Tuesday, May 14, 2013

James Callis on Dreck: Behind the Scenes Video!

I've been meaning to write about Dreck, which is a British indie film project collecting donations on Kickstarter. Basically, they've filmed what they can in small bits when they gathered enough money, and now the filming is done. James plays a central role as the ominous-looking Todd Ambro.

Here's a video where we see a bit of Ambro, and James is interviewed about the role. He says the script is "brilliant" and that this is a movie you'll want to see more than once. Sounds exciting!

And Ambro is hella scary. The difference between the warm, amicable James talking in the interview and the stone-faced man whose face barely moves when he talks - I'm getting chills down my spine. We also see clips of James talking to the director, you can't hear what he says but he obviously has a lot of enthusiasm and passion.

The film is about a dystopian future where drugs have become legal. Ambro's parents were addicts, and he wants to "change the face of addiction", but is the world truly safer with legal drugs? It sounds like an intriguing film. They will be introducing it in Cannes and hopefully it will garner some interest. I'm already pretty stoked to see this, so I hope there will be some way.

You can donate to the project in the link. I sure would if I had the money.

Saturday, May 11, 2013

James Callis on CSI, Part 3: Ozzy Frakking Osbourne!

OMG, there's a clip at CSI Files, down the page in this link. James is the interviewer talking to Ozzy, and he's a be a bit of a fanboy! Turns out Ozzy was his first interview ever, in 1986.

Ozzy: "Uh, I don't remember."
John Merchiston: "Me or the gig?"
Ozzy: "I don't remember 1986."
John laughs (it looks like a James laugh, he just bows his head down like "heeee").

That is so cute! Also, worlds colliding. I'm not really into Ozzy's music, but I did watch The Osbournes. Note that James is playing someone older than himself here; he was 15 in 1986. (Also, would they really let a fledgling beginner start on Black Sabbath? OK, I'm reading too much into it.) But he'd remember Black Sabbath's glory days. I'm not sure if he's into this sort of music (I know he likes Radiohead, which is a very different scene, but who says you can't like both?) I also recall that James talked very positively of Jack Osbourne in the Galactica Quorum interview (re: a show he did with "the recruits"):

I thought he showed a lot of grace looking after those children . And I was... I don't know how old he is, but he surprised me with his maturity and his leadership. So I was like glued to this thing. It was like, it was great drama. It was kind of like Lost, but I knew what's going on.
The interview (audio)
A full transcript of the interview.
My commentary on selected bits.
Just putting the links out there in case some of you tuned in recently.

PS. Oh, Ted Danson is the leading man of CSI nowadays? I thought he was just guest starring. I need to look things up better when I fangirl-blog. CSI isn't my scene, so I've only really looked for the info on James' episode.

James Callis on CSI, part 2: The Trailer


I'm a lot less excited after seeing this trailer, because it does have James - for a split second. But his name isn't mentioned, while Eric Roberts' is. Black Sabbath is mentioned. Also, I see a lot of Ted Danson.

I guess this is the difference between sci fi shows where people actually know who James is. But I still hope he's in more than one fleeting scene. I like the way he's standing and looking pensive in that tiny scene. Also, I like Eric Roberts', "I am a sinner", but I still don't have huge expectations for this episode. Are none of the original cast on this show anymore? Whatever happened to Gil Grissom and Sara Sidle?

Airing on Wednesday. Big woop. I'll try not to get my hopes up, because Arrow was such a letdown.

Monday, May 6, 2013

James Callis on CSI, Part 1: The Mustache, Always with the Mustache.

So we have pictures of James' CSI episode! And.. for frak's sake, is he ever going to play a non-mustachioed character again? He just tweeted a picture of himself on the set of the new BBC thing, and - mustache again. (Otherwise though - mrrowr!) He had a mustache for Austenland too. It's like "Oh James Callis? Let's slap on a mustache!"

