On a beautiful Saturday morning, as another successful Dragon Con Parade wound down, congoers filled the Marriott Atrium ballroom and jumped on Dragon Con TV’s streaming channel to welcome and revel in the tales of “O Captain, My Captain—William Shatner” at 11:30AM. Another classic Shatner session, the hour covered tales that ranged far and wide but ultimately celebrated the complexity… Read more →
The Star Wars at Dragon Con Track took a good virtual look at the world of real life Jawas Friday at 4PMon during the panel “Hold On To Your Droids, The Jawas Are Here” on their YouTube channel and Facebook page. A national (and international) group of 501st members and leaders, including Krayt Clan Detachment leader Jenn Chase, Shane Murphy… Read more →
In 1981 a six-episode series adaptation of Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy appeared on BBC television. An immediate success in the UK, it took a longer path to popularity in the US but has become a classic on both sides of the pond. The BritTrack at Dragon Con launched its 2021 virtual programming on YouTube Thursday evening by… Read more →
The High Fantasy Track at Dragon Con 2021 opened its virtual programming on YouTube Thursday at 11:30AM with a retrospective on Michael Moorcock’s Elric of Melnibone’ series which celebrates its sixtieth anniversary this year. Moderator Van Allen Plexico welcomed Joe Crowe, Rick Klaw, and Gary Mitchell (of Dragon Con’s American Sci Fi Track) to the panel for a look back… Read more →
The Star Wars at Dragon Con Goes Virtual fan track presented a panel via their YouTube channel Sunday evening that focused on the culture of the Mandalorians. Joining moderator Thomas Harper were Bryan Young, Alexa Shipes, Tom Hutchens and Kyle Bennett. The panel sought to “unpack” and shed some light on Mandalorian culture now that we have seen the first… Read more →
Star Trek: Voyager first aired on the United Paramount Network (UPN) in January 1995. As the flagship show of a brand-new network, Voyager came to be the most successful series to premier with the network, lasting seven seasons. Voyager veteran and Trek Track Director Garrett Wang (Ensign Kim) welcomed long time colleagues, shipmates, and friends Robert Beltran (Commander Chakotay), Robert… Read more →
The 4:00PM Saturday time slot on the Dragon Con Main Events channel welcomed four Star Trek: Discovery cast members to a question and answer panel with Marc Lee serving as moderator. Kenneth Mitchell, Mary Chieffo, Anthony Rapp, and Jason Isaacs gave the fans what they’ve come to expect from Discovery actors: insightful, heartfelt, and entertaining conversation. One of the primary… Read more →
Sunday morning at 11:30AM, Jim Wert of the High Fantasy Track, along with Kristin Cairns of TheOneRing.Net (TORN), welcomed John Garth to discuss his career as a Tolkien scholar, and his latest book The Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien: The Places That Inspired Middle-Earth. Garth, whose work Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth established his place as a… Read more →
