Heh...I could actually see him quoting one of his lines from Generations if asked by a fanwank to do so:
"NORMAL is what everyone else IS and YOU are <sneer>NOT</sneer>"
How apt such a comment like that would be.
Really Dumb Convention Questions!!
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Heh...I could actually see him quoting one of his lines from Generations if asked by a fanwank to do so:
"NORMAL is what everyone else IS and YOU are <sneer>NOT</sneer>"
How apt such a comment like that would be.
Feeling embarrassed for some of the questioners is standard at any Trek con.
I sit there with knots in my stomach sometimes, knowing a truly horrendous, studid, childish question is fast approaching.
I've mentioned twice before about the crazy obsessed guy who asked marina Sirtis after TNG season 1:
"When wlll we see more KILTS in Star Trek??" Yes I said kilts.
Marina was absolutely dumbfounded--it was like her 4th con--
The crowd burst into sustained histerical laughter for 3 SOLID minutes!!!
The poor loser never showed his kilt-wearing ass at another convention in Fla. after having been a staple for years.
So after the show had been on for 21 years had moved from failed TV show to cultural icon and had now spawned 4 movies, a sequel TV show with an all-new cast, all this obsessed fool wanted to know was when the crew would be seen in kilts!!!! Really pathetic.
I then suppressed my urge to ask her when they would next use the 'laser beacon' seem in Squire of Gothos.
I sit there with knots in my stomach sometimes, knowing a truly horrendous, studid, childish question is fast approaching.
I've mentioned twice before about the crazy obsessed guy who asked marina Sirtis after TNG season 1:
"When wlll we see more KILTS in Star Trek??" Yes I said kilts.
Marina was absolutely dumbfounded--it was like her 4th con--
The crowd burst into sustained histerical laughter for 3 SOLID minutes!!!
The poor loser never showed his kilt-wearing ass at another convention in Fla. after having been a staple for years.
So after the show had been on for 21 years had moved from failed TV show to cultural icon and had now spawned 4 movies, a sequel TV show with an all-new cast, all this obsessed fool wanted to know was when the crew would be seen in kilts!!!! Really pathetic.
I then suppressed my urge to ask her when they would next use the 'laser beacon' seem in Squire of Gothos.
As an offshoot of the dumb questions, one of my peeves is rude questions...
To Patrick Stewart: "Who do you like better, Gates McFadden or Diana Muldaur?"
Patrick: "That's an impertinent question and I'm not going to answer it. I realize you are asking it with a smile on your face. Nevertheless, it's impertinent. Next question?"
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To Leonard Nimoy: "Can you tell me why TeknoComix would place an ad in the paper for employment, then when you get there they won't even talk to you, and... " (drowned out by boos from the audience)
Leonard: "What? Where? Who?"
Douche: "On I-Drive, the TeknoComix store..." (more boos) (And as if any non-Orlandoan would know what "I-Drive" is. Even if he'd said "International Drive" Leonard wouldn't have had a clue what he was talking about.)
Leonard: "Oh yes, I had a comic once, called Primortals..."
As if Leonard, by having a comic under the TeknoComix label, would have any say whether a local shop would hire some comic book freak. What a loser.
i dotn get this.. can you explain.. what was the background to this?
Not sure which one you mean, but the first questioner wanted Patrick's personal opinion of which actress he liked better, which was rude to ask and to Patrick's credit he told her so. This was second season TNG, as I recall, and the questioner was probably a Gates fan and was hoping Patrick would say he didn't like the new actress, just to reinforce their own negative opinion of the move.
The second one was an example of someone making the convention all about them. Some guy was pissed that he didn't get hired at the local comic book store years earlier (TeknoComix had been defunct for a good 6 or 8 years at this point) and tried to demand answers from Leonard Nimoy, just because Leonard had a comic published under the same company's name. Leonard had no idea what the guy was even getting at.
