Official EB2 review thread Options

[rick20625]

Edit by Wozniak --
Merged the thread that Andrew created with the "Live from Excelsior Ball" to keep everything consolidated.  Unfortunately, because Andrew's thread started later, his initial post is halfway down the page.  I'm quoting it here now:

Please vote for what you thought was your favourite event.  Also, please feel free to add specific feedback on the events that occurred.

NO SPOILERS, PLEASE

... and now back to Rick's regularly scheduled post...
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OK, here's a thread for weekend posting.

Rick

P.S.  Was checking in, and up walked Adam Brown, JT Tepnapa, and a friend.   I felt like a teenage schoolgirl seeing big movie stars in Hollywood.  LOL

I said hello, it was clear they had no idea who I was, they were politely charming, so I cheerfully said, "See you later, guys."   

More later.

[SPT]

You obviously weren't wearing your Orion slave girl outfit, otherwise they'd have clocked you right away!! :D

[Joshua Underwood]

I was planning on being in the shoot wearing my blue racing shirt - and blue coat to cover up the logo on the shirt...sort of a civilian garb. However, Mike Urvand had his admiral's duty uniform handy - he was in his dress whites for the occasion. Thankfully, Mike and I are roughly the same size, and his duty uniform fit perfectly. He promoted me, though; in my fan fic, I'm only a three star, and his uniform had four. But I'm not gonna complain - I was in uniform, and I was on camera, I got my spot on HF before it ended, as Rob promised me I would get eventually. :) I still need to take the pictures off the camera, but we forgot the transfer cable at home. So I hope to find someone here who has one...

The weather here in Irvine is quite warm, and the uniform was a little heavy - I must have sweat a bucket or two...but I would not trade this experience for anything. I finally made it into a Star Trek series, and one with people I know and love. I'm actually trying not to cry at the moment...this was probably the best day of my life, and I want to thank all of the people of Hidden Frontier for letting me share these few moments with you all.

- Josh Underwood
alias Admiral J.W. Underwood, "Its Hour Come Round At Last"

P.S. For those wondering about Trek appearances and have heard me mention Trekkies 2...forget Trekkies 2, I've been in HF now! And no, I'm not gonna tell you what the scene I was in involves. I've learned my lesson since "Modus Operandi" (the last film shoot I ever attended)...I will not spoil the episode just because I was there. You'll just need to wait until May. *grin*

P.P.S. And Rick, I think that was Jamie_Kirk...

[rick20625]

Most of the people know that I am not a hard core trekkie/trekker like some on here, even though I have grown up knowing and loving Star Trek.  Never been to a ""fan convention" --- was a little nervous about what to expect.

I will simply state the Friday night get together, which was very casual, was tremendous fun.  Just a group of people who we all seemed to know like old friends.  It was very neat to walk in and be able to introduce yourself.  And the "stars" could not be any nicer in person than they are on here.  Absolutely incredible.  By 6pm or so, everyone was "best friends."

On Saturday... a cool grey morning.  We arrive at the beautiful Univ California-Irvine arboretum for the outdoors shoot.  I'm there early with the crew because my job is to coordinate the rental chair company, and get the chairs down to the shoot.  Meanwhile, everyone is in various states of dress and makeup prep.  And it is like working with people you've know for years.  The were hard at work, yet chatting with us and explaining what they were doing.  I was in total awe, and just trying to stay out of their way.  I still felt I was on a set of the biggest Hollywood movie blockbuster. 

John Whiting, who I have come to know and love on the forums, was ten times more friendly and warm as I ever imagined.  He is wonderful. Watched a lot of different makeups being applied, of all sorts, but don't want to get too specific.  All of the main cast and crew were there, in various roles, or just to lend their support.  It was wonderful, and sad, and happy, and joyous, and everything mixed together.  Oh, and Dan Crout is not only a great writer and fun actor, he is a damn nice guy. 

It quickly became clear to me, seeing who was being made up, what was happening in our scenes to be shot, which are some of the last scenes in the final episode.  Obviously, everyone on the set is sworn to secrecy until after the final episode airs (Sat, May 17).  All I will say is that as the key scenes were being filmed, the sun came out, a cool breeze was blowing, and it was as if Rob and his wonderful crew were blessed with a beautiful, perfect shoot for the end of the story.  No one will be disappointed by this final episode (neither man nor animal)... and that's all I will say about this for a month.

Around 9:30am or so, the rest of the attendees arrived to begin shooting scenes.  As major elements of each scene were filmed, we provided appropriate audience reactions, and then Rob included all of us in another scene, some individually interacting with some key players.  It was so touching.  Whether or not it is included in the final cut, it was something most of us will remember forever.  The actors were totally awesome to us.  They posed, they let us take pictures, and they chatted like we were all best friends.  Jenn Cole who I had been chatting with on the forums and the EB group for a while, is as funny, interesting, and outrageous as she appears on the site.  And for a dead person, she is quite lively.  And Eleannar and Karl Puder are some of the nicest people ever. 

The shoot was over by 12:30pm or so, so we all packed up and went back to the hotel, where we cleaned up and regrouped at 3pm fo the beginning of the formal part of the conference.

