NY Comic Con: Dollhouse Panel
It’s Sunday, the day of the Dollhouse panel at NY Comic Con. Anne was in line by 9:20 am and still ended up in the third row. The panel wasn’t starting until 12:45 pm. The people next to us had gotten in the line to get autograph tickets at 5:30 am and they still didn’t get any. It validated my decision to just get a good night’s sleep. I got there just before 10 am and had to cut in line. No one seemed to mind, thank goodness. Lots of people commented on my “Joss is my Hero” shirt. It really did look amazingly awesome. Someone looked at me and said, “He really is, isn’t he?”
I have to thank some people who were in line with us, because they had a plan to get good seats and it worked. As soon as the doors opened, we weaved to the left and ran up the aisle. If not for the guy who was with them running ahead of us with his long legs and then throwing his body over the five seats we needed, we probably wouldn’t be as far up front as we were. Thank you, guy who’s name I never thought to ask. I do know that one of the girls was named Tracy and that she reads stuff over at Whedonesque. So maybe they will read this, too. Here’s a video of the room before the start of the panel. I know they let us in around noon and I took this just after we got settled in our seats. You can’t really tell, but the balcony is also full.
I’m not really even going to try to give a play-by-play of what was discussed at the panel. For one thing, I was so busy hanging on to Joss’s every word, that I’m not exactly clear what he was talking about anyway. Besides, Buffyfest did a great review of the panel, including videos you can actually see and hear, quite unlike the videos I took. So go check it out here.
I will make mention of one of the things Joss said that I can actually remember him saying. Joss speaking about the character of Topher, said, “You won’t be surprised to find a little bit of me in him, he creates characters and has no morals.” He also said something about someday making a period piece, in Elizabethan dress. Could I love this man more?
Oh, and one final note. Something that is just as annoying as people calling Joss Whedon “Josh” is people calling Tahmoh Penikett “Toma.”
Reminder: If you care, you should check out my other blog at Watching Sitcoms, where I’m also blogging about different Comic Con stuff.
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February 18th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Ha! I’m Traci. No problem with the seats, I love making friends while waiting and I always have a plan. Now if only I could figure out another way to get my sister her autograph.
February 18th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Hey, Traci! I can’t believe you found this blog!!! That’s awesome. Thanks again for the great seats. And if I ever get a chance to get Joss’s autograph, I’ll try to get one for your sister, too.
March 22nd, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Hey thanks for linking our Dollhouse Panel coverage! I see our camera-man in the distance of your video above…fun
Looking back, that was a crazy line and a crazy day.
March 23rd, 2009 at 6:24 pm
I’m happy to link back to your site. I read what’s happening there every day. Plus your coverage was way better than mine.
Comic Con was amazingly fun. Let’s do it all again soon!!