sleepyI'll start off with the showings and such I went to see, in chronological order...
I'll use cut tags for the I&I recaps as they're long.
FRIDAY
4pm -Gunslinger Girl
Funimation, dubbed
I caught something like an episode and a half of this (i.e. I got into the room somewhere in the middle of the first episode); but the series seemed to have a lot of recap clips, so I doubt I missed much. At first, when the second episode started, I thought it was the first episode all over again. That was a bit weird.
Gunslinger Girl is about young girls who are "conditioned" (yes, very Brave New World) to become assassins. Part of the conditioning (aside from the memory wipe and mental re-programming) is turning the girls into cyborgs. It was interesting. I would like to see more of this series. Even if it's a bit disturbing to think of a young girl as an assassin.
5pm - Full Metal Alchemist
Funimation, dubbed
I was surprised that this was dubbed, since Hobbystar has aired episodes of FMA subbed before (at their mini-con in March). The episodes seemed to pick up right where we left off in March.
This is a good series about a boy, Ed, who studies and practices alchemy. In an accident, and due to the law of "equal exchange" Ed loses an arm and his little brother (Al) becomes trapped in a suit of armour. While there are serious parts, there is also a lot of action and humour in this series.
I definitely want to keep seeing more of this series. It's also a series that would probably do really well on Canadian TV. Shame on Teletoon for turning it down. I haven't the words to describe how disappointed I am in them for that.
7pm - Breaking into Comics with UDON
I was a few minutes late to this, but I did enjoy the talk by the guys. I was one of the few women in the room, but that's okay. I took a few notes, to remember some of the things they said.
Give another point to the side that tells me to have variety in my portfolio. I heard it again here.
I'm getting so confused. But they made good arguments about why a portfolio should be varied for an illustrator (mainly if you’re trying to get into comics), things that I think ring true for me. Like showing that I don't have to draw the same way all the time, but that I can adjust my style to what's appropriate. Like having some pictures that are heavily detailed, and some that are more simplistic.
SATURDAY
11am - Intimate & Interactive with Linda Park
That's right... I went there early. Yes, me, the queen of sleeping in ;)
Linda Park, for those of you who don't know, played Hoshi Sato on Enterprise.
Linda was great. I didn't really get any good pictures of her (although I will post photos to Flickr later for all to see). She was nice and funny. Dave from the ANJ group asked her if she knew what her character's name translated to, and she mentioned reading things about it (I think she said it was something about hills, or rainbows or rolling hills or something like that) but that she wasn't completely sure. He told her that "hoshi" means "star" (which I knew already), and that "sato" translated to "sugar" in one of his phrase books. Later, Linda said one of the nice things about having that role is that her grand children will be able to see it and say that she was the one who played Hoshi Sato, "star sugar" or "sugar star."
Someone also asked if she would like to do a show called "The Adventures of Empress Hoshi," and she said she'd love to do that *lol*
She also talked about some practical jokes the crew would play on each other. She said that there was a time when Scott (Bakula, who played Captain Archer) had a bet going with someone on the crew (I think she said he was a producer, but I've forgotten his name) about a baseball game. Linda asked if anyone in the audience could remember who played against the Boston Red Sox at that time, after mentioning their previous game... and nobody said anything! And then someone yelled out: "Wrong crowd!" And she continued the story. Scott and this producer had a bet going on, and the producer's team lost. Scott wanted him to run around the Paramount studio lot, in his underwear, as his penalty for losing. So they were arguing about it, because the guy didn't want to do it. Finally he gave in, even though it was November and cold outside. So he runs around the lot, around 11pm at night, wearing his underwear. And Scott runs beside him the whole time, with a video camera, taping the whole thing. Crew from she show was outside cheering him on, encouraging him to finish his run (which took about fifteen minutes), and telling other people still on the lot to come outside and watch.
Another thing she mentioned was that a few years before Enterprise, she had seen Connor (Trineer, who played Tripp) in a play and how all of her friends thought he was so cute and had crushes on him. When Linda told him about that, he said: "Well where were they? I was alone!"
Linda mentioned that, she and Connor are both naturally quiet and a little reserved, even when they're acting. While some actors will step to the front and try to stand out, the two of them just kind of step back and try to blend with the wall.
Somebody gave Linda a bouquet of roses, which she thanked them for and asked if anyone else had gifts, remarking "I love getting presents!"
