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Storytime.
This past weekend, I attended I-Con 2008 (http://IconSF.org), running a ton of panels for the anthro programming track along with
scullyraptor, 
caliosidhe, 
crowchild, and 
tyvarapanther, and fellowshipping with a bunch of the locals. Good times were had.
What REALLY made the con for me, however, was meeting Mr. Ernie Hudson.
I really knew I had to meet him months ago, when I first heard he was going to be a guest there. People were all like "Ray Park! Billy West!" and I'm thinking "dude, fucking WINSTON! What's wrong with y'all?"
I was standing in line to meet him, and the wait wasn't terrible at all. I was about 8 or 9 people back, and I could see Mr. Hudson and his wife (?) sitting there talking to fans and admirers, and taking pictures with them. He had some SWEET promo pictures on his table, from both the first and second 'Ghostbusters' films, as well as 'Congo', 'The Hand That Rocks the Cradle', 'Desperate Housewives', and 'The Crow', I believe. He was selling them at decent prices, and while they were tempting as HELL, I'd thought ahead, though. I pulled out my copy of the 'Ghostbusters' DVD and removed the cover sleeve, and 3 people behind me went "oh, MAN, that's a good idea.. why didn't I think of that?"
I didn't know how I'd respond to meeting him, but I figured I'd be cool and ask him a couple of simple questions (what was it like behind the wheel of the Ectomobile, was it fun reuniting with the old cast and crew for doing voicework on the upcoming XBox 360 game, etc) and tell him how cool it was in the movie when his character gets hired on the spot, to what would arguably be the coolest job on the planet. So it's our turn up next, and he is so laid-back and cool, and goes "hey, what's up man!" and shakes my hand. Then he goes "I love the shirt. :)"
Of course, I locked the fuck up, and drew a blank.
I managed to get out a choked "hello, Sir.. It's a real honor to meet you. Thank you. You are a really big part of my childhood, and I appreciate it." scullyraptor was with me the whole time, and she saw me trembling a little, I was between exploding and breaking down and crying. She snapped this shot of Mr. Hudson and myself, and then he offers us a SECOND photo, with Scully in it too! She goes "um, ok, let me get another $20 out" and he's like "No, no, don't worry about it!" So we got 2 for the price of one. Oh, and let me not forget, he signed the DVD cover with the following:
*Ronnie, Who You Gonna Call?
Ernie Hudson
'Winston'*
I know he signed most stuff like that. But hey; This is my Ghostbusters DVD. There are many like it but this one is mine.
Mr. Hudson is a very gracious and kind dude, and I thank him for taking the time to say hi to this old dinosaur porn artist.
Let it be known: Winston Rules.
For Dan Aykroyd, click HERE
This past weekend, I attended I-Con 2008 (http://IconSF.org), running a ton of panels for the anthro programming track along with
scullyraptor, 
caliosidhe, 
crowchild, and 
tyvarapanther, and fellowshipping with a bunch of the locals. Good times were had.What REALLY made the con for me, however, was meeting Mr. Ernie Hudson.
I really knew I had to meet him months ago, when I first heard he was going to be a guest there. People were all like "Ray Park! Billy West!" and I'm thinking "dude, fucking WINSTON! What's wrong with y'all?"
I was standing in line to meet him, and the wait wasn't terrible at all. I was about 8 or 9 people back, and I could see Mr. Hudson and his wife (?) sitting there talking to fans and admirers, and taking pictures with them. He had some SWEET promo pictures on his table, from both the first and second 'Ghostbusters' films, as well as 'Congo', 'The Hand That Rocks the Cradle', 'Desperate Housewives', and 'The Crow', I believe. He was selling them at decent prices, and while they were tempting as HELL, I'd thought ahead, though. I pulled out my copy of the 'Ghostbusters' DVD and removed the cover sleeve, and 3 people behind me went "oh, MAN, that's a good idea.. why didn't I think of that?"
I didn't know how I'd respond to meeting him, but I figured I'd be cool and ask him a couple of simple questions (what was it like behind the wheel of the Ectomobile, was it fun reuniting with the old cast and crew for doing voicework on the upcoming XBox 360 game, etc) and tell him how cool it was in the movie when his character gets hired on the spot, to what would arguably be the coolest job on the planet. So it's our turn up next, and he is so laid-back and cool, and goes "hey, what's up man!" and shakes my hand. Then he goes "I love the shirt. :)"
Of course, I locked the fuck up, and drew a blank.
