No kidding. Friend of mine just went to one in Detroit and it was 40 to get in, and 60 bucks per signed photo. Yikes.
Probably because, by this point, there aren't any celebrities left to cover! Plus, going to cons is expensive.
I thought Megacon was handled much bettre this year. Went on Sunday. There seemed much more room that other years. The worst was 2014. That year was just insane and there was WAY too many people to enjoy it very much. I've never had the money to really go and meet any of the celebrities. Although I did meet Ben Burt at Celebration V (I think it was), he was nice.We don't even go to Megacon anymore. It's gotten far too expensive, kids are no longer free, the crowds are unbearable, autograph prices have gotten insane, and the guest list is too filled with cosplayers that we could care less about. It's a shame because we use to make it an annual event but we just don't care anymore.
Not a jerk but my girlfriend and I met Gal Gadot last year and we were dressed up as Batman and Wonder Woman. I've done plenty of photo ops so I was expected the hi, take a photo, bye kind of thing. But the line was taking forever and I wasn't sure why. Turns out she was taking about 2 minutes with each person. She talked to my girlfriend and I for a few minutes and asked about our costumes and everything. Definitely nicest celebrity I've met.
I simultaneously love and cringe at this story. I love that she was so sweet and into meeting the fans, but as someone who has worked as a handler for celebrities, I cringe because I'm well aware that they have schedules to adhere to that were likely decimated by the time she took at photo ops.
Oh I can totally understand that. This was her first and only convention so her people may not have been aware of what the norm is. Either way you'll get people upset because it was a really quick photo op or they'll be upset because the line took forever. Was certainly worth it to me. Here is a photo of us.
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Creation "cons" are really nothing more than a chance to get an autograph and/or photo with your favorite celebrity, there's really little more to them than that. Sure, they'll have their celebs go up on stage to talk, but that's only for a little while and right after they're done speaking they're signing or doing their photo ops, in between guests speaking there's nothing, no other panels to speak of, and often a really poor excuse for a dealers room that only sells Creation stuff like t-shirts, and (of course) photos to get autographed. One of the last ones I attended the Stargate group I was a part of had a fan table set up with all sorts of props and costumes to look at and we were a huge hit that everybody flocked to in between guest appearances.
All the better, you're only buying drinks for one person then, it's cheaper for you to make friends with Dom then.
Oddly, this doesn't surprise me. As much as I love the man's work, I have always gotten the vibe from his interviews and such that he's pretty full of himself and probably not super pleasant to work with if you're not in his circle.World-class *******? Joss Whedon.
Pro on-cam but monster off (turned out he had a brain tumor)? Michael O'Hare.
I thought JMS explained that he suffered from severe mental health issues -- not due to a brain tumor, but due to psychological problems? I mean, either way, his off-set behavior probably wasn't just due to him being a *******, but I thought it was mental health rather than brain tumor.
I thought JMS explained that he suffered from severe mental health issues -- not due to a brain tumor, but due to psychological problems? I mean, either way, his off-set behavior probably wasn't just due to him being a *******, but I thought it was mental health rather than brain tumor.
. JMS said that he fought through it to come back and film the last final episodes, which were two of the best IMO.