And there was the guy who was complimenting her and then said that he had been there really early that morning to see her and that he hadn't eaten, and asked if he could get a glass of water. She joked that he was just buttering her up so that she would pour him a glass of water.
Linda was also asked about the mirror episodes of Enterprise. Now, Linda had mentioned already that rumours would tend to go around the set very quickly. So, before she even read the script everybody was talking about it, and asking her if she knew what mirror Hoshi was like, and telling her that she was the ship's slut. Linda said she heard so many inflated rumours, that when she finally read the script, it was a lot more toned down than she expected.
Of course, Linda was also asked about the final two episodes of the series. She said that the very last one, with Marina (Troi) and Jonathan (Riker) going over what happened in the holodeck made the episode more like a Next Generation episode than and Enterprise episode. Also, with the whole thing being on the holodeck, the acting became a little hollow, like "holodeck acting." So it felt different. Linda said that her approach was to treat the second last episode as the real final episode. I believe she mentioned that others on the crew did the same thing.
As for what she's currently doing, Linda said she's shooting a project where she plays a police officer, and joked: "what am I doing in a uniform again?"
When asked about what she kept from the Enterprise set, Linda said she kept the chair that had her name on it, and that was about it. Although she did add that she could probably have taken anything if she'd really wanted to. She also said that the cast had all received these nice astronomical photos of constellations named after them (I think she said that Scott gave them to everybody).
Speaking of Scott, Linda mentioned that he was a great singer and dancer. She also said that she thought part of the reason a lot of Star Trek actors are thespians, is because they have an innate ability to speak well, and clearly, and have a timeless quality to what they say.
Linda didn't really know if there will possibly be another Star Trek series any time soon. She mentioned what some of her cast mates have moved on to, and how she doesn't really feel that she was typecast in any way because she wasn't "the alien" or anything really distinctive in that kind of way. She did say that she thought moving on was harder for some of the older crew, who have been with the franchise for a long time. It's hard for them to find new jobs at the level they want because they tend to be taken already.
When asked about languages, Linda said that she speaks French and an Asian language already, so not all of that was hard. However, in the first episode where Archer goes to recruit Hoshi, you see Hoshi teaching a group of people. She was told that they wanted it to sound like some sort of "African tribal clicking noises." When she asked if there was anyone to help her with that, they said there wasn't. So she just experimented with voice exercises and such to come up with something on her own.
12:30 pm - meet-up with ANJ
This wasn't an actual con event, but it was around this time that I found some of the members from ANJ where we were supposed to meet up. I hung around for a while. The rest of them took a photo. I don't really care either way if I'm in a photo, but I didn't realize what was going on until they actually took the photo. Ah well. When we were all gathered, we left for Casey's to have lunch (our reservation was for 1pm).
We ate on the patio at Casey's, which seemed like a good idea at first. The weather was pretty nice. But the breeze was cool enough that after a while, I felt cold (so did some of the other people at the table). A picture was taken with
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kaliko_rosa's camera, and I'll upload that to Flickr as well to share. I have my hands on the table holding my menu down because the wind kept catching it and it hit kaliko_rosa in the face once >_<Aaron, an organizer for Con no Baka joined us for lunch, and he was pretty nice. He even offered to give our group a space to have events or something at Con no Baka this year. I was surprised, I guess because I never expected anything like that. But when
kaliko_rosa thanked him, he just said it was no problem, "anything to help out an anime club."So now we have to come up with things to do as our events for Con no Baka. I've re-capped a bunch of games I suggested previously to the ANJ group; but there doesn't seem to be much interest, aside from
kaliko_rosa who responded with something like "WOW! What a recap!"I just don't want to end up going to the trouble of working hard to plan, organize, and give us the ability to carry these things out if it doesn't really matter to anyone. I just don't want to work hard only to be disappointed.
Anyway, I'll talk more about that later. Back to the con report...
3pm - Stellvia
subbed
I think I only caught the second episode of this one. Something about cute girls who go to a co-ed academy for people who want to learn how to fly special space ships. I wouldn't mind seeing it again. It had quite a few likeable characters.
4 pm - Baki the Grappler
Funimation, subbed
Funimation reps handed out Baki freebies as we entered and exited the showing. They must be keen on promoting this title.
One of the reasons I went to see this is because I read a bit of the manga series in Raijin Comics. I wasn't crazy about it then, but I thought I'd give the anime a try in any case.
I was surprised that Baki's hair is such a bright red in the anime. I guess that's fitting in some way, but I've yet to figure out why.
