Revelcon Pimping
Feb. 20th, 2011 10:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
akiteI probably don't do this often enough, but we have a long standing con in Houston. This year the dates are March 11-13. It's hard to believe but this year will be Revelcon 22. I've been to every single one, and now I'm on the convention committee and have been for the past 4 or 5 years. I mostly work on the panels and run them during the con. Which means I see that they start and end at the right time and that the moderators, which we call panelists, are there. If not, I hunt them down like the dogs they are. *g* We have an impressive panel line-up this time, if I do say so myself.
FRI
11:00 Early Bird Panel! Spill Your Guts – Do you have horror story to share? A
TSA Travel Story? Ghostly Tale? ET Sighting? Real-life Séance Experience?
Join in for this open discussion about what REALLY scares us… (Coffee and
donuts, too)
12:00 Partner Shows, with Added Ensembles --For Better, or Worse?
1:00 The Writers Panel - How to get inspired after your favorite show has gone
away, or been changed irreparably...
2:00 Female characters: Which do we love, which drive us crazy? Which are well
developed? Does developing a romance within the show work? Female lead or
co-lead shows, like Bones, Rizzoli and Isles, Fringe, Castle etc...
3:00 Hawaii 5-0 – Oh Lordy, do they know what they are doing? (Slash)
4:00 Feedback-- Is there room for constructive criticism for anyone who is not
asked to beta? Explore how to be helpful without being a troll…
5:00 USA Today – no, not the newspaper – the shows! Discussion of White Collar,
Burn Notice, Royal Pains to name a few… and yes, Leverage, too.
SAT
10:00 Mixing it up - When does adding or subtracting a character improve the
dynamic--or kill the gestalt? (NCIS, Criminal Minds etc.)
11:00 Hawaii 5-0 Reboot – Why do we love it so? (Gen)
12:00 The Readers panel - What authors have you read that have influenced your
vision of shows both gen or slash -- and your view of fandom and fanfic in
general?
1:00 Mag 7 – What would a spin-off or reboot look like? And really, do we want
one?
2:00 Who are they pairing now??? What the---?!! A discussion of what works and
what doesn’t in slash pairings.
3:00 The Sentinel – Jim and Blair 12 years later--what would it look like if the
show was on TV NOW?
4:00 Humor in Supernatural: The Good, The Bad, and The Fugly
5:00 Ghost Chasers, Hunters, and Hecklers – A look at hose “reality” shows about
the paranormal…
SUN
10:00 DADT :How will the repeal affect slash fiction related to military
characters? Will it open up more story types or take away the fun?
11:00 Oldies but Goodies – Discussion of Pros, Starsky and Hutch, Rat Patrol and
other long-gone shows.
12:00 Gone too soon or Gone, at last! – Discuss shows that suffered from bad
timing, bad scheduling, bad casting, bad management or just bad ideas.
1:00 It’s Not Just About Panels Anymore! Come tell members of the concom what
you want to see at Revelcon next year.
We also have several video clip and demonstration panels in our video room, and where we have our Friday night party and vid show and our Saturday night Cabaret/Costume Contest. It's a wonderful tiered room. There's not a bad seat in the place except behind one of the beams. We are so lucky this hotel has it available. I'm getting so excited for our con!
FRI
11:00 Early Bird Panel! Spill Your Guts – Do you have horror story to share? A
TSA Travel Story? Ghostly Tale? ET Sighting? Real-life Séance Experience?
Join in for this open discussion about what REALLY scares us… (Coffee and
donuts, too)
12:00 Partner Shows, with Added Ensembles --For Better, or Worse?
1:00 The Writers Panel - How to get inspired after your favorite show has gone
away, or been changed irreparably...
2:00 Female characters: Which do we love, which drive us crazy? Which are well
developed? Does developing a romance within the show work? Female lead or
co-lead shows, like Bones, Rizzoli and Isles, Fringe, Castle etc...
3:00 Hawaii 5-0 – Oh Lordy, do they know what they are doing? (Slash)
4:00 Feedback-- Is there room for constructive criticism for anyone who is not
asked to beta? Explore how to be helpful without being a troll…
5:00 USA Today – no, not the newspaper – the shows! Discussion of White Collar,
Burn Notice, Royal Pains to name a few… and yes, Leverage, too.
SAT
10:00 Mixing it up - When does adding or subtracting a character improve the
dynamic--or kill the gestalt? (NCIS, Criminal Minds etc.)
11:00 Hawaii 5-0 Reboot – Why do we love it so? (Gen)
12:00 The Readers panel - What authors have you read that have influenced your
vision of shows both gen or slash -- and your view of fandom and fanfic in
general?
1:00 Mag 7 – What would a spin-off or reboot look like? And really, do we want
one?
2:00 Who are they pairing now??? What the---?!! A discussion of what works and
what doesn’t in slash pairings.
3:00 The Sentinel – Jim and Blair 12 years later--what would it look like if the
show was on TV NOW?
4:00 Humor in Supernatural: The Good, The Bad, and The Fugly
5:00 Ghost Chasers, Hunters, and Hecklers – A look at hose “reality” shows about
the paranormal…
SUN
10:00 DADT :How will the repeal affect slash fiction related to military
characters? Will it open up more story types or take away the fun?
11:00 Oldies but Goodies – Discussion of Pros, Starsky and Hutch, Rat Patrol and
other long-gone shows.
12:00 Gone too soon or Gone, at last! – Discuss shows that suffered from bad
timing, bad scheduling, bad casting, bad management or just bad ideas.
1:00 It’s Not Just About Panels Anymore! Come tell members of the concom what
you want to see at Revelcon next year.
We also have several video clip and demonstration panels in our video room, and where we have our Friday night party and vid show and our Saturday night Cabaret/Costume Contest. It's a wonderful tiered room. There's not a bad seat in the place except behind one of the beams. We are so lucky this hotel has it available. I'm getting so excited for our con!
