The 2024 Dragon Con Parade! — #DragonCon2024

fabulous fresh from her new marketing campaign n girl n girl thank you for making it yes of course of course I've left my rocket and my helmet behind today to come here to Dragon Con to tell you to drink nuola always the best kind of uh inspiration to make sure we stay hydrated or dare I say fueled yeah Wasteland hydration Wasteland hydration and here to my left you might hear playing over the radio waves on your sorted Pit Boys here as you explore the Wast of Atlanta we've got Max RADS joining us from his Studio Max thanks for making it out hey thanks for having me Chris yeah yeah it's me Max Reds you know uh I do have a real face for radio so I apologize this Parade's being broadcast on television this early in the morning you got to look at my mug but just take me as a very solid reminder that vault door maintenance is very important it's true you got to keep up to date on that and checks and perks so since you've been out of the Vault and since you're back from the tour in your time here wandering Dragon Con have you all seen any amazing cosplay that's already been like some stand outs of course I actually saw uh what did I see three since I am the the woman of of drinks I saw three Kool-Aid mens last night taking the escalator down that's would that be like a Kool-Aid Conga it was a Kool-Aid conga line yeah were they assorted flavors of koola they were not they were all red which is you know my branded color so oh yeah oh yeah yeah Max what about you uh oh okay I've seen a lot of great costumes it's hard to pick one but uh I saw a mashup between CI from delicious dungeon and guier so that was that was quite good that was quite good the whole the hair that he had on that and it was just delicious he was CI from the neck up and gu the way down yeah it was it was a blood we love the creativity of the mashups here as always uh if you're just tuning in from wherever you might be this is a celebration of Cosplay of costuming here here's soon enough uh as I glance over my shoulders we're going to be approached by a parade this is one of the largest parades in the state of Georgia here in the state of Atlanta and it's just one beautiful costume after another because what are we known for here in Dragon Con awesome costumes true and also sweating in those costumes cuz it's held on Labor Day weekend also check out this Drone footage that we've got this year check out this oh look that's us is that a marker for US is that is the HRA home base I believe is that where they're going to drop the smart bomb is that well easy there friend that's right I got get out of here we are yeah we're already here so that is uh fresh angles that we're bringing you guys this year to kind of give you a whole thing um and here we've got coming up uh soon we've you're going to see usual things we've got collections of uh like Star Wars groups uh video game groups what particular group are you looking forward to the most this year oh goodness well I mean I think we're contractually obligated to say Fallout prob I believe that that we're a little bit on brand there true yeah I got to say uh I am looking forward to the Fallout group and of course you know the N7 Elite is always a treat for you know uh undefined personal reasons absolutely abolutely since I am the uh not only spokesperson for ncac Cola but the rocket Rider of nacac colola I have a particular interest in all the vehicles that come through oh well have you seen any Vehicles since you've been here wandering around already no that's why I come to the parade because I get to see them all in line and all in a beautiful procession here so fantastic yeah so some of the great stuff that we've seen this year uh the Friday night costume contest some wonderful winners some wonderful mashups there and we've got another cosplay contest by Yours Truly Cults of the con uh so if you've got culty you know uh John cosplay Marriott carpet cosplay maybe Chad the god of sensible footwe exactly uh things like that you're going to come out tonight to the The Courtland and check that out and then tomorrow as always our final celebration of Cosplay is the Masquerade uh hosted by our wonderful host uh Tony and Eddie so shout out to them for doing this for I've lost track of time years now they' had a wonderful run there fan favorites and thanks for everybody that enters it is amazing what people put together for that uh entire just sherro yeah yeah yeah oh speaking of giving thanks uh thanks to everybody who showed up to improvise Dungeons and Dragons we packed out one of dragon con's biggest venues and it was a fantastic show so house for that yeah I love to see how events grow here uh you know improv D andd started small got bigger and bigger and bigger and things like that we like to celebrate if your fans show up up we support it so it's important for you if you're watching any panels here even our parade you name it rate it in the app talk about the app and things like that because we listen to your feedback cuz you as the fans are very important to us without the fans we wouldn't be here it's a five fans for fans yep uh you know and you guys are important to our hearts do you still have yours is yours still does the heart yeah yeah what do you think come on I got no nose but I I'm just a lot of ncac cola it's so much NCA wow another Drone footage look at all the people lined up along the street that is absolutely beautiful yeah this up by North Avenue this is by the start of the parade it's absolutely stunning um honestly like the forecast coming into this week was a little spotty we were thought we're going to maybe have some rain and stuff but now we have honestly I've been doing this parade for a long time joined by two of most recent years this is some of the best weather I think we've ever had it's been not bad for one thing I'm still alive I was worried I was uh I I was there was concerns for my health but here I am well you're just fueled between what like what what what gets you out of the vault in the morning oh a little bit of jet little bit of psycho you know yeah the usual Z and wash it down with some nuca Cola of course we The Branding bottle somewhere nacac Cola that's right that's right um yeah so like like I said this has been the 23rd annual parade it's come and gone um if you haven't seen this before you're going to see a mix of things uh cosplay bands and stuff like that um and we just have kind of grown and expanded this every year I don't have I I I don't have the exact number of attendees but I know like to sign up and be a part of the parade if that's something that you want to do I believe the sign ups for that February March like like like you have to get in early so if you're seeing this you to participate be early in the year but there are groups who like they'll they'll apply they'll get their groups together and have room to add you be added in so if this something that you see this and you're like oh I want to cosplay I want to walk down the streets of Atlanta I want to wave you have a brand new idea maybe you and your friends have a whole group that wants to come out I'm sure that we'd love to add a whole another section and we'll talk about you we have a script with notes but the beautiful thing is uh you know what happens happens and so thank you for being on this ride with us today so oh yeah yeah here we go buckle up so if you went to the vendor Hall yet have either of you done any shopping in our merch space uh yes I I briefly perused a few things yeah yeah saw saw spent a few caps a few caps of course of course yeah I did a little uh branding passed out some nuca colola to all the vendors tried to really sell the product were they were they enthused to have this this particular product well they were when they drank it as everyone in the Wasteland are they are are they paying you to save this right now oh that's right nuca thank you our overlords yeah so the collections abound you know it's not just about Cosplay or you know celebrity conversations collectible items and things like that could be a part of your cosplay outfit so if you haven't been over to the America's Mart yet be prepared for the line um thankful for the weather for that but there's beautiful vendors there lots of homemade Goods uh crafts things like that again we're a show that has everything yeah and I did make it to the America smt but only to building three which is actually the gaming Building G so you can swing by and actually see tons of people playing almost any game you could probably imagine what would be your go-to game my go-to game yeah not that I'm biased or anything but I have a particular interest in Cobalt press's alternatives to fifth edition Dungeons and Dragons oh you know I hear that there's a big Cobalt press game with some of the mass effect voice AC I heard that as well it is true uh three of them in fact are we joining us to roll some dice and tell some stories that's happening today right it is happening today at 4: 5 [Music] [Music] it's a lot of love and a lot of just enthusiasm some of these fans that you're seeing camp out hours like we're we're we're a little bit after 10:00 Local Atlanta time now folks will be out there 5 6:00 in the morning like this is their thing and what's great about too is like we don't close the parade to the city of Atlanta right so it's not just KH attendees that are here the city shows up the city the city is there and just like celebrating Us in numbers and it it's just this beautiful event so as we look through crowd shots throughout the entire run you're going to see folks that are they're still family even though they're not here within the confines of these hotels yeah yeah this is the pot of Dragon Con that everybody gets to enjoy yeah it's true it's that little taste and that's looks like ITB or things like that you know you can't see it obviously but like we're here in front of the Hyatt these hotel rooms you have balconies there it's become such a big beautiful party celebration and things like that it's a kind of a great way to