Farscape Convention 2002

In November, 2002, in New York City, I attended my second official Farscape convention.

The guests were Claudia Black, Anthony Simcoe, Virginia Hey, Gigi Edgley, and Wayne Pygram.

We had better seats this year than we did from the previous year. I was using a disposable film camera to take pictures, so they didn't come out great. I'll share them anyway.

The only guests that stand out in my mind were Virginia Hey and Anthony Simcoe. Virginia was such a sweet and interesting person. When she spoke on stage I remember her wanting a group hug, so she came down in front of the stage and a group of fans, including me, joined her in a group hug.

Anthony Simcoe was very high energy and chaotic on stage. I don't remember what he even talked about but he was very hyper.

Wayne Pygram was super calm and soft spoken on stage.

When we met the cast and got autographs, what I remember is Gigi being very sweet and friendly, and she seemed so jazzed to be there. I remember Wayne being very nice. Claudia seemed distracted- she didn't seem to acknowledge my presence, but when I told my dad he was like "what? she basically had a short conversation with me." So I guess at the moment when I got to her in line she happened to be talking to someone else in the cast but in general she was engaging with fans. I actually don't remember meeting Virginia or Anthony, but their times on stage were really memorable.

This convention was 2 days, unlike the one in 2001, which was only one day. So I believe it was the second day where they had a break for lunch and we went out to a diner with a bunch of other Farscape fans who I knew online. We sort of planned it ahead of time, if I remember correctly.

That's pretty much all I remember about it in specifics. I will post some photos, though. Sorry for the bad quality. I took them with a disposable film camera lol.

Claudia Black:

Anthony Simcoe was hyper and chaotic.

Virginia Hey:

Gigi Edgley

Lunch with some fans:

Here's the schedule for the weekend:

Autographed cast pic and Virginia Hey pic:

here are the notes, word for word, that I took for my website at the time:

  • Music Videos:
  • Crais tribute- "Falcon in the Dive"
  • "Intergalactic"- Beastie Boys
  • The Rescue- It's Going Down
  • Comedy Tonight
  • Virginia Hey on stage:
  • Video Tribute to Zhaan- "Only Time" by Enya
  • "hugs, hugs, hugs, group hug!"
  • just got her green card to come to the states
  • "Alien of Extrordinary Ability" Greencard
  • she just put out her own perfume, which she referred to as "quite magical".
  • She's known for 6 weeks that she was coming back for John Quixote. It was David Kemper's idea and Ben out it in the script. She had to wear a different type of makeup
  • she had just gotten two cats. Their names were Simba and Pumpkin.
  • During autographs they played movie trailers for X-Men, Star Trek: Nemesis, Two Towers, etc.
  • Trivia Contest:
  • -Name the pregnant alien in "Taking the Stone".
  • -What did Crichton name the DRD from the old ship?
  • -What did Crichton name a DRD after a Star Trek Character? Pike. NO ONE ON THE STAGE KNEW!
  • -UT's equivalent of freezing point? *This question was booed off the stage*
  • -In GEM what did John say right before they're swallowed by the buding? *people on stage didn't know* "That's no moon, that's a budong!"
  • -Which two alien races despise the cold? - Luxans and Scarrans
  • -In WWL2 what is the PK command code that saved Sikozu's life? "Skernac"
  • -What is the name of the leviathan god?
  • -What does Crichton compare to a VCR?
  • Music videos
  • Deleted scenes
  • Wayne Pygram
  • "you don't need a coolant rod in New York."
  • Leather pants
  • allergic to wheat
  • Virginia asks him "Will you marry me?" and Wayne jokes, "Not until you get your greencard, lady."
  • How many takes for the "licking Grayza's boot scene?" "A few" "we work fast, thank god!" "I got a strong tongue".
  • got sick on a roller coaster at about the 7th take.
  • Doesn't reference things to play Scorpius