Shiny's SD ComicCon Report by Shiny

it worked! =-) Hope to see you there. it's 6:23 am now, i'll be on my way shortly also bahahahahahahaha!!

-Tanviper

AKA: Ladyhumper from the OB

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 3:40 AM

TRASK43

Jealous of you guys, cant wait to read all the reports.

www.summer-glau.com

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 4:11 AM

POTHER

It worked. Enjoy, and thank-you for being eye-and-ears for those of us who can't be there.!

And for those of you around the world, its now about 10:00 AM EasternTime, that's 7:00 AM PacificTime in SanDiego, on July 25th 2004.

6 more hours to go. I sure hope they get a bigger crowd than the StarWars announcement did.

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 4:16 AM

RAWDEAL

I just gotta know: What model of Palm have you got, beig a Palm user myself.

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 4:23 AM

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Originally posted by Shiny:
OK, so there's really nothing to report yet other than I had set my alarm for 5am but woke at 4:30 because how could I sleep? I'm gonna see the BDHs today!!! I'm @ SFO now waiting for my flight to leave and I just wanted to log on and see if I can post from this fancy Palm handheld computer-type-thingy. Someone respond to this so I know if it worked...

"I left my heart in Seren-ity Val-ley..." <-- the farthest I've ever gotten in writing filk. ;)

Indeed it worked--looking forward to any and all reports
wearing my blue sun shirt today even if I am on the other coast
go East-young JOSS-go East!!!!!

Also, I can kill you with my brain.

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 8:05 AM

KINGOFKOINS

I almost got to go, but it didn't work out.

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It's sickening how comforting the privacy of the mind can be.
"Bible's broken; contradictions, false logistics. Doesn't make sense." - River
http://stripe.filetap.com

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 8:41 AM

Met up with DVDGuy Jeremy near the front of the line to get into the room, after having plastered the popular freebies table with 11th Hour's great flyers. Grumpy's Jayne hat and the Serenity patches (from Gwen) soon attracted a modest group of fellow browncoats. We made it into the center/front (3-5 rows back) and are now sitting through a 'riding the bullet' panel. It says something of my fellow browncoats' dedication that they are all willing to sit through 2 and 1/2 hours of stuff like The Seed of Chucky just to have a good seat when our BDHs show up.

More soon...

"I left my heart in Seren-ity Val-ley..." <-- the farthest I've ever gotten in writing filk. ;)

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 9:12 AM

Awesome, at least there are Browncoats there to give those of us that could not attend a taste of what's going on...deeply appreciated. You all are the best!

The Old Broad Monkey

http://p221.ezboard.com/bfireflyfanficawards

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 10:17 AM

KINGOFKOINS

For the love of cheese, I hope the Serenity teaser footage somehow makes it online after today.
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It's sickening how comforting the privacy of the mind can be.
"Bible's broken; contradictions, false logistics. Doesn't make sense." - River
http://stripe.filetap.com

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 10:25 AM

ARODIN

This thread is a kindness. I'm anxiously awaiting reports...

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 11:09 AM

GRAKSTAR

Quote:
Originally posted by Arodin:
This thread is a kindness. I'm anxiously awaiting reports...

Me too!!!!

G xx

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 11:43 AM

Just a quick update:
ROOM WAS PACKED! (other panels 1/4 full - 1/3 max)
Not much real news but it was great to see the crew all in one place
TRAILER WAS AWESOME! (they showed it twice once @ the beginning, once @ the end)
| was SECOND in line for the right hand Q&A microphone, then they announced they would ONLY use the LEFT hand Q&A microphone!!! By the time we got across to the other side of the hall I was far enough back that when Q&A ended I WAS ONE PERSON AWAY FROM THE MIC!!! =(
The autograph line was full by 11am so MOH and I are watching the unaired (and unleaked) Wonderfall eps. =)

"I left my heart in Seren-ity Val-ley..." <-- the farthest I've ever gotten in writing filk. ;)

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 11:50 AM

MISGUIDED BY VOICES

Quote:
Originally posted by Shiny:
Just a quick update:
ROOM WAS PACKED! (other panels 1/4 full - 1/3 max)
Not much real news but it was great to see the crew all in one place
TRAILER WAS AWESOME! (they showed it twice once @ the beginning, once @ the end)

Hope you burned every frame of the trailer to memory for a description when you get the chance!

