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20th Century Fox pulls out of Comic-Con
As reported in this week's Comic-Con preview by yours truly, Fox was set to showcase upcoming movie releases including Aliens Vs. Predator, Babylon A.D. and Jumper. The LA Times is reporting that the studio decided their footage "wasn't ready." JoBlo.com writes that this may be the result of a dispute stemming from last year's Con, where Fox debuted the naked fight scene from Borat in its entirety, with no forewarning of the content. At the time, I blogged that "I couldn't believe this [footag
July 19, 2007Comic-Con 2007: The Beginning
This is the real ghost train. San Diego, Wednesday night, downtown, after dark. All that's here is a smattering of oases of light, from cheap drug stores to greasy spoons offering a "really big Taco Plate" for $3.50. The streets, for now, are mostly empty, and those riding the trolley around you are dirty and old, with faces that bespeak hard labor for too little pay...and judging by the content of their mouths, no dental insurance. The allegedly spooky rides at the OC Fair have been easily be
July 26, 2007Comic-Con 2007: Preview Night Photos
We were there, and you weren't. So click the photo and check out our exclusive shots of Preview Night at the San Diego Comic-Con.
July 26, 2007Comic-Con 2007: Day 1 Photos
Costumes, booths and more from Comic-Con's first day. Click the image below to see more photos:
July 26, 2007Comic-Con 2007: Rant Rant Rant
This Comic-Con thing is madness. Expensive madness. More so if you: A) manage to misplace your camera charger the morning you take off and end up delaying your trip to borrow another B) discover the con shuttle doesn't go anywhere remotely near your hotel and end up taking a cab ($20 x 2) C) find your cam card is corrupted and end up taking a pedicab to Office Depot a few miles away to get a new one ($36 card $30 round trip ride with this Russian dude pedaling his furry white legs off). It'
July 26, 2007Comic-Con 2007: Of Paramount Disappointment, plus Jessica Alba and Peter Fonda
Damn, the lines here suck. Used to be that Comic-Con got bigger every year, and they expanded the available space to fit. Then the space ran out, and stuff kept getting bigger anyway. I wait in line half an hour for the Paramount panel, and don't even get close to getting in. Regroup. An hour later, get in line an hour early for the Lionsgate panel. Line is all the way to the back loading dock. I get in. But this astonishes me: after all that wait, once initial guest Jessica Alba is done, half
July 27, 2007Comic-Con 2007: Barking Mad
Dear Satan, what the hell happened to Clive Barker? I interviewed him a few years ago for our late sister-paper New Times LA, and found him charming, lucid, smart, fan-friendly -- everything you'd hope he would be. Today, I don't know what to make of him. His croaky voice and odd manner initially appear to be a put on, part of a joke in which he says he's been coming to Comic-Con since biblical times when his mother Mary brought him to read books about his father. The joke dies. But his voice
July 27, 2007Comic-Con 2007: The Times' Shaky Bacon
How amusing to see the Los Angeles Times doing something silly and fannish on its Comic-Con blog. They've dragged a plushie strip of bacon (which they've named "Shaky Bacon") to the convention, and have photos of their little friend's journey: from the car ride over to the arms of dolled-up con rats. Cute. Very cute, MSM. SPEAKING OF BACON, Luke's having breakfast with Kevin Bacon this fine morning.
July 28, 2007Comic-Con 2007: Toy News Tidbit
Sideshow is doing 12" collector dolls based on Resident Evil 4. Photos were not permitted (though I have no doubt they exist online somewhere). Licensor approval is still pending, and Capcom are notoriously nitpicky. Never got past the first level in the game, but the figures (I think) are two versions of Leon, chainsaw sackcloth-head guy, and a villainous type (Wesker? Is he in part 4? Looks like him.) The level of detail on these things is higher than even Sideshow's usual standards. Expect
July 28, 2007Comic-Con 2007: From exhibit hall to eBay
It's interesting to see how quickly some convention rats operate. Exclusive con action figures are already up on eBay, with the prices jacked up. It's an industry within an industry, really. Take for instance, this guy's "buy it now for $40" option on the exclusive Hasbro Stan Lee as Spider-Man toy. I picked up the same thing yesterday for $14.99 for a friend. Gee whiz, maybe I should hang onto it and plan on cashing in a few months down the line...already my pretty R2-KT is worth twice what
July 28, 2007Comic-Con 2007: Masquerade Ball liveblogging
Saturday night is costume contest time at Comic-Con.Let's try live-blogging this mofo while vaguely inebriated. Logging in a bit belatedly. Line for free nachoes was huge -- they went instantly. Most costumes so far are cute li'l kids as Huntress, Rayden/Scorpion from Mortal Kombat, other similar heroes. Sand-People choir was funny. Good Boba Fett to start. Bollywood-style Medusa -- nice concept. Dr. Who costume not so good -- but working Dalek w/lights is cool. Ghost Rider w/bike -- nice
July 28, 2007Comic-Con 2007: Iron Man
Oh hell yeah! Fuckin' Sabbath! YES! Thith ith cool, huh-huh, huh-hu, DUN DUN DAH DAH DAH, DUNANUNANUNA DUN DA DA DAH! Pardon momentary lapse into Butt-head-dom, but considering that the Transformers live-action movie failed to use the obvious theme song, one can never be too sure with Hollywood. But the clip from Jon Favreau's new Marvel movie Iron Man has the Black Sabbath tune of the same name, and all is right with the world. Clip: Arms manufacturer Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is in a mo
July 29, 2007Comic-Con 2007: Jericho
Surprisingly easy to get into this panel, which doesn't necessarily bode well for the future of Jericho on CBS. Saved from cancellation by rabid fans, it's gonna need more support to survive a full second year. I walk in on the tail-end of a panel for 4400 with Jeffrey Combs and blue-bearded Ira Steven Behr. Ira makes a crack about how Jeffrey isn't like the characters he plays -- he's actually really boring. Jeffrey responds that of course Ira would think that, "because you're not that smart."