get into this would you say it's like Controlled Chaos on a Saturday here it's like it's just so many in the Wasteland yeah true is everything a dragon cut come on control chaos yeah yeah we're going for some joyous rides this year so certainly are and yes Dragon Con parade is a beloved tradition my tradition used to be I us to watch it on Dragon Con TV with some room service breakfast fancy room service my goodness he's making that radio money over there I really need to go back into a fall exactly here in Vault 404 we have all the finest costumes and and refreshments I mean look at me my vault's pretty crappy so breakfast was usually A rad roach that yeah you know it's fresh though yeah fresh yeah no no yum yum deviled eggs uh occasionally we that was my that was my Brey this morning was that your that was the Brey this morning so max back to the tabletop conversation talking about that are there any particular games that you're interested in anything that uh that that you want to maybe promote as well oh yeah well as I you know I like the board gam sure but I hear that modus in addition to Mak a very fine Fallout product they're releasing a mass effect board game it's up for preorder right now that is true yeah as a board gamer myself that's obviously of interest to me so it's a story co-op thing I'm not honestly like we're not being prepared to promote this stuff to be very clear we're just those nerds that you know and not that we're clearly fans of Fallout but modius also has a fantastic Fallout RPG not that I know anything about it that is true yeah yeah we have no alterior motives here folks we want you be very clear that's right speaking of not having alterior motives well wasn't there a balers gate live D and session on Sunday we should talk about there is I hear that Mark me is going to be the dungeon master for all the balers gate voice actors and get this they're going to be playing the characters from the game and actual sit down at the table and roll D and D game it's a live play not like the I mean Dungeons and Dragons at its core is still improvised but it's not like the improvised Dungeons and Dragons where you're almost laring oh is it happening our Banner they said they crossing of the bridge now that the bridge in the background is our we call it the connector it's I75 85 and once they cross that threshold they're getting close they are getting close I can see the banner gets larger as it gets closer I can see the banner I can almost taste that parade it's like it's like nuca Cola on my tongue and you know what shout out to all the city officials here who helped make this possible to our police officers our firemen uh our EMTs that show up just to make sure we're all in our Controlled Chaos very very safe very safe unlike the Vault that Max in apparently so yeah I mean it's a cruddy play I mean look look at the state of me the volor doesn't do nothing the goggles do nothing the goggles the goggles the goggles do nothing that all right I can never get over our drone shot uh just absolutely way kudos to our production team for I would say literally stepping up the game because every year so thank you for bringing us a better and better show our Dragon Con TV friends how green and beautiful Atlanta looks we're the Green City we are the green and nerdy City what better way to celebrate both of these today I also recently heard forb said that Atlanta is the most educated city in the country I'll take it on behalf of the city of Atlanta we thank you we thank you Forbes yeah fantastic well I am not surprised because hey you know Dragon Con shows that Atlanta's got a lot of nerds and nerds is smart right that's what I read somewhere and what what was where did you read that where do you still have books in your Vault uh yeah well the most of them are those burned up kind but occasionally you get a nice Grog the Barbarian comic book you get yeah so you you get lucky occasion indeed indeed well as the parade gets closer inches closer still we you would like to remind you that this is a not a short experience we've got lots of folks here once the parade actually crosses our threshold about 45 we don't have to listen to bter we we we get to we get to just actually be like all right and then this and then this and then this yeah yeah we just shooting the breeze right now little breeze Breeze once it starts we get down the breast T yeah so we also encourage you caps really caps at this point yes yeah so we encourage you if you're even on our Discord you know feel free to to play along you know be being your those of us who were watching through Discord be a part of the group chat call out uh the cosplay that you're seeing get on socials take your pictures obviously if you're on the street you're not going to hear us as much but like we want to we want you to also showcase the stuff that you love seeing in the parade our beautiful faces are here for now yeah soon to go away we would love to see if you're on the discords socials get out there be like oh my god did you see this in the parade and everybody's got their favorites you know like I always like to see what Nether world brings because they got usually got some nice big pieces some kind of float and uh some bread costumes of course absolutely yeah I always like to see our guest of honors get to ride in the parade you know because usually they don't get you know you get an award you step on stage but when last time you got an award and got to ride in a parade right you get to be the center of that center of attention that attention all right it looks like we're getting close to our intersection okay I'm going to take a sip of delicious cold beverage over here just cold nuca Cola that's right he heavily uh heavily hydration here yeah pardon me you're going to say heavily radiation I was about I was about to uh I was like uh believe yes I I I don't know if it was uh I'll apologize in advance I'm going to have to keep doing that all true to parade or I will die it is what keeps you going you can start to hear the audience now we're beginning here they come you can start to hear our wonderful fans our Dragon family enjoying the party as it approaches the excitement is palpable it is it is shout out to all of our wonderful follow upstairs on the stream as well there it is oh oh there it is all right folks that is Captain America there uh uh separating the the Colorado Captain is back after his motorcycle accident in 2022 and is now leading the charge at the head of the Dragon Con parade the Colorado Captain is known for doing charity drives across the country and we are honored to have him leading our Mighty dragons and Marchers Colorado Captain there thanking cheering the crowd would also like to thank jany WS for contributing and leading with the back PR for many years before this uh Jenny he loves you yeah you can't keep a good soap sold you down look at that he made he made a remarkable recovery yes it's earlier I did spoke about the 23rd we have lost TR on time this is the 24th annual parade thank you for keeping us honest there is our banners it is we are go we are kicked off this is and this is the 24th you say4 there you go with our Dragon Queen Corvette look at the beautiful art on that see love those Vehicles so cool it ain't dragon come with without Dragons It's not and what better than a dragon Queen Corvette indeed the wings are flying the spirits are high yeah the sun is out sun is out beautiful Saturday here at Atlanta and we're doing our best to stay hydrated uh yeah it just is as a note for all of you who're out there partying over the weekend stay hydrated please yes please take care of yourselves nuca colola does not qualify as a hydration alternative the number one ingredient in newa is not water it's not water it is not water and of course we got our dragons coming up here o yes and the Dragon Con sci-fi military Color Guard is back or as they like to call themselves The strutting peacocks they consist of various sci-fi fandoms and while several of the members are military veterans they are only wearing cosplay uniforms for their distinct genres thank them so much for being here and helping us lead in this exciting event look at them go indeed we military sci-fi track here in Atlanta as well so you do see a lot of like very authentic screen realized uh uniforms which means they're hot yeah they're very hot usually W and coming up next year we got the Halo 405 infantry look at him Spartans marching proud I love all the various colors they've chosen for their armor indeed look at that look at them go absolutely wonderful group of folks here and following up behind them there is that that the uh Blues mobile right there I think it is the blues mobile look at that absolutely it's a fan favorite here in our everything D SE they they come down from Chicago every year celebrate from Chicago that yeah that's right it's quite a long drive for them to come and show off their mobile indeed they they they love Atlanta nerds all you know don't we all don't we all yeah and just some more highlights of costumes we get some and the are all part of the Dragon C that's right so if you showed up in something more original in celebration this would be the group for you yes it would be look order of the ribbon here are either of you ribbon collectors I've got a few I've got a few uh I saw my very first ribbon the longest ribbon uh I had seen like string of them this year I think it was massive and somebody made a cape a ribbon Cape I saw someone dressed up as the mummy but their bandages was one long string of amazing we we take our uh hyperfixations real here in our fandoms and Colts spring up when you're not looking I believe last year our winner with for the longest ribbon contest was like 77 ft long wow it's just ribbons for everything and now here we have uh our charity the Arthritis Foundation yes the official Dragon Con charity partner for 2024 if you would like to donate you can text Dragon Con at 4483 4 to donate now for 2024 this official charity is the Arthritis Foundation which leads the fight