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scojoe

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  1. I thought this was meant to be 'The Big One'?
  2. I sent a mail at 12:12 to inform them about the concerns on the forum. As soon as I get a response I will let people know. Trust me Thanks Too Tall.
  3. To Too Tall. Have SM come back to you with any rumlings of possible announcements? Are they aware of the feeling on the forum about the event?
  4. Don't think they were too late. People just decided to not go because they couldn't get there. It was a lot quieter than it should of been.
  5. They made a loss because of all the problems with the trains that weekend. Not enough people turned up beacuse they couldn't get there. The line that went straight there was closed as far as i remmber.
  6. Couldn't you like book everything anyway and cancel it last minute if you decide not to go. I think the cost of cancellation will be lower than the economy you would make by reserving now instead of at the very last minute (hope you catch my drift there ...) If you book one of the budget airlines and cancel you don't get your money back. Over £100 down the drain.
  7. They'd have to announce at least 2 a night between now and then to make that kind of number now.
  8. has and will not ? You can understand our frustration though ? has (so far) and will not (EVEEEEER!) affect my decision to go. I absolutely understand your frustration, but there's nothing we can do. SMs will announce the names at the right time. For people to be ranting (... like a broken record) about the same thing so fervently, isn't helping anything. Not moaning like a broken record. I really want to go to the event but can't justify it with the amount of guests announced. Unlike people close to or living in London it's a major financial outlay before some people even get to the event. By the time i get flights and accomodation for 2 it's over £300. Int the past this has been ok because of the amount of guests advertised this close to the event but this time it's not worth it just now to pay that kind of money for a handful of guests. The monkey has a point That's Mr Monkey to you.
  9. has and will not ? You can understand our frustration though ? has (so far) and will not (EVEEEEER!) affect my decision to go. I absolutely understand your frustration, but there's nothing we can do. SMs will announce the names at the right time. For people to be ranting (... like a broken record) about the same thing so fervently, isn't helping anything. Not moaning like a broken record. I really want to go to the event but can't justify it with the amount of guests announced. Unlike people close to or living in London it's a major financial outlay before some people even get to the event. By the time i get flights and accomodation for 2 it's over £300. Int the past this has been ok because of the amount of guests advertised this close to the event but this time it's not worth it just now to pay that kind of money for a handful of guests.
  10. Really want to go but for only a handfull of guests it's not worth it. By the time you add the flights and hotels in the autographs end up costing over £100 each. Can justify it a lot more if there more guests.
  11. Don't be so sure. From a finacial point of view they will need more guests to make the event pay. With a lack of guests less people will make the effort to go therefore less profit. Maybe the reason they are not announcing is due to the lack of financialy viable guests available. Rather than announcing more and making more people book flights etc they may be at the point of cancelling. It's been done before with other events.
  12. Even an announcement about them making an announcement would help. At the moment it looks more likely that either what is announced is it or the event will be cancelled.
  13. Need to book flights and hotels so am waiting for more guests. Not worth going with the amount that has been announced. Can't hang on for ever though as flights and hotels fill up and get more expensive the later you leave it. Really disappointed with the lack of announcements. If nothing is announced soon have to cancel my plans.
  14. Met him twice before and found him to be VERY big headed. A very unpleasant man. He believes he's a bigger star than Harrison Ford.
  15. Please explain to me why a succesful actress/writer/screenwriter would be doing this JUST for the cash? Because they are no longer successful actors/actresses and it's good money for a couple of days work. When was the alst time Billy Dee Williams had a film out that he could make good money at. This is what a lot of theses celebrities do for a living now. Some of the bigger guets that still have good careers find it another good income. So why not. Val Kilmer, who is bigger than anybody we are talking about here, recently said that very thing in an interview. Something like 'it's a great way to make $50000 for a days work when you're not working' Nothing at all to do with meeting the fans. I'm sure some of the guests get a thrill from it but don't kid yourself that they all do. Some of them hate doing it but rather like the money it brings in.
  16. I don't think many people would kid themselves that the people we are talking about turned up for the fans and not the cash.
  17. That's an unfair generalisation on your experience. LOTS of people have said she was very nice! I am talking about my experience though. Doesn't sound like I was alone either. There seems to be more people that were unhappy/disappointed with meetings a few of these stars than weren't.
  18. I think what some people are not getting/caring about is that when you pay for something wether it be a big mac or an autograph you are then the customer and expect to be treated with a certain amount of civilty not like a bit of dirt on the end of somebody's shoe. Certain guests at this event were obviously only there to collect the cheque at the end of the day and couldn't care about the people that put them there in the first place.
