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Vegas report part 3
Nov. 24th, 2008 07:57 pmThis is actually going to be divided up into 5 parts instead of 4 - so much happened on Saturday that I'm going to split it up.
Saturday
Methos Rocks: But does he tell the truth? (Peter and David)
The first panel on Saturday started out strong and set the pace for the day; my biggest regret was that I didn’t enter anything in my con journal until early in the evening and I know I forgot some of the details.
The fan questions were good and when someone asked David about the experience of writing for the Highlander characters, he said that he felt like he channeled them as he wrote. While he was talking Peter stated that he had never heard David talk like this about writing Highlander.
I asked them if any of the fan questions submitted for the Methos Rocks dvd had surprised them since they have both been to so many cons and talked to so many fans. The answer was no, they were no real surprises although there were questions they just incomprehensible and questions that were outside the bounds of what they could or should consider. In preparing for the dvd they chose the questions and then David drafted replies. In the process of filming Peter adlibbed some of his responses (which was to be expected) and David slipped in some extra questions that he hadn’t told Peter would be in there. The question about Methos’ first sexual experience was one of those.
Nancye made a comment about how she was still waiting for her dvd. Several us made it know that we were also having problems. This opened up the whole can of worms about our customer service experiences with Legendary Heroes. One person asked why they couldn’t distribute though Amazon as well. David said that this kind of problem would be something Peter Davis would want to know about and he pulled out his cell phone and called him up. He explained about the problems and posed the question about Amazon. Then Peter Davis did something totally unexpected and told David to give us his email address so we could let him know what the problems were. David hung up and started to spell out the address and paused – many of started yelling, “Don’t do it!” He decided instead to have us send our complaints to Ree who would send them forward. Then he called Peter David back to let him know what we are going to do. What a guy!
There was a lot of talk about the possibility of more HL episodes or possibly little web episodes. David was mulling over how this could be financed and made commercially viable. I can’t remember the exact train of thought that led up to it, but David asked if fans would be willing to buy into the franchise with $25 or $50 a head to finance episodes. If they ever did turn a profit, then they would get a share of that.
As he was pondering how the true-to-Highlander sword fight scenes could be done for a webisode budget he started outlining a scene where Methos encounters an unknown immortal, the challenge is made, they screen would tighten up on clashing swords with offscreen dialogue, essentially the action happens offstage. Peter pointed out that this goes theater technique goes back to classic Greek theater.
PWFC Meeting & lunch
There was a club meeting, but Ree kept it short and I honestly don’t remember much about what we talked about. After the meeting I had lunch with Lisa Weston and we talked mostly about vidding. Since goes to Vividcon, a vidding con held in San Francisco, and has met one of my very favorite vidder, AbsoluteDestiny, whose Firefly/Serenity vid, Rodeohead, is the BEST vid I have ever seen. He doesn’t do Highlander fandom, but watching good vids of any fandom is always a learning experience for me.
Contemporary Blues and the Indy Music Market (Jim)
Jim talked about the his career and the musical influences that have been important to him. He has an upcoming tour of Canada and someone asked about the possibility of a US tour. He said something that I’ve heard him say before, that it is really had to tour without a corporate sponsor. In these bad economic times, that is especially true. His Canadian tours are often underwritten by grants. He also talked about how hard it is to break into cities with existing music scenes, such as Seattle. Recently he was invited to play at the taping of a radio show at the Paramount Theater there. This is a major venue and hopefully this will help him get booked into this major music market.
Saturday
Methos Rocks: But does he tell the truth? (Peter and David)
The first panel on Saturday started out strong and set the pace for the day; my biggest regret was that I didn’t enter anything in my con journal until early in the evening and I know I forgot some of the details.
The fan questions were good and when someone asked David about the experience of writing for the Highlander characters, he said that he felt like he channeled them as he wrote. While he was talking Peter stated that he had never heard David talk like this about writing Highlander.
I asked them if any of the fan questions submitted for the Methos Rocks dvd had surprised them since they have both been to so many cons and talked to so many fans. The answer was no, they were no real surprises although there were questions they just incomprehensible and questions that were outside the bounds of what they could or should consider. In preparing for the dvd they chose the questions and then David drafted replies. In the process of filming Peter adlibbed some of his responses (which was to be expected) and David slipped in some extra questions that he hadn’t told Peter would be in there. The question about Methos’ first sexual experience was one of those.
Nancye made a comment about how she was still waiting for her dvd. Several us made it know that we were also having problems. This opened up the whole can of worms about our customer service experiences with Legendary Heroes. One person asked why they couldn’t distribute though Amazon as well. David said that this kind of problem would be something Peter Davis would want to know about and he pulled out his cell phone and called him up. He explained about the problems and posed the question about Amazon. Then Peter Davis did something totally unexpected and told David to give us his email address so we could let him know what the problems were. David hung up and started to spell out the address and paused – many of started yelling, “Don’t do it!” He decided instead to have us send our complaints to Ree who would send them forward. Then he called Peter David back to let him know what we are going to do. What a guy!
There was a lot of talk about the possibility of more HL episodes or possibly little web episodes. David was mulling over how this could be financed and made commercially viable. I can’t remember the exact train of thought that led up to it, but David asked if fans would be willing to buy into the franchise with $25 or $50 a head to finance episodes. If they ever did turn a profit, then they would get a share of that.
As he was pondering how the true-to-Highlander sword fight scenes could be done for a webisode budget he started outlining a scene where Methos encounters an unknown immortal, the challenge is made, they screen would tighten up on clashing swords with offscreen dialogue, essentially the action happens offstage. Peter pointed out that this goes theater technique goes back to classic Greek theater.
PWFC Meeting & lunch
There was a club meeting, but Ree kept it short and I honestly don’t remember much about what we talked about. After the meeting I had lunch with Lisa Weston and we talked mostly about vidding. Since goes to Vividcon, a vidding con held in San Francisco, and has met one of my very favorite vidder, AbsoluteDestiny, whose Firefly/Serenity vid, Rodeohead, is the BEST vid I have ever seen. He doesn’t do Highlander fandom, but watching good vids of any fandom is always a learning experience for me.
Contemporary Blues and the Indy Music Market (Jim)
Jim talked about the his career and the musical influences that have been important to him. He has an upcoming tour of Canada and someone asked about the possibility of a US tour. He said something that I’ve heard him say before, that it is really had to tour without a corporate sponsor. In these bad economic times, that is especially true. His Canadian tours are often underwritten by grants. He also talked about how hard it is to break into cities with existing music scenes, such as Seattle. Recently he was invited to play at the taping of a radio show at the Paramount Theater there. This is a major venue and hopefully this will help him get booked into this major music market.
