Joss Whedon put in a special appearance at the Angel Booster Bash tonight.
He came as Alexis' date to the banquet this evening and while here told people he will not be at Dragoncon and he had never even been scheduled to be there. (Added) Joss posted to confirm that, indeed, he will not be attending Dragoncon.
Other suprises at this event so far also include Adam Baldwin as Alexis' replacement for Q&A and autographs. Also, Robia Lamorte and Iyari Limon showed for signing autographs in the dealers room.
Joss is walking with a cane this evening owing to a knee injury for those wondering when I post some pics of him at Flickr.
July 30 2005
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gossi | July 30, 21:49 CET
nychick | July 30, 21:55 CET
Willowy | July 30, 22:01 CET
gossi | July 30, 22:06 CET
gossi | July 30, 22:08 CET
jewel | July 30, 22:16 CET
No Joss at Dragoncon though? I can't believe they would list him without him actually being scheduled. False advertising and the such... Grr! *sad face*
Lunakitty | July 30, 22:19 CET
Did he not hurt his knee before or am I confusing him with David?
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FalenAnjl | July 30, 22:29 CET
gossi | July 30, 22:36 CET
RIPWesley | July 30, 23:07 CET
Words in her mouth greatly appreciated. Thanks=P
[ edited by FalenAnjl on 2005-07-31 06:11 ]
FalenAnjl | July 30, 23:08 CET
gossi | July 30, 23:09 CET
eddy | July 30, 23:26 CET
socks | July 30, 23:51 CET
Oh and I should also mention that Adam Baldwin, Robia LaMorte, and Iyari Limon also made suprise appearences and between my friend and I we got pictures with all of them. It was a good first convention for me.
Dhoffryn | July 30, 23:55 CET
Willowy | July 30, 23:58 CET
jewel | July 31, 01:08 CET
impalergeneral | July 31, 01:09 CET
I think all the Serenity people who are also listed as guests were supposed to be doing a panel with Joss at Dragon*Con. Does that mean they aren't going to be there either? Adam Baldwin is the only one who has a separate listing on the Buffy Track besides Joss.
amystar | July 31, 01:33 CET
Very jealous of all who went, and I hope you had a wonderful time. Did anyone get to ask Joss what he thinks of Sci-fi's blowout promotion for the movie? He must be so excited!
Wiseblood | July 31, 02:18 CET
I was already disappointed by the whole Philly Wizard World screw up. (Didn't end up going, at least). Now I'm making plans to go to Dragon Con. The other BDHS had better be there at least!
AnotherFireflyfan | July 31, 02:25 CET
nixygirl | July 31, 02:40 CET
Hang about, ages ago I emailed Dragon Con to confirm that press release of theirs (cause some Whedonesque posters were wondering) and they said yes it was true. A big huh to all that then.
Simon | July 31, 03:53 CET
According Joss he will be in Connecticut that weekend, and has no plans to visit Atlanta.
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RavenU | July 31, 04:10 CET
Simon | July 31, 04:12 CET
roadrunner | July 31, 05:45 CET
marmoset | July 31, 07:15 CET
rockchalkwatcher | July 31, 07:53 CET
Still makes me very angry at DragonCon for listing him without actually having him say he would come. I hope that the other cool people I was excited about will actually be there!!
joyfulgirl9682 | July 31, 08:27 CET
Think we can convince him to go anyway? Please Joss? Pretty please? I promise I'll be good!
allaboutspike | July 31, 09:13 CET
Beyond that -- I'm kinda surprised. Dragon*Con doesn't have a history of this kind of thing, and they're usually very good about confirming guests before announcing them. I've never known them to announce someone they haven't confirmed before.
krad | July 31, 11:43 CET
Someone who's going depending on Joss being there maybe ought to mail Dragon*Con to put the question, eh?
Drifter | July 31, 11:57 CET
Simon | July 31, 12:03 CET
Soapbucket | July 31, 12:12 CET
gossi | July 31, 12:28 CET
This was to be my first con in a very long time, and if Joss isn't attending, I'm sorely disappointed. Not sure I'll go.
zencat | July 31, 13:37 CET
Rogue Slayer | July 31, 13:39 CET
IrrationaliTV | July 31, 14:46 CET
Hence my statement of 'If this is the case', but then again 'jumping the gun' isn't really my assumption anyway.
