tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-895825062544508665.post4223323063850032644..comments2024-03-29T03:14:18.227-04:00Comments on MR. WILL-W.:POP MAVEN: FRUSTRATIONS OF A FESTIVAL-GOER: TIFF 2011 ALREADY MARRED BY DRAMAMR. WILL-W.:POP MAVENhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15573802729365109302noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-895825062544508665.post-67714460566804922272011-09-07T13:54:52.965-04:002011-09-07T13:54:52.965-04:00TIFF is a non-profit company. All these costs tha...TIFF is a non-profit company. All these costs that you are calling a "cash grab" is more likely helping to pay off the high costs of running the film festival, hiring celebrities, paying off the cost it took to build the Bell Lightbox, etc.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04672634323478099557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-895825062544508665.post-61742045186281331762011-09-06T17:54:56.401-04:002011-09-06T17:54:56.401-04:00ALOT of misinformation here folks. I am a Contribu...ALOT of misinformation here folks. I am a Contributor Member of tiff. It cost me and my friend $150 each. This got our order processed before the public lottery. We got all our first choices, however many of them were 2nd screenings such as Drive, as first screenings, the galas, were not available to even members. I bought some galas, including W.E. online at 7am on Saturday within 10 minutes. Not sure what the fuss was about. I wasn't alone, as a friend of mine also bought W.E. tickets at 7am on Saturday. Also, as members, we did not have access to buy 1st screenings of Galas at RTH nor Ryerson. VISA Infinite cardholders however, were able to do so.<br />I've been going to tiff for the last 20 years, it's not complicated, and as much as it sucks that Ryerson 1st screenings cost more and aren't as available due to corporate sponsorship, I get it...it's about making money...that's life folks. And computer systems crash. An event as big as Comic-Con can't keep their ticket ordering system from crashing. It's a fact of life. We can bitch all we want, but that isn't going to solve anything. If it's all just too much for you, don't go. Wait for the DVD like Anonymous said earlier.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-895825062544508665.post-6910399754237854522011-09-05T08:32:14.316-04:002011-09-05T08:32:14.316-04:00As I found out to my disappointment this year (aft...As I found out to my disappointment this year (after buying a $50 distance membership), early purchasing privileges only start at the $1600 membership level!lilynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-895825062544508665.post-33479450390009792132011-09-04T20:25:45.418-04:002011-09-04T20:25:45.418-04:00You'd have to pay ME to sit through that shit....You'd have to pay ME to sit through that shit. Most of them sound like stuff that will be on dvd in few months anyway. Save your money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-895825062544508665.post-48957741032617210852011-09-04T16:27:37.227-04:002011-09-04T16:27:37.227-04:00I heard from some friends who work at TIFF that tr...I heard from some friends who work at TIFF that trying to get tickets to A Dangerous Method was a lost cause even for a good majority of people who ordered in advance. So I wouldn't be too upset on that one...you still managed a really good crop of tickets, even with all the problems. I've been hearing horror stories of people who were shut out of almost everything during the advance day on Friday, and Saturday.Davehttp://www.themoviechasm.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-895825062544508665.post-361327675255060672011-09-04T15:39:35.841-04:002011-09-04T15:39:35.841-04:00It doesn't take a "significant" dona...It doesn't take a "significant" donation, Tiff memberships start as low as 40$ for a student, 50$ for out of town individual, 60$ for a senior, 99$ for an individual. That seems reasonable.socialdynamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07132177246206341336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-895825062544508665.post-45060238063795535742011-09-04T12:32:55.088-04:002011-09-04T12:32:55.088-04:00thanks for sharing that! xthanks for sharing that! xMR. WILL-W.:POP MAVENhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15573802729365109302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-895825062544508665.post-89610214294916800972011-09-04T12:32:10.697-04:002011-09-04T12:32:10.697-04:00So crazy, here's my video of the line just aft...So crazy, here's my video of the line just after noon yesterday... <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ4qbLBrK80Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16749289217306892190noreply@blogger.com