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Post by wajoma on Aug 27, 2003 23:56:08 GMT
just buzzing by, to wish everyone who's going this weekend ..
a good time
wonder what the 'new' GotR pics will look like ?
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Post by PokerKitten on Aug 28, 2003 12:04:36 GMT
I second what waj just said ;D
And the Chance screening info is firmed up - Sunday night at 8:30 in the Montreal Room!
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Post by poohcorner on Aug 28, 2003 22:34:16 GMT
Just wanted to wish all those going to DC fun and safe journey....of course explicit reports would be appreciated.
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Post by PokerKitten on Aug 29, 2003 19:07:45 GMT
Whoa! talk about swift! catlady at F4F has posted a quick snippet from James' Q&A!
James looks great. Totally bleached blond hair of course. Sleeveless tee-shirt. His arms looked fantastic.
Spike was bad, Buffy was good, Spike was a bad boyfriend, blah, blah, blah
He said he will be filming the movie in November. He is really, really excited about it. The plan is to do a separate story for Spike that doesn't include the other characters so they can film it in advance. He might miss 1 or 2 episodes.
He mentioned that he hurt his shoulder falling 2 feet on concrete. Steve, his stunt double had to fall 6 feet on concrete.
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Post by Cyrus on Aug 29, 2003 19:37:50 GMT
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Post by PokerKitten on Aug 29, 2003 19:49:33 GMT
Eurydice has added to her report at MM, same page as given above by Cy. But I thought I would bring over a coupla bits anyway:
Actually, somebody asked him what his favorite color was, and yes, it is green. Somebody also asked him what his favorite lollipop flavor was (which we thought was rather ridiculous considering what kind of questions could've been asked), and he answered Red Raspberry Tootsie Roll pops, but that changes fairly often he claims
Awwww!
Angstchic asked what he got for his birthday, if he got anything good. According to James, "Sleep and a new cell phone that works."
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Post by PokerKitten on Aug 30, 2003 9:32:39 GMT
Held off posting this publicly yesterday incase the volume of traffic brought 'em down! As other places are now posting the link I have given up on being a good girl! From Wisteria (Alanna) - www.alanna.net/dragoncon/james-friday/And another wee bit more from catlady: I didn't stay for all of James' Q&A because I wanted to get in the autograph line so I could give him Evenstar's drawings. During the part that I heard, he totally avoided spoilers. He was asked how he could come back since he was dead, will he be good or evil, etc and he just avoided the questions by making jokes.
He loves working with DB. He talked a lot about how much he respects DB and he said they are having a great time working together. He made it very clear that the show is "Angel" and that Spike is a secondary character.
He also said that he is currently working with Steven DeKnight for the first time (apparently on the episode they are filming now). He is loving working with DeKnight. He also talked about how much he loves working with Fury, Goddard and of course Joss.
Someone asked him how he manages to stay humble. He said that he is very aware that it takes about 500 people to make Spike look cool. He has the easy part. It's the writers, set designers, directors, etc who have the hard job. He is the visible part of the character, but it is other people who really create Spike.
He said that there will be a lot of tension between Spike and Angel because of their previous relationships with Buffy. However, a few minutes later, he was saying that Joss doesn't want to hear ideas for story direction from the actors. I think it's clear that he has no idea what they will do about the triangle because he has said many times that the writers do not tell him the story lines in advance.
Tomorrow, he has a Q&A with the band, but I'm sure he won't talk about Spike. Sunday he will do another regular Q&A.