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Rogue Slayer | July 31, 14:53 CET
IrrationaliTV | July 31, 15:04 CET
krad | July 31, 17:36 CET
KernelM | July 31, 17:37 CET
I'm also seeing unofficial reports on a couple Dragon*Con LJs that he is supposed to be going. Hopefully we'll get some clarification from Dragon*Con tomorrow.
RavenU did tell me that:
"Joss said he wanted to get the word out as soon as he could. Everytime he posted he'd forget to mention it."
Given how busy and pressured Joss has been of late, I can well believe that.
Simon | July 31, 17:43 CET
P.S. Summer Glau has also been added to the guest list for Dragon*Con. (At least theoretically.)
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starlady | July 31, 18:18 CET
Gotta fly, peeps. But not to Atlanta. -j.
(The Edinburgh thing is true though.)
joss | July 31, 18:34 CET
Joss, you might get a request about a documentary thing in Edinburgh from UIP. That'd be me.
gossi | July 31, 18:39 CET
newcj | July 31, 18:46 CET
gossi | July 31, 18:47 CET
eddy | July 31, 18:49 CET
Anyway, I hope he rests up for the premiere in Scotland
impalergeneral | July 31, 19:12 CET
gossi | July 31, 19:13 CET
Oh, and Hey, Joss. Hope your knee gets better.
NickSeng | July 31, 23:03 CET
Impossible. Joss always uses one of those magically self-correcting quills.
orphea | July 31, 23:12 CET
Or Maybe Joss in under the Imperious Curse.
Or Maybe ... I should stop talking about Harry Potter here. ;)
NickSeng | July 31, 23:26 CET
joss | July 31, 23:31 CET
SoddingNancyTribe | July 31, 23:43 CET
I think most of us will have to respectfully disagree. ;)
orphea | July 31, 23:43 CET
As my beloved, and recently departed grandfather would say: "Don't try to hide your light under a bushel."
What's a 'bushel', anyway? Wasn't that some old farmy unit of measurement? I always picture some baskety kinda thing.
Willowy | July 31, 23:57 CET
Joss - I know quite a few who decided to go to Dragon*Con (and spent a lot of money) just because you were supposed to be there. I know this isn't your fault, but if there is any possible way for you to rearrange your schedule...please do. Trust me you'll LOVE Dragon*Con, it's far and away my favorite con, and I've been to many including Comic-Con, Serenity Con and others... Just ask Jewel, Nathan and Adam, they seemed to have a lot of fun (possibly too much fun) last year.
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JeremyN | August 01, 00:26 CET
"Acchio" is what I'd imagine an Italian sneeze would sound like :).
Ilana | August 01, 00:55 CET
Oh, sorry.
Just imagine something intelligent, sophisticated and not fan-boish post here. :D
NickSeng | August 01, 00:59 CET
Also, can anyone direct me to this "flickr" post? I am totally ignorant about most photo hosting that isn't Photobucket or pbase.
amystar | August 01, 02:29 CET
aver | August 01, 02:39 CET
aver: It's a real damn shame about this mixup, but at least the BDH will be there.
And judging by what I've read about Dragon*Con, I really doubt this is their fault. They have a very good reputation from what I can gather. I'm putting this down to crossed wires, miscommunication etc. Unfortunately, it's the fans who want to see Joss will be the ones who have come worst out of this all.
But (I just love adding to my posts) there is going to be a very strong Browncoat element at Dragon*Con and some of them have set up tables etc, it would be a shame not to say hi and thank them for their hard work.
Simon | August 01, 03:25 CET
Rogue Slayer | August 01, 08:53 CET
Simon | August 01, 08:55 CET
And, hey, I just linked to that picture of me at the Angel event! Say, is murder against the law? (Never emote in public, say it with me now....)
I will try to come up with something worthy re: the con, 'cause I honestly don't believe I can go. Bye y'all.