to conquer arthritis affecting nearly 60 million men women and children here in the United States yeah it was founded back in 1948 with the goal to attack the challenges of arthritis through a national program to fund medical research and provide better support for patients uh for over 75 years the Arthritis Foundation has boldly pursued a cure for America's number one cause of disabil ability while champion in the fight to conquer arthritis with lifechanging science resources advocacy and Community connections and next up we have the Razer fly uh Herer battle Jitney there seen that yes good there we go uh that is that was actually from the Mystery Men movie that was the sole surviving one and then here in front of us now of course is the the the Twister Jeep iconic I must say quite a time capsule indeed making a return to the foray here and was it Dorothy was the name of the and the original I believe there is is Dorothy there in the back ready to fly away that's right a Dorothy eye view if you would there it's true if you haven't watched the original twister movie recently man it is a bit of a nostalgic trip down uh from the past all right our next group here coming in to see us is this swagen seek swagen seek it looks like friends yes our dear friends at swagen seek now this is this is an act of kindness for those attending Dragon Con who like to give and receive complimentary swags and gifts so you can get anything from stickers candies buttons pins Koozies jewelry comic toys all kinds of things and these are spread with love and kindness and friendship in mind so what happens is we hide them or people will hide them all throughout Dragon Con so make sure you keep your eyes peeled because you never know where you're going to find something hidden speaking of finding something hidden we already have our first Waldo sighting of the parade so that's it we can go home we can all go home everybody just pack up everyone uh beautiful Nights from camel out there night yeah an Arthur and a py and our Grand Marshall yes D you car away CL clap worries for another day let the music play clap clap down in frag Rock absolutely traveling Matt there with Kevin Clash and Beautiful People of course these are from beloved pueter Jim Hanson's Colorful World of fragle rock we got Gobo and Moi red and BBA you know they live in those caves they avoid the ggs you know I don't need to explain frag Rock to you look great hair who is your stylist down there in the Rock let's let's talk friends uh there's wimbley and red back we could use some of that in the Wasteland right right and behind them I believe we'll see some representatives of our local puppetry track of course the puppet slam of course is going to be on Sunday night we'll be looking forward to that and it's in the regeny ballroom this year it was in Western pach before it is now in the Regency oh a little Young Frankenstein there indeed they are truly do you think they're staying at the Reds they are probably staying staying at the Reds staying at the staying at the Reds you can find all the puppet Tre track located inside the Marriott Marquees so if you like puppets we got a whole lineup of stuff all weekend long indeed lots of Shadow puppetry this year uh shout out shout out to track director Bo Brown for really cultivating there you go a fantastic Collective of all things puppetry from uh you know you see hand and Rod there your traditional Muppets marionet some Shadow puppetry even a found puppetry where you just found an object and a lot of folks typically that really a cheerleader for puppets we have uh what is it the puppetry Center the center for pupp partnering with us oh really that's amazing yeah they were doing stuff with the fraggles on Thursday throughout the weekend so uh definitely if you're if you're just in town make sure you go check it out before you can leave because it is one of a kind it truly is it celebrates it's not just Hinton puppetry there's a whole world of puppetry section and they do have like special showcases and show it's great for kids and adults it's it's such a cool exper of all ages yeah AB kids of all ages our inner child the children at heart how how is your inner child healing over there uh I got to say pretty withered but still and once again a reminder that the puppet slam has moved this year from the Weston over to the height indeed it was there many many years ago but we found it's a lot more just approachable easier to access uh and hopefully it'll be a blast so make sure you check that out Sunday night uh across from the Pu too we shout out to like there's the Star Wars corner and that things like that uh we cram in if there's a if there's a room that we can put in a fan panel room or some kind of entertainment we give you the fans here on site as much as possible it's true I was down in the Tre track last night uh doing a fantasy draft with Todd stashwick oh ni uh yeah from recent peard and 12 Monkeys Fame uh just in a small little fan panel you never know what you're going to see in these beautiful little panel spaces here it's not just main stages where you see me uh it is so many fandoms coming together do you have a particular fandom of your preference there Nuka okay you know what if we're going to if we're going to talk about maybe some of the unknown fandoms I have such a love for our paranormal track here at Dragon Con it's one of my favorite things to go with like I have nothing else to do I'm like I'm just going to go Peep and see what weird bizarre panel is going on over at the Paranormal track and it never fails to entertain that's for sure it's kind of like a a Hidden Gem of Dragon Con indeed is there a track that you would like to maybe call attention to that other might not uh be as familiar with uh yeah I've been running the smoking Tru I that new it's it's located 20 ft away or 30t away from any entrance of a hotel fair enough speak exactly arsic aoy periodic table is here featuring Nasha specialist what you're going to see here as you look on the screen all of these costumes are themed to the element that they're representing obviously potassium banana you know shout out to my friend who used to do copper as a traditional bobby cop and things like that these are my favorite puns in the parade every year and I I'm sad that I don't get to do this they're oh no pun Left Behind is my plan speaking of yeah there arsic right there fantastic very cool so much creativity oh yes absolutely we can hear the crowd really celeb celebrating behind they love science yeah I mean we are the most educated after all so we got to love our educ n My People speaking s Trek also does like late night astrology viewings on the out on the that's one of my favorite go out and see your teles they have telescopes and things like that so that more elements here oh yeah I see you buddy I see you pointing at the camera I love Ash that man all right NASA is representing taking off from here got to love our NASA folk yeah there is yeah the science track you know it's strong very strong run by actual rocket scientist and those other in the science Community have any brain surgeons on the track you know uh cuz this is not brain rocket science it's brain Sur you're absolutely correct true oh here we go yes it is the hero that owns the summer the Deadpool from the Blockbuster movie Deadpool and Wolverine or Wolverine and Deadpool according to Hugh Jack now we got every variant of the MC with the mouth of course and you saw as you saw in the movie hey Dragon Con did it first movie we had every Deadpool under the sun right here long before you saw it up on the screened and uh yeah yeah oh yeah look at we got a T-Rex Rex but I mean that is a T-Rex and it's also the carpet the Marriot carpet there's Lan of course he's going to make a little is lugan gone do we say bye bye bye to lugan now is that what happens I think there's a some sort of flash mob bye bye bye perhaps yeah yeah could could potentially be uh as think Crips come on down here what do we have next here I believe the cult of J C of under his goly eye friends uh dragon con's favorite cult centered around a promotional cardboard cutout uh get your googly eyes The Cult of John has been bringing people and packages together since 2019 how can we forget the year of the founding of the cult of John yes was quite an Endeavor and uh you know there are shrines being built for false locations remember the real John was on the way to the food court it's true American sci-fi representing oh yes and this is our literary guest of honor Nancy Crest an incredible science fiction writer her work has won six nebulas two hugos and has been translated into Cleon let us not forget uh she's an author of 33 books including 26 novels four collections of short stories and three books on writing that's amazing now she began fantasy writing and now currently writes science fiction often about genetic engineering uh her most popular work is beggars in Spain indeed beggers in Spain and here we have cosplay and Gilead it looks like yes hand B ta representing here Dragon almost every year since yes our our hand maidens y eyes down street forward carrying that Banner really nice Banner though look how beautiful yeah look at them go they got a something to say yeah they do don't they this is the uh the dragon Kong handmaids tail group and this is election year so we'll probably see the handmaids around quite a bit yeah and's see what do we have looks like there's a mobile behind them some I believe that is the Polaris Slingshot Boomer if my eyes does not deceive me with a Viper fluting nearby from our Fleet representing Battlestar Galactica yes of course uh you know we'll just do a little test for those of you at home uh so say we all so say we all they said it they said it they said it all right I couldn't help myself they just slipped right instinctual at this point oh oh and how could we forget our stranger things the P the surfer Boy Pizza Surfer Boy Pizza van of course of course speaking speaking of Dungeons and Dragons there is also repres representing the