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San Diego Comic Con

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Friday, July 15, 2005 9:26 AM

ha! Im first to start the Comic Con thread for Saturday. The day where our BDH come and chat about our beloved movie, Serenity.
Here is the place to post the pictures, reports, funny quotes. And anything else relating to the Comic con and/or our BDH.

Post away!

I dont wear underwear...You know that...I mean!?!

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Saturday, July 16, 2005 7:26 PM

EVILBUNNIES

First off, hi! I'm new here, but still a faithful Browncoat for almost a year now. I know PsychicRiver very well, so he got me to finally register here.

Anyhoo, the Comic Con. Well, just got back from it today, and I can just say...wow. It was amazing. The Serenity Pannel started at 2:15 today, and at about 1 pm, there was already a line outside. The line extended around the building (which is a pretty damn big one too) and came back around, coming opposite of the first part of the line. The hall could fill 65,000 people....and it was pretty damn full! I was so happy to see so many Browncoats there supporting the film. Anyways, I'm sure there will be a recording of the pannel online soon, so you'll be able to see for yourselves how amazing it was. Everyone was there but Alan, who is off filming. It was a great time. Nathan was as funny as ever, Joss spoke in his regular Joss fashion, and poor Jewel was almost forgotten when Joss was introducing the cast out.

Unbeknowst to me, there was actually a screening of the movie there earlier in the morning, which I was mad because I didn't know about it. I heard from many others that it was good. Also, we got a sneak peek at a scene from the film, which kicked major ass.

All in all, a good con for the cast and fans. I'm hoping they return next year as well. I know I will be back if they do.

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Sunday, July 17, 2005 3:28 AM

JIMBAUGH

The H-Hall only hold 6500 people. Lots of the people there were not serenity people they were the overnight campers that stay in the hall the entire day.

The sound screwed up in the new serenity clip. Serenity should look hot on a real screen with a real sound equipment.

San Diego ComicCon had lots of technical problems in H-Hall this year.

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Sunday, July 17, 2005 3:53 AM

INEVITABLEBETRAYAL

Quote:
Originally posted by Jimbaugh:
The H-Hall only hold 6500 people. Lots of the people there were not serenity people they were the overnight campers that stay in the hall the entire day.

The sound screwed up in the new serenity clip. Serenity should look hot on a real screen with a real sound equipment.

San Diego ComicCon had lots of technical problems in H-Hall this year.

Don't be such a humbug!

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Sunday, July 17, 2005 4:15 AM

UNCHARTEDOUTLAW

Gawd-dangit! I hear everyone stays at the Marriott at the Marina. I'm coming into San Diego this afternoon for a teaching conference for the next three days. Are any Comic-Con folk still going to be left around?

-Taylor

The Uncharted Outlaw!

Read My Words:
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San Jose Area Browncoats:
http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/SiliconGulchBrowncoats

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Sunday, July 17, 2005 4:44 AM

TRACY

The line went out the building to the end, turning to the side not once, but thrice, like a coiled snake. I got in on time for the "Aeon Flux" panel (by then it was doubtful I'd get in for "Serenity" if I went to do something else like I wanted to), in between that panel and Kevin Smith I moved up some seats, and did the same after Kevin Smith. I was still far behind, and had to make do with shooting pictures of the screen. The scene we were shown (and it's not a spoiler as part of it is already on the trailer) was the extended River fight scene. It's really, really, really, really shiny!!! There was a roar of approval after that and much clapping, and Summer got very shy and nodded thanks to us. Point of interest: after the "Serenity" panel had concluded, a good 65-70% of the people got up... and left! I kept on bumping into other browncoats around the convention center later in the day, and we'd point at each other's shirts and nod. I'll post more later (including links to the good pics), as I need my coffee IV to get going.

Oh! I bought the first issue of the comic - in all three covers. The girls at Dark Horse Comics booth looked at me and went, "Browncoat!" It's rather shiny and it made me laugh out loud on the way back from SD (my friends gave me a ride...)

Tracy

MAL: If anyone gets nosy, just, you know... shoot 'em.
ZOE: Shoot 'em?
MAL: Politely.

