It's come and it's gone...and it was delicious, Mr. Marsters.
I'm just gonna go through some highlights on here. So fasten your seat belts, you guys.
We got to the con super late so we ended up missing the Shatner. Kind of a bummer just because I tend to like all the old dudes that give panels. They are usually pretty funny and entertaining. But we did peek into the very end of his panel...so I at least caught a small glimpse. We walked around for a bit...taking in all of the.....massive amounts of people! Yes, it seemed like there were almost double the amount of people that were in attendance last year. It was crazy. And everything seemed a little bit bigger.
The first panel we went to was for Mary McDonnell.
It was a great panel. It was incredibly apparent that she cared very deeply for her fans and for all of her opportunities to meet them and interact with them. She was incredibly sweet and kindhearted. I almost felt like I was in a self help class. Most of the questions that were asked were a little boring, but there were several interesting ones too. She seemed to enjoy the word 'remarkable' very much in this panel.
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After that we just pretty much enjoyed ourselves out and about on the main floor. Looking at interesting things and seeing people in crazy cool costumes and neat stuff like that. I was soon enough forced to talk to Doug Jones, which I was so extremely nervous about. Of course he turned out to be a perfectly charming weirdo who was absolutely easy to talk to and even easier to hug and kiss. Haha. He was one of the really good kind of nuts, and I'm still really upset that they didn't give him a panel or put him on a panel with someone.
Day 2 was a whole lot more relaxed but maybe even more fun. After buying a super duper print, we wandered over to good ole Kevin Sorbo's table. Ashleigh was dragged over to meet Lou Ferigno by a delightful acquaintance while I awaited my handshake with Hercules. And oh my goodness. Dude has not aged at all. He was an absolute delight to chat with. He seemed like a guy that I would love to have one beer with..and have one simple conversation. I was very happy to see him.
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I slipped into Adam Baldwin's panel for pretty much all of it, periodically checking that I wouldn't get kicked out of line for Stan Lee. His panel was freaking great! He was funny, kind, and told some really, really great stories! Made me miss Jayne and want to watch Chuck. He seemed like a genuinely good guy. Married with 3 older kids...I was impressed by his overall presence. And he likes Justin Bieber. He seemed to enjoy the phrase 'Sorry, that question doesn't get you a DVD' very much in this panel.
And last, but certainly not least, a good chunk of why comic books got to be what they are today, enabling things like a comic book convention to ever occur...Stan Lee. He was a delightful, funny, conceited old man! His panel was really a good time, and we had pretty sweet seats for this one. I'm still kinda bummed that he didn't really answer the question I asked him..but that is canceled out by the fact that...Stan Lee actually acknowledged a question that i asked and gave me an answer. Pretty cool. He had lots and lots of good stories and he was a grammar nazi, which was pretty funny. He seemed to enjoy the phrase 'I know you all think I'm a genius/brilliant, but...' very much in this panel.
Me getting shut down by Stan Lee
So that's pretty much it. Either you skimmed or stopped reading a long time ago or else have no idea what I have been rambling on about for way too long of a blog...but I had to document my thoughts and comings and goings so I don't ever forget. But then again....how could I?
laurenthevampireslayer signing off...
