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Supernova 2006 (with pics)

November 23rd 2006 11:00
Anime girls!


A couple of weeks ago I was fortunate enough to go to Supernova 2006 in Sydney. Or should that be, they were fortunate enough to have me there? Anyway, I've never been to any kind of convention of any sort, so this was my first.


This guy looked and acted EXACTLY like Captain Jack Sparrow


It wasn't really what I expected, it was mainly stalls trying to sell stuff. I'm not entirely sure if Supernova is indicative of how sci-fi/geek conventions normally are. There were lots of anime and independent comic book stands, a stand manned by Slimey Things - Australia's only Sci-Fi rock band, a Dominoes Pizza stand (where they charged $4 bucks for one puny slice of pizza!), and various stands manned by Star Wars costuming alliances.

Aussie Vader - Oi! Oi! Oi!



The funnest aspects were the costumes. People were walking around in all sorts of costumes. We also watched the cos-play, which is where the costumed people get up in front of everyone on stage and do a little sketch or something to do with their costume. One guy was dressed in a green and gold Darth Vader suit, complete with corks hanging off his helmet, and he called himself 'Aussie Vader', and he mimed 'Duelling Banjos' in it's entirety. One of my mates was not impressed and he summed the performance up with the comment, "No matter how crap anything anyone else does, it won't be as shit as that". Unfortunately, he was wrong. Some guy later got up and he was dressed as some kind of lion and he revealed that he had dressed up as his own originally-created character and proceeded to do some incredibly bad and garbled stand-up. No one could hear what he was saying, and it went down like the Titanic.

Rahhhh!


Here's some pics of various people in costumes, note the excessive use of the Barracuda sign on my part.









All pics by Keira Campbell. Thanks Keira!
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Comment by Keira

November 26th 2006 07:55


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No probs Luke!

If anyone would like to see more photos feel free to go to www.flickr.com/photos/keiracampbell !

Comment by Luke

November 26th 2006 07:58


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that's very nice of you Miss 21!

Comment by Keira

November 26th 2006 08:01


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No no, just a shameless plug to go see the photos really... have to get the Shano with Butcher and Undies right into the top views!

Comment by JohnDoe

November 28th 2006 05:57


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Went to Supernova last year but missed this one, I always have a good time geeking out.

Comment by Keira

November 28th 2006 06:04


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Last year was slightly better than this year. They had the cosplay and screenings in totally different places than the rest of the convention. It was all too confusing!

Comment by Luke

November 28th 2006 13:03


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It was - the cosplay was so far from the action. What was wrong with the room next door?

Comment by Keira

November 29th 2006 03:18


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That was for weird lookin, fat lazy women who were sitting around and pretending to do things when we looked in!

Comment by Luke

November 29th 2006 09:24


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are weird lookin, fat lazy women a traditional part of supernova?

Comment by LaurenD

December 12th 2006 10:31
Was Bender a total boozehound?

LaurenD

Comment by Luke

December 12th 2006 10:45


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nah, his bottle looked like it was a painted coke bottle! (and I thought the suit was gonna fall apart if I accidentally bumped it)

but that guy gets lots of points simply because Bender rules so much.

Comment by LaurenD

December 12th 2006 10:46
That is very funny, Luke. You've made my night.

LaurenD

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