The second one was an example of someone making the convention all about them. Some guy was pissed that he didn't get hired at the local comic book store years earlier (TeknoComix had been defunct for a good 6 or 8 years at this point) and tried to demand answers from Leonard Nimoy, just because Leonard had a comic published under the same company's name. Leonard had no idea what the guy was even getting at.
Yes, it is just one couple with 3 regular (small) dogs. They may be very nice, smart, but eccentric people but it did get really old.
One thing that really bothered me was that they took up a decent amount of time that others may have been able to ask a question. Even though its unlikely the question would have been good since there were so few, it still would have been considerate to keep it short and give someone else a turn. Something like 'hey here are my dogs. aren't they cute. goodbye' would have been fine a couple of time through the day.
One thing that really bothered me was that they took up a decent amount of time that others may have been able to ask a question. Even though its unlikely the question would have been good since there were so few, it still would have been considerate to keep it short and give someone else a turn. Something like 'hey here are my dogs. aren't they cute. goodbye' would have been fine a couple of time through the day.
It's bizarre that dogs would be allowed in a convention venue. The only dogs I've ever seen at a convention have been service dogs and a remote-controlled K-9 (which was really cool).
Yeah! What kind of buffoon goes to a convention just to push some sort of ludicrous agenda to get more of a random piece of ethnic clothing inserted into Star Trek?
Oh... Uh, sorry, Cogley.
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No sombrero questions yet.
This annoying little kid keeps getting up to the microphone and I want to throw a chair at him. First question:[to Salome Jens] "How'd they do that changelling effect?"
Answer: Magic!
If you are at this convention and you hear a loud groan followed by an airbourne seating apparatus, then you know that number6 is in tha House!!
This annoying little kid keeps getting up to the microphone and I want to throw a chair at him. First question:[to Salome Jens] "How'd they do that changelling effect?"
Answer: Magic!
If you are at this convention and you hear a loud groan followed by an airbourne seating apparatus, then you know that number6 is in tha House!!
number6
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Good Lord!!!
Poodle Guy is Back!!!!!!
ETA: I got to ask Brannon Braga a question about what advice he would give to the next writers and producers of the franchise. Got loads of applause for asking such a good question!!
When I was in the dealers room I snuck over to the poodles and told them how to go for the Jugular!!
Poodle Guy is Back!!!!!!
ETA: I got to ask Brannon Braga a question about what advice he would give to the next writers and producers of the franchise. Got loads of applause for asking such a good question!!
When I was in the dealers room I snuck over to the poodles and told them how to go for the Jugular!!
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Well, this happened at a joint Star Trek/Comic Book convention in NYC about 15 years back. There was this middle-aged guy who would get up to the microphone and ask the guests if they knew when the toy for the Aliens drop-ship was being released.
And he did this at:
Every.
Single.
Panel.
Usually the guests would just sort of look around quizzically and then finally explain that this was a panel on TWOK or comic book inking or somesuch thing; and then he would pick up his plastic bags and leave. At first I thought it was some kind of prank or joke or weird piece of performance art; but then after the fourth or fifth time, I realized: No--this guy JUST REALLY WANTS AN ALIENS DROP-SHIP.
I do hope he was eventually able to get one, though; so few of us get to actually live the dream.
And he did this at:
Every.
Single.
Panel.
Usually the guests would just sort of look around quizzically and then finally explain that this was a panel on TWOK or comic book inking or somesuch thing; and then he would pick up his plastic bags and leave. At first I thought it was some kind of prank or joke or weird piece of performance art; but then after the fourth or fifth time, I realized: No--this guy JUST REALLY WANTS AN ALIENS DROP-SHIP.
I do hope he was eventually able to get one, though; so few of us get to actually live the dream.
I wanted to shout, "put a muzzle on them" when the dogs started barking during one of the talks this evening. The kid is getting tiring, but at least he is good at memorizing the questions his parents tell him to ask. But really, one of the first in line for everyone that goes on stage? What is that going to do to the kid when he grows up?
OMG - The Creation store at the Glendale Galleria? Circa 1994-1995?