OK, I'm sorry. I will try to withhold any mustachioed comments from here on out. I think my problem is that my Dad has a mustache, and he's decidedly unsexy to me and I don't want to associate James with him. At least James isn't fat or bald, so there's some difference between them.

Other than the facial hair, we have very nice hair and an all-around dapper look in a suit. James will play reporter John Merchiston, who comes to dig up dirt at the CSI, but also has his own secret. Also, he apparently gets to talk to Ozzy Osbourne! Worlds colliding. The photos also feature Ted Danson, which is another worlds colliding. When James plays opposite someone I've seen in other things, I always feel like it's so surreal and exciting. I know they all exist in the same universe, but still.

The episode will air on Wednesday May 15, and it's called "Skin in the Game".

Merchiston. Merchant, Merchandise.. That is the most complicated name he's had since Pursuit Delange.

I'm not a fan of the CSI franchise, but anything with a lot of James is bound to be entertaining, and unlike Arrow, this looks like he will have a fairly large role. We'll see!


Saturday, April 27, 2013

James Callis at Calgary Expo 2013: Watch This Space

Monday, May 6

OK, I'm really behind on the updates for this post, but my aunt died so there's been some commotion. Overall there haven't been as many updates as I'd expected, but you never know with cons.

I talked with Lisa, who tells me James is a "kind soul" and they had a great meeting. She tells me he was the one to talk about The Walking Dead: 

Oh and the walking dead thing.. lol he said he wanted to be on that show so bad.. actually said he wanted to die on that show.. he then told us that he doesnt even need to be shot or knifed .. just boom like i could die tripping over a chair.. which he then acted out in front Kristy and I.. we laughed are asses off.. hes priceless

TOO CUTE OMG! He's sooo cute and klutzy! Yipyipyip fangush! WD is one of my guilty pleasures, not that it's a bad show, just that it makes me SO SCARED and I've promised myself many times I'll quit watching it, and then I have to watch again. I would love for him to be on it. Love. HEY WALKING DEAD EXECUTIVES! JAMES CALLIS WANTS TO BE ON YOUR SHOW! JAMES CALLIS FROM BATTLESTAR GALACTICA! HE HAS A REALLY GOOD SOUTHERN ACCENT HE COULD USE! Ahem. I doubt the execs are googling their show but you NEVER KNOW.

These two lucky ladies were cosplaying as Patty and Selma. Hilarious!

James Callis: the guy never NOT smiles!!!! he was so happy with our cosplays and said ‘you really do brighten everyone’s day!’ and it was totally tongue in cheek, but i don’t care. also, since i had already hugged him at his auto table on friday i felt up to groping him a smidge for the op. he was just the sweetest! :D

Awwww and much jealousy once again ;)

Signing an autograph in the dapper white shirt. Downcast eyes and smile = very cute indeed! We have the usual coffee and water, but no Coke. Hmm. If he's given up Coke, I have to give it up, so I need to know this! (I'm just kidding, I will never give up Coke. Got some right here..) There's also a small mystery bottle of greenish liquid. Aftershave? (Well, it's not like he shaved..) Did someone bring him booze? Maybe the fans were being tiresome and he needed a swig here and there?

And.. is that really all? I may have missed something. If you know of more pictures and details, feel free to submit in the comments! Other than that, this post is probably done. I'll be moving onto news about CSI and Dreck (and maybe finally make the Arrow post).

Sunday, April 28 

Leather Jacket of... Handsome
(I'll try not to use the world "virility" because, like I said, it seems inappropriate, but really...)

I didn't update before, because I went to see Iron Man 3, enjoyed it. I doubt people sat around refreshing this blog, but just mentioning that I actually went out today. Wow.

Some new photos have been posted, and I see he's lost the "lumberjack" look from yesterday! Wearing a fancier shirt here. 

Fancy shirt, but with a red cap.

And: The leather jacket!! But - is that a new leather jacket? I don't think it's the same one. *cheks old photos* No, it's a new one with more pockets! Either way, it's glorious. (And he looks adorably tiny inside it.) The family with James is very cute indeed.

