All Things: San Diego Comic-Con

Kingsqueen said:
Kiiiinda have to agree...

Is Hollywood Giving Up SDCC? What's Missing on the Comic Con Schedule
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It's an overreaction. Most stuff they mention is either too far out to really justify or kinda meh. I could care less about MockingJay/Expendables...and stuff like that, why promote. The audiences are built in. Stuff like Jurassic and Star Wars is either filming or just completed with 2 years of effects work to be done. Yeah, it's disappointing...and TV does seem to be taking over. The Disney stuff is the most glaring, especially Big Hero 6, but Disney is saving all that for their expo...and as crap as that is, I get it. It is what it is, and I am more than happy with what is being offered...I just think everyone was expecting this to be an off-the-charts year and quite honestly...it's a little pop-gun as opposed to fireworks. Still looking forward, still gonna have a great time. The lack of pizzazz will make the turn aways a little less upsetting.

Edit: if you think there won't be surprises...like Zack Snyder popping in with some kinda something for that WB panel, you just haven't been paying attention.
 
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SmytheKing said:
It's a really good start. Obviously people are going to get bent when they have a wristband and don't get in ("thanks for lying and making me miss everything all day"), but it's long overdue.
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Seems to be devised more to discourage 1 person camping out for 20. Which is fine. But it will go wrong a couple million times before they get it right. Gonna have to keep eyes on the HallH Line twitter feed to get an idea what time they start 'banding. I really hope they don't leave it to the general security staff, who are good for the broad strokes, but not something a little more subtle. Can you imagine Ermy/Straw hat guy being in charge of this duty?
 
Nerd HQ Returns to Petco Park with The Walking Dead, SEGA, Settlers of Catan, Jeff Bridges, More | San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog

This year NERDHQ is proud to welcome back “returning nerds” Evangeline Lily, Jared Padalecki, and Adam Baldwin. The “Conversations for a Cause” series is further expanding its reach with first time appearances by Jeff Bridges, Norman Reedus, Andrew Lincoln, Brenton Thwaites and with cast appearances by The Walking Dead, The Giver, and many more. Tickets for panels are $22 and all funds raised through panel ticket sales go directly to support Operation Smile in its mission to help improve the health and lives of children all over the world.
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jerseydevil said:
Seems to be devised more to discourage 1 person camping out for 20. Which is fine. But it will go wrong a couple million times before they get it right. Gonna have to keep eyes on the HallH Line twitter feed to get an idea what time they start 'banding. I really hope they don't leave it to the general security staff, who are good for the broad strokes, but not something a little more subtle. Can you imagine Ermy/Straw hat guy being in charge of this duty?
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Think there'll be a black market for wristbands?
 
jerseydevil said:
Seems to be devised more to discourage 1 person camping out for 20. Which is fine. But it will go wrong a couple million times before they get it right. Gonna have to keep eyes on the HallH Line twitter feed to get an idea what time they start 'banding. I really hope they don't leave it to the general security staff, who are good for the broad strokes, but not something a little more subtle. Can you imagine Ermy/Straw hat guy being in charge of this duty?
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Oh man that douchebag...

It did say they'd start at 1am and stop at a certain point and then start up again around 5am. Who knows how it will really work. I just think it's a good idea so that you can avoid what we dealt with two years ago. We'd have just split at 9 or 10 and done other stuff. I'm not sure it will do anything to discourage the camping though since it does say it doesn't guarantee entrance...but at least it should give you a clue as to whether it's worth your time. Say you show up at 7 and the first 500 people in front of you don't have a band...just go. You're not getting in. The real cluster is going to be those folks who get the last couple hundred and don't get in. That's where the noise is going to come from.
 
adgy-san said:
Think there'll be a black market for wristbands?
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Maybe...but you'd be dumb to buy them. They don't hold a spot in line for you and they don't get you into the hall. They're placeholders to let people know if they have a shot based on the color/where they're at/etc.
 
11, 10...9 more days 'till Comic-Con!!!

Jack checking out WW's "superpowers". lol.

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Zachary Levi and David Coleman Discuss Making Nerd HQ ‘Bigger’ and ‘Cooler’ For 2014 | San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog

That doesn’t mean that every part of this year’s planning has been smooth. To help fund Nerd HQ, Levi and Coleman asked fans to pitch in during a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, because without their support, the event simply wasn’t going to happen.

“I don’t ever want to have to do another crowdfunding campaign,” Levi said. “This year was just especially fragile and sensitive and we knew that if we didn’t go out and ask for help, because sometimes you just got to come hand to hand, and say look guys, we want to keep doing this, but we just do not have the ability to do it by ourselves.”

And the fans came through – raising over $330,000 and helping tremendously in making this year’s event a reality. Attendees at Nerd HQ will be able to take a photo in front of the Wall of Honor, which displays the name (or e-mail address or Twitter handle) or every person who donated. There will also be the annual, free, fan party on Thursday night, where attendees can come dance the night away with Levi and The Nerd Machine crew.

“We want to make sure [the fans] understand how much we appreciate what they did, because literally, it means everything for your fans to stand up and say you know what, guys, we believe in what you’re doing,” Coleman said. “We believe that you are trying to be as upfront and transparent as you can about what you’re doing, and we support that. So I’m really excited to meet a lot of those fans who helped us out because it’s their event.”

Ultimately, that’s all that Levi and Coleman want – to make the fans happy.

“I hope that between our gaming activations, our tech activations, our celebrity activations, and just offering fans and celebrities an oasis to chill and relax and have fun and party and dance and whatever it is that they come to and spend time with us doing, that they walk away just grinning and feeling good about life,” Levi said. “Because that’s really what we set out to do and I feel like we’ve been able to do these last three years, and hopefully year four will be no exception.”
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SmytheKing said:
Maybe...but you'd be dumb to buy them. They don't hold a spot in line for you and they don't get you into the hall. They're placeholders to let people know if they have a shot based on the color/where they're at/etc.
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People sell Hall H restroom passes all the time, I'm sure they will be selling the wristbands as well... but you are correct, it would be a foolish investment since entry isn't 100% guaranteed.
 
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