Pretty sure it didn't go wrong. The organizer got people's money on the cheap and that was the intention all along. It's pretty much the (im)moral of the 21st century.
How did the viral Willy Wonka experience go so wrong?
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#63I yet have to find a non-overhyped and eventually disappointing event in the UK, to be honest. The only thing you can be certain of, is that you’ll pay a lot.
I went to this with my kids a couple of weeks ago and it was incredible. https://www.wakethetiger.com/
Re: How did the viral Willy Wonka experience go so wrong?
#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
These people weren't scammed, they were defrauded. They were promised one thing and delivered another. The event organisers simply lied so as to inflate the price they could charge for a thing that was worth dramatically less (arguably nothing). The extent of that gap constitutes a form of theft, and the organisers should be charged accordingly. The people who bought tickets weren't gullible or stupid, any more than…
The people who bought tickets weren't gullible or stupid Look at the marketing material on their website and ask yourself who wouldn't be suspicious upon seeing multiple nonsensical words: https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/764/707/40b
What??! I thought that was Oompa Loompa!
Re: How did the viral Willy Wonka experience go so wrong?
#65This happened to be an egregiously-bad example of these cheap, padded-out, pop-up shows that are everywhere. Anything that isn't run by a major museum or gallery is highly suspect in my book. I recall a Tutankhamun show that I think had National Geographic's name slapped on it, somewhere in London Docklands, that was fairly lame, but nothing compared to the lameness of a Tutankhamun show going on in Hamburg right now…
I seem to remember that Tutankhamun exhibition at the O2 (Millennium Dome still, back then?) being alright? The one back in '07-'08? I'm not sure they had the main golden casket, but the artefacts they found in the tomb were fascinating.
I know I was astounded by some of the techniques they used and the expertise and craft with which they were made all the way back when.
Re: How did the viral Willy Wonka experience go so wrong?
#66This happened to be an egregiously-bad example of these cheap, padded-out, pop-up shows that are everywhere. Anything that isn't run by a major museum or gallery is highly suspect in my book. I recall a Tutankhamun show that I think had National Geographic's name slapped on it, somewhere in London Docklands, that was fairly lame, but nothing compared to the lameness of a Tutankhamun show going on in Hamburg right now…
I seem to remember that Tutankhamun exhibition at the O2 (Millennium Dome still, back then?) being alright? The one back in '07-'08? I'm not sure they had the main golden casket, but the artefacts they found in the tomb were fascinating. I know I was astounded by some of the techniques they used and the expertise and craft with which they were made all the way back when.
You are largely right, but they had advertised it visually very differently - on what people could expect to see - and for the price it really wasn’t better value than a special exhibition at the BM. I’m clearly still sore about it almost twenty years later!
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#67People are saying it’s a con by a fraudster but I get the sense that the organiser is potentially on the spectrum or otherwise at a disadvantage
As a side note, can we please stop using being on the spectrum as an excuse for everything?
Was not an excuse, just an observation. Would you have preferred a different phrasing?
Re: How did the viral Willy Wonka experience go so wrong?
#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
As a side note, can we please stop using being on the spectrum as an excuse for everything?
Was not an excuse, just an observation. Would you have preferred a different phrasing?
Not sure how you conclude that the guy is on the spectrum: all I read is a guy using AI to create stuff with the goal of making a quick buco, no matter what.
Whether or not he's on the spectrum is as relevant as wether or not he is Scotish, a man or has a beard or not. He sure seems like a shaddy person so.
Re: How did the viral Willy Wonka experience go so wrong?
#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
Was not an excuse, just an observation. Would you have preferred a different phrasing?
Not sure how you conclude that the guy is on the spectrum: all I read is a guy using AI to create stuff with the goal of making a quick buco, no matter what. Whether or not he's on the spectrum is as relevant as wether or not he is Scotish, a man or has a beard or not. He sure seems like a shaddy person so.
>Not sure how you conclude that the guy is on the spectrum
The same way you're concluding that this is a guy:
> with the goal of making a quick buco
...impression. You and I are reading this differently, which is fine - happens. Doesn't make my read any less valid than yours though, especially in fuzzy areas like motivations or spectrum.
Re: How did the viral Willy Wonka experience go so wrong?
#70I yet have to find a non-overhyped and eventually disappointing event in the UK, to be honest. The only thing you can be certain of, is that you’ll pay a lot.
Secret cinema Bridgerton was good https://www.culturewhisper.com/r/cinema/secret_cinema_bridge...