I managed to get out a choked "hello, Sir.. It's a real honor to meet you. Thank you. You are a really big part of my childhood, and I appreciate it."
scullyraptor was with me the whole time, and she saw me trembling a little, I was between exploding and breaking down and crying. She snapped this shot of Mr. Hudson and myself, and then he offers us a SECOND photo, with Scully in it too! She goes "um, ok, let me get another $20 out" and he's like "No, no, don't worry about it!" So we got 2 for the price of one. Oh, and let me not forget, he signed the DVD cover with the following: *Ronnie, Who You Gonna Call?
Ernie Hudson
'Winston'*
I know he signed most stuff like that. But hey; This is my Ghostbusters DVD. There are many like it but this one is mine.
Mr. Hudson is a very gracious and kind dude, and I thank him for taking the time to say hi to this old dinosaur porn artist.
Let it be known: Winston Rules.
For Dan Aykroyd, click HERE
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You know, even though I'm not in the picture it makes me just happy to hear he is as great as I've always seen him display himself in front of the media, am eagerly awaiting to see his next work which I beleive is a tv movie series of sorts where he plays a homeless person who helps a newly made homeless person learn the ropes. I wish I could remember the title.
The videogame ( http://GhostbustersGame.com ) is basically going to be GB3. All the actors are reprising their old roles, the writers are on it, it won't get any more official than that!
It wasn't that they were mistaking him for Mr. West or Mr. Park.. they were just excited to meet them as well, and they were all abuzz about meeting them. I'm like, "Ok... yeah, so Billy West voiced Stimpy and Fry and god knows who else, and Ray Park can swing a lightsaber and do a barrel roll... but can either of them CROSS THE STREAMS AND LIVE? CAN THEY DRIVE THE ECTO-1?"
I tell what gets me, was I used to live next door to Lee Marvin for years. I always greeted him , he greeted me. I would bring friends by his house when they'd say "Bullshit, you don't know Lee Marvin!", only to watch their jaws drop when Lee would come out grinning, shoving his hand in their faces and say "Hi!! Lee Marvin, How you doing?"
I only once asked him for an autograph, for the late Tom Linehan, who had a heart attack. I also had a photo of Lee from the movie "Shout at the Devil".
It was a shot of Lee, with a weeks growth of beard and a rifle over his shoulder, It was literally the man I saw daily. THat was going to be for me.
Lee spaced and signed it for Tom.
I shrugged it off, saying I'll get another photo someday.
Lee died a month later.
I'm regretting I didn't get a photo signed of Larry Storch last year when I saw him.
But Winston is the tits!!!
I only once asked him for an autograph, for the late Tom Linehan, who had a heart attack. I also had a photo of Lee from the movie "Shout at the Devil".
It was a shot of Lee, with a weeks growth of beard and a rifle over his shoulder, It was literally the man I saw daily. THat was going to be for me.
Lee spaced and signed it for Tom.
I shrugged it off, saying I'll get another photo someday.
Lee died a month later.
I'm regretting I didn't get a photo signed of Larry Storch last year when I saw him.
But Winston is the tits!!!
I know what it's like to lock up in the face of greatness.... I had the opertunity to meet Angus Scrimm (The Tall Man from the Phantasm movies and I had all these questions worked out about how Phantasm improved his career, or if he felt it held him back from doing stand-up comedy (his other passion) and so forth.
But when I got to him, all I could think to say was: "It's an honour to meet you. You scared me to death as a kid."
My dad (A HUGE Phantasm fan) faired better, but I could tell he was somewhat shell-shocked as well.
But maybe now you'll have some idea what it's like for a budding Dino-artist like myself to meet the awesome and incredible
fossil
D.O.P.R
But when I got to him, all I could think to say was: "It's an honour to meet you. You scared me to death as a kid."
My dad (A HUGE Phantasm fan) faired better, but I could tell he was somewhat shell-shocked as well.
But maybe now you'll have some idea what it's like for a budding Dino-artist like myself to meet the awesome and incredible
fossil D.O.P.R
wow man. you are possibly one of the luckiest people I know. i woul dhave killed to see that man. *sighs* but ya know what. there is one thing that sgonna be cool. ther eis a con coming up soon in my home town.. and Mr. SULU is going to it. :3 yes Mister George Takei I think his name is spelt. *laughs8 I'm gonna have a blast there!
Winston rules!
