Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Movies Release Dates
At least, as of now....
2009
Feb 6 - Fanboys
Mar 6 - Watchmen
May 8 - Star Trek
May 22 - Terminator Salvation
Jun 5 - Land of the Lost
Jun 26 - Transformers 2
Jul 10 - Harry Potter
Oct 16 - Where the Wild Things Are
Nov 6 - The Wolfman (remake)
2010
Apr 30 - Spider-Man 4
May 7 - Iron Man 2
Jun 18 - Toy Story 3
Jun 25 - The Green Hornet
Jul 16 - Thor
2011
May 6 - The First Avenger: Captain America
Jul 15 - The Avengers
Monday, January 19, 2009
Star Wars, Georgia State Basketball and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
This past Saturday, I was a handler for a 501st event in conjunction with the Georgia State Men's Basketball team and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. It was a fun event and we had a great 501st turnout.
It wasn’t heavily promoted due to time constraints and there were some people that did not understand why stormtroopers were patrolling the basketball court but overall it was a hit with the public. We even had Pounce, the GSU mascot, decked out in Jedi robes.
The costumed characters did a little bit of everything. They handed out bingo cards, escorted the chorus, conducted the band, participated in contests (I think it was rigged. The Jedi won!), signed autographs and, of course, mingled with the public.
They were escorts at the half-time presentation to MS Society and flanked both sides of the court at the end of the game to keep guest and spectators off the court. Unfortunately, I think they had the opposite effect.
At one point, they even had one of the officials getting pictures with as many characters as possible.
But as always the children were the best!
Of course, none of this would have come together without our GSU liaison Zach Moore
and all the dedicated troopers of the 501st Georgia Garrison.
Friday, January 16, 2009
I.S.S. - The Badge
This weekend the 501st has a big troop supporting Multiple Sclerosis at the Georgia State University basketball game.
While talking with the GSU liaison, I asked if the non-costumed characters (the handlers) needed some type of indication that we were part of the 501st group. He said that would be very helpful. So with that, the I.S.S. badge was born.
(C'mon, this was a chance to get creative).
I have a logo and a tag line, thanks to Madog - "Making Bad Look Good".
Here is a sneak-peek at the design:
Now for my disclaimer:
The I.S.S. is purely my concotion. I am not a member of the 501st but I know many who are and I support them.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Imperial Support Services
What is Imperial Support Service/Staff?
Imperial Support Staff are trooper’s guides, gophers, dressers, undressers, armor bits collectors, velcro replacers, cell phone holders, water dispensers, battery replacers, traffic cops, wallet holders, armor cleaners, blaster holders, and photographers.
We fix armor mishaps, cloak and tunic tears, holster blow-up’s and trooper boo-boo’s. We locate event liaisons, explain to security that we really are supposed to be here and handle the paperwork.
In a sentence, we keep our troopers safe and happy.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Low Country Boil
Last Saturday, the Bosun had a Low Country Boil. It was good drink, great food and exceptional company. There was enough food to feed an entire pirate crew (except for the yummy hashbrown casserole) and we went through the first Tybee Tea recreation experiments.
Darlin' was the chief mixologist while my dear, sweet Powder Money took notes. I personally thought it was pretty good but Darlin' and Captain Madog decided it needed a little less Meyers rum. I guess that is OK considering we have four other rums in the mix.
Friday, November 14, 2008
D*C 2009 Memberships
The memberships for D*C 2009 have been purchased and confirmed. According to Chip at the D*C office, postcards should go out next week - he hopes. The following memberships were purchased:
Grieg Wehr
Cap Waethersby
Loosetoon
DJ Moose
Darlin'
Madog
Cricket
Amanda
Horus
Havoc
Steph
itmightbedudu
Steaky
Sarabell
Lady Vella
Puppatoons
Lola
Stowawy
Kristin
Kerrot
Jewels
Powder Monkey
Movado
Jamie
Caligula
Captain
Bossman
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Update: D*C 2009 & Tybee Island Pirate Fest
I have been horribly neglectful of the Bunny Blog lately. It's not that I am behind on posts but there are just not as many 'Bunny Blog' entries at the moment. The holidays are upon us and while I am busy, there just isn't a significant amount of content at the moment. Now, don't read that as "I'm not going to post anything new until January". That is not what I mean. It just won't be as much and the posts will be more holiday related - not the usual fare.
Now on with the updates....
Dragon Con 2009
The deadline for memberships (at the cheap price) is this Thursday, September 13th. I have been emailing everyone updates about this since the week after Dragon Con. So far, we have a lucky 13 memberships ready to go and I'm expecting 11 more to arrive today or tomorrow. I will send out an email and post to the blog (using badge names) everyone that purchased a membership.
Speaking of Dragon-Con, I was thinking of the 'Schedule of Activities' for the 2009 D*C and here are some (some we are definitely doing, some are ideas, some are suggestions from other people)
(1) Parade - This is non-negotiable for me and my crew.
(2) Star Wars Costuming (another definite)
(3) The Mansion Ghosts (I think it would go over great at D*C)
(4) Photo Shoots: My Crew and Darlin' on one of the Bars. Any others?
(5) Pirate Tea or Poor Man's Pub Crawl? Depends the schedule. Thoughts?
(6) I don't know if there is going to be another 501st Mixer??
(7) Pirate Party - But it has been disappointing for the last 2 years...
(8) I would like to do another Thursday night dinner. Location ideas??
(9) And there are always all those actual D*C scheduled events :)
Tybee Island 2008 & 2009
As you know from previous posts, The Tybee Island Pirate Fest was GREAT! In the past week, the website has posted the dates for next year - October 8-10, 2009. We have put in a request to rent the same house as this year but we will not know until the dates are closer. I'll keep you all posted. Also, the Crew is mentioned on the Tybee Island Pirate Fest website. Look under 'Comments from 2008 Attendees'.
I believe that's all for now.
-Captain