I wasn't overly impressed with this series, although I watched both episodes shown. There was a lot of action, and a somewhat disturbing kiss between Baki and his mother, which reminded me of the Hamlet movie with Mel Gibson. I didn't like it in Hamlet, and I didn't like it in Baki (although the one in Baki was a lot more toned down).
I don't really care either way if I see this series again. But if you just like action for action's sake... you might like it.
5pm - Tsukihime
subbed
For some reason, they made everyone exit the room after Baki was over, even if we planned to stay for this showing. The security guard said something about people waiting in line outside the door. But really, everyone was lined up for FMA down the hall, not for that room. There were probably only a half dozen people waiting for Tsukihime specifically. Anyway, it didn't matter. I like to sit near the back at these showings anyway. Is it just me, or have they gotten louder?
This series is about a vampiress and her relationship with a young man. It's more dramatic than action-oriented, I find. But of course there are those great action sequences with blood everywhere.
It's pretty good in all, I would like to see it again. But more of a title that I'd only watch now and then, as opposed to something I'd own and watch frequently. It just moves a little slowly at times, which is fine, but also starts to get a bit boring to me after a while. I remember yawning a few times during the showing ^^;;
SUNDAY
11am - Anime Win, Lose, or Draw
I went there early again (I know, weird for me; isn't it?)
I wanted to participate, but it's hard to do that when you go to it alone and don't know anybody else there. It's too bad, I probably could have done well. Yup... I'm an artist to the core.
1pm - Intimate & Interactive with Erica Durance and Margot Kidder
The two Canadian Lois Lanes. I had no idea before the I&I that they're both Canadian. Margot mentioned that she has dual Canadian & US citizenship (so she can vote against things in the US she disagrees with -- everyone applauded her for that). Margot is from eastern Canada, she grew up in Quebec & the Maritimes. Erica is from Alberta.
Margot was Lois in the Superman movies with Christopher Reeve; Erica is Lois in Smallville with Tom Welling.
They were really nice, too. This time I got a seat a couple rows closer to the front.
A young boy asked Erica what Tom was wearing in the cornfield when "Lois" almost crashed into him at their first meeting. She said all the appropriate areas were covered. Margot hadn't seen much of Smallville and said to Erica "there was a nude scene?" To which Erica briefly explained how her Lois met Clark.
They discussed stunt work, and Erica mentioned repeatedly that she likes doing fight scenes where she gets to beat people up. Margot said that when she was Lois, most of the time it was actually her doing the work, with a stunt double only a few times. Nowadays, there is more work done by a stunt double. Erica mentioned that on the set of Smallville, they're very careful with that -- especially with Tom, because "if he hurts his pretty little face, we don't work."
Someone asked if there were any conflicts on the set between Canadians and Americans, to which Margot replied that to her, it seemed like that didn't matter. They were a group who were all thinking the same thing, they're all actors, and they're all the same. Someone else in the audience misunderstood her, thinking that she meant they all had the same political views, and proceeded to ask why -- if actors have the same views as Margot, than how come Schwarzenegger is the governor of California and supports Bush? To which Margot replied that she meant that they were all a group working to create something together, and that's what was important. Then she added that she wasn't going to talk about politics because she didn't think that's what we were there for. (and she's right)
Erica and Margot both complimented each other on their work as Lois. They also mentioned that they both met another actress who played Lois previously and how they're surprised at how old she is (because she seems "young" in person, I guess). Someone also asked if either of them met Terri Hatcher (Lois on Lois & Clark), and if they'd like to see her at one of these conventions with them. Neither of them met Terri, but Erica mentioned that Terri is pretty busy now anyway, so she (Terri) probably isn't going to worry too much about appearing at a convention for her work as Lois. (Terri is currently on Desperate Housewives)
Erica was asked about what's coming up in Smallville, and she really couldn't say much. She said that things will be different now that the group has graduated from high school, and that a lot of the season will be focused on how life changes after that. It was mentioned by someone in the audience (and confirmed by Erica) that James Marsters (from Buffy and Angel) will make an appearance in Smallville in this new season. Margot worked with him previously in a movie, where she played his mother. She remarked that she thought he was a very handsome young man. Both ladies said he was nice and polite.
