July 25, 2008

  • Comic-Con Thursday July 24 recap

    Argh, I overslept a little in the morning by a couple of hours! The problem was that I turned off my alarm clock so quickly because I didn't want to wake up the neighboring hotel rooms, that I ended up falling back to sleep.

    After I got to the convention center, first thing I did was go stand in line for the Fox studio panel. My friend was already in line, so that helped my avoiding to go to the end of the line (especially since the panel room holds 6500 people). There was some kind of incident in the room though (somebody got hurt by a falling curtain), which delayed it for 30 minutes. It was hella hot standing outside for a long time, but I saw G4's Adam Sessler passing by (and yelled out his name), so that was kind of cool. Fox studios had "The day the earth stood still" presentation, and actors Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connely were present. For "Max Payne, actors Mark Walberg, Mila Kunis, and Ludacris showed up. Both movie presentations also showed several scenes from the films. To top this off, Hugh Jackson made a surprise appearance and showed the trailer for X-Men Origins : Wolverine.

    Summit entertainment had their first ever panel at comic-con. The "Push" presentation showed scenes from the movie, with Djimon Honsou, Chris Evans, and Camilla Belle making an appearance (Dakota Fanning would have been there, but was stuck in freeway traffic). Director Alex Proyas was up next to promote "Knowing" and showed the trailer, which seemed interesting. Next up was what a lot (emphasis on A LOT) of the girls & women were there for; "Twilight." The main cast and director for the movie was there, as well as the creator of the book, and the audience treated them like rock stars. You should hear how loud they got from their excitement. It was like every little thing about the movie got lots of noise out of the girls in the audience, especially when lead actor Robert Pattison was involved. The clip they showed from the movie looked pretty good too.

    Afterwards I bought my 4 day pass for NEXT years Comic-con ($65 July 22-26, 2009), and also got my photo pass for Saturday's masquerade ball. I then dedicated some time to try and walk through the exhibit hall, where I ended up breaking my rule by splurging a little bit on dvds and books. Once again I was distracted enough that I still did not completely walk through the whole dealer's room.

    Dark Castle pictures and Joel Silver had their panel promoting several movies and their comic-book line. The trailer and cast members from "The Hills runs red" were present. They also had what I think was the first ever for "Hall H" to show a trailer and hold a panel for a comic book, "Ferryman." Next up was "Ninja Assassin," and along with the trailer, the cast made an appearance and in particular; to the delight of the many female fans, Korean pop star and lead actor Rain was there. "RockNRolla" topped off the panel, which was also fun because of the constant questions by the women for Gerard Butler, and he was very entertaining with his answers. Director Guy Ritchie, Ludacris, Jeremy Piven, were also present. Looking up at the monitor screen, I noticed that one of the questions was being asked by Lisa, who is that one cosplayer I see every year at Comic-Con. She wasn't in a costume however, so it looks like we won't be able to keep our yearly tradition.

    Ending the day, I went to the "Video Games Live" show, by the San Diego Symphony at the Embarcadero Marina Park, which was just a block away from the Convention Center. I've seen this show once before, and it is still very fun to watch. At the intermission, I even ran into another friend of mine who lives in San Diego, so that was a pleasant surprise.

    All in all, Thursday felt like a full day for me, that it's more like what "Comic-con Saturdays" used to be like years ago. I can only expect things to be even more eventful in the next few days.

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