PippinSparrow

Haven't been here in a LONG time. So you guys have seen The Rasmus in concert and some of you have even met them now? Cool. I'm just about dying because HIM's NYE gig tickets will go on sale tomorrow. A friend of mine is supposed to go and queue up for them, but I also have to try to get some tics via the phone and the ticket office website. Yikes. Madhouse awaits tomorrow... *sigh*

Is it too late to get a Stewarding position for C6? Also, and this is a Q specifically to Showmasters, what is your press policy at Collectormania? Do you issue press passes at all, and if you do, how should one go about asking for formal press accreditation?

I only have one wish... Elijah. I really want him for C6. Heck, I really just want him. Of course, ANY of the other major guests would do as well. But Elijah... Dear Lord. Please try to get Elijah, mmmkay?

A question to Showmastersonline, and a comment. Do the two major Cons you're arranging, Collectormania and London Film And Comic Con, do they have sort of slightly separate "images" and target groups, or are they essentially the same or very similar events, with just different names and locations? I mean, do you aim at getting certain types of guests for one event and slightly different types of guests for the other, or do you happily cross-book guests between them simply on the basis of when particular guests would be available? And, specifically relating to LOTR guests, do you try to book equally "hot" guests for both events, or is one of them generally more LOTR-centred than the other? Also, regarding the LOTR guests. At my very first Con earlier this year, the Scandinavian Con in Malmo, Sweden, I met some ppl who are taking part in organising later this month a certain LOTR-gathering that shall remain nameless. I was talking with them about Cons and the LOTR guests I would like to meet, and also about the Showmasters Cons that have featured LOTR guests, particularly the C4. I told them that after meeting Billy there in Sweden, my ultimate dream is to meet Elijah, and proceeded to ask them about C4 and how it was to have so many Hobbitses under the same roof. They told me that apparently it had gotten quite mad and even somewhat out of hand, which is basically what I've read from other sources too. They also said -- and I want to stress that this was before I had any idea about the animosities and the fierce competition between different event organisers in the UK -- that THEY think that after seeing how crazy it got, they do not believe that for example Elijah would ever do another Showmasters event again. I don't know the background stories or where they got their info, but the basic idea I got from them was that Elijah himself would've practically sworn that he would not do another Collectormania/Showmasters event because the security at C4 was so insufficient and underestimated (their paraphrased words, not mine). Any thoughts on any of the above? I realise that you're not gonna reveal your business secrets or which LOTR guests you're gonna try to get, but could you at least say if those ppl were completely off-base, which is what I suspect them to be?

I'm officially f*cked now. Don't get me wrong, it's great that you can and will have LOTR guests... And looking at your track record, I'm not gonna be surprised if you'll end up pulling the most impressive LOTR guest list this year, despite certain LOTR-specific Cons that will also be taking place this year. It's just that I KNOW that if you'll actually get any of the big names, I don't know what I'm gonna do but I will HAVE to get there too, no matter what. Maybe I should just book Ryanair flights now and if you won't get any of the guests I want to see and the flight bookings would end up being made in vein, then I just have to eat up the financial losses.

But have you guys heard of... The 69 Eyes? Negative? Nightwish?

Yeah, I've heard of them. Seen them live 20+ times, interviewed Ville & Mige once, met all of them a few times. :lol: Ville, like, r0xx0r. Or something. Or to put it in another way, I have two ultimate favourite bands in the world, and HIM is one of them. The other one is Bon Jovi.

Actually, I e-mailed a link to that thread on IMDB's message board to MsAllegro, at BEI, and if I understood her correctly, that blonde lady in the pics has been identified as Elijah's publicist.

. . . Or you could have a do-it-yourself trip and hopefully end up paying a lot less than that. Fly to Tampere with Ryanair, take the bus or the train to Helsinki and stay at a hostel or other such affordable place.

Heh, how weird to see piccies taken in Finland on a message board like this.

Well then, all the best to Elijah and his new (?) girlfriend. Hopefully she makes him happy, that's all I care about.

Nice piccies, they're from the festival I went to last weekend. Though in all honesty, some of my pics turned out even better, I think... Hopefully I'll have the time to sort them out soon.

Do you have any pictures or articles about this alleged new girlfriend? When I checked out a couple of relevant EW sites earlier today, I saw no mentions of a new girlfriend anywhere... And I'm quite sure those sites would mention something about it, if it was true.

I'm not disappointed, although I don't know any of the new guests who were announced, save for the lady who played Councelor Troy in ST TNG. Whichever other guests they might get for C6 and LFACC, my own attendance will depend completely on three groups of guests: the two main cast members of Dempsey & Makepeace and The X-Files, and of course the LOTR guests. So it will probably be quite a while before I can make up my mind about going to either one of the Showmasters events this autumn.

Yup, and from the front row too. Though I was on the side, as I had no intention to spend all day in front of the stage. Had to go and see Negative at first, and then some other bands (Finnish ones that sing in Finnish). Once I get the pics up in my LJ, I can post a link here. But it might take a while, I have to resize the digi pics etc. Awwwww... See, this is what you non-Finnish folks are missing out on. Rakkauslaulu is this really cute and sort of childish little song the guys recorded in Finnish aeons ago, I remember hearing it on the radio and going like "wtf is this?!" LOL. I can't really explain it, you have to hear it for yourself... Though obviously you wouldn't understand the lyrics. And as for the sign language... There is a bit in the lyrics of Rakkauslaulu where Lauri sings "katsoit silmiin ja näytit näin", which translates roughly into "you looked me in the eye and gestured like this". Now, I don't know if it's an international sign...but in Finland, if you form like an O with your thumb and index finger and then stick your other index finger through that O and sort of move it in & out, it means........well, try it for yourself and you'll get my drift. :wub: And that is the sign Lauri did on stage last nite.

