Jay2866 Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Please please can we have Aidan Turner! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GelNerd Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 I feel like we've got all the guests we're going to get now - it's quite soon to the event to confirm any big names, so I think this is it. Prove me wrong SM, but right now....this is our Spring line up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mckee74 Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 God, I hope we're proven wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerraHawk Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Would like to see some "non extras" for Star Wars. When one announces a big celebration for a film you should include at least one major or main character from that film. You did splendidly well with the BTTF reunion last year not so much with the ESB one or the supposed Star Wars one for this show. Extras are great don't get me wrong but it's a bit of a cop out imho It was inevitable the moment they announced the sequels would be filmed here, with real background artistes. I expect they'll sign many more photos for the dealers as they will for fans, that will pay their fee. The dealers need to stock up on newer names. In some ways its too soon for fans half the merchandise we'd like signed probably isn't out yet. The Blu-Ray come out in April. Still that's an excuse to get them all back again! Obviously this event has been in my diary since announced, but when I actually sat down and costed it, there's only two I'd want, one each day typically - so I think I'll pass. I've passed on better line ups before. But I might do Bournemouth instead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GelNerd Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 (edited) I am waiting for more but something tells me this is all we are getting, and sadly, as this was marketed as a Star Wars celebration, I'm a little disappointed with the number of SW guests, dare I say BIG guests. For me, Billy Dee Williams and Denis Lawson are making this stand out just a little more than a normal convention if you took them away, not very Star Wars-y. Come on SM! I know there is something brewing before the 27th....do it! Do it! Edited February 10, 2016 by GelNerd 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSM Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 I'm still hoping to have a few more wrestlers to go alongside Kurt Angle. It's very odd to have just the 1 wrestling guest at one of these events and I'm struggling to imagine there's not someone who's avaliable to come over. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amandajane7775 Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Ooo, just had a thought. What about Doug Bradley (hellraiser) then we could have a double shoot with Clare Higgins. Booked Cardiff a few years ago only because he was attending and then he cancelled...Pretty Please Showmasters... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youell Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Not to be too jaded, but do Showmasters actually take suggestions from here? Sorry, but this will be the first time I am going to a convention (Sherlocked excluded). Should the answer to my question above be yes. Here are my suggestions: Alan Cox Andrew Sachs Bert Coules Brian Blessed Chris Emmett Clive Merrison Crawford Logan David Ashton Donald Gee Douglas Henshall Dwight Schultz Edward Petherbridge Eleanor Bron Geoffrey Beevers Geoffrey Whitehead Hannah Gordon Hugh Bonneville Ian Holm Imogen Stubbs James Fleet James Wilby Jane Asher Jeffrey Holland Jeremy Clyde John Baddeley Judi Dench June Whitfield Kevin Whatley Lindsay Duncan Loren D Estelman Martin Jarvis Matt Zimmerman Maureen O'Brien Michael Cochrane Michael Kilgarriff Michael Pennington Miriam Margolyes Nicky Henson Nigel Anthony Penny Downie Peter Egan Peter Howell Peter Salls Peter Vaughan Robert Powell Robin Ellis Ronald Pickup Sarah Badel Simon Callow Stephen Thorne Stuart Milligan Terence Hardiman Terry Molloy Tim Piggot-Smith Timothy Carlton Timothy West Tom Baker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sickkgirl Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 (edited) nab Greg Nicotero as he is in London Edited February 13, 2016 by sickkgirl 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsoldierspoon Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 I am waiting for more but something tells me this is all we are getting, and sadly, as this was marketed as a Star Wars celebration, I'm a little disappointed with the number of SW guests, dare I say BIG guests. For me, Billy Dee Williams and Denis Lawson are making this stand out just a little more than a normal convention if you took them away, not very Star Wars-y. Come on SM! I know there is something brewing before the 27th....do it! Do it! I agree, very disappointed with the Star Wars line up. Can't imagine it'll be very busy. Still keeping my fingers crossed for at least one more good guest. