Comments on: Farewell to G’Kar http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2006/02/21/farewell-to-gkar/ Life on other planets is difficult Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:10:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: pixeldiva http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2006/02/21/farewell-to-gkar/#comment-1855 pixeldiva Sat, 25 Feb 2006 02:31:34 +0000 http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2006/02/21/farewell-to-gkar/#comment-1855 Oh holy christ not another one... I remember Andreas up a ladder on stage, but I can't really remember why (and I think that this might be what Matthew is referring to above), and I remember him being very gracious and nodding when I passed him in the corridor. I also remember Gareth Thomas being extraordinarily drunk. I remember spying semi covert conversations going on backstage to try and stop Claudia Christian leaving the show. I remember being in the dealers room and having one of the aforementioned dealers taking the piss out of my accent and nearly shitting myself when someone joined in and I turned round to tell them where they could go and discovered it was JMS himself. I remember fire alarms, and being too hot and wigs and boots and too many things. It's funny, I found most of the bits and bobs I still have around from that weekend while I was sorting through stuff to pack last weekend. So strange to think that two of the cast are no longer with us. Oh holy christ not another one…

I remember Andreas up a ladder on stage, but I can’t really remember why (and I think that this might be what Matthew is referring to above), and I remember him being very gracious and nodding when I passed him in the corridor.

I also remember Gareth Thomas being extraordinarily drunk.

I remember spying semi covert conversations going on backstage to try and stop Claudia Christian leaving the show.

I remember being in the dealers room and having one of the aforementioned dealers taking the piss out of my accent and nearly shitting myself when someone joined in and I turned round to tell them where they could go and discovered it was JMS himself.

I remember fire alarms, and being too hot and wigs and boots and too many things.

It’s funny, I found most of the bits and bobs I still have around from that weekend while I was sorting through stuff to pack last weekend.

So strange to think that two of the cast are no longer with us.

]]> By: matthew http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2006/02/21/farewell-to-gkar/#comment-1852 matthew Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:02:33 +0000 http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2006/02/21/farewell-to-gkar/#comment-1852 I haven't been at a SF convention since then I think. I suppose I grew out of it or something. All I remember about Claudia Christian is that she had a f***in' HUGE camel-toe on the Saturday afternoon during her onstage appearance and I couldn't stop looking at it. And I remember Pater Jurasik and Andreas doing the funniest re-creation of a scene from B5 that I've ever seen, where Andreas was playing the part of Dr. Stephen Franklin (Richard Biggs, also sadly departed...), but for some unknown reason, giving him a high-pitched Spanish accent. There were ROARS of laughter. Aaah, it's all flooding back to me now... I haven’t been at a SF convention since then I think. I suppose I grew out of it or something. All I remember about Claudia Christian is that she had a f***in’ HUGE camel-toe on the Saturday afternoon during her onstage appearance and I couldn’t stop looking at it. And I remember Pater Jurasik and Andreas doing the funniest re-creation of a scene from B5 that I’ve ever seen, where Andreas was playing the part of Dr. Stephen Franklin (Richard Biggs, also sadly departed…), but for some unknown reason, giving him a high-pitched Spanish accent. There were ROARS of laughter. Aaah, it’s all flooding back to me now…

]]> By: Tom http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2006/02/21/farewell-to-gkar/#comment-1848 Tom Fri, 24 Feb 2006 09:45:32 +0000 http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2006/02/21/farewell-to-gkar/#comment-1848 Yes, that was the one. Sounds like you have far more memory of it than I do. I remember turning down CLaudia Christian's autograph in favour of Warwick Davies' and I remember nearly elbowing Walter Koenig in the head. He's a short man. Now you come to mention it, I also remember the fire alarms. It was all a bit odd. I was having a bit of a funny time in my laugh (and was also accompanied by some strange freaks I had encountered on the internet. One of them still resides close by but fortunately she was definitely in the lowere echelons of freakdom.) Yes, that was the one. Sounds like you have far more memory of it than I do. I remember turning down CLaudia Christian’s autograph in favour of Warwick Davies’ and I remember nearly elbowing Walter Koenig in the head. He’s a short man. Now you come to mention it, I also remember the fire alarms. It was all a bit odd. I was having a bit of a funny time in my laugh (and was also accompanied by some strange freaks I had encountered on the internet. One of them still resides close by but fortunately she was definitely in the lowere echelons of freakdom.)

]]> By: matthew http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2006/02/21/farewell-to-gkar/#comment-1847 matthew Thu, 23 Feb 2006 14:06:22 +0000 http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2006/02/21/farewell-to-gkar/#comment-1847 I met him in a bar in Blackpool too, must've been ooh, nine or ten years ago? What was that convention called...? Wolf 359? I remember it was the only time the entire cast of B5 ever appeared at a convention together. It was great. Apart from the fire alarms going off several times, and the lack of air conditioning in a room full of 2,000 people. I also remember Gareth Thomas being very, <em>very</em> drunk, all weekend. And Diane Duane and Peter Morwood being far too nice, as usual. Anyhoo. RIP Andreas, you will be sorely missed. I met him in a bar in Blackpool too, must’ve been ooh, nine or ten years ago? What was that convention called…? Wolf 359? I remember it was the only time the entire cast of B5 ever appeared at a convention together. It was great. Apart from the fire alarms going off several times, and the lack of air conditioning in a room full of 2,000 people. I also remember Gareth Thomas being very, very drunk, all weekend. And Diane Duane and Peter Morwood being far too nice, as usual.

Anyhoo. RIP Andreas, you will be sorely missed.

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