londonboy891

Its hard to understand why you move the Winter London Con to Brighton. For me its not possible to go to Brighton. The flight to london already takes 2 hours. For the last con in london a few months back I arrived on friday, went right afterwards to olympia and got in line for the con and I left on sunday at 6pm. On the airport I saw everywhere guys coming from the convention on their way home. And Im 100% sure you will lose most of the guests from outside of the UK with this step. But maybe thats the plan, maybe this shouldnt be a convention for everyone. And I guess for showmaster its cheaper to do the show there. Very disappointed.

To be honest, I'd rather have one like the left hand one, a bit closer so I can see faces better. Just my personal view though, and we're equally entitled to them, neither's right or wrong! yeah but dont forget, if you get the digital pic afterwards you can zoom in and you still got a very good quality, but if you get that pic that close you cant zoom out anymore. I just think if you wanna put your pic on the wall or on your desk it just looks better. To be honest guys at the convention asked me how they can get a pic like I did, but it was hard to ask all the time the photographer.

Diamond Pass Guests: Whoopi Goldberg Goldie Hawn Bette Midler Diane Keaton Jerry Stiller Kevin James Sylvester Stallone Jean-Claude Van Damme Bill Murray Bud Spencer & Terence Hill Harrison Ford

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I said it before and I say it again. Im not happy with the photo ops here at the London Con. I went to many many conventions and usually the photos are not that close like here and I dont understand why. Someone here told me no problem just tell the photographer to take it like you want but everyone who was at the convention knows, thats not how its working. I tried but it was so busy and actually some photographers did like I said but not everyone. Im very unhappy with a few pictures. For example if you wanna get it signed afterwards or whatever, its always nicer if its not that close. I compare here now a pic from london and a pic from another convention somewhere else. Am I the only one who is not happy with that? https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1463506937301902&l=5d4b8694d6

Sorry but I just dont know how to post my pictures here. How can I upload the pics to my Quote?

I would never sell my MJF autograph but I think everyone how is paying can do whatever he wants with his autograph. I cant see the point of this topic. By the way I bought one autograph of thomas f. wilson (biff in BTTF) a few years ago because he is not at conventions and not signing BTTF stuff anymore, Am I a bad guy because I bought it? Im even glad the guy sold it because he didnt want it anymore.

your feedback was hidden, this is really a shame. thats the wrong way. of course they wanna make money and Im pretty sure they did but if you have a lot of complaints about something and they are not gonna change it and listen to the customer, they of course gonna make less money next year and I hope they know.

criticism is so important. the only reason why we criticism the convention this year so much is because we wanna come back next year and we only can do that if SM makes chances. thats why its important. we want the LFCC but they just have to listen to the customers. otherwise less and less people will visit the convention. I hope they just dont think, "we sell anyway, we gonna sell out anway".

never. he hates conventions and makes fun about that and he doesnt sign any back to the future stuff. and he doesnt speak about BTTF. everytime when he is doing an interview there is a contract so they cant ask about BTTF. there is not docu about BTTF with him. not for the 25th or 30th anniversary.

Christopher Lloyd just has to come again. I guess 90 % didnt get his autograph. Its just a must.

Im always wondering, people who are answering the all the questions here, are they from SM or just people who wanna answer questions and say something? because some answers in the last weeks are just wrong here. I would like to know who is really in charge. because if nobody of SM reads that questions, than it doesnt make sense to post anything.

I mentioned about separate queues in another thread. Simple rope barriers to separate diamond, gold, batches etc. Also some form of organised queueing rather than a massive swarm. Photo shoot A for MJF on Sunday was just a big mass of people. I couldn't hear the poor guy at the front, see the board he was holding up (I had to rely on a kind gentleman standing next to me), or even see where the entrance was for the photo shoot due to the massive crowd. When I went to Neve Campbells photo shoot there was a large crowd and I was told it wasn't a queue but just a holding area. That's fine, but when you are at the back of that you have absolutely no idea what number is being called etc... Actually I think it wasnt just a mess, it was dangerous. MJF and Weaver photo shoot was crazy and dangerous. Everytime after the guy called the next batch people were running and pushing. Really bad pushing by the way. Im very surprised nothing bad happened. Luckily for SM. The solution could be, like at conventions in the US, the big stars in seperate rooms. Like the signing with MFJ. There would be enough space for batch 1 and 2 inside the room. there should be the photo shoot. for example at a convention in the US (I dont say a name because they gonna delete that post again...) it was a room for a photo shoot and with chairs. Batch one got inside and took a seat. That happened before the star arrived in the booth. And than it went row by row and there was enough space for 15 rows with 10 chairs, thats 150 people. and when the second last row was standing up to get the pic, they let batch 2 in. So there was nothing crazy about that outiside of the room, and inside it was quiet and everyone could take a seat. And I didnt seat for 8 hours in london.

