Convention Photos

[Guy Gardener]

The clutch handbag is moronic.

But it also proves that women are smarter than men for not losing their clutch hours after purchase, or that men are smarter than women because they would never, ever, ever, ever buy such a conceptually flawed receptacle.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

I had to carry a clutch at a wedding last year, I was ready to throw it into a pond in like 5 minutes.

 

[FPAlpha]

I didn't get to take pictures with him either (sadly) it was about $350 for an autograph and like $800 for a picture and autograph, I'm a broke military girl and that was way out of my budget. But being the only one in the group in a Trek costume he smiled and half waved at me which was nice

Jesus Christ, that's some serious money for a minute's worth of "work"

Anyway, very nice pictures overall but i always wondered how honest some of the actors are really.

What i mean is that we as fans are (at times) emotional about our favorite show or actor whereas for the actor it is a job. They do it, they get paid and when the job is done they move on and look for another gig.

I've seen some pictures here from actors who clearly are at least annoyed (the one with Marc Alaimo at the buffet speaks volumes) so i'm just wondering how many see this as a cash grab (really.. even if you are William Shatner.. 800 bucks for a picture and a signature???) and how many genuinely like the fandom and want to be there as often as possible.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

Well we don't have to give them the cash FPAlpha.

Having been to a ton of cons there are guests that clearly love doing them, enjoy the fans and are having a great time. And then there are the ones that are uncomfortable or rude and you wonder how much they needed this gig. I've had people I had no intention of getting an autograph of be such great speakers I forked out for the autograph anyway, and people who the opposite happened with, where they were not someone I wanted to give money to.

Anyway they are all there for different reasons.

I'm going to see Takei in two weeks, looking forward to that!

 

[Amaris]

I didn't get to take pictures with him either (sadly) it was about $350 for an autograph and like $800 for a picture and autograph, I'm a broke military girl and that was way out of my budget. But being the only one in the group in a Trek costume he smiled and half waved at me which was nice

Jesus Christ, that's some serious money for a minute's worth of "work"

Anyway, very nice pictures overall but i always wondered how honest some of the actors are really.

What i mean is that we as fans are (at times) emotional about our favorite show or actor whereas for the actor it is a job. They do it, they get paid and when the job is done they move on and look for another gig.

I've seen some pictures here from actors who clearly are at least annoyed (the one with Marc Alaimo at the buffet speaks volumes) so i'm just wondering how many see this as a cash grab (really.. even if you are William Shatner.. 800 bucks for a picture and a signature???) and how many genuinely like the fandom and want to be there as often as possible.

In Marc's case, I think it had more to do with the man trying to get breakfast, and my friend haranguing him for a photo, than just seeing it as a paycheck, because from what I've seen of his various performances, and the way he approaches his work, the man has a passion for acting, whether it be stage, or screen.

When we got to meet more formally, at the ice cream social, he sat at our table and was positively giddy with our discussions regarding Shakespeare, and the craft involved in creating theatrical productions. He takes his work very seriously, and that only strengthened my respect for the man.

He also has a terrific sense of humor, which was evident when Jeffrey Combs started ribbing him over his last name. See, one of the fans in the crowd asked him a question, and she pronounced his name like "A-lay-mo" when it's more like "A-lie-mo". Before he got a chance to respond to her question, Jeffrey chimed in with "Yes, yes, Marc certainly is a lame-o. There's ample evidence of that."

It cracked everyone up, and Marc himself laughed at the joke. That's why I will never forget how to pronounce Marc's last name.

What was I talking about again? Anyway, I think he's a great guy, and a terrific actor, who just takes his work seriously. I don't think he's in it just for the paycheck. YMMV.

 

[Melakon]

Yeah, the only sit down chat I had with an actor at a food table was with Al Lewis of The Munsters. If you want to see an actor light up with enthusiasm, don't ask about their favorite episode. Ask them about acting, why they went into it, or the role most important to them personally. They'll talk for hours.

Doing conventions must be like what a nuclear physicist goes through when the only job he can get is at McDonalds. Actors love to act.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

And do NOT ask them for advice on how to get into acting.

The lame-o questions you hear at cons repeated over and over while half the audience rolls their eyes

 

[Melakon]

Do NOT ask "Have you accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Savior?" as some girl did here of John de Lancie.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

OMG what did he say??

 

[Melakon]

"Next question!"

But there was a brief pause, as if he was considering saying something else.

 

[Data Holmes]

"Next question!"

But there was a brief pause, as if he was considering saying something else.

I wish he'd answered as Q.

 

[Brie]

A song came on. I couldn't remember the name. So I get the bright idea to ask Marc! He's older than I, surely he'll remember!

Did you consider asking him to dance?

Brie, I have to ask having been to conventions in costume myself, what did you do with the phaser when you weren't holding it? Attach it to your lanyard?

When I dressed similar (but in gold) I had the black belt.

Hey! Great question! Originally I was going to put on a black belt but I was trying to be as accurate as possible (I know they wear a belt once in a while but I was basing my costume off the security officers). I actually barely had time to put it down. I had people asking me to take pictures with them every 2 minutes. Instead what I did was used my shoes (since they were boots) to hold all my random items like papers and my phone and money, so my hands were empty for pictures and so I could hold my phaser. I would do the same thing again I think, I didn't mind carrying it around

 

[Tom Hendricks]

Here is a picture of Patrick Stewart with me as his security. This is from a Creation Convention in NYC.

 

[Data Holmes]

A song came on. I couldn't remember the name. So I get the bright idea to ask Marc! He's older than I, surely he'll remember!

