BSG Convention in Chicago, March 20-21

jewels · December 19th, 2003, 12:47 PM

CULT TV EXPO CELEBRATING BATTLESTAR GALACTICA

(Chicago, Illinois)

Richard Hatch - Captain Apollo

Laurette Spang - Cassiopea

Anne Lockhart - Lt. Sheba

Sarah Rush - Flight Corporal Rigel

::just added:: Herb Jefferson, Jr. - Boomer

::just added:: Jack Stauffer - Bojay

March 20-21 2004

More Info. http://dg-promotions.5u.com/galactica.htm

Darth Marley · December 19th, 2003, 07:47 PM

Chicago is a beer town. Anyone know of homebrew competitions,open chess tournaments,or any other activities going on near that time frame?

GreggAllinson · December 19th, 2003, 08:23 PM

Rock and roll!

December 20th, 2003, 06:41 AM

So what are the odds that Richard will be showing his Galactica trailer?

December 21st, 2003, 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by The Ninth Lord
So what are the odds that Richard will be showing his Galactica trailer?

According to the link, Richard will be screening both trailers. That's good news. Hopefully my attending this convention will make up for not making it to Galacticon

jewels · December 22nd, 2003, 06:27 AM

I think the general rule of thumb with Richard is if he's at a con, and a projector is available: trailers are shown.

It's worth the wait, John.

Jerry Vasilatos · January 2nd, 2004, 04:20 PM

And offered the 25th anniversary retrospective that my wife and I produced which was shown at Galacticon (which we can't put on the Galacticon DVD because of clip licensing issues) for them to show also. Chances are it will be shown since they expressed an interest in looking at it, along with Richard's trailer and maybe even "Magellan". I'm sure Richard will let everyone know for sure before the event. It will be a great event!

JV

jewels · January 3rd, 2004, 11:20 PM

Jerry, that would be cool to see again too. Good idea!

amberstar · January 7th, 2004, 07:48 PM

This will be great! Thanks for the link.

Amber

January 10th, 2004, 09:22 PM

the questioni have is , being this is the first time im going to a Galtica show.. and a bit excited, do you recomend one day or both.. I might bring a friend.. seriouly doubt the wife would be interested so I need to decied what i want to do.. give me some ideas ... By you command

January 10th, 2004, 09:25 PM

wow its late.. don't mind my spelling....lol ...by YOUR command

jewels · January 13th, 2004, 08:23 AM

aljav: welcome & it kinda depends on what you want to do. The admission's very reasonable, even if you buy the 2day ticket and only use one of it.

Jayworld · January 17th, 2004, 06:53 PM

I noticed that they've added Herb Jefferson, now. That makes 5 Galactica guests at one show. Okay, who all definitely plans to go?

I'm really seriously looking into this one, especially since I could not afford Galacticon (but will buy the DVD very soon)....

Jayworld

January 31st, 2004, 09:00 AM

I just wanted to post a note thanking everyone for the positive response to the show we are putting on and to let you know we will be posting a new guest shortly. There will also be 3 special Promo collector cards only at the show with paid admission while supplies last.

Thanks DG Promotions

jewels · February 14th, 2004, 11:08 AM

Just bumping this to note that JACK STAUFFER is now on the guest list: 6 Galactica stars in one place...

Also, DG lists a possible last minute mystery guest that's never been to a Galactica con....???ideas?

crash4587 · February 14th, 2004, 11:31 AM

Any chance of this getting to the East Coast?

February 14th, 2004, 04:12 PM

I'll never tell who the Surprise could be but we won't know for sure if they are going to come until they show up.

DG Promotions

dilbertman · February 14th, 2004, 04:35 PM

Hi

On the website for the con, they list a 'making of the trailer' video. Which trailer is it for? BSG:T2C or GWoM? BTW, I will be getting into Chicago Friday afternoon.

As for the mystery guest, if it's who I here it is.

Thanks,

Jim

February 15th, 2004, 06:23 AM

Richard asked me to give him extra time to show a making of the Trailer video see Quote below

"I have three trailers to play. The Battlestar Trailer, my new Magellan trailer and the behind the scenes making of trailer. The BG one is 4 minutes, the Megellan one is 17 minutes. And the behind the scenes one is 20 minutes"

DG Promotions

Micheleh · February 15th, 2004, 11:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DG Promotions

And the behind the scenes one is 20 minutes"

DG Promotions

And the behind the scenes one is hilarious.