July 29, 2007Comic-Con 2007: Universal Focus/Rogue, part 1
Neil Gaiman and Henry Selick kick things off by announcing a special screening of some early footage from Coraline, their new stop-motion collaboration. It'll be later in the evening at a nearby theater, and passes can be had at the Rogue booth. Those sitting in Hall H all day at the actual panels are out of luck. They couldn't have just shown us a little bit here? Nahh, make us wait in line all over again for something else. Tidbits: the voice cast includes Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Ter
July 30, 2007LYT in USA Today
Weekly investigative reporter extraordinaire Scott Moxley just informed me that our fab Comic-Con blogger - LYT - made today's edition of USA Today. His rainbow 'do is apparently a camera magnet. That's not too surprising. Couldn't help snapping a few of him myself. And Luke was sitting at Hall H for hours on end...an easy target. Photo via USA Today. The article's titled "It's Good to be a Geek at Comic-Con."
July 30, 2007Tuesday's Headlines
Gore guilty: Al Gore III pleaded guilty Monday to possessing marijuana and other drugs when he was caught speeding in OC earlier in the month, reports the LA Times. This shooter's a giver: "Machine-gun Sonny" has mastered a shooting game at the OC Fair and wins mountain bikes nightly. But he doesn't keep his winnings, instead giving 'em to unsuspecting kids. The fair officials don't mind being cleaned-out, reports the Reg. See you in court, sea lion stabber: On Sept. 10, the Garden Grove man wh
July 31, 2007Comic-Con 2007: The Culmination
If you haven't read Luke's endless Comic-Con coverage, be sure to flip through his feature. . .which has the best of his posts prettified and strung together. And then there's my sidebar on travels with rainbow boy into the Heart of Dorkness. So we said we were through with Comic-Con. We lied. But if you'd like to revisit the panels, costumes and geekdom, by all means, skim the archives.
August 9, 2007Give Disney Some of its Own Medicine!
While Anaheim residents desperately try to break the stranglehold Disney officials have on the town, some geeks recently announced the relaunching of an anti-Disney game. In Los Disneys, the company has taken over Florida. "Your job," according to the press release, "is to infiltrate the Magic Kingdom, blasting your way through animatronic pirates, holographic ghosts, tourists, security guards and even Mickey himself in an attempt to seek and destroy the frozen head of Walt Disney. However, do
August 15, 2007Comic-Con follow-up: See Naked CG Angelina for Yourself
No doubt some readers recall my description of the Beowulf footage shown at Comic-Con, featuring a photo-realistic 3-D naked Angelina Jolie as Grendel's mother. While you won't see that exact footage until the film comes out later this fall, you can get a glimpse of all of Jolie, and much more, in the new Internet-exclusive, age-restricted Beowulf trailer. As you'll see -- assuming you can get past the age filter -- some of the CG people look better than others, to put it mildly. But Jolie lo
September 4, 2007SoCal Independent Film Festival: Nine Hours
September 8, 2007TONIGHT: Tim and Eric at the Glass House
It's here: Adult Swim's Tim Heidecker (right) and Eric Wareheim (uh, left) are performing tonight at the Glass House in Pomona; amazingly, tickets are still available.Tim and Eric are the guys behind quasi-cartoon Tom Goes to the Mayor and, more recently, the sketch comedy program Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job!. They're both extremely acquired tastes, but among those who have acquired it, based on their appearances on the show, include some of our nation's bona funniest people (Bob Odenkir
January 16, 2009[Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'Luke and Brie Are On a First Date,' 'The Godfather,' More
March 5, 2009'Hellboy II: The Golden Army' Is Mindless, Revved-Up
July 10, 2008Aural Reports
He Likes to Score: Composer Hans Karl makes music your eyes can follow
January 3, 2008Haute Couture
Fighting Meets Uber Fashion at the First NAMMAE Convention
December 6, 2007Youngblood at Heart
Seven years after leaving the industry that made him a star, former comic book wunderkind Rob Liefeld is ready for his heroes to be reborn
October 11, 2007Illegitimate Shows
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August 16, 2007Letters
'What is this nonsense? Geek goes to San Diego+geek buys toys=cover story?'
