BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / Dragon Con 2016

**Posted by tonnaree** August 22, 2016 1:45 pm

Calling all Geeks!! Only 9 days till we come together again for our sacred Nerd Holidays.

Check out some of our guests for this year.
http://www.dragoncon.org/?q=featured_list

I'm very excited about Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs just to name a couple.

**Posted by gently69** August 22, 2016 1:51 pm

Wow! There are several actors and actresses being interesting for me. I'm jealous.
Have a lot of fun, tonnaree.

**Posted by SolarSystem** August 22, 2016 2:22 pm

Oh wow, tonnaree, there are some really interesting people on that guest list... Charlie Cox, Arthur Darvill, Gareth David Lloyd and Eve Myles and yes, of course Gillian...!
I'm sure you'll have a great time!

**Posted by tonnaree** August 22, 2016 5:31 pm

Karl Urban was suppose to be there!! But it looks like he's had to cancel.
I am certainly heartbroken.

**Posted by mrshouse** August 22, 2016 5:44 pm

Oh dear...
gently, Solar and me had the chance to see him in May and he certainly upped the coolness.
But I'm sure you will have a great time anyway! Looking forward to reports and pics again!

**Posted by SolarSystem** August 22, 2016 6:50 pm

Oh tonnaree, that's too bad...! mrshouse is right, it was very cool to see him in May, although he seemed a little tired during his panel... and apart from seeing him in May, gently and I also saw him two years ago at another convention... and I even asked him a question at his panel back then.
Anyway, I'm sure you'll get another chance. It seems that he's doing conventions on a more or less regular basis.

**Posted by tonnaree** September 6, 2016 6:51 pm

Con was a blast but I am exhausted! Will post pics and stuff soon.

**Posted by This Is The Phantom Lady** September 7, 2016 6:03 am

I can't wait to hear how it went! You lucky woman!

**Posted by SolarSystem** September 7, 2016 6:06 am

Oh yes, please tell us all about it!
I've already seen some pics on tumblr, but I can't wait to hear about the fun you've had!

**Posted by gently69** September 7, 2016 11:51 am

Yes, I'm really looking forward to your report, too.

Edit: And only now I read about Karl Urban. SolarSystem asked him something about Khan in such a good way that Karl mentioned what a brilliant actor Benedict is. Of his own accord. Noone mentioned Benedict before.

Last edited by gently69 (September 7, 2016 11:58 am)

**Posted by besleybean** September 7, 2016 4:27 pm

Fantastic.

**Posted by tonnaree** September 7, 2016 5:41 pm

Some of the people I got to see:

Gillian Anderson - X-Files
Alan Tudyk and Alan Baldwin - Firefly
Jason Isaacs - Harry Potter
The staring voice cast from the cartoon Invader Zim!!

There is also a big burlesque show on Saturday night at Dragon Con. But not just any burlesque! These burlesque performers specialize in Geeky/Nerdy acts! For example, one fellow dressed as Two-Face from Batman and did a dance with two women dressed as Sugar and Spice! I have a bunch of friends in the Atlanta burlesque community and many of them were performing. I will post pictures!!!

**Posted by besleybean** September 7, 2016 5:53 pm

Love Gillian Anderson.

**Posted by Liberty** September 7, 2016 6:00 pm

I'd love to have seen Jason Isaacs! Was he good?

**Posted by besleybean** September 7, 2016 6:01 pm

Remind me who he plays!

**Posted by Liberty** September 7, 2016 6:18 pm

In Harry Potter? Lucius Malfoy (Draco's dad).

**Posted by besleybean** September 7, 2016 6:19 pm

Ah right...he's good.

**Posted by Liberty** September 7, 2016 6:30 pm

Yes! He invented the whole look for Malfoy, the wig, the voice, etc. apparently.

**Posted by tonnaree** September 7, 2016 6:30 pm

Liberty wrote:
I'd love to have seen Jason Isaacs! Was he good?

He was wonderful. Handsome and charming. Funny and friendly.

Just as he was starting to talk to us his phone rang. He looked at it and said, Oh, it's my youngest daughter. He ask us if he should answer and we said yes! He had us all yell hello to her.

When he started taking questions I ask him if any of his children were Harry Potter fans and if so, had any of them given him any advice or criticism on his portrayal of Lucious! He responded that his kids are not very impressed with what dad does for a living. However, they had a lot of fun visiting the Harry Potter sets because there was always lots of chocolate and things to play with.

He told some lovely little stories. I'll have to try and write a couple out.

**Posted by Liberty** September 7, 2016 7:46 pm

Aw, lovely! He does seem a nice guy, and he's not too hard on the eyes either .