UPDATE: Hit the jump for our Day 1 Coverage... Day 2 coming soon!
The first thing I noticed as we walked up towards the Dome, the location for the 2011 incarnation of Sydney's Supanova Pop Culture Expo, was the array of colour. Everywhere I looked were people dressed up.. I counted 4 10th Doctors, 6 11th Doctors, at least 3 Chell's (The Protaganist from Portal) a detachment of Umbrella Corp soldiers, and a few Stormtroopers. We hadn't even got inside, and you could feel the atmosphere.
Okay, so i actually shook hands with three Batmen, each dressed slightly differently, but still. I also witnessed something I'd never have believed if we didn't catch it on camera; a Conga Line of Doctors & Companions (Footage we'll be bringing to you very soon!).
I've also come to the conclusion that there's two ways to look at an event like this... There's DEFINITELY a sales vibe that runs rampant inside the Dome here... Mostly because just about every stall has something for sale... from toys, to replica weapons, costumes, clothes, and of course comics, dvds and books.
I contemplated lining up to grab photos with the special guests (Really just James Marsters, if i'm honest), but that was shortly before finding out that an autograph was gonna cost me $30. Each. So there's that. And if I wanted a photo? Even more.
And that's what it's really about... It doesn't matter whether you're a nerd, a geek, a Doctor, a Tardis, a gamer, an anime nerd, a writer, or a dude in a Wookie outfit (There were three, by my count). Supanova is somewhere you can meet your favorite characters, whether real or imaginary, and share a moment.
Like I said... Shook hands with Batman. Three different times.
Fantastic write up!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you caught our conga line!!!
The whole event was just amazing fun and you guys covered it so well! Great job guys!