T1 convention report #3
Autographs
After a couple of other panels and a quick bite of lunch, Lyn and I had steward duty. As it happened, I was I the room with Adam, Zach, Miracle, Zichen and Summer. Adam stood up for a fair bit of the time he was signing and flexed his upper arms and shoulders. Someone told me later that he'd hurt his back on the 'Road 2 recovery' ride for injured forces' veterans in Texas. I don't know how accurate this information is. It could just have been a bad flight and jet lag. I got my bits and bobs singed and headed off duty to change for the Masquerade.
Masquerade
People entering the competition included a whole slew of assorted Terminators, Luke plus two adults as Willy Wonka with two large Umpa Lumpas, She-Ra, Rhiannon as Sarah Walker in 'Orange Orange' mode, a Mogwai, Moist groupies [from 'Dr Horrible'], Red Power Ranger, Nerd-inator, brave Sir Robin [Monty Python] and me as the Wiener-ator. I had a home made version of 'Vera' with my outfit, complete with a genuine red laser pointer. I was on third and made sure I kept the red laser light away from people's eyes, although I did run the beam up Adam's chest :-). Once that was over, there was a bit of dancing and then Lyn and I eventually headed to bed.
Sunday
I had photo shoots again in the morning with Zach and Adam. This day I was wearing my 'Orange Orange' copy costume. Both Zach and Adam commented favourably on my Wiener-ator costume from the previous evening and said they'd been rooting for me. I took the opportunity to cuddle Adam a little more closely this time :-). After that, Jonathan Woodward, Dominic Keating and Georges Jeanty were doing 'church' in the main hall. Those who've seen what Jonathan perform this before are aware of the semi-controlled drunken anarchy! Georges did look somewhat bemused. Dominic sang an alternative version of the 'Enterprise' theme including the lyrics, 'I've got tits and ass, better than Jolene Blalock...' [from memory]. Jonathan had an improvement for us; the brand new 'Whisky vision 9000' camera attached to a very peculiar cow hoofed bottle. Most of the humour in this hour was risque and largely unrepeatable! This is not unusual when Jonathan's in charge....!!!
Felicia, Miracle and Dichen
On the Saturday, Miracle and her fiancé had entertained us with their ukuleles, so they did an encore with a Polynesian song. Miracle danced out front whilst Felicia and Dichen copied behind her. It was very graceful. Joss could definitely use this in future 'Dollhouse' episodes! Let's hope he gets the chance. Felicia would like to wear leather, wield a sword and make out with Clive Owen!
Adam, Mark & Summer
Someone asked Adam if he'd like to be cast as a T300 Terminator against Summer as Cameron. 'I'm up for it; we're both on the bubble'. They talked about Halo and game voice overs. Adam thinks Anna Woo is sexy! Casey's 40 calibre Equinox was copied and made into a real functioning gun after it was seen on 'Chuck'. There was some joking about a Prada handgun line! This led into Mark and Adam launching into a discussion about various kinds of handguns. Adam likes military clothing because it's usually breathable and the boots are good. Adam claims to be 150 pounds heavier than Summer. She told a tale from on set at having to break something with her hands which was 'only plaster', except it wasn't!
Adam told us that he'd refused to wear a harness once [because it was uncomfortable]. Off a question about keeping grounded; Mark, 'Don't look to other people to make you happy', Adam, 'My kids don't think I'm famous, plus he's found it makes me happy keeping the people around me happy'; 'Be happy for those around you and have beer!'.
Other Adam quotes; 'Live below your means', 'There's no such thing as a bad job, because the alternative is no work', 'Summer's my little sister and one of the most beautiful women in the world'.
Tongue twisters - Girl gargoyle, guy gargoyle, lemon liniment and Dewar's on the rocks!
'I'm an alien in New York...'
Mark; 'He'll fight you!'; Adam, 'He'll lose!'
Fan experiences. Mark meeting Peter O'Toole, 'Fuck me, it's Lawrence of Arabia!!'
Adam, meeting Clint Eastwood, David Petraus [and George W Bush recently].
