So my last blog concentrated on the mission that was getting all Captains to sign my poster. I will try and cover the rest of the Con in this one. Maybe it may help me get over the melancholy of accepting that it's over - well for this year anyway.
The highlight of Friday has to be wondering around the convention when a lot of people were at the paid Captain's Opening ceremony and the rest were at the free Alternative opening ceremony. It was so quiet, there were no queues for anything and we managed to get some fantastic photos of the Starship's interior doors and the 'Beam Me Up' App. I also ran into these guys......
......The first couple to have a Klingon wedding in the UK. I did attend the wedding but could not see past the media circus surrounding them. I did hear some of it though. My Klingon is a little rusty so it's good that they were translating the ceremony into the local tongue.
The couple were from Sweden and you can read more about them here if you're interested.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/21/klingon-wedding_n_1989936.html
The video is hilarious by the way.
We toasted them with Klingon Blood wine and wished them well.
I can think of worse ways of spending your honeymoon than at a Star Trek convention but for all the publicity they generated, I hope the Con Organisers gave them complementary Platinum tickets.
One of the highlights for me was watching the William Shatner talk. After following him on Twitter for a while and reading about his recent talks in the UK - one in particular where he managed to offend an entire town in Essex, I was very interested to hear what he would have to say.
He was entertaining and the hour passed too quickly as he skillfully avoided answering the questions posed to him and basically told us stories of his travels and experiences. The 2 funniest being how he had to excuse himself from stage in Australia when he was doing a 'One Man Show' as he had (ahem) Shat-nered himself and how he and Leonard Nimoy would try and beat each other to the lunch cart when they were filming Start Trek. Those guys did not pull any punches.
He did manage to offend a couple of Northerners by saying that he could not understand a word they were saying - funnily enough they were followed by a Scot asking a question.
Hearing Bill speak was a pleasure but the most significant moment of my weekend, possibly of my life to date actually was meeting Patrick Stewart and having a photograph taken with him.
Now I could complain about how it was very rushed and there was no real time to make any kind of connection but the truth is, it was an honour. He was very polite and lovely and I think he was quite amused by our 'Wesley Crushers' T-shirts.
And I am now the proud owner of this photo - of me, my brother and Sir Patrick Stewart. Don't you think he looks like a favourite Uncle? He looks so relaxed.
I did not get to do it all - Brent Spiner - I will catch you next time. It would have been so great to meet the man that played Data but time and money were both becoming a bit of a factor.
But I did get my com badge - £15.00 which is not too bad and less than they were selling it for at Comic-Con. I also bought a T-shirt (adding to my geekwear collection) and a mug. What do you mean I'm a victim of marketing, I don't know what you mean. Well - I needed something to remind me of my weekend.
When's the next one?
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