Someone in the audience was asking about Margot's guest appearances on Smallville (for the life of me, I can't remember her role... even after finding the character's name on IMDb). Margot said she watched some episodes of Smallville before her guest appearances, and that she really liked the show. Someone in the audience asked Margot if she thought her character would return, but Margot pointed out that the character died off. To which the person in the audience replied: "yeah, but it was onto a pile of kryptonite, so..." But Margot dismissed that. Honestly, I doubt they're going to start bringing characters back from the dead on Smallville, that would really signify that they'd run out of story ideas.
Erica was also asked if she could drink like her character on Smallville, making reference to a scene in which Lois drank a bunch of football players under the table. Erica said she's nothing like that and that she's in fact a very cheap drunk. That's why whenever she wants to drink she'll just have a glass of wine and make sure her husband is with her.
3pm - Intimate & Interactive with Marina Sirtis
Before the I&I even began, I had to stand in line for almost an hour. And that only ended up getting me a spot standing at the back of the room. First, I went to the room where the I&I was scheduled, and waited for the lines for other events to disperse. Then, it seemed like I was the only one there, so I started to wait there. A few people started to wait with me, and then someone comes to tell us that the line was started across the hall and that they'd been waiting since 12pm. Or something like that. So now we have to move to the end of their line. *sigh* Fine, we move, yet somehow I end up being the very end of the line (which pisses me off because it means that people who were there AFTER me ended up going into the line in front of me; even when they KNEW I was supposed to be in front of them. So we wait, and con staff counts people in line and say that I'm the last person who will get into the room. They tell me this a few times. And people around me heard them say it. Then, when we get closer to the actual time of the I&I, they start counting again and writing something on the passes for people in line. Suddenly, the "last" person ends up being someone who is five people in front of me! WHAT?!
Marina finally comes and they let people enter the room to stand at the back and left the doors open. After a few minutes, a security guard says the doors have to be closed, because it's a fire hazard to leave them open. To which Marina responds: "Who's smoking?" And asks if anyone in the room has something flammable.
So con staff goes to close the doors and try to pull me out of the room. So I said that I was told before that I was the last person in line. And I think I said something along the lines of how them suddenly changing that wasn't fair. Basically, indicating that I wasn't about to leave when I was TOLD that I would get in.
So all of us poor saps standing, squeezed together and the doors shut behind us.
Marina was a wonderful lady, and was bothered by the fact that there were so many other people who wanted to get in but couldn't. Unfortunately, due to Hobbystar's scheduling (and they really should have known better), Marina had to leave about 10 minutes or so early to catch a plane. *sigh* O can forgive them just this once for choosing a room that was too small for the volume of people interested in that event, but it better not happen again.
Marina was funny, and the whole thing was enjoyable despite the fact that I had to stand still, at the very back. The only thing she was strict about, was that people had their video cameras turned off. Her reasons were simple: a) she might say something that could get her in trouble, b) she wasn't about to have anyone taping her and selling it on the Internet and making tons of money off of it if she wasn't going to get a cut.
I don't blame her.
Marina talked about how she tried, repeatedly to make Troi (her character in STNG) funny; but her cast mates would say she has no comedic timing and the writers never really gave her anything funny to say. Until one of the movies, where she's in a bar and says: "I've spent the last hour trying to keep his hands off me." When Marina asked why, all of a sudden, Troi was being given the chance to be funny; she was basically told that if it were a man saying that line, "it would be a whole other kind of movie." Marina then said how, although she'd thought that she was given this scene because of her acting abilities, she was wrong and that it just turned out to be homophobia. (obviously disappointing for her)
Marina made a point of complaining how the one time Troi was given the helm of the STNG Enterprise, she crashed the ship. At first, she started reading the script and became excited when she found out she got to drive the ship. Marina remarked how it finally made sense that Troi had this extra training (which was never used before in STNG). After she read that part, she put the script down and called Michael Dorn (played Worf, and whom she called "Dorny" throughout the I&I) right away to talk to him about it. (they're best friends) So she called him and said: "Dorny, did you read the script? I get to drive the ship!" And he asked if she'd finished reading the script. To which she admitted that she'd stopped when she found out Troi was going to drive the ship. So he tells her to finish reading the script and to call him right back. After she finished the script, she called "Dorny" back, complaining about the turn of events. Then she remarked to us about how strange it was that until Troi took the helm, the ship was fine. Even when the blind guy drove the ship (Geordi LaForge, played by Levar Burton), and even when a random passerby was given the helm, and even when the teenager (Wesley Crusher) drove the ship.