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GelNerd Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 'Episode VIII' is filming now in London - come on SM! A last valiant attempt to grab a big name from the production to really help celebrate Star Wars. Looking at you, Gwendoline Christie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmorris2504 Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 'Episode VIII' is filming now in London - come on SM! A last valiant attempt to grab a big name from the production to really help celebrate Star Wars. Looking at you, Gwendoline Christie. If only,what with the cancellation of Tim Rose it's getting thinner and thinner. Really wished I hadn't jumped at buying tickets if I'm honest. Oh well. Will still be a good weekend hopefully 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sickkgirl Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Please surprise us with more guests there must be some more stars available from the uk and across the pond for that weekend or you could cancel the convention and move the stars over to the summer one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mckee74 Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 (edited) Please surprise us with more guests there must be some more stars available from the uk and across the pond for that weekend or you could cancel the convention and move the stars over to the summer one I would agree with you on the second option. That's perhaps not such a bad idea. I feel SM made a small error calling this the Star Wars event as it really hasn't worked out has it? With it starting out with the likes of Mr Williams and Mr Lawson, it all looked so promising. I would be very surprised if there any further guest accouncements. I just have my fingers crossed that there aren't any more cancellations if I'm honest. Edited February 17, 2016 by mckee74 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Anna Faris (Scary Movies, The House Bunny, The Dictator, Mom & Brokeback Mountain)Imogen Poots (28 Weeks Later, Need for Speed & Fright Night)Bianca Lawson (Pretty Little Liars, Teen Wolf, Vampire Diaries, Buffy & Saved By The Bell)Azura Skye (Buffy, American Horror Story, CSI: Miami, Working The Engels & One Missed Call)Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games, X-Men, Joy, American Hustle & Silver Linings Playbook)Claire Danes (Terminator 3, Homeland, Romeo & Juliet & Stardust) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmorris2504 Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Please surprise us with more guests there must be some more stars available from the uk and across the pond for that weekend or you could cancel the convention and move the stars over to the summer one I would agree with you on the second option. That's perhaps not such a bad idea. I feel SM made a small error calling this the Star Wars event as it really hasn't worked out has it? With it starting out with the likes of Mr Williams and Mr Lawson, it all looked so promising. I would be very surprised if there any further guest accouncements. I just have my fingers crossed that there aren't any more cancellations if I'm honest. They did exactly the same for the summer show last year,they were going to have a "celebration for the 35th anniversary of the empire strikes back" in fairness they had some good behind the scenes guests but none of the main cast. They focused too much on the BTTF reunion because they could get more money out of it by selling diamond passes. I hope they don't cancel the event as I doubt we'll get refunds. And I don't particularly want to have to put things on hold for the summer show. Fingers crossed I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrong Name Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Please surprise us with more guests there must be some more stars available from the uk and across the pond for that weekend or you could cancel the convention and move the stars over to the summer one I would agree with you on the second option. That's perhaps not such a bad idea. I feel SM made a small error calling this the Star Wars event as it really hasn't worked out has it? With it starting out with the likes of Mr Williams and Mr Lawson, it all looked so promising. I would be very surprised if there any further guest accouncements. I just have my fingers crossed that there aren't any more cancellations if I'm honest. They did exactly the same for the summer show last year,they were going to have a "celebration for the 35th anniversary of the empire strikes back" in fairness they had some good behind the scenes guests but none of the main cast. They focused too much on the BTTF reunion because they could get more money out of it by selling diamond passes. I hope they don't cancel the event as I doubt we'll get refunds. And I don't particularly want to have to put things on hold for the summer show. Fingers crossed I guess.If SM cancel the event, then we would get refunds. I doubt this will happen though, but I for one have a nice amount of guests that I'm looking forward to meeting across the weekend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsoldierspoon Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Please surprise us with more guests there must be some more stars available from the uk and across the pond for that weekend or you could cancel the convention and move the stars over to the summer oneI would agree with you on the second option. That's perhaps not such a bad idea. I feel SM made a small error calling this the Star Wars event as it really hasn't worked out has it? With it starting out with the likes of Mr Williams and Mr Lawson, it all looked so promising. I would be very surprised if there any further guest accouncements. I just have my fingers crossed that there aren't any more cancellations if I'm honest. They did exactly the same for the summer show last year,they were going to have a "celebration for the 35th anniversary of the empire strikes back" in fairness they had some good behind the scenes guests but none of the main cast. They focused too much on the BTTF reunion because they could get more money out of it by selling diamond passes. I hope they don't cancel the event as I doubt we'll get refunds. And I don't particularly want to have to put things on hold for the summer show. Fingers crossed I guess. I don't think they focused more on BTTF because they could get more money out of it. Mark Hamill could've easily fit the diamond guest profile. Not to mention they could've created a diamond pass by including special things, imagine a throne shoot with Ian McDiarmid (who wasn't a diamond guest last time, but neither was Christopher Lloyd before that). Sometimes things just don't work out. Maybe most of the cast was busy with other stuff. We'd get refunds for the tickets if SM would cancel the event, but not for transportation or accomodation of course... