Bath Comic & Sci-Fi Weekend


Something you may or may not know about me is that I am kind of a geek. My one regret from my time in California and the US is that I never had the opportunity to go to ComicCon in San Diego. I did however take the boys to Comic Con in Tucson, AZ in 2010. I worked really hard on sewing myself a She-Ra costume, which is now somewhere lost in one of my in-laws many storage facilities. When we heard about the Comic and Sci-Fi event coming to Bath we were ready to get our cosplay on! Maddox went as Darth Vader, Ronan as Indiana Jones, and I went as Kaylee from Joss Whedon's Firefly. 

The big event we did not want to miss during the weekend's festivities was the Star Wars panel.  My father did not have any sons and I grew up loving to watch Star Wars with him. Plus I have never been to see a panel before so we were all really excited. Included in this line up was Femi Taylor who played Oola, the Twi'lek dancer in Jabba the Hutt's court, and Rusty Goffe who played various characters in a New Hope, including a Jawa and a gonk droid.  Rusty was also in  Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Willow, and several of the Harry Potter films. He is really charismatic and my boys remarked how he was so funny.  

Not a whole lot of questions were asked from the audience so it meant a lot that Ronan spoke up and asked them for their 'most embarrassing' memory in their career.  I asked them if they had experienced a 'pinch yourself moment'.  Femi answered about getting a call back in 97 to film more scenes to reprise her role in the special edition release of the original film from the 80s. If you remember her costume is basically mostly body paint so it was incredible to see that she still has her dancer body even today. She was friendly and nice and I really liked getting to talk with her afterwards.  Rusty talked about being on the set of Harry Potter in the scene where Helena Bonham Carter as Belatrix is pretending to be Hermione.  Rusty talked about what an incredible actress Helena is and how everyone on set kept forgetting it was Helena/Belatrix because she just embodied Emma/Hermione so well.  

Another panelist who I got to talk to extensively afterwards was John Chapman. John played an X-Wing pilot in the original Star Wars and now has created a really awesome comic book series for children about a character named Jonnie Rocket.  I really recommend them if you have children and you find out more about them at http://www.jonnierocket.com/

At the end Ronan participated in the costume contest and he was really proud to get a lot of compliments from the adults on his authentic elements like his hat, jacket, and whip.  We met quite a few cosplayers and pretty much the experience exceeded our expectations.  I told Ryan before we got there that if one person knew who I was cosplaying as, I would be happy.  Sure enough the guy who came cosplaying from my favourite video game, Mass Effect, told me he like my Kaylee costume. Score.  




 Q: Do you like comics or sci-fi? Ever been to a comic con?


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11 comments:

  1. I am a total geek. I love Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Tron and anything superhero! My eldest, Alfie is 5 now and into the same stuff. I think he's pleased I'm into it! We love Avengers Assemble in our house. Forget girlie magazines, I subscribe to Empire mag! : )

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  2. That is hilarious! I love that first pic of the gorilla mask person ina. Suit just being casual!

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  3. Total geek here too - anything SFF, especially books. Love the Kaylee costume! And the boys look so cute.

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  4. Yeah he was totally just chilling on the wall like that so I took his photo quickly and then went inside.

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  5. Oh yes that sounds a lot like our family too!

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  6. Big geek right here! I attended Gen Con earlier this year and am going to a Doctor Who related con next month. Doctor Who is my biggest love, but I also enjoy Star Wars, Star Trek and pretty much anything Marvel related.

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  7. This sounds even better than ComicCon in San Diego-- more intimate, more accessible, more fun. ComicCon in SD has become so huge that it's almost impossible to get tickets to!

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  8. Now I'm not as into this stuff as you are, but it still looks like an awesome experience! Why did they hold this in Bath? It seems like a pretty random place for it.

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  9. What fun! I have never attended a comic con but I would love to. No idea what character I would be though. Skye is a huge video game geek so I foresee a trip to E3 in the future ;)
    Your costume is brilliant and the boys look totally in character.
    That's so great that you actually got to chat with those folks and ask them questions. I would've been too flustered to speak.

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  10. The Indiana Jones costume is precious but I'm DYING to see the She-Ra outfit!

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