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I attended my first Dragon*Con (or anything remotely like it) yesterday with no idea what to expect. Here's what I learned:
1. That the costumes generating the most excitement among fans are sometimes the most simple and innocent—like the Yip-Yip Martian Muppet or Lego Man.
2. That the woman walking around carrying this is very disturbed.
3. That Adam West draws a bigger crowd than anyone else at Dragon*Con.
Sean Astin and Nathan Fillon come in second and third. And Lou Ferrigno
isn't as popular as he used to be.
4. That men in chain mail rarely break character when interviewed.
5. That multimedia producer Kevin Keller is way better than me at
recognizing obscure costumes of comic book and video game characters.
6. That I'm pretty good at recognizing obscure characters from Dr. Who and Stargate, but that pretty much stretches the limits of my sci-fi geekdom.
7. That a lot of people own a Captain Jack Sparrow costume.
8. That Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans really don't like Michelle Trachtenberg*.
9. That Virginia Hey, the blue priestess from Farscape
has made a cottage industry out of selling perfumes and illustrations
to fans who really were just curious what she looked like without all
that make-up on.
10. That 2008 is the year of the Joker, and that women are about three
times as likely to dress as him than men. And that the Jack Nicholson
Joker is almost as popular as the Heath Ledger Joker. And that I should
call it the "Warner Brothers Joker," not the "Jack Nicholson Joker."
11. That it's not about sci-fi or fantasy; it's really just about a good costume.
12. That an autographed George Takei photo is $30.
13. That one of our writers, Jesse Jarnow, was published in a comic book.
14. The difference between campaign and non-campaign RPGs.
15. That I should have dressed like Dr. Who. I've got the glasses.
16. That Storm was a guy in drag.
17. That you can buy a stuffed 20-sided die.
18. That Anne McCaffrey is alive and well.
19. That no matter if you were invisible inside a Chewbacca uniform or played a young Anakin Skywalker, if you were in a Star Wars movie, you can bank on your celebrity at sci-fi conventions.
20. That even Batman needs a break sometimes.
* except all of the Buffy Fans who love Michelle Trachtenberg
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As a fan of the actress Michelle Trachtenberg and the character Dawn Summers, I find the remarks that a lot of people at DragonCon don't like Michelle.
Did you take a poll or did you just talk to Michelle/Dawn haters?
Please refrain from making sweeping claims such as ones you made in this article.
I think it was the booing during The Buffy Horror Picture Show that tipped me off.
Well done, sir! I feel like I was there.
I was at a con where we had a midnight showing of Once More With Feeling. A few drunks in the audience keep shouting shut up Dawn every time she appeared on screen. It just shows they were jerks, nothing more. Some of us loved Dawn, and think Michelle is a great actress.
I noticed the same Dawn hate at a screening at Comic-Con in San Diego. And it was far more than a few drunks -- it seemed like half the audience.
What bothered me about it (which I've gone into in more detail on my blog) was that the hate was so irrational. They'd boo her or tell her to shut up even when she was doing something necessary (cluing Tara in), or which led to something I'm sure most of those fans were happy to see (Spuffy).
Umm it's no secret that dawn summers is nearly universally reviled amongst whedonites; it's not really a commentary on the actress (who is on record as having a lot of problems with the character herself) so much as it is an observation that the character is really annoying. also, to many fans (not me) her introduction in season 5 was the "jump the shark" moment for the whole show. the fact that whedon writes and fills his shows with incredibly awesome and likeable characters makes dawns incessant whining stick out like a sore thumb.
Well, I always liked Dawn. Sure, we were a bit behind here but I never understood the Dawn hate.
I thought she was just the whole younger sister who bugs the heck outta ya but you love anyways.
And I think she was written well in. I mean, she was created by monks and at first but then she was no longer the key but they still had all those memories and stuff. They couldn't just ignores those memories and feelings because those felt real to them even though they knew in the end that the monks had created them.
Just sayin, the Dawn hate is weird. But so was the Lauren hate on Alias. *Shrugs*
I loved Dawn.
She was a great character.
Now, Kennedy. THAT was a stupid character.
As a big Buffy fan, I detested the character of Dawn, though I admired the actress playing her. If it helps, I really hated Kennedy. I don't think it is such a sweeping statement. I don't know how much you know about the Bronze board and PBPs, but Dawn was not a favored character. Though by Season 7, the "whiners in waiting", made her much more likeable as they were even more annoying.
Thanks for the shout out for the yip-yip costume. I'm telling the world that my awesome wife put it together for me.
We had no idea what kind of stir it would produce. Dragon*Con is always a blast, but this year was pretty special.
It wasn't just the costume. It was how you carried it. Jim Henson would be proud.
can anybody help me plz
does someone knows who made the yip yip costume because its AWESOME
and i could use some help to make one myself