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This will prolly be my last San Diego Comic-Con post since I'm pretty sure I'm never going again (although I'm seriously considering going to at least one day of Chicago Comic-Con as I'll be there at the same time as it's happening). BUT, since I have finally managed to figure out how to get pictures off my phone (shush, I'm technologically challenged, okay?) I figured I'd share some of them with you. Keep in mind that I take crappy pictures, lol.

( Cut for massive picspam )

- 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).

- So this morning was a slow morning program wise, thus I slept in, getting up at about 9 am.
- My first con thing to do was check out the vendor floor, which was PACKED. I swear, this con gets more crowded every year. It's rare that I wish for a sword so ppl would avoid me, but this morning was one of those times. I did, however, manage to find the Steampunk jewelery vendor where I often buy fun Steampunk stuff. :)
- I also picked up an adorable plushie Dalek and collected some swag. *glee*
- I'm not sure I'm going back to the vendor floor again this trip, though. *shudder* Not without a sword, anyway. ;)
- Lunch was here in the Marriott hotel, after which I wandered by the line for Hall H, which was packed. Not in the mood to stand outside and swelter, I opted to try the Indigo Ballroom, and was able to walk right in and get good seat. *g*
- The Voltron panel was fun! We got to see some exclusive pages and vid for the upcoming books/movie.
- Power Rangers was.. okay. They're certainly enthusiastic. :)
- Hotel Transylvania! Utterly adorable-looking movie with a very cute premise. I may have to go see it.
- Wilfred. Weird little comedy show starring Elijah Wood, who was at the panel. (Yes, lijahlover, I got pics. They are on my phone. *g*) Wilfred is a dog, played by a human and the humor is...crude. I did laugh, though, and the cast is clearly enjoying themselves.
- Archer. I've never watched this but I may start. Yes, the humor is also kinda crude, but it's looks like a pretty sardonic little series. We saw the first episode of the next season, and though I know nothing about the show, it was funny.
- Rif Trax! This was the whole reason I went to the Indigo Ballroom in the first place. I love these guys and they are always hilarious. This year they MST3K'd a film about safety in the home that was...awful. The main character, a crossing guard/free lance architect, was captured by aliens, who gave her magical powers - the ability to know when children are in trouble and rescue them? And trust me, I'm making it sound a lot better than it was. Heh.
- The crowd trying to leave the convention center was INSANE (I took pics but they are also on my phone, although I did share them with lilyseyes by text) so I escaped to my hotel and decided not to go grocery shopping tonight, as I usually do.
- Plan for tomorrow? Ballroom 20. *eyes clock* Which means it's time for bed.

I hope everyone's okay! I don't seem to be getting my LJ or IJ email notifications, so if I don't reply to a comment, don't start cursing me until next week, k? ♥

Edit: And I almost forgot. Ran into Stan Lee, comic book legend, in the lobby of my hotel last night on the way up to my room. He looks great!

*yawns*
I'm pretty tired, having just got home from Comic Con. The good thing? I managed to get in to see the main panel I wanted to see today. The bad thing? I had to leave early to get my plane. *sigh* Oh well, I am now safe at home.

- Got up at 4:45 to get on line for Hall H. I had to check out of the hotel and pack everything to go since I was leaving directly for the airport right after the Dr Who panel. BTW, dragging rolling luggage over grass? NOT fun.

- Because I was on line so early, though, I got in to see everything this morning!

- Glee. Saw some excerpts from the upcoming Glee 3D movie before the panel came out. They were all very fun and pretty overwhelmed at the screaming welcome they got. :)

- Supernatural. You know, I have never watched that show, but I may have to start. From what I can see, the main stars (Jared and Jensen?) have some awesome chemistry. They were clearly playing to their fans. Lots of flirting and touching going on up on the stage. Oh, and they played a blooper reel that was HYSTERICAL. *g* Apparently there is an anime coming, too? We got to see excerpts of that as well. :)

- DR WHO! Eeeeeee! Karen and Matt were SOOOO CUUUTE. And they were clearly totally blown away by the loud and enthusiastic welcome. OMG, we saw a preview of the upcoming season as well a snippet of an episode and I cannot WAIT! *bounces*
There were some awesome cosplayers at the panel, too (I have pics but I'm too tired to figure out how to post tonight - maybe tomorrow), all in all it was fab. I was so sad I had to leave before people finished asking questions.

- Plane ride home was uneventful (which is always good).

Am off to bed, all. *waves* Will be catching up with Flists (and hopefully writing) tomorrow.
♥

In which I got up EARLY (i.e. 5 am). *sigh* And of course, since I can never have an uneventful morning, I broke my hair iron thingy. *eyeroll* At that time of the morning I didn't care though, so...meh.