Neve was a split shoot, the other tickets had gone through in session 1. Thanks for clearing this up . But what does happen if a talk runs over and you miss a photoshoot? Just quite nervous after some bad experiences yesterday (some good ones too) Go to the photoshoot area immediately, let the pit boss know. Sometimes they can get a guest back. If not they will advise you what to do. and thats not true. Im sorry but I missed my photo shot with frances lee mccain because a clash, she was taking pictures for about 5 minutes but she left after 3 minutes because she was already finished. It was something 2pm I guess and I arrived from my other photo shoot exactly at 2.04pm and the woman in red (the boss for that booth I guess?) said she left like 5 seconds ago. I said I cant come tomorrow and if she could call her back because she is probably very close and she said no we dont do that, never. I said but I was reading on the homepage something about that and she said no Im a liar, she really said that. She said they are not allowed to do that and now you tell us again about that. Im still pissed because I ask for a refund and they said no. I was about to get pics with all the BTTF cast members and because of that Im really really sad. I cant see to spend money again for this convention.

Iain Glen said he is not allowed to take pictures. He said they told him everyone who wants pictures have to get a photo op.

I’m very sorry to say that, but that’s a forum and a forum should be here for that things and hopefully people of SM reading about that and changing things. I can read a lot of complaints on facebook and other sites, I really hope SM takes the complaints seriously, otherwise I just don’t know if they sell out again. First, it was pretty clear oversold. No question about that. Saturday was really like hell. And now my other experiences: My Christopher Lloyd virtual ticket number was 35 (you probably think not a bad number…) and they told me on Sunday, no chance to get his autograph with that number. Only gold and diamond pass. On Saturday the same. Some of the guests didn’t arrive in time to the photo shoot like Marc McClure, so I missed another photo shoot and they told me it`s my fault and I don’t get a refund. Even with a clash you didn’t get a refund, you get an autograph card or another photo shoot, but what if you got already everything you want? They don’t care. Some crew members were nice and tried to help you with a clash, that’s totally true, but not everyone. Makes no sense. Is there no guideline for crewmembers? For example I had 3 clashes on Sunday and I tried to get the photos done on Saturday but they said no. I was already in line and the guest already finished and waiting if anyone wants a photo before he is leaving but they still said no, they keep saying my ticket is for Sunday. Even after I showed 3 clashes for Sunday they didn’t care. Is it really my fault to buy photo shoots months before SM tells me what time they are?? Photo booths are too far from each other. For example I got a photo in booth B (ground floor) and like 5 min afterwards in booth F (3rd floor). Of course I couldn’t get there in time, but again they didn’t care. On every other convention the photo booths are always next to each other. Furthermore something really strange. I bought all my tickets in advance online, like months, weeks before. But guys who bought their ticket on the same day (with yellow on the ticket) were allowed to go right after diamond and gold pass holders. Why? They paid the same amount. A lot of guys were extremely upset about that. I know some guys will now say no that’s the old tickets but nobody checked about that. They saw something yellow on the ticket and it was fine. I know that because I bought one on Saturday as well and I was allowed to go to the front of the line, even before batch 1. That’s ridiculous. Last minute changes specially on Sunday. Why there is no announcement? Is it too expensive to get a Speaker? And the list is going on and on. Because I got no cash left I paid with credit card for the autograph tickets. I went to Christopher Lloyd and after they told me no autographs for guys without diamond and gold pass, I didn’t need the cards anymore, because I got already all autographs before. But at the refund desk they said, no it is not their fault and I don’t get money back. I told them I flew a few hours and I can’t go to the convention soon again but again they didn’t care. I went to many conventions in the US but I never got that bad experience before. I’m still in shock how they talked with customers. I know a lot of other guys were really angry and many told they are never coming back (like the reviews I was reading in the last few hours all over the net). This convention says they are one of the biggest in the world now, okay but please if you think you are one of the biggest, act like one of the biggest. Don’t forget, we, the