Program Schedule

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8760. Reboot, Remake, Regurgitate: Why Hollywood Is Stuck in Groundhog Day
Moderator: Bob Nelson

Are there no more original stories to bring to the screen? Endless re-dos, rehashes, and sequels (one recent sequel follows its original by thirty-six years!) seem to say that the entertainment industry is short on original ideas. Is this really the case? And if it is, is there anything that can be done about it, or will the box office continue to validate such endless re-visitations?
Stacy Meyn, Robert (Bob) Nelson, Jenni Powell, Mark L. Williams, Peter Olsen
FRI 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm, Los Angeles B

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8662. Autograph Session [ix]
Autograph Session
Steven Barnes, Mark L. Williams, David Boop, Steve Lee
SAT 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm, Dealer's Room - Autograph Session

8750. Mythology and Folklore: Inspirations for Fantasy Writing
Moderator: L. K. Indigo

How do the stories that came before shape the stories we create? Share in a discussion of how the old stories can inspire and guide the work being put out today.
Denise Dumars, L. K. Indigo, Ashish Mahabal, SP Hendrick, Russell Nohelty, Mark L. Williams
SAT 5:30 pm - 6:45 pm, Los Angeles C

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8779. Special Effects and CGI: Bringing Sci-Fi Visions to Life
Moderator: Lynx Crowe

Special Effects have burgeoned in the past decades. What are the practical uses of the tools that make on screen magic?
Chris Butler, Lynx Crowe, Tom Funk, Mark L. Williams
SUN 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm, Los Angeles B

8824. Time Travel: The Do's, the Don'ts, and the Dear God Whys
Moderator: Glen Olson

Current theories hold out the possibility that time travel may be possible. We discuss current thinking...and talk about why this might be a good idea, or a bad one.
Charles Lee Jackson II, Glen Olson, Steven L. Sears, Chris Weber, Mark L. Williams
SUN 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm, La Jolla A