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lazypadawan) wrote2007-06-13 06:51 pm
lazypadawan) wrote2007-06-13 06:51 pm
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First of all, fans of both SW and Heroes need to see this comic:
http://info-cassie.livejournal.com/22719.html
Yesterday I popped into Barnes & Noble to get an Insider for a friend in Germany. On the racks there was the British mag "Total Film." There is a SW 30th anniversary issue and it costs ten bucks whatwith the exchange rate and tariffs. The good? Some nice fold-outs of the various SW posters. The text consists of pages of lists, i.e. the 30 best moments of the saga. So, is it totally free of any prequel bashing whatsoever? Is it worth the money??
What do you think?
TFN's Celebration IV board is still active and there seems to be some grumbling. Of course there is grumbling...it's TFN, there's always grumbling! Aside from the stupid debate over where Celebration V should be--repeat after me, any location is going to be expensive and far for somebody--there is some unhappiness that so many of the big names blew off attending the con. Some are less than thrilled that Papa George was not in London hard at work on Indy IV, but hanging out in Monte Carlo watching a car race or other.
I mentioned before in my C IV report that we are "blessed" with a fandom where many of the headliners are not into fan gatherings. Movie actors as a whole are more snobby about these things than t.v. actors. Conventions are considered low-status and A-listers as well as those aspiring to be A-listers are going to steer clear of that sort of thing. Comic Con is an exception because the studios have a lot invested in promoting their $80 million babies to a friendly audience, hoping they will generate positive buzz. So they will make their stars slum with the geeks. In addition, we have no idea how much C IV organizers were going to pay these guys to show up. It was probably chump change for all we know.
Whatever happened, I do see the point...the 30th anniversary was special to us. We cared enough to travel from near and far to spend five days celebrating it. If it's important to us, why couldn't it be important enough to those who benefitted from it the most? Someone posted on TFN that he or she overheard a fan thanking Carrie Fisher for coming to the con. Carrie said, "It's SW's thirtieth anniversary. Where else would I be?"
While we're on the topic, am I the only person who thinks it sucks Ahmed Best is treated like a pariah and not invited to these conventions? The only Celebration he's been to is the first one, the Great Denver Mud Party of 1999. Maybe I'm wrong and perhaps he doesn't want to gin up controversy or something by showing up, but I think it's appalling Official Pix and Lucasfilm invites The Third Dead Stormtrooper On The Right or The Background Jawa to official events but not Best. If it's because they fear that since "everybody" hates Jar Jar, then Best won't get treated well or fans won't be interested in his autograph, then explain why they've invited Jake Lloyd, who has himself received a lot of stick from the peanut gallery, and people who have played the much-maligned Ewoks? Why give in to the hostility of the bedwetters and disrespect someone who is as much a part of the SW family as the midget who played Gonk?
Just sayin'.
http://info-cassie.livejournal.com/22719.html
Yesterday I popped into Barnes & Noble to get an Insider for a friend in Germany. On the racks there was the British mag "Total Film." There is a SW 30th anniversary issue and it costs ten bucks whatwith the exchange rate and tariffs. The good? Some nice fold-outs of the various SW posters. The text consists of pages of lists, i.e. the 30 best moments of the saga. So, is it totally free of any prequel bashing whatsoever? Is it worth the money??
What do you think?
TFN's Celebration IV board is still active and there seems to be some grumbling. Of course there is grumbling...it's TFN, there's always grumbling! Aside from the stupid debate over where Celebration V should be--repeat after me, any location is going to be expensive and far for somebody--there is some unhappiness that so many of the big names blew off attending the con. Some are less than thrilled that Papa George was not in London hard at work on Indy IV, but hanging out in Monte Carlo watching a car race or other.
I mentioned before in my C IV report that we are "blessed" with a fandom where many of the headliners are not into fan gatherings. Movie actors as a whole are more snobby about these things than t.v. actors. Conventions are considered low-status and A-listers as well as those aspiring to be A-listers are going to steer clear of that sort of thing. Comic Con is an exception because the studios have a lot invested in promoting their $80 million babies to a friendly audience, hoping they will generate positive buzz. So they will make their stars slum with the geeks. In addition, we have no idea how much C IV organizers were going to pay these guys to show up. It was probably chump change for all we know.
Whatever happened, I do see the point...the 30th anniversary was special to us. We cared enough to travel from near and far to spend five days celebrating it. If it's important to us, why couldn't it be important enough to those who benefitted from it the most? Someone posted on TFN that he or she overheard a fan thanking Carrie Fisher for coming to the con. Carrie said, "It's SW's thirtieth anniversary. Where else would I be?"
While we're on the topic, am I the only person who thinks it sucks Ahmed Best is treated like a pariah and not invited to these conventions? The only Celebration he's been to is the first one, the Great Denver Mud Party of 1999. Maybe I'm wrong and perhaps he doesn't want to gin up controversy or something by showing up, but I think it's appalling Official Pix and Lucasfilm invites The Third Dead Stormtrooper On The Right or The Background Jawa to official events but not Best. If it's because they fear that since "everybody" hates Jar Jar, then Best won't get treated well or fans won't be interested in his autograph, then explain why they've invited Jake Lloyd, who has himself received a lot of stick from the peanut gallery, and people who have played the much-maligned Ewoks? Why give in to the hostility of the bedwetters and disrespect someone who is as much a part of the SW family as the midget who played Gonk?
Just sayin'.