customers, paying for everything. I talked with Neve Campbell and she said it’s crazy here, and I told her I met her on a convention in the US and she said yes it was well organized and not like that. She was so right. She couldn't reach her photo booth in time. Usually there should be somehow a way the guests can reach the photo booths or signing area in time. Please just go and see the conventions in the US. Another point, maybe just me but could you open the convention on Friday at 9 am as well? I don't wanna stay at the convention for the whole evening. But it’s maybe just me. Another point, because it was so extremely oversold, I couldn't get in before 9.30, but the photo shoots started at 9.30. I’m not really sure if that's really smart. I can imagine how many people missed their shoots. Let the people in an hour before photo shoots. The line moved on Saturday and Sunday at 9.15 and on Friday at 13.20, I guess because they let in the Gold first? A guy on facebook replied after my complain about that, he got in line at 4 am and he got Christopher Lloyd because that and it’s my fault, next time I should stay there at 4am as well if I want Christopher Lloyds autograph. But sorry, I was there at 7am and I’m not getting in line at 4am. And here is why: If the convention is well organized you don’t need that. Oh gosh I always got all my autographs and photo ops at other conventions, and even in New York City and everyone who knows conventions is aware of the crowd in New York City. And that’s the problem here. And at the refund desk, there was just ONE woman. I was in line for 1 1/2h just to get the information I’m not getting money back. Why just one person? And because I was reading about taking pictures at the autograph desks: I got an autograph of Iain Glen on Sunday like 4pm and he was alone on the desk with the SM Crew member and he looked already bored (no line at all, I was the only one) and I paid for 3 autographs and asked for a picture and he said no, they don’t want that. He literally said, THEY. I asked what he means and he said if I want a picture with him I have to buy a photo shoot otherwise he get problems (and the SM guy said its true). I know that's not true but he still said it. Very disappointing. I hope so much the SM guys are reading about this and not only deleting the post. It’s important to listen to the people who are paying. Otherwise I’m not sure if it’s still sold out without Back to the Future Cast. By the way, just think: You pay for photo op tickets and can’t make it because a clash or just because there was no way to get there in time on Saturday because it was so much oversold, or because the photo op was at 9.30 and you were still outside of the venue and after you complain about that they say, no you don’t get your money back. For example you bought your photo ticket 3 months before, how should you know your photo op is at 9.30? or how should you know you got clashes? And afterwards you don’t get your money back, would you really book a photo op the next following year again? No. and that’s the reason why I just don’t understand SM in the refund matter. I’m little bit worried SM things they don’t have to change anything because they probably made so much money this year but like I said, customers don’t forget and not sure if they are coming back after a bad experience.

Could someone explain why guys who bought tickets on the day of the show were allowed to go right behind diamond and gold guys? Everyone who bought it before online was really fu***** about that. It doesnt make sense. First I thought it was a mistake but it was in three different photo booths. Why? They paid not more than I did many months before. This was a really big problem. You cant do that. I had Batch 1 but still I had to wait for diamond gold AND tickets with a yellow stripe on it.

3 cancellations on one day so far. no replacements. after the show is already sold out Im not sure if the show is selling out next year.

I know guest cancellations happens all the time and everywhere, but this convention got already a lot cancellations. and I cant remember a new guest in the last 2 weeks. jonathan frakes was the first major guest who canceled and charles dance is a major as well. Wondering why no replacement is announced. by the way, bradley cooper is in the city and he is free every morning and afternoon....

Daniel Radcliffe & Macaulay Culkin

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Im pretty sure a cast photo op with all BTTF guys its not going to happen. There is always one who doesnt want, my guess is MJF isnt doing that. But who knows.

I got a diamond michael j fox ticket. my question is, I know the talk with him and the talk with the cast and him is included, but are there seats reserved or its still first come first serve? I know on other conventions there are reserved signs on the seats but how is it here? thats important to know for the planing!