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Personally I'd like New Who only (runs away from potential lynchers) lol but david tennant is enough to swing it pour moi
And I'm on the opposing side, but not going to lynch anyone...each to their own.
I'm a Doctor Who fan of the Original series and i'm an passing interest fan of the New Who. To me they are two different things. The original and another series based on the original. I have the New Who box sets but don't think I've ever watched any episodes on them. Where as the original series I will watch over and over again, even the poor ones.
The old series I would schedule around, the new one I Sky+ and watch it "when I have time" at some point in the week before the next episode.
When it was anounced a new series of the original series was coming soon and the rare trailer was shown i got excited. Witth the new, I'm not fussed. I could go and look at any trailers that are online, I just don't.
A Con of classic would be an must go to for me. A mix of old and new Con is a maybe. An all New Who only Con is very doubtful
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It was thanks to diversions caused by the olympics, despite there being no events locally that day.
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Good to have a wrestler announced, in fact two, but think it's fair to say both are a long way down the list of most people. It will be good to meet them both though.
Any chance of The Amazing Kong/Awesome Kong/Kharma as a guest please?
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I was sat on the bus reading my kindle and it dawned on me that this is the future of books. maybe not in my life time, but at some point the traditional paper books are going to disapppear as it's cheaper for the publishers to do it all electronically. Equally more and more people want to download and watch TV shows and films or music, so it could lead to a similar thing happening with those as well. Why pay to produce CDs, DVDs etc when most non law breaking) people are happy to subsribe or purchase downloads?
Could there come a time when the idea of getting a book, CD/DVD cover signed is not just a thing of the past, but impossible? I really can't see an actor/musician wanting to sign an home created CD/DVD.
I think CD/DVDs days are numbered anyway. One of the things that most people agree on when comparing video and DVD's is how much better it is that DVD's take up less room than videos. As anyone who bought all the various Star Trek series on video will testify, they take up a lot of space.
I can see the day when CD/DVD as a format disappear and a hardware version of a film is the size of a memory card in a phone or a camera. Less space but also impossible to autograph.
As technology changes how do you think autograph collecting will change? Will it be purely bits of paper and photographs? Will signitures be replaced by fingerprints on memory cards?
Just something I got thinking about on the bus. Has anyone else thought about this or have any thoughts on it after reading this?
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Ericsdonor, I agree with you there will be lots of people that will recognise sports and olympics stars. The point I was making was it's fine if you get the big or recognisable names like a Duncan Goodhew, etc, but it's the lesser known names that could be awkward. Imagine the scene, you have long queues for Sally Gunnell, Steve Cram, Linford Christie. how big do you think the line would be for Cathy Smallwood?
If you have the team of rowers, you will likely have big lines for Pinsent and Redgrave, will the other two from the four man team plus the cox have the same size lines?
I'm all for having this kind of con. If it's financially viable and popular then why not do it? I do just wonder if there are enough names of people to have as guests that people really want if they aren't the most popular events, or the big high profile names.
I've had many a conversation about the media's obsesion with football and a few sports despite in reality the vast majority of the teams, or players winning little or nothing of any importance. However we can have world champions in minority sports and they can go their whole careers without ever being mentioned in a natioanl newspaper, or on the news on TV. I wonder how many people know who Jonah Barrington is without looking it up? To save people looking him up he is regarded as one of the greatest squash players of all time, not just British, but in the world. He won the British open in six successive years between 1967 and 1973. How famous would he have been if he were a golfer and won the British open 6 years in a row, or a tennis player that won 6 titles of any description in a row?
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It's sad that Dr Who is, for a lot of people, split into old and new. New fans not knowing who Jeremy Young is, despite the fact his story was how the Doctor Who saga started. I wonder how many people who proclaim their fandom of the show actually know who Sydney Newman, Warris Hussein and co. actually are?
I know.
Newman and Hussein and co. Fantastic company of laywers.
