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I finally have some spare time (oh god moving in and unpacking is nearly as bad as packing and moving out) to write up the second half of comic con. Let's just hope I can remember most of it! I swear, I have no remembery.
Saturday! Turns out that the line for Heroes and Lost panels was hella long. From what I'm told, people were already in line at 2am, just planning on camping out there so they could make sure to get in. I do know that by the time we got there, which was probably around 9:30a when the doors to the convention center opened, the line was already the entire length of the convention center and another several blocks long besides. There is really nothing I've wanted in life badly enough to stand in that long of a line. Certainly not Heroes or Lost, no matter how good they might be.
Needless to say, we didn't get into those panels. Though I am told that a lot of the people who were near the end of that insanely long line did. Good on them! At least their perseverance paid off.
We went to the Futurama/Simpsons panels instead, which were decent. Though I will watch both shows if I come across them, I'm not a rabid fan of either, so it was more just a time killer than anything else. Then there was the Dean Koontz panel, which, for the portion I sat through, was mind-numbing (Sorry, Mr. Koontz! You're a much better author than public speaker!). The only reason we really sat through it at all was to ensure we had seats for the Dollhouse panel.
The Dollhouse panel was quite good. Of course, it was Joss Whedon... how could it have been bad? He's a funny, funny guy. I like him very much. Though, I will say, I'm still not a huge fan of Eliza. I'm not even sure why. She seems like a very nice, personable person. I can't put my finger on why she puts me off. The show does look very good, though, so I'm sure I will try to catch it, at least give it a chance. Again, it's Joss Whedon. His shows are always entertaining.
I do know that I wandered quite a bit during the Koontz panel. I followed Darth Vader for a while, contemplating whether or not to step on his cape just for giggles. It's sort of like those jerky commercials... "Messing with Sasquatch." You so want to fuck with the Sith Lord, but at the same time, you know it's not going to turn out well. In the end, I decided that it would be a Very Bad Idea, and I let Mister Vader depart unmolested.
I went down to the exhibit floor to find Jeff Jacques for one of the ladies in my WoW guild who is a huge fan. She requested a picture of him, and for me to tell him she has a huge crush on ... I assume one of his characters. I found the booth, explained and gave the message and took the picture. Mission accomplished! After that, I wandered outside for a bit, and was EVER so amused to see two San Diego police officers leading The Joker away in handcuffs. The guy's makeup/costume were really very good, and it made me a little giggly to see that Good triumphs over Evil even at Comic Con. I do wonder what the guy did to get arrested, but in the end, who cares. The irony of seeing The Joker being taken away by the cops was the real fun.
I also saw Robert Picardo signing autographs, along with Jonathan Frakes. I spent a little time talking to Mr. Picardo, which was wonderful. I got his autograph, and he asked if I'd seen the new episode of SG:A the night before, and I was happy to be able to tell him that I had indeed seen it, and thought he was very funny. He seemed pleased about that, though I'm sure people had been telling him that all day long.
Afterwards, I made my way over to Artist's Alley, to see if maybe Wendy Pini was down at her table, and she was! She was sitting there with another fellow (not Richard, sadly), but just doodling away! CJ! CJ! CJ! I got to talk to Wendy Pini! I told her I was very excited about the announcement of the movie, and that I'd been waiting forever for it, and she says "Just imagine how we feel!" I really did have to concede that point. She's a very nice lady. :D AND! Omg. They're putting ALL the Elfquest (with one exception) that's been done up to this point online at elfquest.com! FOR FREE! Am so very thrilled about this.
I took several pictures, one of Captain Jack Sparrow (fairly amazing costume) and a couple of Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (phenomenal costumes). Unfortunately, I hadn't had my camera when they were taking The Joker away. I'm sort of sad about that... would have been an awesome picture (well, maybe not for the guy in the costume).
After the Dollhouse panel, there wasn't really much we wanted to stick around to see that evening, so we headed back to the hotel early. We had supper at the great little cafe downstairs from the hotel, called Indigo Cafe. Very awesome food, the server guy was very entertaining, and the dessert was to die for. After supper, we rode up the elevator with another Captain Jack Sparrow, and spent the evening in the room watching videos. Was some much-needed downtime, as we'd been going hell-bent-for-leather pretty much non-stop since the Con started.
On Sunday, we got up early, had breakfast downstairs (did I mention that the hotel had a really decent free breakfast buffet? Eggs, bacon, sausage, pastries, juice... just a really decent selection), and then headed to the convention center. My group was really good about it, since none of them really cared to see the Supernatural panel. But since the Smallville panel was right before it, I knew I was going to have to get there early. And even though we were at the convention center when the doors opened, and I went directly to the hall when I got in, it was still damn near full by the time I got there. Yikes!
