Joss Whedon Hates Autograph Dealers! My Rant! Let’s All Try And Not Kill The Nice Celebrities Please! This Makes Me So Sad!
You know, Erica sent me an email with the heading, “No! The pros are killing Joss!”
Joss Whedon tweeted a quick blurb below. I can only assume he was swarmed at a q and a that he was doing for Much Ado About Nothing.
Now, I have two awesome encounters with Joss Whedon from this week in my inbox to code and post, which will happen soon.. But… This made me so mad.
You know… Joss Whedon has been at this a long long time and I’ve had the amazing fortune of meeting him so many times over the years, so has Erica, I’m sure many of you have.
It just makes me so sad, someone who would take 15 minutes and chat with fans (yep, Joss has done this on more than one occasion) would now say something like, “I run from them and disappoint you. Can Jeff Goldblum give them a virus?”
And if you think I’m going to go off on a tangent about “Autograph Dealers” versus “Autograph collectors” versus “Fans” versus “photo people” I’m not. The truth of the matter is, no matter what anyone might think, no one is entitled to an autograph or anything else over the next person.
I know and talk to many “autograph dealers” and most are perfectly fine. (there is clearly one glaring omission) I’ve also seen people who are “regular” fans behave horribly, pushing, shoving or worse. I mean look no one is perfect, but what I don’t understand is needing a stack of 8×10’s signed by a featured extra on The West Wing. I mean I’ve seen people push and shove a family of four down only to get a photo signed that I know won’t sell for more than $5.00 on eBay. It’s crazy.
I’m not saying, I or any of my friends are perfect, no one is, but when celebrities who are, in my personal experience fucking awesomely nice start wishing Jeff Goldblum on people, it’s time to start to reevaluate.
If there’s only 10 people there at an event, it shouldn’t get crazy nuts. Really, as time goes on, it’s only going to get worse and what’s going to end up happening is that no one is going to be “fan friendly” and hate meeting people, doing photos, and signing autographs.
I don’t know the point of all of this. I guess with a rant there is no point. It just sucks to see people who are cool start hating something that I find a fun hobby. If Joss can turn so can anyone. I’m almost thankful when I see a show I like filming in a remote part of the world so that they won’t get slaughtered and still be nice when they’re in town for a q and a or premiere.
I dunno man… It just sucks!
I guess the point is, no matter if your a “dealer” or a “fan” just be respectful of the people who are signing. I guess that’s all I’m trying to get at.
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Joss has a point they are pathetic! They do need a gigantic virus are you a dealer Mike?? You opened a gigantic can of worms here buddy! Dealers are the scum of the universe! Do we need to get talk about Redbull Mike? Ya didn’t think so……. Dealers ruin it for everyone! So unless you want to get chummy with Redbull and all the rest of the dealers ( unless you are one of them) I suggest you be quiet…… Joss has a point. Thanks!
No, i’m not a dealer, and don’t use my name with Red-whatshisfuck. The whole point was to not act like savages and for everyone to actually behave themselves regardless if you’re a fan or a “dealer”
Mike isn’t a dealer…but I will say that all collectors have sold something in our collection in one time or another… I feel bad that Joss feels that way…and hope he is as cool to the fans as he was once before
I know some people who do sell on occasions it might be my thing they are still my friends and they are cool not overbearing like some dealers. Some dealers can be overbearing it is true but there are good guys like my friends. I guess the point is not everyone is bad…… I know stars sometimes even hate the fans too because they think they are dealers really Joss is kinda making himself look bad too because I know stars do the same thing to fans.
No wonder he dissed everyone a week ago. yes including me at that q&a. I was very disappointed. 🙁
Hey Autographobby – did you miss the name of this website in bold, blue letters at the top? It’s Mike the FANBOY, not Mike the DEALERBOY.
It was an event in London, he had a screening of Much Ado with Amy and Alexis and it was carnage. No barriers were put up so it was just a big fight essentially outside, so I’m not surprised Joss felt how he did. (I wasn’t there, but know a few people that were and were left disappointed).
However, I did meet him on Friday here and he couldn’t have been nicer (there were just 5 or 6 fans waiting).
I’ll try and find a picture of it so you can see what he was faced with. Just as I’m sure with LA, here there’s some horrid dealers yet some friendly and polite ones, and at the same time some lovely fans but also some crazy rude ones too.
Nathan Fillion also put out a frustrated tweet:
You chased me, creepy. You took pictures, invasive. You posted them on Twitter, blocked. Surprised?
It makes me sad to read how these fan-friendly guys get abused and unhappy about meeting fans. There are lines people definitely cross (stalking people at their home, surrounding them as they are having dinner, etc…) and we should all strive to make sure we’re not a blood thirsty, uncontrollable mob so that they don’t mind or even enjoy interacting with fans – or we won’t see them up close again…
It just get’s worst and worst with the real fans being on the “backburner”. And it’s not just Joss. Alot of the celebrities are turning to the dark side because of these pushy dealers.
Hey James!
At least a tiny part of me is glad that it’s not just in the states! LOL… Even though I wish it didn’t get crazy lol…
I’ll try and get a post written up for you on meeting him tomorrow. I wish it stayed less-crazy here!
I go to alot of the superhero movie premieres cause im a comic guy and the only problem i have with the dealers is when they get 5 or 6 autographs from the same guy and i end up missing out . i know they are making a living but if the real fans stop showing up there wont be anymore open premieres . I saw 3 dealers last week chase Henry Cavill’s car in and out of traffic and driving crazy , that kinda dealer sucks . Ive seen Mikes guys at premieres and weather they are dealer or not they are usually cool .