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Any con connected to a film series is going to be risky, unless they are still being made IMO. There are lots of people that love a particular film or a series of films, but as the years roll on, they become more memories of a time and are consigned to the "wasn't xxxxx good" Students do it a lot with fond memories of kids they watched growing up such as Thundercats, Press Gang etc when it comes to TV. Nostalgia is fine and fun, but a bit of a risk for cons. Give it a few years and will people still want to go to a Twilight con?
For this reason I think financially series such as
Resident Evil, Underworld, Pirates of the Caribbean, the Superhero movies are the best candidates owing to the sheer numbers of potential guests, assuming you aren't going to get the massive big names. Johnny Depp would be good, but Kevin McNally or McKenzie Crook are more realistic. With new films being made regularly every couple of years they stay in the public eye and thus are easier to promote themselves too.
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Nabil Shaban - Sil
Tony Selby - Sabalom Glitz
Ian Reddington - Chief Clown in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Jessica Martin - Mags in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Eric Roberts - The Mazter in the US TV movie.
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Not classic guests but asking Michael Troughton or Sean Pertwee to talk about their dads would be interesting.
You may or may nlt know that Michael has written a book about his Dad.
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Any chance of Cheryl Ladd, Kate Jackson, Jacklyn Smith, Tanya Roberts and Shelley Hack - all from Charlies Angels?
Also Lee Majors and Lindsey Wagner would be great Bionic guests too.
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Ha ha you missed catching me on camera. Better luck next time!
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As for people missing out on getting autographs and using this "People taking up guests time" excuse, then they should have got there earlier to ensure that they meet them. First come, first served and all that.
All well and good, but if they don't get there early enough to meet them, then they don't get there early enough to spend their money on them either. It's in the organisers interest they get through as many as possible, not just the privileged few.
It's all good trying to make as much profit as possible but if you harness the experience, you'll get a bad rep and people will simply stop turning up. Take Collectormania for example and Sean Astin, what a top guy! Posing for pics, chatting etc what an experience he gave to us all. Purely on that meeting I recommended going to LFCC to as many people I know. I got that same experience from the awesome Zach Galligan at LFCC too. You harness this experience by enforcing rules suggested in other posts in this topic on all the guests, then people would probably stop recommending it, word of mouth would become terrible, people would just stop turning up.
It's pretty much a given that big guests like Gillian Anderson you get to say a quick "Hi, how are you" etc you get your autograph and move on quickly so I don't really see what people are complaining about.
Unfortunately if these events get bigger and more popular, it's possible that interaction could get less over time and more a "Hi, how are you?" scenario if the number of attendees keep going up regardless of whether the guests would like to chat and give you a minute or two.
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Interesting idea, but how many people would want autographs from people they don't know? The big names are fine, but how many people would know the name of a person who got a medal for Great Britain in the 2000 Olympics for judo, shooting, equestrian etc? In the last day or so we got a gold medal in shooting, the first ever for a Brit. Not only do I not know his name, despite seeing him on TV I could stand next to him on a long tube ride and not recognise him.
Fair point but I think it’s a case that if your interested in the Olympics you’ll probably know the name even if you can’t remember why.
I could make the same point about Star Wars, the Bond films, Harry Potter or Star Trek. Great movies, but there are that many actors it’s hard to recognise all of them unless you’re a die hard fan.
Plus if something could be done within the next six months or so (I know, that’s highly unlikely) a lot of people would still be interested in anything with the word ‘Olympics’ in it.
P.S. Kate Howey (Judo), Richard Faulds and Ian Peel (Shooting) Jeanette Brakewell, Pippa Funnell, Leslie Law and Ian Stark (Equestrian) and this year Peter Wilson (Men's Double Trap).
Sorry I just couldn’t resist
Well done for naming some Olympians, that's more than I can do. I have absolutely no idea what sport a Men's Double Trap is even in. Sport really isn't my thing at all.
I do understand what you are saying about cators from Bond, Star Wars etc. However the difference with many actors is they are known for more than one thing, so even if you don't know who they played in Star Wars, you may know them from somewhere else, so you have a chance of attracting people from a wider encatchment area. With sport, most people are known for that one sport and that is it.
