Meet and Greet - Sat & Sun, June 5 & 6, 2010

[Regina]

The ticket gets you into the event which includes the autograph signings. Please note that we will keep the lines moving as fast as we can, and our goal is to get everyone in attendance an autograph. So if you don't want an autograph you can leave at that point, but no change in ticket price.

[KeQuan]

Question Is Ke Huy Quan going to be there? My favorite is Data. It's always been Data. I do like Mouth and I do like Chunk. I loved Joe Pantoliano in this movie, too. I figured Sean Astin and Josh Brolin are busy acting in movies. Brolin came out of the woodwork and has acted in some pretty big films over the last 2 years. One being the best picture winner No Country for Old Men and Ridley Scott's American Gangster. He will bes starring in Jonah Hex and the sequel to Wall Street this September. I'm looking forward to meeting Curtis Hanson, too. He' is such a good direcetor. L.A. Confidential, 8 Mile anyone. His small part in the Goonies made me laugh.

[Red]

haha Not the same Curtis Hanson. I'd never noticed the connection before

[KeQuan]

There's two Curtis Hanson's.

[Gooniegirl33]

So, the line for the meet 'n greet (that I am in right now, ) is making me so proud to call myself a Goonie. The line is around the corner and them some, and it's still 30 minutes til it starts. Goonies unite!

[beedlej00z]

So....feldman and cohen no show at the 10am.... I'm soooooooooo dissapointed. So much for us fans I guess.. very low point on my weekend.

However Mr Hanson lived up to his word and did a great job covering up for them. Cheers sir. I need some alchohal to drown this turn of events..

[mattbraun1]

That's weird... Jeff, Joey, and Curt were all having breakfast together just before the meet & greet. I hope Jeff didn't get scared off by any overzealous fans. (BTW, does anyone have any updates on how that is going this weekend?)

[Gooniegirl33]

The 3pm meet and greet is going pretty well. They weren't going to do a panel but I guess they changed their minds? Jeff Cohen popped in suddenly, as did Joey Pants.

[ascadol]

But Corey vanished, unexpectedly for the signings and this was greeted with boos / expletives from the back of the room.

Andy recited the goonie oath and all the cast members joined in.

[nootka]

Joe Pantoliano is a rude, cheap and boring person. He smells funny (wow did you bathe in that low-rent cologne or what?) and really is nothing of a "star."
I admire his talent and appreciate his performances, but I'd be fine if he NEVER returned to my town again.
This place is more than just a "set" it is our home and our livelihood. We love it like you will never know, and to think that you expect us to believe that you need us to GIVE you something we spent weeks creating for true fans, as part of our business/livelihood is crass (just because you said it was GREAT and PERFECT, the BEST blah blah) and NO, I WILL NOT BUY YOUR DVD! Ugh.


The meet & greets seem to have been pretty poorly coordinated. My sons and I stood in line for 4 hours, were promised two signatures each by each celebrity (Jeff honored this), by four different celebs, ended up getting whittled down to just one sig by three of the cast, told to go to the back of the line when we started out in the middle, etc. etc.

I saw a few of the cast out and about...Saturday night in particular.

It's been interesting.


Liz

[ascadol]

Joe Pantoliano is a rude, cheap and boring person.

I agreed, he turned up late to the 3pm Sunday meet and greet and then started to set his personal camera up on the stage in front of everyone after we had all been told that there would be no photos/videos when the talks started.

Then for the signings afterwards this time on stage not upstairs he vanished.

My initial meet and great 3pm on SAT I could not be bothered to wait 4hrs + for an autograph. (I am very cheesed off regarding this arrangement)

This definitely could have been arranged better.

[MDew]

Sooo....was any reason ever given why nobody besides Curt Hanson decided to show up to the 10am meet & greet? I'm still trying to contain my rage - but I'm sure there were people who came from a heck of a lot further than I did only to get stiffed...

[goon_doug]

Demoralizing. Took time off of work, took time from studying for finals that take place this week. Girlfriend took time off of work. Made the drive up early Saturday and went straight to the Goondocks and found out that only the Sunday 10AM Meet and Greet had available seets, we thought "no problem, we still get Chunk, Joey, and Mouth", well, by now most of you know that ALL 3 of them pulled a no show. We went to get refunds for our tickets and have to wait to get the money back through the mail. Admitted to the 3pm Meet and Greet? Nope. Just get to drive back home empty handed with less money. I guess we were wrong in getting our hopes up. Thanks to all who planned the event. We sincerely hope that everyone else had good time.

[MDew]

Yeah, same here. Put work aside, my sister took off school and we drove all the way down just for the meet & greet to see the other actors (we both came to the 20th). Spent over $300 in gas, lodging, food, etc. and just had to leave empty-handed. So, my $40 back is the least of my concern. I think some kind of apology or explanation is warranted on our behalf. Did they just stay up too late partying Saturday night and didn't feel like waking up? I don't care who you are, that kind of behavior is unprofessional and unacceptable when people have made the kind of sacrifices they have to be there. If they can't commit 100% they shouldn't be there. Thank you Curtis Hanson, apparently the only professional of the bunch.

[Steve S.]

I guess I got lucky then, kinda sorta. By process of scheduling, I booked the Sat. 3pm M-n-G. And as it turned out, there were 3 different lineups
for the autograph session. Sat. 10am, downstairs lobby, Sat. 3pm: upstairs in the McTavish Room, Sun. 10am cancelled & the 3pm was on the stage. I ended up getting out at 7:30, one of the last bunch to go through. And by then, it was down to 1 signature, Jeff was posing with fans though. Corey was pretty tired and Curt was working the ramp. I heard his hand was sore but he pulled thru. No Joey on stage.

