Cool Dragoncon Story #4
Ah, what the hell, I'm in a talkative mood. So here's another for not interrupting. Ya little pricks. This one is about the costumes.
People wore costumes.
We all expected it, in fact, we were ready for it. Some were lame and half assed, some were really well made. There were dozens of Stormtroopers, a Boba Fett or two, I saw two Trinitys, two Lara Crofts, a few TIE fighter pilots, imperial officers, etc.
And the Klingons. You have to love the Klingons.
Normally when you think of a convention like this, you'll get this mental image of a huge crowd of them all talking in Klingon and acting like freaks. But in this case, we only saw 20 or so (out of 20,000 people, not many). Some of them were really well done, with the make up and all, the uniforms, etc. Some were crappy, just a "hat" that had the forehead, some lame uniform, that sort of thing. We did meet some of them, Hades dressed as Seether, me dressed as Spyder, and Joe of the Museum dressed as Blair from the movie. We were in the elevator, it stopped as it was taking us up and a group of Klingons entered. These were the good outfits, the best I saw. And the leader of them recognized us, made a comment about knowing their enemies (hence knowing WC and all), and we congradulated one another on the costumes. A very cool couple of minutes.
But there were freaky people, too. Tons of goths. Fat women very scantily clad (hence one of my new catch phrases, "The dancer told Jabba to do his own damn belly dancing, and he did..."). There was a Xena that was practically kicked off the stage of the costume contest because she took too long, then she threatened the Master of Ceremonies, Anthony Daniels (yes, C3PO), and they forced her to get out. Then there was the catwoman that got proposed to on the stage, but you know.
There were also some really good non-sci-fi ones. Joe over at OM loved a couple that were going as the Blue Meanies from Yellow Submarine. Their outfits were superb, they were, IMO, the best at the convention. There was an asshole in a kilt that said he was making fun of the people that dressed up. There were the Mystery Men, the X-Men (two groups of the latter), and again, loads of Stormtroopers.
And there was a Captain Archer from the new Star Trek series (yes, already), a lady with a freaky dragon outfit, Cylons from Battlestar Galactica, many many Jedi, a few dominatrixes, zombies, lots of Starship Troopers, Aliens colonial marines, a Doctor Who (very cool, that, simple but fun), of course you've seen my pics of Optimus. Lots of vampires, knights, sorcerers (and for those that have played Diablo 2, there was a sorceress in the costume contest that did a really good job), swashbucklers, faeries, and a whole lot of general crap.
Then there were five lonely guys with Wing Commander helmets, working a booth or two, occassionally going out in a flightsuit or three....