[Steve...O]

I've read Mr. Epstein's wonderful recap of the EMA events and wish to congratulate all of the various attendees on participating in a very successful conference.

It sounds like the various studios as well as the HD-DVD and Blu-Ray groups treated their guests well and with respect. They are to be thanked for doing so. I hope that, despite any attempts at post-mortem controversy, they feel their efforts were worth it and that they are treated with the same respect they showed. Those of us who weren't able to go this time sincerely hope that HTF is invited back next year so that we can go.

Ernie Borgnine is a favorite of mine and I hope we read some stories about this 90 year old legend mingling with the membership. From all accounts he's a genuinely nice guy and quite a character.

I hope we also hear some reports from the Warners presentation, particularly in regards to any news about upcoming classic releases (hint Bowery Boys hint ). That was a very classy move on their part to distribute advance copies of the much anticipated Noir 4 set.

Welcome home all!

Steve
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[Southpaw]

I just want to say thank you to Ron and Adam and anyone else that put in time and effort to make this a successful journey. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of my time here. It was exciting, informative, and a wonderful overall experience. One I won't forget.
I will definitely look into going again if the opportunity presents itself.

Oh, and thanks for the great freebies!!

[RayJr]

I also would like to thank Ron and Adam for making this the best event my wife and I have ever attended. The event was nothing but first class, and the people were the friendliest and nicest I have ever attended an event with.
Ron it was a pleasure to meet you personally and spend time with you at lunch.

Thank you all again.
RayJr & wife

[Cameron Yee]

Having attended the meet in 2004 I had no doubts I would have a great time, even though Las Vegas is not really my cup of tea personally. As a group of us was discussing last night, the freebies are just icing (and a lot of it ) on the cake of meeting great people who share common interests. I only wish we could have had a final group day so I could have introduced a couple people to each other who shared some particular interests.

[Winman42]

I agree with everyone, this was the most fun i've ever had during a meet. Of course i'd only been to the NY/NJ meets quite a few years ago. Was great meeting a bunch of new friends, and seeing some old ones from the east coast. Hope we can do it again next year..fingers crossed. I will surely start posting more, as my membership lapsed for a bit, then i rejoined recently.
Hope to stay in touch with everyone i met via this great forum.

Winston Walker

p.s. To the folks i met heading to the San Diego ComicCon, drop me a line if you wanna do a little HTF/ComicCon meetup!

[Gregory Pauswinski]

Thanks Ron, Adam, and everyone else involved in planning this event. I also want to thank Martin Blythe for inviting us out to the convention. This was an amazing experience. Not only did we get AMAZING goodies, but I love hanging out with HTF folks. If I can brag, we're a great bunch.

[Andrew M]

This was my first HTF event and it was fantastic! What a great bunch of people to hang out with! I really enjoyed meeting and talking with as many of you as I could. There just wasn't enough time to meet and talk with everyone. If any HTF people are going to be in San Francisco, please contact me so we can get together here.

With Dolby Labs and the soon to be opened Disney Museum here in San Francisco and Lucas facilities both here in SF and in nearby San Rafael, perhaps a future HTF event could be held here! (Of course, the meeting with Lucas would be non-anamorphic).

[Richard Gallagher]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve...O

Ernie Borgnine is a favorite of mine and I hope we read some stories about this 90 year old legend mingling with the membership. From all accounts he's a genuinely nice guy and quite a character.

Ernie was a real treat. It's hard to believe that he's 90 years old. He has an incredible memory -- when asked about "The Wild Bunch" he talked about working with Pekinpah and described the making of the one of the scenes where he had to hide the fact that in real life he had broken his foot. He told us about working with Spencer Tracy, Jimmy Stewart, Robert Ryan -- it was fascinating.

He is currently writing his autobiography and he said it should be published late this year or early next year. He said he developed his philosophy of life one day when he was broke and was walking on 8th Avenue in New York City. "I saw a sign that this guy had. He was selling chestnuts. That sign became my life's philosophy. It said, 'I don't want to set the world on fire - I just want to keep my nuts warm.'"

[Raul Marquez,MD]

I want to publicly acknowledge the monumental efort made by Rom, Adam, Bill et al on our behalf. Being a newbie at these meetings I was made to feel like I'd known all for many years.

The only almost bummer was that today on my return trip American Airlines tried to charge me an extra $50.00 today for excess weight in my suitcase (due to the over 100 DVDs -Blue Rays, WB Box set, various anime tiles and tons of screeners) - [I was carrying 2 bags on the plane as carry-on also]. It weighted 53.5 lbs with an allowable maximum of 50 lbs.

After giving the counter lady a nice smile, she gave me a slap in the hand, told me not to do it again, and waived the surcharge.

Again this was a FANTASTIC and GREAT event!

Thanks again!

PS: I'll be sending Ron some of the pictures I took so that he can post them in the forum.