The TV Addict 

Seeing as how they’ve attended conventions around the world, I hardly see this as a diss. Maybe they had prior engagements, or maybe they just want to actually enjoy their break between shooting seasons.

I don’t consider this a diss in any way. They are incredibly gracious with their fans and have attended Comic-Con in the past so its not like they refuse to. There may be crowd control issues involved with not bringing them in this year as well. I know it creates quite the chaos when those boys hit CCI and depending on the room size, scheduling times, etc. they may not have wanted the extra baggage that comes with having Jensen and Jared there on a logistics level. Who knows…

You’re quite the inciter sometimes, aren’t you?

Oh, boy… Don’t say those things about Jensen and Jared. Both of them are great with the fans. Better than anyone I know.

They’re shooting episodes already, they started on July 2. The season will start early this year, September 10th. If they’re not coming it’s because they’re busy.

The cons they do worldwide (mentioned in these commments) are super lucrative to their pocketbooks.
Theirs is the only show at CC where no lead will make an appearance. Every other tv show has at least one lead listed as attending.
However, both Js did attend CC last year. The post is wrong on that account.

Sorry, can’t agree, just because Jensen and Jared can’t attend they certainly are not dissing the fans!!!
They were sooo tired last year, poor guys!

I think Misha and Jim will do an awesome job at Comic Con this year, especially misha the master of the masses. BTW Kripke’s and the other writers are much more important because they they are the ones who can give answers about season 5 not Jensen and Jared.

I’m sure if the schedule will allow it they will drop by if not, not really important, it’s not a Supernatural Convention but a panel at Comic con which is something different. It’s about getting info about season 5 from the writers crew and the little preview clip, not about fangirling about Jensen and Jared, that’s why Spn cons exist.
So chill out and stop saying such nonsense!

Jensen and Jared didn’t work this summer break but travelled and went to Cons so how could they possible diss the fans? I don’t get it. the guys were in L.A, Syndey, Birmingham and they will be at the Con in Vancouver so their appearance at Comic Con is not that important.

Jensen and Jared have been toddling off to conventions all over the world. At some point they have to go to work to put the show on the air for the fans to support. You’re just rabblerousing and trying to stir up trouble.

It’s not “once again” – one or both of the two stars have attended the previous two Comic Cons:

2008 – both Jensen and Jared attended
2007 – Jensen attended

You’re way off on this. It’s embarrassing!

I dunno. After four years of ass and package-grabbing at cons, girlfriend-bashing and the J2 tinhatters screeching about their secret but epic butt-sexin’, maybe the guys have just had enough. This fandom is its own worst enemy.

Or their filming schedule won’t allow it. Either is fine with me.

Oh, please. I don’t see this as a diss at all. They’ve attended many cons worldwide. I see nothing wrong with skipping this one. And hey it gives Jim and Misha their moment to shine.

I believe they may simply be busy shooting SN and I’d much rather they were doing that. Bring on season 5!

aw TVaddict… **shakes head** What’s the matter, hun? Have we been ignoring your blog too much lately so you needed to stir up some trouble for Supernatural to get attention? I’m surprised at you, although it seems to have worked, and by your own admission!

THE BUSINESS SIDE OF THINGS: And you’re in the business long enough to know better. From a business standpoint, shows bring out their stars and top guns to media events (note MEDIA event, not FAN event!) such as Comic Con when they need to PROMOTE their show. In case you forgot, Supernatural is now entering its fifth (and possibly last) season stronger than ever. The fans have done their work in the previous years through word of mouth to help get it there and it is no longer in need of desperate promotion in order to garner further seasons. Therefore it makes perfect sense to give Jared and Jensen a break for once, and send down the other two fan favorites, Jim and Misha.

Jared and Jensen have been nothing but appreciative and indulgent of their fans, time and time again, whether at Cons or on set. Despite the easy money offered by conventions, they didn’t have to participate, as many stars of other shows choose not to go near Cons if it was the last gig on earth. Shame on you for such disparaging remarks in a sad — yet apparently successful — attempt at sensationalism. I truly thought you were better than that. Just stick to actual reporting and leave the dissing crap to the Enquirer, OK?

I’m going to have to agree with most of what everyone has already said.
They did a convention in Australia and one in England this summer. They have to have SOME down time. Come on give them a break. Not to mention, don’t they start filming like, right around NOW!? ARGH!
It would be different if Jensen or Jared said they would come then didn’t show. Then you would be all over them for that. They just can’t win can they? Sheesh…..

What a ridiculous so called ‘article’. As everyone has already eloquently said, both Jensen & Jared work extremely hard to attend as many fan events as possible, including Comic Con in previous years. I’m sure not many other shows have as many conventions, in different countries, as Supernatural does and either one or both of them attend all of those.

Comments like this – and TimG’s about ‘Crazy Fangirl Communities’ – are why I don’t really come to this site anymore. I think you’ll find that nobody was making ‘fangirlish’ comments here, but simply pointing out the inaccuracies in the (offensive) post that was designed purely to try and cause trouble.