- Got to the Ballroom 20 line by 6:20 and happily witchdragon was already there, so I was able to join her, thus moving up in the line. :) The lines are even more insane this year, this morning it snaked all the way down to the marina from the convention center, but we were in the early group so we got in fine. *glee*

- The first panel was Torchwood: Miracle Day and OMG, John Barrowman was ON. He is such a HAM, and this year they gave him a female moderator, which was good since last year they gave him a male moderator and the poor guy didn't know what to do with himself as John flirted outrageously with him. Eve Myles (Gwen Cooper) was there, too, and she was awesome as well. Very fun and flirty. That was a seriously great panel, I laughed so hard my cheeks hurt. :)

- The Walking Dead. Another fabulous panel (actually, we really lucked out, ALL our panels to day were excellent). And I had no idea that Andrew Lincoln, the lead actor, was Australian! Mm, love that accent.

- Big Bang Theory. Okay, so I have watched maybe ONE random episode of this, but nevertheless, it was a great panel. The cast were funny, they writers were chatty and fun, and I may have to seriously consider catching up on this show (although in what spare time?).

- Eurika! OMG, another awesome panel (for a show I actually watch this time). It was Colin Ferguson's (the guy who plays sheriff Carter) birthday, so we all sang him happy birthday (all 4500 of us) and he recorded it. *g* The hilarious thing? Apparently, Colin, who on the show acts kinda dumb, does all sorts of research into the scientific theories of the show, so he often spends time explaining that 'science' to the other cast members. Hehehe.

- Warehouse 13. ANOTHER fabulous panel for another of my fave shows. They had Eddie Mcclintock (Pete Latimer) talking about how people are always mistaking him for David Boreanaz. Hehehe. The actresses who play Micah and Claudia were there, too, (don't know their names) ad were so much fun and were talking about all the great fan mail they get from girls who idolize them, and they talked about the Micah/HG Wells PLT (pre-lesbian tension) that is apparently a deliberate choice on the part of the writers (awesome!).

- We left Ballroom 20 and walked over to one of the smaller rooms to see Vertigo, a panel about a comic relating to an American vampire. I was only there for the following panel, but I think I may give that comic a try, the discussion was really intriguing.

- Riff Trax! OMG, these guys are always hysterical, and this year was no different. *giggles* They had to put them in a bigger room because they get more and more popular. :) Amonst the movies people suggested for the Riff Trax treatment: Jaws 3D in 2D, Logan's Run and Zardoz, all of which could only be improved by having them do a commentary. :)

- Limped out of the convention center and to CVS to buy a new hair iron thingy and some socks. What? I was going to alternate wearing sandals and sneakers, but with all the walking decided to stick just with sneakers and needed more socks (lilyseyes and dementordelta know how I am about buying socks).

- Met up with the absolutely adorable severa_snape for dinner (mmm, fondue), and am now back at the hotel.

As soon as I post this I'm heading for bed, since I am determined to get on line for my tickets for next year first thing in the morning. Gah.

Night, all!

And seriously, I KNOW I'm missing things, so if there's something I need to see, point me and I'll check it out. Eventually.

*smooches lilyseyes goodnight*

♥

You would think that the day before the con would be for relaxed travel, right? You would be wrong.

- Alarm didn't go off, so I woke up late. Happily, I still made my plane.

- Arrived in San Diego this afternoon and immediately went to the convention hotel where they were giving out badges. Lost my pedometer getting out of the cab. *grrr* And like every official (and non official) Comic Con event, there was a ginormous line, so that was fun (not). Thank God for my ipad.

- Badge obtained, I checked into the hotel. Room wasn't ready, so they gave me a suite (and a very nice one it is, too) so that was cool.

- Went grocery shopping.

- Scoured the program book to make a plan for tomorrow.

- Talked to severa_snape and we made dinner plans for Friday! Yay!

- Went to dinner at Donovans (yum).

- Wandered around to walk off some of dinner and, while in CVS, ran into a very frantic-looking John Barrowman buying toiletries. *g* And yes, I am without a doubt, taller than he is. :)

- Came back to hotel to try to post the Snarry100 and Neville100 prompts (since I won't be around much tomorrow), only my internet is wonky. Happily, my darling lilyseyes is helping me out. Oddly, DW seems to fine, it's just IJ that will not load for me. *kicks it*

- Hoping to write at some point tomorrow.

- I am also counting on seeing witchdragon (who I met at Comic Con 2 years ago) tomorrow. *glee*

That's it! Will keep you posted on any more John Barrowman (or other celebrity) sightings.