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Sunday, July 17, 2005 6:41 PM

NYWOE

My husband and I camped out all day in H Hall, with the primary goal to be able to sit close to the Serenity panel (but it helped that most of the presentations in that Hall were really awesome, too). It's actually a good thing that some of those audience members saw the Serenity panel as they were waiting for future panels like King Kong and Tenacious D. Maybe they'll be interested and check out the show. :)

My husband got a chance to represent the AZ Browncoats and ask the panel a question, so he was really happy about that. Here's my report which I'll copy from the official board, 'cause I'm lazy:

It was a great show! I was alternating between laughing, clapping, and tearing up, moving back and forth so quickly that I couldn't keep up. The very funniest part of all though-- Joss forgot to introduce Jewel Staite! He just started into the presentation after introducing the other 7. (They were all there except Alan.) The audience (all 6500 of us) and the other cast members had to remind him that Jewel was still waiting behind the curtain! Then Jewel came in and acted all pissed and Joss bowed down before her in apology, and it set the tone for the rest of the panel. They were so funny and sweet! I'm sure some other people will go into more detail. I hope someone puts up a video of the panel, because it was truly wonderful and I want everyone to share in it. I'm SO glad we went to Comic-Con! P.S.-- Tenacious D rocked the house later that night. It was the best day ever.

The Browncoat booth was incredible. They had enough stuff on those tables (flyers, products for sale, raffle items on display, etc.) that they could probably have easily used up 10 tables instead of the 2 they had. But they made it look incredible, eye-catching, and very classy, and whored out our beloved show pretty good. I'll be very interested to see if the DVD sales go up this week. If they do, I think we can owe a lot of the credit to the incredible SF Browncoats team. Go Browncoats!

The CD (which was given away at the Browncoat Booth) contained some very brief snippets of the movie soundtrack. I haven't been to a screening yet, so I don't know if the screenings have had the finished music in them, or a temp track. But I do know that I was diggin' this music as I was driving home today. It helped that I was driving from CA to AZ through "western country" and there were trains riding parallel to the freeway. I felt like I was flying Serenity over a border planet with Reaver tail-gaters coming down on me. Many thanks to Hasufel for scoring me a CD and being so helpful in other ways (to me and the SF Browncoats) during the Con! You are a gem.

Oh, and also: They revealed the official movie poster and it looks sweet!

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If you're an Arizonan and a Browncoat, come join us:

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Sunday, July 17, 2005 9:20 PM

THEREUR

Here's my stream of consciousness recollection of the Comic-Con panel (not in accurate order) as I keep replaying it in my mind (mostly cross-posted from OB):

Overall: Cool to see all them gathered (except for Alan who is on Broadway --great for him, sad for us:-( Nathan was also with the Slither panel which preceded Serenity during the same session. Nathan was a cut up in both panels. BTW, the Sheriff from "The Train Job" is also in Slither and was on that panel.

As the Serenity panel began, Joss came out and introduced the cast one at a time, and then began to talk, when the cast and the mumbling from the audience alerted Joss to an error: he had forgotten to introduce Jewel Staite :o He humbly introduced as the beautiful woman about to kick his ass :-) She came out play-huffy and JOss got on his knees in repentance.

Clip from movie shown (sound too damn loud BTW), then questions.

Q to Joss: You're known for planning story lines out far in advance. How did you adapt what you had in mind for the series to a feature film.
A: Joss answered that he took a couple major storylines that were going to be dominant in the first two seasons, and then had to jettison some cool storylines and streamline the rest. He made a comment how he'd've loved to make a six hour movie, but he wasn't sure too many folks would see it. Someone in the audience yelled "We'd've watched it", and Joss said "well you can see the two hour one three times" (hee hee). Joss added that he has a number of storylines in his head that he hasn't shown [significant pause]... yet, as he broadly hinted at sequels to cheers.

Q to panel: How much of yourself do you see in your character?
The ones I remember best:
* Adam said he saw Jayne as a man alone who deep down is looking for the closeness of family as he is far away from his own. He said there were parts of him he could draw on for playing that.
*Morena said something about she likes to believe she is playing a character, without Morena showing through, and she'd like to keep believing that :-) [as in don't burst my bubble]
*Gina said that Zoe didn't get much of chance to show her feminine side, and she'd like to see her in a dress, and that Gina is actually girly.
*Jewel said Kaylee is very innocent and brightly cheerful, and that Jewel is more sarcastic than Kaylee at times (Ron said "Oh no, not at all :), and Jewel said, Ron's more sarcastic than Book too) and Jewel can be mean (maybe a little, but pretty unconvincing--sorry Jewel )
*Nathan joked about having a bracelet that says "What would Malcolm Reynolds do?" (he said he actually has a couple so no need to rush out and make one for him).
*Joss spoke up and said that in his experience with characters in his shows, over time especially after 2-3 years, there is a natural influence on the writing having seen the actor work with the character and knowing the actor better. He said with Firefly the melding was almost instantaneous, that he had seen Malcolm Reynolds and the other characters walk the earth. He said that was a big part of why he couldn't let go, because they were all born to play these characters, and that they were a crew, a family.

