Comic-Con Sunday

My last day at geek mecca. However, this isn't the end of my Comic-Con blog posts, because I have lots of stuff to fill in.

The cast of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia unveiled their premiere for next season. It's entitled, "Who got Dee pregnant?" and needless to say, it's hilarious. Kaitlin Olson, the actress who plays Sweet Dee, actually showed up to Comic-Con with a bun in the oven. The main characters also had Cricket on stage with them and assured us that the gang is not through torturing poor Cricket.

                                  

                                  

This was one of the highlights of my day-- these two girls "dressed up" like Hall H victims. In case you haven't heard, on Saturday, two guys got into a scuffle over a seat in Hall H and one guy stabbed the other in the eye with a pen. I was there, and I can tell you, the seat wasn't even good.

                              

The final hurrah of Comic-Con was the screening of the Buffy episode "Once More With Feeling," which is a sing-along with a Rocky Horror vibe to it. I yelled "Shut up, Dawn!" so many times that I lost my voice. We also yelled, "Bite me!" whenever Spike appeared on screen and "Liar!" when Buffy tells Spike she's never going to be with him and when Xander tells Anya he'll never leave her. If that wasn't enough fun, we were given clever traffic tickets (which I'll post later) and little monster finger puppets (so we could say, "Grrr! Arrrgh!" during the closing credits).

Comic-Con Saturday: Mostly Marvel Madness

So I've been a bad girl, and I didn't update my blog yesterday, which means I'm bursting to get tons of cool stuff off my chest. The last two days have been insane. Let's start with what blew my mind the most.

THE ENTIRE AVENGERS CAST WAS REVEALED! Not only was the cast revealed, but everyone showed up, along with the film's writer/director Joss Whedon. I kid you not, I had geek chills. I lost my voice screaming. So the big reveal everyone's been waiting for: The Hulk will be played by Mark Ruffalo. And surprise! Jeremy Renner will play Hawkeye.

I have the highest hopes for The Avengers movie. It would be difficult for most writers and directors to juggle so many strong characters and actors at one time, but Whedon has experience doing exactly that with Firefly and Serenity. And I can't wait for him to write some snarky lines for Tony Stark (snarky wit is another of Whedon's specialties). I think he's going to blow people away.

                                        

                                         

The highlight of the Green Lantern panel, believe it or not, was not the film footage (which was short and didn't show much-- it didn't even show the suit). In fact, the highlight was when a young fan asked Reynolds to recite the Green Lantern oath, which he had refused to do on many other  occasions. You could see the kid brighten up and renew his love for comic book heroes as Reynolds said the lines in his best heroic voice.

                                                

Unlike the Green Lantern panel, the Thor panel showed a lot of polished footage. Visually, it looks great. The color palette, set design, and other-world feel was done well. Plus, I'm a sucker for Natalie Portman. What geek isn't?

                                      

The Captain America footage was more like a teaser. It's definitely going to be his origin story, set during WW II. What we saw, clearly showed what Marvel has already hinted at-- that they're carefully interweaving all their different characters into one universe, which isn't an easy thing to do. The stories overlap slightly, and all the characters exist on the same plane, culminating in the big movie everyone's waiting for-- the Avengers. Pretty effing cool.

As a side note, there was a stabbing in Hall H today while I was there. It was pretty crazy. I guess a fan got into a scuffle and stabbed someone in the eye over a seat. The whole thing was so unexpected. Nothing like that has ever happened at Comic-Con. Geeks are such a peaceful people.