This is it! For the next three days I will be joined by
tsudoku, our dearest buddy Vinh, @ohdrahcir, and possibly a few other friends
for 3 fun-filled geek-out days at WonderCon! I'm super excited!
In case you didn't already know, WonderCon is kinda like the
sister convention to Comic-Con in San
Diego San
Francisco , but this year the convention center in SF is undergoing
some renovations, so the organizers at WonderCon have kindly graced the
citizens of Orange County with their presence by holding it at the Anaheim Convention Center
Tickets are super cheap ($25 at the door for one day only or
$40 for all 3 days if purchased online, $50 at the door) and the panels are
pretty amazing. There'll be quite a few celebrities, which I don't really care
too much about (unless it's Joseph Gordon-Levitt—who will be there to promote
his new film Looper—asking me to
please, please, please make out with him), a few exclusive movie screenings and
short Q&As with cast members, producers and directors (g'day Sir Ridley
Scott), vendors (cha-ching, merchandise!), and plenty of cosplaying.
One of my buddies intends to get in to the Sony movie panel
for Resident Evil, The Amazing
Spider-Man, and Looper. I for one
am determined to meet or listen to
the amazing Wil Wheaton (@wilw), Ernest Cline (author or Ready Player One and the screenplay to Fanboys), and attending several different panels. The ones I'm most
excited about include:
- Making Animation History with The Last Unicorn
- Maybe
the
- The Science of Battlestar Galactica
- Batman vs. Iron Man: Can Biology Best Technology?
- The World of CAPCOM!
- Where Do Ideas Come From?
- Fox Searchlight's The Sound of My Voice
- 20th Century Fox: Prometheus and Abraham Lincoln (I highly doubt I'll be able to get in to this one)
- Geek & Sundry
- MARVEL: Avengers vs. X-Men
- Video Game Characters Reborn! Namco Bandai Games' ShiftyLook
- DC Comics: All Access Special Edition
- Open Road Films: Lockout
- Geek Slant: How the East Meets West (I REALLY want to go to this one)
- Science in Science Fiction
- Tournament of Nerds! (my girlfriend's boyfriend will be debating in this event, possibly against the oh so awesome Maddox)
- Steampunk 101
- Starship Smackdown Anaheim
- The Godzilla Films of Ishiro Honda
- Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Did I miss a few??
Obviously I'm not going to be able to attend all of these terrific panels. I can't be
in six places at once plus the majority of these panels take place on Saturday and
can run as long as 2 hours each. The 21 Jump Street
I'll be sure to take LOTS of pictures (when permitted of
course) and tell you all about it when I get back. Hopefully I'll come back
with a few t-shirts and comics. J
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