hellfire club there well you got to represent the Hellfire Club of course we're all really part of the hellfire club in our hearts indeed I wonder if there's real Pizza in that van I'm kind of hungry if there is I'll be back you guys got the parade right get thums piz come back SLI yeah Hopper there they a little Hopper yeah yeah and now we had our kids track yes is that a samurai Kitty a samurai Kitty I think yeah beautiful yeah neither a samurai nor Kitty right one of the things I really love about Dragon Con is is how familyfriendly it actually well by day it is uh and it makes it such a unique convention in that Bojo JoJo Bo Joo JoJo oh yeah oh look at these cosplayers there absolutely doing the best that they can do oh there's a Rufio you can hear everybody sh you have a Tinker [Music] Bell absolutely beautiful collections here oh we've been uh yes it's a spell free zone everyone don't worry spell free zone we we've got that we've got those permits yeah I I hope those cosplayers actually made it to our Patrick War bton panel if you didn't see that Thomas Moore crashed the panel at the end oh really that's amazing was a fun time you never know who's going to crash the panel Dragon Con look at that stunning oh that is wonderful detail oh and that hair you know it's so heavy oh absolutely but you know it's how you down the to it wouldn't fit in my helmet I just keep mine short that's fair that is an impressive hat sir that's yes and the and the fact that he's been able to make it down the parade balancing that that might be one of the the tallest ones I think we've seen here you know I thought my helmet was very cool but really I think that takes the uh it it to a new level it really elevates the cosplay if you would yeah and thank you to that gentleman for wearing his second tallest hat oh look at more beautiful collections of Cosplay oh yeah are we Hing some more Pokemon section necessarily not quite but like a collective of Pokemon colletive of of Pok in the the mix everyone in their rooms right now is playing name that Pokemon over their brunch and they're uh assor relaxing time [Applause] so I didn't see the Doug trio trio this year though so I did see have we seen any uh oh goodness there's so many oh there's the Foot Clan it looks like and there's our T Foot Clan yeah yeah there behind got to look for them my dear dear April O'Neal indeed beautiful Wings on that yeah beautiful Wings to bad there's not a breeze or she might fly away well we had to cancel the breeze for her specifically yeah we had we asked mother nature to hold that it's a safety thing absolutely more of the turtles representing here who doesn't love a good Ninja Turtle well I'll tell you bbop and rock steady for they don't like them at all they don't like them at at least according to the continuity of the show indeed indeed craying the whole the whole crowd you know most of their Metal Head uh yeah Shredder of course of course obviously they they had a strike turtle souit from the menu this year so look stunning wow absolutely stunning friends and here come oh is it yes yeah ancient worlds my friends are here the Amazon of Dragon Con as as soon as we say that here comes the Lord of the Rings as well we have of course our 300 Spartans are included in that which are technically 50 who's counting some going to take breaks you know things like that you also see some amazonians and like look oh look at yes yes get it the mascara represent yes out there showing us truly what it's like to be fierce yeah there's our Spartans yeah eating push-ups for breakfast and being our fiercest selves here in Atlanta today you know maybe there's not 300 of them but maybe this is from later in the movie when there's fewer of that's right it's cuz they've already protected us for the weekend right that's right it's always astounding too to see which fandoms do have a legacy here at the show it's true and ever since the the 300 movie has been out for quite some time me since I've been coming to Dragon Con since cough cough long time uh they have always been around it always blows my mind they always look just as stunning yeah every year they still eat their push-ups for breakfast and they still show up to keep us safe and that that means something everyone they're out there doing the work they're doing the work [Applause] oh and I can hear them coming do you hear that they're on their way I I hear them but I also smell a Euro cart nearby so I'll be back very well didn't we just get pizza that's right oh that's right Euro Pizza I'm in let's do this we can we can mash up cosplay we can mash up food it's true it is true even even here I can hear the faint strains of yes I believe coming up is the seed and feed marching abominable soon we love we love them they keep that beat going to the beat of my heart yes they're coming up on your screens in just a few moments folks but they are Atlanta's wildest community band who've been thrilling audiences since 1974 performing at home and on the road at festivals on stages and in support of community events and fundraises of all kind throughout its history the band has electrified audiences with their trademark style of explosive sound and colorful Street Theater originally formed as part of a theater company the band is well known for its fanciful costume performers as well as its high energy music speaking of we're going to step back and see if you can hear it as we go by [Music] man they how yeah right they really know how to get you hyped listen to the audience they love them they just love SE [Music] feed I always like a good marching abominable me to versus the Abomination which is what we have in the Wasteland the marching Abomination we Mar marching Abominations different they're mostly shuffling they don't Mar well there's no shuffling to This Crew they are out there it all they've got absolutely one of our standout groups every single year every year I remember there was one year when I wasn't hosting in the early years and I was taking a little break and I was like oh I'll sleep in cuz I'm not doing the parade this year they go by my window and I'm like well there's no sleep now there's no there's no sleep in Dragon Con oh look at him go yes oh leis is dead with his sex yeah Got the Right Moves for us bringing love and joy those guys are great to the Streets of Atlanta there and our Dragon Con Eternal members are here this is the eternals and Cult of the Marriott carpet uh throughout the years we've had love for again assorted weird I say that loving the weird fandoms here we create ourselves I mean we have some Cults in the Wasteland but nothing like Dragon there mman mman was here last night running around with one of his followers but now tell me this there are a lot of Cults but surely The Cult of the Marriot carpet is the most far-flung the most widespread has the most merch yeah yep it it has taken over I I I will say I was riising earlier when this carpet first came out we had Dragon Con TV made a bumper about it because we despised the carpet but then two little army men showed up stole our hearts and here we are and here we are all these years later they've stolen many hearts yes indeed oh and budgets and costumes yeah of course and the eternals are a part of that as well we love our eternals for being here forever and one like honestly like again I know I'm the host of the CT comp cosplay contest I have some buys but honestly the things that I've seen with the creativity from the carpet this year alone I've seen like high Victorian outfits you just like stunning spider carpet yeah yeah you have to you have to you have to spatter the T-Rex carpets around is that Luigi in a carpet carpet right right of course well done well done folks you think they do that the whole parade will their heads make it it's it's it's padded for their protection though right the the hoods keep them protected there it's really the carpet it's really just it is just the carpet with the carpet truck as well oh the carpet truck yes what what good is it called if you don't have a car to ride around in I mean again we're talking what a ride in style what better style do we have that represents the brand of Dragon Con than this yeah concentric pattern you know take that cter John you don't have no truck yeah oh wait no they actually have a fleet of trucks they have Fleet of trucks and have they acquired a band this year I do believe I'm hearing some kind of music right we have a color guard and cheerleaders as well this group continues to grow in scale every year yeah yeah they are the most dominant C the carpet grp is what they are the carpet band and wow I'm impressed beautiful I mean if if if what is a cult good for if not growing every year yeah to convert more and more to your ways of the carpet indeed perhaps one Dragon Con all cosplays will incorporate the carpet padded one day we we dream of the day oh let's see if they're going to start playing you know it is said somewhere in the marant whispered there is a hallway that still has the original God the legend is true I have Goose bones [Music] yeah seriously friends great just little bands and here we have an an anime section that begins uh I'm going to apologize ahead of time friends as always anime is my weakness I love every cosplay I see here so I hope I can do you justice because deserve all the accolades for being out there a psycho it looked like there yes so anime manga action which is so very popular here at Dragon Con indeed it is in a lot of places oh one piece yeah a couple one piece there love that for us one piece I know because I was at another parade in New York carrying a balloon for One Piece last year so and we are moving on into the Game of Thrones section indeed question question do you think the north remembers uh according to the what just came up on screen the north remembers the north does remember it is on the T-shirt indeed wings of dragon Kong here now and this is where any cosplayer costume with wings is welcome it's pretty straightforward but look at the construction of these got a dragon for dragon