and it was just amazing. And if you
haven't heard yet, James Marsters and Tony Head are filming parts
for Warehouse 13 that will be coming up. Eddie must not have
watched Buffy because he thought Giles was a professor on the
show. Eddie said he couldn't talk much about what they were
on the show, but James has revealed he will play an immortal
and Tony will be his brother in the episodes. So Randy and Giles
are back together again sorta. Hee!
The panels were so much fun. I love going to panels. You find
out so much about behind the scenes and silly stuff. I loved it
when Alan and Gina booed Fox Network for canceling Firefly.
Felicia is just so wonderful. She truly gets how fans feel.
I did laugh at Eddie talking about how seeing Bruce Campbell in
The Evil Dead, Part Two led to him being an actor. Eddie then spoke
about meeting Bruce for the first time on Sat. He totally fanboyed
and it was just so funny.
Also on Sunday, Tommy was picking out a photo for Casper Van
Dien to sign. Lance Henriksen walked up to say hello to Casper.
Casper was thrilled that Lance came to see him. They were based
on different floors to sign autographs. When Lance left Casper just
was so excited. He admires Lance and had worked with him on a
project. Tommy missed the whole thing because he was busy picking
out a photo for the autograph. It's fun to see an actor reacting like we do
on meeting someone we love.
It's much smaller scale than either Comic Con or Dragon*Con, but
I enjoyed it. Less walking and a single building instead of several
hotels like Dragon*Con. Plus you wait outside in a parking garage
instead of the hot sun.
First day was a bit of shopping and photos for Tommy and his niece,
Courtney, who came with us. That day we attended panels with
Sean Astin, Robert Englund aka Freddy in A NIGHTMARE ON ELM
STREET, and Felicia Day. Tommy and Courtney had photos to do
so I stayed in the panel room to hear Casper Van Dien and
Dina Meyer's panel for Starship Troopers. I felt bad for them because
there were very few questions about the movie or their careers.
Second day was just me and Tommy. We sat though panels with
Gina Torres and Alan Tudyk (from FIREFLY) and Eddie McClintock
from Warehouse 13. Did you know Gina has training as singer?
She sang during the panel and it was just amazing. And if you
haven't heard yet, James Marsters and Tony Head are filming parts
for Warehouse 13 that will be coming up. Eddie must not have
watched Buffy because he thought Giles was a professor on the
show. Eddie said he couldn't talk much about what they were
on the show, but James has revealed he will play an immortal
and Tony will be his brother in the episodes. So Randy and Giles
are back together again sorta. Hee!
The panels were so much fun. I love going to panels. You find
out so much about behind the scenes and silly stuff. I loved it
when Alan and Gina booed Fox Network for canceling Firefly.
Felicia is just so wonderful. She truly gets how fans feel.
I did laugh at Eddie talking about how seeing Bruce Campbell in
The Evil Dead, Part Two led to him being an actor. Eddie then spoke
about meeting Bruce for the first time on Sat. He totally fanboyed
and it was just so funny.
Also on Sunday, Tommy was picking out a photo for Casper Van
Dien to sign. Lance Henriksen walked up to say hello to Casper.
Casper was thrilled that Lance came to see him. They were based
on different floors to sign autographs. When Lance left Casper just
was so excited. He admires Lance and had worked with him on a
project. Tommy missed the whole thing because he was busy picking
out a photo for the autograph. It's fun to see an actor reacting like we do
on meeting someone we love.