At various times Adam quite eloquently expressed gratitude: the cast's deep gratitude to the fans for our support which had made it possible to do what they love, his gratitude to Joss for fighting for Serenity, and to Nathan for leading their crew on screen and off.

Question to Joss: Will there be sound in space?
Answer: There will be no sound in the blackness of space. On the edge of space, there will be some sound... and on the planets there will be lots of talking.

Question: I saw you at Borders last night, so I know you like Harry Potter. Who's your favorite character?
Joss: Chyuh! Hermione!

Question: What are some differences between working on the series and working on a film?
*Joss: there are lots of things we couldn't do on TV something something
*Gina: Catering was better :)
*Adam: It was great having so much time to prepare--it was like doing a giant episode with lots of time.
*Nathan: The big difference was when we would be rehearsing and working on set for the TV show, we'd ask "are we taping this? Are we taping?", and on the movie Joss would make sure we understood, this is a fil-um, a fil-um, we don't tape on a fil-um! :)

Comment and Question: Gina it's so great to have a multicultural actress in a prominent role, so... I want to ask JOss ( audience reaction, and Gina--who has quietly funny through the whole panel to Nathan's hamming--said--No, no, I got my glory, go ahead--great body language).
So Joss, how about going non-traditional and cast Gina as Wonder Woman?
JOss: Well, maybe Morena and she can fight for it :), Then Nathan said there were others at that table that might be interested, and got up and did the Wonder Woman spin (as in the TV show), and other pantomiming to much laughter.

There was a question asking how each actor thought their character would die. Adam said Jayne would die in his bunk :), Gina said Zoe would die in Jayne's bunk, Jewel said Kaylee would die in Simon's arms, Ron said he'd just as soon Book was immortal, Summer said River'd outlive them all, Sean said he'd try to fly the ship after the rest died and end up killing himself and the ones left.
Morena said Inara would go out with a bang (beat, beat) Ha Ha.

THis is WAY too long already, but I think that's most of it. A Browncoat was filming the whole thing and you can probably get a DVD of it soon. A crew for a documentary on the rise, fall, and rise again for Firefly/Serenity was also there (see http://www.serenitymovie.net).

ThereUR

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Monday, July 18, 2005 6:05 AM

CEDRIC

Wow! Thanks for the account; I laughed aloud several times.

"You can't take my show from me,
Because I've got the DVD."

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Monday, July 18, 2005 7:07 AM

BLEYDDYN

Just a quick note to say I had a great time at Comic-Con. My wife and I were both very busy helping out with the fan table, although not anywhere near as busy as some of the organizers.

The fan table was great looking and seemed to draw larger crowds than any of the other fan tables.

I met (and re-met) a lot of great Browncoats, got to see the movie again, got my brown coat signed by Joss

, got to watch a few minutes of a Serenity RPG test game.

And much more.

--Bleyddyn

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Monday, July 18, 2005 7:09 AM

FIREFLYGAL

Did anyone ask spoiler type questions, which would have been unfair to any Browncoat who hasn't made it to the screening yet.

I aim to misbehave!

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Monday, July 18, 2005 8:27 AM

THEREUR

Quote:
Originally posted by fireflygal:
Did anyone ask spoiler type questions, which would have been unfair to any Browncoat who hasn't made it to the screening yet.

Nope--no spoilers. I think there would've been a riot.

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Monday, July 18, 2005 8:39 AM

THEREUR

Quote:
Originally posted by Bleyddyn:
My wife and I were both very busy helping out with the fan table, although not anywhere near as busy as some of the organizers.

The fan table was great looking and seemed to draw larger crowds than any of the other fan tables.
[snip]

I worked for a few hours at the fan table too (Hi Bleyddyn!), and I was extremely impressed by the immense amount of work and organization that went into the very professional and attractive fan tables (hundreds of work hours--seriously). A Big Damn Thank You is richly deserved to the crew who put this all together (coordinated through SF Browncoats), and to the many Browncoats from all over the world (literally) who staffed the booth (I only did a few hours, but some were there for a lot longer than that over several days).

