11-27-2023, 11:05 PM
I got there just after it opened and had some time to wander by myself. I did Hop Wei cosplay and one person got it as we passed on the escalators. Tara came a bit later in dark Jedi attire, borrowing my lightsaber (that she gifted me). Ray Park cancelled due to illness.
I said I’d appear on a podcast with some lightsaber martial friends, warning them that I’d be at FXSF. That was a bit silly - there were too many people on the panel to get anywhere (I’ll post it tomorrow - it was live). I went in for Shatner but despite getting in early I couldn’t take a seat that much in front because they were playing trailers loudly and I was part of this podcast which I could barely hear.
Shatner was hilarious. He started by saying he was just getting over Covid and had been negative for several days but was suffering a cough and Covid brain. Nevertheless, he was sassy with the Q&A - very funny and his 50+ years of doing cons showed in his wittiness. He looked younger than Hamill. But of the several dozen that lined up, he only answered a few questions because he really dug into the witty repartee. The last person asked him about his space trip and he launched into a 20 min answer that was great, ending on this epiphany he had about how small and fragile the earth was, ending on a desperate and passionate warning about looming environmental catastrophe. It was moving.
Tara had gone off on her own when I was doing the podcast and rejoined me for the end of Shatner. Her gap in nerddom is she doesn’t know Trek and that’s on me. Hoel & Toch joined us too.
We stayed for Ewan and he was gentlemanly as to be expected, letting his handsome Scot accent flow. He talked about a lot of films I haven’t seen, and I wish he gave more to Trainspotting. There was this opinion quiz that the whole audience took with the app - questions like Jedi or Sith. He took it at the end and his reaction was funny. When asked about Jedi or Sith, he asked for clarification. The interviewer (who was a bit lame) asked which he wanted to be and he replied ‘I *AM* Jedi!’ To which no one could deny.
After his talk, we left. Tara got back to her studies (her finals are in two weeks and FXSF was a welcome break before totally knuckling down). I took the coast home to a spectacular sunset.
This sophomore FXSF was even better than last year. I can hardly wait for next year.
I said I’d appear on a podcast with some lightsaber martial friends, warning them that I’d be at FXSF. That was a bit silly - there were too many people on the panel to get anywhere (I’ll post it tomorrow - it was live). I went in for Shatner but despite getting in early I couldn’t take a seat that much in front because they were playing trailers loudly and I was part of this podcast which I could barely hear.
Shatner was hilarious. He started by saying he was just getting over Covid and had been negative for several days but was suffering a cough and Covid brain. Nevertheless, he was sassy with the Q&A - very funny and his 50+ years of doing cons showed in his wittiness. He looked younger than Hamill. But of the several dozen that lined up, he only answered a few questions because he really dug into the witty repartee. The last person asked him about his space trip and he launched into a 20 min answer that was great, ending on this epiphany he had about how small and fragile the earth was, ending on a desperate and passionate warning about looming environmental catastrophe. It was moving.
Tara had gone off on her own when I was doing the podcast and rejoined me for the end of Shatner. Her gap in nerddom is she doesn’t know Trek and that’s on me. Hoel & Toch joined us too.
We stayed for Ewan and he was gentlemanly as to be expected, letting his handsome Scot accent flow. He talked about a lot of films I haven’t seen, and I wish he gave more to Trainspotting. There was this opinion quiz that the whole audience took with the app - questions like Jedi or Sith. He took it at the end and his reaction was funny. When asked about Jedi or Sith, he asked for clarification. The interviewer (who was a bit lame) asked which he wanted to be and he replied ‘I *AM* Jedi!’ To which no one could deny.
After his talk, we left. Tara got back to her studies (her finals are in two weeks and FXSF was a welcome break before totally knuckling down). I took the coast home to a spectacular sunset.
This sophomore FXSF was even better than last year. I can hardly wait for next year.
Shadow boxing the apocalypse