After a minor fiasco at the restaurant (were were 60 people with a previous reservation -- there was 1 waiter, 1 manager, and 1 cook on duty), ended up having a really fun, small dinner with Mike Hudson (from UK), Sharon Savene and husband, Heather Ashley, Carol Soldo, Barbara Clifford, and an interesting reporter from the LATimes who is shadowing Rob for a month reporting on Hidden Frontiers.  All were funny, warm, and quite interesting. 

Several panel discussions, dinner, more panels and previews, some touching speeches, a lot of weepy eyes as the emotions of this adventure were recounted, and then a great informal party hosted by JT and Adam to celebrate the kickoff of some of JT's Blue Seraph projects, with a shift in locale from their hotel room to our meeting room that turned out to be even better than planned.  Memorable chats that night for me were a fun talk earlier with Bobby Rice about his many acting plans and an audition he had the next day; fun with JT and Adam, seeing how proud Rob (and Beo) were with their accomplishments, and a late night conspiratory talk with Matt Montgomery, JT, and Carlos about some fun things.  (P.S.  Matt Montgomery (Nej'Ta) is both warm, funny, extremely handsome, and quite talented).

More later, but wanted to share what has been so far a memorable day or so.  I hope others are enjoying themselves as much as I am. 

Rick
(tired and a little tipsy because of JT's various alcohols)

[Glenn]

Sounds like everyone is having a fantastic time.
I really regret not being able to make it, because there are a ton of people there who I owe a lot to (and also a few drinks), but glad to hear that the final shoot went well and that people are enjoying the EB experience.

[SPT]

Thanks Rick and Joshua for those posts and keeping us filled in!

Cheers. :D

[Mike Urvand]

Hey everyone,

I can sum up my feelings so far this weekend by quoting Captain Picard from 'All Good Things'...

"I should've done this a long time ago"

This has been like finally meeting long lost family. It's been great!

And I can take away the pride in the fact that I was in the last shot for the last episode of HF. When Rob said, "It's a Wrap!" at the end of it, I didn't know whether to cheer or cry. In the end, I smiled, clapped, and took pride in what we've accomplished.

It's been an awesome weekend!

Mike

[Glenn]

I can sum up my feelings so far this weekend by quoting Captain Picard from 'All Good Things'...
"I should've done this a long time ago"
This has been like finally meeting long lost family. It's been great!

I hear you, Mike. When I finally make it over, that's precisely how I know I'm going to feel.

[Captain Hunter]

Glad everyone is having such a great time, and thanks for posting reports for us poor suckers who can't be there. :)

[sabarwolf]

Glad everyone is having such a great time, and thanks for posting reports for us poor suckers who can't be there. :)

Amen!  Hope everyone had a blast!  ;D

[Captain Rhetoric]

ARGHHHHH :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!:
Shut up shut up shut up!!!!!
:headwall: :headwall: :headwall: :headwall: :headwall: :headwall: :headwall: :headwall:

[sffilk]

Major jealousy attack

[ChimChimIsDead]

I really enjoyed meeting the people - both the people of putting it on and those on this forum.

[Joshua Underwood]

Well, unless I somehow get money sometime in the near future, this will be the first (and last) time Jim and I appear in an Areakt Productions series. Though, God willing, we will try to find a way to get into Odyssey.

Admiral Underwood will return, damn it! *grin*

[Ste]

This weekend has been absolutely incredible. I have made several friends, including one very close friend, and a number of acquaintances, in these forums over the past year and a half. Getting to meet most of them this weekend, was really very special to me and I feel as though I have become closer to several of them.

Being able to watch the final shoot would have been cool, in and of itself, but actually being allowed to be on-camera was quite a blast. It was exciting and fun, even though it was brief. Be jealous you weren't here. :p

The panels and videos were interesting, informative and entertaining. Getting to meet the cast, when they aren't in character, is especially fun for me. Normally we don't get to see the real person behind a character, so we don't know how much of their role is the character as written or is their own personality shining through. I can appreciate an actor better when I see which is which. Also, we don't often get a chance to actually thank the people who entertain us, so being able to express my thanks to them was great.

I'll probably think of more later, but that's it for now. :)

Shaun

[fltadmkirajames]

I must admit I had a truly wonderful time at the ball.      Getting to see everyone again.  Most fun with  talking to the cast. The production crew.  Everyone involved with HF. And most of all I have to thank Josh for letting me know about HF  to begin with.  Otherwise I wouldn't have known Hidden frontiers existed.  Thank you everyone  for the smashing time  that was had  at this years ball.    I look forward to future events.  And  will try  to get me and Josh out to the filmings.  Till then.    Admiral Kira James signing off. 

[AndrewF]

Please vote for what you thought was your favourite event.  Also, please feel free to add specific feedback on the events that occurred.

NO SPOILERS, PLEASE

[wheresthomas77]

Uh Anderew, you missed the most fun.  The IHop drama.  :)  1 Waiter 1 Cook No working register.  40 guests.  I'm sorry I had to leave early, but my shuttle arrived and well, they weren't gonna wait.  I loved it all I can't just choose one! 

[xanxan]

:drink:

The bar, of course!!

[sffilk]

Uh Anderew, you missed the most fun.  The IHop drama.  :)  1 Waiter 1 Cook No working register.  40 guests.  I'm sorry I had to leave early, but my shuttle arrived and well, they weren't gonna wait.  I loved it all I can't just choose one! 

And of course you're going to tell us all about it, yes?