Podcasts about armageddon expo

An iconic Kiwi actor is back in the country. Craig Parker mostly lives in the United States these days, but has been back in New Zealand for a while, filming a mystery project before he guests at Auckland's Armageddon Expo. The last time he was back on this side of the world was a couple of Christmases ago, but he told Mike Hosking that he likes to try visit every couple of years, escaping the milder LA January. Guesting at conventions like Armageddon is an industry of its own, and Parker says that while it's easy to be cynical, he loves the con scene. “They're a place where, for all different reasons, people who love a show or a genre of shows come together.” “When you make a show, it's about the making of the show,” he told Hosking. “And sometimes you forget that other people out in the world watch it.” “But these events, you get to meet people who really love the stuff you've done, and it's not an ego thing where you're going, I'm amazing, these people want to meet me, they want to meet you because you are part of some world they love.” LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Barrowman became an instant hit with sci-fi fans around the world when he made his debut in Doctor Who back in 2005.   His character - Captain Jack Harkness's popularity saw him become a recurring presence in the BBC series and he later took centre stage in the successful spin-off series Torchwood.   He starred in superhero series Arrow - alongside finding huge success in theatre roles on Broadway and the West End.  John is currently in New Zealand for this weekend's pop culture convention Armageddon and Jack Tame on Newstalk ZB Saturday Morning. LISTEN ABOVE.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of the greatest villain actors of all time, Robert Patrick is stopping by New Zealand.  He's most well known for playing the T-1000 terminator in the second film of the Terminator series, and for his roles in Reacher, Peacemaker, and the Yellowstone prequel 1923.  Patrick is coming to New Zealand next month, popping up at panels and signings at Auckland's Wintergeddon Armageddon Expo.  He told Mike Hosking that fans don't normally get the chance to meet their favourite actors in person, so it's neat that they can have a chance to meet him.  “It's neat to have people tell you how much they love your work,” he said.  “How they saw your film, and where they saw it, and they watched it with their dad, and you know.”  “It's neat to see the impact you, you've been able to have on some people's lives.”  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The power and potential of comic books is being realised with a new project at Auckland University. 

On today's First Up pod - Nick Truebridge in for Nathan this week: Golfer Ryan Fox on his 1.5 million dollar win at the home of golf; Green MP Chloe Swarbrick discusses her Alcohol Harm Minimisation Bill. Why so much opposition from both sides of the house? Take an extra jersey when you head out this morning it's going to be chilly. Weatherman Phillip Duncan tells us what it'll be like where you are and vendors who sell their wares at the Armageddon Expo say its cancellation could spell the end of days for their businesses, while cos players despair. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

Midsummer Scream takes place this weekend at the Long Beach Convention Center; Reaper's Realm Haunted Farm and Trail is set to reopen for 2022; The new horror escape room "The Weeping Witch" comes to Cross Roads Escape Games this August; House of Spirits: A Haunted Cocktail Soiree returns this fall with new characters, new locations, and new cocktails; Spookslot Haunted Castle in Efteling theme park will close on September 4th; Spookers haunted attraction has been sold to Armageddon Expo; SeaWorld Orlando announces the first of their new and returning haunts, scare zones, shows, and themed bars; Halloween Horror Nights Orlando set facades appearing in parks. Apply for our Hauntathon before July 29th ( http://hauntathon.info/ ) and Subscribe to all our offerings: https://linktr.ee/hauntedattractionnetwork

The Armageddon Expo is NZ's biggest Multi-Genre Entertainment/Comic Book Convention and has been running for over 20 years. Bill Geradts is the founder of the expo.SOCIAL MEDIAWEBSITE - https://www.armageddonexpo.com/FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/Armageddonexpo TWITTER - @ArmageddonexpoINSTAGRAM - @Armageddonexpo TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro00:25 - How Armageddon Expo Was Created01:50 - Bill Is Surprised By How Big Armageddon Became/Contemplating Retirement04:34 - Why There Aren’t More Conventions/Armageddon Isn’t A Corporate Company07:29 - Regional Shows Vs Auckland Shows/Negative Comments09:07 - How Bill Decides Guest List10:20 - How Covid Changed How Armageddon Was Planned/Positives From Covid13:45 - Things To Consider For Guests At Armageddon 202114:44 - Accomodation For Celebrities Guests15:33 - Corporate Companies Prevented Proper Showings This Year16:34 - Cons Of Singular Events/Armageddons Expo Advantage Of Diversity20:01 - Armageddon Foot Traffic Annually20:55 - How Long It Takes To Organise Auckland Armageddon Expo22:20 - Bill’s Daily Schedule/Holidays24:02 - Bill Is Inspired By Other Conventions Overseas/Comic Con25:25 - Bill Cuts Off Trolls On Social Media/Fans Don’t Appreciate Jeopardising Business27:02 - Dunedin Armageddon Expo Didn’t Make Money/Bad Press In Dunedin28:34 - Armageddon Expo Wouldn’t Have Survived Without Wage Subsidy29:35 - Armageddon Barely Breaks Even30:29 - Balancing Business Vs Accomodating Fans30:58 - Guests Bill Hasn’t Managed To Get Yet For The Expo31:36 - Getting NZ Based Guests Is Difficult/Peter Jackson/Agents Are Difficult33:40 - Cost Of Bringing Guests Over35:07 - Certain Agents Are Difficult36:51 - NZ Is Not Unique For Actors37:28 - Armageddon Expo Is Limited By Small Venues In NZ39:35 - Bill Could Get More Celebrities If Venues Were Bigger/Exploring VR41:20 - Corporates Entirely Revolve Around America42:04 - On Investors Buying Armageddon42:40 - 2020 Has Been A Stressful Year For Bill44:01 - No One Else Could Start A Convention Like Armageddon44:56 - Armageddon Expo Usually Runs Very Well/Last Minute Problems46:49 - Sponsors47:53 - Bill Delegates A Lot Of Work49:53 - How Bill Stays Up With Whats Going On53:50 - Blocking Out Negativity/202155:08 - Where To Follow Armageddon Expo On Social Media