Cheers for the update

"I threw up on your bed"

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 12:10 PM

ROWAN

Shiny Thank you SOOOOOOO much for these updates I don't feel so left out! It's so kind of you to do this! I'm so sorry you didn't get to ask your question that sounds so unfair that you came so close twice like that! ((((((Shiny))))))

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 12:41 PM

ILLBEINMYBUNK

the trailer! the trailer! what was in the trailer?!!?

when you get a chance

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 12:48 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by illbeinmybunk:
the trailer! the trailer! what was in the trailer?!!?

when you get a chance

like maybe as soon as you start to breathe again

we are so anxious to hear everything

Also, I can kill you with my brain.

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 12:52 PM

Never knew it was possible to feel so much envy and joy over others good fortune at the same time.

Thanks so much for the reports Shiny...did they at least let you get some pics during the Q&A?

The Old Broad Monkey

http://p221.ezboard.com/bfireflyfanficawards

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 1:49 PM

I JUST got back from the San Diego Comic Con, where Joss and the whole cast of Firefly showed us the very first look at the new movie.

WOW and OH MY GOD are the words that come to mind!!

I have a million things to say, so I KNOW I'm going to miss or mess up some stuff. Any fellow brown coats that where there, please add to this or correct anything I goof up.

This review contains SPOILERS of the movie, so please read at your own risk.

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1) I remember the crew robbing a bank. They walk in, and Mal says something like I don’t want to see any guns, or there will be some violence. The next scene and older man comes out from behind a desk (I think) with a shotgun, and Mal spins around and pulls his gun on him. There is a part where Zoë shoots out a TV camera, and when Mal and Zoë open the safe, Zoë makes a comment on how they can retire from all the crime stuff now. (I think she was being funny, there wasn't a lot of money there)

2) A scene where River is screaming, some gizmo on her head (She looks to have been caught by the alliance. (Like we didn’t know that was going to happen!)

3) A gun fight scene where a Reaver (I belive...moved a little fast) looks to grab at someone, and Mal shoots it.

4) A case outside on the hovercraft, guns being fired

5) River up on a ceiling, hold on with 1 hand to a something (knife maybe) while here legs and other arm support her up there. VERY cool looking pose as she looks to be out of breath and was bleeding from her head

6) a shot of Serenity flying from right to left , pink lasers firing at her, and then the unfocused zoom moves to the right to see a ship firing again.

7) Several quick shots of Inra in a building (the academy perhaps) a black gentleman walks up to her. If they where talking, it wasn’t in the trailer

8) A man shots at river, a scene where she falls down. I'm not sure if she was hit, I didn't see any blood.

9) A shot while rivers on the ground, arms spread out. She looks scared and she says "REAVERS!"

10) a scene where a ships rises into view, followed by a shot of what looked to me Simon and river coming out of a vent, or window.

11) a shot of wash on the bridge, saying something like this might be a bumpy ride, or this is going to be a bumpy ride,..something like that. I notice something different about the Bridge, but can't put a finger on it. The shot went by fast. I THINK it was the extra monitors Alan talked about in a interview a week or to back.

I know I've missed some stuff, please anyone that was there add to this! These scenes are out of order. I just typed them as I remembered them.

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 2:05 PM

JOSSTHERAPY

WOW!Thank you so much for the report! Sounds like you had a great time.

Mutant Goddess- Obsessed. Vocal. Organized.

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 2:05 PM

TRASK43

Great reports so far, cant wait to see the trailer.

www.summer-glau.com

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 2:05 PM

SUCCATASH

Wow, that all sounds so great. I'm crossing my fingers, but deep down I KNOW that Serenity will be a major hit.

"Gott kann dich nicht vor mir beschuetzen, weil ich nicht boese bin."

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 2:06 PM

KARENKAY99

thank you for the movie highlights!! what did our bdh's have to say? how did they look? did you get pictures?
more please!!
do i sound needy?
just keep posting as you think of anything new and thank you!!

"They say the snow on the roof is too heavy. They say the ceiling will cave in. His brains are in terrible danger."

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 2:07 PM

NOOCYTE

Thanks so much for the description!!

Did you notice any apparent changes to Serenity herself?

Keep flyin'! (and posting!!)

Department of Redundancy Department

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 2:18 PM

yes, the shot where Wash said something like "this is going to be a bumpy ride, the Bridge looked a LITTLE different. The shot went by fast, so I couldn't tell you what. Maybe it was the 3 extra monitors he said where installed in one of his interviews. Other then that, I didn't get to see a whole lot of it. (not that I noticed anyway)

She still looks great!!

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 2:21 PM

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 2:23 PM

Our BDH's ALL looked GREAT!!! Gina looked STUNNING, and Nat was as funny as ever.

I'm writing a report on the A&Q session now, so look for that in a little while.

You can tell this cast loves each other, and are true friends.

