Advertising the Day: Comic Con International 2009

Hey gang,

I have been privileged to have made some great friends out here in California - some new, and some I have reconnected with since making the move west. As it turns out, they had an extra ticket to Comic Con, to which I happily obliged.

Saying this place is busy is an enormous understatement. The main hall was filled with booth after booth of comic books, tv shows, movies, books, video games, graphic novels....need I go on? (More on this in later posts) After exploring the floor for well over a few hours, we stood in line to get a glimpse of some of the films releasing through the fall and into next year. Besides the panel of actors and filmmakers answering questions and talking about their projects, we were also able to view trailers and unseen footage.

We entered during an opening for the presentation of 9. This post apocalyptic nightmare film encompassing creatures fighting for survival from killing machines was rather thrilling. We were able to catch a clip from the film, which was extraordinarily intense, especially since we only saw about 10 minutes. Legion was a project I had not heard much about, but after a 4 minute trailer about the apocalypse, Adrianne Palicki, and a Demon Ice Cream Man crawling on all fours, I was hooked. District 9 was the biggest hit for me, considering that I have been waiting for this film for a couple of months now. We were lucky enough to view a roughly 10 minute reel from the film which pretty much clearly drew opened the doors to what the movie is really about. I won't spoil it, but I doubt you'll be disappointed.

In the later part of the evening, a couple friends and I stuck around to watch a panel with James Cameron and Peter Jackson. They answered questions, talked about their films, discussed the possibilities for future projects. You know, filmmaker stuff.

So, despite a horrible sunburn and not being able to find a Mass Effect 2 booth, the day was pretty exciting!

Here are a few pictures from day 1. (Which is technically day 2, since Thursday is the first day)