Posted

Jul 23rd 2006

Mood

Happy

Music

I Feel Free ~ U2

So the Comic Con has once more come to a close. Pretty great year, no drama thankfully. Just a lot of fun. Looking forward to next year.
But! Before that, it's time for me to brag about this year Hoorah! I partially do this to make you jealous of me for actually having more fun that somebody else (for once >_> It's a rare occasion so I like to take advantage of it. It's also partially to convince you to come next year so you can 1. hang out with me and 2. help my city's economy But mostly I just do it to make you jealous....
Anyway, this time instead of journal format, I've decided to organize it into lists. Pretty exciting huh? They're pretty self-explanatory. Much less to read this way. Soooo I guess I hope you enjoy my lists of stuff and have a great day ^^
Swag:
All of the free stuff I managed to pick up. Well everything that I didn't toss out anyway Most of it's just paper. Most of the paper ends up in the trash can. This is the stuff that's semi-worth keeping
DC pop-up/collapsible frisbee
(2) inflatable Brisco County Jr. Hobby Horses
Nightmares and Dreamscapes eyemask
300 Badge
V for Vendetta postcard
Bart Simpson fan
The Reaping T-Shirt
Superman keychain
Harry Potter keychain
The Wickerman chapstick (I don't get the relevance of this, don't ask o.o; )
Little plastic silver dragon
Serenity Keychain
Stargate SG-1 10th Anniversary Keychain
Lego Batman comic (signed by somebody or other o.0)
World of Warcraft Trial Edition DVD-Rom
Monster lollipop (it's really ugly, I don't want to eat it o.o; )
Sci-Fi Who Wants to Be a Superhero cape
2 Dark Horse pencils
The Annual canvas Viz bag (green this year )
2 DC bookmarks
Cartoon Network Mini Sketchbook
G4 *insert unknown material here* bag
Age of Conan comic
Dark Horse 20 years art comic
Bizarre M&M's comic o.0
God the Dyslexic Dog comic
Monster House graphic novel
2006 Comic Con program
Comic Con Events Guide (okay, that's not really cool swag but what ever >_> It's the CC Bible)

Purchases:
I unfortunately, was not as lucky with my deals as my mother who used up all my deal spotting talent to her own good in buying the few remaining Wolverine comics she's missing (she's still missing two : / If you know where I can get 134 or 143 cheap, let me know) like the elusive number 10 for 9 bucks No kidding! And Spiderman Wolverine 1 for only 2 as well as the whole Wolverine Havoc Meltdown series for only 8. Yeah...I'm that good at spotting deals...As for me....
Mount Doom Sam Figure
+Balrog Battle Gandalf
+Possessed King Theoden
=$10
Hellboy GN 1=$9
Hellboy GN 2=$6
Hellboy GN 3=$9
Hellboy GN 4=$9
Hellboy GN 5=$6
Hellboy Weird Tales GN 2=$6
(kinda fucked up on those if you couldn't tell >_> Went to the wrong place first...)
And of course the prized buy:
Col. Jack O'Neill figure
+Black Ops Jack O'Neill figure
+Daniel Jackson figure
+Serpent Guard figure
+exclusive t-shirt Jack O'Neill figure
+even more exclusive t-shirt Daniel Jackson figure
+the elite Serpent Guard you get when you send in the first four's proof of purchases
+Stargate keychain
=$85.80
A lot of money...but for a lot of stuff...that I probably couldn't find offline elsewhere. Plus if I get all of Series 2 when if comes out, then I'll be able to put together the whole Stargate
Hellboy t-shirt=$18
Stargate Atlantis t-shirt=$15
Serenity t-shirt=$20
Famous People Seen/Heard:
I'd expect that most of these names mean nothing to you o.0 Some of them don't even mean much to me. But there's some people in there you've probably heard of. Maybe. Perhaps. Well if ya haven't, I've told you what they are and what they're associated with, both the association I saw them for and on some, another credit that may jog your memory as to who they are.
Forry Ackerman (legendary sci-fi guy)
Lorenzo di Bonaventura (producer - Stardust)
Ray Bradbury (sci-fi writer)
Clancy Brown (actor - Pathfinder/Carnivale)
Mark Buckingham (artist - Fables)
Gerard Butler (actor - 300/Phantom of the Opera)
Bruce Campbell (actor - Adv. of Brisco County Jr./Evil Dead)
Julius Carrey (actor - Adv. of Brisco County Jr./The Last Dragon)
Alfonso Cuaron (director - Children of Men/Y tu Mama Tambien)
Carlton Cuse (writer - Adv. of Brisco County Jr/Lost)
Rosario Dawson (actor - Grindhouse/Rent)
Colin Ferguson (actor - Eureka)
Joe Flanigan (actor - Stargate Atlantis)
Neil Gaiman (writer - various comics+books)
Jane Goldman (screenwriter - Stardust)
Ray Harryhausen (producer - stop motion)
David Hewlett (actor - Stargate Atlantis)
Torri Higginson (actor - Stargate Atlantis)
Stephen Hopkins (director - The Reaping)
Gary Jones (actor - Stargate SG-1)
Christopher Judge (actor - Stargate SG-1)
Rachel Luttrell (actor - Stargate Atlantis)
Joe Mallozzi (screenwriter - Stargate SG-1)
Paul McGillion (actor - Stargate Atlantis)
Rose McGowan (actor - Grindhouse)
John McNamara (writer - Adv. of Brisco County Jr./Fastlane)
Frank Miller (comic writer/artist - Sin City/300)
Paul Mullie (screenwriter - Stargate SG-1)
Marcus Nispel (director - Pathfinder)
Robert Picardo (actor - Stargate SG-1)
Anna Sophia Robb (actor - The Reaping)
Robert Rodriquez (director - The Grindhouse/Sin City)
Marley Shelton (actor - Grindhouse)
Joel Silver (producer - The Reaping)
Cliff Simon (actor - Stargate SG-1)
Bryan Singer (director - Superman Returns/X-Men 1 and 2)
Zack Snyder (director - 300)
Hilary Swank (actor - The Reaping/Million Dollar Baby)
Quentin Tarantino (director - Grindhouse/Kill Bill)
David Wenham (actor - 300/Lord of the Rings)
Bill Willingham (comic writer - Fables)

