#evolution expo

[amanda-tapping-ripples]

Amanda Tapping, Evolution Expo 2014

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[bynnie]

Evolution Expo 2014: dreams do come true.

[exploringthestars]

Amanda Tapping from this weekend at the Evolution Expo in Oakland California!

[exploringthestars]

oh an sorry I was mia this weekend and my queue ran out, I was at Evolution Expo (dude check it out it's a convention and so amazingly cool) in Oakland, California and I got to meet Wendy Lawrence a real live astronaut and AMANDA TAPPING AND JASON MOMOA AND TY OLSSON (Benny from SPN) and MAYIM BIALIK (Amy Fara Fowler from TBBT) and IT WAS SO COOL I'll post some pictures if you guys care later ^_^ It was small and intimate but also awesome people there and super well run and SCIENCE and SCIFI just yeah it was great!

[thesmilingfish]

I'm gonna talk about Evolution Expo in drips and drabs. Mostly because it'll be long, but also to kind of divide it up a bit so if you don't care about one actor you can just skip it. 

Let's start with John Rhys-Davies...

Saturday he started to talk about New Zealand, he lives there now, but got sidetracked into talking about Captain James Cook which led to cartography which lead to Captain Bligh and how he was the hero and not that scamp Fletcher Christian. Then somehow all that led to a discussion about cannibalism and how in Maori culture the worst humiliation you could inflict on your enemies would be to excrete him after consuming him. (And sometimes his family.) 

Today his panel started late because Tim Russ kept talking, so John had Tim join him on stage and they had a joint discussion in lieu of John's solo panel on humanity colonizing other planets - Tim was of the opinion that humans would have to evolve to be able to do it, John is more of a fan of terraforming. Uh, and then some stuff about Egyptians and then John mentioned that he was reading a recent translation of Herodotus that was a delight. Both actors are members of The Planetary Society.

As I said, he didn't really discuss acting and actors that he's worked with much. He praised Viggo Mortensen, told a story about pranking Peter Jackson and that he's in a new Fox series entitled Hieroglyph.

I didn't see all of Tim's panel, but I did come in in time to see a clip from Star Trek: Renegades. (You can watch it on their official website here.) It looks very cool.

I probably didn't make it seem like it, but John was an amazing guest. You never knew what his panels were going to be about and he was extremely personable. Am I a little bummed that we didn't get to hear about behind-the-scenes shenanigans on Raiders of the Lost Ark or LOTR? Yeah, kinda. But I think the panels with him we were treated to this weekend was a lot more intimate. Totally a fair trade off.

[purejason]

Garrett Wang ‏@GarrettRWang 2 Min.

Ok, this is simply awesome... @TyOlsson was the only one to cradle @PrideofGypsies during @EvoExpo2014 pic.twitter.com/HNevTts2WH

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GDI! Amanda Tapping was in the Bay Area this weekend and I didn't know. Weeps uncontrollably. 

[creepymcpaintsalot]

had a great time at evolution expo (even though it was pretty dead. fyi organizers CHECK YOUR DATES so you don't have a con during PRIDE like c'mon now)- got to meet missparker who was awesome as hell and got an autograph/photo-op with atapps who was SO NICE and totally gorgeous and lovely and called me cute and gave me a big hug IT WAS AWESOME and her panel was wonderful and she was hilarious and ASDFGHJKL; TOO MUCH TO TAKE IN and i'm exhausted and need a nap but there's my shitty run-down.