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SolarSystem · July 11, 2014 7:12 am

Oh, he will have a great time, I'm sure! SDCC is legendary. And we can be pretty sure that we will find the whole panel somewhere on YT eventually.

gently69 · July 11, 2014 7:22 am

Do you think so?
Nevertheless I would prefer to see him just once at a Con I am able to attend. The ominous Sherlock Con is also getting farer away from day to day.

SolarSystem · July 11, 2014 7:38 am

You can find almost everything from every SDCC on YT, so let's just hope this won't be any different.
And yeah, well, don't even mention the Sherlock Con...

gently69 · July 11, 2014 7:41 am

Meanwhile I am really angry about the whole thing. One hint after another ... but they are not able to fix something. That's a poor job.

SolarSystem · July 11, 2014 7:54 am

There probably are reasons, but at the moment I couldn't care less.
Thank god there are other things we can look forward to.

gently69 · July 11, 2014 8:06 am

I can imagine the reasons ... availibilities of the actors, writers ... but also this a good organiser should be able to manage. How they want to do it? Announce the Con one week in advance???

clareiow · July 11, 2014 10:27 am

Honestly I am so fuming with the Sherlocked con - it's getting later and later. I asked Showmasters (they're part of the organising team) about it they said again they could say anything until it had been finalised. I joked about there being a week's notice and they said it wouldn't be like that, but could be with just a couple of months.

And here's the bit that really narked me....I joked they might not sell the tickets if they left it too late and they replied saying "oh it'll be ok, most people would sell their souls lol"

THE ARROGANCE!!!! 😡😡😡

SolarSystem · July 11, 2014 10:33 am

Yeah, arrogance, that sounds about right. Of course there are thousands of people who would like to be there, but most of them have jobs and family and need to plan something like this!

clareiow · July 11, 2014 10:36 am

Exactly. It's the assumption that we will all just drop everything.

Which I suppose most of us will try to do. If Benedict isn't on the list I am not going. Simple as that. He's the only reason i will buy one on the basis of their attitude. Sorry if that makes me sound fickle but it's going to cost enough as it is!

I've never been to a con before and I've a horrible feeling this is going to really cloud my judgement on others.

gently69 · July 11, 2014 10:45 am

Yes, Benedict would also be the reason for me to go there. But as time passes by I wonder if I can manage it anyway. For us it also means travelling abroad ... more costs than just for a ticket and maybe charge for the train.

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tonnaree · July 11, 2014 11:34 am

SDCC is actually the closest con he's attended to me. It's in the US but still on the other side of the country!

gently69 · July 11, 2014 11:36 am

Big country, isn't it?

tonnaree · July 11, 2014 11:51 am

gently69 wrote:
Big country, isn't it?

Fairly large I'd say.

Marta · July 11, 2014 3:21 pm

I'm happy to hear he'd be on San Diego Comic Con. Can't wait to watch the panel on youtube

I don't know much about conventions in other countries but I'd expect the date of the convention to be announced at least two, three months in advance. Like you said, most people can't just drop everything and go to the other side of a country or even further, even if they really, really want to. There is nothing known even about places, is it?

This Is The Phantom Lady · July 12, 2014 4:18 pm

Oooh that's really cool! I'm happy for fans who get to go; and I will just await all of the lovely waffling coming from him being all over youtube!

SolarSystem · July 17, 2014 4:09 pm

Pretty weird stuff on various German entertainment online pages.
One article talks about the possibility of Benedict playing Khan once again in the next Star Trek movie:
http://www.prosieben.de/stars/news/benedict-cumberbatch-in-star-trek-feiert-boesewicht-khan-sein-comeback-191770

The other one mentions him in connection with a "Game of Thrones" movie:
http://www.meinbezirk.at/panorama/news/benedict-cumberbatch-im-game-of-thrones-film-d1019970.html

In both cases I would say that it's pretty much only gossip. I'd love to see him as Khan again, but I seriously doubt that he'd be interested - unless of course the role would offer him something different from STID.
I found nothing about any of this on any international pages, so I guess... it's really nothing.

This Is The Phantom Lady · July 17, 2014 4:13 pm

More Khan? Oh my gosh! I'm hoping that's not only silly gossip!
But I get what you're saying... I'm sure he'd want to broaden his perspective like he already is...

SolarSystem · July 17, 2014 4:15 pm

At this point I'm afraid it indeed is only silly gossip. As long as we only find information about this on German web pages...

SolarSystem · July 17, 2014 4:18 pm

Ah, I found more on the Khan gossip...

http://www.fashionnstyle.com/articles/22499/20140714/star-trek-3-news-rumors-will-benedict-cumberbatch-return-khan.htm

Tinks · July 18, 2014 1:34 pm

I suppose if he were to play Khan again that would explain why he wasn't cast in Star Wars after being so strongly rumoured for it... I can't really see how it would work though.
But Game of Thrones? I kind of hope not, to be honest.