One for the Ages

Another Comic-Con is in the books and I have to say it is one of the
funnest I have been to ever, going back to 1986! Normally when it ends
I'm extatic but this time I was somewhat sad. I am glad it's over but
look forward to next year already.

A lot of the talk over the Con in the media this year was about the
possibility of it moving to LA, Anaheim or Las Vegas.

Went down Wednesday night to pick-up my badge and Preview Night which
has really become another day at the Con. So many people it feels like
any other crazy-ass day there. I had a few exclusives I wanted to get
but the lines were sooooooo long that I told myself that maybe Thursday
would be better.
[PIXS]


THURSDAY -
Thursday morning was good. Got downtown early and ready to start my day.
Two things happened that hindered my experience. ONE - Exclusive lines
were F@#KING horrendous. I ended up getting one of the three things I
wanted to buy, but I had to bribe someone in line. TWO - my short camera
lens broke at the start of the day. Lucky for me I had my mid-length lens
in my car. You will see from my pictures that I have a ton of close-ups,
no full-body shots. Eh...

Had a fun day none the less.
[PIXS]


FRIDAY -
Left my house super early on Friday morning to line-up for the WB panel.
I'm glad I did because it was AWESOME!!!!! It started off with Where the
Wild Things Are. They ran a documentary-style piece with Spike Jones
(the director) and Maurice Sendak (the writer). Then they showed about
15 minutes of footage & trailers. The kid that is playing Max from the
movie was there too.

Next was The Book of Eli. They showed a long trailer and had the
Hughes Brothers (directors), Mila Kunis, Gary Oldman (so cool!!!) and
Denzel Washington (Incredible) there for Q&A. It was so incredible to
have Oldman & Denzel there.

Up next - the reboot for Nightmare on Elm Street. They showed the trailer
and had Jackie Earl Hailey (Rorschach from Watchman) there.

Next - The Box, a film by the director of Donnie Darko, staring
Cameron Diaz and James Marsden, both which were there, along with a
long trailer.

The next one was Jonah Hex with Megan Fox & Josh Brolin, which were on
hand to show the long trailer.

Then it went quite and out walked Robert Downy Jr. and the place went wild.
He was there to show a new long trailer for Sherlock Holmes and do Q&A.

The panel rocked my world!!!!!

I spent the rest of the day thinking about how truly cool that was.
[PIXS]


SATURDAY -
Had a great day with LT planned. Breakfast and a fun-filled day at the Con
(her first).We walked the floor, bought some stuff and had a blast. With a
little luck and good timing we made it into the Zombielad panel, that showed
a bunch of footage and had Woody Harrelson there.

Then the big event - Iron Man 2 panel.... All I can say is AWESOME!!!
Jon Favreau & Robert Downey Jr were there as well as Don Cheadle, Sam Rockwell,
and Scarlett Johansson.

We watched a bunch of footage (twice!!) and were treated to Trailer -
It showed an eye-patch-wearing Samuel L. Jackson, who plays Nick Fury,
and a redheaded Scarlett Johansson throwing down as martial-arts master
Black Widow. Sam Rockwell (as weapons guru Justin Hammer), a fearsome-
looking, heavily tattooed Mickey Rourke as the villain Ivan Vanko, who
becomes Whiplash; and Don Cheadle as Col. James Rhodes. No Sam Jackson
or Mickey Rourke.

Terrence Howard played Rhodes in the first "Iron Man" film. We got a
quick glimpse of War Machine's super-powered, weapon-filled suit and
Whiplash's first attempt at a wearable apparatus that features two
electrically charged whips.
[PIXS]

I'm exhausted thinking about it but seriously the best time this summer
and the best CON in a long, long time.