My friend Dean is a huge fan of Laura Vandervoort. He was willing to stand in line again, buy another autographed photo, and take advantage of the $45 photo op, even though he had already met her before at a Superman Celebration in Metropolis, Illinois. Me…not so much. Of course it’s true that I love all things Superman, and of course Laura is smoking hot both onscreen and in person, but I just can’t call myself a big fan. This was the conclusion that I came to when I got the chance to meet her at the Wizard World Comic Con on August 11, 2012.
On the professional level, she was just an ‘okay’ addition to Smallville, portraying Clark Kent’s cousin Kara from Krypton (that was unintentionally alliterative, but charmingly so) in 23 episodes of the show. I was never all that excited when her character was featured, and she seemed to appear and re-appear on a whim, rarely ever in her Supergirl garb. She did give an insightful talk at the Comic Con along with Dean Cain, who had played Superman in a different series, but I think she over-valued her part in Smallville by complaining that she wasn’t brought back for the series finale.
On the personal level, it comes back to what it always seems to – how she treats the fans. Yes, she is very nice and pleasant in person, but here’s the thing: I’m getting sicker and sicker of the celebrities who are ‘told’ not to look at the camera for a photo op because the money-grabbers at the Wizard World Comic Con feel the need to charge $45 for the professional photo op. I could drone on and on about this, but I don’t want to use Supergirl’s posting as my forum.
So because she’s Superman related, I paid the $35 for the autographed photo, and then listened to the rules of the table: no flashes and no posed photos. Of course, she would blame this on the ‘rules’ that she cannot simply look at the camera for a photograph – but you will certainly note in the postings to come ample photos of me with celebrites at their tables. The funny part is that while Dean was fumbling with his money and my camera to take our picture, Laura literally stayed in the fake ‘signing’ posture, in essense posing for the photo, but without looking at the camera. Give me a break.
Hold that pose…hold that pose… don’t look…don’t look…
So maybe these are the rules in the contract that she signed with these jerk photographers. Maybe so. So my advice for Supergirl is: don’t sign a contract like this. Sure, sell your autographs, but give the Superman fans who don’t have $45 to plunk down the opportunity to have a picture with you actually looking at the camera.
Eighty dollars later…
Sorry Supergirl, this struck a wrong chord with me. Next time, be the hero.
Celebrities of the 2012 Wizard World Comic Con will continue…
That’s absolutely ridiculous. Laura Vandervoort (and her agent) should both be ashamed of themselves. What a despicable way to treat fans.
Peter
August 24th, 2012