Marina also discussed the romantic arc between Troi and Worf in the series. First of all, she was uncomfortable with it because Michael Dorn is her best friend, but second of all, she was always rooting for Troi & Riker to be together. Even when, she added, he was sleeping with women all over the galaxy. Anyway, Michael Dorn convinced the writers to have this romantic arc going on between Troi and Worf. Every time they rehearsed, they would practice their lines and everything as normal, up until the part where they were supposed to kiss; when they would just say "and then we kiss" and dismiss that part. So they never rehearsed the actual kiss. When it came time to film, they go through everything and then they kiss. And, Marina mentioned that Michael Dorn made a strange sound when they kissed. (Something like a grunting, if I recall what she said correctly.) After the scene ended, Marina asked if that was him, or if it was Worf. To which he just sort of smiled and walked away. Marina said that disturbed her a little bit, because it made it seem like he was trying to get this romantic arc into the series just so he could kiss her.
Speaking of kissing, Marina was asked about the different male characters she kissed throughout the series. She said (and I'm guessing she was speaking only of regular characters) that they were all good kissers. She mentioned that Brent (Spiner, who played Data) has very soft lips. She also said that she and Jonathan (Frakes, who played Riker) made an agreement near the beginning of the series that whenever they had to kiss, there would be nothing "continental" going on. Nothing Parisian or "Quebecian." However, her husband never believed her, so he would always freeze frame the scenes when Troi and Riker kissed and pull out a magnifying glass.
On a related note, Marina remarked that Patrick (Stewart, who played Captain Picard) always had girlfriend approval; but she never had boyfriend approval. She complained that there were quite a few "duds" she ended up with because of that. One of whom did not have very good hygiene, so he smelled bad.
Marina also spoke about accents. Marina is British, and I didn't realize how strong her accent was until the I&I, as she'd had to sound differently in STNG. She said that in the beginning, she'd had a completely different accent in the show, and that she was told that "the captain is British, so you can't have the same accent." To which she wanted to say, "Well actually, the captain is French," so if anyone should be doing an accent, it should have been him. Then Marina mentioned how, according to the "history books" in Star Trek there were no longer French speaking people in France by the 24th century. She joked that the tunnel between England and France is there so that the English can slowly go into France and take over. Then she said how she never tells that joke in Montreal -- to which someone in the audience said: "That's okay, I'm from Montreal" and Marina said: "oh, crap."
Marina said that she loved coming to Canada because she could watch all the soccer and Coronation Street that she wanted.
As for Troi's relationship with her mother, Marina said it seemed a lot like the relationship she has with her own mother. Marina said she loves her mother, but likes it better when her mother is in Greece and she is somewhere else. Marina said the kind of relationship that Troi has with her mother takes years to develop. So it seemed awfully strange for Troi's mother to have an American accent when Troi didn't sound like her. When Marina asked why their accents were different, she was told that Troi had her father's accent. And then, when Troi's father finally showed up, he had an American accent as well. So Marina asked again why Troi has a different accent. And then she heard: "... they sent you away to school!" as explanation.
On a related note, the actress who played Troi's mother was the wife of somebody important who worked on the show (sorry, I've forgotten exactly what he does), so when she first showed up on set, the cast thought they would have to behave, and not pull any of their usual antics. But she turned out to be worse than all of them!
Sometimes the show had different directors. One time, there was a director who had this idea to have the camera tilt up from the ground towards Troi's head. Marina objected to this, saying that she was the glamour on that show; and there was no way they were going to have a shot from that angle with her big nose. That director never worked with her again.
Regarding Gene Roddenberry, Marina said that when he passed away, they had already been doing the show for a few years or so (I forget the exact figure she used), so the cast and crew all knew what they were doing and how to continue.
When somebody asked how tall Marina is, she asked: "Do you really want to go there?" Then she said that she's 5' 3" in five inch heels. So she made sure that Troi always wore five inch heels. Even in one of the movies where they had to go on a trek through a desert area. She was initially shown hiking boots to wear, but she refused, saying that Troi does not wear hiking boots. She wears five inch heels. So she got her heels for that part, and said it was difficult to do it and that she regretted it at the time, but...