car there are some very impressive Wings in the wings this seems like it's our chance we've made it these are our people our tribes have returned from the vaults here to Showcase thank you for thank you thank you ass sorted fault bor4 for letting our friends out today out yeah breing the streets Fallout having obviously a very big year after the TV show and of course we thank nuc Cola but we neglected to mention our main sponsor vault tech yes speaking of this is this is actually the car I rode in on today they picked me up for my rocket to bring me I'm I'm glad you're were able to let them use that in the parade yes me too you know and we're moving on to our Ghostbusters I understand so I am told that we got no less than four Ecto mobiles in this gr we must be a really haunted City Atlanta is H they they all drove up from Savannah so exactly where I was going and of course we have Legions of Ghostbusters Frozen Empire of course out this year M bringing a new generation in as well I mean who you're going to call these Ghostbusters right here these ones specifically the problem if they're here who's in the firehouse to answer our call Janine I would ass Janine okay all right Fair what do you want what do you want and we got a little stay puffed AC we got to have our little he's regulation sized to walk the street so he's not taking buildings down with him I was when you said St up I like looking up looking up tall for a moment there tin Ghostbuster that's it the best Ghostbuster is here Absol is that Barbie Ghostbuster well that's much Janine inspired need inspir Ghostbuster Slimer there I got a little Slimer and the and the that Ghostbuster has stolen my heart yeah what's left of it after I sold it away to the [Laughter] corporation remember to drink nuca Cola and support your local Ghostbuster today that kid's got a career yeah speaking of a Slimer oh oh there's another Stay Puff there also regulation size sure building stay standing indeed oh you can there the sirens now you can hear that you can hear that ectomobile now and we got an Ecto car as well as the Ecto mobile a little bit more updated yeah assures that you know well that that one's a far more green I believe it's got to yeah you know would you would this be a fleet would still be a fair I would be I would at this point we it is a Ghostbuster Fleet here at Dragon Con I would agree with you oh and a Truck of course for hauling you've got you've got ghost yeah well once you load up all them traps you know you don't want to transport them [Applause] small and the Ghostbusters have showed up in the fource I mean this I feel more safe than I ever have against the Paranormal right now we were talking about the Paranormal track earlier uh the Ghostbusters are here to keep us safe exactly it would be a Dragon Con without them an inflatable State Puff making his way down the parade rout right now he looks very happy today in the heat I was I was I he he's holding up well he's holding up very well for this Atlanta I I was I was just thinking we we could use some more of him but here we are absolutely beautiful shot there again thank you cruel stay puffed marching down the streets right behind us right now as we go more fleets from these this amazing I I I think honestly I do think they might have the largest collection of vehicles the Ghostbusters at absolutely and next up is our diversity track crispy indeed we have a wonderful diversity track it's a recent and important track near and dear to our hearts thank you for the diversity track for making sure we all have a place in all of our fandoms even you Slimer even you indeed diversity in and specula fiction uh what wonderful people like I I'm actually I'm leaving the parade to go do a moderate a panel for them right after this oh that's amazing wa you leaving now yeah well I'm getting the pizza the Euro Pizza first you got a very busy day I do I do yeah this town is just keeping me filled with the joy absolutely stunning turnout of our friends and family here that oh my that is beautiful amazing love these colors there such a a colorful addition to the parade all right we're seeing some Vehicles here I believe man those are really cool yeah these just absolutely just great pieces there I believe it it was Donald McGregor in those I was I was struggling to see that so Donald McGregor is an American comic book writer best known for his work for Marvel Comics and his author of one of the very first graphic novels there he is right there Donald McGregor yeah that was that good shot camera all right and next up of course is star trap to explore strange new worlds to seek out new life and new civilizations to boldly go where no one has gone before here at Dragon [Applause] C you you typically will see a lot of more traditional characters but some we saw a Kilted Jordy there yeah there was a Cy JY wearing Cyclops oh that's what it was that's what it was yeah yeah it's a it's a beautiful fandom like just absolutely one of the longest fandoms I think in in in community they were the original ones oh here we go moving into the superheroes and super villains yes the bread and butter I I love that clippy was that a heximal it was a heximal oh my gosh I'm in love I'm I'm going to villain is clippy a hero clippy is the villain exactly what I'm going clippy is the villain of the story it is it has lived long enough to no longer be helpful and of course a Loki there's always a Loki say in our Controlled Chaos there's got to be at least one here at the TVA yeah yes beautiful one that fantastic the cape this just excellent excellent L there oh people are going crazy out there you can hear them going behind us just absolutely cheering them on there is no superhero fatigue here I will tell you that right now no and wonderful spe spider pop spider pop spider pop yeah and ant May and yeah May next to them uh friends I love portmantos more than anything we've already seen some beautiful stuff but look that we are never failed to be impressed every second every year I we do this every year and I'm always just absolutely flabbergasted kudos to her for doing in this walk oh everyone specifically but we're talking about her smile on her face the whole she is just beautiful really shining the way the light hit those wings absolutely wonderful wow you see wings of Dragon Con doesn't have like an exclusive on wings do you you see Wings everywhere everywhere absolutely and that was more I believe like a Maleficent inspired outfit in very so so hero or villain you know what you know I thought but then I watched that prequel movie we have some questions maybe we were the villain the whole time the villains were the friends maybe that Disney princess was the villain and of course we're continuing with our superheroes and super villains we got an galatis galatis there that is an impressive helmet that is an impressive helmet who needs Wings also shrunk for size because we don't want the planet to be destroyed true true thank not comic book accurate size though very good and our Power Rangers are coming through as well in droves but they are heroes and they fight villains that's [Music] [Applause] right and we got what a we got a vehicle in there yeah I believe a cart of Swords behind the the bat contingent the bat F hello a little bit of Hamilton in Hamilton the true heroes of History yes indeed uh this I'm not friends I don't I I'm I'm struggling to tell you what this is because I've never seen this in all of my years here this is stunning very nice wow where do I get one honestly that's that's the ride we need that's cooler than my rocket ship absolutely sign me up for that and this is continuing I believe in our heroes and villains vein we've got the Captain America cosplays yeah Captain America and Company hey rocket hey rocket speaking of rocketed oh the mask is here because again hero or villain hero or villain just you know a force of chaos is a walking Mame cabinet is my all right that's it everyone else go home yeah do you think get a street fighter too we can hope hope now this is I this is looks like an iron something to do with sports cuz if it's our box go our box her box vom there every year they come out they're squarest of squares indeed still rendering as we wait the Box Heroes a long tradition in Dragon Con and they're always appreciated by the crowd of course we got the mighty th once again I assume this is some kind of sports reference and uh I'm a classic nerd so anything sports related is going to go over my well you know in the Wasteland we don't even have sports anymore so that's true I wouldn't even know where to begin with survival is the sport I just collect my grognet comic books indeed and there was The Shield Jeep there and then followed by the fans for Christ these are Christian nerds geeks and fans of all types coming out showing their love for fandom and their love for Christ being part of the we're our Waldo count is up to two believe oh do we see two a second Waldo man your eyes are good crispy I've been studying my the best there's been a a video on YouTube that's like this is the best way to find Waldo I was ready for this day wow you've been studying you have followed the poest that's right I've got to do something in my free time when I'm not playing the board games that's not true I'm always playing the board games absolutely wonderful thank you all for being out and sharing your love with [Applause] everyone wonderful character there I believe a Kay shot indeed and what do we have the Dungeons and Dragons next up Dungeons and Dragons they're here to roll for initiative today in our parade of course you know a long time nerd game that has come from our literal dungeons out into mass culture Dungeons and Dragons in fact mostly critical role and a few other live actual plays and podcasts that have made it part of our every day-to-day speak now no no more hiding in Mom's basement to play instead we roll our dice proudly no the critters are out force and they are watching proudly it's it's a roll playay Renaissance if you would right now surrounded is