Comic Con Floor Report-Day 1

Hello SitRep readers! My first posting of all things BSG/Comic Con is a bit late as we were out late at a replica of "Joe's Bar" from BSG, graciously provided by Diamond Select Toys. It was fun, there were photos posted on Flickr, but the cumulative effect of walking for 8 hours plus staying up late each night caught up so here's the first day's recap a bit late.

First, to sum up what it's like to be at Nerdvana: Wow. There are a LOT of people here. Over 125,000 people, all like minded folks who like their pop culture, and all of 'em in one small place. Frankly, it's amazing to see so many people with poster tubes and giant swag bags around. There are lines for EVERYTHING, and it's at times a bit overwhelming.

But it IS fun!

The highlight of the day (aside from all the free buttons and stickers and whatnots) was the 30th Anniversary of Galactica Forum, headed up by Richard Hatch, and featuring Bear McCreary, Tom DeSanto, Kevin Grazier, et al. Others have done a fine job writing up the proceedings (my stupid tape recorder crapped out on me so I couldn't do a transcript like I wanted) but the true highlight was Bear Mc Creary's "behind the scenes" faux documentary with James Callis, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber, Mike Hogan and Eddie Olmos.

We were not allowed to film this which is unfortunate because it was so funny. To try and recap it would not do it justice - instead, we as fans should lobby Bear to post the video on his blog. (The scene of James Callis playing a caricature of himself, composing the worst song ever about Gaius Baltar alone was the funniest thing I saw all day, I think.)

What has amazed me the most here at Comic Con is just how many people are here, and for at least a few days the buses are covered with Shepard Fairley-esque portraits of Dexter and tons of ads rolling everywhere for movies, tons of people in amazing costumes, everyone here is One of Us, and for a few days you can dress however you like and do what you like and not be judged.

I've been able to keep a handle on the spending (but after seeing some of the high end memorabilia they're selling here, it's tough!). I'll continue to cover the Con and post more timely posts as we go through the weekend, and I'll also be posting stuff on Twitter and Flickr with breaking news.