Carel Struycken Rockula 2017

You probably know him as Lurch from the two Addam’s Family movies. I know Carel Struyken as Mr Homn from the Star Trek relaunch.

While he was scheduled to appear all day, he didn’t show until 1 PM or so. Which was frustrating as it was the last autograph I needed.  And because the show was small, we were basically all standing around doing nothing for a couple of hours. We were ready to get back on the road and head home to Dallas.  If I was by myself, I would have done that. When you are with other people, you need to compromise.  I’m glad I did wait. I’m happy I added this signature.

Carel was nice.  Once he showed, he did have a line of 15 people that had been waiting. Most of them were hard core Trekkies.   They had specific items that needed to be signed. Those items were already adorned with multiple signatures.  They had specific locations for his autograph. This was slow. But he listened. He checked on where he was to sign. He even tested the pen he was given to ensure it didn’t blot of skip.  Classy.

AH

Shawnee Smith Rockula 2017

I had to look twice but I did not have Shawnee Smith in my collection. I know she has been to Texas before. I’m not sure what my excuse was.

She was at Rockula. Mostly because of her role in the Saw movies but it’s also a tie in to Dean Cameron with the movie Summer School.

She was nice. The crowd for her on Sunday was light. But then the convention was not crowded at all. The guests were in all one room (apparently the day before the guests were in 2 different hotels) that was a small meeting room that also had some vendors in it.

When I mentioned I enjoyed the movie Summer School, she made sure I was aware that Dean was present. That was nice.  As I waited for my friends to finish, I chatter with her husband. He was up and away from the table.  He mentioned the convention circuit was new to him and he was traveling to a few cities to see what it was like.

AH

Deborah Foreman Rockula 2017

Deborah Foreman was a bundle of energy; in a good way. She stepped out from behind the table and chatted. She talked about going to Richardson High School and Valley Girl and standing up for herself. With one of my graphing buddies she talked about Val Kilmer and Real Genius.

She suggested the memorable quote on the photo.

She was outgoing. She gave my friends and me a lot of love and attention. She tried to teach me to look through the camera and let my smile come out naturally.  I still look like someone is poking me with a stick in the ‘nethers’. But she really tried.  On day, when I’m fatter and bald (at least the grey won’t show), I’ll be doing a selfie with my walker and then - THEN – the smile will be natural. And we can look back to the day the Deborah gave me some tips for smiling.

AH

Vanessa Angel Rockula 2017

Way way back in late 90’s, a college buddy told me I HAD to watch Kingpin which was all over HBO. At the time, I was not a Woody Harrelson fan so I was not optimistic. I did enjoy Bill Murray so I gave it a chance and watched it. What an insane movie. For me, it started slow and painful but I stuck with it and it just got odder and funnier.

That is the movie that put Vanessa Angel on the map for me.   

As always, she was nice. We talked about Kingpin. She mentioned she was skeptical about some of the scenes and some the last minute changes. But as filming continued everyone started to ‘get into it’.

AH

Dean Cameron Rockula Horror Con 2017

Another day, another con. Saturday we were at Alamo City ComicCon and Sunday we were at Rockula. This was also in San Antonio, just a few miles away from each other.

A very different feel and experience between.  Alamo city was in an arena. Rockula was in 2 hotels. I have no problem with a competition of conventions. As an autograph collector, short term selfishness loves that they were on the same week as I can be very productive.  I saved money on the drive and hotel. Selfishly, if they compete for better and better guests, I reap the benefits.

Then reality sets in. Neither show was earth shattering.  Neither show was ‘packed’. Neither show had OMG Celeb. Yes, I enjoyed the additions to my collection. Long term, I wonder what the shows will provide as a follow up.

However, this post is about Dean Cameron who is in another of the movies The Wife and I always stop down on: Summer School.

You know you are getting old when the youthful actors are greyer than yourself. Dean was nice. We chatted about Summer School. We chatted about the silliness of the movie and how in some ways, it hasn’t aged. We chatted about some of the other actors.

AH