USS Endeav
Sr Member
I think I saw you---and from what I could see, your costume looked great. Don't sweat the little stuff. Some of what I unwillingly witnessed will leave a lasting scar on the back of my eyes.
I found this year's SDCC announcements to be a massive disappointment. With Marvel Studios, Sony, and Paramount bowing out, you'd think WB/DC and Fox would've stepped up big time, but not the case. The only major announcements seemed to be the standalone Battfleck-Geoff Johns team and Green Lantern Corps title, and the only footage that impressed were Deadpool (winner by a long shot) and BvS. The Ep7 BTS video was great, but obviously a new trailer or extra footage would've been better. DC could've stolen the show with Marvel not present, and even if they didn't have talents signed in time, they could've at least shared artwork or something.
I thought last year's SDCC was a let-down, this year was even worse. Seems to me that SDCC as an announcement platform has been losing a lot of steam. Disney has D23, Marvel can host their own press events, and Star Wars has Celebration. Personally I think this is great, I've always felt that SDCC has been over-loaded for many years with no signs towards moving to a larger venue, so spreading out the panels across various events makes perfect sense for attendees and studios.
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/7aad...con-no-shows-signal-shifting-times-big-movies
The problem is that SDCC has gotten too big for its britches.
I agree. I used to go all the time and it just got worse and worse. The attendee experience never gets improved, always the opposite. This article kinda hits it on the head:
http://www.vox.com/2015/7/10/8929505/why-comic-con-sucks
I agree. I used to go all the time and it just got worse and worse. The attendee experience never gets improved, always the opposite. This article kinda hits it on the head:
http://www.vox.com/2015/7/10/8929505/why-comic-con-sucks
Larger conventions attract more attention from influential companies like Marvel and DC, as well as movie studios such as Lionsgate, Fox, and Sony. Marketers who work for these companies want to get their movies and TV shows in front of as many eyeballs as possible to build hype. Being a giant convention makes it much easier to land that exclusive Hunger Games trailer and cast visit, which in turn will help ensure that more people want attend your event next year. Once the beast has been fed, the cycle is complete.
I agree. I used to go all the time and it just got worse and worse. The attendee experience never gets improved, always the opposite. This article kinda hits it on the head:
http://www.vox.com/2015/7/10/8929505/why-comic-con-sucks
That article does nail it! And I see this happening with the The RPF in the eyes of many of those old timers who have been here back from the early 2000's. I hear them complain all the time about the "way it used to be". The article states: "it also suggests the frustration that arises when something you love, something you've devoted a part of your life to, is simply becoming something else". And that is how the Growth around here has started to tick off those who reminisce about the good old days.
both sides will compromise and Wondercon (being smaller and more akin to what Comic Con was like years and years ago) will be held in San Diego while the original, much larger Comic Con will be held in Anaheim.
Just a theory...
So, the nerd secret about SDCC is out then? LOL
Where did all these nerds come from???
Where were all these nerd girls when it mattered to me in my youth! LOL
I have a theory, the bully as endangered species.
Bullies kept the nerd herd culled. There were serious consequences for being a nerd once.
Now days it is safe, it's easy.
Now with bullies hunted and being wiped out. The nerd herds are swelling to unsafe levels!
This is how we get JJ Trek! and Ghostbusters reboots and... Ack.. arghh.. Twilight!
I keed, I keed.
Mostly.
Watch the news, the bullies are still there...many of them wear uniforms instead of costumes.