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A few years ago at the Phoenix Comicon, Leonard Nimoy made a a few appearances over the weekend and was charging 70 bucks for an autograph and 70 bucks for a photo. His line was out the door. He probably made a small fortune over a period of 48 hours.
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Sep 29, 2016 21:53
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Mu Zeta posted:It's Jet Li's first American movie so he did some cool moves to make a splash. There are cool parts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogXmkQBJFuM That comes after a nice chase scene, where the other guy was showboating left and right, then Jet Li out of nowhere. But mostly its an excuse to get the cast together and soak in the goodwill generated by the three previous movies. I recommend it. EDIT: Also what Jet Li does to Gibson's gun is cool.
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Sep 29, 2016 21:56
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Head's up for cord cutters, the CW app finally updated with Chromecast support and promise of next day episodes.
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Sep 29, 2016 21:57
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Gonz posted:A few years ago at the Phoenix Comicon, Leonard Nimoy made a a few appearances over the weekend and was charging 70 bucks for an autograph and 70 bucks for a photo. His line was out the door. He probably made a small fortune over a period of 48 hours. I paid $75 this summer for my best friend (a huge, lifelong Star Trek fan) to get a photo with William Shatner at a con, as a birthday present. I got in it too, since there wasn't an upcharge for a second person. He barely acknowledged us and wouldn't shake hands with anyone -- not that I can blame him, given his age and all the germs -- but there was a line out the door for him too.
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Sep 29, 2016 22:07
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DrVenkman posted:This is a pretty good piece on what people are earning for autograph signings. Norman Reedus basically earns a fortune in a weekend for showing up and taking pictures (Though it's worth noting that supposedly, Reedus is always super nice to fans): I'm pretty sure the early Trek converntions where always big money for the time for the main cast.
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Sep 29, 2016 22:12
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Gonz posted:A few years ago at the Phoenix Comicon, Leonard Nimoy made a a few appearances over the weekend and was charging 70 bucks for an autograph and 70 bucks for a photo. His line was out the door. He probably made a small fortune over a period of 48 hours. There was some documentary about washed up sci-fi actors and this. That redneck guy from The Walking Dead charges like a gazzillion bucks for stuff because for some reason he's the most popular.
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Sep 29, 2016 22:13
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DrVenkman posted:This is a pretty good piece on what people are earning for autograph signings. Norman Reedus basically earns a fortune in a weekend for showing up and taking pictures (Though it's worth noting that supposedly, Reedus is always super nice to fans): At this point if you're a C level star (and let's face it, everyone on the CW or Walking Dead will never be A list) you need to capitalize on it while you can. Tom Welling lamented about a year ago that if he hadn't been so against it he'd have made a ton more cash during his heyday on Smallville. Stephen Amell is a genius though. He saw how much money there was to be made and he started his own agency that now does most of the booking for the Wizard cons. Dude's making more money off conventions than he is acting.
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Sep 29, 2016 22:14
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I'm fine with people taking advantage of dumb nerds. I wouldn't pay to take a picture with literally anyone.
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Sep 29, 2016 22:16
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Mu Zeta posted:I'm fine with people taking advantage of dumb nerds. I wouldn't pay to take a picture with literally anyone. Yeah, and from what I've heard it's very disappointing for people expecting more than what amounts to an assembly line. Congratulations you have a picture to remember that time you didn't in any meaningful way meet that person.
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Sep 29, 2016 22:19
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IRQ posted:Yeah, and from what I've heard it's very disappointing for people expecting more than what amounts to an assembly line. Congratulations you have a picture to remember that time you didn't in any meaningful way meet that person. Supposedly dudes like Norman Reedus spends time loving around with fans and chatting with them too, which you can usually tell from the pictures. But then you see the ones where the actor is just sitting on a chair while a fan stands near them and it's like...how can any fan think yeah this was totally worth doing.
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Sep 29, 2016 22:24
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Norman Reedus probably chats with the fan for all of 20 seconds.
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Sep 29, 2016 22:25
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sbaldrick posted:I'm pretty sure the early Trek converntions where always big money for the time for the main cast. It was how most of them kept afloat, financially. Conventions were the primary source of income for James Doohan and DeForest Kelley, and to a lesser extent Koenig and Takei. Shatner finally hit the convention circuit in the later '70s when he became flat broke and needed cash because of his alimony payments.
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Sep 29, 2016 22:25
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IRQ posted:Yeah, and from what I've heard it's very disappointing for people expecting more than what amounts to an assembly line. Congratulations you have a picture to remember that time you didn't in any meaningful way meet that person.
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Sep 29, 2016 22:41
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Mu Zeta posted:Norman Reedus probably chats with the fan for all of 20 seconds. And for that fan it's arguably better than handing over money to Patrick Stewart's assistant while he sits on a chair and doesn't say anything.
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Sep 29, 2016 22:50
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If you are handing over $100 for someone's photo and signature I think you have other things that need to be addressed than whether or not the actor talked to you.
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Sep 29, 2016 22:52
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I've never bothered with getting photos done, but I've had stuff signed by people at conventions and it's always been fun. Depending on the popularity you can sometimes get to have a conversation (and Robert Englund is more than happy to keep his line moving at a snails pace so everyone gets to have a little chat). I think the conventions in the UK are generally a bit cheaper though, and I think it was generally max $30 a pop with the exception of Hasselhoff who was about $50 I think. Everyone I've ever dealt with has always been lovely and not once made it feel like a chore for them.
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Sep 29, 2016 22:53
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The article linked had Mark Hamill's going for $200. Bit ridiculous, imo. Reedus's was $100.