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Post by PokerKitten on Aug 31, 2003 12:30:28 GMT
This con report was written by Bad Penguin. Dragon Con Report from Buffy Cross and Stake: www.voy.com/13746/18771.htmlQuote: Date Posted: 16:20:57 08/29/03 Fri From 1 to about 2:10 this afternoon there was a Q&A session with James Marsters & about 1,360 fans (40 seats per row, 34 rows full… I counted… I need to get less compulsive). The sound system was crappy so I couldn’t hear hardly any of the questions and could only guess what he was asked based on the answers he gave, which also often I couldn’t hear. In the Sunday & Monday sessions I’ll try to get closer to the front. :-) Anyway, here’s the best as I could tell: In response to some mumbled question, he talked about his fitness regimen including lots of curls and situps, and ended with him stating emphatically, “And no, I will not take my shirt off!” which elicited much laughter, of course. James told David their two characters have shared something that no human can appreciate, to which David agreed enthusiastically. Note: This was in regard to being vampires, not any slutty slashy thoughts that might be running through your minds! :-P James’ favorite color is green. Spike will spend at least four episodes being a real pain to Angel who will struggle to be patient with his snarkiness. In reply to some question, James said he’s not concerned with the ‘how’ of him coming back, the important thing was “you guys” (the fans) wanted him back. To allow him to do some movie work, they will pre-film some of his scenes, in a story arc unrelated to everybody else so they can insert the scenes in later episodes without having to worry about integrating them with the main story line with any continuity. Quote about him on Angel: “The shit they’re cooking up for me, oh my god!” (hee) While filming “Smashed” he laughed about doing smoochy scenes, then going and taking a nap while Steve the stunt man got thrown through a wall, then going back for a close-up and then sending Steve back in to get beat up some more. :-D He had very high praise for Steve and said when one fight scene went wrong, they actually superglued his face back together and shot the scene four more times. He says Spike is the best role he’s ever had because he’s been able to play so many different sides of him, but now that he’s on Angel, he’s just going to be a dick. Said Joss did the best performance in the role of Hamlet that he’s ever, ever seen. Also that Joss is the best writer he’s ever met. He was asked about doing some writing of his own and whether he’d ever suggested anything and his reply was that Joss’ standard answer when approached about things like that was, “That’s great. And then there’s me!” (basically, telling the actors not to get above themselves, I guess?) I think someone asked about some boxers on Ebay after Buffy wrapped supposed to have been worn by James. James claimed he never wore underwear while filming Buffy, the fan replied something, and James said something about, well he guessed it must be true, but he couldn’t recall wearing them. :-D His brother and sister are “tickled” about him being on Buffy/Angel but his parents won’t watch the shows. Someone asked how his knee was and he replied that he never did get the surgery but his knee seemed to be fine now. He mentioned that he’d just hurt his shoulder taking a fall, though. He said Sarah did like to taunt him before a love scene. James does Method and has to get ‘in the mood’ I guess, whereas Sarah can go from la-dee-dah to portraying passion on the snap of a finger. So while he was getting in the right frame of mind, she’d be striking poses and going “Ooooh, I’m a treeeee!” which would crack him up and ruin the whole mood, then he’d have to get into it again. (bad girl!) :-D Similar to the last con reports we got, he still says in his opinion he screwed up portraying Spike in the Spuffy relationship and detracted from the whole arc as it was meant to play out. He also repeated something he said previously about there’s a dirty part of Spike’s character he can’t delve into with anyone else but Juliette Landau. On Buffy, James would be on three pages of a 49 page script. He says he has many more pages on Angel, so apparently we’ll be seeing a lot of him. Someone asked if it was because Spike was so much Love’s Bitch that he got into the relationship with Harmony. He replied that he got with Harmony because she looked a bit like Buffy, would never hurt him, and would let him punch her and she’d just take it. Someone congratulated him on quitting cigarettes and he confessed he’s been smoking again the last two days… something about being driven to it because he had to be naked. (Nekkid Spike on Angel I guess???) That’s all I recall from the session and I’m sure I missed a lot because I could only hear part of it. Anyway, wanted to get this out to you guys as soon as possible while it was fresh in my mind. Tonight there’s a couple panels on fan fiction (one G-rated and one NC-17) and also a showing of “Buffy Horror Picture Show” using OMWF. Tomorrow there’s a bunch more panels, including Andy Hallett, James Leary, Danny Strong and Iyari Limon. Then a Ghost of the Robot concert at 10pm I may or may not attend. Next Q&A with James is Sunday afternoon. If I get something good worth repeating, I’ll post again tomorrow.
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Post by PokerKitten on Aug 31, 2003 21:41:25 GMT
From Catlady again at F4F:
A woman yelled "Take your shirt off" to James. James tried to embarrass her by calling her onto the stage and telling her to take her shirt off. She did. They weren't even pretty boobs (very saggy) but she seemed very proud. James seemed very shocked. He told her that she was braver than him, but he still wasn't taking his shirt off.
For all of you Spangles, you will be thrilled to know that James said he wanted to do a love scene with a man that is so hot that all of us would be turned on.
