Faerie Tanith

He hasn't done a UK con in a few years but Alan Ritchson would be good.

Okay, this one MIGHT make me change my mind about not going.

Unless there's a significant number (or quality) of guests or attractions that interest me attending this event, I'll probably be sitting this one out. First year I've been on the fence about coming back which is a touch sad. You never know though, SM could surprise us all.

That sounds like poor management or communication, or both. That's not how that should work.

Steady on!

Denise and David were sat next to each other in an upstairs corner!

Considering how quiet it is today it's oddly chaotic.

It does kind of suck that that's what we have to do now though.

Two. One of them is only a maybe.

I'll be there tomorrow and I have to say I haven't gotten excited yet. I'm sure it'll hit me at any minute.

I don't know how true this is, and I'd probably get in trouble for spreading rumours if mods were still active here, but I recently spoke with a collector & convention organiser who attends most cons around the UK and he (supposedly) has it on good authority that a lot of big names simply won't work with SM any more. He used the Joseph Quinn incident as just one example of why. Then there are guests who sign exclusive contracts with other companies like Monopoly Events that state they can ONLY appear at conventions held by those companies for the next x amount of months/years. Between contracts with other companies and guests who (again, supposedly) have blacklisted SM, it sounds like they're struggling.

I hated this at the time but now I really do miss it!

Lmaoooooo they REALLY don't have a decent enough lineup to be able to afford many cancellations this close to the event

I'm still only on Rupert Grint. My dad wants to meet Ray Winstone so I'll meet him by proxy. I do want to meet Afshan Azad but I'm treading carefully before buying a ticket for her- given that she's in her third trimester right now, I wouldn't be surprised if her baby came this week and she had to cancel. I think I'll wait to see if she's actually there on Saturday before snagging a photo op.

I admire your enthusiasm

This is it, really. I don't remember any previous events where they've CONSTANTLY reposted about existing guests. Sure every year they'll recap the big names but it's like every other day they're pushing David and Rupert. They know perfectly well that they're not getting anyone else big and this is our lot.

This is what I've been thinking. My boss (who is also an LFCC goer) was saying today how there's been a distinct lack of "massive guest announcement this friday" kind of hype posts this year. You can really tell there's a lack of interest because they keep reposting about Rupert Grint and David Boreanaz to drum up attention because they're the only two 'huge' names they've got. Feels more like a smaller event than London Film & Comic Con. Think this might be my last SM event for a while if there are no more big announcements in the weeks to come. And if there was still heavy moderation on this forum I'd probably get arrested for saying this but at least Monopoly Events seem to be getting the big and relevant names these days.

This year I've noticed a distinct lack of "massive guest announcement on *date*" post and it shows.

Oh I love Afshan! This is a great guest! She's currently pregnant so I hope she'll be alright on the day.

Wow. Not gonna lie, I'm not really excited for this one.

Dakota would be amazing, I've always liked her!

Well we're down one guest (David Bradley). I've already met him but I was hoping to again this time. Honestly this isn't shaping up to be a very exciting year for me.

Finally got round to actually buying my tickets. So far it's really just Rupert Grint.

Ewan Mitchell, Tom Glynn-Carney and Phia Saban would be amazing seeing as I got to meet all three of their younger counterparts last year.

Please please please PLEASE get Kathryn Newton. Pretty please with ribbons.