Re: Parsippany, NJ Con?
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:47 pm
Kate Mulgrew
I don't mean to sound heretical, but Kate Mulgrew was amazing and my favorite part of the conference. First off she looks amazing. Wearing a black dress, and without the bun, today she looked even better than she did on Voyager. She began her presentation saying that this had been the best year for her, that for no reason in particular she is the happiest she has been in twenty years. She spoke briefly but passionately about two causes she has been involved with: Gitmo, and Altzhiemers (sp?) research. Then to the questions. There is no accounting for taste. The woman who choked up telling Kate Mulgrew how much it ment as a girl to see her as captain also brought tears to my eyes. I was already in line to tell a similar heartwarming story. I got to the front and I told this story: My now 20-year-old son J. had been and still is a big fan of Voyager along with the whole family. He had been begging me to get season 7 of Voyager and I got it so he was home for a vacation last year and we watched the final episode together, for the first time since it aired. In it, Janeway (an older Janeway from the future) is bossing people around and taking charge to bring the ship home. J. is watching this and says, "Who does she think she is? Hilary Clinton?" And I had been thinking exactly the same thing at that moment. So Kate Mulgrew beamed and the audience laughed approvingly. And then I added that my son was in fact an early Hilary Clinton supporter, though he ultimately voted for someone else. So I suggested that maybe "seeing you as a captain had had a subliminal influence, such that a young man had no problem considering a woman as President." I forget, what she said, except she was pleased and then I asked my related question: "Did you like that subplot where Janeway was interested in romance holonovels." I said I did like the idea, because it showed you could hold a position of importance while having a private hobby that was typically female. She said she didn't like that holonovel romance idea at all, but that she was very proud of the Leonardo di Vinci subplot which had been her idea. (Where she hangs out with Leonardo di Vinci on the holodeck in her free time--showing that Janeway has an enginnering, creative hobby, rather than a romantic hobby). I said, "Well you portrayed a captain that was admirable and competent. Thank you."
I don't mean to sound heretical, but Kate Mulgrew was amazing and my favorite part of the conference. First off she looks amazing. Wearing a black dress, and without the bun, today she looked even better than she did on Voyager. She began her presentation saying that this had been the best year for her, that for no reason in particular she is the happiest she has been in twenty years. She spoke briefly but passionately about two causes she has been involved with: Gitmo, and Altzhiemers (sp?) research. Then to the questions. There is no accounting for taste. The woman who choked up telling Kate Mulgrew how much it ment as a girl to see her as captain also brought tears to my eyes. I was already in line to tell a similar heartwarming story. I got to the front and I told this story: My now 20-year-old son J. had been and still is a big fan of Voyager along with the whole family. He had been begging me to get season 7 of Voyager and I got it so he was home for a vacation last year and we watched the final episode together, for the first time since it aired. In it, Janeway (an older Janeway from the future) is bossing people around and taking charge to bring the ship home. J. is watching this and says, "Who does she think she is? Hilary Clinton?" And I had been thinking exactly the same thing at that moment. So Kate Mulgrew beamed and the audience laughed approvingly. And then I added that my son was in fact an early Hilary Clinton supporter, though he ultimately voted for someone else. So I suggested that maybe "seeing you as a captain had had a subliminal influence, such that a young man had no problem considering a woman as President." I forget, what she said, except she was pleased and then I asked my related question: "Did you like that subplot where Janeway was interested in romance holonovels." I said I did like the idea, because it showed you could hold a position of importance while having a private hobby that was typically female. She said she didn't like that holonovel romance idea at all, but that she was very proud of the Leonardo di Vinci subplot which had been her idea. (Where she hangs out with Leonardo di Vinci on the holodeck in her free time--showing that Janeway has an enginnering, creative hobby, rather than a romantic hobby). I said, "Well you portrayed a captain that was admirable and competent. Thank you."