In downtown Miami, if you saw Ted Rami direct and get attacked in “Zombie Strippers on Acid,” weapons as large as the people who carried them and a slapstick comedy featuring Nintendo characters that bordered on being a burlesque show, then odds are you were at Florida Supercon on Saturday. The convention, at its largest site yet, put on one of its most ambitious and functional shows to date.
Besides the massive rain, hotels overselling parking spots and the loss of Stanislav Ianevski (aka Viktor Krum from Harry Potter), the convention generally went off well. But that doesn’t mean there weren’t problems. The line to meet Bruce Campbell stretched and curved, leading to an average wait time of about an hour. Another issue that came up was that the end-of-the-evening rave was a bust.
Those problems, however, were nothing compared to the convention’s high points. Rami’s stage time was a presentation with the help of audience members (including FAU student Jennifer Killroy) on how things in Hollywood really happen. Bruce Campbell’s stage time was a Q & A that bordered on a stand-up comedy show. The cosplay contest featured many unique and well-done outfits made by 68 different entrants.
Last but not least was the Super Smash Bros. 3000 show. Opening up with a Star Wars motif into a Moulin Rouge dance number, the show filled the seating space and left many on the floor and falling into aisles.
All in all, it was a hell of a convention.
To watch the Super Smash Bros. 3000 show, visit www.floridasupercon.com.