I totally remember that store. I was right out of high school and never had any money to spend in there during the year or so it was open. Now, whenever I go to the Galleria I pine for when Trek had it's own L.A. mall outlet.
What was your experience?
Well, to throw modesty to the wind... I was responsible for the "set design" of the place. We gathered all the styrofoam packing inserts and carpet roll tubes (like giant wrapping paper tubes) we could get from the trash bins around the Galleria, painted everything silver and mounted them on the silver-painted walls in "sci-fi mechanism" configurations. I even came up with the idea of painting some of the backs of 'em (the hollow parts against the wall) flourescent orange so they'd reflect off the paint and kind of "glow" with power.
It was a super fun place to work. Although it was technically called "Creation's Sci-Fi Universe" almost everything in there was Trek-related. The episodes that played on the TVs there were all from my personal, taped-first-run-off-the-air collection. We had almost every Trek toy and collectible that was available at the time. I recall one evening when Wil Wheaton's parents came in looking for stuff with their son on it and we, embarassingly, had a hard time hooking them up. This was in the midst of the Wesley hate fest and there just wasn't much demand. They left with a few 8x10s and an action figure. I remember another time when Walter Koenig wandered in, all alone, and no one (except me) recognized him. He gave me sort of a sly smile realizing I knew it was him, then walked around the store for about ten minutes looking at stuff. It was the first time I'd seen him in person and was shocked how old he'd gotten!
I have always made it a point not to "geek out" on stars when I encounter them, particularly Trek actors. Today I work at a radio station in LA and occasionally have had Trek actors in - Stewart, Shatner and Nimoy come to mind - and I always keep my distance. I figure the last thing they want to do when they're there to promote their new book or play or whatever is to meet someone like me. I did get Andy Robinson's autograph on the Garak book he authored, "A Stitch in Time" I think it was called. He was waiting in the lobby to go on the air about half an hour later and I happened to have been re-reading the book and had it with me. I told him how much my friends and I missed Mr. Garak and he was very gracious and even grateful that I'd enjoyed the book.
I remember a group of Robert O'Rielly's gay friends came in from time to time to laugh at his life-sized stand-up. They showed up once and it was pretty funny, but then they kept coming back with someone new to show them the stand-up and I had to hear the same stories over and over again as they'd point and laugh and take pictures with the stand-up. That's how I learned that Gowron was gay!
I remember, actually, that lots of people would come in and take pictures as though they were at a con.
One nice thing about the store was that we'd get first pick of new merchandise when it arrived. I still have the TNG uniform (the nice one, not the cheap Halloween jumpsuit) I bought there... in fact I wore it at STTE a couple weeks ago. Occasionally we'd drive to the Creation headquarters - a warehouse on the other side of Glendale - to pick up new products for the store.
To be honest, though, the store was treated as a sort of an afterthought by Creation management and we always got the feeling that we were on a month-to-month basis. Several times we apparently narrowly escaped closure. They were also in the midst of expanding their convention business at the time. I recall once or twice we'd pack bunches of stuff up for someone to come pick up and take to a convention, and then about half of it would come back a few days later to be re-shelved.
Sorry if this kind of rambles... I am totally just free-associating memories here. It was a long time ago.
It was a super fun place to work. Although it was technically called "Creation's Sci-Fi Universe" almost everything in there was Trek-related. The episodes that played on the TVs there were all from my personal, taped-first-run-off-the-air collection. We had almost every Trek toy and collectible that was available at the time. I recall one evening when Wil Wheaton's parents came in looking for stuff with their son on it and we, embarassingly, had a hard time hooking them up. This was in the midst of the Wesley hate fest and there just wasn't much demand. They left with a few 8x10s and an action figure. I remember another time when Walter Koenig wandered in, all alone, and no one (except me) recognized him. He gave me sort of a sly smile realizing I knew it was him, then walked around the store for about ten minutes looking at stuff. It was the first time I'd seen him in person and was shocked how old he'd gotten!