I think your comments here are offensive toward Jared and Jensen and should be immediately retracted! These two make it their business to attend fan conventions all over the world. For hours, they pose for pictures and sign autographs for fans, get up onstage and answer questions that aren’t always diplomatic, to say the least, and work 16 hour days to turn out one of the very best TV shows that has ever graced the airwaves! How dare you accuse them of dissing their fans? It’s highly likely they might have to work on the show while this convention is going on, so why don’t you keep your mouth shut until you learn the facts? That’s what GOOD reporters do, but clearly, you don’t fall in that category!

They both did Comic-Con last year, and Jensen the year before that. The guys have done a LOT of OTHER conventions in the US and other countries (moreso than some of those other “leads” who’ll be appearing for their shows) for YEARS now. They already started filming S5 of SPN last week – so give them a break for not travelling all the way down to San Diego to sit on a panel where Kripke and the writers will answer most of the questions anyway!

And, for the record, pretty much every fan loves Jim Beaver and Misha Collins too (I don’t know of any who don’t). So it really isn’t a diss to the fans to have them be at Comic-Con instead of Jensen and Jared. In fact, I was pleased when I heard that they would be there.

Slow summer, hey tvaddict…. the boyz rock…

“1) If Kripke can adjust his schedule and that of the other actors in attendance, then I think it’s rather unfair to say that the J’s can’t be in attendance because they’re busy filming.”

Jensen and Jared are the ones who do most of the work. Misha is a regular this season but he is still not going to be the one working 12 hour days 5 or 6 days a week, Jensen and Jared are. Jim is not going to be working those hours either. Misha and Jim will probably only end up doing a 2 or 3 days work per episode they are in.

Kripke doesn’t have to adjust his schedule – he lives nearby and I sincerely doubt he is usually working until after midnight the day of. It’s just a matter of taking a long drive, same as the other writers.

Last year, Jensen and Jared were filming until after midnight the day of the convention, then had to fly down and start doing interviews. They probably got a couple of hours of sleep at most, if that. The year before Jensen was filming until something like 3 AM the morning of the convention and Jared couldn’t even make it because of his filming schedule.

It’s ridiculous asking them to do it again this year if there are other cast members available and Kripke is open to it. I’ll miss seeing them as I’ve loved reading about their CC appearances in years past(and Jensen always seems to look particularly fetching at CC for some reason:) but I don’t begrudge the day off.

lol anonanon!

If you’re embarrassed by someone just talking about some of the crap the so-called fans of this show pull, then imagine how J&J feel.

Okay….that’s the biggest pile of toss I’ve read for a while. As a fan of the show myself I do not consider it a diss……these actors have lives outside of Supernatural, so if they can’t make it to one Con I think they can be forgiven!

In the words of Sam W: Blah Blah BlahBlahBlah….

Wow, mental note…never anger Supernatural fans. *hides in corner, waits for storm to pass*

I don’t want to say anything, because I’m not objective at all, but I can’t resist: They should take a look at what Kristen Bell did for her fans of Veronica Mars (and continues doing for them long after the show has passed). THAT is loyalty to fans….I have yet to hear of another actress that would do the same (ok, that’s not true, there are a couple like Hilarie Burton, but heck, Jenson Ackles and Jared Padelecki aren’t part of them0

Before anyone gets too upset, remember the guys are back in Vancouver right now filiming the next season for us and that is probably why they can’t make it! The J’s have gone out of their way for us fans, work their butts off, and attned as many conventions as they can. If they miss Comic-con, well, that’s life. Grow up people!

These boys have given up most of their summer to work their asses off 16 hours a day, 6 days a week just so the fans don’t have to wait long between seasons so excuse them for wanting to spend their day off catching up on some well deserved rest instead of being groped, pinched, commented on inappropriately and pretty much dancing like gay puppets on a string to entertain the fans. What more do you guys want? this is no way a diss they do more for their fans than most actors but the most important thing? they appreciate every single fan even the nutty ones. So get off your high horses and leave them alone.

I would never put it on Jared and Jensen for not attending but more on the CW (they’re probably 2 of the hardest working actors on TV), they should have adjusted the filming schedule to allow the two leads of a show to bring in more viewers, especially when Season 4 drew in so many new viewers who are now loyal fans (myself being one!)… it’s a missed opportunity, I guess.

Tomorrow on thetvaddict.com:

“We were surprised and taken aback by the reaction yesterday to our opinion piece, ‘Supernatural stars diss fans!!!!!one!!’ Why, we were simply defending the fans, and we’re shocked — SHOCKED, we say — that fans chose to interpret our opinion differently.”

TVAddict! I’m surprised at you! And you the one who taught us internet rule #1 –”Don’t mess with the Supernatural Fans!” And rule #2 — “See rule #1!”

I know July TV is pretty boring — but this sort of thing could be dangerous.

BTW — Tom Welling isn’t going to be there either — is he dissing his fans too?

