Board Thread:Off-Topic Fun/@comment-4839682-20150615185139

Sorry for the delay with this, Saturday and Sunday were very busy.

This particular recap has real relevance to OUaT, so I'm highlighting it.

I spent basically all day Saturday on panels. Thanks to Wikia, I had VIP seating in the main room all day, which was really awesome. I was in the second or first row all day.

The first panel was Brandon Routh, who is currently the Atom on Arrow, The Flash and the upcoming Legends of Tomorrow. Apparently he's from a town near Des Moines, and his parents were in the audience! How sweet is that?

Next up was Robert Englund, and if you don't know who that is, he's Freddy Kreuger! I could have taken pics of him all day. He's incredibly knowledgeable about the horror genre in general. He was asked if he had any fears, and told a story that he used to be afraid of snakes, until he played the role of a snake expert (in a horror film, of course) and was forced to over come it.

I then switched gears a bit and visited a smaller room to see Jason David Frank, the original Green Power Ranger. He told us an interesting story of playing a prank on Johnny Yong Bosch, the Black Ranger (although you might know him as Ichigo, Lelouch, or any number of other anime voices): Since Johnny wanted to be a stunt man, Jason dared Johnny to climb out of the window of the car they were driving, across the top, and then into the window on the other side. As Johnny was doing so, Jason rolled up the windows! XD

After, I went back to the main room to see Billy Dee Williams, who of course was Lando in Star Wars. The packed room gave him a standing welcome that was so loud my ears popped! He was so awesome. Unfortunately, he won't be in Episode VII, and also explained that he's been explaining Lando's "betrayal" since the movie came out 30 years ago!

The last panel of Saturday was the one and only William Shatner. I secured my seat in the front row and then got in line to ask him a burning question. XD Since I've seen some fans (here and elsewhere) suggest Shatner would be a great Merlin, and I'd seen him tweet about an episode of the show, I just had to ask. I gathered my courage and asked William Shatner if would ever consider being Merlin. Unfortunately, he told a story that basically amounts to him enjoying the freedom of pursing his own projects, and not wanting to be tied down with a schedule. And before I asked my question, I let the lovely Miss Iowa cut in front of me: she wanted to ask her hero for a kiss on the cheek, which he gave. It was cute! 