Wow, Thanks so much, reidca. That was an amazing read, extraordinarily detailed. It was the next best thing to actually being there. Great job!

non sequitur | July 04, 00:05 CET

Nice job.

I think I love Tony. He was very Funny.

It did not surprise me Smg and Db worked the hardest or were the most serious, they knew the show was on their backs. Good to hear Tony and her have a fab relationship.

FalenAnjl | July 04, 00:09 CET

Thanks reidca, that really rocked.

sojourner | July 04, 00:26 CET

Spike/Illyria!!!

killinj | July 04, 01:03 CET

Would rather Faith.And very glad she is still a high option.Even with Illiyara, I have barely a passing intrest. Though I would guess she would play Fred/ Illiyara and it would be romantic. But still not seeing anything for a long time.I think, first Serinity. Then if it does well, he is already wanting to jump on baord for a second movie, and there is still WW, which will take ALOT of time.

Since Joss has to do it himself, still think it will turn into a big screen one day.

All these superhero movies are making me want WW all the more, to see a well done female movie.

FalenAnjl | July 04, 01:16 CET

Fantastic job, reidca!

jaynelovesvera | July 04, 02:53 CET

reidca - I was there too on both Saturday and Sunday and my detailed record of it is something more like:
Saturday:
DF said funny stuff
JM said funny stuff (but not as funny as DF because the questions on Saturday were all "squee" questions)
ASH said funny stuff
Sunday
DF as above
JM's Q&A was much better because the questions were better
ASH sang (and boy can he thump out 'Sweet Transvestite"!)

So even more impressed by your report - how did you get all that stuff down?

My first con ever: it was great fun, the Q&A's were informative, the guests were wonderfully charming and the queues were a pain in the ass!

Funniest moment for me was as ASH was siging my OMWF script book on the Sunday, I said to him that not that many people had understood his "wide boy" reference at Saturday's Q&A. As I was walking out on the Saturday, someone in the crowd had said that she didn't understand how being fat justified being insulted as a wide boy! The joys of cross-cultural slang! ASH thought that was tremendously funny!

Would I do it again? Absolutely!

catalyst2 | July 04, 04:24 CET

Argh! Firstly THANK YOU Reidca, that was such an excellent fantastic report, I seriously appreciate all the work you put in it. Secondly, I am beyond beyond jealous! Thirdly, Catalyst, did you manage to videotape any of ASH singing?? Or did anyone you know there have a Videocamera? I would like, kill, to have been there for the Sweet Transvestite song.
I'm glad you guys had such a great time. Was there very much Whedonesque meet ups?

p.s I got my package on Friday Catalyst. Thank you!!!!

[ edited by nixygirl on 2005-07-04 02:59 ]

nixygirl | July 04, 04:54 CET

omg. i LOVE ASH. sigh.

what a lovely, lovely person.

and many many many thanks to reidca for sharing it all.

and tks to Simon for linking it. yay!!!

leenah | July 04, 05:03 CET

Spike/Illyria. Love them both. eeeee!!

twiggy | July 04, 16:28 CET

BTW, I saw the Rove Live transcript and thought it was really nice that James Marsters stood up for the Buffy fans and convention goers when the show took a cheap shot calling us/them "geeks and losers who never had a girlfriend"...even if he did feel that he was really defending himself as a former Trekkie.

newcj | July 04, 19:39 CET

reidca, you said that James would like to play Richard II because he didn't much like what he's seen so far. Do you mean Richard III?

Lioness | July 04, 21:48 CET

Wow - what a detailed report. Thanks Reidca! Sounds like a fascinating weekend.
And Lioness, I wasn't there, so I obviously don't know for sure, but given the context I'm guessing the Richard II mention is accurate - Richard II is the one who's portrayed as a wuss, Richard III is the evil one.

acp | July 05, 07:05 CET

Spike/Illyria! Yes!

reidca, great notes! You rock! How cute is ASH? jealous now.

Harmalicious | July 05, 07:35 CET

Reidca you are absoloutely brilliant :)

Apocalypse | July 05, 13:59 CET

acp, I was thinking it was Richard III because it is a much more interesting play(IMHO) and it has been tackled by everyone from Al Pacino to Ian McKellar in recent years. And one note, Richard III in the play is evil, no doubt. But not in actual history.

Lioness | July 05, 16:08 CET