The Smallville panel was okay. I'm sure I would have enjoyed it a ton more if I hadn't stopped watching Smallville in the first season. Not because I didn't like it, but because I wanted to watch other things more. It does seem like they have some interesting things planned for the next season though, and that's just from my uninformed perspective. I will say that Smallville fans are scary, scary folk. Like. Scary. :O
The Supernatural panel... what to say. It was great fun, as they always are. Jared and Jensen are always great to watch and listen to, and of course Erik Kripke is just a god. Kripke mentioned that he'd love to have Jeffrey Dean Morgan back on the show, but that JDM is horrendously busy, especially now with Watchmen. He also said again that the Impala is his third character on the show, and that he'd sooner kill off the boys than the car, even if it drives like a shopping cart. "The show is kind of like a western, and the car is Trigger. Everybody loves Trigger." It was pointed out that he has killed each of the boys (Dean many, many times a la Mystery Spot) and he said it was still more likely that he'd kill them again rather than kill the car. He said he was concerned about killing Dean again, since it had been done before. "How many times can we kill them off before it loses its impact? Ahh, fuck it." And of course, proceeded to kill Dean and send him to hell. *g*
The question was asked whether we'd ever see a 'wild west' episode, with the boys in an old western ghost town. Kripke reiterated that he does sort of think of the show as a western in some respects, though he wasn't sure that we'd ever see the boys in cowboy hats. Jensen piped up saying something along the lines of "the show has one horse and two cowboys" which of course brought a lot of laughter and applause, and he's all "don't go there. I really stepped into that one." Kripke said he'd make the boys wear assless chaps, and Jensen says "Yes, please." You can imagine what reaction that got. ;)
The Ghostfacers showed up, which was greatly entertaining. There was also the mention that the Ghostfacers may show up in webisodes at some point. If it's done well, I'd really like to see that, actually. I've heard poor reviews of the webisodes that the Heroes guys have done, so I'm sort of in 'wait and see' mode about it.
We got to see the first five minutes of the season 4 premiere, and of course, it was not nearly enough. MUST HAVE MOAR, PLZ. Kripke, the boys, and the two writers did say that this was by far the strongest season since the first. Kripke wasn't really thrilled with the way Bela's character had been handled, he said they did a serious disservice to both character and actor. He said that if they had it to do over again, they would have handled it very differently.
It was also mentioned that the 'love interest' that has been bandied about for Sam this season isn't... well, what he said was along the lines of "I had a couple of beers and decided 'I'm gonna say love interest just to fuck with the fans'". I do love that man. He knows us so well, exactly how to push our buttons. *grins*
I'm sure there's a ton more that I've forgotten already, but there are tons of youtube clips up, so I'm sure everyone's seen the whole panel already anyway. I meant to go back and put in links to all the youtube vids of the panels I saw, but haven't really gotten around to that yet. I did go and watch the Doctor Who/Torchwood panel clips, and they still crack me up. I have so much love for my fandoms.
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halfacork (she bought me Munchkin Bites!), and we went over to the Wendy Pini panel. We got there early, sat around for ... uh... Emily the Strange? I don't remember. I remember a lot of yelling by the kid sitting down the row from us, not much more than that, til Wendy got on stage.
Both Wendy and Richard were there, and it was great to listen to them talk about Elfquest. I've been a fan for over 20 years... not as long as some, I'm sure, but still. The movie is still in the very, very infant stages... as in, still in discussion phase, but at this point, it's definitely a go. I'm twitchy, because the director's last movie was Dodge Ball. Gods save us from Ben Stiller, please. But he's also been an Elfquest fan since childhood, and has promised that WaRP will be involved in the creative process from the very beginning. And as he said, "Why would I make a movie that Wendy didn't like?", so here's hoping. He would love to do full animation, but says it's more likely to be animation/cgi. I kind of really don't want live action. I can't really put my finger on why, but I don't. It seems as if he really doesn't, either, so again, here's hoping.
After the Elfquest panel, I did a bit of quick shopping (I am a horrible impulse shopper, in more ways than one - I bought SPN trading card. WTF do I need SPN trading cards for? Although.... so pretty. <3 ) and then it was time to meet up with the rest of my group and say goodbye to Comic Con and San Diego. It had been a busy, hectic, hot, sweaty, crowded weekend, but damn. I don't remember having more fun in a very, very long time. Even with my knee threatening to permanently take leave from my body, my back aching because I was walking funny to save my knee and feeling like I was going to melt in the heat, I had an absolutely marvelous time.
