rvd_mr_ppv

Long time lurker of the forums but first time posting after attending my first SM Con / Event. I was always planning on coming for the stalls / comics in general, but had no real interest in most of the guests being announced on the site. Hadn't checked the site for a few weeks & just happened to check the day that you announced Carl Weathers & I almost threw my laptop across the floor! To me, he was the first 'big name' to be announced in my Eyes & boy was he worth meeting! Very friendly & chatty gentleman & seemed happy to be there & chatting with fans. I happened to attend the Saturday event & thought it was run mostly well, so, was rather surprising to get back from the event with my friends who I attended with to turn on the TV & see some people's gripes & issues with the event. It seems as though problems were sorted & rectified for Sunday though from comments & statements I have seen made from Sunday attendees. Really hope that SM does decide to run Newcastle again, whether it be the Metro Radio Arena again or maybes at SJP. I hope that Saturday's teething problems haven't deterred SM from returning to the North East again in future. And as the popularity has now been proving for things like this in this area, I hope we can have just as big names that the London & Milton Keynes Cons get here in Newcastle as not everybody can arrange or afford to travel to our capital as well as guest prices on top. I'll be making the effort for Milton Keynes in May for Colin Salmon & London in July for Stan Lee & Summer Glau, but it would be nice if we could get those types of TV, Movie & Comic Names in Newcastle in future as the popularity & fan base has been proven for SM events here over the weekend gone. Also, waiting one year for events of this type is a drag, so maybes SM could look into doing some show specific Cons from Newcastle every few months in between until bringing the huge / big names until the main Con. Maybes a Walking Dead con, Dexter, Firefly, Arrow, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, Game Of Thrones, Sons Of Anarchy, The Following or a Con full of Wrestler's or maybes a sporting con that features some Wrestler's on it. Nightmare that London in particular & the other events further away get the huge names. I'm sure the Southerner's wouldn't mind travelling to the North once in a while if there was a name they really wanted to see.