A shot of a Thor poster for Allen.
A shot of the Futurama exclusive. I’m still hoping to get this before the end of the weekend.
A shot of Skeletor bumming around Grayskull.
Hey lady, you can stop smiling. You’re really not the focus of my shot.
Isn’t that the same bloke that dressed up as He-man 5/6 years ago?
Cool Robot Santa! I never even knew about that one. Glad its not Amy or Farnsworth though, Id be annoyed about missing them for a con exclusive. Oh my yes.
In the DC panel right now. They’re going to show some WW footage from the Feb. ‘09 animated movie. Nathan Fillion is here. He’s dreamy. More to come.
Because I’m a cynical bastard, I couldn’t help but scoff a little when DC opened their discussion by saying they were taking the creative power out of the hands of the advertisers and releasing comic book based work directly to DVD. Then later in the discussion, when people asked what other characters and titles we might see, they confessed that it was really up to Wal-Mart to decide what will sell the most in the first couple of weeks.
No one else seemed to catch that.
The overall sentiment among the attendees seemed to be positive. Everyone cheered for mentions of Superman: Doomsday, Batman: Gotham Knight and The New Frontier. The topic of the panel was really Wonder Woman, though, so we got to see a sneak peak of the movie, which one of the title screens called “A Masterpiece.” I like a confident studio.
The animation in the trailer was gorgeous and Wonder Woman looked great. There were several mentions from the panel, as well as the audience, that they liked their Wonder Woman tough, but feminine. In fact, everyone seemed really worried about a masculine Wonder Woman slipping by the creators and pushing the men around. Is this a common fear with Wonder Woman? Has there ever been a masculine Wonder Woman? Weird.
Finally, a lot of the audience members asked about other properties, like Green Lantern, the Flash, Catwoman and Teen Titans: The Judas Contract. The answer was basically the same stuff we hear from every company. If the fans support the line, it will continue. And if Wal-Mart approves.
The animation in the trailer was gorgeous and Wonder Woman looked great. There were several mentions from the panel, as well as the audience, that they liked their Wonder Woman tough, but feminine. In fact, everyone seemed really worried about a masculine Wonder Woman slipping by the creators and pushing the men around. Is this a common fear with Wonder Woman? Has there ever been a masculine Wonder Woman? Weird.
Finally, a lot of the audience members asked about other properties, like Green Lantern, the Flash, Catwoman and Teen Titans: The Judas Contract. The answer was basically the same stuff we hear from every company. If the fans support the line, it will continue. And if Wal-Mart approves.
I don’t remember there ever being a very masculine Wonder Woman, but throughout her history, different incarnations have either highlighted or downplayed her feminine qualities. I think people are more concerned that clueless studios heads and producers will decide that in order to “properly” convey a strong female character, she must lose all that makes her feminine. Xena, for example, was a very masculine heroine, at least at the beginning of her series, and her feminine side was often exploited as a vulnerability.
It bothers me to now end that DC is relying on Wal-Mart to decide their product line. These movies are available at other stores, and I know I for one refuse to ever shop at Wal-Mart for anything. What we can hope is that they’ll pull a Marvel Studios and that the response to their first releases is so massive that they’re given free reign.
Exhausted. Less crowds today. Bought some toys, met up with GayComicGeek and BF Steve, bought some more toys, now I’m standing in line for the Fraggle Rock panel. Remind me to design some sort of fanboy flask to carry with me next year.
No mention of the movie at the Fraggle panel. No Q&A;. Best part was when they were having tech difficulties, so Red Fraggle started doing shadow puppets in front of the screen. Sing-a-long was fun.
Now I’m at the closing event, a screening of “Once More with Feeling.” Huge, huge ballroom, almost full. Free finger puppets. Grrr…arrrgh.
No mention of the movie at the Fraggle panel. No Q&A;. Best part was when they were having tech difficulties, so Red Fraggle started doing shadow puppets in front of the screen. Sing-a-long was fun.
Now I’m at the closing event, a screening of “Once More with Feeling.” Huge, huge ballroom, almost full. Free finger puppets. Grrr…arrrgh.
Just remember…
BUNNIES! BUNNIES! IT MIGHT BE BUNNIES!!!
Or maybe midgets…
I have to say that the Buffy screening was one of the best things I’ve ever attended at the Con. It was a perfect way to end the week. If you ever get a chance to sit in a room with 2,000 people and sing “I’m Under Your Spell,” do it. It’s funny, but I had no idea the Buffy fandom hated Dawn so much. Do gay fans hate Dawn? She never really bothered me that much. Anyway, when she sang, “Does anyone notice? Does anyone really care?” 2,000 people shouted, “NO!” It was very funny.
Now I’m back at the hotel and trying to put it all in focus, so I can craft some witty or clever re-cap of the whole experience. It could be quite a long wait.
I’ve got more stories to tell and stuff to share and stuff to give away. So stay tuned!
