July 26, 2008

  • Comic-Con Friday July 25 recap

    The trolley system was nuts in the morning! It was ssooo packed , that I missed two trolleys. Then when I got into Hall H to wait for the "Watchmen" panel, the place was near 3/4th full already, which is crazy considering it was about two hours before the thing starts. I'm kinda concerned about how saturday morning is going to go.

    The "Watchmen" panel was one of those that really worked for the fans. Director Zack Snyder, the main cast starring Carla Gugino, Malin Akerman, Patrick Wilson, Billy Crudup, Jackie Earle Haley, Matthew Goode, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and the graphic novel's artist Dave Gibbons were present. They also showed a trailer for the movie that was all sorts of awesome.

    "Trailer park" was next, but it's a far cry to how it was years ago when they would actually show stuff you haven't seen before. Now it's all commercialized with typical trailers that are already available out there.

    Universal's "Wolfman" had their panel, showing the trailer, with actors Emily Blunt and Benicio del Toro, as well as creature creator Rick Baker, making an appearance. Looking good so far.

    Director Frank Miller, actors Samuel L Jackson, Jamie King, and Gabriel Macht had their panel on "the Spirit." The theatrical trailer and scenes from the movie were shown. I think I'm sold to see it, but it might be too stylized for the casual audience.

    The Star Wars Spectacular panel showed several clips from the Star Wars : the Forced Unleashed, the Clone Wars video games, and The Clone wars movie. The biggest treat was them showing a whole first act of an episode from the Clone Wars TV series.

    Entertainment Weekly had their Vissionaries : Filmmakers panel, which included Frank Miller, Zack Snyder, Judd Apatow, and Kevin Smith. It was primarily a question and answers discussion panel, and it was very entertaining. Kevin Smith and Judd Apatow were the funny guys, while Zack Snyder and Frank Miller were more in the insightful opinion range.

    Last but certainly not least for my schedule of panels for the day was the "Zack and Miri make a Porno" presentation. Writer / Director Kevin Smith, producer Scott Mosier, actors Elizabeth Banks, Seth Rogen, Jason Mewes, Traci Lords, Katie Morgan, Justin Long, Ricky Made, and , were present. They showed a hilarious clip from the film, but right before that, Kevin Smith once again had some really funny "pre-clip captions" about telling comic-con attendees not to film the video. Once again as it normally goes with a Kevin Smith panel, it's all primarily questions and answers. Smith was always hilarious with his answers, but the other cast were also funny and entertaining.

    I was going to go to a free screening of the movie "Sexdrive," but since I planned to wake up really early Saturday, I decided not to go. I even gave away my ticket to somebody, just in case I get tempted to do it anyway. So Friday was all done, and it ended up becoming "Hall H day" for me. Being in one room, from 10AM to 8PM, and I did not even eat anything in between. I don't intend for a repeat on Saturday, but it looks like my chances of getting back into the exhibit hall is getting slimmer and slimmer.