Festival of Fear 2010

[samurainoir]

It doesn't seem like Polaris gets much attention these days, it used to be Toronto Trek:

Polaris :: July 16-18, 2010

I had former roommates used to be heavily involved in Toronto Trek, Ad Astra, and whatever the Toronto Doctor Who group/con was called back in the nineties.

Trek and Who were only of peripheral interest to me back then (being solidly a Star Wars kid growing up), but I remember they used to come back with huge stacks of autographed photos which I'm pretty sure didn't cost most of the day lining up and an arm and a leg at the time.

From the sounds of it, I think they spent most of their time in the pub with whatever actors, writers or producers they invited to the show.

I guess it's only in the last decade that these "Fan Events" have become wildly profitable Big Business.

[palitoy]

I had former roommates used to be heavily involved in Toronto Trek, Ad Astra, and whatever the Toronto Doctor Who group/con was called back in the nineties.

DWIN. I went to several of their who events in the 1980s, they were wonderful. The guests mingled with the fans and there wasn't any problems.

I guess it's only in the last decade that these "Fan Events" have become wildly profitable Big Business.

I can remember going to Chiller Theatre back in the early 1990s and everybody signed for free including giants like Ray Harryhausen. Bruce Campbell was just sitting behind a dealer table talking to fans, there was a more relaxed atmosphere in all of these events. At one Chiller Halloween dance I talked to Johnny Ramone and Jeffery Combs for a lot longer than I should have.

Nowadays, I kind of feel like cattle, even at shows I really like.