Farpoint 2009 CONVENTION
February 13-15, 2009

Fresh Faces, Old Friends, and a New Place

This year at Farpoint, the convention was held a few exits closer to the I-695 beltway at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Baltimore, MD.  A new forum, the closer containment of special guests, participants, dealers, and exhibitors provided much more interaction with people.  The guests for the convention were Alan Tudyk ("Wash" from the Firefly/Serenity series), Harve Bennett (Producer of Star Trek movies II - V), and Phil Weyland (Actor, Double, & Dialogue Coach, Star Trek movies I - VII).

Representing for its third year, Starship Farragut provided numerous DVDs, autographed cast shots, patches, uniform swatches, buttons and candy.  We are continually commented on “most fan friendly” towards our audience, a comment we take great pride in.  SF Producers participated in forums discussing fan films and costume development.  The Farpoint CON provides a good opportunity for us to meet our existing fan base, as well as meet and educate new fans about our series.  Of special note, we met two highly-enthusiastic fans of both STAR TREK and STARSHIP FARRAGUT.  In addition, we met with old friends Jim Pugliese (http://www.mutara.net/Collective/index.html) (Jim is pictured above modeling with SF Producer Mike Bednar’s Studio-Scale Klingon D-7 Battlecruiser), Steve Guminski (www.scifigeek.info), Frank & Gina Hernandez (http://www.elysianvisions.com/Gina/) and many more.

SF Producers chatted away with the folks from Browncoats: Redemption (http://browncoatsmovie.com/).  Steve Fisher (Producer) and Michael Dougherty (Writer/Director) discussed fan films and the business side of filmmaking.  They are planning to commence filming on April 4th and their project is most promising.  They’ve come a long way in such a short timeframe.  In addition, SF Producers talked with the folks from Robot Martini – a comic book series that makes light of SCI-FI (www.robotmartini.com).  Gavin Schmitt (President and CEO) interviewed Holly Bednar, Mike Bednar and John Broughton for his blog.

Lastly, TRENCHES, a high-quality film developed exclusively for the Internet, was premiered at the Farpoint CON.  It was directed by Shane Felux and produced by X-Ile Pictures for Stage 9 Digital. Shane is the husband of Starship Farragut’s own, Dawn Cowings.  John Broughton, Executive Producer described TRENCHES, “…like ALIENS, but more intense.  The ending has you wanting more and leaves a story arc open for more films.  Well done.”

Special thanks to Tom D., Blair and Sharon of the Farpoint Convention Committee.  Starship Farragut looks forward to Farpoint 2010!