After a couple of other panels and a quick bite of lunch, Lyn and I had steward duty. As it happened, I was I the room with Adam, Zach, Miracle, Zichen and Summer. Adam stood up for a fair bit of the time he was signing and flexed his upper arms and shoulders. Someone told me later that he'd hurt his back on the 'Road 2 recovery' ride for injured forces' veterans in Texas. I don't know how accurate this information is. It could just have been a bad flight and jet lag. I got my bits and bobs singed and headed off duty to change for the Masquerade.
Masquerade
People entering the competition included a whole slew of assorted Terminators, Luke plus two adults as Willy Wonka with two large Umpa Lumpas, She-Ra, Rhiannon as Sarah Walker in 'Orange Orange' mode, a Mogwai, Moist groupies [from 'Dr Horrible'], Red Power Ranger, Nerd-inator, brave Sir Robin [Monty Python] and me as the Wiener-ator. I had a home made version of 'Vera' with my outfit, complete with a genuine red laser pointer. I was on third and made sure I kept the red laser light away from people's eyes, although I did run the beam up Adam's chest :-). Once that was over, there was a bit of dancing and then Lyn and I eventually headed to bed.
Sunday
I had photo shoots again in the morning with Zach and Adam. This day I was wearing my 'Orange Orange' copy costume. Both Zach and Adam commented favourably on my Wiener-ator costume from the previous evening and said they'd been rooting for me. I took the opportunity to cuddle Adam a little more closely this time :-). After that, Jonathan Woodward, Dominic Keating and Georges Jeanty were doing 'church' in the main hall. Those who've seen what Jonathan perform this before are aware of the semi-controlled drunken anarchy! Georges did look somewhat bemused. Dominic sang an alternative version of the 'Enterprise' theme including the lyrics, 'I've got tits and ass, better than Jolene Blalock...' [from memory]. Jonathan had an improvement for us; the brand new 'Whisky vision 9000' camera attached to a very peculiar cow hoofed bottle. Most of the humour in this hour was risque and largely unrepeatable! This is not unusual when Jonathan's in charge....!!!
Felicia, Miracle and Dichen
On the Saturday, Miracle and her fiancé had entertained us with their ukuleles, so they did an encore with a Polynesian song. Miracle danced out front whilst Felicia and Dichen copied behind her. It was very graceful. Joss could definitely use this in future 'Dollhouse' episodes! Let's hope he gets the chance. Felicia would like to wear leather, wield a sword and make out with Clive Owen!
Adam, Mark & Summer
Someone asked Adam if he'd like to be cast as a T300 Terminator against Summer as Cameron. 'I'm up for it; we're both on the bubble'. They talked about Halo and game voice overs. Adam thinks Anna Woo is sexy! Casey's 40 calibre Equinox was copied and made into a real functioning gun after it was seen on 'Chuck'. There was some joking about a Prada handgun line! This led into Mark and Adam launching into a discussion about various kinds of handguns. Adam likes military clothing because it's usually breathable and the boots are good. Adam claims to be 150 pounds heavier than Summer. She told a tale from on set at having to break something with her hands which was 'only plaster', except it wasn't!
Adam told us that he'd refused to wear a harness once [because it was uncomfortable]. Off a question about keeping grounded; Mark, 'Don't look to other people to make you happy', Adam, 'My kids don't think I'm famous, plus he's found it makes me happy keeping the people around me happy'; 'Be happy for those around you and have beer!'.
Other Adam quotes; 'Live below your means', 'There's no such thing as a bad job, because the alternative is no work', 'Summer's my little sister and one of the most beautiful women in the world'.
Tongue twisters - Girl gargoyle, guy gargoyle, lemon liniment and Dewar's on the rocks!
'I'm an alien in New York...'
Mark; 'He'll fight you!'; Adam, 'He'll lose!'
Fan experiences. Mark meeting Peter O'Toole, 'Fuck me, it's Lawrence of Arabia!!'
Adam, meeting Clint Eastwood, David Petraus [and George W Bush recently].