I kind of already want to buy my tickets for next year. Is this a bad thing?
Saturday! Turns out that the line for Heroes and Lost panels was hella long. From what I'm told, people were already in line at 2am, just planning on camping out there so they could make sure to get in. I do know that by the time we got there, which was probably around 9:30a when the doors to the convention center opened, the line was already the entire length of the convention center and another several blocks long besides. There is really nothing I've wanted in life badly enough to stand in that long of a line. Certainly not Heroes or Lost, no matter how good they might be.
Needless to say, we didn't get into those panels. Though I am told that a lot of the people who were near the end of that insanely long line did. Good on them! At least their perseverance paid off.
We went to the Futurama/Simpsons panels instead, which were decent. Though I will watch both shows if I come across them, I'm not a rabid fan of either, so it was more just a time killer than anything else. Then there was the Dean Koontz panel, which, for the portion I sat through, was mind-numbing (Sorry, Mr. Koontz! You're a much better author than public speaker!). The only reason we really sat through it at all was to ensure we had seats for the Dollhouse panel.
The Dollhouse panel was quite good. Of course, it was Joss Whedon... how could it have been bad? He's a funny, funny guy. I like him very much. Though, I will say, I'm still not a huge fan of Eliza. I'm not even sure why. She seems like a very nice, personable person. I can't put my finger on why she puts me off. The show does look very good, though, so I'm sure I will try to catch it, at least give it a chance. Again, it's Joss Whedon. His shows are always entertaining.
I do know that I wandered quite a bit during the Koontz panel. I followed Darth Vader for a while, contemplating whether or not to step on his cape just for giggles. It's sort of like those jerky commercials... "Messing with Sasquatch." You so want to fuck with the Sith Lord, but at the same time, you know it's not going to turn out well. In the end, I decided that it would be a Very Bad Idea, and I let Mister Vader depart unmolested.
I went down to the exhibit floor to find Jeff Jacques for one of the ladies in my WoW guild who is a huge fan. She requested a picture of him, and for me to tell him she has a huge crush on ... I assume one of his characters. I found the booth, explained and gave the message and took the picture. Mission accomplished! After that, I wandered outside for a bit, and was EVER so amused to see two San Diego police officers leading The Joker away in handcuffs. The guy's makeup/costume were really very good, and it made me a little giggly to see that Good triumphs over Evil even at Comic Con. I do wonder what the guy did to get arrested, but in the end, who cares. The irony of seeing The Joker being taken away by the cops was the real fun.
I also saw Robert Picardo signing autographs, along with Jonathan Frakes. I spent a little time talking to Mr. Picardo, which was wonderful. I got his autograph, and he asked if I'd seen the new episode of SG:A the night before, and I was happy to be able to tell him that I had indeed seen it, and thought he was very funny. He seemed pleased about that, though I'm sure people had been telling him that all day long.
Afterwards, I made my way over to Artist's Alley, to see if maybe Wendy Pini was down at her table, and she was! She was sitting there with another fellow (not Richard, sadly), but just doodling away! CJ! CJ! CJ! I got to talk to Wendy Pini! I told her I was very excited about the announcement of the movie, and that I'd been waiting forever for it, and she says "Just imagine how we feel!" I really did have to concede that point. She's a very nice lady. :D AND! Omg. They're putting ALL the Elfquest (with one exception) that's been done up to this point online at elfquest.com! FOR FREE! Am so very thrilled about this.
I took several pictures, one of Captain Jack Sparrow (fairly amazing costume) and a couple of Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (phenomenal costumes). Unfortunately, I hadn't had my camera when they were taking The Joker away. I'm sort of sad about that... would have been an awesome picture (well, maybe not for the guy in the costume).
After the Dollhouse panel, there wasn't really much we wanted to stick around to see that evening, so we headed back to the hotel early. We had supper at the great little cafe downstairs from the hotel, called Indigo Cafe. Very awesome food, the server guy was very entertaining, and the dessert was to die for. After supper, we rode up the elevator with another Captain Jack Sparrow, and spent the evening in the room watching videos. Was some much-needed downtime, as we'd been going hell-bent-for-leather pretty much non-stop since the Con started.
On Sunday, we got up early, had breakfast downstairs (did I mention that the hotel had a really decent free breakfast buffet? Eggs, bacon, sausage, pastries, juice... just a really decent selection), and then headed to the convention center. My group was really good about it, since none of them really cared to see the Supernatural panel. But since the Smallville panel was right before it, I knew I was going to have to get there early. And even though we were at the convention center when the doors opened, and I went directly to the hall when I got in, it was still damn near full by the time I got there. Yikes!
