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    Films watched in 2022

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    On 1/29/2022 at 11:12 PM, nicky said:

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    GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE (2021)

    2.5/5 (No spoilers)

    I was expecting this to be good from what I'd heard but was VERY disappointed. For a start it wasn't funny at all (I don't think it even tried) and it was sorely missing the fun from the first two films, even the cameos weren't funny. Even worse the characters were so dull which made the film's set-up even slower - it's about an hour into the film until the first ghost is busted. If you're gonna resurrect a franchise with a new Ghostbusters team then at least give the team-members a reason to be there - the only one that had anything to do was the daughter, everyone else was just filler including the Stranger Things kid who served absolutely no purpose except drive.

    The plot tries to insert serious drama by having the 'single-mom bitter at her dad while having to deal with difficult kids' trope which does nothing but hamper the 'comedic' tone of the film - is it meant to be a comedy or not? The other sub-plots (the son's crush/his age) went nowhere as did the 'science' teacher's love for screening 80s horror videos to his classes - what was the point of this? Furthermore, it's a stupid plot because the whole reason they end-up having to battle ghosts in the first place is because they do something stupid KNOWING what the dangers are. The 3rd act is basically a retread of the first film too. This is a less-than-average film and a 'one-time watch and forget' experience. Is it worse than Paul Fieg's 2016 version? I'd say they're about the same but that at least wasn't boring or slow.

    I agree with every single word.

    (I haven't seen it, obvs, I'm just trying to annoy a certain someone.)

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    Guests?

    in Glasgow Film & Comic Con 2022

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    On 1/14/2022 at 11:55 PM, TheDoctor7th said:

    May be a bit stupid of me to ask but is it likely there will be anymore guests announcements? This is the first one I’m going to if covid is okay that is.

    would love to see some more dr who actors!

    As the old saying goes, there is no such thing as a stupid question. Although, this forum can test that at times.

    But yes, I would certainly presume there will be more guests announced, closer to the date. They may wait until they have got London Summer out the way - but hopefully there will be something for Glasgow before that.

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    Films watched in 2022

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    Black Widow - The best superhero film I've watched in ages. Ok, it's the first I've watched in ages, but I enjoyed it a lot. A good balance between the family dynamic and blowing up stuff. Also, Ray Winstone doing a Russian accent was better than I had imagined. Obviously Florence Pugh was great because Florence Pugh is great.

    Birds of Prey (and the Fantablah blah blah whatever) - I was under the impression that this was supposed to be a mediocre film with a good / great central performance. I found it to be a tedious film with Margot Robbie being incredibly excruciatingly offensively annoying. It's impressive that it was able to both bore me and make me want to destroy my eyes and ears in equal measure. I only made it to the half hour mark (I tried to stick with it to see if the other characters were going to be given any kind of personality), but had to give up before I jumped out of my bedroom window. 

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    Films watched in 2022

    in General chat

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    Another Round - 4 Danish men attempt to cope with their mid-life malaise via an unconventional method, with mixed results. Ends with the main character dancing joyously. A very good film.

    Dogs Don't Wear Pants - A Finnish man attempts to cope with grief via an unconventional method, with mixed results. Ends with the main character dancing joyously. A very good film.

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    Funko Pop Collection

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    55 minutes ago, maegurwen said:

    OK, so I have got to a point where I will have to maybe clear some space out to store pops. I'm being told not to order anymore but I have roughly 20 on preorder. Do I throw stuff, rearrange stuff?   :headscratch::blink2:

    See a therapist?

    Pre-order Issues

    in London Film & Comic Con 2021

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    On 12/18/2021 at 8:36 AM, InsO said:

    So it has been about a month since the show.... And we are regreting spending the equivalent to a half a month's salary on what we thought was a proffesional and courteous company. We' ve really enjoyed Showmasters' previous events so we thought it's safe to purchase in May for a Nov event despite the pandemic.

    So we send in multiple items on pre- order, stupidly some were original posters, vintage comic and an original LP cover.

    From 4 orders the two small ones for Jo Martin from Sep have indeed arrived. Thank you for these! Signed for mind and not special delivery as paid in our order.

    Everything else( Alice Cooper, Ben Browder, Veronica Cartwright, Tom Skerritt, Robbie Coltrane, Nick Frost, Ernie Hudson- orders 1716 and 1795 )...missing. One item (Ben Browder vintage comic, meant to be a Christmas gift for a Covid ward doctor friend who has had a very tough couple of years) was actually sent out and has now been stuck in the post for 9 days with no update.

    Now I understand you work with volunteers and the post is experiencing difficulties because of covid....but you are a business at the end of the day and you have our money. We have followed your instructions and send the no roll over email asking for refunds as we certainly do not plan on purchasing any pre- orders again. And since Alice Cooper cancelled as early as October then why no refund still in December please?

    To top this we just discovered PayPal no longer allows us to open cases for the orders you have not sent out wich is very disconcerting. If you do not return our items, they get lost or you don't refund our only option is to report to the bank and met anti-fraud, which we really don't want to do as you have given us some great moments in the past.

    So please don't tells us off when we ask for information in emails but refund our money and send us our items back. We think this is only fair. Thank you. 

     

    PS. Funny enough we had a problem posting on here with the word refund in the topic. Once that was removed the topic went trough. 

    Hi InsO. Unfortunately no direct Showmasters people read this forum any more so your only option is to keep sending emails I'm afraid. I'd say send an email every week until you get your items back, because the service is just not acceptable. Anything they say about volunteers is just lousy excuse making - they're not a flipping charity shop. 

    They have your stuff! They have plenty of other people's stuff! It can't be that hard to send things out!

    Exclamation mark!

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    Sunday evening

    in London Film & Comic Con 2021

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    58 minutes ago, dogsoldierspoon said:

    I'd come by for Secombe, Garrigan and Hirst who are all Sunday only, but I won't be there before 5 so... Then again, I've got nothing to lose since I bought my Sunday ticket months ago. So fingers crossed

    At the very least you can take a look around. Have a look at the stalls. Maybe see some cosplayers. Pull faces at whatever guests are still there. 

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    Guest Cancellations

    in London Film & Comic Con 2021

    Posted

    Those terms posted don't actually say they won't give a refund, just that they don't automatically give them any more, instead they have the voucher scheme. Although they don't explicitly say that they will give refunds either, they will if asked (and hopefully after things have calmed down after this weekend they'll be quicker doing so).

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    Vouchers

    in London Film & Comic Con 2021

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    12 hours ago, Dle1877 said:

    Sorry if this has been discussed previously but does anyone know if you can use these to buy vouchers for autographs at the sales desk at the event? Thanks 

    Unfortunately not. 

    What can I spend my vouchers on?
    You can use your voucher on any ticket within an online Showmasters Eventbrite shop. We are looking at being able to make these redeemable for other areas of our events such as for Showmasters merchandise, at the sale desk and for pre-orders. You will not be able to redeem the voucher an any non Showmasters dealer stands or venue concessions. 

    https://londonfilmandcomiccon.com/voucher-guide/

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