Sunday, July 15, 2012

Comic Con Day 3 Report

Doing lines is unavoidable at Comic Con.

Today, we stood in three lines, and only one of those lines got us anywhere.

We got to the convention center around 11 and went straight to the back of the line to the consistently crowded Ballroom 20, where we stood in line for three hours to get into the Vampire Diaries panel, which you can see the live blog of here.

After scooting out of the Vampire Diaries panel, we jumped in another line, this one for Marvel's movie panel. Unfortunately, the line didn't move, and ten minutes before the panel started, we escaped and made our way back to the Exhibit Hall to scour for more free stuff.

While trolling for handouts and giveaways, we caught a few pictures of Taraji P. Henson, for those Baby Boy and Tyler Perry fans out there, during a signing for CBS' Person of Interest. Taking pictures of celebs at Comic Con is the equivalent of being a red carpet paparazzi. Teeming crowds converge on a less than 100 square foot booth. Hands raise above heads, dangling cameras at odd angles. Flashes pop as the crowd some random soul screams for a distracted star's attention, and all you can do to get a shot off is slide your hand between a pair of bodies and push the button blind, hoping you caught a picture with the star facing you.

I was lucky. I managed to get a picture with the star actually facing me.

Other highlights of the day:

  • The Vampire Diaries panel was great for the fans but ultimately revealed very little about where the fourth season was going.
  • Marvel debuted footage of Iron Man 3 and announced the titles of the upcoming Thor and Captain America movies, respectively: Thor: The Dark World and Captain America: Winter Soldier.
  • Marvel also announced movies for C-list hero Ant-Man (Spider-Man but not) and cosmic superteam The Guardians of the Galaxy.
  • Warner Brothers debuted footage of Zack Snyder's Superman: Man of Steel, Guillermo Del Toro's giant robots vs. giant monsters epic Pacific Rim, and Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings prequel The Hobbit.
 Pictures from day 3 are forthcoming. Also, check back tomorrow for the report on the last day. 

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