Movie previews and otherwise exclusive material:
300: based off of Frank Miller's awesome graphic novel of the same title, Snyder (the director) seems to have basically taken the book and filmed it exactly as it is. That's a good thing by the way since Miller's art is fantastic. The trailer he showed (three times by the way ) looked so incredible...we watched it three times Hoorah. It's about Spartans and fighting and all that fun stuff and the whole thing looked absolutely beautiful (in a very violent, gory kind of way).
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan: Vile, horrible, disgusting 'comedy'. A thousand ews and a loud call of entirely inappropriate, distasteful shite....You may love it
Children of Men: brilliant trailer, looks like an amazing movie. Set in 2027, when women are infertile and the race is dying out, it focuses on one man who gets involved with having to escort the first pregnant woman in 18 years to a safe haven callled the Human Project through a world of violence, war and hate. Starring Clive Owen and Julianne Moore and directed by the great Alfonso Cuaron who did all the scenes in the one shot style (which looks so cool x.x), this is definetely a movie I'm greatly looking forward to.
Grindhouse: I can't really figure this out. If it's supposed to be a bad B movie, and it looks like a bad B movie, does that mean it's a good B movie? Since it's what it's supposed to be? Oh well what ever. It looks like classic Tarantino/Rodriquez cheesy gore fest...and we only saw the Rodriquez part. Tarantino starts filming next week x.X And interesting idea though. To put two movies into one so you're getting more for your money. Beyond all that, you can tell these two guys just love what they do so ya gotta give em extra credit for that.
Pathfinder: apparently there's only about ten lines in the entire film and I think most, if not all, are in Icelandic. Primarily a visual piece obviously, it looks amazing of course, though the story, from what I saw, is hard to determine. Marks the return of Karl Urban and Clancy Brown, both good actors. Who knows, might be interesting.
The Reaping: a film that deals with some biblical old testament kind of stuff. Plagues. Scary little girls. It's set in Louisiana and stars Hilary Swank and Anna Sophia Robb. It's basically a horror movie (aka not my thing) but for a horror movie, it sounds like it has an interesting story (for once) Apparently there's a large twist that greatly sets it apart as well. I wouldn't see it. But I wouldn't discourage someone else from seeing it
Simpsons: The Movie: I don't really like the Simpsons. And the animation they showed was just story boards with voices. But it was kinda funny. If you like the show, you should look forward to this.
Stardust: based off of Neil Gaiman's masterpiece series of comic like (though they're not really o.0) books, the movie looks absolutely incredible. Very Narnia like in its look, it follows the great story of a young man who goes out of his secluded town of Wall (over the wall) into a strange fantasy world to retrieve a fallen star, played by Claire Danes. Also having to deal with a witch who also wants the star for her own youth and beauty. A fantastic fairy tale to begin with, the film looks to recapture the fantasy as it is meant to be and personally, I am greatly looking forward to its release next march :3
Superman Returns: Obviously this movie is already out But considering the DVD release! Singer's got a hilarious blooper reel that he promises to put in the extras as well as some very interesting scenes that were edited out in the end. However there's one cut scene of a return to Krypton that cost 10 million dollars to make that he says won't appear on the DVD but he may want to use elsewhere, hinting, along with other remarks, of a continuation if the deal goes through.
The Wickerman: Remake of the old Christopher Lee 'horror' movie (whether it deserves that title or not) with Nicholas Cage and Ellen Burstyn. Contrary to the old film, in the new one, the director has gone and made the patriarchy into a matriarchy. The clip he showed was of the beginning of the film and it looked like it has a lot of potential with the writing, and shooting of the piece
X-Men III: The DVD will be released with 21 deleted scenes and 3 alternate endings (thank god)