  19. I've had this with quite a few people in the past. Christopher Lee was about the worst for it.
  20. Not a patch on C5 and even further away from C4.
  21. Sorry, but i disagree. I don't have overly eagar expectations meeting the stars. But if anything while stating the fact their human like the rest of us. Why don't you state the fact, they are professional actors/actresses who more than us should set a proessional example while attending a convention such as this. Yes when you do travel to a con it's good to resign yourself to the fact. You should behave yourself and don't expect the world to obey your every whim. But scojoe said a very important thing about the stars have some sense of decency! And yes you can compare their star power to each other as well as how they compare to another guest from whatever generation. The point of going to to meet the fans, is connecting. it is their responsibility. what you've described Golderngreen, is what everyone feel when they head out to work in the morning? Headaches, backpains, jetlag (if you travel from place to another etc) But far as all the negativity around how they might react or respond to us as customers. They are in a more responsible position than we are far as showing up and doing a signing? All things considered, it would effect them more if they came to CM with a bad attitude and were overly expectant themselves. It's all fine and dandy saying how human they are, but so are we. It would be very rude to go to a star and moan about your problems traveling, backpain etc unless you had a chat with them and shared some common ground with each other. I'm glad some of the stars i saw this weekend are so professional, this topic wouldn't even apply to them. I have thought about the, if i were in their shoes scenario situation. But it doesn't really apply does it? Wonder if any of the guests thought about this vice versa? But lets facts, it's a convention where they are in public. And they chose to come. Surely some considerations about all the troubles associated with cons went through their minds when THEY chose to show up. So this isn't a one way street, far say considerations of the stars "off day" is concerned. I had a rather good but up and down day due to alot of things. but i always thought of how i'd present myself and what i'd do when i met a guest. Far as i'm concerned expectations go both ways. I didn't expect to see every star and didn't. I expected to meet nice stars and have meaningful conversations with them and did. I expected to get several autographs of the guests i chose to see and did. And expected some disappointments, and while some hit me harder than others, i did feel disappointed at some things i did expect. Many factors, but all in all i'd say this is a 50/50 affair far as getting anykind of expectations. Cos i'm sure some stars had their own expectations to meet and didn't. My points exactly Megafan. I don't think a certain amount of decency is too much to ask for. Where as being treated the way myself and a lot of other convention attendees were is neither pleasant or called for. C6 seemed to have a general shift away from great guests and staff wanting to make your visit as pleasant as possible to ignorant guests and power hungry staff wanting to make as much money as quickly as possible.
  22. So how do you account for the people who have said (on here) that she was perfectly, nice, pleasant and sociable? I've met her before and she was great. This time I wished I didn't bother though. Found it to be a very unpleasant experience. That didn't answer my question! There's been dozens of people on here who said she was fine this weekend? How do you explain that? I can't explain her attitude. Not my place to make excuses for her but it sounds like it might be yours. I can just say what she was like with me and by the sounds of these forums a lot of other people. A waste of £25 as far as I'm concerned. It's not my place to come up with excuses, hell, I couldn't be bothered to queue up! It just seems odd that some people said she was fine and others, the exact opposite. Is it possible she's just human (as opposed to some smiling, signing robot?) So if you didn't queue up your making a point based on somebody else's experience? What makes their opinion right and mine wrong? Because Carrie Fisher couldn't be like that? Sorry to burst your bubble. Where did I say you were wrong? I'm just saying that it's not possible for every guest, to meet every punter and spend as much time and effort with them as the punter would like. If you go to an event thinking that you might not get to chat with them, then you are less likely to be disappointed in future. It's not the time and effort that is annoying people. It's the lack of anything from the guest. Interaction, eye contact, 1 word, a smile, anything would be nice. I've been to about 30 - 40 of these types of events and Carrie Fisher and Billy Dee Williams have been by far the worst that I have met.
  23. So how do you account for the people who have said (on here) that she was perfectly, nice, pleasant and sociable? I've met her before and she was great. This time I wished I didn't bother though. Found it to be a very unpleasant experience. That didn't answer my question! There's been dozens of people on here who said she was fine this weekend? How do you explain that? I can't explain her attitude. Not my place to make excuses for her but it sounds like it might be yours. I can just say what she was like with me and by the sounds of these forums a lot of other people. A waste of £25 as far as I'm concerned. It's not my place to come up with excuses, hell, I couldn't be bothered to queue up! It just seems odd that some people said she was fine and others, the exact opposite. Is it possible she's just human (as opposed to some smiling, signing robot?) So if you didn't queue up your making a point based on somebody else's experience? What makes their opinion right and mine wrong? Because Carrie Fisher couldn't be like that? Sorry to burst your bubble.
  24. So how do you account for the people who have said (on here) that she was perfectly, nice, pleasant and sociable? I've met her before and she was great. This time I wished I didn't bother though. Found it to be a very unpleasant experience. That didn't answer my question! There's been dozens of people on here who said she was fine this weekend? How do you explain that? I can't explain her attitude. Not my place to make excuses for her but it sounds like it might be yours. I can just say what she was like with me and by the sounds of these forums a lot of other people. A waste of £25 as far as I'm concerned.
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