{"id":13418,"date":"2010-05-04T01:02:28","date_gmt":"2010-05-04T05:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wormholeriders.com\/blog\/?p=13418"},"modified":"2018-01-10T06:05:01","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T14:05:01","slug":"vulcancon-day-3-lloyd-shanks-stockwell-and-michael-shanks-panel-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/stargate\/2010\/05\/04\/vulcancon-day-3-lloyd-shanks-stockwell-and-michael-shanks-panel-video\/","title":{"rendered":"VulcanCon Day 3: Lloyd Shanks Stockwell – AND Michael Shanks Panel Video"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey VulcanCon and SciFi Convention Fans,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Klingons were swimming in the pool. Or maybe that was a dream. It\u2019s hard to tell when I\u2019m at a convention. My room faced the hotel pool. If it wasn\u2019t a group of Klingons running around at 3am making a huge racket out by the pool, I\u2019m not sure who else it could have been.\u00a0 C\u2019est la vie at conventions; not much sleep to be had. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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This event was much more intimate than some of the others I\u2019ve been to. In the morning I just needed to worry about packing up and getting breakfast and reading the morning paper which included an article about the Guinness World Record<\/a> we set the day before. <\/span><\/span> \"VulcanCon<\/a> <\/span><\/span> My schedule started off with a photo op with Michael Shanks<\/strong>, followed by a photo op with Christopher<\/strong> Lloyd, the Michael Shanks panel<\/strong> (video included below), the Dean Stockwell<\/strong> panel (video to be posted with my future convention recap) and autographs<\/strong> with Shanks<\/strong> and Lloyd<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span> My roommate Kimberly and I headed down to breakfast. It seems everyone else headed down for breakfast at the same time. There was a bit of a wait but eventually I got my eggs and bacon. After breakfast I checked out the vendor room. It was small but had several different vendors in it. I\u2019m proud of myself for not buying a t-shirt. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

My platinum ticket included a free one for the convention but it\u2019s hard to pass up an SG-1 or SGA shirt. Somehow I managed. I realized it was time for my photo op with Michael Shanks <\/strong>so I decided to go line-up.<\/span><\/span> I was about fifth in line. Nice! I would like to say there was a gentleman in front of me who let me go ahead of him so I could be with two of my friends. I\u2019m not sure who you are, good sir, but thank you! Shout out to Sheryl and Deni! Thanks for keeping me company in the photo op line. Mr. Shanks arrived on time and the line moved quickly. Getting to chat with Mr. Shanks at the cocktail party the night before helped make me more at ease. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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I smiled and walked up to Mr. Shanks. I said, \u201cHello again, Michael.\u201d He smiled back and said, \u201cHello there. How are you?\u201d I stood next to him, not really sure what type of pose we\u2019d be doing. Mr. Shanks put his arm around me and then I felt him rest his head on mine. Permit me a small fangirl squee here, please. SQUEE!<\/strong> At that point I was hoping my deodorant hadn\u2019t failed. And then it was over. I thanked Mr. Shanks, he thanked me and I was on my way.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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I had a short break before my photo op with Christopher Lloyd<\/strong>. I used this time to pack up everything and check out of my hotel room. It\u2019s always such a sad part of the convention. I certainly am prone to the post-con blues. So, with a heavy heart (and sore and tired body) I loaded my things into my husband\u2019s car. Oh, he helped too. Then, back to the hotel I went.<\/span><\/span> I found the line for the Christopher Lloyd photo op<\/strong>. If I\u2019m remembering correctly, Mr. Lloyd showed up on time as well and the line moved quickly. I was very happy to see Mr. Lloyd again. When it was my turn for the photo op I walked up to Mr. Lloyd with my hand out. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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I said, \u201cHello again! Thanks so much for having dinner with all of us last night. That was a lot of fun.\u201d Mr. Lloyd shook my hand and said, \u201cOh yes, yes. Of course. It was fun. Thank you.\u201d I stood next to him and he put his arm around me and hugged me too him. It was really sweet. The photographer took our picture and I thanked Mr. Lloyd. He said, \u201cYou\u2019re welcome. Be well.\u201d Seriously, this man is so sweet I think I could eat him with a spoon. If I didn\u2019t know I\u2019d be seeing him for autographs later I\u2019d have had a lot of trouble leaving that room.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"VulcanCon<\/a> <\/span><\/span> Next up was lunch. My husband, roommate and I left the hotel and drove to one of my husband\u2019s favorite eating spots. I devoured my lunch and tried to get some thoughts about the con down on my netbook. Then it was time to head back so I\u2019d make it in time for Michael Shank\u2019s<\/strong> panel (video included below).<\/span><\/span> I was thrilled to see that all the photos were ready. I think it\u2019s a brilliant idea to have photo ops ready for the autograph sessions. VulcanCon <\/strong>gets two thumbs up for this! I found both my Michael Shanks <\/strong>and Christopher Lloyd <\/strong>photo ops. I have to say they aren\u2019t hideous. Well, Mr. Shanks and Mr. Lloyd look great. I\u2019m not cringing at my picture. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Then I found the picture from the dinner with Mr. Lloyd. That photo was included with the banquet dinner ticket. I think that\u2019s a wonderful touch. Plus I\u2019m able to show everyone the fantastic shirt Mr. Lloyd had worn to dinner that night.<\/span><\/span> After picking up the photos I walked to the ballroom where Mr. Shanks<\/strong> panel was going to be held and found my seat. Soon Mr. Shanks was announced and the audience cheered and applauded as he came jogging out to the stage. Mr. Shanks always has great panels. He\u2019s very charismatic, funny, quick and engages the audience. I knew I was in for a good time. I did not, however, think Mr. Shanks would actually take a balloon from nearby the stage and inhale helium. He did though! I can\u2019t even describe how hilarious that is.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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After thoroughly entertaining us with his munchkin voice<\/strong>, he took questions from the audience. He was asked about his time on Smallville<\/strong> as Hawkman<\/strong>. Mr. Shanks informed us that he\u2019ll be in the season finale reprising his role as Hawkman. As a Smallville fan I have to say that was great to hear. <\/span><\/span> Mr. Shanks also told a funny story about the Hawkman<\/strong> costume. The wings weigh about 35 pounds and a puppeteer was hired to move the wings. Mr. Shanks said this man wore a green suit as they shot the scenes in front of a green screen. He was kind enough to demonstrate how the puppeteer looked as he moved Hawkman\u2019s wings. The puppeteer would squat down in an almost sumo stance and then pump his arms up and down to move the wings. I think everyone in the audience was cracking up about that.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Other questions for Mr. Shanks<\/strong> ranged from how his kids feel about their dad being on TV to how he came up with the voice for Thor. The next project for Michael Shanks is a movie entitled \u201cFaces in the Crowd<\/strong>\u201d with Milla Jovovich<\/strong>. I\u2019m a big Milla Jovovich fan so I think I\u2019ll be checking that project out. When asked if he had any zany stories to tell while working on USA\u2019s \u201cBurn Notice\u201d, Mr. Shanks said nothing came to mind. He did say that really enjoyed working with Bruce Campbell<\/strong>. Another fan asked Mr. Shanks if he could have any job in the world what would it be. I was surprised when he did not skip a beat and said, \u201cPresident of the United States! Uh\u2026 In a perfect world, of course.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n