Stargate fans from far and wide came out in the hundreds to purchase show merchandise and to sneak a peek at their favorite actors of the small screen.
"Oh, it's been great," said Audrey Whitton, 23, of Annandale, Va. She made the plane trip to go to the convention with her friend Liz Johnson, of Culver City.
"It's interesting how some actors are like the characters they play and some aren't," she said.
Johnson, 36, and Whitton are sci-fi and comic convention regulars. Whitton was dressed in a desert military uniform as an homage to the shows' military-themed action and drama.
Johnson, the veteran fan of the two, said she watches for the mythology and strong ties to camaraderie the show explores.
"It's like one of the actors was saying the other day," she said. "Sci-fi is about hope for the future."
Along with the deeper meanings behind the genre, the duo said their main goal for the weekend was getting some face time with the stars of the shows.
"The chance to meet the actors, backstage stories, things like that," Johnson said. "That's what we're here for."
When actor Jason Momoa, who plays Ronon Dex in Stargate Atlantis, appeared on the main stage minutes later, Whitton and Johnson got their wish.
The Hawaiian star of Stargate Atlantis fielded questions from fans for nearly an hour on both personal and professional levels.
"You can ask me anything," said Momoa, who sat in a bar stool chair, alone on the stage, his full, dreaded hair tied back from his face. "I'm an open book."
"Is that your real hair?" chimed a women in the middle rows.
"Yes," Momoa said, over giggles and snorts in the crowd. "This is my first announcement. It is my real hair."
The audience probed Momoa about his film tastes, gun preferences and feelings for the future of his character while Adam Malin, CEO of Creative Entertainment, sat behind the stage.
"We love the subject matter," Malin said. "We're huge science-fiction fans."
Creation Entertainment will return to the Burbank Hilton in January for a Xena convention, a Lord of the Rings convention in March and other fan driven conventions next year.