um it truly truly is oh and gaming is here uh dragon con's gaming is located in the Weston uh Final Fantasy representing there not too final and gaming both uh in video gaming and in tabletop indeed was that a Mario Kart it was a Miata it looked like Mario Kart Mi I love that I I would love to actually do Mario Kart in the streets but I uh I live in Atlanta permit for it's the streets here are are more Fury Road than Mario Kart this is our final fantasy group they are strong some PES there some smash representing we had some Zelda brand some links representing oh goodness some car is going looks like some was that Pokemon did I miss it there was a Chic there oh Kirby there speaking of hungry uh because you I one thing I love notice no this parade started with 30 people around that Kirby but he's consumed them all since getting consum them which is his his he is is do right as a Kirby Kirby we love you Kirby just keep a 10t distance and you'll be all right yeah cuz people that's in his rider so there's nothing we can do there's nothing we can but his the powers that he gets it's from our fan it's Joy it's true that's why he didn't have any hats on or other C he's just like he's consuming Joy today he's just all Kirby that's right 100% Kirby all the time fin Dragon kjoy indeed I can see this looks like some kind of possibly Assassin's Creed B there yes I it in in fact does look like our assassins today are out in the streets with this flag of course they're not all in the streets but you can't see all the assassins some of them are hidden in the shadow they're moving through the crowd Pikachu Pikachu is sneaking up on those assassin I think he might be trying to assassinate the Assassins he's going to turn the tables on the Assassins it will be very effective Pikachu Last of Us representing there between the video game and now the hit television series we a clicker making their way the streets and here are the N7 Elite the Mass Effect marching group always representing and I always make sure to shout them out for no particular reason you know it's it's personal yeah I can't imagine why you would I'm confused what's what's a mass effect oh well are you saying Mass Effect or Max effect oh no Mass Effect you got 120 hours have I got a a Trilogy for you indeed there's our umbrella Corp our Resident Evil fans not that I have a preference since I have to say probably vault tech and nuca colola are the Better Corporation but they more evil more I might have a soft spot for Umbrella Corporation I believe there's some Synergy there some yeah there's there's some kind of corporate uh something happening between the two i' I've prepared this deck with 13 slides to demonstrate the similarities between voltech and umbrella cor does it also cover the differences is there is there a VIN diagram there's a VIN diagram and here on slide one click it's not working I guess we'll come back to my presentation later oh man oh you got a liquor on your top got liquor on your roof you might want to do something about that yeah now there are six umbrella Corps Vehicles if I am not mistaken which means that they truly are here in power indeed yeah I think uh I mean only the Ghostbusters could rival them for sheer number of vehicles but here we go though I would I would pay to see a standoff between Ghostbusters and the Umbrella Corporation yeah I would be curious to see how that goes as well honestly but me you have one with paranormal and one with like a like more of like a like you bio biological Menace so I I believe there's room for both in the city of Atlanta you know what the Raccoon City police showed up so at least we've got somebody on our side well that was the I think that was their last Cruiser that Cruiser got out just in time you hear the crowds over our shoulders my go loving the umbrella excited absolutely wonderful showing there the Tactical biohazard unit oh I like the one with the sword it's like a gladiatorial umbrella look at them go it's it's it's ammunition that lasts for days did he just slay a zombie that's why we're cutting away just to be safe he he he protected us in a way protected us wayed and who do we got here the theater track my friend theater and musical lovers this The Unofficial Facebook group and also within this theater uh track is performing art lovers uh Shakespeare Tavern a local institution here to Atlanta I believe this is their second dragon conon appearance officially in this you're gonna see lots of wonderful theatrical representation as well yeah theater with Shakespeare Tavern Oh So Co bringing there's the the battern themselves there we are uh shakes Tavern also a lot of personal friends nominated for a lot of Suzie Awards this year that's our local theater recognition here in the city of Atlanta uh shout out to my friend and a bunch of others uh I would have listed all of my friends names that were there I'm very proud thank you for bringing a wonderful theater to the city the longest standing theaters here ATA and they one of the few theaters to do the entire repertoire ah would you kindly enjoy these cosplays next up is our Bioshock group indeed Daddy Big Daddy talk about someone who is making the most out of today in this walk got a little Toyota Tacoma action Booker and Elizabeth there there is always a parade there is always Dragon conon TV and apparently there is always Bioshock BioShock the big and then then car carries it Forward there we've already seen lots of wonderful stuff uh we're not doing we still have even more to come out here's our notes friends you've hopefully you've been watching at home tracking the ones that you've enjoyed the most again if you're in our social medias let your friends know that you're like did you see this that if I'm wrong on the Waldo count call me out um if we miss a Waldo let us know you know there's a lot of like Waldo W to adjacent and things like that so uh what has been a standout for you so far I got to say that tall hat that you know there was lots of impressive stuff oh speaking of impressive stuff we' got Netherworld coming up of course Nether world haunted house is a longtime sponsor of Dragon Con uh they are located in Stone Mountain that's their new location they've been there since 2018 and they are one of the top haunted houses in these United States uh they are remarkable they got Escape rooms their their hauns are very immersive and they have brought four vehicles and floats to this year another a giant truck here and of course walking amongst them there are the characters I love that just is that what we call most of us in the Wasteland characters but yeah the uh Netherworld Haunted House of course they do have their Booth located downstairs in the marot on the Marquee level and where you could meet some of these like like Capital Bo o is it like Booth or is it just just boo I did not see it written though fair enough but they you will get the chance to meet some of these intriguing and detractive folks that they should be kicking off Nether world here very shortly they start at the top of October right oh earlier than that I believe I believe yeah yeah this this kind of kicks off their season right after this mid September they're already in training for it right now look at that and the Crowd Goes Wild everybody loves Halloween right absolutely it's it's Halloween all year in my heart same here yeah and actually it's it's Halloween right here right now cuz look at what they have brought this exento this excellent samples from their haunted house there and of course GI and impressive puppets you get a taste of what they're think they usually do a couple of haunted houses every year they've got separate spaces and as Max you mentioned scare rooms and Escape rooms throughout the year they theme them they yeah indeed there some they always have a story to tell a good haunted house always has a good story and neor is one of the best for a reason absolutely oh uh we have a a clown warning here for those of you are not clown folks so sorry but here we are look how happy he looks that was the happiest clown I've ever seen I felt the joy certainly not homicidal at all not even a little bit absolutely wonderful see look how happy and cute we have to keep apologizing for clown stuff we're so sorry they just want to give us all the best hugs and balloon animals balloon animals I love Nether world got to love our friends just such a staple Atlanta staple indeed they're they're they're such a scream absolutely and yeah staple for Atlanta and for Dragon Con itself it's true I will say I recently moved into the neighborhood and they're delightful neighbors too like year round you know little surprisingly quiet neighbors oh I have to ask you I know that you like to uh you know do it up for Halloween yourself indeed so are you uh are you going to try to compete with Nether world there's no competing with they're going to send those guys over to your house to break your knees we we had to have a little piece of cord if it would of course would so I got a little too close to the Sun there fantastic turnout here uh I believe we're these our fairies are we the CR Shadows perhaps yes here we are the cruise Shadow Fair fairies here they are the cruise Shadow fairies now uh this is their support car but the Cru Shadows are performing here at Dragon Con on Sunday night uh line up to see them at 1:30 in the morning well they start at 1 they start at 1:30 Monday so if you're still kicking they'll be there to kick it with you they're kind of our unofficial official closing closing band for Monday which and they're such a staple for Dragon Con too people that any time that they miss a year or unable to attend which is very rare which is very rare people are just devastated it's like a it's its own cult if you would theer ones uh Fortune Seekers here Fortune Seekers are a collection of folks who believe things maybe should belongs in museums maybe uh we got seers representing our sorted tomb Raiders Indiana Jones the mummy and things like that all the franchises near and dear to my heart oh The Mummy ah two