I only had two noteworthy days last week but I have plenty to talk about just from last Thursday and Friday. Monday through Wednesday were not too terribly eventful. Monday I went to Best Buy (among other places) and Wednesday I went into town to make more random purchases. That is because I knew my Thursday and Friday would be quite busy, and they were. On Thursday, I first had to make another airport run; I dropped someone off in Sanford and on the way back I ate at a BurgerFi restaurant; that was where I was going to eat the last time I had to go to the Sanford airport, before the person I was picking up called and said they landed super-early. Their food is good so I was happy to eat there for the first time in a long while.
In the evening, I went and saw the new Star Wars, this time out of force of habit. The Last Jedi I like less and less the more I think about it, and there were all those production problems during the filming of Solo. Well, I am glad I had no expectations as I found the movie decidedly average. There were some cool moments, but also dumb moments and it seemed like a story not really worth telling, to be honest. I saw it at a new theatre which just opened in Mt. Dora; it was by the small chain known as Epic. The place looked nice and they even have two large screen auditoriums (I saw the movie in one of those two) with very nice reclining seats, yet between there being no sign advertising where this new place is located at, there only being ticket kiosks to purchase tickets via debit cards and other things, I won't be back there anytime soon. Heck, there are closer places to me that are nice so that is of no concern.
Friday was the huge comic con taking place in Orlando known as Megacon. I've been there the past few years and it is always a marvel seeing all the cosplaying, even if I sometimes have no idea what is being cosplayed. There did not seem to be as much of that on this day but that is OK. It should be no surprise that such things as Stranger Things, Star Wars, and comic book characters were all common sights while I was there. The most impressive costume was a young woman creating and walking around in a facsimile of that yellow exosuit which Ellen Ripley wore in Aliens & was used in the first act to lift heavy equipment but was used in the final act for the climatic battle. As Aliens is an incredible movie and that fight was unforgettable, I was greatly excited to see someone take all that time to create such a costume.
I otherwise did not spend too much there, just picking up some cheap items. However, I did splurge one time. There are always plenty of famous names at Megacon who sign autographs. They typically only are there for less than the 4 days of the convention; the biggest ones this year included Jeff Goldblum, Jason Momoa, Norman Reedus, Billy Dee Williams, Cary Elwes, Elijah Wood, Paul Reubens, and some WWE wrestlers; no surprise that they would all be popular, and the ones who were there on Friday, yes they were quite over.
To be honest, I did feel bad when I looked over at a table which had both Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood (they were the astronauts who were with HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey). The movie is celebrating its 50th anniversary so for that alone I hoped they would be more popular and yet the few times I was able to take a glance, no one was at their table. That was not fair so after a trip to the ATM, I went on over and I mainly talked to Keir for a few minutes. It was a typical conversation where among other things I talked about how great the movie is, how I was lucky enough to see it theatrically a few years ago, and as he was also in the original Black Christmas horror film with the late Margot Kidder, I brought that up and he was also sad she passed away as she was a nice lady and talented actress. While not cheap I got a photo signed by the both of them and it reminded me of how fun those conventions should be. I should do a bit of driving and attend more of those, in places like Tampa.
The weekend the only thing of note was that last night I went and got Papa John's pizza; I won't go into details but I'll mention that their employees were both idiotic and rude and it put a bad taste in my mouth... thankfully not literally as the food still tasted fine, although even I'll agree that the brand doesn't make the best pizza by any means. Some may think that is what I got for getting grub for them and that's fair... when I go a week from today, I'll explain why this Memorial Day for me will be different from the usual.
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