The table was hopping on Friday and Saturday. Most folks who came to the table on my shift seemed to be Browncoats already, but I did get to do my best to convert several newbies. Univeral delivered lots of cool swag which was fun to hand out--and BTW, we had some of the best swag in the hall from what I saw. And then Universal issued tickets to a screening Saturday night! (I didn't get to go).

Big News: The charity drive was incredibly successful. I read somewhere else that it raised over TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS for Equality Now!!!

Browncoats Rock is all I can say.
ThereUR (Dawn)

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Monday, July 18, 2005 8:46 AM

TRACY

Quote:
Originally posted by fireflygal:
Did anyone ask spoiler type questions, which would have been unfair to any Browncoat who hasn't made it to the screening?

Seeing as the hall was pretty much packed with Browncoats, anybody aiming to do so would have been beaten down to a bloody pulp. So, in short, no.

In order to illustrate the thread, because everything's pretty much been said, this is a link to an album with shots from the big screen (you can see Joss very teeny at the podium - it gives you an idea of how far away I was, even though I changed seats three times). Some of the pics are not as shiny as I would have wanted them, but they're funny nonetheless, hence their inclusion. Enjoy!

http://tinyurl.com/8s4h3

Tracy

MAL: If anyone gets nosy, just, you know... shoot 'em.
ZOE: Shoot 'em?
MAL: Politely.

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Monday, July 18, 2005 9:01 AM

THEREUR

Tracy--

Very nice shots! Thanks for posting them. I'm a mite slower than you, and didn't start shooting the big screens until late in the panel, and my shots well, suck. I love the one of Jewel hugging the kneeling Joss :)

ThereUR

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Wednesday, July 20, 2005 5:22 AM

TRACY

Crossposting from: Comic Book Resources.com

From: http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=5617

CCI, DAY 3 - SERENITY PANEL
by Hannibal Tabu, Staff Writer
Posted: July 19, 2005
The applause was thunderous when fan favorite Joss Whedon took the stage, then introducing the vocal and vicarious cast with a series of questions. "Who's my favorite? Mmm, Morena Baccarin! (walks out to applause) Who do I want to punish? Sean Maher! (walks out to applause) Who am I scared of? Ron Glass ..." and so on, as Nathan Fillion, Summer Glau, Gina Torres and Adam Baldwin (wielding an action figure of himself) were introduced. The panel began before the cast started wheedling Whedon about maybe forgetting somebody. "Oh ... who's probably going to kick my *** in a few minutes? Jewel Staite!" The actress stomped out, frowning, as Whedon crossed the stage to bow prostrate before her. She stared angrily for a moment, as the crowd hooted with laughter, and after a moment she came over to hug the still-prostrate director. She walked to her seat and he returned, on his knees, to the podium. Alan Tudyk had a prior commitment and could not attend.

Leaping into the Q&A, Whedon was asked how many special effects were in the film. "Twelve," he replied. "Sixteen? No, we had to cut it to twelve."

"You said we couldn't get paid more because there were only eight," Torres interrupted.

"That's before I replaced you with a CGI beagle," Whedon answered calmly.

The same fan had allegedly stood behind Whedon at a bookstore the night before, waiting for the midnight release of the latest "Harry Potter" novel, so she asked which character was his favorite. "Hermione!" Whedon replied with a kind of "duh" tone.

Whedon answered the next question about the differences in the work based on medium by saying that the film offered a more "epic scale to do lots we couldn't do on the TV show. There were many character threads that I wanted to pursue, that now I can't. Yet. If we're all very good, and they let us do another one, I'll do that. I took the overarching idea I had, that was going to be the first two years of the series, and made that the plot for the movie."

Whedon and the cast then talked about how they handled the transition from small to big screen. "Nervous breakdown?" Whedon asked. "We handled it better than you," Baccarin quipped, which amused both the cast and the crowd.

"The biggest benefit we had was all the time we had for preparation," Baldwin said. "It was all one big long episode, and we all got to fall in love again."

Shifting the mood, Torres said, "The catering was better ... and I'm taller.. You know, on the big screen." The joke fell dead, which made for even bigger laughs, as she looked away nervously.

"The difference for me," Fillion said, "coming from a TV background, you're always saying 'are we taping?' You can't say that to Joss. He keeps saying, 'It's a motion picture film. It's a movie!" Smugly, Fillion concluded, "There's the difference."

Another fan asked how they all liked the movie, and slowly Fillion stood up, clapping stridently. "That was the slow building clap, people," he admonished. "Let's try it again." Again he did the same, with the audience following suit, and Fillion said, "that's better."

"Very Eighties," Whedon offered.