doctors oh look at that the Jones boys at it again yep very nice double two of them sure will'll make them easier to get away indeed I'm seeing double too four [Laughter] motorcycles yeah it looks like I saw some Nathan Drake oh and then here's our GI Joe guys oh yes that's just Sergeant slaughtered there we go here's the Joe's making their way and Al as always we ask the internal question if if knowing is half the battle what is the other half the having a GI Joe on your side fair fair fair enough A Real American Hero again one of the longest uh fandoms here i' I've been doing this uh convention for 24 years I remember back in the early days we got the baroness and Scarlet fighting it up yeah cbra would always turn out numbers and there was a time we would have more kubra than Joe's but they finally look like we have more Jo's and they maybe they should combine into jobra jobra jobra what would be the phrase it wouldn't be Gojo would it be yo jobra I don't know I'm not sure yeah British SciFi let us know at home if you have an idea yeah we're still workshopping this brick track is up the British sci-fi track another fan favorite here yeah pride and Academy you're going to see your doctor who some classic Cyberman there break out your Sonic screwdrivers everyone that scarf uh not made from ribbon but I have seen the baker AA scarf made from ribbons a Davos there he's actually that was one of my favorite cosplays last night very good all of them doctors and Companions and a sort of character yeah oh and Bessie indeed oh I I don't think we've ever and here come our men and black men and black also has been here for quite some time protecting the Earth from the I don't remember ever seeing the Men in Black before it's weird I'm being told you tell me that they've been in the parade but I don't remember feeling I've seen them but maybe not you're right something something strange missing from my memory it's always gone like if it wasn't for the saying they've been here 14 times I'm I'm checking with our yeah no I'm being I think a 14 times that doesn't this is their that should be their first Year OB um the the live south Bloodmobile near and dear to my heart uh uh my loving I love call you guys the blood bust for a reason but you guys do great work uh go get your T-shirt give blood this is a fantastic calls they actually for the first year they started accepting blood on Wednesday wow the con this year well every you know Wednesday is the new Thursday like they say this year Wednesday was the new Saturday that's I experienced it yes indeed Wednesday was the new Saturday this year so do they qualify as vampires since you give them your blood I mean yes I would assume so but it's it's definitely like Rec consenting you know true it's consensual vampirism it's actually a fair trade cuz I think you get a cookie or some juice you get a cookie juice and Sh uh with with with your radiative blood though you wouldn't be able to I not allow they would have to store it in a different container that's right there might be need ghouls also need trans apologize there you know sure sure you know but like lifesty has been a part of this parade and Convention for many years and they're always setting records so thank you to all of you who who give blood uh or you know at the start today or even on Monday yep and if you want to they are located at the the bottom here of the high all the way down the bottom of the high coming up here we got the nocturnal Pirates of Atlanta we got the Pirates group coming up here they are very well represented I did not know that uh Atlanta was a port city but apparently so cuz every Dragon Con they are inundated by Pirates their swatches are buckling today yes and I just to call it they said they were the nocturnal Pirates have they just stayed up all night have and they're here with us I think so that is they're probably just uh get a go to bed right after this I didn't know ships came with sound systems I missed out oh and a mermaid they captured themselves one they they bring the base while fishing for bass I'm there's I'm not sure here I'm not I can't justify the sound [Music] system just wait until we see like more and more Pirates every year like I'm always impressed with these like homemade vehicles for lack of better we've seen these floats and these great designs when so when you see like a pirate ship come down the stuff that we've seen throughout the parade throughout the years of just slapping things on vehicles together oh speaking of look at this these are I believe the Skeptics yes they are the skep the crew of optical delusions yes and they of course have their car star too I believe is that John Delany is a part of them as well it looks like an astronaut CAD Katy Coleman yeah yes and I do believe that Courtney Taylor and Ash shoker from Mass Effect are Marching with the Skeptics fantastic joining us for that show we were talking about later and of course the Skeptics uh they uh March and tribute to the amazing reand indeed former guest of ours who is now on the skeptical side of the other side R yeah RIS rest skepticism y there there there is there is no rest in skepticism if you really think about it you got to you got to keep you're always questioning you're always carrying the conversation forward uh and also I believe that was the first time I've really seen that turnout there there's the actual Skeptics Banner proper yep there they are skep track.org there also one of our longest running fandom uh tracks here as well of course promoting science at its core indeed [Applause] who do we got here it's vibrant it is beautiful oh this there's Katie there's AST there we there's our AST yay space yay space I did come down from space today on my nacac Cola rocket to join you so yeah that's right I have a deep love of women in space very important there so of Ruth P Ginsburg who I'm not trying to tell it is [Applause] RPG man The Crowd Goes Wild hi Barbie yeah hi Barbie there with that skeptic Chef as well we got more of the Skeptics coming in through here geology rocks my friends geology rocks science is great yes and as you say the Skeptics at their root are promoting science and rational the truth veryy I saw Playdoh yeah fly spaghetti monster well represented indeed indeed and we move on to our horror track oo spy which of course is located in the Weston some of the best tracks are located in the western just because it's not one of the core three doesn't mean it's not home to some of our finest tracks in entertainment there and we got Captain balding yeah hey oh oh they're giving us the love they certainly are art terrifying as always indeed the the art has really like we've seen a lot more Arts this year I think than I I've seen in recent years art the clown yeah art the CL quite a few and also there's lots of art at dragon that exactly they have a whole alley for it you went there with me I appreciate that someone slicing up a good meal later and of course yeah we had a little taste of horror earlier reanim right there hert West Dr Herbert West indeed and of course Ronald McDonald horror clown does that say get off our lawn this is our DC over 40 crew that's right oh yes the Cry of those over 40 get off our lawn get off our lawn you really start to care about your lawn after 40 That's the joke I true what if you don't have lawn get off of my gravel the metaphorical the metaphorical 40 law yeah you could tell you at a certain point like when you're packing your cosplays like cosplay cosplay bottle of ibuprofen Tiger Bomb as I get older I have to really appreciate this group this idea that that you know what cosplay isn't just for the Young no not at all it's for all it's it's for all a time machine there oh yes with looks like with a Morlock look the the front not an X-Men Morlock but of the original Morlock original look at that abely starting there again I just love how they take these vehicles and just adapt them into these wonderful ideas it's just a constant like River of creativity this parade I would say it's never ending but it does end but in the moment it feels never ending B's never ending a somebody ate that poor ghost oh no we only these two there's only one ghost left yeah those two he was he was dead he was heading back to home base oh that makes sense had the X's for rce he had already been obtained you're right Mr and Mrs pack packman and this Pac-Man I should say yep is that is that Ultram man that is Ultram man with leading a Godzilla godilla I I would never absolutely wonderful somebody call Mothra yeah I I think this is a consensual relationship I believe it looks very he does have a bag for Godzilla's poop so he's being civically responsible walking walking his pet next up is our cosplay Medics now these are the true unsung heroes of the Convention as somebody that needed a repair for thing this morning on the costume I'm currently wearing I can tell you we got to love our cosplay Medics you can find them on the Discord look who came out to play here Max oh well well well the Warriors huh oh the baseball Fury Fury a baseball Furies and it would been an opportunity for some for more mes and clowns and yet yes if only I'd brought some bottles to stick on my fingers I could join in the fun play more the little 4077 represented in the uh cosplay Medics now these cosplay Medics are here to help us out in our time of desperate need you got to rip you got to tear you need some glue how about some tape we they got it all ready for you absolutely I've God bless you God bless all of you thank you and like even in the Facebook group prob the convention like people were like oh no this thing got damaged in the trip immediately I would see the Facebook the Facebook group come up and be like go talk to the Medics go hit a medic that's what they're there for they've got this stuff to immed they're like they were active on Wednesday immediately like all right getting people prepared taking care of them because we're Community we're family they are doing the Lord's work they are our bodies need a medic our costumes need a medic