EricAD’s Comic Con Blog Day Two: Friday
San Diego Comic Con Day 2, Friday July 23
1PM
Ok, so today was a late start at the Con. As soon as I arrive, I get in line for the Joss Whedon panel at 3PM, knowing full well there is no way in Hell I’m getting into Ballroom 20 in time (I saw him yesterday, so I’ll live) Nevertheless, Ballroom 20 is also the line for True Blood, my current television obsession. So I ain’t movin’ from this line. No sir.
5PM True Blood Panel
The room is packed. The screaming starts. Was this what it was like for The Beatles back on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964? Because I feel like a teenage fangirl every time one of these impossibly attractive batch of southern vampires, shifters, weres or fangbangers takes the stage. Every one gets a big orgasmic reaction from the crowd, but Nelsan Ellis, who plays Lafayette (Hookah!) and the insanely hot Alcide get the biggest reactions. Seats in Ballroom 20 get seriously wet, especially when they show a clip reel for the rest of season three. Did I mention how God damn hot everyone on this show is?
6PM
True Blood panel over, so I head over to the Marriot Hotel down the street to get in line for the dirty sounding “Fulfillment Room” It isn’t really dirty, but it is where I get my True Blood swag, so I guess that is good enough for me.
8PM Batman: Under the Red Hood Premiere
The DC animated movies have been hit or miss so far, with a few standouts (Wonder Woman, JLA Crisis on 2 Earths, and New Frontier chief among them) Also, the resurrection of Jason Todd AKA Robin #2, was never one of my favorite moves from DC Comics. And yet, Under the Red Hood is HANDS DOWN the best DC Animated film yet, and one of the best Batman movies period. Great voice work from the entire cast, especially Bruce Greenwood as Batman and John Dimaggio as the Joker. Add to the movie the announcement from Bruce Timm that next year brings us Grant Morrison’s All Star Superman and Batman: Year One, and this DC Comics geek is in nerdvana.
10PM Tron Legacy Party at Flynn’s Arcade
Ok, I don’t know how I got in (ok, I do know, but I’m not gonna tell you) but I got into the super awesome Tron Legacy party down in the Gaslamp. As if playing retro video games at Flynn’s Arcade wasn’t cool enough, I then got to go the actual party that looks like the inside of the master program, complete with impossibly attractive people dressed as Tron characters. Oh, and Nathan Fillion is here, and I accosted the actor who plays crazy vampire Franklin Mott on True Blood to take a pic with me. I am very drunk now and very stoked.
1AM – Sleep. Be back tomorrow.
