{"id":53933,"date":"2019-06-30T20:28:48","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T00:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=53933"},"modified":"2019-06-30T20:28:48","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T00:28:48","slug":"open-thread-share-your-thoughts-on-celebrity-autographs-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=53933","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread: Share Your Thoughts on Celebrity Autographs Here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/David_Lo_Pan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"900\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/David_Lo_Pan.jpg 630w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/David_Lo_Pan-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/David_Lo_Pan-70x100.jpg 70w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/David_Lo_Pan-100x142.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Like most of you out there, I am a collector. I often joke that I am one flat cat away from being on a <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=hoarders&#038;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hoarders<\/a><\/em> episode, but I love my stuff. DVDs\/Blu-rays, CDs, books, action figures, collectibles, you name it, I love it. But one area I have never really gotten into is celebrity autographs. As a frequent attendee of science fiction and comic book conventions, I often see celebrities ranging from A-List names (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=ted+danson&#038;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ted Danson<\/a> recently did a show in my city) to those on their way out of the entertainment industry whose names I won&#8217;t reveal here out of respect to all involved parties. While I like the idea of meeting a celebrity, having an opportunity to thank them for how their work has touched my life, then get a quick autograph or picture, often the cost of such a venture is usually so extraordinary that I don&#8217;t do it.<\/p>\n<p>Every now and then, something comes along that makes me rethink this policy of mine though. I&#8217;ll give you an example. I recently heard that veteran character actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=james+wong&#038;mod=AP\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">James Wong<\/a> will be on the convention circuit this summer. That in and of itself is nothing new, as Wong is a veteran of cons and is all my accounts one of the nicest and most generous people in the industry. But here&#8217;s the thing: He will be doing a convention IN COSTUME as David Lo Pan, the evil foe in John Carpenter&#8217;s 1986 cult favorite <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/big-trouble-in-little-china\/024543602767\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Big Trouble in Little China<\/a><\/em>. That <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=Kurt%20Russell%7C283191&#038;mod=AP\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Kurt Russell<\/a> classic is one of my all-time favorite films, so a part of me thinks that I should take advantage of this unique opportunity, so long as the price is reasonable. For what it&#8217;s worth, cosplaying as your own characters at a convention is an awesome phenomenon that I believe was started by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=ernie+hudson&#038;mod=AP\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Ernie Hudson<\/a>, who regularly appears as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=winston+zeddemore&#038;mod=AP\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Winston Zeddemore<\/a> from the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=ghostbusters&#038;mod=AP\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Ghostbusters<\/a><\/em> films at shows. Decades ago, before fandom was the sprawling monster it is today, actors like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=clayton+moore&#038;mod=AP\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Clayton Moore<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=adam+west&#038;mod=AP\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Adam West<\/a> would appear at events like car shows as their legendary characters (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=the+lone+ranger&#038;mod=AP\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The Lone Ranger<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=batman&#038;mod=AP\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Batman<\/a>, respectively). So there is precedence for such a practice.<\/p>\n<p>For this latest Open Thread, I want you to share your thoughts on celebrity autographs. Do you like to collect them? If so, is their a price limit that you refuse to go over? How much money is too much money? Do you prefer random autographs gotten out in public to organized ones at events? If you have autographs, which are your favorites? Let us know what you think about all of this in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like most of you out there, I am a collector. I often joke that I am one flat cat away from being on a Hoarders episode, but I love my stuff. DVDs\/Blu-rays, CDs, books, action figures, collectibles, you name it,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9744,"featured_media":14590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[5731,5787,6090,5381],"coauthors":[5618],"class_list":["post-53933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-staff-notes","tag-big-trouble-in-little-china","tag-ghostbusters","tag-open-thread","tag-the-lone-ranger"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Open Thread: Share Your Thoughts on Celebrity Autographs Here - MovieFanFare<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Celebrity autographs are always in demand, and here&#039;s a spot to discuss your thoughts on them...the good and the bad.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=53933\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Open Thread: Share Your Thoughts on Celebrity Autographs Here - 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