Wow, hot. It... sexy.. why.. yes.. guh.

A great closeup. I've suddenly realized his eyebrows are gray. Have they been gray before? Is this a new thing? It's confusing that I've never noticed this before. The Hair is in full lusciousness, but I can't really get behind the mustache. However, the luscious hair and mustache is a much cuter combo than the short hair and mustache IMO.

And posing with Lisa, who's talked to him on Twitter sometimes, so it's really cool to see them meet in person. And when I say "really cool", I mean "OMG I'm so jealous I'll never get to meet him and life is unfair". Ahem. Seriously, good for Lisa, and a very cute photo!

The con will end today, and we'll probably see the bulk of photo ops and reports a few days after. I'll keep you updated!

Saturday, April 27 

Update 2: I'm a Lumberjack and I'm OK. 

So apparently at the panel, James was asked if he's dressed Canadian on purpose, and he said it's just how he likes to dress. Heee! I'm very amused by this, because I've commented on his flannel layers before at this blog (as well as the trucker look with flannel and a cap!). This time we have the red flannel shirt he also wore for Sundance, with a white undershirt, jeans and a red-and-white cap. And I do love him in flannel, but I was rather hoping for the leather jacket! If he wishes to lose the "Canadian man in the woods" image, he might want to shave that beard.

There are lots of photos up already, most notably from Shelby Borys, who has a gallery up at their Facebook! They posted many links but I'll just link once, press "previous" and "next" to see more. Many closeups, looks like James had fun! And so did the fans.


James Callis: Battle Star Gallactica's Dr. Gaius Baltar

  1. James Callis was great but tried to claim he wasn’t deliberately dressed in Rural Albertan.
  2. LMAO!!! James Callis is taking the piss out of David Icke , our resident "messiah" nutter from decades back!!!
  3. James Callis just asked if he dressed Canadian on purpose: "This is just how I dress"






  1. is so charming! I love that I actually got to ask him something!
  2. Hee. Wouldn't have expected Gaius Baltar (sp?) to be wearing jeans, cowboy boots, flannel plaid, & a Flames hat.



Awesome blossom! (Twitter is making this so much easier, all I have to do is copy/paste people's tweets apparently. But I still don't feel like my work is in vain, because Twitter Search updates so often that you easily miss things. Also, I have no idea why some icons show and others don't. It's not intended.) There has only been one update on Tumblr, all the rest is Twitter. It makes sense, actually - Twitter is the fastest thing to update on your phone.

Then there's this:


Hey dont forget, we must make this happen. On the next AMC's ... dies by tripping over a chair ;-)


LMAO! Was James perchance a bit klutzy? ;)

And this:


Just met at ! Such a lovely man - made my day! Thank you!


Awww. :) Sounds like a fun con! I wish I was there, and not sitting here doing my job. Thank Lords of Kobol for internet updates!

Update 1: Here we go! 

Another con, another con post! Yays all around! Frankly I'm not in the best mood, because my schedule was screwed up (well, why the passive voice, I screwed it up) and I have to work on a weekend. But what better way to spice up a work weekend than with happy James pictures and reports? Let's get cracking!

Disclaimer: There will be a panel today, with James ALONE, which is so rare and awesome that I really hope someone will take video. He's also doing photo ops and autographs though, so either way we're in for a treat. Before I forget, MASSIVE THANK YOUS to all con goers who take the time to put up pictures and mention details of how James was. It's not anyone's obligation to put up their pictures online, so I really appreciate that you did it. Also, if someone sees a link to their picture here and wishes for me to remove it, I will. Just let me know.

The first picture showed us James from the back. This photo is so James, I can't even. Look at him entertain those people! (Probably con organizers, because they're all wearing those key chains.) And the older lady who looks like "OMG I LOVE YOU JAMES". We're feeling you, lady. Also, is that his utterly sexy leather jacket on the chair?! I've missed that jacket. Instead of the red cap, we have a blue one this time. And a blue shirt to go with it. That shade looks great on James.