August 16, 2007Confessions of a Comic-Con Virgin
A non-geek follows the king of geekdom into the heart of dorkness
August 9, 20072007: a Comic-Con Odyssey
Or, How I learned to stop worrying and love sleep deprivation, huge crowds and wonderful toys
August 9, 2007Comic-Con Survival Guide
July 19, 2007The Big Con
Out of the basement and into the spotlight, Comic-Con 2007 is the place to be
July 19, 2007Use the Force
Art Institute professor brings Star Wars to the classroom
June 21, 2007Wank Bush Out of Office!
July 17, 2003Anaheim Comic-Con to Debut in April 2010
Wizard Entertainment, the publisher of magazines Wizard (comic books/geeky pop culture) and ToyFare (action figures) announced today the latest addition to their slate of comic book conventions: Anaheim Comic-Con, set for April 16-18, 2010 at the Anaheim Convention Center. (Yes, they named a comic book magazine "Wizard." Reading it in public is always an adventure.)
July 16, 2009Dishney: Tweets from the Park
Flickr user Donabel and EwenWhoa there.It's Disneyland's 54th birthday today--and none more appropriate of a day for our weekly roundup of some of the best--and the worst--tweets from the park that's only sometimes the happiest place on earth. There's plenty of the usual complain-y too-crowded, too-pricey tweets but the one from Twitter user totemototem takes the cake with his link to the above photo of the Little Mermaid outgrowing her little shell bra at the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con. Awkward.
July 17, 2009All-Encompassing Comic-Con Photo Post! Part Two!
More Comic-Con photos, from Saturday and Sunday, as the musky smell and convention madness begins to sink in. (Check our previous bunch of photos out here.)
July 28, 2009More Photos from San Diego Comic-Con 2009
Chris VictorioNumber one nerd fantasy: Princess Leia under the enslavement of Jabba? Probably. Here are a couple more excellent photo outtakes by photog Chris Victorio from San Diego Comic-Con 2009--hot gals, skimpy cosplay, ROBERT fucking PATTINSON (meow!) and more.There's also plenty of images from the super popular Twilight panel (are we fans? Not really. Fans of R. Pattz? Yes. Very much so). Throw in a couple of fuzzy fictional animals (Max of video game classic Sam & Max takes the ca
July 28, 2009State of the Blog Address!
RIP, old logo.Yep, you can say goodbye to the old Heard Mentality blog banner--what with its raucous silhouette person dance party--and hello to the new one, up at the top of the page, with an adorable little orange wearing adorable headphones. (Is it creepy to call a piece of fruit "adorable"? Probably, right?)Those aren't the only changes to the blog here, as you've surely, hopefully noticed by now.
August 11, 2009[Trendzilla] That's Why the Ladies Like Vamps
September 24, 2009Long Beach Comic Con
October 1, 2009Headed to Long Beach Comic Con!
Comic books, here we come. We'll be at the Long Beach Comic Con at the Long Beach Convention Center all day tomorrow, tweeting and blogging and all that good stuff. Guests include comic book super-legend Stan Lee, Seth Green and the rest of the Robot Chicken fellas, and one-time James Bond George Lazenby. Oh yes. Get excited. (And ready for the typical wondering of what that stuff has to do with comics, exactly.)
October 2, 2009What You Missed: Long Beach Comic-Con, the Horrors, Disneyland Gay Days, Long Beach Kite Surfers
Keith MayThree Vs and a Kirby.A fun, fun weekend, friends: What'd you miss? First off: The first ever Long Beach Comic-Con! Comic books fans of all ages made their way to the first ever Long Beach Comic-Con at the Long Beach Convention Center this weekend, 10/2-10/4. Music Editor Albert Ching checked things out, read his round-up posts here! As for the rest of photos, which includes plenty of cute gals dressed up like yooooour favorite ever comic book heroine, are right here.Keith MayClever,
October 5, 2009Five Regrettable Music/Video Game Moments
Motörhead are currently on tour (including a stop at the House of Blues in Anaheim), they also play a role in upcoming action/adventure game Brütal Legend, out next week on Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 (we got a chance to play it at Comic-Con this year, it's a fun, straight-forward beat 'em up with some cool visuals). That game, with Jack Black voicing the main character and additional vocal appearances from Rob Halford, Ozzy Osbourne, Lita Ford and Motörhead singer Lemmy will probably be a
October 7, 2009All-Encompassing Comic-Con Photo Post! Part One!
I spent most of my time at Comic-Con International in San Diego holed up in extremely specific comic book-centric panels that only the most dedicated geeks could possibly care about, and sometimes not even then. (I know you guys are all so psyched that Power Girl is going to be team leader in the new JSA All Stars comic! Er, right?) So I was nowhere near the mess of humanity that was the giant lines that was Thursday's Twilight panel, for instance. (Phew!) But I still saw plenty of fun stuff;
July 27, 2009
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