THURSDAY
We’d been up sewing till
FRIDAY
We were up again at
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The Delta Centre-Ville, with
a bunch of con goers outside |
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Kaylle and Annie’s hotel room. |
Traffic into
We wandered through the dealer’s
room and art show, which was suffering from some power difficulties at the
moment. I made a mental note to come
back and buy one of the Demona T-shirts and a G2004
pin, which I never got around to doing.
All the artwork was really well-done, by turns amazing and hysterical,
and I was sorely tempted to buy a few things, but I resisted. (The one that stands out in my mind the most
was the Phoenix Gate piece that was used as the cover for the anthology. That was just beautiful. I also remember being impressed of a shot of
Elisa and Goliath overlying the NYC skyline.
I’m sorry I don’t remember whose piece this was!)
Most of the con-goers in the
vicinity seemed absorbed in conversations and activities, and we were feeling
shy, so we went out into
It was a little bit of a shock to
see so many fans together in one place, so many people who loved this show as
much as I did and wouldn’t think I was weird if I talked about it for hours on
end. I was surprised by how candid Greg
Weisman was; despite having pored over the Ask Greg archives and reading
Gathering journals from years past, I hadn’t realized just how much Greg was
“one of the fans,” so to speak. He
wasn’t the aloof guest of honor; he was just as excited to be here as we were.
I was also surprised by how many
other con virgins were in attendance.
I’ve been a fan of the show since early in the second season and just
hadn’t been able to make it to a convention, but a lot of the people I talked
to were relative newcomers to the fold.
It thrills me that we’re still attracting new fans, ten years
later.
It was great to hear about the
DVD (and the Powerpoint slide show on paper cracked
me up!). Even though I know it’s a long
shot, I would really love for Disney to take note of us and bring the show back
on the air. The fact that they wanted
footage of the Gathering seems like an awfully good sign, but I’m not in the
television business so I really don’t know.
There was also a tape of
greetings from Keith David, Frank Paur, Ed Asner, Bob Fein, and numerous other production staff. Keith slipped into the Goliath voice a few
times, prompting a rash of delighted giggles through the crowd. Even though I *knew* he was coming to the
Gathering (he wasn’t there yet, he’d been delayed), even though I *knew* plenty
of people had met him before and probably weren’t as impressed by this anymore,
it was suddenly incredibly cool to hear that familiar voice… Ed also seemed really pleased to be on the
tape; he didn’t slip into the Scottish brogue, but he talked with such a quiet
dignity that it was easy to “see” him as
After that Greg played the
pitches for Gargoyles and for Dark Ages, The New Olympians, and Bad Guys. After years of hearing about them, I was
excited to finally see the fabled videos.
(I groaned a little when Terry was introduced as an MIT graduate--“Why
do they always go to MIT?”-- but Greg later explained that was sort of an
inside joke, as a relative of his was an MIT grad who’d studied English.) Watching the pitches and listening to Greg
talk about the plans he’d had, I could see it all in my head, the way it could
have been expanded into a multilayered universe like the ones Marvel and DC
have. For the first time I understood
the scope of the project and I was stunned by it.
We also heard the voice track for
the planned Team Atlantis episode Greg had sneaked Gargoyles into. Having seen Atlantis only once, several years
ago, I didn’t remember most of the characters very well, but the Gargoyle
subtext was intriguing and all of the voice actors did a great job. I do love Sheena Easton as the female
Huntress, both Fiona and Robyn.
After the ceremonies, we stayed
for the Mystery Gargoyles Theater 3000, which was a lot of fun. Annie and I met Alan and Carolyn there, who
were also con virgins, and had a lot of fun just laughing and joking through
the episodes. I was really surprised to
realize they’d never seen the show in its original run; they had just
downloaded a handful of episodes off the internet and liked them enough to look
for the rest. It’s awesome that we’re
still bringing in new blood, and even more awesome that they came to the
Gathering.
After MGT3K was over, Annie and I
went upstairs and ended up taking a quick nap before the Blue Mug. We’d set the alarm for shortly before eleven
and, amid many grumbles, we got up and went to the con suite. It was pretty packed, but we found some seats
on the floor by the coffee table and ended up being at Greg’s feet. The room got even more crowded before we got
started, but I don’t think we turned anyone away completely. The questions ended up being fairly tame,
compared to what I guess has been covered in previous years, but I’ve heard
that attributed to Thom’s absence. I
enjoyed it anyway; it was very cool listening to Greg just talking about the
show, something he obviously loves very much.
I asked a few questions, although I don’t remember now what they
were. Most of the conversation focused
on the upcoming DVD and what-ifs about bringing the show back on the air. The conversation broke up at about
Why
Gargoyles?
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