I rember being fortunate enough to meet and hang out with alot of the older cast formthe orginal Battlestar galctica and especailly Boomer Herbert Jefferson Junior. and there wasnt much line when I went to talk to him and to richard hatch and we talked and allthe while I was sketching and me and my freidn asked questions and suddenly Herbert and Richard got quiet and EWhenI looekd up they wer looking over at my ssketch book and I had been drawing a non anthro dragon breathign fire.
and both of the looked shocked I went to check and make sure I wasnt drawign soemtyhignsubconciously dirty inthepic and Herbert said " my god you drew that in liek 3 minutes! "
and Richard siad " and you werent even looking at the paper! "
So I was emberrased as hell cause now they wanted to look through my other sketches. Lucky for me most of them were clean and tyhe dirty ones they found amusing >8)
I escaped the encounter a few hours later aftert drawing sketches for both of them anda female cast member whos name escapse me thre autographs a viper pilot patch thats sicne gone missing and feelign closer to my childhood heros
When I met themagian at cons at other times the rembered me as the guy who draws cute dragons >8)
I rember being fortunate enough to meet and hang out with alot of the older cast formthe orginal Battlestar galctica and especailly Boomer Herbert Jefferson Junior. and there wasnt much line when I went to talk to him and to richard hatch and we talked and allthe while I was sketching and me and my freidn asked questions and suddenly Herbert and Richard got quiet and EWhenI looekd up they wer looking over at my ssketch book and I had been drawing a non anthro dragon breathign fire.
and both of the looked shocked I went to check and make sure I wasnt drawign soemtyhignsubconciously dirty inthepic and Herbert said " my god you drew that in liek 3 minutes! "
and Richard siad " and you werent even looking at the paper! "
So I was emberrased as hell cause now they wanted to look through my other sketches. Lucky for me most of them were clean and tyhe dirty ones they found amusing >8)
I escaped the encounter a few hours later aftert drawing sketches for both of them anda female cast member whos name escapse me thre autographs a viper pilot patch thats sicne gone missing and feelign closer to my childhood heros
When I met themagian at cons at other times the rembered me as the guy who draws cute dragons >8)
Yeah, I know! The XBox version looks the absolute best, and has some kind of new game physics engine (at least, the Game Informer said so)... it's kind of sad, too, because before I learned the Wii's version was so toony, I was REALLY looking forward to using that Wii-Zapper addon. Nothing would have been like waving that thing around like a proton gun.
At any rate, I have an XBox 360, and it's here, only being used for the occasional game of the Geometry Wars demo, and waiting for October. Ghostbusters is the first game I'll get for the system. Maybe the only one.
At any rate, I have an XBox 360, and it's here, only being used for the occasional game of the Geometry Wars demo, and waiting for October. Ghostbusters is the first game I'll get for the system. Maybe the only one.
It looks second best, but thats not going to make it less fun then the 360 and PS3 versions. To me, its gameplay first, graphics second, and I think that this is going to apply to this as well.
Heh, and I wouldn't just buy a Wii for this, but the Wii has alot of other great games as well, it is a very fun console it is.
Heh, and I wouldn't just buy a Wii for this, but the Wii has alot of other great games as well, it is a very fun console it is.
Yeah, I agree with you on the 'gameplay 1st, graphics 2nd' thing. We'll have to see how it goes.
I have many friends and acquaintances who've got Wiis. I might break down and get one at a later date, but you have to remember, I'm honestly not even that big of a gamer (90% of the time, what I play is old emulators on my PC, if I play anything at all).
I have many friends and acquaintances who've got Wiis. I might break down and get one at a later date, but you have to remember, I'm honestly not even that big of a gamer (90% of the time, what I play is old emulators on my PC, if I play anything at all).
Cool pic Fossil. And excellent story with it.
And see, I'd probably do the same thing you did. I'd rehearse what I would say, and then my brain would take a 15 minute break when the time came. And I'd sit there with a dumb expression on my face.
And you know what I'd say?
Something like:
"Hey, do you ever get recognized in public bathrooms and have to do that 'don't cross the streams' bit?"
I know, I'm mental.
And see, I'd probably do the same thing you did. I'd rehearse what I would say, and then my brain would take a 15 minute break when the time came. And I'd sit there with a dumb expression on my face.
And you know what I'd say?
Something like:
"Hey, do you ever get recognized in public bathrooms and have to do that 'don't cross the streams' bit?"
I know, I'm mental.
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