Comic Con 2013

     About 3 months ago I heard about Comic Con that was coming to Salt Lake and a few weeks after that I heard that William Shatner was going to be there.  Once I heard he was going to be there I jumped on the website immediately and bought VIP tickets for me and Trent.  I didn't know what to expect going into it because Trent nor I have ever been to any Comic Con before so we were just jumping in head first.  Well this last weekend me and Trent finally got to go.  I was so excited because I was going with two goals in mind.  1. Get a photo op with William Shatner and 2. Get his autograph.  For all I cared the rest of Comic Con could have been super lame as long as I got to do those two things.  Doing my research I found out he was only going to be there Saturday so Thursday and Friday were just going to be fun days where we got to do what we wanted and check the place out.  

     The first day I went Trent wasn't able to go with me so I took my friend Erin and we walked around the booths a lot and checked out where everything was. All the booths were selling everything nerdy you could think of.  Harry potter clothes, anything Doctor Who you could think of, Star Wars collectibles, Lord of the rings collectibles, comic books, paintings, jewelry, anything steam punk, Star Trek collectibles, etc... The list could go on and on. So the first day I saw some really awesome Star Trek stuff.  I ended up buying a classic communicator that was sold back in 1996 and I bought a 1991 Star Trek Fan Club folder from Paramount pictures that had some pictures of the original series crew and the next generation crew and it had biographies that were typed up for important actors and Gene Rodenberry along with some synopsis of movies.  So it was super awesome!

     The next thing I did was go up and meet John De Lancie who played Q on the Star Trek series.  He was my absolute favorite guest star out of all the Star Trek's so it was so amazing meeting him! I got a picture and autograph and he talked to me for a bit and asked where I worked.  It was pretty fun telling him all about the Space center and seeing his reaction to it.  When I went on Friday Trent and I basically hit up a bunch of interesting panels and bought a few more things.  

     So Saturday rolled around and it was the big day! Everyone was there to meet William Shatner and Stan Lee.  So the first thing we did was get in line for William Shatner's photo op.  We were pretty close to the front so we got in quick.  They had to shuffle through so many people so it was a lot quicker of a moment than I thought it would be you basically go in and say, "hi" then take a picture and then they rush you out of the room.   It was slightly disappointing, but I still got a picture with him.  Next we rushed over to the autograph line and the same two sweet ladies we were standing behind at the Photo op place we were standing behind again. They were some of the coolest people I met at Comic Con! Next we were able to get his autograph.  Again, he didn't really say much or get to talk to anyone much because of how many people were there to get his autograph.  So it was a hi and bye moment again.  I still was super excited to see him in person and get his autograph and picture! 

    After all that craziness we went to  his panel and listened to him answer a few questions from the audience.  It was amazing to get second row seats at the panel and to hear him speak.  My favorite story he told was when he would play practical jokes on Leonard Nimoy when they were working together back in the 60's.  We were going to leave right after but then they told us that if we stayed we could keep our seats for the Stan Lee Panel.  So we thought might as well it's not very often you get to be on the second row of a panel listening to Stan Lee answer questions.  I am so glad we ended up staying also because that 92 year old man was so funny! He was answering all the kids questions very honestly.  My favorite question and answer was, 

Fan: "Who would win in a fight Hulk or Thor?"

Stan Lee: "Can I be honest with you? Whoever is writing the script. I am going to let everyone in on a little secret and it can't leave this room...These are fictional characters."

All in all I loved Comic Con!  I can't wait for next year! 

Meeting John De Lancie

Discussing Discovery Space Center with him.

I loved giving him a hug! He was so nice!

I asked him a question at his panel that got the biggest response.

Cosplayers of Kirra and 7 of 9.  The Kirra cosplay is so amazing! She looks just like her!

Waiting for the Panels to start.

He complained about the tall chair having no foot rest so they got him a chair to put his feet on.  One guy almost went up on stage and offered to be his foot rest. 

Picture with William Shatner

William Shatner's autograph!