ReenactorFest 4 - Arlington Heights, IL

[Reenactorfest]

Beloved people!!

RF4 truly did rock... best year ever!  Attendance was 700 paid (550 the year before) and 250 vendors, presenters, performers and little bastards that snuck in! 

Everybody had a great time by all reports, and people are signing up for RF5 already. I am looking at new hotels to host us already, so keep your fingers crossed. We have truly outgrown the Sheraton and I am tired of the unhappy guests.

I'd love to get a celebrity there (other than Phil) for RF5. I am racking my brain to come up with a guy that has done multiple historical roles as a supporting actor.

Anybody spring to mind? Somebody that was in The Patriot, Saving Private Ryan, Gettysburg and All Quiet on the Western Front would be ideal...

MB

[Philonivs Maximvs]

Hmmm, what does Sean Bean do these days?
Adam Baldwin... he's been in a few war movies (AND of course Firefly/Serenity, hehe). Actually, he's accessible, from what I've seen he loves doing fan appearances.
What about Tommy Flanigan (Maximus' aide Cicero in "Gladiator", one of William Wallace's men in "Braveheart")?

Thanks for the "celeb-kinda" status there, Colonial boy! :-P

[Reenactorfest]

'Adam Baldwin'

I just looked him up... The Patriot! Full Metal Jacket! Wyatt Earp! Plus two dozen other big movies... not a bad call Phillarious!!

MB

[Philonivs Maximvs]

Animal Mother of course.... not to forget "the Hero of Canton, the man they call Jayne"

Yes, he might well come to something like this. He does the Firefly/Serenity fan circuit (at sci-fi cons) all the time, so might be worth a shot.

[writer78]

Oooh, guy from Firefly, yes!!

Ahem.  I mean...  "Oooh... authentic guy from serious war movies, yes!!"

How about Nathan Fillion, the captain from Firefly?  He was in Saving Private Ryan.  And Alan Tudyk, the Firefly pilot, was in A Knight's Tale, which was sort of history-based... sort of...

I think I need to get myself to a sci fi convention. 

[Philonivs Maximvs]

Nathan & Alan, of course! Yes, I see a trend here 

Keep flying, writer78!

[writer78]

They can't take the sky from us, baby.   

[Sterling]

Beloved people!!
 I am looking at new hotels to host us already, so keep your fingers crossed. We have truly outgrown the Sheraton and I am tired of the unhappy guests.



MB

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[Philonivs Maximvs]

That's awesome!!! But what's it attached to?? I didn't see any tie-off points on the walls.....

writer78: We can't die because we're just too pretty!

[Sterling]

Tis hard to see but there be a dagger shoved into a hole in the wall just where the picture hangs...

[Philonivs Maximvs]

That would make the dagger's owner an amateur "caaaaaaaaaaarrrrpenter"!!
(ooooh, I know.... for shame)

[Rockman]

Re. Sean Bean:  Don't know if he's involved or not, but according to the Bernard Cornwell site, a NEW " Sharpe" movie is currently in production.... " Sharpe's Perill ".  --More Sharpe is always good news!.....

[Sterling]

That would make the dagger's owner an amateur "caaaaaaaaaaarrrrpenter"!!
(ooooh, I know.... for shame)

Actually that's pretty good, haven't heard that one before... giving you a Karma point...

[Sterling]

Re. Sean Bean:  Don't know if he's involved or not, but according to the Bernard Cornwell site, a NEW " Sharpe" movie is currently in production.... " Sharpe's Perill ".  --More Sharpe is always good news!.....

Honestly I don't know if you would get him to fly over for RF... they say he is absolutely terrified of flying.  Now I have heard rumors, rumors remind you so I have no idea as to the truth behind them, but Jeff Daniels,  George Washington, Chamberlain of Gettysburg, and a number of history related programs is said to be very pro history and very interested in reenacting... again, I don't know how true this is....

[writer78]

Philonivs, you're my new favorite person.  I shall find you and talk Firefly with you at the next Fest.   

re: other guest ideas (not that we really need any more, now that we have successfully merged sci fi stars into RF, creating the perfect convention): What about Rick Schroeder?  He did The Lost Battalion - don't we already have a guy who's got a whole display on that?  That might be some nice symmetry.

How about Lieutenant Dan?  Gary Sinise is a local boy.