November collector shows and films

In November, I went to two Film/TV collectors shows over two weekends, namely "Memorabilia" (at the NEC Birmingham) and "Collectormania" (at Olympia, London). Both shows were fun to attend, but I think Collectormania had a better 'buzz', and certainly featured a better selection of celebrities signing autographs. I was lucky enough to see old friends at both events and chit-chat about 'movies and stuff'. :) At the Collectormania show I got a few autographs, including one from actor Billy Dee Williams who played Lando Calrissian in "The Empire Strikes Back". I got him to sign my old ESB storybook, which already had a few signatures of cast and crew - that's from years of going to these shows and conventions!


As for film watching, we've seen a few recently but only one at the cinema - "2012", which we saw last Wednesday afternoon as we were both off work. We caught this at the Showcase cinema in Coventry and used the Orange Wednesday 1/2 price tickets offer. We both generally enjoyed the film, although it was a bit too long (by about 15 mins) and the drama goes a little off-kilter in places, and of course logic goes out of the window in a Roland Emmerich disaster flick. Still, John Cusack is always watchable, but I felt that Danny Glover was miscast as the US president. The film does feature great special effects. The sequence that shows the destruction of LA is incredible, and with some other exciting action sequences, make it a big screen definite. Next up, "Avatar" and then "Sherlock Holmes".


With my movie geek hat firmly on, I have to say that I'm so 'psyched' over some of next year's film blockbusters, with "Tron: Legacy" being on the top of that list. That gives me an excuse to put the teaser poster up!