Par for the Buffy track since its inception two years ago, it was standing room only “In the Principal’s Office,” an hour with Armin Shimerman—the loved/hated Principal Snyder of Sunnydale High School on Buffy: the Vampire Slayer. After an extensive introduction—necessary in order to touch upon some of his impressive acting and writing credentials, including the Ferengi, Quark, on Star… Read more →
Some of you were foolish enough to wait till Friday to show up at Dragon*Con, but us clever folks knew to get here early and take in the pre-con activities. As a good reporter, I knew it was my job to hit every concert so that you late-comers could be informed. It’s a tough job, and I was just the… Read more →
Steven Sansweet, fan relations guru for Lucasfilm Ltd., presented Star Wars Connections, a preview of Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones. Sansweet said that Star Wars II will start connecting Episode I to the original trilogy. He promised that many fans’ unresolved questions will be answered in Episodes II. “This movie is going to be … wow.” —Samuel Jackson… Read more →
J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy, The Lord of the Rings has been loved by millions of people around the world for many years. Peter Jackson is directing the film adaptations in production now. The Fellowship of the Ring will be coming to theaters near you on December 19, 2001. The Two Towers will follow in December 2002, and The Return of… Read more →
Macia and Jocelyn offered their bodies to the demonstration of the applications of Liquid Latex and Airbrush make-up. They are models for the photofantasies.com artists. The demonstration was filled to capacity so, it took me several moments before I got into the ongoing demonstration. I caught the question and answer period initially hosted by Dave Ekerle. He pointed the audience… Read more →
One of the X-Track’s biggest draws, Forensics 101, brings out all the voyeurs of the convention crowd to gather into the darkened room to huddle around a projector to satisfy their morbid curiosity. Dr. Kris Sperry, M.D., showed the audience many of his pictures from one of his previous presentations for Georgia law enforcement, filled with many gruesome photographs to… Read more →
There was an open invitation for some serious Jedi fighting taking place at the Hyatt today at 2:30 pm, extended by the Matters of the Force panel. Well, a few brave souls jumped the hurdles and presented their choreographed Jedi fighting skills on stage in front of a hostile audience. Before the first lightsaber blow, the heckling and bad sportsmanship… Read more →
Only writers would start a panel with a vocabulary lesson. Attendees of the panel “Horror in the new Millenium” learned that in modeling, “fessoning” is the art of flipping hair; “apocapee” is when the ‘g’ in song lyrics is dropped (Goin’ to California . . . ); “animorphisis” is the hidden images within a painting that can only be see… Read more →