"Seriously ... for those of you who haven't seen the movie, I have good news," Fillion continued. "I just saved a bunch of money on car insurance!" As the crowd howled with laughter, he said, "Oh yeah, I went there."

The next question came from a Norwegian man who "represents a group of roleplayers" who base their game on Whedon's "Angel". "We think you're the best thing since aerosol cheese," the man said, "and wonder if there's anything you can say to these people."

Whedon stroked his newly shaven chin and said, "Let me pass this off -- Sean? What would you say to our roleplaying Norwegian friends?"

Maher stared dumbly and said, "I'm just thinking about aerosol cheese .." Nobody had anything coherent to offer, short of thanks.

The next question wondered whether or not Whedon had considered making an "untraditional" choice and casting Gina Torres as Wonder Woman. "She and Morena have to fight to the death," Whedon said thoughtfully.

"Hey, other people here have a lot to offer in that role!" Fillion protested.

"She, Morena and Adam have to fight to the death," Whedon amended.

Fillion was not satisfied. "All I have to say is this ..." he stated, before standing up and spinning around, like Lynda Carter in the classic series, and then posing daintily.

"I've really started to rethink my career choice," Whedon said grimly, to great laughter from the audience.

The next question was how did each actor think their character would die.

"My character would die in his bunk," Baldwin said firmly.

"With a smile," Torres nodded, "with all her guns on. In Jayne's bunk."

"I think Malcolm would die from some obvious disease misdiagnosed by the doctor," Fillion said.

Glau was less pessimistic. "I think she's going to outlive everybody."

"After those three die," Maher said, pointing to Fillion, Torres and Baldwin, "Simon would crash the ship and kill those three."

"Kaylee would die in Simon's arms," Staite said sweetly.

"I would die with a bang," Maccarin said.

"No, I think we'd all die in a group hug ..." Glass said. At just that moment, a loud alarm klaxon sounded for reasons that were never explained, causing the panel to jump with surprise. After settling down, Whedon said, "Today's mystery word was 'group hug!'"

Glass continued, "In my ultimate fantasy, Book is immortal and would never die."

A clip was then shown, an action packed bar scene with Summer Glau beating the hell out of a lot of large, unhappy looking men.

"I want to do a commentary with everybody," Whedon said after the footage showed. "All right, including Nathan. Get everybody together, get a few drinks in 'em, and get the real story of making this film. It's a question of getting them all in a room. And I might forget that one of them's there ..."

Staite did not look amused.

Members of the cast talked about how the show has affected their lives. "I've already had people liking me for such a long time ..." Glass said dryly.

Maher said, "I've moved like four times because I can't get out of my garage without fans in the way of my car. I'm kidding. I really don't feel that my life has changed so much, but experiences like this are so unbelievably inspiring and so rewarding, because you guys really are why the movie was made. It's extraordinary to experience the love."

Baldwin agreed and said, "It's really important to mention that the fan base has been so important to getting us back in the air. It bears repeating how important you've been, so thank you from the bottom of our hearts."

"The most significant thing for me is that I don't have to pay late fees at Blockbuster anymore, so thank you for that," Torres said.

"People say they like my work, I'm like 'thanks,'" Fillion said, "people say they like 'Firefly,' they're my best friend. I was passionate about my work. Not any more. We all had close ties, back then. Not anymore. We had ties that could not be broken, except by the passing of time. Like a rock. A broken time rock." Turning to the panel, he finished, "and you're very special to me, my broken time rock people."

The penultimate question was about sound in space. "In the blackness of space, there will be no sound," Whedon confirmed. "At the very edge of the blackness of space, there will be some sound. On planets, there will be lots of talking."

Finally, the panel was asked about how much of themselves are in their characters.

Glass said, "What happens here, stays here."

Baccarin said, "Inara is extremely beautiful and smart ..."

"Nothing like Morena," Staite interrupted.

"I, in my head, think I'm playng a character," Baccarin finished.

"I'm obviously nothing like Kaylee," Staite said, "I think I'm more sarcastic, I have a sicker sense of humor ..."

"No!" Glass said, faking shock.

"Ron's not sarcastic either," Staite laughed. "I can be mean sometimes."

"Jewel's very mean," Maher agreed. "We've been with this character for three years now, and the characters and actors, the lines are blurred. I sometimes forget. I always like to say I love my sister, and I ... whatever"

Glau said, "When we came back to read for the movie, I wondered if everybody would change. And it was exactly the same. Playing River, I'm surprised how natural it feels for me, except the smart part. I feel really safe and comfortable."