Did you consider asking him to dance?

Brie, I have to ask having been to conventions in costume myself, what did you do with the phaser when you weren't holding it? Attach it to your lanyard?

When I dressed similar (but in gold) I had the black belt.

Hey! Great question! Originally I was going to put on a black belt but I was trying to be as accurate as possible (I know they wear a belt once in a while but I was basing my costume off the security officers). I actually barely had time to put it down. I had people asking me to take pictures with them every 2 minutes. Instead what I did was used my shoes (since they were boots) to hold all my random items like papers and my phone and money, so my hands were empty for pictures and so I could hold my phaser. I would do the same thing again I think, I didn't mind carrying it around

Someone should make a holster for the phaser that would attach to the top of the woman's uniform boot.

 

[Guy Gardener]

Google recently for some reason showed me women in red dresses like Brie's but with a Black belt.

On the show I think they used Vecro for the boys, but I'm not sure if inshow the explanation was velrco or magic super science?

The Star Fleet Technical Manual refers to a "magnatomic adhesion area". The manual isn't canon (though illustrations from it have been used in movies), and I don't recall the word "magnatomic" ever being used in any series or movie.
Apparently "magnatomic adhesion" looks and sounds like velcro.

Were girls not allowed phasers?

Type 1 phasers slip up their sleeves I read somewhere.

Covert missions.

Hmmm...

So, this means that the handle grips were fuzzy or scratchy depending on how the props department felt.

Um.

Looks like there's plenty of room to tuck that phaser into your Boot there Brie.

 

[Brie]

Google recently for some reason showed me women in red dresses like Brie's but with a Black belt.

On the show I think they used Vecro for the boys, but I'm not sure if inshow the explanation was velrco or magic super science?

The Star Fleet Technical Manual refers to a "magnatomic adhesion area". The manual isn't canon (though illustrations from it have been used in movies), and I don't recall the word "magnatomic" ever being used in any series or movie.
Apparently "magnatomic adhesion" looks and sounds like velcro.

Were girls not allowed phasers?

Type 1 phasers slip up their sleeves I read somewhere.

Covert missions.

Hmmm...

So, this means that the handle grips were fuzzy or scratchy depending on how the props department felt.

Um.

Looks like there's plenty of room to tuck that phaser into your Boot there Brie.

There was room but I enjoyed holding it, it helped give my costume a certain authenticity that others didn't have

 

[Guy Gardener]

It looks plenty authentic if you're a security officer, but that prop might also create a narrative where you look like a rampaging maniac if your character is an engineering officer.

Are there special rules about running around Comicon with a sword?

Day of the Dove is one of my favourites.

 

[Mr Awe]

To be frank, while I like you in the uniform Brie I'd love it if you did one not in modeling "fuck me" pose but in Star Trek "I'm ready to kill you" pose. I'm thinking of Jadzia as I type this who always looked ready to fight (Klingon ladyman that she was).

I'm not fond of the way women in modelling end up in poses that make them look weak.

Um excuse me? I did not give a "fuck me" pose and I have many more pictures in my uniform where I look like I'm going to kill someone, part of a photo shoot is giving all kinds of emotion. So don't just jump into an assumption about modeling like that...your wording was very inappropriate.

It's a fair assumption about modeling. See: everything. My wording is WHAT a lot of modeling is going for, that's what makes those poses a success. In another era it would be the odalisque. Let's not pretend otherwise.

I am adding commentary. Frankly if it you were not in a starfleet outfit I wouldn't have bothered. It's the context provided. If someone stood around like that in a Trek movie with their hips throw outwards everyone would freak, look at the response to Marcus's underwear. Putting a Trek uniform on for the usual modeling poses is funny, except when it isn't.

Blah blah blah, gamesters of triskelion.

I personally found your comment to be very disrespectful. If you don't have anything nice to say, shut up! And, I agree, the wording was particularly offensive.

Brie is obviously having fun and that's great! No more needs be said other than I'm envious of the number of people she has met!

Mr Awe

 

[Amaris]

Brie, have you ever considered science blue?

 

[Guy Gardener]

Um excuse me? I did not give a "fuck me" pose and I have many more pictures in my uniform where I look like I'm going to kill someone, part of a photo shoot is giving all kinds of emotion. So don't just jump into an assumption about modeling like that...your wording was very inappropriate.

It's a fair assumption about modeling. See: everything. My wording is WHAT a lot of modeling is going for, that's what makes those poses a success. In another era it would be the odalisque. Let's not pretend otherwise.

I am adding commentary. Frankly if it you were not in a starfleet outfit I wouldn't have bothered. It's the context provided. If someone stood around like that in a Trek movie with their hips throw outwards everyone would freak, look at the response to Marcus's underwear. Putting a Trek uniform on for the usual modeling poses is funny, except when it isn't.

Blah blah blah, gamesters of triskelion.

I personally found your comment to be very disrespectful. If you don't have anything nice to say, shut up! And, I agree, the wording was particularly offensive.

Brie is obviously having fun and that's great! No more needs be said other than I'm envious of the number of people she has met!

Mr Awe

I'm making my way through "It's Like, You know..." Which is a sitcom from 1999. In the pilot as a reward for not honking at some especially bad driving, the bad driver sets up on a date the nonhonker with a model who graduated from Stanford.

A few episodes later, after they broke up, the nonhonker whinges that they had nothing to talk about, "But I thought she went to Stanford?" His bald friend queried. Thus cometh the punchline "She got in on a modelling schollarship."