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Post by Cyrus on Aug 31, 2003 21:46:18 GMT
For all of you Spangles, you will be thrilled to know that James said he wanted to do a love scene with a man that is so hot that all of us would be turned on. Cyrus falls on floor. Call the Spikebots! CPR needed! Spike and Angel together... *thud* Yeah, I know... like Joss would do that... but hey, I can still (as always) get the word picture! ;D
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Post by PokerKitten on Aug 31, 2003 21:52:43 GMT
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Post by PokerKitten on Sept 1, 2003 13:53:19 GMT
Bad Penguin's report of James' second Q&A: www.voy.com/13746/19370.html Oh man, I'd like to get him alone and argue with him about this! Sure, Spike has his daft moments but he also could read and understand people way better than most of the characters on BtVS, and he was an eductaed man before turning.... that didn't go *poof* ARGH! James makes me mad sometimes
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Post by PokerKitten on Sept 1, 2003 15:07:22 GMT
Some piccies from Sunday's Q&A: www.alanna.net/dragoncon/james-sunday/ I hope the yellow tee meets the harsh standards of some "fans" *whispers to James - wear what you want, man! Fuck 'em!*
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Post by PokerKitten on Sept 1, 2003 15:17:21 GMT
Another interesting wee snippet from Catlady, especially in light of the number of actors etc who are there:
There are so many actors down here and for the most part, people are really cool about it. Then there is James Marsters. The James fans have created a real security problem because there are so many of us. Security is handling it well but it seems that they weren't really prepared for it. I have heard a lot of complaints from the people who have been coming for years about the traffic flow problems created by James and his fans. James is the only actor that has to have Security guards around him constantly.
I think James would love to be able to just walk around and enjoy himself here. He said yesterday that he used to attend cons. He loves DragonCon because people feel completely free to be freaks if they want to. He said that he owns Vulkon ears and he has worn them at cons. I think that the best way for him to walk around unnoticed here would be to put on the long coat and walk around like Spike. People would just think it was a costume.
The other guys in the band said that they love it here because they can walk around in their robes and no one would care.
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Post by PokerKitten on Sept 1, 2003 15:30:33 GMT
www.dragoncon.net/dc/dailydragon/page7.htm
Q&A with James Marsters by Eugie Foster
"A New Man: James Marsters" was standing room only in the Centennial II/III Friday afternoon. Marsters ("Spike" on Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel) appeared relaxed in blue jeans and a sleeveless t-shirt. He was charming, unpretentious, and, oh my goodness, buff (with or without the "y").
We learned Marsters' favorite color: green--"the color of mother earth"; lollipop flavor: Tootsie Roll red raspberry; movie: Apocalypse Now--although he admits to a guilty pleasure of anything with ray guns and therefore he's quite a fan of Starship Troopers; and he is really enjoying the Harry Potter books, saying they're "candy, but candy with a fruit center."
There were the obligatory bad boy, blond bombshell questions. Marsters does work out daily, but not excessively. Disappointing fans, he was quick to modestly decline: "No, I am not going to take my shirt off!" when asked to flash his famous abs. He was equally diffident, albeit with an impish laugh, when asked where the mikes were hidden during his love scene with Sarah Michelle Gellar ("Buffy") in Smashed (season 6, Buffy).
Regarding Buffy and Angel, Marsters admits that Joss Whedon (creator) is an unsurpassed writer and Spike is the "best act I've ever had." And he's done hundreds of roles! But as a caveat, Marsters counsels: "To the ladies: If a guy is mean to the world, he will be mean to you."
But the hour wasn't just fluff and buff. Marsters also provided the crowd with some insight into his psyche. He admits to being a theater geek and a "geek in general." When asked which he prefers working in--theatre, film, or television--Marsters immediately exclaimed "Theatre!" He loves Shakespeare and favors the method style of acting, which does not lend itself well to television. Marsters explained that method actors "immerse themselves in the fantasy" in contrast to his co-star, Gellar, who has been known to indulge in light-hearted teasing with Marsters for submerging so deeply into his character.
Marsters is sexy and insightful, too! This reporter is one of the thousands of fans here at Dragon*Con who are unabashedly smitten!
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Post by PokerKitten on Sept 1, 2003 22:34:50 GMT
Eurydice has added more reportage good stuff - at MM. Here's a reminder of the link - spuffyonline.com/mm/viewtopic.php?t=377&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=220Snippet re the stupid scene on Sunday: One thing to note: James started out by offering a blanket apology to anyone who was at his Q&A yesterday. He admitted that he had deliberately tried to show her what it felt like to be asked to do such a thing, and was not expecting her to just not care. He apologized to anyone who was offended by it. Very classy, I thought.