I have always made it a point not to "geek out" on stars when I encounter them, particularly Trek actors. Today I work at a radio station in LA and occasionally have had Trek actors in - Stewart, Shatner and Nimoy come to mind - and I always keep my distance. I figure the last thing they want to do when they're there to promote their new book or play or whatever is to meet someone like me. I did get Andy Robinson's autograph on the Garak book he authored, "A Stitch in Time" I think it was called. He was waiting in the lobby to go on the air about half an hour later and I happened to have been re-reading the book and had it with me. I told him how much my friends and I missed Mr. Garak and he was very gracious and even grateful that I'd enjoyed the book.
I remember a group of Robert O'Rielly's gay friends came in from time to time to laugh at his life-sized stand-up. They showed up once and it was pretty funny, but then they kept coming back with someone new to show them the stand-up and I had to hear the same stories over and over again as they'd point and laugh and take pictures with the stand-up. That's how I learned that Gowron was gay!
I remember, actually, that lots of people would come in and take pictures as though they were at a con.
One nice thing about the store was that we'd get first pick of new merchandise when it arrived. I still have the TNG uniform (the nice one, not the cheap Halloween jumpsuit) I bought there... in fact I wore it at STTE a couple weeks ago. Occasionally we'd drive to the Creation headquarters - a warehouse on the other side of Glendale - to pick up new products for the store.
To be honest, though, the store was treated as a sort of an afterthought by Creation management and we always got the feeling that we were on a month-to-month basis. Several times we apparently narrowly escaped closure. They were also in the midst of expanding their convention business at the time. I recall once or twice we'd pack bunches of stuff up for someone to come pick up and take to a convention, and then about half of it would come back a few days later to be re-shelved.
Sorry if this kind of rambles... I am totally just free-associating memories here. It was a long time ago.
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We had a Creation store at the Garden State Plaza in NJ once. They had the Playmates Klingon BoP on sale for $50. At the same time it was $14 at TRU. Unfortunately I didn't know the TRU price. The damn thing is in my attic now, and still isn't worth what I paid for it. Never went back to that store again.
ETA: I got to ask Brannon Braga a question about what advice he would give to the next writers and producers of the franchise. Got loads of applause for asking such a good question!!
And what was his answer?
As far as I know, John DeLancie is the only actor to have ever worn a sombrero on the bridge of a starship, making him a demi-God among the Sombrerites.
Hmm. Questions for the cast.
"Did Gene Roddenberry smoke a big spleef with you before cutting the cake for the 100th episode?"
"Who, among the regular cast, were the worst farters?"
"Did Troi and Riker have an open marriage?"
"Tell us the story about Nimoy's bicycle. Yeah, we know you were on "Voyager". We want to hear the one about hiding his bike."
"What kind of sleepwear do you prefer, and why?"
Hmm. Questions for the cast.
"Did Gene Roddenberry smoke a big spleef with you before cutting the cake for the 100th episode?"
"Who, among the regular cast, were the worst farters?"
"Did Troi and Riker have an open marriage?"
"Tell us the story about Nimoy's bicycle. Yeah, we know you were on "Voyager". We want to hear the one about hiding his bike."
"What kind of sleepwear do you prefer, and why?"
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ETA: I got to ask Brannon Braga a question about what advice he would give to the next writers and producers of the franchise. Got loads of applause for asking such a good question!!
And what was his answer?
I don't recall everything he said verbatim. He was flattered that I liked Threshold the series and kept trying to explain my question to Manny Coto.
Braga said something to the effect of treating the franchise with respect and to not oversaturate fandom with too much "product". Coto disagreed with this saying you could never have too much Star Trek and cites all those CSI shows as an example. Seeing that I've never heard of CSI conventions, I can't really agree with his sentiment.
I did have a backup question in case someone beat me to it: Manny Coto-what were you thinking when you and Surnow created "The 1/2 Hour News Hour" for Fox News. Fortunately for everyone, I got to ask my original question.
They were both very gracious and I was thrilled to get to hear them tell their stories
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