My Comicon Experience

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 4:40 pm

Here's my Con experience. Going as press has it's perks.

Got to meet Peter Jackson, Tim Burton, Jeff Bridges, Mark Hamill (cool!)and Juliet from Lost at the Con. My bro interviewed the lead actor and director for District 9 as well as John Lassiter (head of Pixar) and the writers for Toy Story 1, 2, and 3. He also met the creator of Spirited Away, Hayao Miyazaki, who apparently is the Walt Disney of Japan. Bro was pysched about him the most and I didn't know who he even was. Apparently, during that session Jennifer Connelley was sitting beside me eating a sandwhich while i was busy reading the manga Monster in the press room. He didn't want to tell me because he was afraid I would embarass him by snapping photos in her face. But got pics of it all.

He also interviewed the voice actors for the Clone Wars animated series. The actress who voices Padme is hot has hell. Think I took the most pics of her.

Didn't get to see the Avatar preview, as I wasn't willing to stand in a line of 4000 people for a preview that will be in theaters in a few months. Saw the Tron preview last night and wet my pants. Looks phenonmenal.

Got a pic with Jeff Smith too, who signed a new children's book he has about a mouse. Asked Mike Costa a question during the Transformers IDW panel.

Best part of all? My whole trip is being paid for by work, as I am also attending a medical conference in San Diego. Coincidently, of course.

Strange, this experience. I attended a medical meeting here in San Diego in the morning, switched name badges, and became my brother's press manager and photographer and got to meet some A-list Hollywood people.

I'm going to write an article about the contrasting experience in attending the two conferences, how different those two worlds are.

Post by **Best First** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 4:45 pm

Nice. I got stick at an airport for 5 hours last night waiting for a 35 minute flight home.

I am going to write an article on the contrasting experience of Furmanite baiting goat lover Yaya's ill deserved good fortune and the utter injustice of someone of my brilliance being incovenienced in any way.

Serioulsy though - sounds awesome

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 5:05 pm

Best First wrote:Nice. I got stick at an airport for 5 hours last night waiting for a 35 minute flight home.

Ouch. Sorry.

I am going to write an article on the contrasting experience of Furmanite baiting goat lover Yaya's ill deserved good fortune and the utter injustice of someone of my brilliance being incovenienced in any way.

Serioulsy though - sounds awesome

Actually, it wasn't as great as it might sound. I mean, when you see these people live, you wonder why the hell you get up for all of them. (Except for that actress who voices Padme. Got up for her).

You see their blemishes and the mistakes they make when they talk, and you realize, "this guy is like me". You see a guy like Mark Hamill, who has a gut now, and you say to yourself, "wow, time hasn't been kind to this guy, has it?". I think I garnered more of an appreciation of how we shouldn't idolize these people just because they make it to the big screen more than anything else.

Which is what I want to write about. Going from the Con back into a medical conference full of trauma surgeons, I think it puts things in perspective a bit.

Don't get me wrong, I respect some of these guys tremendously for the dedication to their work and because they are true artists, like Peter Jackson and Jeff Smith. These guys I would enjoy sitting down and having a discussion with because there is genius in them.

But at the end of the day, they are just people, like me and you.

wideload · Post by **wideload** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 10:13 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6jfm0hq ... r_embedded

The tron trailer from ComicCon for anyone who is interested

IronHide · Post by **IronHide** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 10:27 pm

Looks A-Mazing.

Hopefully the acting doesnt blow.

wideload · Post by **wideload** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 2:47 am

http://movie-list.com/trailers.php?id=tron2

Higher resolution trailer. Looks amazing in 1080 on the big screen tv

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 1:12 pm

Sounds like you had a special time. What's your brother's job then?

Jennifer Connolly is the most beautiful woman in the world.

Shame on you for not knowing who Hayao Miyazaki is.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 2:57 pm

wideload wrote:The tron trailer from ComicCon for anyone who is interested

So, basically, this new Tron trailer is the same as the one from last year, but instead of being called "TR2N" it's been renamed as "TRON Legacy"?

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 8:05 pm

I watched Dark City again the other night, and have been unable to keep Jennifer Connelly from my thoughts since then.

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 4:39 am

How did you get in as press? Your brother's webcast?

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 7:09 pm

spiderfrommars wrote:Sounds like you had a special time. What's your brother's job then?

He has hosted a radio show entitled Fictional Frontiers for the past two years (it is broadcast via radio and internet) and made some connections over that time. He was able to end up on some important media lists that way. He's had some pretty big guests on the show before, so they let him in. He's excellent at what he does, very spontaneous and ask some very good questions and for that reason, has gained some credibility. He's actually a lawyer and he does this on the side.

I went as his his toadee photographer, following him around like some sort of yessum lapdog. It was fun.

Jennifer Connolly is the most beautiful woman in the world.

I completely missed her. And she was sitting literally right next to me, a foot away. All I had to do was look right. And she wasn't there for just a minute. It was like thirty minutes. And I my nose in a manga the whole freakin time.

Apparently, my bro said she was there with her kids.

Shame on you for not knowing who Hayao Miyazaki is.

Not you too. You sound like my bro. He didn't get up for anyone, not even Peter Jackson. But when he met Mr. Miyagi, he was like putty. I was like, "what's the big deal?".

I'll post some pics if somebody can tell me how to do it.

I watched Dark City again the other night

One of my fav movies of all time.

Reflector · Post by **Reflector** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 10:11 am

Was anyone selling any Black lantern rings? I'd give both my balls for one at this point.

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:56 am

Yaya wrote:
I completely missed her. And she was sitting literally right next to me, a foot away. All I had to do was look right. And she wasn't there for just a minute. It was like thirty minutes. And I my nose in a manga the whole freakin time. Apparently, my bro said she was there with her kids.

Yeah, it happens. I was sat right next to Billie Piper in a shoe shop trying on footwear for half an hour once, and only clocked her at the end.

You probably don't know who she is either.

wideload · Post by **wideload** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 4:10 pm

Reflector wrote:Was anyone selling any Black lantern rings? I'd give both my balls for one at this point.

Ummm..... you can buy those on ebay for $1.50

http://cgi.ebay.com/1-DC-Comics-Blackes ... 286.c0.m14

Donating your testicles may not be necessary

Post by **Best First** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 12:16 am

That's actually a significant mark up on the amount he usually trades his walnut satchel for.