Silicon Valley Comic Con 2019 is six weeks
away, taking place August 16 to August 19
at the San Jose Convention Center.
The guest list got off to a strong start last
December with the announcement of Jason Momoa
from Aquaman.
And no announcements for several months.
Fred and George Phelps, the Weasley Twins
from Harry Potter, were announced in April.
And no announcements for several months.
Most cons would have their guest list filled
out by now to give people a reason to attend.
SVCC had only a half-dozen guests announced
at the end of June.
Being the first week of July, the guest list
exploded with a "Terminator 2: Judgment Day"
reunion of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robert Patrick
and Edward Furlong.
Most fans will be happy to see Arnold, if
they recover from the sticker shock for his
autograph and photo-op tickets.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger is coming to Silicon
Valley Comic Con for Sunday only.
Later this year he will reprise his role as
an older T-800 with Linda Hamilton in "Terminator
Dark Fate".
The problem that I have with Linda reprising
her role as Sarah Conner is that she reminds
me of someone else.
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If you want an autograph and/or photo-op from
Arnold, you're going have to pony up some
serious spare change.
A signature-only autograph is $450 USD, a
photo-op is $450 USD, and getting both will
set you back $900 USD.
While not everyone can drop $900 USD at one
time, there are plenty of Silicon Valley fans
who can and will spend that amount.
Some people, of course, took to Facebook to
complain about the prices.
One person wrote that he organizers for Silicon
Valley Comic Con were ripping off fans like
they did with Stan Lee last year.
Uh, no.
Stan's management team took advantage of his
love for the fans and used him as a cash cow
to milk every dollar that they could get.
They had him sign 400 comic books from dealers
for $50,000 while hundreds of fans waited
hours for their turn.
The organizers had nothing to do with the
chaos that took place around him.
Someone else commented that Sylvester Stallone
charged that much at New York Comic Con and
his line was crazy long.
That's a fair comparison since Sylvester and
Arnold started their movie career 50 years
ago, and both became larger than life action
heroes in the 1980s.
With "Expendables 4" announced this week,
we can see them together on the big screen
next year.
Robert Patrick who played the T-1000 and Edward
Furlong who played a young John Conner in
"Terminator 2: Judgement Day" will be here
for Saturday and Sunday.
Robert Patrick's autograph is $60 USD, and
photo-op is $80 USD.
Edward Furlong's autograph is $45 USD, and
photo-op is $65 USD.
With Arnold Schwarzenegger charging $450 USD
for his own photo-op, a group photo-op with
all three T2 stars seem unlikely.
I haven't seen an official confirmation that
there will be a T2 panel, as the program and
schedule are not available at this time.
A friend of mine think that a T2 panel will
require an extra $250 USD to attend, the same
price for the "Back to The Future" panel in
2016.
The "Star Trek: The Next Generation" panel
in 2017 cost an extra $35 USD to attend.
Both of those events had limited seating available,
and the extra cost discouraged all but the
serious fans from attending.
Considering how expensive autograph and photo-op
tickets are for Arnold Schwarzenegger, I think
it would be a huge mistake for the organizers
to charge extra for the T2 panel.
The T2 panel should close out the con at the
end of Sunday by being in the big panel room.
Anyone who couldn't get a seat inside could
still watch on the big screens out in the
hallway.
That layout worked will for the Jessica Jones
panel with Krysten Ritter and David Tennant
last year.
Forget about Jason Momoa and Arnold Schwarzenegger
having a Conan The Barbarian panel.
Jason, who played Conan in the reboot, will
be here only on Saturday.
Arnold, who originally played Conan and may
still star in a third Conan movie, will be
here only on Sunday.
If they ever did have a Conan panel together,
it would have been very cool.
Since the Arnold Schwarzenegger announcement,
the SVCC website has been updated with a countdown
clock and new guest announcements on the front
page.
I bought three-day passes for myself and a
friend on Friday, July 5, 2019, the deadline
for mail delivery.
If you order your tickets now, you will have
to pick them up in person.
Note that I got regular three-day passes instead
of the VIP Gold three-day passes.
While my friend and I will miss the VIP lounge
to get away from the crowds, we didn't think
it was worth the extra cost this year.
Silicon Valley Comic Con, six weeks out, is
shaping up to be a good con.
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