Yes, I got a ton of pictures!! not sure how to send them up however!!! None of them came out very good however!! =-(

MUCH MORE TO COME LATER TODAY, EARLY TOMMOROW!!

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 2:32 PM

Yes, I got a ton of pictures!! not sure how to send them up however!!! None of them came out very good however!! =-(

MUCH MORE TO COME LATER TODAY, EARLY TOMMOROW!!

need we say we will take what we can get
thanks for the everything you can get to us

Also, I can kill you with my brain.

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 5:15 PM

LEXIBLOCK

Why do some people call her Zoë? Its never been written that way in the scripts or on the official site?

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 5:21 PM

ILLBEINMYBUNK

Ah! This is so great. Reading the description makes me want to scream. Hope we get to see some footage. The next 271 days are going to be the longest 271 days of my life. Until of course the 271 days till the next film. This is all so shiny!

"You want to go little man?"
"Only if it's somewhere with candlelight"

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 5:50 PM

Wonderful Spacemonkey!! Thanks for the report and I have to echo the others sentiments here, we will take anything we can get!

The Old Broad Monkey

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 6:02 PM

G1223

Oh sweet Jesus the trailer was so cool. Assuming that it all comes toghere like it appears in the trailer we are going to kick "Revenge of the No doze" in the butt next spring.

TANSTAAFL

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 6:09 PM

RAWDEAL

I didnt read any of the spoiles, but thank you for making it possible for us to get a sneakpreview of the BDM

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 6:19 PM

Sorry, I tried to post this earlier but got some wierd Microsoft OLE DB or some other technicaly goobledygook error. I did post this on the OB, but I'll repeat it here:

Just sitting in the airport waiting for my plane to board and thought I'd jot down a few things that stuck in my brain:

TRAILER:

Select to view spoiler:

• River stretched out bracing herself against both walls at the ceiling of a hallway(?) a la Jackie Chan
• River w/ a big metal uncomfortable-looking syringe-like brain probe stuck in her forehead
• LASER BEAMS! (I think it was only the ship following Serenity that shot a laser, but others thought they saw Serenity return fire w/ a laser
• A Companion Yoga Class?
• Trailer moved to quickly to distinguish any differences either int or ext to Serenity

PANEL:
• HUGE, ENORMOUS, MINUTES-LONG STANDING OVATION for Joss when he walked on stage. He seemed genuinely touched as well as surprised by the size of the audience, as did many of the cast. A few, including Adam and I think Nathan, took some pictures of the audience.
• Almost all of the Q's directed to Joss, 1 hr was WAY too short (I don't even think it was quite 1 hr)
• Joss is very clearly focused on the possibility of movie sequels as opposed to a return to TV
• Nate called Adam Stinky Pants or something similar (in reference to some kind of Burritto incident)
• Adam makes Morena cry and storm off stage. Joss reprimands Adam.
• Joss is Adam's hero
• Adam was wearing Lux's T-shirt
• The thing Summer likes best about playing River is that she can go barefoot so often. (apparently Summer doesn't like to wear shoes)
• Sean tells Summer he loves her
• 'The Flying Tams' (Sean's joke)
• Lisa Lasek (the editor) and Loni (from Zoic, who do the CGI) were nowhere to be found. Don't know why.
• Joss said the movie would not delve into the Blue Sun mystery, but there would as mentioned elsewhere be Reavers.
• Universal execs were in the audience; I think I saw some of them being escorted in from behind the curtains in the front left of the hall. I can only imagine that the amazing explosive reaction of the PACKED room to Joss and the cast and the trailer must have helped convince them what a valuable franchise they have on their hands. Can you say trilogy? :)

Regarding the WONDERFALLS PANEL:
• It sounded like the Wonderfalls DVD is a done deal, or close to it. Not sure if this is news, since I haven't followed this closely but I thought I'd share it in case it was.
• Tim (or someone else on his panel) said the main reason Wonderfalls was cancelled was that the president of Fox decided to try making Fox more 'mainstream'.

Finally, by far the funniest thing of the day was when during a question about Charisma Carpenter, Joss said (I think he already mentioned this before somewhere) that Jayne could be considered something of a "Cordy"-like character. Just as Joss is about to ask for the next fan question, Adam turns to Nathan and says, "who is Charisma Carpenter?". Nate leans conspiratorially into Adam and makes the curvy-hourglass-shape in the air with his hands, then after the audience laughter subides, he leans back into Adam and mimes opening a playboy centerfold for him to see. The entire audience (and Joss!) just about died laughing.