The Smallville panel was okay. I'm sure I would have enjoyed it a ton more if I hadn't stopped watching Smallville in the first season. Not because I didn't like it, but because I wanted to watch other things more. It does seem like they have some interesting things planned for the next season though, and that's just from my uninformed perspective. I will say that Smallville fans are scary, scary folk. Like. Scary. :O
The Supernatural panel... what to say. It was great fun, as they always are. Jared and Jensen are always great to watch and listen to, and of course Erik Kripke is just a god. Kripke mentioned that he'd love to have Jeffrey Dean Morgan back on the show, but that JDM is horrendously busy, especially now with Watchmen. He also said again that the Impala is his third character on the show, and that he'd sooner kill off the boys than the car, even if it drives like a shopping cart. "The show is kind of like a western, and the car is Trigger. Everybody loves Trigger." It was pointed out that he has killed each of the boys (Dean many, many times a la Mystery Spot) and he said it was still more likely that he'd kill them again rather than kill the car. He said he was concerned about killing Dean again, since it had been done before. "How many times can we kill them off before it loses its impact? Ahh, fuck it." And of course, proceeded to kill Dean and send him to hell. *g*
The question was asked whether we'd ever see a 'wild west' episode, with the boys in an old western ghost town. Kripke reiterated that he does sort of think of the show as a western in some respects, though he wasn't sure that we'd ever see the boys in cowboy hats. Jensen piped up saying something along the lines of "the show has one horse and two cowboys" which of course brought a lot of laughter and applause, and he's all "don't go there. I really stepped into that one." Kripke said he'd make the boys wear assless chaps, and Jensen says "Yes, please." You can imagine what reaction that got. ;)
The Ghostfacers showed up, which was greatly entertaining. There was also the mention that the Ghostfacers may show up in webisodes at some point. If it's done well, I'd really like to see that, actually. I've heard poor reviews of the webisodes that the Heroes guys have done, so I'm sort of in 'wait and see' mode about it.
We got to see the first five minutes of the season 4 premiere, and of course, it was not nearly enough. MUST HAVE MOAR, PLZ. Kripke, the boys, and the two writers did say that this was by far the strongest season since the first. Kripke wasn't really thrilled with the way Bela's character had been handled, he said they did a serious disservice to both character and actor. He said that if they had it to do over again, they would have handled it very differently.
It was also mentioned that the 'love interest' that has been bandied about for Sam this season isn't... well, what he said was along the lines of "I had a couple of beers and decided 'I'm gonna say love interest just to fuck with the fans'". I do love that man. He knows us so well, exactly how to push our buttons. *grins*
I'm sure there's a ton more that I've forgotten already, but there are tons of youtube clips up, so I'm sure everyone's seen the whole panel already anyway. I meant to go back and put in links to all the youtube vids of the panels I saw, but haven't really gotten around to that yet. I did go and watch the Doctor Who/Torchwood panel clips, and they still crack me up. I have so much love for my fandoms.
After the Supernatural panel, I met up with
halfacork (she bought me Munchkin Bites!), and we went over to the Wendy Pini panel. We got there early, sat around for ... uh... Emily the Strange? I don't remember. I remember a lot of yelling by the kid sitting down the row from us, not much more than that, til Wendy got on stage.Both Wendy and Richard were there, and it was great to listen to them talk about Elfquest. I've been a fan for over 20 years... not as long as some, I'm sure, but still. The movie is still in the very, very infant stages... as in, still in discussion phase, but at this point, it's definitely a go. I'm twitchy, because the director's last movie was Dodge Ball. Gods save us from Ben Stiller, please. But he's also been an Elfquest fan since childhood, and has promised that WaRP will be involved in the creative process from the very beginning. And as he said, "Why would I make a movie that Wendy didn't like?", so here's hoping. He would love to do full animation, but says it's more likely to be animation/cgi. I kind of really don't want live action. I can't really put my finger on why, but I don't. It seems as if he really doesn't, either, so again, here's hoping.
After the Elfquest panel, I did a bit of quick shopping (I am a horrible impulse shopper, in more ways than one - I bought SPN trading card. WTF do I need SPN trading cards for? Although.... so pretty. <3 ) and then it was time to meet up with the rest of my group and say goodbye to Comic Con and San Diego. It had been a busy, hectic, hot, sweaty, crowded weekend, but damn. I don't remember having more fun in a very, very long time. Even with my knee threatening to permanently take leave from my body, my back aching because I was walking funny to save my knee and feeling like I was going to melt in the heat, I had an absolutely marvelous time.
I kind of already want to buy my tickets for next year. Is this a bad thing?
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OH Elfquest film??? !!! CJ will love it!! :D
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