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Post by marilyn on Sept 2, 2003 0:09:36 GMT
Hey....just wanted to add a couple of personal comments.....there are so many good con reports out there that I would just be repeating what others have already done brilliantly! ;D First of all.....for those of us who went to SFX and the Harvest...and Chicago.....remember how they secluded JM....loads of security around so you had to leave right after you got your autograph.....well, it was soooo casual at Dragoncon.....he sat at a long table with Danny S, JCLeary, IL.....and you could just stand and stare if you wanted! (Marc Singer and Gil Gerard....Walter Koenig were all at tables right there....Farscape actors....so many good guys!) Anyway, I went Friday to get an autograph while Travis was buying out the dealer's room........the line wasn't long at all and when I got to him, he stuck out his hand with a big smile and said hi.....me.....(DUH)I said nice to meet you and then I laughed and said well, really(was gonna correct myself and say"nice to see you again")....and at the same time he said ....I've seen you before, we've met before! And I said yes, ( I think I turned red....bleurgh!) I had seen him at the Harvest and Chicago.....and he said" I thought so, thanks for coming again" I think I walked away then....my brain was scrambled....lol..... ;D Later, I got another autograph for a friend while the line was so manageable.....and while I'm waiting, the girl in front of me asked for him to put her name on the photo....the assistant next to him said...no, no personalized autographs....you just get to enjoy meeting him and be charmed.....and I started laughing and said.....oh yeah, charm, that makes up for it.....the look on her face was priceless.....shock...horror....rotflmao......but JM heard me and started laughing...that really neat geek laugh he has and said.....but yea, yea, look it was working, I was back again....and I started laughing, too....I told him.....yea, the charm stuff really worked....I had come back for another autograph......said a few more things, but damned if I can remember...probably some babble, cos my brain was still going.... ;D So the autograph thingy was fun......oh, forgot to mention, JCB taking photo op money....she is so impersonal that it is offputting (yet, I've seen her being really nice to people who asked for her help, so maybe it's just me?!)....which brings me to the photo op.....which was a disaster for me.....for fire safety, only a certain number of people could be in line, the rest had to line up outside in the 90+ heat and wait our turn....needless to say.....my hope for a decent pic went rolling down my face along with sweat and makeup....sigh! The photo op was so brief as to be almost nonexistent except for a brief moment when you actually get up there......I didn't see any conversations while I was there, although maybe other people did have a chance to say hi or joke a bit...I dunno.....but he does greet you with a handshake and smile.....and takes your hand when it's done and says thanks.....so not a complete waste! I saw some Mobsters in line.....I had seen them at the GotR Q&A....pschyo angel. slayer chick, luv....and several more.....very friendly.....I'm gonna have to read about their experiences at the MM board! I also saw Sami Fidler....saw her name tag and introduced myself....kinda a legend at GotR board.....but I didn't have time to talk too long cos the line was moving.
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Post by PokerKitten on Sept 2, 2003 8:57:16 GMT
Marilyn, I am proud of you for now being able to hold convos with him! Good going girl! Practice makes perfect! ;D So nice that you could be laughing together, aw.... Okay, making me jealous now, I'd better move on!
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Post by PokerKitten on Sept 2, 2003 9:14:09 GMT
They've closed the original Dragon*Con thread at More Than Spike coz of too much Venetian Heat discussion.... See! It's not just me that tries to keep threads on track! Anyway, they have a new one and it is filling up nicely - forums.morethanspike.com/index.php?act=ST&f=5&t=1511&s=
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Post by PokerKitten on Sept 2, 2003 12:54:56 GMT
Over at the James board at F4F, MiserlyLovesCompany has a cute overview of her experiences: OK, so I just got home from DragonCon, and WOW did I have a f'ing blast. I met JM Sat. at the signing, SHOOK HIS HAND (I've been raving to anyone who will listen about the molecules of James I have on my person ) and made a total a** of myself. I swear to God, I started talking like f'ing Yoda when I got in front of him, like English was my second language, or something. I am so damn embarassed. I really can't remember what I said, but I know it was inane and stoopid. I was gonna post pics, but I just couldn't get close enough to do any justice, so I'm gonna leave it to the pros. He's funny, smart and sincere all at once and I'm still having some kind of weird high from seeing him. I'll post some cool details when I get my sense back. I've been driving for 6 or 7 hours with a monster hangover to boot
The conventions/encounters thread is at - forums.fanforum.com/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic&f=51&t=000290&p=8
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