ECCC - Day 2
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itsjustgwenWe started our day with the Stargate panel - Lexa Doig, Michael Shanks, and Paul McGillion. It was fun. Lexa sneezed a lot and claimed she was allergic to Michael. Michael said there would be more Stargate, at some point. He very diplomatically answered a fan's question about SGU, saying that he liked being asked to appear in it and thought it had great production values and actors, but he thought the tone of the show did not fit with the previous Stargate shows.
L wanted to see Chris Sarandon, so we stuck around for him. He was very interesting, but I'd only seen one of his films (The Princess Bride), so I was lost when they talked about the others.
Next, we saw Wil Wheaton and Felicia Day. They talked about filming on Eureka and Wil's love of farting in small enclosed spaces. Lots of gaming talk, but they somehow make it sound interesting, even to a non-gamer. Each time people left after a panel, we moved up. At this point, we were in the first section of the room and didn't want to lose our good seats. We both needed to go to the bathroom and grab a snack, so we took turns.
Dirk Benedict was a hoot. His two moderators couldn't get a word in edgewise. He did this stream-of-consciousness monolog about raising his sons alone in a small cabin in Montana and having to "become a woman". Mentioned he doesn't eat meat or sugar, but still loves his cigars. He crossed the line into political incorectness several times on the subject of sex and women and veered into assholery when he talked about the damned Hollywood liberals and how they all did coke and were always trying to shut him up. He stated that his cast mates on The A Team were all conservatives, so that's why they got along so well.
Lastly, there was the main attraction, Sir Patrick Stewart. He was definitely worth the wait. He is amazing and much livlier and funnier than Picard. He started out by pretending he thought he was in Canada and said his Star Trek castmates taught him to be funny and he is still working on it. Told a hilarious story about meeting Sting on the set of Dune. He had no idea who he was and thought he played in a police band. Talked about his audition for Picard and how his friends all told him to sign the contract, because the show would be cancelled after one season and he could go back home with a lot of money. I don't consider myself a huge TNG fan, but he definitely has charm and wit. He said complimentary things about Shatner, which endeared him to me also.
L wanted to see Chris Sarandon, so we stuck around for him. He was very interesting, but I'd only seen one of his films (The Princess Bride), so I was lost when they talked about the others.
Next, we saw Wil Wheaton and Felicia Day. They talked about filming on Eureka and Wil's love of farting in small enclosed spaces. Lots of gaming talk, but they somehow make it sound interesting, even to a non-gamer. Each time people left after a panel, we moved up. At this point, we were in the first section of the room and didn't want to lose our good seats. We both needed to go to the bathroom and grab a snack, so we took turns.
Dirk Benedict was a hoot. His two moderators couldn't get a word in edgewise. He did this stream-of-consciousness monolog about raising his sons alone in a small cabin in Montana and having to "become a woman". Mentioned he doesn't eat meat or sugar, but still loves his cigars. He crossed the line into political incorectness several times on the subject of sex and women and veered into assholery when he talked about the damned Hollywood liberals and how they all did coke and were always trying to shut him up. He stated that his cast mates on The A Team were all conservatives, so that's why they got along so well.
Lastly, there was the main attraction, Sir Patrick Stewart. He was definitely worth the wait. He is amazing and much livlier and funnier than Picard. He started out by pretending he thought he was in Canada and said his Star Trek castmates taught him to be funny and he is still working on it. Told a hilarious story about meeting Sting on the set of Dune. He had no idea who he was and thought he played in a police band. Talked about his audition for Picard and how his friends all told him to sign the contract, because the show would be cancelled after one season and he could go back home with a lot of money. I don't consider myself a huge TNG fan, but he definitely has charm and wit. He said complimentary things about Shatner, which endeared him to me also.
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Date: 2013-03-05 06:16 pm (UTC)Saw Dirk Benedict at a Gatecon several years ago and sounds like it was the same rant we heard. Put me off him.
Patrick Stewart sounds great! Would like to see him sometime.
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