Many photos here at Kristy's Twitter. First I'd like to express some jealousy, because these look like photos they just took on their own, without a photo op situation. And also because they got to hug James. And.. *grumps* Okay, jealousy aside, great photos. Chest hair! But what's going on with his facial hair? And why does he look so hung over? Too much partying the night before perchance? ;) The little blue shirt is adorable. And James himself is pretty adorable. It's.. OK, I have to dial back on words like "cute" and "adorable" in this post, because I use them way too much.

How cute is this, "Nicest guy ever". (Beaming with pride that my guy is so nice, even if he is not mine and it's not my achievement.. Oh whatever, good feelings are good.) AND we have chest hair and - cleavage of sorts? :D Too cute! And the HAIR of it all. Oh my.

James also signed a BSG toaster!

This photo came out rather pixely indeed, but it does show us how luscious his hair is. I like him with short hair, but I LOVE the slightly longer, wavy look. It shows us the hair in its full bloom, a real mane of a virile lion. ...I have no idea why the word "virile" keeps coming up when I try to talk about his looks. It seems vaguely inappropriate.

And then there's this picture. Dr James House? He looks so much like Hugh Laurie here, and I'm loving it! Also look he's wearing the leather jacket eeee leather jacket. (I had no idea how much I liked it until he stopped wearing it for a while).

James is also still into names, I see!


& chat about my name & thought it was cool & distinguished. Thx, Mom & Dad (& Lena & James)!


That is too cute.

More coming, hopefully still today! :)



Tuesday, April 23, 2013

James Shakespeare?

After all these years of quoting Shakespeare, James is going to play the Bard himself! But not in an Elizabethan drama, but in a sketch show called Key&Peele. This looks like it's going to be hilarious. Look at these photos. OMG!


Peter Atencio ‏@Atencio17. huhtikuuta
Day 3 - Shakespeare (James Callis) and two of his biggest fans.







(OK that's an icon pic fail right there, but ignore it.) The.. chest hair of it all!!! The beard is a bit disturbing, but guh, hot. Also, the shirt and whatever wire thing that is? And those shoes And I just.. heeeeeeee. Awesome!

Here's a sample of Key&Peele's show, this sketch is about gay marriage being legalized. But not all gay couples want to marry.. More Key&Peele at ComedyCentral's channel.



"And we gonna have a little dog named Ruffalo, and the dog gonna have a cat named Myriad." LOL LOL LOL.

Looking forward to this!

Sunday, March 24, 2013

James Callis News! (Lots of)

My Arrow post isn't advancing too well (I'm switching SSRI's and a full post with pictures is apparently too much right now. Long story short: he was great as usual, but barely in the episode, so it was pretty blah). But I just wanted to make a post about all the news we've been seeing!

Firstly, James will appear on CSI! I'm not a huge fan of formulaic crime shows, but instead of playing a murderer or a crazy cult leader, he's going to be a reporter who wants to reveal the corrupt truth about the CSI team! This sounds like a pretty different role for James, and one that might bring some life into the old show. His episode is the final one of the season, and the air date has not been announced yet.

Then, several con reports! It will be a busy spring for James. Full con reports will follow at a pace depending on how I'm doing.

Firstly, Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo in Calgary, Canada, April 26-28! Mark Sheppard is also attending, out of his BSG co-stars. There's a wide range of stars from other shows, e.g. Wil Wheaton from Star Trek (and perhaps more importantly The Big Bang Theory), Peter Dinklage and Lena Headey from Game of Thrones, Richard Dean Anderson from McGyver and Stargate, Eliza Dushku and Nathan Fillion from, I'm too lazy to check but Buffy, Firefly and Dollhouse? Also interestingly, "Weird Al" Yankovic who I was briefly a fan of before James. Funny coincidence. (Or maybe a cosmic crash of planets and deeply meaningful? Moving on.)

