You may already know that Fredrik and I are
big fans of Babylon 5, but here is the proof.
It just so happened that as I was updating my B5
site, I found an announcement in the newsgroups about a special and exclusive event
which J. Michael Straczynski (writer/creator of B5) would be attending in Vancouver, BC.
JMS is an extremely busy man and does not do appearances often but since he is now
working in BC on a new project (B5: Legend of the Rangers,
a TV movie/possible series for the SciFi Channel), he
agreed to do this one. So, I had the incredible good luck to participate in a
gathering of fans from the Northwest on this very
special occasion.
I used Photoshop to brighten up the pictures since they were so dark so I hope they
turned out OK. We have a new digital camera that we are still trying to learn how to
use properly and the lighting in the lecture hall was very dim. There is a
great report (and
some more pictures) about the Gathering written by some of the organizers. Also, if you
recognize any of the events/pictures/stories that go with these pictures, please
email me.
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May 27th, 2001
I got a fairly good photo of the end of the autograph line with
Jennie Hogan (Na'Feel), Myriam Sirois (Sarah Cantrell) and a
potential favorite, Warren Takeuchi (Kitaro Sasaki).
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May 27th, 2001
Guess what this photo is ... no really ... guess! Ok, you are right
... I thought what better way to memorialize this occasion but to
have a picture of some random guy's head and the ceiling.
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May 27th, 2001
JMS was posing for a photo for someone else and I was trying to
capitalize on their photo-op. However, I got there too late and the
previous picture was the result of that effort. Thankfully, JMS saw
this and kindly asked the fans in line to part for a moment and I
got this nice shot.
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May 27th, 2001
Another peak through the fan line at Myriam (Sarah) who has as pretty
of a name as she is in person.
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May 27th, 2001
Here we are getting close to our turn in the autograph line and I took a
picture down the line. The Great Maker, Alex (Dulann), Enid Raye (Firell),
Gus (Tirk), and Dean (Malcolm) at the beginning of the next table.
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May 27th, 2001
One more picture down the autograph line. What a thrill this was!
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May 27th, 2001
Alex (Dulann) and Enid Raye (Firell) signing autographs with Gus (Tirk)
in the back. There were quite a few digital cameras and it looks
like Enid was checking out a photo that a fan took.
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May 27th, 2001
A good picture of JMS, Alex (Dulann) and Enid Raye (Firell). Interesting that
they sat the two Minbari next to each other.
Plus, you can see a few
things that we got signed at the bottom-left of the photo.
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May 27th, 2001
Ah, what a great picture of some of the cast. There is Dean (Malcolm),
Jennie (Na'Feel) posing with a funny face with Myriam looking on with
amusement. I wonder how comfortable these actors are with getting so many
pictures in such a small amount of time? However, they were great about it
and seemed to truely enjoy being there.
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May 27th, 2001
This is Myriam (Sarah) and Warren (Kitaro) ... a cute couple (if they
were a couple, which they are not) and I thought they were the cutest out
of a bunch of great looking folks.
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