JOSS NOT AT DRAGONCON?!?!?

POSTED BY: BayBreeze1
UPDATED: Thursday, August 4, 2005 04:19
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BAYBREEZE1

Sunday, July 31, 2005 1:42 PM

I just saw posted at Whedonesque that Joss was at something called a Booster Bash convention or something or other and said that he is not going to be at Dragoncon and never was. They supposedly had him listed without his consent. I am REALLY hoping this is some kind of mistake or nasty rumor, but it doesn't appear that way. Read through the thread and see what people who saw him said. Anyone with ANY connections please try and see if this is true or not.

I've never done a Con before and frankly, never in a million years thought I would - but to see and meet Joss? - he was the main reason I was going. I can't even begin to express the depths of my dissapointment.

I literally just got out of bed and got on the computer and saw this and am still bleary-eyed, so pardon if I don't make much sense right now. I just had to let you guys know and hope that someone can refute this.

Please, say it ain't so!

I'll be in my bunk, crying.

SIMONWHO

Sunday, July 31, 2005 1:46 PM

As I see it, there's two possibilities:

1) Joss is going but wanted it to be a surprise so he's spreading an "I'm not coming" story.
2) Joss isn't going and Dragon*Con got ahead of themselves/deliberately decieved people to get them to buy tickets.

Do they have a refund policy?

BAYBREEZE1

Sunday, July 31, 2005 2:00 PM

My daughter just told me to put in a link to Whedonesque so people could see it. Here ya go!

http://whedonesque.com/

The thread is under July 31st. Clicking on the link send you to a site called Booster Events, but I don't see any Joss info. I think the news is just listed on the thread by people who are there.

BAYBREEZE1

Sunday, July 31, 2005 2:19 PM

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Originally posted by SimonWho:
As I see it, there's two possibilities:

1) Joss is going but wanted it to be a surprise so he's spreading an "I'm not coming" story.
2) Joss isn't going and Dragon*Con got ahead of themselves/deliberately decieved people to get them to buy tickets.

Do they have a refund policy?

Ya know, there's a part of me that's tempted to try and get my money back. But, then again, I do so love our BDH's and HOPEFULLY DragonCon isn't lying about any of them being there. It's just, I don't know, so frickin disapointing.

Plus, my daughter would KILL me if I bagged the trip.

WICKEDWREN

Sunday, July 31, 2005 3:42 PM

In the many years I've been going to D*C, I've never known them to post guests that they didn't have confirmed. They are a professional organization that's been doing this for a VERY long time.

That being said, mistakes do happen (I'm REALLY hoping this isn't one of them) But I don't think they would schedule panels if they didn't know for sure he was coming. This con is huge, and while I love Joss, they don't need him for the con to turn an equally huge profit. So I see no reason for them lying to us. At least, this is the rational I'm telling myself

A few people at the UB have put in emails to the PTB's at D*C, so hopefully we will have a more official statement soon.

I am not allowing myself to panic...yet

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SIMONF

Sunday, July 31, 2005 5:03 PM

I'm one of the admins at Whedonesque and I know the person who posted the link, chatting to her just now on MSN messenger she said and I quote "Joss said he wanted to get the word out as soon as he could. Everytime he posted he'd forget to mention it."

INDECISIVETWIT

Sunday, July 31, 2005 7:51 PM

I'd just like to say first of all that I too have attended Dragon*Con the last few years, & they have NO PROBLEMS AT ALL filling the places up. Both hotels are ALWAYS packed full of wonderful & crazy people & all the panels I've attended are jam-packed & usually standing room only. I can not & will not believe that they would throw a name like Joss' around willy nilly (or anyone else's for that matter) just to sell more memberships. They honestly don't need to. After having gone the first time time, I have to say the thing sells itself. My friend & I vowed on the long ride home, while nearly in tears having had to leave, never to miss another one ever again, no matter who was booked. We met a few of the BDH's last year (not to mention some other FABULOUS people, celebs & "regular" folk ) & Joss was just icing this year! Very yummy icing mind you, but we would've gone anyway.

In the past, there were guests who were signed on to show up & when they couldn't be there, for whatever reason, they (very professionally) cancelled through D*C, it was posted on the front page of the site & that was that. It has already been said, D*C has been around a LONG time, it is run VERY smoothly (considering the number of people & guests they have to accommodate) & I absolutely refuse to believe this "misunderstanding" is their fault. At least not entirely.

He has been booked for 3 months (or more?) on a very publicized website which had a special little section up for him on the front page, saying "VERY SPECIAL GUEST CONFIRMED...BLAH BLAH BLAH....JOSS WHEDON!! YAAAAY!!" Everyone's excitement about him attending this convention has started MANY thread topics for just as many months on different message boards devoted to his works, including this one AND the "official" Serenity Fan Site Forums (the "Browncoat board"). So this comment here:

Quote:
"Joss said he wanted to get the word out as soon as he could. Everytime he posted he'd forget to mention it."

TO ME is utter nonsense. Like I said, this has been "confirmed" for MONTHS & if it weren't so, he could've & SHOULD HAVE said something LONG before now. And especially NOT in a room full of fans. He (or his "people") should've taken care of it a long time ago through Dragon*Con's guest services. I've e-mailed them myself in the past, respectfully requesting guests & whatnot. It took me all of a minute.

Anyway, until I hear something official from the man himself (& it had BETTER be good

) I can not believe that this is even true. We'll see, I guess.

And to those of you all out of sorts because you spent money on D*C just to see Joss, fret not. IT IS MONEY WELL SPENT. You will have the time of your life!!!

SLAYERFAN1975

Sunday, July 31, 2005 8:12 PM

I was originally attending Dragon*Con anyways, having the added bonus that Joss would be there just made it better. I DO hope he can attend but if not, I am still there to enjoy myself.

SF

WHOISRIVER

Sunday, July 31, 2005 8:32 PM

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TO ME is utter nonsense. Like I said, this has been "confirmed" for MONTHS & if it weren't so, he could've & SHOULD HAVE said something LONG before now.

Alternatively, if they "confirmed" him but didn't actually ask or tell him, how did he know?

Surely it's the responsibility of the convention organisers to PROPERLY confirm guests for THEIR conventions, and NOT the guest's responsibility to hunt or and deny non-involvement in OTHERS conventions?

Joss gets no blame for this - he's not even in DC that weekend (he's elsewhere in the US) - it's D*C's fuck up.

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WICKEDWREN

Sunday, July 31, 2005 8:46 PM

This is definately not Joss' fault. But I think it's a bit premature to blame D*C, as well.

On March 9, long before D*C announced Joss as a guest, it was posted on the UB that Joss would be attending D*C. (as was pointed out in the UB forums, sorry, I don't remember by who)

http://browncoats.serenitymovie.com/serenity/index.html?fuseaction=too
ls.shownews&news_id=124

Maybe I'm just a glass half full kinda person (although most of my friends would strongly disagree) but I'm going with big ol' misunderstanding. But we'll all know the truth soon enough

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