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The Sci-Fi Museum at the Experience Music Project (at the base of the Space Needle) in Seattle just opened their 18-month BSG exhibit:
http://www.empsfm.org/exhibitions/index.asp?articleID=1491
I was there for the opening as well as Aaron Douglas coming two weeks later to talk to the fans (in his original uniform, no less). I thought you'd like these photos, taken by/of me in full geek mode. They had the full sized “Mk II” and “MK VII” Vipers. The “Blackbird” and Raptor were not on display (the Raptor apparently being the only mockup that was sold in last year’s auction). The focus was mostly on the new version of the show, but there were some nice items from the 1970s series as well. Plenty of people came to see the opening who had worked on the show (as it was filmed in Vancouver, not too far away) and I had a blast talking with many of them. They were all very proud of what they did on the show, with good reason.
You can’t take photos with a flash at the EMP and it’s dark as the inside of a cow in there, but I tried my best:
Pilot goodies and uniforms:
Fan people. I’m at the far right. My modified BDUs even fooled the show’s lead costume designer, who thought I’d bought them at the 2009 auction and were actually screen-used instead of fan-made. Talk about a compliment!
I'm glad I made the trip to Seattle again when Aaron Douglas showed up. I'd never met the man before. I had heard he is prone to showing up for fans in a uniform, but I was shocked when he showed up in his BDUs! I was also there with my BDUs in case I ran into any other fans there. I'm glad I did now.
He actually did a double-take when he looked out in the audience and saw someone else wearing what he was. Great guy, just like I'd always heard. We all watched "Flight of the Phoenix" which he swore he'd not seen since it first aired. He actually yelled out at some of the characters during the episode which was pretty funny ("F-YOU, Hot Dog!" when Hot Dog mentions the Chief frakking the toaster).
I got him to sign my BSG log book that Ericon made. I could have sold 2-3 of them when i was standing in line if I'd had more than the one. Aaron signed my book, "Get back to work, Specialist!" when I told him I had run an Army maintenance unit. He did ask what I thought of the way he portrayed that part as I'd seen the types in real life. I told him he'd nailed it (which, he had which is why I always ID'd what that character most of all).
And I finally got a halfway-decet shot with the MKII, certainly better than the one I got at the exhibit opening, anyway...
http://www.empsfm.org/exhibitions/index.asp?articleID=1491
I was there for the opening as well as Aaron Douglas coming two weeks later to talk to the fans (in his original uniform, no less). I thought you'd like these photos, taken by/of me in full geek mode. They had the full sized “Mk II” and “MK VII” Vipers. The “Blackbird” and Raptor were not on display (the Raptor apparently being the only mockup that was sold in last year’s auction). The focus was mostly on the new version of the show, but there were some nice items from the 1970s series as well. Plenty of people came to see the opening who had worked on the show (as it was filmed in Vancouver, not too far away) and I had a blast talking with many of them. They were all very proud of what they did on the show, with good reason.
You can’t take photos with a flash at the EMP and it’s dark as the inside of a cow in there, but I tried my best:
Pilot goodies and uniforms:
Fan people. I’m at the far right. My modified BDUs even fooled the show’s lead costume designer, who thought I’d bought them at the 2009 auction and were actually screen-used instead of fan-made. Talk about a compliment!
I'm glad I made the trip to Seattle again when Aaron Douglas showed up. I'd never met the man before. I had heard he is prone to showing up for fans in a uniform, but I was shocked when he showed up in his BDUs! I was also there with my BDUs in case I ran into any other fans there. I'm glad I did now.
He actually did a double-take when he looked out in the audience and saw someone else wearing what he was. Great guy, just like I'd always heard. We all watched "Flight of the Phoenix" which he swore he'd not seen since it first aired. He actually yelled out at some of the characters during the episode which was pretty funny ("F-YOU, Hot Dog!" when Hot Dog mentions the Chief frakking the toaster).
I got him to sign my BSG log book that Ericon made. I could have sold 2-3 of them when i was standing in line if I'd had more than the one. Aaron signed my book, "Get back to work, Specialist!" when I told him I had run an Army maintenance unit. He did ask what I thought of the way he portrayed that part as I'd seen the types in real life. I told him he'd nailed it (which, he had which is why I always ID'd what that character most of all).
And I finally got a halfway-decet shot with the MKII, certainly better than the one I got at the exhibit opening, anyway...