Denver Comic Con in Denver, Colorado, May 31-June 2! Wil Wheaton will also be in attendance there, as well as Felicia Day from Eureka and George Takei himself. I don't really recognize any of the other stars, but many seem to be better known from comics. I should know more about comics. Hey, Stan Lee sounds familiar! I'm not a total ignoramus.

Last but definitely not least, Galacticon III in Houston, Texas, May 23-26! The guest list is almost the same as the full BSG cast: James Callis, Tricia Helfer, Edward James Olmos, Jamie Bamber, Michael Hogan, Rekha Sharma, Kate Vernon, Aaron Douglas, Nicki Clyne, Michael Trucco Kandyse McClure, Leah Cairns, Luciana Carro, Richard Hatch.  People keep saying "mini BSG reunion" about every project two BSG actors do together, but this is a true BSG reunion. Only Mary Mc, Grace, Tahmoh and AJ missing, really. I'm stunned. In addition, they will have stars from the original BSG and Caprica.

It's nice to see the Denver Comic Con site use a picture of James from Arrow, which is the most up-to-date public photo of him. It might be slightly misleading, given he was barely even on one episode. But it's how he looks today, as opposed to the ca. 2005-2006 BSG promo shots picked by the other sites. On the other hand, the original BSG's stars all have head shots taken in the 70's, so maybe that's apt. I wish they used Dennys Ilic pictures sometime. Like say, this one. "He'll be there all wet and dripping!" It would be a nice incentive. A lot of people don't actually realize how handsome James is, maybe because Baltar was always so weaselly and greasy-haired. It was nice to hear people say how hot he was in Arrow.

Monday, February 18, 2013

James Callis on Arrow: Trailer!



"Touch one hair on my head - and she loses hers." 

Wow. This might in fact be his creepiest character since "You're my binary messengeer.."  On the one hand, he seems like a real evil villain, but on the other hand: do NOT touch one hair in his head!The fangirls are very fond of those hairs. They're not worth killing for, but... (Hmm, or are they?) 

At first it looks like he's just sappily admiring art - but no, he's staring longingly at the pretty lady and thinking "That's a nice neck to wrap a bomb around!" 

I'm a bit confused, because I thought Dodger was supposed to be some kind of morally ambiguous character, who ends up teaming up with the Green Arrow in the comics. But what will happen here? (Also, I thought he was called "the Dodger" because he's so good at escaping, not because he "doesn't like to get his hands dirty", but OK.) 

So, "The Dodger" will be on this wednesday! We'll see what James gets up to.

OH! And in case I haven't remembered to gush about it here, Rekha Sharma, who played Tori on BSG, is also going to be in this episode! I hope they have scenes together, because it would be so much fun to see James and Rekha together again! 

PS. There is also facial hair. 

Saturday, February 9, 2013

James Callis at Sci Fi Expo: Watch This Space

Monday, February 18 2013: Nerd Online Interview! 

Sorry for my tardiness with updating this post - last week was crazy.

The Nerd Show interview is there! It's in audio but it's also available on Youtube here. James is interviewed at about 2:30- ca. 8:20. Excellent, a 6-minute interview! It starts a bit comically with James just saying "yes" - is this your first time in Texas, etc. James says he had barbecue and it was delicious. Hmmmm. That's fascinating for me, probably not so much to others. What really amuses me is the bit where he talks about a woman getting an autograph on "her.. bosoms", and how "her boyfriend looked like he wanted to deck me". He wrote, "This is gonna be hard to get off your chest". Heee! He sounds so uncomfortable talking about someone's breasts, he can't even say the word "breasts". Maybe he's not as dirty-minded as you'd think, or is at least so gentlemanly that he wants to be subtle and polite. Awww.