Cricketer Darren Gough says he has played cricket at internatinal level for England, won various awards but he still gets stopped and asked about Strictly Come Dancing more than his sporting achievements. If he hadn't done that show he would have been known mainly to cricket fans and that's it.
IMO this kind of event is best suited to coincide with future Olympics, Commonwealth Games etc when the athlete's profiles are raised, likely as pundits so they are in people's minds again. As it works out they alternate so one or the other is every two years. The same with The World Cup and the European Championships in football.
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Interesting idea, but how many people would want autographs from people they don't know? The big names are fine, but how many people would know the name of a person who got a medal for Great Britain in the 2000 Olympics for judo, shooting, equestrian etc? In the last day or so we got a gold medal in shooting, the first ever for a Brit. Not only do I not know his name, despite seeing him on TV I could stand next to him on a long tube ride and not recognise him.
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Sadly he passed away in 2004.Anthony AinleyIt would be a hell of a hard thing to top if they managed to get him though. lol
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I think that things are changing and the US will start to become more like the UK with shorter seasons. You already see it with some shows such as Dexter, The Borgias, Smash etc. What The UK broadcasters seemed to have aknowledged and many of the US channels haven't is people now have so much choice whether it's the internet, gaming, downloading films online etc or just have busier lives, people find it a struggle to commit to a series that runs for 20+ weeks a year.
I'm sure we all have lots of stuff we have recorded or bought that we've not got around to watching. I have about 4 series of house, two of Boston Legal, six of Supernatural and so forth. Just trying to watch all those would throw me further behind with other shows.
Of course budget restratints are a factor, but more so I think the UK channels have accepted that unless it's a soap opera, chances are before the end you will give up on an long running show. I'm sure you've all noticed how many dramas are now on spread over two, three or even five consecutive nights rather than one episode a week. Shows like Britain's Got Talent, or I'm a Celebrity, or even Celeb Big Brother only last a few weeks and are on almost daily. Even if the jungle or the BB house is full of celebs(?) would people really care enough to watch it daily for 3-4 months like the standard BB?
I don't think the problem of 6 episodes for Bedlam, compared to the 13 for Doctor Who is the problem for not buying into the characters. I think the "new" Who is crap compared to the original because you no longer have great characters (excluding the Tardis inhabitants). If you look at the "new" Who where are the really memorable characters, like Sharez Jek (caves of Androzani), Sil (Vengeance on Varos) or Sutekh (Pyramids of Mars) etc? In the "classic" Who you had 4-6 episodes which added together was the length of an 100-120 minute film. Now you have around 42 minutes, of which most of it is The Doctor and his companion(s) and no real character development of the other characters.
My nephew is into "new" Who and tries to talk to me about it and it's a real struggle. I don't remember the episode names, because I don't get the title over a few weeks for it to sink in. It's see it once and it's gone. And then my nephew will name a character and he then has to tell me the what the story of the epiosde was about that character was in, what the character did in the story and a visual description. Only then do I stand a chance of knowing who and what he is talking about.
I agree with David, that the quality of the writing is the key for the main characters, however you can't dismiss the need for good actors making the characters interesting. If you take the show Prison Break. How fantastic was Robert Knepper as T-Bag? He has to be the creepiest character on TV in the last 10 years. Where as you take the character of Lincoln and he was boring. I would have left him in there to die.
From the very first episode of Prison Break I found myself wanting to find out more about T-Bag. As creepy and disturbing as he was, he was so damned interesting and charismatic in a bad way. That is good writing but it's also fantastic characterisation by a great actor. Even if that show only ran for 6 episodes you want to watch just for him.
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Very sad to hear this news. I remember him more as binman, Eddie Yates from Coronation Street. He, with Stan and Hilda Ogden were a great trio to watch.
My condolences to his family and friends.
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In a recent interview with a UK based online wrestling show, The Nasty Boys said they would love to come to the UK. They are slowly making conatcts over here and are hoping to come over to do a few wrestling shows and signing sessions really soon. I think they would be really interested in coming over for one of these events.
I think these people could prove very popular too.