I just saw The Rasmus live last nite, they were performing at the Ruisrock Festival here in my home town. Bloody good show, way better than the shows I've seen before. I got a set list from stage after the show, which was nice. But the list didn't include the first song...as they kicked off the show with Rakkauslaulu. Accompanied with the proper sign language and all... Naughty naughty Lauri! Anyways, here's the set list, as typed in the paper I got. 01. First Day Of My Life 02. Guilty 03. F-F-F Falling 04. Days 05. Still Standing 06. Time To Burn 07. Well, Well 08. If You Ever 09. Chill 10. H - B [that's Heartbreaker] 11. Everyday 12. Not Like Other 13. Liquid 14. Shadows --------------------- 15. Funeral 16. Bullet 17. In My Life To be honest, I'm not actually sure if they played all those songs -- I don't know each and every one of their songs in the first place, and atm I'm having some doubts about whether or not they played Bullet. I know THAT song of course, but for the life of me I can't remember whether they played it or not. I'm trying to get some pics up in my LJ at some point.

. . . And I knew The Rasmus back when they were still just Rasmus without the 'The', when they released Peep and the Ghostbusters single. So there!

RIGHTCLICKSAVE, do not overload MsAllegro's server by watching it online. Yeah, and if you watch that GN tidbit carefully, you'll see that he's not as comfortable and happy about the subject as he appears to be. He averts his eyes and looks down, he doesn't want to look at the pics for any longer than he has to. Besides, even if he was ok with those slashy pics at GN, that does not mean that he'd be ok with them all the time or that he'd happily encourage fans to shove more of those pics in his face, especially when he's at a press conference and is surrounded by media people. And to think that those girls call themselves fans... Ick.

What a friggin' twit that girl was. Certainly, fans are free to slash and pair 'em up all they want in fan fic or photo manips, but regardless of what kind of thrills one might get from character or RP slash / slashy pics, everyone should have the common sense and courtesy NOT to shove that stuff in the lads' faces. As usual, Elijah handled the situation like a pro and like the sweet person he is. But if you've seen the video clip, you know he certainly wasn't comfortable with it.

Sure, I can do that. Well I don't really have anything LOTR-related yet, save for the books and the TV and EE DVDs and a couple of posters and post cards. And Billy's autograph which I got in Sweden earlier this year. So anything and everything wood do for me -- magazine articles and pictures, stickers, collector cards, promotional items... You name it. And to that person who said she'll be coming to Finland soon, if you're coming in October you've picked almost the worst possible time to come here... Only November, December and the winter months in general are worse, weather-wise. Just so that you know. If I was to come to Finland I'd fly over in July or August, or if maybe Midsummer-time.

Being a sensible adult (HA!) and several years EW's senior, I'm not gonna actually join your little IWDES... But that is not to say I wouldn't appreciate the angelic beauty and the Silmaril eyes of this eccentric wee geek we've all grown to love. Here's my little contribution to your group, hope you like it. I know I do... *swoon* Just pretty Dunno what he's doing... But it's a cute pic anyway. EW gone bad Can I be her? Can I, can I, can I? (Oh who am I kidding, I'd rather be her...or actually her.) He's such an asset EW gone bad part deux Such otherworldly sweetness EW the Young Gun Come here baby... (also known as squeeeeeeeeeeeee) Not all the pics I post are pervy...some are just beautiful Speaking of pervy pics, however... *drools, faints and dies at the same time* When I look into your eyes I can feel the fire A see through disguise can't conceal desire... Was it as good for you as it was for me?

Heh, yeah. Not too difficult to guess, I suppose, when someone says they've known about The Rasmus practically since the beginning. I still have quite a big bunch of magazines to sort out, so I better start saving those Rasmus thingies too if there are any in the mags that I have. What kind of Rasmus stuff people are selling on Ebay, and how much is that stuff going for? I myself would love to get all sorts of LOTR related stuff, as I'm a "bit" of a late bloomer with the whole thing, but going on a LOTR shopping spree on Ebay would be the end of me, I'm sure.

Are there any specific Ebay dealers you would recommend for LOTR stuff bargains? I'm very inexperienced with Ebay and would hate to be ripped off, but there is some stuff I would really like to get.

KT171, I'm in Finland. Never been THAT much of a Rasmus fan, but because I listen to the radio quite a bit, I've sort of been following their career since the first album and the first radio hits. Had I known that The Rasmus will be internationally successful one day, I would've saved tons of piccies, posters, mag clippings and whatnot when buying mags for Jovi/HIM stuff and would be selling them on Ebay right now...

Elijah Wood Sean Astin Dom Monaghan Billy Boyd Andy Serkis Sir Ian McKellen David Wenham Karl Urban Liv Tyler Miranda Otto That's a few names for starters... Seriously though, what wouldn't I give to see any combination of the above names at C6. And of the non-LOTR guests, I would go for Michael Brandon Glynis Barber David Duchovny Gillian Anderson