He also says that sci fi fans are very smart, and that if something doesn't measure up to our intellectual expectations, "you hear about it, and you hear about it fast." That's true. I hear a real respect in that statement.

All in all, great interview! Tricia and Eddie are interviewed later on, Eddie's is at the very end and Tricia's at around 30 minutes. (I'm too lazy to hunt the exact spots now.)

Nicole has updated her Livejournal with her con story, parts 1 and 2,  which is a fun read as always. The photo of her with James and Tricia (in part 1) is SO CUTE. (Three layers under the coat? Damn, I was hoping he was just getting pudgy.) Also, lots of awesome con photos! James being embarrassed (see below). And just AWWWWW. Awesome.


 asked him about his upcoming movie Austenland, which he said was a departure for him, very "silly." He added he's also about to be on "Arrow" in a couple of weeks but sounded... kind of unenthused about that, making jokes about how he didn't really do much in it, "I flew through that show quite LIKE an arrow." He didn't actually sound all that confident he'd be on it again.

..DAMN. This is why I haven't been gushing all week about Arrow. I really think that if he has so little to do in that episode, it's false advertising. It's like "we're gonna have a big sci fi star!!!" and then he's on two seconds. It looked longer than that in the promo, but we'll see.

It had hit me mid-convention that the thing I really wanted to say to Tricia's face more than anything, that somehow I'd never gotten to before, was... basically that whole story about how Gina was gonna be written more sexual and immediately hook up with Baltar* and she was the one who pushed against that and made her more brittle etc.

I won't quote her entire post, so go read in part 2 yourself what Tricia said. This was really beautiful, actually. Too bad Nicole didn't get to ask at the panel.


Here's an up-close version of Tricia telling the story of the infamous "Gaius takes Six from behind" shot. Just look at James' face! He's sooo embarrassed, he closes his eyes. Tricia's husband was on set that day and heeeee. Tricia starts talking about at 2:35.

That's about it, I think. In other news, I switched to my brother's old Macbook Air over the weekend, and if I manage to not break this thing, I think it will improve my blogging greatly. At least it's a lot faster than my old PC was! Also, James uses Mac (or at least he has an iPad), so this is very Jamesworthy indeed.


Tuesday, Februry 12 2013: FULL PANEL ONLINE!!!!!

OMGA!!!! Yodasama posted the entire panel on Youtube! Thank you thank you thank you!

 
I haven't even watched the whole thing yet because DONUTS!!!!. The incredibly cute James and Tricia stuff starts at about 17 minutes. She kisses him! Twice!


And then James mentions the donuts. Oh my giddy aunt. It's so adorable, he even makes "donut holding" hands and everything. It's been four years since I found the donut story, and I really didn't think I'd hear with my own ears when he talks about it. I'm beyond joyful.

Meanwhile, mel1lifesashow has posted  briefer video, sadly without the aforementioned bits. But it's from closer up, so here you can see James being sheepishly uncomfortable and shy when Tricia talks about the infamous "Baltar takes Six from behind while opera plays" scene. Too cute!!! James talks very highly of Eddie here.

I might provide a transcript, or I might not; since I do it for a living now I have less energy to transcribe James on my free time. I have a feeling I will transcribe the donut bit though. ;)

I'm very behind with work so I can't stay and gush for too long, but here are some photos:
Sheepishly friendly gentleman. from RevG14.
OMG James-fan-Tricia kiss sandwich.  from the very lucky Bethajo.
Nicole's panel pix! Many cute James/Tricia moments. Part one, part two (kisses!), part three.
So say we all. from Maceedisgracee.

Coming attractions: The Nerd Show are promising a James interview, and I'll link as soon as it's up. Not sure if it's video or audio, but either way, awesome.

I'm just... wow. I feel like every time there's a con, technology has advanced another notch, and we get full panel videos and photos within days of the con. It's a little hard to grasp. But I'm definitely not complaining. Oh, the donuts of it all.



Sunday, Februay 10 2013: Nicole's panel highlights! 

