Super Megafest 2009: New England's Largest Multimedia Fanfest

Yesterday, I finally had the opportunity to attend Boston Super Megafest. I've been trying to go for the past couple of years, but something always seems to come up and I haven't gone. This year's celebrity guests weren't all that great; unlike previous years when they had Adam West, Burt Ward, William Katt (The Greatest American Hero), Jeremy Bulloch (original Boba Fett), and Lou Ferrigno (TVs Hulk)...this year, the big guests were Ray Park (which was pretty good), Spike from Buffy, and Brent Spiner (Data from Star Trek). David Prowse (the man in the original trilogy Vader suit) was supposed to be there , but he cancelled at the last minute. So, there were no celebrities I had to meet, but it was fun to see the crowds react to them. But first, I had to wait in the ticket line.

Ray Park and the guy from Buffy had huge lines. Data from Star Trek had 4 people in his line...probably because he was an ass to his fans. I overheard him in a hallway conversation tell some young guy carrying a Data action figure that it would take 12 seconds to take a photo with him and that was 11 more than he had. Ouch. Data. You played an android with no emotion on TV...apparently it wasn't a far stretch. I would have snapped my Data figure's head off and handed him the body and told him to suck it. But that's just me. I almost said something, but I didn't want to be on the news as the guy that got kicked out of Super Megafest for berating Data. Here's Data looking angry...maybe someone asked him a question.

Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson were there from the original Bionic Woman show...in hindsight, that would have made a good photo op. And sure it would have been amusing to take a picture with all the Playboy models, but whatever. Strangely none of them, or the two Baywatch girls that were there (one of which was signing her Playboy pics...awkward), are airbrushed in real life.

So instead, I wandered and looked at merchandise (which may or may not have included Batman the original TV series on DVD (how do they get away with selling that at a public venue))? There were action figures and autographed photos as well...I questioned the validity of the autographs until I was overheard by the vendor and came over to politely explain how he got his photos autographed.

Out of everyone, I chose to get my picture taken with the celebrity in attendance that I cared the most about which was the Batmobile from the 1960s Batman series, which was one of the original cars used on the set (the door was broken so I had to be careful climbing into the driver's seat). I walked away with that...an autographed photo of William Katt from the previous year (thanks Ethan), and a print from a new artist, Tracy Lee Quinn. It was a good show...can't wait to go back next year. Maybe I'll get lucky and the guests will be better. I'll be sure to let you know.