Over the last 25 years, the Armageddon Expo in Auckland has grown into the biggest pop culture event in the country.Now, for one year only, it might just be the biggest event of its kind in the world.The annual celebration of film, television, gaming and comics returns to Auckland’s ASB Showgrounds this weekend, with around 60,000 guests expected at what is the first large-scale event to take place at the venue since lockdown began in March.It will be one of the few pop culture conventions happening in any country this year, with the likes of Comic-Con cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic.Auckland’s return to level three nearly bestowed the same fate on Armageddon, with founder and organiser Bill Geradts saying that they’ve only just squeaked through with being able to go ahead.“We’ve always been Labour Weekend since 2005, so our goal was to pull it off the way we’ve done. We had backup dates just in case, but it’s relieving to do it how we planned.”It may have come down to the wire, but Geradts is simply thankful that they are even able to do it.“I know a lot of pop culture events that take place in England and Australia and they’d give their soul for the chance to be able to run a show right now. So being one of the few events of this kind in 2020, and probably the biggest pop culture event on the planet, is massive.”While the expo has undergone plenty of iterations over 25 years – originally beginning as a Doctor Who fanclub that slowly expanded to cover all aspects of pop culture – 2020 will be a very different experience for fans.Many events that have become familiar in recent years – VR gaming, laser tag, e-sports, card and arcade games – return, alongside the familiar shopping experiences and cosplay showcases.Yet the international guest stars that normally make the line-up are gone. Asides from a scattering of local stars and interactional actors who have been based here during lockdown, with the borders closed, the majority of guests will be Zooming in across the four-day event for virtual panels.It may be a change for normal practice, but Geradts says it has opened up a number of opportunities for them.“The line-up of celebrity interactions we have this year is the biggest we’ve ever had. It’s 10 times what we would have done if we were just doing a normal show.“If anything, Covid has just made the show bigger and better.”Virtual guests include Avengers star Elizabeth Olsen, Doctor Who stars Catherine Tate and John Barrowman, and Star Wars’ Emperor Palpatine Ian McDiarmid, as well as panels from The Vampire Diaries, Star Trek: Discovery, The Flash and Stargate.American actress Bridget Regan is amongst the locally-based stars able to appear in person. Regan, whose husband is a New Zealander, returned to the country from Los Angeles in September – and this will mark her first convention after six months in lockdown.“I’m super lucky that I’m here because I love the face-to-face interactions with the fans, and these sorts of conventions are really special for that.”For Regan, best known for her roles in Legend of the Seeker, Agent Carter and Jane the Virgin, she says any chance to do work like this is a blessing right now given the state of the world.2020 marks her second visit to Armageddon, after attending 10 years ago while filming Seeker in Auckland.  Regan says that this one of those rare experiences where a TV star gets to interact with an audience – something that will seem quite surreal after lockdown in the US.“I imagine I’ll be a bit stunned to be around that many people!”While Auckland sits at alert level one, a small number of cases have appeared in the community this week. Geradts says that there will be plenty of hand sanitiser around the showgrounds, and encourages attendees to use the Covid tracer app.  “We’re unique in that if you want to wear a mask, you can turn up in a Spider-Man mask and it would be very appropriate.”He says it is always a “genuine honour” to be able to pr...

The new episode of Graphic Nature featuring Armageddon Expo company director, comics writer and publisher William Geradts.

In this bonus ep, Mike from Chin Stroker VS Punter chats with William Geradts, owner/operator of New Zealand's largest public expo events, Armageddon Expo. Having run these huge events for 25 years, nobody is better placed to discuss fandom, from the New Zealand perspective, like Bill. So join Mike as he gets to learn more about his adopted home through the lens of the 'Geek Boss' as well as a look behind the curtain into the business of expos/conventions.

