{"id":5993,"date":"2012-08-05T22:58:10","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T05:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/?p=5993"},"modified":"2022-04-04T23:38:08","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T06:38:08","slug":"comic-con-2012-days-2-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/2012\/08\/05\/comic-con-2012-days-2-4\/","title":{"rendered":"comic-con 2012: days 2-4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the wrap-up to Comic-Con 2012!<\/p>\n<p><b>Friday, July 13<\/b><\/p>\n<p>We decided to stay away from Ballroom 20 (the venue for the Firefly 10th Anniversary panel &#8211; people were camping out all night!) and see some of the less popular panels.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/comiccon2012_16.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_comiccon2012_16.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>We ended up at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1877889\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<\/a> for Rob. Pretty cool to see actors like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000276\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sean Astin<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0004755\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jason Biggs<\/a> so excited about their voice work on this upcoming animated show.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/comiccon2012_17.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_comiccon2012_17.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/comiccon2012_18.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_comiccon2012_18.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>And I chose the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/cult\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cult<\/a> panel. Pretty much only for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0205127\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matt Davis<\/a>. Heh. Oh, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1775214\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alona Tal<\/a>. Love those two actors. We got to see the pilot, which was&#8230; underwhelming. It&#8217;s centered around a TV show about a cult that is inspiring real life disappearances. Yeeeaaahhh. I don&#8217;t see myself obsessing about this show next season.<\/p>\n<p>After these two panels, we finally hit the convention floor!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The floor is always INCREDIBLY crowded so I tend not to take too many pictures of all the cosplayers. I&#8217;m too busy trying to survive the walk through the floor! We did see&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/comiccon2012_19.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_comiccon2012_19.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>An awesome Incredible Hulk lego figure&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/comiccon2012_20.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_comiccon2012_20.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>KITT from Knight Rider&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/comiccon2012_21.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_comiccon2012_21.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>The Ugly Dolls&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/comiccon2012_22.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_comiccon2012_22.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>And Dark Helmet from <i>Spaceballs<\/i>. Great costume!<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/comiccon2012_23.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_comiccon2012_23.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>We also passed by the Warner Bros booth and happened to see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3592338\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emilia Clarke<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0534635\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Richard Madden<\/a> walking by. Daenarys and Robb Stark!!! Sadly I was not fast enough to catch Emilia but here&#8217;s a really lousy picture of Richard. He looked right at me!<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/comiccon2012_24.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_comiccon2012_24.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>After getting our fill of the floor, we headed to the YouTube lounge to hang out with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1260407\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Felicia Day<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000696\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wil Wheaton<\/a>. \ud83d\ude09 Hehe.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/comiccon2012_25.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_comiccon2012_25.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>We ended the day with dinner at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roysrestaurant.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roy&#8217;s<\/a> on the waterfront. I know it&#8217;s a chain but I have SUCH a soft spot for it because we dined at the Pebble Beach location right after getting engaged (5+ years ago!).<\/p>\n<p><b>Saturday, July 14<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This was our EPIC day in Ballroom 20. We wanted to get in for the first panel and stay to the last.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/comiccon2012_26.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_comiccon2012_26.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>And epic it was. There were so many people in line that we got into the ballroom about halfway into the first panel.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/comiccon2012_27.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_comiccon2012_27.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>First up was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.syfy.com\/warehouse13\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Warehouse 13<\/a>. Rob&#8217;s the one that watches this show&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/comiccon2012_28.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_comiccon2012_28.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/comiccon2012_29.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_comiccon2012_29.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>And I watch <a href=\"http:\/\/beta.abc.go.com\/shows\/once-upon-a-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Once Upon a Time<\/a>. I must not be paying too much attention because I had NO idea every episode&#8217;s title cards are different. Each of them features the focus of the episode or the introduction of a character. We were treated to next season&#8217;s title cards for Mulan, Aurora (my favorite!) and Jack and the Beanstalk.