Sincerely, Ol' SquintyGums.
joss | August 01, 10:22 CET
Perhaps you should check with Universal?
demonica | August 01, 10:29 CET
It sucks.
But, thus is life. *shrug*
At least we know before hand though, that is a good thing.
[ edited by socks on 2005-08-01 22:42 ]
socks | August 01, 10:31 CET
Rogue Slayer | August 01, 10:34 CET
Simon | August 01, 10:37 CET
jaynelovesvera | August 01, 10:39 CET
There's no need to feel crappy about this, such mix-ups are probably rare but only human. Though I wish I could give you a hug for being so thoughtful. :)
Get well soon too!
non sequitur | August 01, 11:08 CET
Simon | August 01, 11:29 CET
Paul_Rocks | August 01, 11:46 CET
Firefly Flanatic | August 01, 11:52 CET
Hope the knee is feeling better soon, too bad there's no Madam Pomphrey (sp) to fix you up. But I bet you'd look really debonaire (sp) with a cool walking stick.
allaboutspike | August 01, 11:59 CET
Seriously, though, a little sump'n from you would be the ginchiest!
aver | August 01, 18:07 CET
Is it a Serenity panel? Why not call it a Firefly panel and send Tim in your place? Win/win?
And! If that all works out you can buy me a ticket in exchange for this recommendation so I can see Tim and also have peach pie.
Signed,
Ulterior Motive Grrl
Allyson | August 01, 18:19 CET
Cider | August 02, 05:33 CET
[Note: There was sarcasm there. I don't want anyone thinking I actually believe I'm the only person disappointed by this development.]
I just deleted a bunch of whining about all the reasons I might not go. But I think I'll sum all of that up with, "It's Labor Day weekend, and I was planning on driving down I-85 the whole way."
Panel scheduling will be the deciding factor for me. I think a statement from Universal about this whole debacle (I was just looking for an excuse to say "debacle") would be nice.
I also really like Allyson's suggestion, because Tim is teh cool one !1!!11!!!!. (Also, Angle is so hot.)
[ edited by Kiba on 2005-08-02 13:47 ]
Kiba | August 02, 06:33 CET
Anyway go see the movie cast at Dragon*Con. They're supposed to be very nice indeed.
Simon | August 02, 07:32 CET
Kiba | August 02, 07:53 CET
Simon | August 02, 08:11 CET
demonica | August 02, 10:23 CET
Backstory: Alexis had to cancel his appearance at the con, due to a family event and he felt really bad about it. This makes me all warm and fuzzy on a couple of levels. His devotion to family is charming and heartwarming. That he cares about disappointing his fans and went out of his way to make it up to everyone is astounding to me. He not only made sure he appeared at the banquet- he brought Joss!
Everyone at Alexis' table spent the rest of the night telling everyone else how delightful and interesting he was. Joss, despite walking with a cane and being in obvious pain, patiently posed for photos with everyone who asked, talked with everyone who approached him, then went from table to table, talking to all the fans.
Having been an enormous fan before the convention, I am now an even bigger fan. Yes, I know, all the dessert I ate at the con had something to do with being a bigger fan, but you know what I mean.
The final thing I want to point out is that Joss was talking murder over the photo. I just want to assure you, Joss, that there are bound to be plenty of beautiful pictures out there, being downloaded as we speak... beautiful, non-squinty-gummed photos, at that.
looking | August 02, 13:19 CET
Willowy | August 02, 13:45 CET
looking | August 02, 14:20 CET
looking | August 02, 14:45 CET
Not everyone! Joyce leaps to mind. Also Anya.
ETA: Many thanks to demonica for instructions. I have examined the Dragon*Con schedule - I will hold on to my ticket for now but if the American SFF schedule doesn't change, there is very little to entice me. I say this not because I don't think I'd love the con - I'm sure I would, cons are great fun and totally my scene - but because, as mentioned before, it's a holiday weekend. Also the expense of the trip. It's just bad timing for me really. Still with the sad. Hoping for a miracle.
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Kiba | August 02, 18:14 CET
demonica | August 02, 19:41 CET
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/6825/itrack.html
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demonica | August 02, 19:52 CET