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It’s a wonderland for all manner of gamers, nerds, and superfans - from Twihards to Potterheads and Whovians to Trekkies.
The four-day Comic-Con International is an expo for multimedia movers and shakers to generate some buzz for their products -- and for fans to break out their favorite cosplay outfits. (Video: G4TV)
“Comic-Con is a fanciful celebration of all things ink and spandex. Each year, thousands descend upon San Diego to meet idols, hunt for limited-edition thingamabobs, attend panels, don furry costumes for euro-techno-dance-parties-slash-orgies and otherwise mingle with like-minded folk. It’s a beastly spectacle, and if you are not prepared, it can devour you whole.”
This year’s sold-out conference officially kicks off July 21st. And who’s gonna be there? San Francisco’s KGO Radio spoke to G4’s Kevin Pereira, who says -- oh you know, just some of the biggest names in showbiz right now.
“...Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, Robert Downey Jr. and Scarlett Johansson are among the stars who will be on hand. Comic-Con will also feature hundreds of panels on topics like the new film Cowboys and Aliens, the much-anticipated Batman sequel The Dark Knight Rises, and the Twilight series.”
And the crew at Popsugar has more.
SHANNON VESTAL, BUZZSUGAR: “Almost the whole cast of True Blood is gonna be on the panel this year.”
BECKY KIRSCH, BUZZSUGAR:“The Chuck panel is always one of the craziest at Comic-Con.”
VESTAL: “Since it’s summer you know I’ve been missing The Vampire Diaries, and I need to see where the new season is going.”
KIRSCH: “Fan boys and girls are going to be lining up for The Amazing Spider-man.”
But The New York Times reports -- actually, not everyone will be there. Notably absent - Warner Bros, Disney and DreamWorks, among others.
“Comic-Con, as a growing number of movie marketers are realizing, has turned into a treacherous place. Studios come seeking buzz, but the Comic-Con effect can be more negative than positive. The swarm of dedicated fans … can instantly sour on a film if it doesn’t like what it sees, leaving publicity teams with months of damaging Web chatter to clean up.”
Finally -- G4’s Adam Sessler reflects on the Comic-Con of today-- and how it’s changed since he first started going in the late ‘90s.
ADAM SESSLER, G4TV: “The cool thing about how it has become different is that there is at least the acknowledgment that (a) nerds are not an outside class. They are a core consuming audience. And (b) nerds just don’t have comic books. They like other things, and once you get them in a big room you can just sell them a lot of stuff like t-shirts, figurines, stuff like that.”
Transcript by Newsy.
