Justice League Movie (Nov 17th, 2017)

[crows]

damn nerds for 800 i can get an hour in heaven with my favorite pornstar...

 

[Snake Plissken]

damn nerds for 800 i can get an hour in heaven with my favorite pornstar...

Or two mediocre pornstars.

 

[crows]

Or two mediocre pornstars.

yeah, or technically 4 suicide girls lol

 

[EVILFACE]

and until a couple years ago, you could bag carrie fisher for that.

 

[chewblacca]

I could never understand the idea of charging people for an autograph. I wonder how a star would feel if no one cared and did want to pay. They'd be begging for notoriety then.

 

[Snake Plissken]

yeah, or technically 4 suicide girls lol

Hip tattoos hnnnng

 

[Biojex]

I could never understand the idea of charging people for an autograph. I wonder how a star would feel if no one cared and did want to pay. They'd be begging for notoriety then.

I was thinking maybe it's a deterrent. You're already getting paid by the venue. And I doubt someone like Harrison wants to meet that many people. If he signs for free, there'd be a line around the block...charge $800 though...Thin the herd so to speak

That's what I'd do anyway

 

[xipotec]

its a fairly new thing.....people accept it...so it continues.

I got Kenny Baker, Jeremy Bullouch, David Prowse, and Anthony Daniels for free at the same convention...like 1990?

Story Time

I went to school near where the Dolphins practiced. The team would often goto the pub across the street to eat , or the bagel shop for break fast.

I saw Dan Marino, on two occasions tell people he would not sign their autographs for free.....one time it was a ten year old kid. Felt so bad for that kid....he was crushed. On walking out told him he was an *******.....(like he cared at all). Another night he signed some chicks **** for free....

moral of the story....Dan Marino is a a$$hole

 

[karamazov80]

No big shocker there. When I was a kid, I was a huge Mark McGuire fan (this is pre-steroid days with the Athletics). I saw them play an exhibition game, and he didn't bother signing any baseballs. They were playing the Giants, and another star at the time, Will Clark, happily signed as many kids' baseballs and programs as he could. I lost a lot of respect for one of my heroes that day, and gained a new one. As an adult, I don't care anything about autographs, but for a kid, it's a real douchey thing to do. I get that celebrities lose their anonymity, but pretty good tradeoff with all the money and adoration. Easy for people to lose perspective in this world, though. . .

I don't begrudge people at conventions charging whatever they want. Those things aren't charities. People going in should know the score at this point. I suppose the celebrities could be more gracious, but it's all part of the contract.

 

[Cap'n Cook]

its a fairly new thing.....people accept it...so it continues.

I got Kenny Baker, Jeremy Bullouch, David Prowse, and Anthony Daniels for free at the same convention...like 1990?

Story Time

I went to school near where the Dolphins practiced. The team would often goto the pub across the street to eat , or the bagel shop for break fast.

I saw Dan Marino, on two occasions tell people he would not sign their autographs for free.....one time it was a ten year old kid. Felt so bad for that kid....he was crushed. On walking out told him he was an *******.....(like he cared at all). Another night he signed some chicks **** for free....

moral of the story....Dan Marino is a a$$hole

Wow what a ******.

 

[chewblacca]

I was thinking maybe it's a deterrent. You're already getting paid by the venue. And I doubt someone like Harrison wants to meet that many people. If he signs for free, there'd be a line around the block...charge $800 though...Thin the herd so to speak

That's what I'd do anyway

Then if you don't want to be bothered by fans then why go at all?

 

[Biojex]

Then if you don't want to be bothered by fans then why go at all?

Ya got me. Movie stars are weird! Like I said though, I think the venue pays you a decent sum outright. Everything else is extra. So $$$ answers that question. In some cases, it could also be a marketing thing that you're contractually obligated to do to promote your current film.

This is all conjecture btw. I have no idea what I'm talking about

 

[Johnny1378]

I've never really gone to a convention of any size, so until recently (I think from reading people talking about it on here), I thought that celebrities who attended conventions made their money by being paid to appear and that their autographs were free or for a nominal amount. I had no idea until recently that they were charging these kind of prices for autographs. Personally, I wouldn't pay that kind of money for someone's autograph, but I wouldn't blame anyone else for doing so, if they really wanted the person's autograph.

I remember going to a smaller show, here in the St. Louis area a few years ago, and the guy who created Ghost Rider was there, signing autographs. He might have been charging a little money for autographs, but it wasn't very much. I felt bad for the guy though. It looked like most of the time he was there, he was just sitting by himself, waiting for someone to come up and talk to him. That's pretty much been my experience with people signing autographs at shows though.

I do agree though with those of you who said that it's pretty douchey of celebrities to refuse to sign autographs for kids in a public venue. I'm sure there are some situations were doing so maybe isn't practical, but as a general rule, it seems douchey.

 

[Darth Skywalker]

I can’t see how someone could pay money for any signature.

The only value is sentimental if the person who signed something did it for you in person.

Convention appearances are supposed to promote a project and make it more successful. That’s how the celebrity is supposed to profit.

 

[chewblacca]

Last year I went to the New York Comic Con and they have a whole level just for autographs. The funny part is they have a list of all the stars that are there in the program but not the price for their signature. When you get to the autograph area they have a board with all the prices as well as the time that they are there. Some people f the prices were insane. Carrie Fisher was there and she was charging $125.

 

[TheBatman]

Carrie Fisher was there and she was charging $125.

Not like she had enough time to use it...


Just kidding, too early and it was a terrible joke.

 

[jye4ever]

Day 19 of JL release and it’s domestic box office still hasn’t reached Avengers OPENING WEEKEND....from 2012 lol

Hold on even though I wrote that I still need time to properly process it.

 

[Wor-Gar]

^^ that's pretty insane. Does the world really love Superman and Batman like all the comic fans say they do? Doesn't look like it.

Movie stars are weird!

This.

You have to consider what these people do for a living and the ego that goes with it. Most of them are quite famous in their own mind long before they actually have a hit, if ever.

 

[Antihero]

Prices of other celebs:

1. Picture with Stan Lee and Chris Evans = 500$ (Arizona Ace Con)
2. Picture with Chris Evans, Stan Lee, and Tom Holland = $800
3. Kevin Conroy = $30
4. Mark Hamill = $250 (autograph); $150 (group photo) (Fan Expo)

My friend is an underpaid comicbook artist and the comics company ordered him to sign 60 copies of a book he drew without pay.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Never truly understood the interest in autographs.

Photos, props, etc I get. But the flick of a pen from someone, for large sums of cash? After waiting in line too?