"I think Jayne represents a man alone who is searching for family," Baldwin said. "He puts up a tough exterior to stand strong against the world and is desperate on the inside to find some sort of connection with a family that he's lost or is far away, that mirrors my life in some ways that I try to draw upon."

"Hm," Torres wondered. "I think the great similarities between Zoe and Gina is that we're very sarcastic, and hate other people in our frame. Zoe doesn't get to express her feminine side, and Gina's a big girl. That's the biggest separation. Would we ever see Zoe in a dress?"

Whedon simply said, "Sequel."

Fillion said, "Someone actually made me a bracelet with 'WWMRD?' on it. What would Malcolm Reynolds do? I have, in my real life, taken what I call the Malcolm moment and seen when things aren't going the way I want 'em to go and I think ... [looks at fist], it's either a fight or a pass."

"I thought that it was whatever Zoe tells him to do," Torres wondered.

"Word," Fillion agreed.

Whedon closed out by saying, "When you write a character and somebody plays them for a number of years, you find the actor and the character start to mesh. Willow gots sexier, Giles got hipper, it bleeds in. You start to draw from them when you're writing the character. That happened so fast and so completely that I never think about the characters, I think about the actors and the things they're doing to play the characters. They do not exist without these people. Malcolm Reynolds walks and talks, I know him and I've met him. I was amazed by it. This is a crew, this is a family, and they will always be that way. one of the reasons that I could not let this die is not because I thought they were good to play these parts, it's because they were born to play these parts."

This led Fillion to lead a final slow clap, which ended thunderously as the panel concluded.

**********

And from SignOnSanDiego.com:

From: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/weblogs/brain/archives/001822.html

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Comic-Con: It's Whedon's show, but Fillion steals it
July 19, 2005

Joss Whedon's ability to draw a crowd grows each year at Comic-Con.

Two years ago he was up close and personal with folks in an enlarged lecture hall. In 2004 he and the cast of the upcoming Serenity feature film moved into the big leagues in the 4,200-seat Room 20.

This year, Universal put Whedon -- best known as the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel -- and the cast of Serenity in the 6,500-seat Hall H, which echoed with applause -- some from a partial standing ovation -- when Whedon walked on stage.

But despite the Whedon-worship that inspired some fans to wear tongue-in-cheek "Joss Whedon is my master now" T-shirts, hammy actor Nathan Fillion managed to steal the show, flaunting his Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds action figure as he strode on stage, holding the chairs for the film's female stars as Whedon introduced them and leading the audience in slow, building applause.

Video crews with shoulder-mounted cameras transmitted the goings-on to giant screens for the benefit of those farther back in the giant hall and Fillion seized the opportunity for one close-up.

"And for those of you who haven't seen the movie yet, I've got good news," Fillion said, pausing. "I've just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance."

During a question-and-answer session, when one fan suggested that Whedon cast Gina Torres -- Zoë Warren on Firefly and in Serenity -- as Wonder Woman in the upcoming feature film, Whedon replied that Torres and Morena Baccarin (Inara Serra in the Firefly universe) ought to fight for it.

Someone quipped that another cast member might want to try out for the role, so Fillion stood up and declared "All I'm going to say is this," before spinning on the stage like Lynda Carter's Wonder Woman changing into her outfit.

The cast thanked audience members -- including those from various Browncoat clubs, named for the freedom fighters in the series -- for their role in getting the show revived as a feature film.

"We wouldn't be in the air without the fans," said Adam Baldwin (Jayne Cobb). "We wouldn't be sitting here without you guys."

Cast members also thanked the fans for letting them reunite -- "It was really one big episode and we got to fall in love again," Baldwin said -- and thanked Fillion for his leadership on screen and off.

Fillion jokingly compared the cast's relationship to a rock, a rock that could only be broken by time.

"You are my broken time-rock people," he said, looking across the stage.

Whedon good-humoredly intervened.

"We'd better move on to a question before Nathan keeps going," he said.

Thanked by a fan for keeping the series going as a movie (and a comic book, and a role-playing game), Whedon said he was inspired by the cast to keep the storyline alive.

"One of the reasons I couldn't let these people go was not because they were good at playing these parts, but because I felt they were born to play these parts," Whedon concluded.

Posted by Jeff Dillon at July 19, 2005 10:50 AM

There... all better.

MAL: If anyone gets nosy, just, you know... shoot 'em.
ZOE: Shoot 'em?
MAL: Politely.

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