Marina also discussed some of her acting roles in other series. She played a Russian character on Star Gate (SG1 I think). She said the audition was kind of nerve-wracking when she showed up and all of the other actresses trying to get the part were actually Russian (at the very least of Russian descent). Marina advised that if you ever have an acting audition, you shouldn't just read the lines, but actually learn them. Anyway, the part was speaking a bunch of techno-babble. And she got the part. The other funny thing about it was that when they starting filming, they actually asked her to tone down the accent, like she was being "to Russian." Marina also talked about another series she had a guest appearance on recently (I think it was The Closer), where she had to play a Persian woman. One of the things Marina said about doing "ethnic" roles, is that you have to actually learn the language. Marina said that Farsi is hard. And one of the things she had to do for that role was to have an argument with someone in Farsi. She also said that she didn't wear any makeup for that role, which is unusual for her, but that she also thinks that it is some of her best work.
5 pm - Planetes
subbed
I only went to this because the room for the Gundam SEED movie was full. Now that was not the smartest scheduling move. The series just finished recently on YTV, use a bigger room Hobbystar!
Anyway, this series was about a young woman who idolizes astronauts and dreams of having a glamorous job in space. She ends up being assigned to the group who cleans up refuse in space, keeping it clear of traffic in space and whatnot. She's rather emotional, and her idealistic hopes are often bruised; but she's feisty and determined. So she's likeable. I wouldn't mind seeing some more of this series, but I'm in no hurry. It was all right, but not stellar (no pun intended)
The Dealers' Room
I walked around, took a couple pictures, and bought a few things. The area was expanded this year, to make use of both sets of escalators; yet the place always seemed crowded.
What I got:
- 2 more volumes of Mars
- 2 more volumes of Fruits Basket
- A Witch Hunter Robin T-shirt (and another anime T-shirt as a gift for somebody else)
- another Marmalade Boy DVD set
I guess I'll just have to wait until the holidays and hope somebody loves me enough to get me another set.
Most of the other retailers were selling the sets for $100. The beasts. Marmalade Boy isn't that long of a series. It's a bit shy of 80 episodes, even if you count the movie as the equivalent of two episodes. Tokyopop has released it in four or five DVD sets. That gets expensive if you add it up.
I looked for the single volume of Gunsmith Cats that I'm still missing (Kidnapped), but I couldn't find it anywhere.
Artists' Alley
I went to visit Paul (
zanazac) and Shelley (desolate_elf) on Friday at their table in artists' alley. I've got to admit that I'm glad they didn't have to deal with the sardine proportions of previous years. There was actually a little space between the rows of artists for them to move chairs. Maybe Hobbystar or MTCC staff finally realized that putting people in chairs literally back-to-back, while they're blocked on the other side by a table -- is not such a good plan. If anything, I'd think THAT would be a fire hazard.The Anime Pass
One of the nice things this year about having the anime pass is that it meant I could get into the I&I sessions (excluding those special ticket events of course). Although I wasn't able to get into the I&I with Tim Russ (Tuvok from Voyager), I did end up going to three and enjoyed them all. I also enjoyed seeing some good ol' subbed anime. Something I don't do nearly enough anymore.
The Venue
I was rather disappointed that they only had one large room that they alternated for I&I sessions and the occasional anime showing. They should have used at least two large rooms for the I&I or Q&A sessions so that they could schedule these things in such a way that you don't end up with a lot of disappointed people. And there were empty rooms that could have been used. Hobbystar just hadn't rented them out. *sigh*
Another thing that bothered me was having to wait in long lines to get in to see certain things. It would have been nice if I could have just watched Gundam SEED and then stayed in the room for the I&I with Marina Sirtis, but I had to skip SEED and just wait in line. I don't like that. I go to that con to enjoy myself, not to stand around waiting in lines lamenting about what I'm missing when I could be seeing something I'm interested in.
The People
Despite the expanded space, I don't think I've ever seen this con so incredibly crowded. And I don't think it's because they added Gaming to the multi-con this year.
I was also annoyed to hear one of the people waiting in line for the Marina Sirtis I&I (an obvious Trek fan who was wearing a Deanna Troi T-shirt) was rather rude when she found out what was scheduled in the room after the I&I. She said that it was just some "anime crap."
Oh, that's real nice. I go to conventions so that I don't have to listen to that kind of bullshit. If you don't want to be at a con where there's anime, don't go to the Canadian National Expo!
The funny part is, she might actually shut her mouth if she realized how many anime references there are in the Star Trek universe!
Still, I hate when people are like that. It's so damn rude.
So there it is, my only slightly delayed con report for CNAX 2005.
Photos I took (not many) will be uploaded to my account on Flickr and made public.