February 18th, 2004, 05:41 AM

Hi DG Promotions would like to ask a favor of everyone who is staying in the Hotel please e-mail your name and confirmation# to us at the address below with Hotel as the subject so we can track rooms used. Everyone who does this will have their name be put in a special Drawing for a very special prize.

dgpromotions@intouchmi.com

Please spread this to any other groups or people you know are attending

Thanks
DG Promotions

March 12th, 2004, 05:09 AM

Just a note advance ticket sales for the show are now closed you will pick up all advance tickets at the door details should be in everyones e-mail Please be sure to have ID. Regular tickets go on sale at the door at 9:30 AM each day of the show.

JUST ANNOUNCED:
We are going to have Joyride Studio's setting up a display with graphic boards and maybe a few Prototype Sculpts of the new Galactica Figures.
There will also be 3 Special collector cards Limited to 2000 sets total given out with your paid admission.

Just a last note to all those who have asked I still don't have a final word on our surprise guest as I have stated from the start I won't know for sure until they actually show up that is why this guest is not listed I don't want anyone making a trip to see one person who I don't know will show up and with 6 guests we have great line up and the surprise is just a bonus.

Thank You,
DG Promotions

LadyImmortal · March 12th, 2004, 06:49 AM

I'll be there on Saturday only.

I went to Galacticon and, as much as I love the BG cast, I have commitments on Sundays (almost all Sundays, lol) so I opted out only for the Saturday tickets.

I'm looking forward to seeing them in MY stomping ground this time =).

--Rhonda - up the interstate from that hotel...

saintg · March 20th, 2004, 10:43 PM

Well I went to my first Galactica Con or for that matter any Con, and let me tell you that it SUCKED!!! Seeing the actors was THE only thing that made the visit worth wild. The showing of the trailers was horrible, the sound was crap and the DVD machine was improperly handled. The trailers them selves were awsome, I just wish I could have enjoyed them better. This event was poorly ran, there was maybe fifty people there. I don't know if thats the norm. I hope not. The Con its self was terrible there was only a handful of venders selling crap.

Micheleh · March 20th, 2004, 11:07 PM

You have no idea, obviously, how hard it is to put on a first time event... I hope if you ever do, that people are a little more considerate in their approach. I know as a customer everyone has a right to express dissatasfactions, but 'it sucked' is hardly going to register as helpful feedback for the future.

ernie90125 · March 21st, 2004, 12:52 PM

Who was the special surprise guest if they showed ?

Or

Who was the special surprise guest if they had turned up ?

Sadly I couldn't attend the convention, being on the wrong part of the planet.... but I'd be interested to know who the unknown guest was.....?????

Ernie90125

saintg · March 21st, 2004, 07:57 PM

Rick Springfield was the guest who was suposed to have shown but did not.

jewels · March 21st, 2004, 08:13 PM

I thought there were a good number of vendors, variety of stuff, but I wasn't even shopping.

I hope the turn-out was better today.

The speaker system wasn't up to the sound quality of the dvd trailers (it didn't have enough base depth so the base distorted) but the newest Magellan trailer rocked. The storyline was much clearer. The second coming trailer is such a bittersweet thing--I think the video for both looked better than at Galacticon (the projector was a bit brighter. I wish I could have gone to the play Richard and Laurette did, but my little one would not have sat through it & frankly, she'd wiped me out by mid afternoon.

ernie90125 · March 22nd, 2004, 02:59 AM

Hi,

Thanks for letting me know who the 'special mystery guest' was.....

If they has said it was to be Rick Springfield, I would have been less excited about a special mystery guest being someone like Maren Jenson.....

Rick Springfield didn't take an interest in Galacticon, and declined to sign for the card set, so I wouldn't have thought that he would turn up for a scifi convention...

But of course a mystery guest was catch people's attention..........

Thanks for letting me know...........

Daniel

LadyImmortal · March 22nd, 2004, 06:11 AM

Frankly, I have to totally disagree with 'saintg' (who is obviously badly named to boot). I thought Galacticon was a very fun Con with a lot going on. Running a convention for the first time is NOT EASY. There's a thousand and one things that can go wrong and while there were things that didn't go smoothly at Galacticon there were also things that went great! And I thought the DVD machine (which, btw, was connected to a projection machine to show on that big screen) was pretty good.

As for 50 guests? Obviously we weren't at the same convention because there were at least 500 people at Galacticon - if not more than that.

There were some GREAT panels, ones I very much enjoyed and still enjoy thinking about even now. I thought, for everything that wasn't planned that weekend that those who were running the event did a good job of trying to correct things.

All in all, for a first time con, still a big thumbs up from me!

--Rhonda