Comments on: San Diego Comic-Con: Join Us, It’s Bliss

By: dennitzio

dennitzio — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:58:26 +0000

I don’t know why, but the SH reboot leaves me feeling a little sad. I love movies that kick butt, no question, but this feels… I dunno… (insert something about my childhood here). Then again maybe I’m looking too deep. Maybe it just looks formulaic and overly anachronistic.

By: Lev Grossman

Lev Grossman — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:49:33 +0000

My brother ran into Dreyfuss too! Apparently almost literally. Dude is EVERYWHERE.

By: John

John — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:41:32 +0000

I was at the Prisoner panel. They showed a 9 minute trailer which was a bit too jumbled to make any sense of it. The panel was interesting including the producer’s recollection of his phone call to Patrick McGoohan about the project a few months prior to his death (McGoohan: Of course I should be #2…but Ian will do all right.”)

At the end they showed a 2 minute clip of Ian McKellan as #2 and it was brilliant. Definitely a must watch this fall. Six episodes broken into three nights of two hours each.

So yesterday evening at the con I was meandering through that bookstore that’s set up on the floor and I turn around and Richard Dreyfuss is standing there behind me. He was talking to a couple of guys about Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s Omega point and meanwhile I’m standing there a silent interloper in this circle of four thinking “Jaws is that film than which no greater film can exist!” It was geek-tastic.

Only at Comic-Con.

By: carpevis

carpevis — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 03:48:52 +0000

In the first place, Vogons are merely officious to the point of pettiness, but not actually evil. They don’t chuckle.

In the second place, Comic-Con’s only real failing is the inability to actually bend time so that one can see and visit everything one wishes to see and visit in the amount of time there is. The demand is too great.

Be reasonable in your expectations, plan ahead, wear good walking shoes and have a glass of port afterwards. You’ll actually enjoy it, then.

By: Cliff

Cliff — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:26:57 +0000

And as part of the media I’m just their tool.

Eh, we’re used to it. At least you won’t shill for BSG. And also you can’t really compare to Quittner’s oh so loving sales pitches.

By: anon76

anon76 — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:11:21 +0000

What about the Caprica panel, Lev? Repent your sins, before its too late!