Nicole has shared the best parts of last night's panel!



It opened with the mod asking them about their charity work, so EJO talked about Waterkeeper, Tricia about Acting Outlaws, James didn't really have any project like that but did say he gives money from his con stuff to children's charities.  There was a bit of joking from James (yeah, surprisingly not Eddie!) who had misheard something backstage as "charities you'd like to pump for" which he thought was... an interesting use of the word pump. The guy told him he'd actually said PIMP, which is even worse.
LOL! And we thought Eddie was the dirty-minded one!


Oh there was also a little funny line toward the beginning where the moderator said something about Baltar's morality changing with the breeze, and James was all jokingly like "There was no acting required." 

James tried his American accent which is still awful. :p He joked about trying to do an American accent in his first scene in Battlestar when they were filming, just sneak it in there with his first line to the reporter, but they wanted him British.  He had the best line of the panel when he said it's the dream of British actors to work in America, or rather "for Americans, in Vancouver."
I don't have much to add to that; apparently there weren't too many new aspects (this is where I'm sad Nicole wasn't able to ask, because we had thought of it in beforehand - 17th Precinct since both James and Tricia were there. But oh well.)


Best part of James and Tricia on a panel together, as I said on twitter, was not one but two awkward sex-scene stories, even if I've heard them before. :) They talked about how the mini "glowing spine" scene was the first thing they shot together, and that she was practicing getting the clasp on her overly complicated outfit off. James was eating his anxiety with donuts from catering, and felt awkward about his flesh-colored undies and everything, and he told a crew member he didn't want them to laugh at him and the guy was like "Trust me, no one's looking at you."  And he was like "great", and had another donut.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DONUTS.. He.. many donuts, they.. are round for the most part and .. holes i the middle in.. maybe frosting too? They.. I..

I'll comment on this later maybe, if I feel more coherent but I am a very happy little puppy.


EJO talked about the improvised "so say we all!" scene in the mini, but James jumped in and added his perspective which was nice -- he said the rest of them really needed that push, and that something "crystallized" in that moment for the show.  He noted that it also felt scary in a way, like a group-consciousness rallying thing.
They should have given Gaius something similar with the cult. There was never chanting, was there?


The moderator went into this whole thing about the late Larry Hagman from "Dallas" (which I guess has a lot of weight given where the con is) enthusing to him about the new Battlestar Galactica and that it had an ensemble of great actors who always had something going on behind their eyes, and the mod was really excited to tell James Callis especially that he had mentioned him and compared Baltar to JR, lol.  (I wasn't sure how to take that, since all I've ever heard about JR is that he's eeevil and I had this kneejerk BALTAR IS NOTHING LIKE THIS HATED CHARACTER I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT FROM A SHOW I NEVER WATCHED. But James laughed and seemed pretty tickled about it.)
OH FOR FRAK'S SAKE Baltar is nothing like JR!!! JR was evil. But maybe the positive aspect is that an acting veteran praises your work, so I'm not surprised James was happy. I question Hagman's understanding of Baltar, but may he rest in peace and all that.

Tricia told the other awkward sex scene story about Olmos deciding on the day to do the "taking her from behind" scene in Tigh Me Up (he did ask her in her trailer first, I'm kinda glad to know that), the one time her husband was visiting the set.  The cute part is that from the *minute* she started telling this story, when only he (and me 'cause I've heard it before) knew where it was going, James was like burying himself in his chair and under his hat and looking all sheepish and embarrassed. And then afterwards he was like, "I'm SO glad you told that story, Tricia. Phenomenally glad."
:D :D :D :D :D Shy boy!!!!! That's soo cute. I hope someone puts up a video of that (and donuts).

Oh also there was a bit where she was like "Are there children here?" and he put his fingers in his ears like "Cover your ears."
Ha! :D He should know if you tell kids that, they want to hear it more than ever.