The usual hosts Timprovise and VictoryFist chat (without a guest!) about beards, health, Armageddon Expo, Twitch Community changes and streaming as a service. All the news, pet peeves and homework are contained in this mega episode too! No Airhorns this week sorry fam! Check us out on Twitch: twitch.tv/timprovise twitch.tv/victoryfist

Instead of discussing The Lie of the Land and the clickbait 'regeneration' this week , we're taking a detour to sit down for a chat with Sergeant Benton himself, John Levene who was recently in New Zealand at the Armageddon Expo. Features Pertwee's coupe, Delgado's nails and a rare prop rescued from a BBC dustbin.

Today we're joined by Indie Game Developer  Lianne Botoon. Lianne is a well known name in the NZ indie community, she's created dozens of games, participated in tons of Game Jams and shown her games at NZ Gaming Events, like Armageddon Expo and DIGITAL NATIONZ She also created this podcast's logo.

 Thanks to Armageddon Expo, I talked to Alaina Huffman, who has played Maureen Bowers on Painkiller Jane; Lieutenant Tamara Johansen on Stargate Universe; Dinah Lance/Black Canary ... The post Alaina Huffman appeared first on Dark Matter Zine.

Description: Women of Letters is a podcast about the TV Show Supernatural and our fandom. In this episode Amy and Jules talk about their trip to Armageddon Expo, the 200th episode party for the cast and crew, and talk aboutReichenbach and Soul Survivor . Email us your feedback or questions to wolspn@gmail.com

Thanks to Armageddon Expo, I talked to fantasy author Terry Brooks whose credits include 23 New York Times bestsellers during his writing career, and has ... The post Terry Brooks appeared first on Dark Matter Zine.

A few weeks back at Armageddon Expo, Dave sat down with the talented Cassandra James to discuss her newly released work on Alex De Campi's 'Valentine' comic book, how she broke into comics and why she wants to be there?

Animation Panel at Armageddon Expo 2012 in Melbourne, available in both MP4 (video) and MP3 (audio only) versions at the bottom of this page.   ... The post Animation Panel at Armageddon appeared first on Dark Matter Zine.

In this episode, we finish reminiscing about the RTOZ Fan Event and the Armageddon Expo before talking to Ainsley about her involvement in the Boilerhouse Theatre's production of "HAIR" as the character "Sheila Franklin". We also talk to her about her development as an actress and a singer in the process. (As I mentioned previously, I did forget to turn notifications off in TeamSpeak during the recording, I did try to remove the most of them but they do but in towards the end of the episode. I apologise for the inconvenience) - nightwolf12/Sean Fox.

We have a report from Danny in Adelaide about Armageddon Expo! He talks about Pat Tallman's appearance and a Skype call from JMS. The big news is about the Sherlock Holmes-Harry Houdini story that JMS sold to Dreamworks, and that there are whispers in the dark about a Babylon 5 project broached by WB to The Great Maker. Source

0:00:00     IntroductionRichard Saunders0:03:10     Dave HughesPresident of the Hampshire Skeptics SocietyWe tune in to the BBC for a report from Hampshire Skeptics in the Pub and a chat to their President Dave Hughes. It seems he has learnt the Power Balance tricks!0:07:30     Don't stick it in your ear!In Canada Jamie Williams from the Center of Inquiry has had enough of the lunacy of "Ear Candles". We chat to him about his new web site and the work of CFI Canada. 0:25:25     Armageddon Expo Sydney 2011 - Part 2  oin Richard Saunders, Dr Rachael Dunlop and Maynard as we visit Armageddon Expo. Our guests are voice over artists Mela Lee and Melodee Spevack.  We also chat to the Doctor Who Club of Australia and check out the stand of Siren Visual.0:39:40     Glenn Wheeler's"Psycho predictions and Generic readings"Laugh yourself silly with Glenn Wheeler on radio 2GB as he sends up so-called live psychic readings.Tune in each week at 2gb.com Saturdays at -23:00 Sydney12:00 GMT04:00 LA07:00 NY0:44:20     Dr Rachie Reports With Dr Rachael Dunlop We visit The Heart Research Institute and discover some of the vital work carried out by Dr Rachie into solving medical problems that could impact us all.  

0:00:00Richard Saunders, Stefan Sojka and Jim Wilshire 0:04:50Norway or no way.. We run an internet line all the way to Norway where we find Kristin Carlsson who took part in the Ten23 protest. Who is she? Why is she a skeptic? Find out more when we chat to this young lady from the far north. 0:20:00 Reality Bites... ..with Joanne Benhamu Our very own Joanne takes a bite at The Spiritual Healing Association of Western Australia via the ACCC. 0:23:00 Jim Wilshire LIVE in Sydney The Skeptic Zone's voice over man Jim Wilshire visits Skeptics in the Pub for a live read of his poem "EMBRACELET". 0:26:44 Armageddon Expo Sydney 2011 Join Richard Saunders, Dr Rachael Dunlop and Maynard as we visit Armageddon Expo. Our guest is voice over artist Michael McConnohie. This is part one of a two part report. 0:38:05 The Think Tank Yes it's time once again to head to our club and chat about skeptical news and views. Joining us this week are Eran Segev, Dr Rachie, Dianne, Steve, James, Richard Saunders and Jim Wilshire.