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locker_monsterBack from Las Vegas and I survived the heat! Though, mainly by staying indoors lots. I think the longest I was outside for was about 10 minutes and that was to walk to a casino.
The Star Trek convention was good fun. Apparently it broke a record, at least in Creation Entertainment's record book. They said around 4000 people showed up on Sunday. I believe them. The room was huge. Luckily, I had awesome seats about ten rows back and right in the middle. :-) So I had a great view when three Trek captains - Kirk, Picard, and Janeway - were on stage together. They were a hoot. Kate Mulgrew got in a nice, playful jab at William Shatner. She was talking about how she and Patrick Stewart both had seven years as captain and then she looked over at Shatner and she was like, "And how many did you have?" And apparently, Patrick Stewart wore the same outfit he did last year. Whoops. He was still awesome, though.
And Brent Spiner crashed his panel! It was hilarious. He got into the Q&A line and started acting like a misinformed geek. He kept calling Picard, "Micard" and Patrick had to correct him. I couldn't tell if he was genuinely happy to see Brent Spiner, but he looked amused. There were other great moments, too. Jonathan Frakes got into a huff about how he wasn't on the poster for the con but Brent Spiner was, all jokingly of course. And he was nice enough to walk around the room during his panel and a poor security guard had to follow him around.
This was also Leonard Nimoy's last Las Vegas convention. He had a really nice presentation about his life as an actor and his time on Star Trek, complete with pictures from his personal album. He didn't take any questions, which was good, I think. He didn't have to answer any lame or awkward questions. At the end, when he was saying good-bye, he actually sounded a bit choked up.
There was also a really bizarre Klingon panel. They had four Klingon actors in make-up, the Duras Sisters, Gowron, and Martok, and they were in character the entire time. They were kind of there to promote the Klingon edition of Monopoly, but they also asked questions. At one point, Gowron tried to chase down a girl dressed like a Tribble. I don't know if they had done something like this before, but the four of them seemed used to each other. And we got to shout "Qapla'!" :-)
I'm not sure I'd go back though. I really don't like Las Vegas. The casinos all stink because everyone smokes. My allergies went nuts. Maybe for the 50th anniversary I'd go back, but this isn't something I'd do every year.
I also bought something for myself while in the dealer's room, not Star Trek related. I couldn't help myself. I'll post about it later once it's out of the packaging.
The Star Trek convention was good fun. Apparently it broke a record, at least in Creation Entertainment's record book. They said around 4000 people showed up on Sunday. I believe them. The room was huge. Luckily, I had awesome seats about ten rows back and right in the middle. :-) So I had a great view when three Trek captains - Kirk, Picard, and Janeway - were on stage together. They were a hoot. Kate Mulgrew got in a nice, playful jab at William Shatner. She was talking about how she and Patrick Stewart both had seven years as captain and then she looked over at Shatner and she was like, "And how many did you have?" And apparently, Patrick Stewart wore the same outfit he did last year. Whoops. He was still awesome, though.
And Brent Spiner crashed his panel! It was hilarious. He got into the Q&A line and started acting like a misinformed geek. He kept calling Picard, "Micard" and Patrick had to correct him. I couldn't tell if he was genuinely happy to see Brent Spiner, but he looked amused. There were other great moments, too. Jonathan Frakes got into a huff about how he wasn't on the poster for the con but Brent Spiner was, all jokingly of course. And he was nice enough to walk around the room during his panel and a poor security guard had to follow him around.
This was also Leonard Nimoy's last Las Vegas convention. He had a really nice presentation about his life as an actor and his time on Star Trek, complete with pictures from his personal album. He didn't take any questions, which was good, I think. He didn't have to answer any lame or awkward questions. At the end, when he was saying good-bye, he actually sounded a bit choked up.
There was also a really bizarre Klingon panel. They had four Klingon actors in make-up, the Duras Sisters, Gowron, and Martok, and they were in character the entire time. They were kind of there to promote the Klingon edition of Monopoly, but they also asked questions. At one point, Gowron tried to chase down a girl dressed like a Tribble. I don't know if they had done something like this before, but the four of them seemed used to each other. And we got to shout "Qapla'!" :-)
I'm not sure I'd go back though. I really don't like Las Vegas. The casinos all stink because everyone smokes. My allergies went nuts. Maybe for the 50th anniversary I'd go back, but this isn't something I'd do every year.
I also bought something for myself while in the dealer's room, not Star Trek related. I couldn't help myself. I'll post about it later once it's out of the packaging.
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