There's not much to tell because it was hot and humid and I didn't try to see it all. There were many delights, but I mainly stuck to the Stargate agenda. I managed to buy a few of those limited edition Daniel action figures, and I got a couple extra of those Stargate keyrings SciFi was handing out.
I did attend the talk and thought, over all, Gary Jones did a good job moderating. Nothing to report on the spoiler front; Joe Mallozzi hurriedly rattled off a few things that were already on the net, with a bored voice. In fact, he and Mullie took the attitude of "I'm too cool for this/I'm too bored by this" that disruptive boys take in class. Most of the questions asked of them had to be repeated because they simply weren't paying attention. Hello! It's only 75 minutes and you're in front of 8,000 people! Can't you at least act like a professional for that long? And when someone asked about the 200th episode, Joe Mallozzi emphasized that there would be parts of it that we'd hate. Chris Judge immediately commented about how that wasn't a very good way to entice people to watch the show, "hey, you're going to hate it!" Nora, the Scifi rep didn't look too thrilled either, and even Gary Jones made some comment about it. Jeeze...if Cooper or Wright can't make it, I think it'd be better to let some of the directors come down to Comic Con next year.
Let's see, I didn't take any pictures because I was too far back. Nora did emphasize that people needed to watch the shows live if they have Tivo, because it will effect the ratings. I don't follow that. Does that mean I have to watch that show in that hour for it to count? What if I time shift it by 30 minutes?
Aside from the writers, Nora of Scifi, Chris and Gary, there was Cliff Simon and Robert Picardo (who is VERY funny.)
The Atlantis panel was about the same. David Hewitt got asked the majority of questions and strangely, I'm not sure Joe Flannigan was asked any (though he did chime in a few times.) Again, Mallozzi quickly rattled off spoilers like he was reciting a boring shopping list. They showed a few snippets, but nothing really cool.
I got to the panel an hour early to get a decent seat and got to see Ray Bradbury, so that was alright! He told wonderful stories. I also went to a panel about the 50th anniversary of Forbidden Planet. They've restored the film and the special release of the dvd will include a 6 inch Robby the Robot. A friend went to the Brisco County panel and she remarked a number of times what a big difference there were in the attitudes of those writers and the ones for SG.
Oh, I also went to the public showing of Eureka (which I liked) and SG1. A couple of people in my party really didn't like Atlantis, and as we hadn't eaten and it was 11pm, we left to go eat. It was a lot of fun to hear the fan reaction. Vala got the biggest applause, I think.
And that was that. I spent a majority of my time trying to stay cool and hydrated. Snakes on a plane seemed to be the film with the biggest buzz.
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