July 16, 2005

• The third day ended up becoming mostly an all-panels kind of day. 
  I didn't get to go visit the dealer's room until 6:30pm, and they close
  up at 7pm.  The reason was because of all the panels I had to
  attend.

  The biggest room for panels at the comic-con is "Hall H." That room
  holds over 6200 people or something like that. The first panel at Hall
  H was the Warner Bros. panel.  They handed us a bag of swag which
  included a Harry Potter poster,  a Corpse Bride info sheet, a
  masquerade mask for V for Vendetta, and I believe it was a pin for the
  Fountain. Before the panelists came out though, there was this girl
  that was dressed as the Princess Leia "golden slave bikini" costume.
  Needless to say, there were a lot of guys that were all up for photo
  ops. Speaking of hot chicks, the closer we get to the end of the
  convention, the more and more hot girls that show up. Nice.

  When the "V for Vendetta" panelists came out, everybody were all
  obsessed in asking Natalie Portman questions after questions after
  questions.  It became somewhat of a joke that nobody seems to want
  to ask questions for the other panelists. They even got Natalie
  Portamn to re-enact the unique moment that she did in Garden State. Tim
  Burton's "Corpse bride" was the next one up, and they showed a
  nice ten minute segment from the film.  It looked really good.
  They also showed a comic-con only trailer for Harry Potter and the
  Goblet of Fire, and that contained a lot of scenes not seen in the
  trailers out there. There weren't any panelists for the Harry Potter
  portion though, so they moved straight to "The Fountain," showed the
  trailer for it, and showed about 10 minutes worth of footage. It looked
  really wierd, gave a very disjointed mysterious feel, it covers three
  time eras, and Hugh Jackson looks like he is flexing his acting skills
  to the hightest degree.

  After wards, I went to see the special sneak preview of the first
  episode of the WB show "Supernatural."  The show is like a
  combination of the x-files, buffy, and Japanese horror. I thought it
  was really freaky, and there are scary images that they showed on
  screen that will probably stay in my head for awhile.

  After that was the Veronica Mars panel.  A really popular panel to
  attend, and the panelists were very much a delight to have.  Sure
  Kristen Bell wasn't present, but at least we got a lot of the other
  significant actors to show up.

  Disney also had a panel, showcasing trailers and / or actual segments
  of Pirates of the Carrribean 2, Chicken Little, Sky High, The Toy story
  10 years anniversary box set, and a new trailer for Cars. I don't know
  what it is about Disney panelists, but they were hella boring to the
  point of falling asleep. It just felt so "stock" with no spontaniety,
  except for the Sky High panelists who liven things up with Bruce
  Campbell. In fact, besides the Sky High segment, most people were just
  there waiting for it to be over, while some were taking pictures of Star Wars characters
  like General Grievous who were also waiting in the audience.

  The Star Wars panel was next and it was mostly a celebration to the
  legacy that George Lucas has left us with and the future of the
  franchise. They talked about the console / PC games that are coming
  out, they talked about the company creating "Lucas Animation" that will
  release an animated series in the fall of 2007.  They showed a
  deleted scene from Episode III, which was the birth of the rebel
  alliance, and that was pretty neat. They also had a short 30 minute
  film called "The Journey," which chronicled the amount of years it took
  George Lucas to finish his six Star Wars movies, and how it affected
  cultures all over the world. oh, and I can't forget the fact that the
  voice actor for Grievous did a little performance using the voice &
  cough.

  After that, I had two things to do. Go check out a free screening of
  "The Island" or take advantage of the last 30 minutes inside the
  dealer's room.  I actually took the dealer's room as an option,
  and it gave me the opportunity once again to talk with Linda Tran.
  Afterwards, I went over to get some Gyro to eat, walked around the busy
  night life that the city seems to be having, and then came back to the
  hotel room.

  Boy, what a day it was.

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  Now some more videos...
  1) a look inside Hall H
  2) V for Vendetta panelists
  3) the Veronica mars panel
  4) a pretty bad ass General Grievous costume

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