Comic Con 2012, Day 3

- Managed to get into Hall H, but it was a close thing. We got to the line at 7 am and it was already stretching out behind the marina and towards Coronado Island. (Well, not really, but it felt like it). After a 5 hour wait we got in, got seats towards the back, and hung on for the ride. *g*
- Django Unchained. I wasn't sure I was going to like this since Quinten Tarrantino is hit-or-miss for me, but this looks like one I may have to catch. It's a fascinating premise about a freed slave whose wife was sold away from him and he teams up with a German bounty hunter to find and rescue her. Of course, since it's Tarratino, there's plenty of blood and gore, but since more of that is Jamie Foxx shooting people who are standing in the way of his rescue? I was okay with it. :)
- Silent Hill and End of Watch. I've never heard of this game but apparently they are basing a movie on it and it looks CREEPY. *shudders*
- Warner Brothers Pictures upcoming lineup. This included Pacific Rim - kick ass robot movie, Godzilla - yes, the director said they were treating it 'seriously', and Man of Steel - another Superman origin story but this one looks good, kinda dark and gritty. There were even hints that, with the success of Avengers, DC was considering making a Justice league movie (as long as they can get their act together re: Superman, Batman et al). There was a Will Farrell movie promoted, too, but meh, he's not my fave. Oh, and I forgot to mention this earlier, THE HOBBIT! Which looks fabulous.
- Trailer park. Featuring trailers of upcoming movies (mostly animated), several of which look entertaining. :) This included: Dredd, Finding Nemo 3D, Ice Age (the newest one), The Guardians of something (lol, yeah, I know, but it did look cute), Resident Evil whatever number they're up to now (do we really need more of these?) and Hotel Transylvania.
- Iron Man 3. OMFG! First, RDJ came dancing out onto the floor of the con, high-fiving people, wearing an Iron Man glove that lit up. We all went nuts of course. Then, when we calmed down, we saw some clips. OMG! It looks like it'll be AWESOME! The things they're doing with the suit? Dear LORD. And may I just say? RDJ. Looked fine. DAMNED FINE. The panel was hilarious with the director finally saying, "What's our secret? Our secret is that RDJ IS Tony Stark". And he totally is. *happy sigh*
- Also at that panel: We got the names and release of the follow up films. Thor 2 - The Dark Dimension I think, Captain America 2 is - The Winter Soldier *shivers happily*, we found out that they are making A Guardians of the Galaxy movie (and showed the art concepts for the team) and we got to see clips from the upcoming Ant Man movie (which OMG, looks FAB!)
- Kevin Smith. Was his usual hilarious and irreverent and totally awesome self. The man is a born storyteller.


And that was it. Sorry I'm so behind in comments, all, but Comic-Con days are LOOOONG.
Tomorrow will be more Hall H (starting even earlier I imagine).

Discretionary Duty

Title: Discretionary Duty
Author: alisanne
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 100 x 5
Characters/pairings: Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy
Challenge: Written for dracoharry100's prompt #260: stars, stripes, baseball, fourth, and parade.
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.
Beta: sevfan
Authors Notes: The boys find inspiration even under odd circumstances. (Can you tell I'm at Comic -Con? *g*)

Read Discretionary Duty on LJ or IJ

Bursting Balloons

Title: Bursting Balloons
Author: alisanne
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Severus Snape/Harry Potter
Challenge: Written for harry100's prompt #196: Balloons
Rating: PG
Length: 100 x 3
Warnings: None
Summary: Harry makes Severus an offer he can't refuse.
Beta: sevfan
Notes: This is part six in my Time Passages Series.
The stories in the series so far are: Useful Muggle Technology, Confronting the Past, Present Acceptance, Anticipating the Future, and Being Sure.
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.

Bursting Balloons

Comic Con 2012, Day 4 (the final day)

- Got up even earlier to ensure a spot for the Dr Who panel. Was initially scared when I was almost the same place in line as I was yesterday hen I got there an hour later, until I realized that people had been camping out overnight, and when they compressed the line, I would be a lot closer. I was. *g*
- Standing on concrete for 4 1/2 hours still sucks, though.
- Fringe. Great panel. It's going to be their last season and they hinted at upcoming plots. The actors were all so sweet, several times as they were talking about working on the show they started to cry. *sniffs* Really lovely. I can't wait to see what they come up with this season. Also? The actress who plays Astrid was just so sweet. :)
- Supernatural. I swear one of these day I am going to start watching this show. I've never seen an episode but every time I've seen them on a panel they are hilarious. They really do have fabulous chemistry together. The writers wouldn't give anything away, but the hints from the preview they played looked very exciting, and the gag reel made us all chuckle. And did I mention the great chemistry? ;)
- DOCTOR WHO! EeeeeeeeEEEEeeeee! Amy (Karen Gillen) and Rory (Arthur Darvill) came, along with the Doctor (Matt Smith) AND Mr Moffet himself, were a lot of fun. And it was nice to see the Ponds one last time. *sniffs* We got to see a FAB preview of next season, which apparently starts with Dinosaurs on a Spaceship. No really, it's the title AND it's what was in the clip we saw. *g* I also got some cute pictures of an adorable little boy dressed up as a TARDIS. :)
- I skipped out after that since I don't know anything about Game of Thrones and went to line up for the one HP panel I saw listed. It was all about the future of the franchise and, while the topics mentioned were mostly okay (theme park plans, Pottermore, wizard wrock, International Quidditch), I was so tired (plus, there was no discussion of the most important thing- Snarry) that I left about mid-way through.
- Dinner with the adorable severa_snape at our "usual" fondue restaurant. Mmmm, cheese and chocolate, how can you go wrong?
- Now I'm back at the hotel packing and planing to go to bed. I'll be home tomorrow, yay!

( And now, a letter to the organizers of Comic Con )