OK, one more of the "famous" type.
Firefly fans should know these people. If you aren't a Firefly fan, you're missing out! It is a show that was canceled in its first year on American TV yet, chose to release a DVD collection of the first (and Last) season. The DVD sales of Firefly outsold most other TV shows released on DVD that year even though the others were established and successful shows! So much so that Universal bought the rights to make a movie (
Firefly Movie ). If it does well, there will be 2 more made!
Nathan Fillian ("Mal"), Adam Baldwin ("Jayne"), and Jewel Stait ("Kaylie") are the people you see (of course, if you are Firefly fans, you know this already
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And they were loads of fun! Nathan and Adam are natural-born-speakers. They joked, poked fun at each other, and without a doubt, had fun. As part of the team who sponsored the Firefly Fan Table at the con, I learned that the panels with the 3 people who represented the Firefly cast set records for attendance at the 3 sessions they appeared at! When I say records, I mean for the 20 years of Dragon*Con! For a show that was canceled in its first year,it's amazing that more people attended those sessions than any other similar type sessions ("meet the actors"). Like, for instance, the Star Trek events.
Adam was the biggest partier! He showed up at midnight twice at Firefly meetings. The second time, he brought the unreleased trailor for the Serenity movie and a gag reel from it. Ran it twice. Basically, he just showed up and had fun with his fans. You know, there is an official forum for Firefly fans. Adam Posts there regularly chatting with members. I think it's nice that an actor with such a long acting career (
IMDB Listing Of Adam's Career) can take the time to mingle. When the show was being canceled, fans flocked the website, took out full-page ads to try to keep it running, and basically, jumped up and down in support of the show. Adam's first post to the site and fans was, "I'm your biggest fan." And he just acted like a guy who enjoyed a party.
Yeah, I know he was there "doing business", trying to keep interest up. But he was more than that. I think he really enjoyed meeting the fans and chatting. Otherwise, why would he show up at places where he wasn't even scheduled to be. (ya gotta appreciate actors that just "hang")
Trekkies? You ain't seen NOTHING yet! Watch out for the "Browncoats"!