"I left my heart in Seren-ity Val-ley..." <-- the farthest I've ever gotten in writing filk. ;)

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 6:21 PM

Oh, and just so no one gets worried, Morena was just pretending to cry and storm off. Earlier, when Joss asked each of the cast members to say what they liked the best about their character, Morena said it was cool how smart Inara was, how she could do anything, and how every day she learned more things Inara could do that she (Morena) couldn't. I think someone else may have later made a joke about Inara being much smarter than Morena.
Then one of the fans praised Adam for doing such a good job playing a "dumb" character (Jayne) with some depth, without it being a caricature (sp?) -- Adam said something like it's easier to be smart and play dumb than be dumb and play smart. That's when the rest of the cast looked and laughed at Morena, and she pretended to cry and storm off. It's not entirely clear if Adam actually intended to make fun of Morena there, he certainly claimed he was just talking about his own intelligence with that comment when Joss came over to 'yell' at him.

"I left my heart in Seren-ity Val-ley..." <-- the farthest I've ever gotten in writing filk. ;)

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 6:27 PM

DEADLYFOE

When I saw the serenity trailer today at Comic-Con I teared-up. Is it normal for a 28 year old male to have hot flashes? It seems silly to me that I have invested so much emotion in a TV show, but seeing the trailer and the cast today was a truly awesome experience.
I know I can't do a great job describing the trailer, but I will mention a few things that stand out. First off, it was amazing, the movie isn't even finished, and it was just something they "threw together" for the convention, but it was incredible and made me even more fired up for the movie than I already was. In brief glimpses of Serenity I noticed the "wider hallways to accomidate better acting" that I think Alan mentioned in an interview. River was featured heavily in the trailer and it looks like she will have a very active role in the movie(yay!).
Seeing all the crew together was awesome. I must mention, I was really struck by just how gorram attractive these people(ladies and gents both) are in person, Serenity definitely has the best looking crew in the 'verse. During the question and answer all of the cast were very funny and charismatic, and I ended up loving them all even more than I already did. I felt a little bad for Morena who was taking more than her share of ribbing, but Joss was quick to prevent her from storming off the stage.
Though seeing the trailer and the crew was amazing for me, being surrounded by other fans really took the experience to a whole new level for me. It was so great to be in a room packed full of people who were as excited as I was, it was a truly special moment. So let me say thanks to all the Browncoats who came out today, and thanks to everyone who fell in love with the show and has been fighting from the beginning to keep Serenity flying, you are the reason I will be in the theater next April weeping tears of joy as I watch the Big Damn Movie.

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 6:31 PM

LOWFUEL

Hey Shiny, I was wondering - I didnt know that Zoe's real life husband is Lawrence Fishburn, and I could have sworn that it was him walking up the stairs to Inara during the trailer. Did anyone else think that?
Would be a cool cameo if so. :)

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 6:34 PM

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River was featured heavily in the trailer and it looks like she will have a very active role in the movie(yay!).
Seeing all the crew together was awesome>>

thanks for all the reports

Also, I can kill you with my brain.

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 6:42 PM

I doubt it was Laurence, I think we would have heard of that before. It only flashed on the screen for a second (it was during the Companion "Yoga Class", right?). I suspect it was Chiwetel Ejiofor: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0252230/

"I left my heart in Seren-ity Val-ley..." <-- the farthest I've ever gotten in writing filk. ;)

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 6:54 PM

hmm..no..it's my spell checker!! =-)

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 6:59 PM

JOSSTHERAPY

I feel like I was at the convention myself, with all these wonderful reports!

I don't know what I love most about FF... Joss, the cast, the story or my fellow fans. It's all just one great big ball o' goodness.

Thanks again to all who are sharing their experiences. I'm sitting here with a big ole goofy grin on my face.

Mutant Goddess- Obsessed. Vocal. Organized.

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 6:59 PM

SUCCATASH

Others sources I've heard say Morena got her feelings hurt and Joss really did stop her from leaving.

I wonder what really happened. I wasn't there.

"Gott kann dich nicht vor mir beschuetzen, weil ich nicht boese bin."

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 7:05 PM

LOWFUEL

I was sitting pretty close and dont think there were any feelings hurt, everyone up there was laughing an d smiling, it was just a running joke.

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 7:07 PM

LOWFUEL

Quote:
Originally posted by Shiny:
I doubt it was Laurence, I think we would have heard of that before. It only flashed on the screen for a second (it was during the Companion "Yoga Class", right?). I suspect it was Chiwetel Ejiofor: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0252230/

"I left my heart in Seren-ity Val-ley..." <-- the farthest I've ever gotten in writing filk. ;)

Ah, yeah I think you're right. It was too quick to really get a good look and I was adding to that my new found knowledge of Zoe. :D

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Sunday, July 25, 2004 7:22 PM