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen_Sindel Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 I am really sorry that some of you are disappointed with the guest list, bu I can assure you the convention will most definitely not be cancelled. When a theme is announced like the Focus on Star Wars as here it's always done with the best intentions. Unfortunately sometimes offers may go out to 100 guests, 70 initially reply that they may be interested and ask for more info and in the end only 10 actually sign the contract. Announcing a celebration of 35 year of the Empire Strikes back or something like that also never meant we'd get main cast by Default. Sometimes things turn out, sometimes they don't. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GelNerd Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 LFCC Summer get an "Exciting Guest" next Wednesday. I somehow feel we've got our final line-up now for Spring. I think Showmaster meant to post the "Exciting Guest" link for Spring instead! D'oh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman71 Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Please surprise us with more guests there must be some more stars available from the uk and across the pond for that weekend or you could cancel the convention and move the stars over to the summer oneI would agree with you on the second option. That's perhaps not such a bad idea. I feel SM made a small error calling this the Star Wars event as it really hasn't worked out has it? With it starting out with the likes of Mr Williams and Mr Lawson, it all looked so promising. I would be very surprised if there any further guest accouncements. I just have my fingers crossed that there aren't any more cancellations if I'm honest. They did exactly the same for the summer show last year,they were going to have a "celebration for the 35th anniversary of the empire strikes back" in fairness they had some good behind the scenes guests but none of the main cast. They focused too much on the BTTF reunion because they could get more money out of it by selling diamond passes. I hope they don't cancel the event as I doubt we'll get refunds. And I don't particularly want to have to put things on hold for the summer show. Fingers crossed I guess.If SM cancel the event, then we would get refunds. I doubt this will happen though, but I for one have a nice amount of guests that I'm looking forward to meeting across the weekend. I agree there are some good guests I'm looking forward to meeting also. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony1975 Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 I am really surprised that Kurt Angle is the only wrestler been announced. Never known it to happen at SM events before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSM Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 I am really surprised that Kurt Angle is the only wrestler been announced. Never known it to happen at SM events before. Same here. Bit disappointed by that actually. Hopefully with a week to go they might still have enough time to bring someone else over to join Kurt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHAPPiE13 Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 I am really surprised that Kurt Angle is the only wrestler been announced. Never known it to happen at SM events before. As Queen Sindel has said, and as has been said many times before, many more invitations go out for potential guests than are accepted and appear. Just because Kurt is the only wrestler currently signed to appear, it does not mean others were not invited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonniesrg Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 (edited) I am really sorry that some of you are disappointed with the guest list, bu I can assure you the convention will most definitely not be cancelled. When a theme is announced like the Focus on Star Wars as here it's always done with the best intentions. Unfortunately sometimes offers may go out to 100 guests, 70 initially reply that they may be interested and ask for more info and in the end only 10 actually sign the contract. Announcing a celebration of 35 year of the Empire Strikes back or something like that also never meant we'd get main cast by Default. Sometimes things turn out, sometimes they don't. I only have 3-4 guest's I'm meeting, but I'm fine with that. It's nice not to need to spend so much money at every event I attend (I will likely spend plenty at LFCC Summer like previous years 😂😭). It also gives me one day to meet guest's & the other to have a better look at the stalls. 👍 Edited February 21, 2016 by bonniesrg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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