I don't know where my manners have been- a big thanks to the folks who have given their reports about the fest!  I really oughta make it back to one one of these years!

Cathy

MB, there is another interview somewhere with Vanessa, where she said her feelings were split in half- partly she wanted him to win because she was proud of him, and partly she wanted him to lose because she knew how painful it'd be for him to get up and make a speech    I think it was from his first nom for Pirates 1.  I think Johnny's "please let the other guy win" remark was from one of the Rolling Stone interviews.

This sounds horrible, and I really think the organizers had better take heed.  I have only been to 2 fests: 1995 and 1997, and Midnite has just said that the latter had the highest attendance.  It was too long ago to recall what, if any, the arrangements for the disabled might have been, but I do remember there being some major crowd problems.  In particular, the crowd waiting to get into the room to see the Selby play in 1997 was an insane situation, and clearly a fire hazard, to boot.  I recall people on the AOL board and others trying to voice their concerns, and even offer a few simple suggestions that might improve the dangerous situations in the future, and it mostly falling on deaf ears.  I think in some cases, people who offered to volunteer to help were blown off.   This type of stuff is probably one of the reasons I've avoided going to fests after that (the other that I was a little burned out on DS for some years, after watching it religiously for 7 or 8 years on the Sci Fi channel).  But these folks have been doing these fests for long enough that they really don't have an excuse not to know about issues for the disabled and for health and fire safety.

Cathy

Ha, I think they've already both made their way into the vending machine at work for Diet Cokes.  They were nice and flat and unfolded- perfect vending machine money 

According to Awards Daily, they keep putting up new links and they keep getting taken down by Disney.  A little silly, since they intend to show it on Facebook tomorrow, anyway.  Either way, I've been getting all kinds of news alerts about this teaser this afternoon and evening, so it has certainly created a lot of buzz so far!

Cathy

The trailer has leaked out a couple of days before Comic Con, when we expected to see it.  Just thought I'd share what is keeping Tim Burton busy enough to delay starting on DS    (It's a bit different from what I was expecting!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFz6q-aSzuY

I just saw that Hollywood Reporter article and raced here to see if it had been posted, and as usual, jimbo has already got it covered     Well, Johnny's detractors *always* think he's overexposed, so that criticism is nothing new.  With few exceptions (such as having no films out in 2008) he usually puts out about 2 films a year.  There will be 2 this year, if Parnassus ends up being released.  He also narrated a Doors documentary, which might be released soon.  There will be at least 2 next year (Alice and The Rum Diary).  Rango is scheduled for 2011.  So, even if he is not that active right now, he still has a steady stream of films scheduled for release.  He's not in danger of being someone like Jude Law, who I think I was just reading put out 6 films in one year a few years ago, but he will continue to have films released. 

Alice is no doubt taking a long time because it's heavily animated *and* they're adding 3D.  I'm disappointed (because of the delays it will cause DS) but not surprised that it's taking a long time.  In contrast, The Rum Diary wrapped filming in June, and the director believes he will have it finished in Sept., which isn't surprising because it's just a straight drama without a lot of action or effects.  So MB is right that films can take any amount of time.

I never saw the 2004 pilot, so this is the first that I've heard that it was campy.  Maybe I'm glad that it wasn't picked up, then.