but but does our body need a medic or ncac Cola instead well a nacac cola sure will do you good drink nuca colola I mean nuca colola technically does restore Health it does it does it does depending on which one you choose but you'll also take some R so this is the trade-off my friend yeah oh ouring the Vikings are here skull everybody SK and may the blessings of Asgard shine down upon you I hope you all make it to Val remember you got to die in combat for that and oh here we have now the Lakeside High School marching band The Pride of the Panthers my friends again a we love our marching bands so we're going to sit back for a second and give you a chance to to listen and bear Witness [Music] stunning outfits wow March in marching band I never I I young i' made the choice I started with band and then ended up in theater to the surprise of no one oh I did both but I I was going to be a flst though like the the flute was going to be my instrument and then I was like oh theater's fun and I don't have to I carried one of those Bas drums just like that when I was just a we n [Laughter] I got to be honest I got no experience with no maching bear I used to just smoke under the bleaches oh you were that kid that's that we like that kid too indeed next up is our Star Wars oh and the but oh is that is it a trap it could be a trap it could be he definitely feels Boxed In by our commentary at the very least our Star Wars is always one of our largest turnouts true May the force be with you today in Atlanta wonderful SOA there I believe but uh yeah hard to tell oh oh oh there's a Luke and a Yoda that's right you know the 501st Legion of course and the rebel Legion joining them the one time you'll see them come together Dragon Con it brings all sides together yeah and of course hats off to all of those who are Marching In Full storm trooper armor and maybe you should take your hat off at the end of the parade drink some water as well I will say shout out to to the Luke and Yoda that went by earlier protecting us from seagulls did you know know that log had a child I did not I did not I did not absolutely beautiful beautiful vehicles that we're seeing here with the the assorted 550 first and rebel Legions and I should actually mention that uh there is a uh fan film that had some contribution from the 501st bucket heads that's going to be making it premiere on Sunday I believe at 400 p.m. oh that's fantastic and that is uh that is a little perspective from the Stormtroopers there so nice here we go look yeah little little pups corgs there our best that we we we saw Palpatine earlier and here is this oh yes that's our Ewok truck our Ewok truck I believe they've really stepped it up from just living in the trees to having a massive truck well they could have had trucks parked behind those trees guess that's true yeah see behind who are we to judge the Ewoks I mean they're resourceful they they they would the way they threw those traps together intelligent wait a minute is that truck really small or those ecks really big it's all about the mag yes indeed they had the high ground though for sure I'll say that looks like we're finally getting to our Jedi here oh yes and there and the Mando the mercs the Mandalorian the mandalorians have come out in total Force look at them and I will say even before the television show The Mandalorian started they've always had a large contingency that is true they've always had a beautiful turnout what a one of my best dear friends as a part of the mandoos for quite some time uh but after the show they've just gained in popularity so kudos to the Mando for all the right reasons all the right reasons exactly so many cool mandalorians too I like to see everybody strut their style all of them having unique stories too every Mando has a unique story they've crafted for their character and of course bringing up the rear we got some jaas they're probably uh do a little Scavenging I was about to say and partying I heard they're the best partyers that is true the great jaah h i saw jaw was playing chess last night oh they are remarkable chess players they are sharks don't play them the sand crawler is back we knew the sand crawler but I was not prepared for the great jawah the great jaw hard sign on the side okay so is this the Mystery Machine it's the mystery their of their Mystery Machine even Jawas can save the day yeah with a disco ball this friends every year they they absolutely deliver a wonderful like the first year this hit the parade we just stopped in our tracks and here we are yet again thank you great Jord for continuing to surprise us you always mix it up you always mix it up for us keep it fresh but I will say though I of note though I didn't see a mystery machine in the parade I did not so maybe they scavenged the part you they let the Ghostbusters have the day off they're out there getting rid of all the ghost while all the Ghostbusters are here and while they were parked yes you're right the ja is probably stripped it for park now here comes our future crew hey Why Not Zoidberg why not Why Not Zoidberg one of my favorite shows ever some Bender here B Pender of Swords have you seen Fry's dog as a cosplay the sadest and of course are bringing things home this is how we win friends the mechanical Maniac who always ends the Dragon Con parade right he signals the end not just of the parade but of nigh of all of us of all of us yes it is robot Santa getting ready to unleash destruction so please seek shelter but we we we've struck a deal with him now yes yeah for the sake of the parade for the sake of the parade he's he's he's he's holding it then okay so all bets are off in 20 minutes though okay all right maybe we could maybe we could talk to him say may come back on Tuesday come back on Tuesday back on Tuesday making sure things are done we will see you next Tuesday robot indeed so friends that would that is our ending let's talk about some wonderful things you see what your highlights what's the standout piece of the day for you man you know I was really impressed by how many Ghostbusters we saw this year we always see some Ghostbusters but they were like an army yeah a ghostbusting army this year cheers to our Ghostbusters out there keeping us safe with your favorite little G Ghostbuster so and the cutest of all of the cosplays was our tiny Ghostbuster out there finding tiny ghosts for us ghosts come in all shapes and size Max what about what are some of your stand well I mean the she a number of Deadpools was overwhelming of course the N7 Elite always a personal faith but uh I still got to give it to the very tall hat yeah tall hat that that yeah that was absolutely stunning and of course I love always love seeing how we take our own Community with Dragon Con have these carpet cosplays these mashups and things like that I'm not going to pick pick a favorite you're all my favorite you don't ask them to vir pick favorites let's end where we began one more shout out to the Colorado Captain back with us he was so excited excited to be there he brought it in he brought us in Back to the show and also like kudos to anyone who makes this production happen yeah we've got our DCTV grw by the desk led by Robin over there who does he's now looking at us going don't look at me like no we thank you what does this mean yeah yeah it's like no no and you know what it seems only right that we also give a shout out to Pat Henry right and his family who make Dragon Con absolutely possible indeed and it's always important that remember that like this is by the fans for the fans if you see again if you want to be a part of this parade get in the Facebook group if that's your thing get on the Discord look for the signups you don't have to be a part of the parade to be a part you know but if that's your thing there's so many wonderful panels here uh to be a part of as a fan to participate that's the you do the show it's got a little bit of everything and something for everyone yeah so so you just got to come show us what you got absolutely I'm really looking forward to this year I think it's been a good year and like and it's only Saturday true it is only Saturday and it goes until Monday Monday we got a couple more days of this uh now I believe Saturday day badges are sold out yeah Saturday day badges are sold out however I believe if there were any like 5-day passes available they were selling a discount yep so by chance you're watching this summer you don't have a badge yet this is your chance go down and buy the 5day badge and again they don't do like on-site sales it's all online yep but honestly come out tomorrow uh check out Monday uh we still have a lot more to do we got a masade you each have some we talked about a couple thing the The Boulders gate and in fact I'll be sitting down with that same cast that Mark is playing D and D with on Monday to just chat with him about doing the voiceover for Boulder skate who's Mark I mean Max Max absolutely great stuff there mark just another one of those amazing voiceover actors oh yeah the Mass Effect guy Mass guys they all kind of blend together so uh and it's just we're going to see Wonder tonight we have the cosplay contest tomorrow uh I've got a like with professional wrestler with raki NI uh but before that like we professionals but we're also fans I'm super excited to have a 12 Monkeys panel we have the 12 mon see and we've got three of four Hobbits here this weekend so I'm getting a chance to sit down with our our double breakfast eating crew uh you know to see what they like for second breakfast indeed I can't wait to see our friends and things like that but with that note friends I believe uh We've uh given you enough of our time we want to give a lot of time back to you get out there or or not because of the crowds but get out there and enjoy your day and we can't wait to see you out on the streets and the hotels sharing the joy so on behalf of our friends here uh Max and mucaca girl thank you so much for being a part of this morning with us and we'll see you next time Dragon Con bye-bye on folks [Music]