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How desperate are you to be at next summer's premiere of J.J. Abrams' Star Trek reboot? Thousands of dollars worth of desperate? Then perhaps you were one of the people who placed bids on a special charity auction for 2 tickets to next year's Hollywood premiere on eBay this weekend . . .
The auction, which was open for bidding only if you had been pre-approved as being good for the money, was run for the Liberty Hill Foundation, a favorite charity for director Abrams:
The Liberty Hill Foundation partners with innovative and effective Los Angeles grassroots organizations to combat poverty and injustice. Together, we help transform the City of Angels into a place that promises safety, equality and opportunity for everyone who lives here. Our motto is Change, not Charity. Charity is important, but our dollars go the next step organizing, advocating, creating change for the long term.The winner of the auction - who paid $7,600 for the honor - will get to spend the evening enjoying the fruits of Abrams' labor while simultaneously being shunned by the cast and crew of the movie at a high-end party where they will have to pay for expensive clothing and feel out of place in the faux world of Hollywood for an evening. The rest of us, paying only a fraction of that, will be able to see exactly the same movie wearing whatever we want and without risking the possibility of pissing off Leonard Nimoy by asking him to sing "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" after having a little too much to drink. You have to ask yourself: Which one of us was really the "winner" in this circumstance after all...?
2 Tickets to the Star Trek Movie World Premiere in LA! [eBay]
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>Which one of us was really the "winner"
> in this circumstance after all...?
The charity?
Hey, you, I wasn't planning on asking Leonard Nimoy anything!
Double dumbass on you!
@darcymcgee: It sounds like a good one. I like groups that are dedicated to organization and advocacy, rather than just handing out food and blankets (though that is also necessary).
Stupid people contributing to a charity! What were they thinking?
I would rather just give to the charity and not attend the party. Actors aren't worth adoration. Writers maybe, actors no.
Close to 8 grand for tickets? Jesus, I feel bad paying what I do now for tickets. I hate the movie industry.
Oh and since nobody asked...
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No way. I'd ask Leonard Nimoy about New England Time Capsule.
I think the auction was the embodiment of Star Trek's philosophy of helping society. I only wish they had auctioned off more tickets to raise even more money.
Instead of being applauded for their generosity their fandom was mocked, which seems rather egregious for io9 seeing how the vast majority of our base are fanboys and fangirls. What's next? Will those who stand in line days to get the first tickets for their favorite movies be written up as losers who need to get lives?
I come to io9 to take pride in my geekiness not to have it belittled; that I can get almost anywhere else.
Graeme McMillan is just jealous, I heard he tried selling his first born but Abrams, didn't want another mouth to feed.
"they will have to pay for expensive clothing and feel out of place in the faux world of Hollywood for an evening"
Something tells me that if you're spending 8-grand on movie tickets, buying expensive clothing isn't an issue for you. Not to mention that if the winner is that successful, they're probably used to being around wealthy and influential people to begin with.
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