All Things: San Diego Comic-Con

SmytheKing said:
After the Star Wars stuff this year, I'm just not sure anything will be worth waiting in that line again for me. Might start doing the "if there are still wristbands at 5/6am then I'll get in line" thing. Other than that, I just don't know if there will be that pull for me.

Having said that, I'm sure I'll do it next year for Marvel.
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Yeah, somehow the 3 hunnert something days in between make liars of us all...
 
X-MEN Producer Talks Comic-Con Footage Leaks, “Planned Marketing” Theories
http://collider.com/x-men-producer-hutch-parker-talks-comic-con-footage-leaks-marketing-theories/

“I’d say it really isn’t intended to be leaked. It’s really intended to excite a core. From a marketing perspective, what they want is to share it with the most discerning eyes that are out there for this material. It’s the biggest and probably most intense focus group any of us ever have.

You hope that you excite a level of interest that they will express and celebrate it. But it’s a scary-ass deal, because they’re not shy. If they don’t like it, if they aren’t feeling it, they’re going to let you and everybody else know. [Showing footage] is something people do with trepidation, but with hope. We make a movie and you want to believe it’s going to be great. The reality is, not all of them are. But you have to believe that going in. We go in wanting to be accepted and embraced, and ideally even acknowledged for having done it well.”
“The problem with the theory about the marketing is, I don’t actually think it’s good marketing. Leaking footage a year in advance of a movie’s release is not such a good thing. The reason you don’t see footage out that far is you run the risk of it getting stale. Generally speaking, and I can’t speak for other studios — I can’t even speak for Fox any more — but I don’t believe their intention is [for footage to be leaked]. I think their intention is to get the most important opinions and opinion-makers in this community engaged in the promise of what’s coming.”
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Something Funny Happened on the Way to the Funko Booth
http://sdccblog.com/2015/07/something-funny-happened-on-the-way-to-the-funko-booth/

Anatomy of a **** up...one of the details they left out was the generally surly and non informative people running the line and the booth. Func you Funco, I came home and had all the exclusives I wanted at a slight mark up by the following Friday. In order to avoid the mess YOU CREATED it was worth it. Eat a big old bag Funco...maybe you can concentrate a little less on licensing EVERYTHING and a little more on customer service.
 


This was my SPOTLIGHT moment of the Con. Full screening with panel moderated by Kevin Smith. Matthew Lillard(the best Shaggy ever) and Jason Mewes alongside Gene, Paul and the guys posing as Ace and Peter.
Look, my anger toward G&P which has been documented in these pages...profusely. Could not dim the experience for me.
And I am watching the cartoon, in the confines of my own home...and enjoying it even more...manybeers::ccat::smoke:
 
Can we get a better word than 'cosplay'? It makes 'selfie' and 'hoodie' look like nuanced terminology utilized by the erudite.

That word was created by the same nation of people who like to print t-shirts with completely random groupings of English words, which is presumably where they got 'cosplay'.
 
Comic-Con International Considering Physically Mailing Out Badges
http://sdccblog.com/2015/10/comic-con-international-considering-physically-mailing-out-badges/

“As always, we continue to try to enhance the attendee experience at Comic-Con,” David Glanzer, Director of Marketing and Public Relations of Comic-Con International, told us. “That certainly includes the registration process. At this time, mailing out badges is an idea about which we have had some discussion and should we eventually go down that route we want to be sure attendee information is as current as it can be. While we understand there are potential drawbacks to this scenario we are also exploring possible solutions to those drawbacks.”

On the one hand, the idea of not having to schlep over to the Town & Country in Mission Valley or join the massive queue at the convention center to stand in line for four hours just to get your badge is very appealing. On the flip side though, this is a surprising move (assuming it happens at all) considering how anti-badge-scalping Comic-Con International has always been.

Frustrating or not, having to stand in line and present a physical ID during the actual convention is a bit of an automatic deterrent to anyone thinking about breaking the rules and trying to re-sell their Comic-Con badge. By physically mailing out a badge, where scalpers could potentially even write down the unique code required to verify for Preregistration eligibility the following year (a step many believe was added specifically to deter scalpers), there are a lot fewer obstacles in the way of someone looking to profit. While most other conventions are mailing out their badges to attendees, no other convention is as in demand as SDCC (with the possible exception of New York Comic Con) — and that’s a market that every year, people try to capitalize on. This seems like something that’s only going to aggravate that particular problem.

There are also a lot of other potential questions, like — how would attendees get their WB bags or souvenir guides? While we can’t see those going away in 2016, how we receive those items would definitely be up in the air.
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