MVronsky78

Great guest, thanks.

Yes another icon of 60s/70s cinema gone. I didn't meet him but I did attend an 'in conversation with' he gave at the BFI Southbank a few years ago. He came across as likeable and very laid back.

These can be applied to next summer's event as well of course: Brad Dourif Chris Sarandon Lou Gossett Jr Nancy Allen Amy Irving David Keith Heather Graham Madchen Amick Jennifer Tilly Gina Gershon Edward Fox Matthew Modine Anthony Mackie Matthew Lewis Evanna Lynch Anna Paquin Sharon Stone Skeet Ulrich Rose McGowan Yaphet Kotto Gary Busey Whoopi Goldberg Mary McDonnell Henry Thomas Billy Zane Maria Bello Michael Sheen Burt Young Michael Biehn Linda Hamilton Anyone from Game Of Thrones & Star Wars and pretty much any affordable half-decent British actor

It's all about how much you want to spend Tim and how much you want to meet a particular guest. It also depends upon your commitment to the event - for example by staying to the close of the event on Sunday, you could have met just about any diamond guest you wanted to (barring one or two exceptions) on open queue. If you've got kids, holidays, a car, a house to redecorate etc - then diamond passes are very expensive and presumably prohibitive. If you haven't and film and TV is your primary hobby, then diamond passes have now become an essential component of LFCC for a lot of us con-lovers. And I would imagine that most of us on the forum fall into the latter category, though by no means all as is clear from reading peoples' posts.

I chose not to meet Val Kilmer in the end. I really admire his performances in films like 'The Doors' and 'Tombstone' but those of you old enough to remember the 1990s will know that Val had a reputation for being not only difficult on set, but a downright nightmare to deal with! This kind of put me off, along with his very cruel illness which has clearly been such a difficult and humbling experience for him (I'm always a bit wary of booking guests who come to shows like this when they are clearly not well, as it can be an upsetting experience to see your heroes brought down low). However, reading on this forum about his efforts to interact with fans at the event has been really very touching, and I now do kind of regret having deprived myself of what could have been a moving and memorable experience. I'm pleased for everyone who got to meet him. Other possibles who I also didn't meet in the end included Barbara Shelley and the Village Of The Damned guests, as well as Phil Daniels and Kerry Ingram. Unfortunately this in no way proved a money-saving exercise as I ended up meeting Zachary Quinto and Carrie-Anne Moss, neither of whom were on my list to begin with

And 1941...!

My LFCC pre-order arrived today - how efficient is that?! Less than a week after the show finished. Bravo to Jason G and his team.

Yes he's a nice guy, I met him late morning on Friday I think, he was certainly busy for most of that day. What I hadn't realised was that he had a #5 US hit single with the theme from his short-lived TV show 'Makin' It'! Should have done my homework and asked him about his short-lived pop career rather than asking the usual American Werewolf questions...

He's already had 3 of those! Don't worry, he'll never know...

My Mum used to like looking at them, and my Dad does but his first question is always "how much did that one cost"?! And I rarely tell him the truth...

Most of Stanley Kubrick's movies improve on second or third viewing. I've seen them all except his debut 'Fear and Desire' from 1952 and whilst there are a few I wouldn't want to see a second time, the likes of Dr Strangelove, The Shining and A Clockwork Orange all improved on second/third viewings. Full Metal Jacket was a classic straightaway - I'm still trying to persuade myself of the merits of 2001 though... For any film buff, the exhibition on him just down the road from Olympia at the Design Museum is an absolute must. Adam Baldwin and the Burns sisters have visited it!

It's a great pic, she looked stunning on Saturday in that hat.

Verdict = not guilty

At least we now know who was to blame

I've been getting a gold pass since 2015, and the last couple of years I've been wondering if it was worth it, but on the plus side it did ensure I was able to get low VQ tickets for many diamond guests and also low guest VQs for a friend who chose to come on a 3 day pass. This does remove a lot of anxiety from the day although rushing around like a blue-arsed fly is also part of the fun. I also really appreciated the use of the main stage as a waiting area, although on Saturday I was part of a mysterious group of about 20 gold pass holders who were kept downstairs as the guy managing the stair area had to wait for approval from his supervisor before letting us up - when we were eventually allowed up the stage area was completely vacant, so not sure what that was about. Couldn't have been crowd control as there weren't enough numbers dwelling around at the time. All things considered will I get a gold pass next year? Yeah, probably...

We had a handy book of post-its a couple of years ago I think - I'm still using mine! But alas my fan doesn't work either....

What a treat it was to meet the Burns sisters yesterday. Really sweet and friendly and they brought their Mum and Dad with them! Wrote great quotes for everyone, really took their time to ensure their fans got what they wanted. Their queue was very slow moving hence a bit of disgruntlement from people hanging around but I hope those waiting were all patient and had an enjoyable meet.

Emilie De Ravin has a fantastic signature. Really appreciate it when a guest puts effort into signing items. I see from someone else's picture that Lana Parrilla has a good one too.

I've been going all 3 days since 2015, but always hit the wall on Sunday afternoon! Fortunately, I am always able to take Monday off or work from home. Was also nice to introduce myself to those mods you mention above and thank them for what they do.

I saw a few people bring their own fold-up chairs, must be a hassle to bring them if you have a long commute to get to the venue, but otherwise looks like something worth doing in the future as long as the venue are happy to let them in. My creaking joints aren't going to be able to cope with standing for several hours solid in the neat future!

Again, I agree with the comments from Nate and Raylenth, BUT i do have every sympathy for those who have not acquired a personalisation from a diamond pass guest, particularly if the personalisation has been inconsistent throughout the day. For example, first ever DP I bought was for Sigourney Weaver in 2015 - but we were told straight off the bat there would be no personalisations so I was fine with that (though of course naturally disappointed). The only other time this nearly happened to me for a DP guest was Jeremy Renner the following year - but there was such a massive groan from the assembled queue when the 'no personalisations' sign went up that they relented! People power

Really nice guy, I was one of the last people to meet him before his AM photoshoot so it was probably more rushed than others experiences, but we still talked about his appearance in 24 and his classic performance in 'Cracker' all those years ago. So pleased that Showmasters are now able to attract actors/people of this calibre.

I only had a photoshoot with the great man, but for an 88 year old he is a sheer bloody marvel. How he does it I do not know - something cosmic happened on all those Star Trek sets. His talk was classic Shatner and one couldn't help but be entertained. I can see him still doing events like this into his 90s no problem.

Agree with all the above, I can't comment much about the stalls as I only had a couple of cursory strolls around, but the guest selection this year was really good and yes, we were certainly blessed with an amazing lack of cancellations. And although there are always problems I actually think the photoshoot organisation was better than previous years. Most of the problems just stem from the guest turning up late as far as I can tell - if the guest shows up promptly, things tend to run smoothly.

I think everyone had a pretty epic chat with Robert! And he was standing all weekend - respect. He ended my chat with a "God Bless America" - I think he expected a salute but that's not really the English style...