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Sep 29, 2016 22:55
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DrVenkman posted:And for that fan it's arguably better than handing over money to Patrick Stewart's assistant while he sits on a chair and doesn't say anything.
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Sep 29, 2016 22:56
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Josh Lyman posted:You try dealing with Trekkies for 30 years. "Why won't you answer my question about the size of your toilet on the Enterprise? This is critical canonical information I need to finish my replicated Enterprise interior design efforts!"
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Sep 29, 2016 22:57
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Mu Zeta posted:I'm fine with people taking advantage of dumb nerds. I wouldn't pay to take a picture with literally anyone. A few years ago at DragonCon, I wanted to go and meet LeVar Burton and shake his hand because Reading Rainbow is one of the things that started a life-long love of reading books for me. The line to meet him was completely nuts and it was 50 bucks to boot. I still would like to meet him and tell him my spiel but I'm not gonna spend 50 dollars doing that. 
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Sep 29, 2016 23:04
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I met Nathan Fillion backstage at E3 in '06. Very nice man. He thanked me for not taking a picture, cracked a few jokes and shook my hand.
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Sep 29, 2016 23:47
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I'm sure it's completely apocryphal but once I heard a story that a fan paid for Adam West's autograph on some Batman merch and when he wouldn't give a name to sign it for West signed it "To eBay", which is just wonderful.
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Sep 29, 2016 23:53
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Anytime I've ever met someone famous I've just said hi and that I liked their work if I did. I don't need a picture or a signature to remember them because I still have a brain that functions so I can remember it. From my experience they seem to enjoy just a short normal interaction like that.
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Sep 29, 2016 23:57
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The one time I did it, it was a combo signing at an anime convention with Hitoshi Sakimoto (the composer for Final Fantasy Tactics, XII [whose soundtrack I had him sign], and a lot more) and some J-Rock group who was there playing his songs, I think? I got him to sign my soundtrack and then had no loving idea what to do with these other people I didn't know so I just awkwardly said thank you and booked it out of the room. Anyway the point is I still have the signed soundtrack and I still remember the entire interaction over a decade later. I didn't pay for mine directly (it was part of the con) but I can totally understand someone spending a chunk of money and remembering "meeting" someone like that.
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Sep 30, 2016 00:01
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Is there a recommendation thread? I'm trying to find some sci fi I can watch with my wife, who hates aliens in costume. She was fine with Battlestar Galactica and loves The Expanse.
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Sep 30, 2016 04:07
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Dark Matter and Killjoys don't have aliens.
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Sep 30, 2016 04:10
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Never heard of Killjoys, but she did like Dark Matter. I'll check it out.
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Sep 30, 2016 04:11
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Guy Mann posted:I'm sure it's completely apocryphal but once I heard a story that a fan paid for Adam West's autograph on some Batman merch and when he wouldn't give a name to sign it for West signed it "To eBay", which is just wonderful. "Little e, big B? That's a popular name today!"
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Sep 30, 2016 04:12
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That DICK! posted:I've never seen the show Doctor Who but I think I came up with a good line for it that is too clever for doctor who
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Sep 30, 2016 04:14
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turn it up TURN ME ON posted:Never heard of Killjoys, but she did like Dark Matter. I'll check it out. Killjoys is pretty good. Also check out Colony on USA. 12 Monkeys is a great show too, surprisingly.
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Sep 30, 2016 04:22
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Colony would be my choice too. I don't really understand what 'aliens in costume' means though, like actors that have a ton of prosthetics and stuff on? If you want some throwback fun, then the original V miniseries from the 80s is great, and short enough if you don't like it. There's Final Battle too, if you do. Skip the series and the remake series.
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Sep 30, 2016 04:25
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Why did they even cast that "social media" guy in Pitch, he literally doesn't do anything.
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Sep 30, 2016 04:30
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EL BROMANCE posted:Colony would be my choice too. I don't really understand what 'aliens in costume' means though, like actors that have a ton of prosthetics and stuff on? You nailed it. For whatever reason, she just doesn't like sci fi when it gets "cheesy", which she defines as people dressed in costume with prosthetics and stuff. She just can't make the leap for something like Babylon 5. I'll give Killjoy and Colony a chance.
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Sep 30, 2016 04:31
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X-O posted:Anytime I've ever met someone famous I've just said hi and that I liked their work if I did. I don't need a picture or a signature to remember them because I still have a brain that functions so I can remember it. From my experience they seem to enjoy just a short normal interaction like that. The one celebrity interaction I've had that's been legitimately cool was meeting Andre 3000 of Outkast at my local post office. Dude got his mail, realized I was the only one who actively recognized him and shot the poo poo with me for a good ten minutes, talking about music and television. Another guy I knew got laid over with Brent Spiner, who he said was really nice and appreciated that my friend wanted to talk about stuff other than Star Trek. Apparently Spiner is really into music, too.
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Sep 30, 2016 04:45
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Humans and Almost Human are decent sci-fi with neither muppets nor aliens. Black Mirror is sci-fi-esque.
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Sep 30, 2016 04:58
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Almost Human has no redeeming value except for a few fun conversations between the two leads while driving.
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Sep 30, 2016 05:04
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Yeah, watch Total Recall 2070 instead.
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Sep 30, 2016 05:05
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I liked that show when I was a kid but in retrospect the lead character's wooden acting makes him seem more robotic than the androids. He's so terrible.
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Sep 30, 2016 05:08
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That's because it's a Blade Runner show and not a Totall Recall show. And it's awesome.
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Sep 30, 2016 05:15
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He's just a bad actor. He does soap operas now.
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Sep 30, 2016 05:19
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