I think the reason why they were so security conscious at this particular event was because the mayor of L.A. was going to be there and as well as a lot of media. Granted, at Comic Con, nobody cares what you bring in and you often have huge movie stars like Angelina Jolie showing up. *Shrug.* I think it was the decision of the convention center staff, not so much GenCon or Lucasfilm.
Convention guest rudeness happens way more often than you think. Sometimes a guest is having a bad day, or he's tired, or he's not feeling well. Sometimes these people have personalities that really aren't all that condusive to meeting the general public. Sometimes a fan does or says something that ticks off the guest. From what I heard, Daniels wasn't rude to everybody and pretty much everyone else at the con was great with the guests. Even after signing for more than 8 hours, Carrie Fisher cheerfully took pictures with ladyaeryn and her friend. And I still have to report on getting Jake Lloyd's autograph.
Trust me, in just about every way, Celebration IV was a better convention than Celebration II and even with their problems, there's a reason why Celebrations are different in a good way from Comic Con or Dragoncon.
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Date: 2007-06-03 04:40 pm (UTC)Convention guest rudeness happens way more often than you think. Sometimes a guest is having a bad day, or he's tired, or he's not feeling well. Sometimes these people have personalities that really aren't all that condusive to meeting the general public. Sometimes a fan does or says something that ticks off the guest. From what I heard, Daniels wasn't rude to everybody and pretty much everyone else at the con was great with the guests. Even after signing for more than 8 hours, Carrie Fisher cheerfully took pictures with ladyaeryn and her friend. And I still have to report on getting Jake Lloyd's autograph.
Trust me, in just about every way, Celebration IV was a better convention than Celebration II and even with their problems, there's a reason why Celebrations are different in a good way from Comic Con or Dragoncon.