James praised EJO a lot, said that he would drop everything to work with him again, etc.  He did say this one interesting thing about how anyone can act, even in regular life people play different personas all the time, if you're in a snobby store you act like you belong there, etc. But it takes being comfortable, and he felt he could do anything and was "bulletproof" with EJO directing him.
It's always nice to see how much respect they have for EJO. This atmosphere on set is probably also a big reason why the acting is so beautiful. Something of the chemistry comes out on the show.

So that's the main Jamesy bits! Many thanks to Nicole for being my eyes and ears at the con. Maybe one day we'll go together. Not sure if James could withstand such a fangirl attack though.

Other than that, we have two photos: the first photo op picture with all BSG actors and two fans, from yousilvertongueddevil - James looks like a dapper, mild-mannered gentleman! - a cute candid shot from the autograph line from innerfrenchgirl. He looks every bit as lovely and charming as everyone's saying. Awwww. There's also an autograph - "Can't get you out of my head", hee! Nicole got "How taxing", because she works with taxes. Silly cheesy James.


Saturday, February 9 2013: D-d-d-donuts...
(Coherent background info: the con's in Dallas, there was one panel with James, Tricia and EJO + photo ops and autographs today and tomorrow. Nicole is currently at the con and will tell us more details later. The donut story has been mentioned before causing immense feels, more details here.) 

I don't have a lot of actual updates yet, but Nicole who's lucky enough to be there said James talked about the donuts asjflkjafdkjbkljlafjaljfdljfkaljdflajlaxxxxxxxxxxxx


OMG. Oh god. I am floating. I don't even know.. how.. how do you even expect me to write a coherent post? It doesn't help that I have terrible sugar high from attending my aunt's 60th birthday party. So many pastries (though not donuts).

Besides the donuts which obviously are the main thing about this con and any con they'd ever be mentioned at... Here are the things I've found:

In a particularly adorable move, James and Tricia both tweeted this picture, with the captions "ooh back with my gal xx" and "Ooh, back with my man" respectively. OMG GUYS. They should do ALL cons together, because apparently the world just explodes with cute when they do.

Unlike that picture would lead you to think, he was wearing a BEIGE coat and scarf, not green. As we can see in these panel pictures: flashy smile and a general shot, where we can see the full panel, consisting of James, Tricia and Eddie. I must say the armchairs look comfier than the usual table and chairs. It's almost like they're having afternoon tea at each other's place, chatting comfortably.

A third, clearer picture also shows the moderator. That does take away from the tea party feel. I'd like to see a closeup of James' attire to fully appreciate its qualities. I thought he had huge black pants on both sides of the chair, but they turned out to be heads. (Mind you, I'm not complaining about photo quality or distance;  I'm glad we get photos of panels at all.)

Nicole reports that James was wearing a white flannel shirt over a green shirt, with the red cap and sunglasses we can see here. Layers! It's not four, but still three layers with the coat. The coat and scarf look very stylish, so thumbs up, but I realize I miss the black leather jacket. Maybe he retired it after so many cons. I'm not sure about the cap; it's cute and boyish but it hides his luscious hair, so it's both good and bad. And donuts.

James remembered Nicole's name, which came in handy:


Being the flustered uber-klutz I am, I left my program leaflet thing on the floor near James Callis & he yelled my name across the room...

TOO CUTE. Nicole has been to many cons so James knows her, and I'm always really happy for her (and just a little jealous). She's lovely and always rushes to give me details, in mid-con, so she deserves it. :* 

Also some other tweets:

  1. I'm at a Battlestar Q&A and holy cow is James Callis the most charming dude ever. I need to be more like him.
  2. Q: how was it playing a character with a moral compass that swings with the breeze? A: No acting needed ;) - James Callis/ Baltar


Happy to have met & chatted w  at ! What a charming, sweet & funny man! We talked a bit re Bridget Jones :-)



Everything is beautiful. James, Tricia, donuts, everything.
Back tomorrow, with hopefully more coherent updates.