"She'll turn you in before you can say ... 'Don't turn me in'."
September 13
2010
WhedonFest (Toronto) cancels convention.
Due to low ticket sales, this first time convention has been canceled 3 weeks before the event was to take place.
Lioness
| Fandom&Fun
| 13:26 CET
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34 comments total
| tags: christian kane, dichen lachman, the feldmans, nicholas brendon, amy acker
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Simon | September 13, 13:50 CET
latinandgreek | September 13, 13:54 CET
Matt_Fabb | September 13, 14:19 CET
Saje | September 13, 14:22 CET
sasburgerr | September 13, 14:44 CET
It's like there is a hole in the world.....
Rogue Demon Hunter | September 13, 14:47 CET
Tyler823 | September 13, 15:07 CET
Minor Annoyance | September 13, 15:35 CET
From running the CSTS screening for 5 years I know how slowly and painfully publicity and a reputation is built and the Whedonfest people just didn't have the kind of money to wait a year or two.
Lioness | September 13, 15:38 CET
WilliamTheB | September 13, 15:52 CET
ninjapigeon | September 13, 15:53 CET
witch_kat | September 13, 16:23 CET
...which I guess makes me more a part of the problem than the solution...
Glitch_Doll | September 13, 16:33 CET
jperiodrperiod | September 13, 16:42 CET
The Acolyte | September 13, 16:44 CET
It sucks pretty hardcore, though. My friends and I were all going to trek up from our respective regions (New York, Wisconsin, LA and Montreal) to go meet Amy Acker and now it's ruuuuuuined. Sigh.
grrarg | September 13, 17:28 CET
[ edited by pathsunbeaten on 2010-09-14 02:29 ]
grrarg | September 13, 17:29 CET
Riker | September 13, 19:05 CET
But I'm so upset (not at the organizers, just the situation). My friend and I bought tickets last week; we knew it was a risky thing, but if it actually happened it would have been awesome and pretty much the best weekend ever, since we did our Con-ing separately this year (she went to Comic Con, I went to Fan Expo; neither of us could go to both). It would have been great to meet up with some fellow Whedonites outside the Fan Expo experience since the vastness and crowdedness of that place can crush the hurrah for individual fandoms. I was gonna buy a white dress and somehow find a fake crossbow and dress up as Buffy from "Prophecy Girl."
*sigh* It would have been also really nice to meet Dichen, Christian and **AMY**. *double sigh* I had dessert party tickets. (The fact that I bought them on Wednesday, and there were only 50, and the last day to buy was Saturday, didn't bode well.)
I can kinda understand why this didn't happen, though; I mean perhaps people didn't know about it or were confusing it with Fan Expo since James, Summer, Tamoh and Felicia were there, undoubtedly the most Whedonful guest list I'd ever been to at Fan Expo. But had they pulled it off, it would have been nice, awesome, and intimate. I feel really bad for the organizers; there must have been a lot of biting fingernails and pulling hair as the deadline got closer and tickets weren't selling. All I can say is thanks guys for trying, and I'm sorry it didn't work out (for all of us). Also, thank you even more for fulfilling your refund promise.
Illyria | September 13, 19:33 CET
Naaaaaaaaaaaa hhhhhhhhh . . .
bluegrrl | September 13, 20:05 CET
@theonetruebix | September 13, 21:19 CET
Saje | September 13, 22:04 CET
This is a shame, however I still remain surprised that conventions like this get so busy, I can understand comic con, but, for instance, the Hallowhedon thing that's coming up in October in London, it just seems like a massive rip off, maybe they just weren't offering good enough stuff. (The website doesn't have any info about the programme or guests anymore so I dunno)
digupherbones | September 14, 01:21 CET
QuoterGal | September 14, 01:25 CET
Lioness | September 14, 04:50 CET
We have had three years of a Whedon con here before - Sunnydale Central. They were always a struggle for the organizers though. It did mean I got to have dinner with J. August Richards.
Whedon Fest was a very ambitious idea. Perhaps they should have started smaller and worked up, but that doesn't always work either. There are already a lot of cons in Toronto (Polaris, Fan Expo, Ad Astra, the new SFContario, Futurecon...) so perhaps it's just stretching the community too far. As Lioness said, we have two very active Whedon groups (Canadian Browncoats and Buffy Angel Meeters) so we won't go hungry in our mutual Whedon love expression.
I did need Amy and Christian's autographs in my copy of Bite Me, though. :(
redeem147 | September 14, 06:09 CET
Naaaaaaaaaaaa hhhhhhhhh . . .
That is undoubtedly the most inane comment I have ever seen on Whedonesque.
menomegirl | September 14, 07:20 CET
It would have been a golden opportunity.
Glad that fans are getting prompt refunds but this sucks both for organisers and fans
debw | September 14, 08:13 CET
And redeem147, that's the Toronto Browncoats of which you speak. The Canadian Browncoats is the Canada wide group. ;)
[ edited by Lioness on 2010-09-14 17:52 ]
Lioness | September 14, 08:41 CET
redeem147 | September 14, 08:42 CET
debw | September 14, 09:45 CET
True. We're a sub-group. :)
redeem147 | September 14, 10:40 CET
Arison | September 14, 21:00 CET
Dunno if I'm a fan of the way Fan Expo's gone. It's trying to be too many things to too many people and, while I've heard that San Diego and a number of other cons pull it off beautifully (though with crazy crowds, yes), it's just not my thing. Was so crowded this year, my friend couldn't even adequately browse the back-issue bins, one of the simpler pleasures of Fan Expo that she enjoys (me, I've given up on 'em when I'm missing back issues--you waste too much time browsing through them, when you could simply order it all online, often for less--although I suppose there's the advantage of supporting local comic shops).
If I'd remembered/been reminded, probably would've gone to WhedonFest. Friends were eager back when we talked about it, and she had really gotten her [now ex-]boyfriend into Buffy & Angel these past couple years (I think they were at the beginning of Buffy Season 7/Angel Season 4 when they split--so close and it took them a good long while to get that far into the franchise). The fresh fanboyism was infectious, new person to discuss with/get reactions from was fun, I miss it/him/them together. :(
Kris | September 14, 21:39 CET