Wednesday, September 11, 2013

4 of 6 Serenity Red Carpet Premiere Reports Thursday September 22, 2005

Part 4 of 6 Includes Windhover, Pip with additions from Flyhead and Rosie as previously posted on the OB (Official Firefly Board)


The Windhover’s Report

I'm finally getting to this...been sick all night and day. bleah.

 

Let me start by expressing my endless thanks to Saxon for getting me the ticket to attend! She made my year! I was having car problems, so I didn't think I could come down, but hubby said, "For the Premiere? Get the car fixed! Go down!"

 

I got there very early, to avoid the traffic and have some time to make phone calls home and such before meeting up with folk. After making my calls and downing a latte, I went back to Jillian's to wait for everyone. I saw a man and his daughter take a pic of the Browncoat will-call, so I introduced myself. It was Hasufel. We talked with some other Browncoats for a bit, and then went over to Jillian's, where I got to meet Odile! Then everyone came a little at a time--Shiny, and Ying, Saxon, Rosie...We moved over to the will-call table again, and I saw the gal Rosie called, EB, standing by herself, and introduced myself. We took her in as one of our own. We got our tickets, and I met E, whose seat was next to mine in theater 1. Then EB, E, Rosie and I got a bite to eat at Jillian's before things got underway.

 

When we got to the red carpet, I was thrilled to see the Pipster! I haven't seen her in so long! We waved to Rosie's family up on the balcony, and then whooped and cheered for Browncoats and cast coming down the red carpet. Paul, the host, pointed out that it was almost time to start, so we all ran around to the red carpet and made our way past Nathan, Adam, Sean, Morena, and all the blinding lights and cameras to get inside.

 

Seeing the film with the real score was fantastic. It's perfect! Afterward everyone began filing out, when the Ballad of Serenity started playing in the credits, and everyone reacted.

 

Out in the lobby, the restrooms were so crowded that Odile and I stood there contemplating waiting until the party. Then I saw Adam waiting by the restroom for his gaggle of teen girls to come out. I took the opportunity to shake his hand and congratulate him. When things thinned out, we decided to go into the restroom after all. When we came out, the place was almost empty, but Joss was still there, so I was able to meet him briefly as well. He said he's the one who owes his thanks to all of us.

 

We made our way around to the party. I pointed out to Hasufel's daughter the difference between the clusters of Browncoats and the clusters of Hollywood types. I had her in giggles as I pointed out the way the Hollywood folk stood and held their drinks.

 

Rosie, E and I went looking for EB and after waiting out front of the Globe a bit, walked around the side to see if EB was there. Suddenly the big cargo door slid open, and there was the whole VIP party spread before us. We looked at one another, smiled, and said, "Let's go!" and in we went. Rosie took Ying, E and I to talk with Alan, which made my night. I was able to meet Summer and Christina as well. Jewel seemed overwhelmed, so I didn't feel like she needed one more person there. As Amy said, Sean was in front of us leaving the theater, so I didn't try to meet him at the party, either. I didn't see Ron or Adam inside the Globe. What I DID do was enjoy a wonderful evening with so many of my Browncoat friends. It was such a delight to see so many familiar faces having a great time. And earlier that evening, a bunch of us got together for a picture, and I found that the guy I had my arm around was none other than Arlo!

 

Hasufel went to talk with Margaret Weiss, and I made him take me over and introduce me, because I've been a big fan of hers for...good grief, more than a decade!

 

We enjoyed the strawberries and chocolate from the fountain, because it IS a Firefly shindig, of course! ;)

 

I had a wonderful time with Rosie and E, and we later hooked up with EB again. It was so good to see everyone...MalsGal, Nono, Betsy, Tamara...so many others...sometime after midnight I had to wrap it up, because I had to drive back to Vegas in a matter of hours. I started the process of going around the room saying my goodbyes, when Fly introduced me to the LOVELY Cookie Fillion! So much for leaving; I had a wonderful time chatting with her. But finally, I wandered out with E and we met a couple of guys on the way out and had a fun chat with them as we walked to our cars.

 

What a night...seeing the movie again, the cast, Joss, and sharing it all with my Browncoat family...it was tremendous.

 

Pip’s highlights:

 

  • Pic with Adam!
  • Summer and her reaction when I introduced myself. *L*
  • Seeing the movie for the first time. *thud*
  • Meeting Chris Buchanan!
  • Cheering like mad whenever the trailer was shown on that huge screen in City Walk and getting to see all the crowd, look up to see what we were going on about.
  • SPENDING TIME WITH THE BROWNCOATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Flyhead more to add:

 

I forgot about my mini-Summer moment. I had a few Serenity decals made where I work. I gave some out to Browncoats, some to people I didn't know & some to a few BDHs. (Spreadin' the love!) I was just about out of them when I saw Summer. The decals were really nice & I thought, "Summer absolutely should have one of these!" So I walk towards her & see that she is absolutely being mobbed. (Very Sad) She also doesn't appear to have a purse or a pocket. But then I see a woman behind her who seems to be helping her or is with her somehow. I ask the woman, "Are you with Summer Glau?" It is VERY loud in the place & hard to hear. I repeat it again. The woman looks at me funny & says in a tone like 'are you crazy?', "Am >I< Summer Glau??!!" I laugh & say, "No. I know you're not Summer Glau. THAT'S Summer Glau! *points at Summer* "But are you with her?"

 

She says 'yes' & I hand her some decals. Summer turns right around & says "Thanks" even though she was totally being distracted & I didn't even think she knew I was there. The woman I handed them to & another woman also say "thanks".  All three were quite gracious.

Then as I walk away, it hits. That woman DID look like Summer Glau!!!! I think I "kinda sorta" met Summer's mom or sister without knowing it! *LOL*

 

Also - my big regret? I wish I would have played the "heavy" & told all those people that Ms Glau was done signing autographs & they needed to disperse! I never even saw Jewel, so I can only imagine how swamped she was. And Morena was also being monopolized by the crazies. I wish I could have rescued them somehow. *sigh*

 

Pip adds:

 

If the woman was wearing a blue dress, it was Summer's mom, a wonderful, gracious woman who cracked me up and made my night. :)

 

Rosie adds to Fly:

 

Me too, I wanted to put our plan in force to protect our crew but didn't. I saw Jewel signing autographs and thought it was wrong but did not act.

 

Yesterday I kept thinking of ways to make it better for our BDHs.

 

More Pip stories:

 

Ok, for my ultimate moment of the weekend (pic w/ Adam is a very, very close second, but this wins out):

 

Cleo and I, after an evening of wandering inside the Globe but not talking to any VIPs, finally, towards the end, decide we'd see (since the mobs had thinned) who we could chat with. Got to talk w/ Sean (OMG, the man is gorgeous! Those eyes!), Joss (who I think is now afraid of me *L*), Mark Sheppard (poor man looked exhausted) and Chris Buchanan (love, love, love that man!).

 

Then we wandered over to Summer and after she and Cleo chatted about the Internet, I introduced myself. She instantly got this totally amazed look on her face and said, "You're Pip?!?!?!" and I was like, "um...yeah" (thinking, OMG, what have I done? *L* . She said, "My mom knows you!!!!" To which I think I said, "Excuse me?" Her mom (waves to mom!!!) lurks on the board and I guess has mentioned my 'exploits'!! So I went and introduced myself to her mom. :) We had a lovely chat and that entire situation will never be forgotten. I still tell my 'Adam story' from back in '03, but now get to add my 'Summer and her mom' story to it! *bouncing around*

 

Next up is Part 5 of 6 Ying’s Report.

 

 

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