Lita
Maria Kanellis
Chyna (I'm saying no more on the grounds of censorhip ha ha)
The Honky Tonk Man
Lex Luger
The Ultimate Warrior (He's king nut in Nuttsville!
)Goldust
Animal from the LOD
Ric Flair (he sooooooo needs the money!)
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (If he is well enough to do the trip, his queue could rival Flair's)
Jimmy "Mouth of the South" Hart
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Tom billington dynomite kid, bring him, he lives in the uk.
I read an interview and Tom was brought up. Apparently his health is really bad, even worse than usual, so I don't think you will see him at a signing anytime soon.
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Less well known actors can often be some of the best because they don't have the expectation attached too them. Also the bigger names may have done other cons and they actually start to lose their appeal IMO. Regular con-goers sometimes decide to skip a guest on stage as they have seen them 6,7,8 times. They know their most often used stories, know more or less what they are going to get and would rather mingle and chat with other fans who aren't at the Q&A sessions.
I enjoy the writers, Directors etc as much as the star names. However I do know lots of people don't. I do feel for them as guests when the request is put out does anyone have a question and no hands go up.
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This does have the makings of "The Games" about it. Initial annoucement with a two guests (one for this one obviously) and then nothing...more nothing...nothing continues and then cancelled. Meanwhile there are lots of activity and announcements about other events, mainly the signings conventions.
I was one of the disappointed people that was looking forward to "The Games" but decided to transfer to the "Happily Ever After" convention rather than get a refund (I'm starting to have my doubts about that one too). I did think about this con, but having had one cancelled, I thouht I would wait a week or two to see who if anyone is announced. If there is a mad rush and I can't get a ticket than that's my fault. I think I made the right choice.
IMO SM/ME are making the same mistake another organiser (which I can't name owing to forum rules) is making. They have their tried and tested, successful brand of convention. ME have Bitten, Chevron, Elstree Day. It appears to me rightly or wrongly if there are guests announced for cons, not the signings, it seems to be in those established ones. It could be that they have a previous relationship with lots of those people from the previous events, they may be concentrating on them as they seem to be the most popular and the quicker selling conventions, I don't know and quite rightly they aren't saying.
If that is correct IMO that is a mistake. The established successful cons avtually need less work because a good or high percentage of their ticket sales come from people that went to the last or previous events. The newer conventions based on another series or theme need the extra attention because whilst they may get ticket sales from their customers who go to their other successful events, it's possible that they won't get them as they have already bought a ticket for the other con. There have been a couple of posts in the "Happily Ever After " boards saying that the person will be getting the ticket in a few months if they are still available because they went to the LFCC or after Bitten in October or November whenever it is.
Unlike this event, the other promoters one has a few guests named as attending and sadly one had to drop out. So things actually look better that it will go ahead comepared to this one. Despite that there is a bubbling feeling/rumour that the con is going to be cancelled owing to not enough tickets sold. Of course the fans have no idea how many tickets have been sold. It could be 30 it could be 300, it's pure speculation on their part, but it's being fuelled by the lack of activity on the forums by the organisers for long periods.
If ME were to post something like "Announcement: We have invited a guest from Last of the Timelords" or "a guest who has appeared in more than three episodes" There will be discussion on this board as well as other boards as to who it may be. If that person turns down the invite, no harm is done because it was only announced as an invite and the person was never named, but at least that speculation fuels interest in the event and gets it talked about.
I really hope that I and the other people feeling apprehensive are wrong and this does go ahead for the sake of the fans that have already purchased tickets and booked rooms or travel.
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Throwing in a few more British names.
Clive Dunn... Not sure if his flight from Oz is practical or not.
Bob Hoskins
Mick McManus
Mark "Rollerball" Rocco
New Tricks - cast
David McCullum
Terry Jones
Michael Palin
Terry Venables
Glenn Hoddle
Jimmy Hill
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Zippy bungle and george ......
The guy that did the voces of Zippy and George, Roy Skelton passed away a few years ago sadly.
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Sad to hear this news today. As with losing the lovely Elizabeth Sladen, I fell that my childhood is being erased and taken away from me.
My thoughts go out to her family and friends.
R.I.P. Mary xx
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