July 21, 2009

• The San Diego Comic-Con International is just a day away, and I am expecting this year to be quite a bit special, compared to previous years. First off it's the 40th Anniversary this year, so that in itself is pretty special. This year, I'm actually driving down there with a friend, which is something I haven't done in many years. To top it off, years and years of going "you should go to Comic-Con some time" to my wife has finally worked, because she will be meeting me down there for the last two days. I also know a few other friends who will be attending, so I'll be meeting up with people sometime in the next five days over there, which is somewhat odd for me since I'm usually such a lone wolf at the convention. Another thing of note is that this is the first year where I'll be updating my Twitter / Facebook status on what I'm doing at Comic-Con, and then use those for my blog recap posts here (should make things easier for me). I'll still be uploading photos and videos to my photobucket and youtube account respectively.

  Now looking at the program guide for the event, these are what I'm looking forward to (if I can attend them)...

  Known movie screenings that I know of...
  - "Thirst" - with director Chan-wook Park in appearance for Q&A
  - "Ninja Assassin" - courtesy of Warner Bros
  - "Orphan" - courtesy of Warner Bros
  - "Ponyo" - with director Hayao Miyazaki in appearance
  - "Evangelion: 1.0 You are (Not) Alone" - so do I finally get to see this?
  - "District 9" - early screening
  - "Green Lantern : First Flight" - world premiere screening
  - "Trick ‘r Treat" - with Anna Paquin appearance

  Wednesday
  - "V" TV pilot screening -

  Thursday
  - Disney 3D Panel A Christmas Carol, Alice in Wonderland, Tron - 
  - Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs, the Hole, The Final Destination - 
  - Summit Ent. Astro Boy, Sorority Row, The Twilight Saga: New Moon -
  - James Cameron presents Avatar -
  - Heath Ledger's last movie - The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus -
  - Kick-Ass -
  - Chan-wook Park's Thirst -

  Friday
  - Warner Bros, Where the Wild Things Are, The Book of Eli, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Box, Jonah Hex, and Sherlock Holmes -
  - Disney, Toy Story 3, Prep & Landing, The Princes & The Frog, Ponyo -
  - G4TV's Attack of the Show panel -
  - 24 with Kiefer Sutherland -
  - Focus Features: "9" -
  - Sony Pictures : Legion, District 9 -
  - Dollhouse with Joss Whedon and Eliza Dushku -
  - Lucasfilm: Star Wars Spectacular -
  - Entertainment Weekly with James Cameron and Peter Jackson -

  Saturday
  - LOST: The Final Season panel  -
  - Family Guy's next Star Wars parody -
  - The Cleveland Show -
  - Futurama : Life or Death? -
  - Miramax: Extract -
  - Sony Pictures: Zombieland, 2012 -
  - IRON MAN 2 -
  - Kevin Smith, A coupld of Dicks -
  - Myth Busters Q&A - 
  - Comic-Con's Masquerade Ball -

  Sunday
  - Smallville Screening and Q&A -
  - Supernatural Screening and Q&A -

  If you noticed, there really isn't much comic-book related stuff that I'm going for. Let me just say Screw comic books! Comic-Con's all about the TV shows, Movies, Anime, Video Games, free stuff, and the people in costumes (can't forget that). People who still think it's only about comic-book nerds is definitely mistaken. Ever since Hollywood started "invading" Comic-Con a decade ago, this convention has evolved into a pop culture extravaganza. Still, with all the ignorant people out there, it just makes Comic-Con like our little secret on how awesome it is.

  Some links and images for Comic-Con below...
  - Exhibit Hall map
  - map for Hotel Shuttles plus parking locations
  - all other maps
  - Anime screenings at Comic-Con
  - Films playing at Comic-Con
  - the program guide
  - G4TV kicks it up a notch with their Comic-Con participation
  - 10 ridiculous Comic-Con costumes
  - comic-con photos already started, courtesy of comingsoon.net and superherohype.com

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