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/comiccon2012_30.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_comiccon2012_30.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fox.com\/familyguy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Family Guy<\/a> is another show I don&#8217;t watch (again, this is Rob&#8217;s show) but it doesn&#8217;t matter because this panel is always HILARIOUS. Oh man. The two best moments were &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; When the cast was purposely saying naughty things in order to watch the interpreters sign to the deaf members of the audience.<br \/>\n&#8211; During the Q&amp;A a fan read her question from her phone and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0532235\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seth MacFarlane<\/a> said &#8220;You couldn&#8217;t memorize that?&#8221; Then he followed up by saying he couldn&#8217;t remember her question because he was so mesmerized by her cadence.<\/p>\n<p>OMG. LOLOL.<\/p>\n<p>Oh. Also, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0005109\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mila Kunis<\/a> is FLAWLESS. So gorgeous.<\/p>\n<p>Then we stuck around for the vampire block of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/the-vampire-diaries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vampire Diaries<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hbo.com\/true-blood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">True Blood<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/comiccon2012_31.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_comiccon2012_31.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/comiccon2012_32.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_comiccon2012_32.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Such a beautiful cast! \ud83d\ude42 Sadly, I was a little underwhelmed by the panel (seriously, the moderators make a HUGE difference). The one piece of information I remember is that when asked who they want to kiss or have sex with on the show, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0913587\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Wesley<\/a> said Elijah. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm2400045\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nina Dobrev<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0813812\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ian Somerhalder<\/a> agreed. AWESOME.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/comiccon2012_33.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_comiccon2012_33.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/comiccon2012_34.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_comiccon2012_34.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Gawd, even more gorgeous people. My memory is fading and all I remember is that &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0610459\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen Moyer<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0002907\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex Skarsgard<\/a> got their wrists slapped for laughing too much during the filming of the scene where they were stuck in a trunk together.<br \/>\n&#8211; For some reason, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0542133\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Manganiello<\/a> demonstrates a body roll (probably a reference to <i>Magic Mike<\/i>) &#8212; then <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0005221\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christopher Meloni<\/a> gives it a try and finally <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0050332\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alan Ball<\/a>. That was a bizarre sequence of events.<\/p>\n<p><b>Sunday, July 15<\/b><\/p>\n<p>For our last day we bought tickets to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0277213\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nathan Fillion&#8217;s<\/a> &#8220;conversation&#8221; at NerdHQ. One thing I LOVED was that seating was assigned and we ended up in the second row!<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_comiccon2012_35.jpg\" border=\"0\"><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a screenshot that I pulled from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.break.com\/nerdmachine-2012-livestream\/?vidID=2348341\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">archived video<\/a>. You can see us on the very right side &#8212; Rob&#8217;s wearing a purple Lakers shirt and I&#8217;m next to him. LOL.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/comiccon2012_36.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_comiccon2012_36.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1157048\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zachary Levi<\/a> was on hand to introduce the panel.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/comiccon2012_37.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_comiccon2012_37.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/comiccon2012_38.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_comiccon2012_38.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/comiccon2012_39.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_comiccon2012_39.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Nathan Fillion has the unique ability to carry a panel by himself. It actually ended up being an impromptu auction because he brought a bunch of personal items to sell for charity. Like the Gryffindor lanyard and Slytherin scarf above! Seriously, he&#8217;s so awesome.<\/p>\n<p>Easily one of our favorite panels at the Con.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/comiccon2012_40.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_comiccon2012_40.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Aaaaannnddd that&#8217;s all folks! Until next year San Diego! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the wrap-up to Comic-Con 2012! Friday, July 13 We decided to stay away from Ballroom 20 (the venue for the Firefly 10th Anniversary panel &#8211; people were camping out all night!) and see some of the less popular panels. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/2012\/08\/05\/comic-con-2012-days-2-4\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[150],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5993"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5993"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9437,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5993\/revisions\/9437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}