Anyway– speaking as a fan, even if the JJ’s were going to be there — it’s Kripke’s coments that are ALWAYS the highlight of the Supernatural panel at CC. CC is when we fans try to get the Evil!Genius to spill the beans about the up coming season. Because– lovely as Jared and Jensen are — they’re (reportedly)almost as much in the dark about Sam and Dean as the fans. I’d feel dissed if EK didn’t show up.
Besides– the boys would never diss us — they KNOW how crazy we are — – –;)

Wow, this is ridiculous! Jared and Jensen attend plenty of cons (I met them both in May and they were amazingly generous with the fans then), and both have been at Comic Con in the past. Maybe they wanted to give some of the other cast members the opportunity to have that experience. Maybe the scheduling didn’t work out. Who knows? But the fans I know haven’t seen as as a diss in any way, so why are you stirring up trouble?

Dissing fans? I don’t think so. They were at CC last year, Jensen the year before, and they’ve been, together and separately, at a squillion cons all over the world.

How many times have they left the set, flown to a con, arrived on scant sleep, and hopped back on the plane Sunday night to be back on set Monday morning? They’re already pulling down some pretty long days, and when they attend cons during filming … most times there is no break! That con IS their time off.

They’re filming. They’re getting a solid go at the early episodes of what *may* be the final season. And that’s all there is to that. Fans will enjoy Jim and Misha at CC as they always will. The boys are doing what fans want most – making more “Supernatural” to watch.

Wow, this is a bunch of crap. You should be ashamed to have this online.

Jensen and Jared do so much for their fans and are incredibly gracious and indulgent. They’re absolute sweethearts and they work harder than ANY actors on television.

Shame on you. Jensen and Jared are fantastic and I for one am grateful for all that they *do* share with us.

The TV Addict should know better than to assume that J & J are responsible for their attending (or not) SDCC — that would be the CW’s decision — and being that this is a well established show, it’s not surprising that they don’t feel it’s necessary to spend the extra travel expenses.

The CW may also prefer to not have to deal with the fallout if one/both had to drop out due to filming the show — better to not commit them to it now and add one/both of them at the last minute (pre-announced or not) should filming allow their attendance.

It’s much better to surprise one’s fandom than to disappoint them.

M said: “Theirs is the only show at CC where no lead will make an appearance. Every other tv show has at least one lead listed as attending”

The other M replies: Oh no it’s not. Misha Collins was added as a series regular this season is now consider 3rd lead for the series. So yes they do have one of their ‘lead actors’ attending the convention.

As for the notion that Jared and Jensen are ‘dissing fans’ by not attending Comic Con, please note that this is more of a publicty junket for the promotion of the the show than an actual convention. Fans do not have the same level of opportunity to interact with the actors as they do at regular conventions such as Creation and Ayslum conventions. This is not a convention run for Supernatural fans where the actors can ‘give back’ to the fans for their support of the series. Comic con is a tradeshow for the professionals and a means fro the press to do coverage to promote projects.

As many have said, Jared and Jensen are in the midst of filming the series. For the last two years one or both of them have arrived at comic con to promote the series even though they were dead tired from filming. So if you are trying to stir up trouble about the guys and put some sort of bad rap on them, you are sadly mistaken and as you can see no one is buying what you are trying to sell them about Jared and Jensen.

Wow, TV Addict. If you made this post in all seriousness, it’s laughable. I’d much rather see them at a really pleasant con (did in fact, this past March in LA) than around thousands of screaming people. But if you made this post only to stir up the wasps, congrats, you certainly got your site hits!

Don’t be totally and utterly ridiculous!! The guys work like crazy and attend all sorts of conventions all year round even if it means wrapping a shoot at five in the morning and being at a convention in LA at nine!!! You seem to know pretty little about these two amazing guys. They spent their hiatus this year in Australia and England for conventions, for heaven’s sake.

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Ok, don’t go there people! Jared and Jensen are very grateful for their fans. They have proven that time and time again, going to numerous conventions world wide. There is a very good reason as to why they will most likely not attend comic-con this year….THEY ARE FILMING THE SHOW! They are the stars of the show and don’t get a lot of down time to do things during the summer. The fans know this which is why we don’t complain about it (or at least some of us don’t). So back off and get a clue.

This whole issue just repulses me to no end. Rather than being offended by the fact that they won’t be at CC, I take offense at you having the audacity to speak for us! Newsflash, you pathetic moron: you don’t! We, being the actual fans, understand that they won’t be able to make it and don’t hold it against them one bit.

Oh, and P.S. We aren’t all a bunch of teenage girls, thanks.

I’m not sure this is a decision of Jared and Jensen. The producers and writers seem to want to make Collins the star of the series. Last season Castiel’s story got as much or more attention than Sam’s and this season the only spoiler about overall plot is that Castiel will have a major arc in the coming season. Makes me wonder if Jared and Jensen were not asked to participate so Collins could be out front as the new star of the series.

This article is a plie of crap. I can’t think of many actors even half as nice as Jensen and Jared to their fans. They even flew across the world to Australia for a con, and that is about a 22 hour flight, and they could have easily said no. And besides, how is this dissing the fans? they didn’t publicly say anything that could be taken as an insult to fans. You don’t know whats going on in their lives either you douchpacker. And stop making hasty generalisations that all SN fans are teenage girls. And leave Sam alone sisi, he is one of the main characters, which is why he gets so much attention. isn’t that even half obvious?