I was also lucky enough to be on the Sunday 11:30am bus tour and Joey was over at Video Horizons plugging his movie. So a few of us rushed over after the tour, I got the movie poster signed by all 4. At the same time, Joey was talking to a reporter in between pictures and such. So I kinda felt awkward about asking him any questions on some of his other film roles. I can see him getting into the fan aspect of it and shooting
pictures. But he had his camera out everywhere: at the film museum opening, the concert. He seemed more pre-occupied with that than wanting to talk to people.

I would say the consensus of people waiting in line for autographs is they could have done better, do it by section for example. And having 2
sessions a day with over 600+ in each took longer than they expected.
As much as we thanked the volunteers for doing their job, they all mentioned how patient & easygoing we were compared to other events.

Overall, this was probably the least favorite part of the weekend, waiting in line at the Meet n Greet.

[Admiral_Kelvinator]

Almost drove up Sunday morning again for the 10AM meet and greet, but the rain and the memory of standing for hours in line back in 2005 stopped me. Back then it was cool when Sean appeared in the room but a bummer when he disappeared to go to someone's wedding or something. Glad I changed my mind this time, sorry for the other Goonies though.

It would have been cool to get more signatures on the DVD and I also wanted to have Jeff & Joey autograph my blender... that would have ruled!

Maybe next time, if there is a next time...

[BrAcK]

...Just feel like I should say... In case anyone was wondering:
I was the guy that was yelling from the back of the theatre.... Feldman really pissed me off, two days in a row!!
...Not to mention selling his shit then bailing... Aparently for a "sound check"... Pretty funny considering his band members stayed in the lobby for 2 hours peddling his shit... And im gonna go ahead and say, no amount of sound checks could EVER make Truth Movement sound any good... period.

...But yes, that was me... Praise me or flame me... But at least I was the only one there that stood up and voiced what im sure MANY of you were thinking as well...

[Hooli]

You made me laugh, buddy.

[merk]

Corey probably felt he needed at least an extra two hours for sound checking and dress rehearsals. His other band members know what they're doing, for them it's more a case of plug in and play.

[imdbst]

Corey probably felt he needed at least an extra two hours for sound checking and dress rehearsals. His other band members know what they're doing, for them it's more a case of plug in and play.

Too funny!!!!

...Just feel like I should say... In case anyone was wondering:
I was the guy that was yelling from the back of the theatre.... Feldman really pissed me off, two days in a row!!
...Not to mention selling his shit then bailing... Aparently for a "sound check"... Pretty funny considering his band members stayed in the lobby for 2 hours peddling his shit... And im gonna go ahead and say, no amount of sound checks could EVER make Truth Movement sound any good... period.

...But yes, that was me... Praise me or flame me... But at least I was the only one there that stood up and voiced what im sure MANY of you were thinking as well...

So your the "Sit your [booty] down" guy.


It does suck that some people missed out on Corey, but overall I still give him a pass. If it wasn't for him Sean Astin and Richard Donner wouldn't have been there.

[BrAcK]

lol... yeap, i am the "sit your (butt) down guy"...

[beedlej00z]

Does anyone know if there is a video of the meet and greet panel from the 6th with Sean Austin and everyone? I would think patrick and the boys had someone filming this...Id like to get some of this footage if possible. Thanks !!

[imdbst]

Theatre Nazi's were shutting the cameras down pretty good, but Shaz did some filming using Joey P's camera.

[ascadol]

Does anyone know if there is a video of the meet and greet panel from the 6th with Sean Austin and everyone? I would think patrick and the boys had someone filming this...Id like to get some of this footage if possible. Thanks !!

I think Fred might have filmed it all from the balcony.

[Buba_Smith2]

...Just feel like I should say... In case anyone was wondering:
I was the guy that was yelling from the back of the theatre.... Feldman really pissed me off, two days in a row!!
...Not to mention selling his shit then bailing... Aparently for a "sound check"... Pretty funny considering his band members stayed in the lobby for 2 hours peddling his shit... And im gonna go ahead and say, no amount of sound checks could EVER make Truth Movement sound any good... period.

...But yes, that was me... Praise me or flame me... But at least I was the only one there that stood up and voiced what im sure MANY of you were thinking as well...

I'm still confused how powering the concert with bio-diesel was helping the environment?
Bio-diesel is made from oil extracted from plants and is thus renewable as opposed to oil from crude-oil aka fossil fuels. The process of making it is just as destructive and polluting as it is from fossil fuels. The ONLY upside, is that it's renewable...
Power from a regular power grid uses a combination of power sources depending on the geographical location and the resources available, but most will include some solar, wind, thermal, hydro-electric, and primarily coal or nuclear. That combination, makes it a lot more "environmentally friendly"... I don't see how a filthy diesel engine burning tons of oil, regardless of the type, is better for the environment. If anything, he went out of his way to create more pollution and ruin the environment even more...

Anyway, I found it quite ironic that the band is called Truth Movement and they flat-out lie about their motives and purpose. It's a band with a gimmick designed to make Corey Feldman MONEY and they're wrecking the environment doing so, pretending that they're "making a difference" and blah blah blah. Anyway, he's an idiot and his voice is terrible and his skanks were severely sub-par.

On the plus side, The Whiskey Rebellion rocked the house and were the highlight of the concert. I honestly think they should have been the headliners.