Friday, Day Two of Comic-Con, was even crazier than Day One. Great announcements, countless great panels, great (as in the longest ever) lines, and a truly great surprise appearance. Historically, evenings at Comic-Con have been devoid of official programming other than advance screenings [...]
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Greetings from Comic-Con! SciFi Mafia is attending on your behalf and will be posting pics as often as WiFi, batteries, and caffeine cooperate. Yesterday was badge pickup and Preview Night (meaning preview of the Exhibit Hall, meaning bring your $$$). Outside the [...]
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Unbelievable but true, the man has reportedly never been to the mecca that is Comic-Con. He made a video appearance for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, but otherwise nothing; not for War of the Worlds, Minority [...]
Read moreJust in case you’ve never seen any of the shaky handheld video on YouTube and need a quick explanation: TV and movie panels at Comic-Con take place in ballrooms at the convention center, and stars and directors and showrunners show [...]
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Admit it, it’s not the panels, the exclusives, the famous people or the costumes. It’s the special edition SDCC TV Guides and the WB bags that are half the size of a person that are feeding your lust for Comic-Con attendance. [...]
Read moreYES! The official schedule of Comic-Con Preview Night (Wednesday, July 20) and Day 1 (Thursday, July 21) has now been published and is available online. It’s very easy to see and easy to find what you’re looking for with the [...]
Read moreIf past years are any indication, Comic-Con will begin releasing its official 2011 panel schedule later today (Wednesday) with the schedule for Preview Night, Wednesday, July 20. If that happens then we can expect them to follow suit for the [...]
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SQUEE! It’s getting closer! Comic-Con has just opened a new updates page for all of the people like me who are constantly hitting the “refresh” icon on the Comic-Con home page, willing it with the laser focus of the to-the-bone [...]
Read moreWilliam Shatner seems to expand his resume about as many times as he narrowly escaped death on the original Star Trek tv series. TV guest star (Twilight Zone, Outer Limits), TV star (Star Trek, T.J. Hooker, Boston Legal, $#*! My [...]
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Every once in a while we hear about a protest outside of Comic-Con by some fringe (not to be confused with Fringe) group with some anti-something issue, but this year there is a protest planned for inside the Con. As [...]
Read moreOne of my favorite places to unwind after a long day of Comic-Con panels is Café Diem (actually a restaurant within the Hard Rock Hotel that Syfy takes over and converts with cardboard photo ops and a cleverly-named Syfy-based menu.) [...]
Read moreThe Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films recently held The 37th Annual Saturn Awards, where Marvel Studios' President of Production, Kevin Feige picked up The Visionary Award, director Christopher Nolan's mind-bending film, Inception took home five awards, in [...]
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