Great fun, super people

Tuesday, July 29

Josh:

Sorry I'm writing this two days late, but I didn't get in on Saturday
night until 11:30 and was too tired to blog.  Now that the jet lag has worn off
and I'm officially home, I'm ready to refute the beginning of my last entry.  I
did attend the Heroes panel, and I'm incredibly glad that I did!
Not only was the entire cast there (except for Kristen Bell who I'd love
to see in person), but creator Tim Kring brought the first episode of Season 3,
entitled Villains!  Believe me, I want to talk about it.  Oh well, you'll just
have to wait until it airs in late September.  Suffice it to say if you
considered last season a stumble, the worldwide phenomenon that is Heroes is
back to form.
In the 3 and a half hours after the Heroes panel ended, I kept making
one unfortunate decision after another.  First I waited in line for the room
where the Office and Pushing Daisies panels would be held.  Then I learned the
cast of Chuck was signing autographs down on the show floor, so I left the line
for that.  It turned out that even 45 minutes early, the line was already maxed out.  So then I
waited in line for the Chuck panel, which waisted another hour and a half.  I
was able to pass the time watching the costumed.  I even got two girls dressed
as Sakura and Hinata from Naruto to pose for a picture.  I've got to say,
Comic-Con really does attract the nicest people in the world.
When I finally got in, it was perfect timing for the Chuck panel.  The
entire cast showed up with a very titillating teaser for season 2.  Zachary Levi
is one of the most charismatic people you could ever meet, and the rest of the
cast are very fun as well.  Later that day, I saw Sarah Lancaster's limo parked
across from the convention center and waited about five seconds before I
realized how stalkerish that would be.
Anyway, we spent the rest of the day on the show floor.  The voice
actors for Code Monkeys, a profane G4 animated comedy of "8-bit proportions",
were at their booth signing autographs on what can only be described as barf bags and paper dolls.  I wouldn't expect anything less from G4.
I also got some hands on time with Naruto Clash of Ninja: Revolution 2
for the Wii.  Playing in a frenzied mulitiplayer brawl is some of the most fun a
person can have, especially in the group I found.
I capped off the day with a showing of Step Brothers at a local movie
theater just to satiate the R-rated comedy void left by Tropic Thunder.  It was
funny in a lowest-common-denominator way.  Will Ferrel and John C. Reilly (Walk
Hard is one of the most under appreciated movies ever!) are just pleasures to
watch together in all their comic antics.  It wasn't as good as Forgetting Sarah
Marshall or Superbad, but it served its purpose of killing an hour and a half. 
I don't recommend seeing it with your mother however.  Trust me it's very
awkward.
Well, that's my Comic-Con experience.  Long lines, as much free stuff as
we could get home, and one of the best experiences ever.  And if the two awesome
Naruto girls who posed for me read this, you can contact me at ... never mind. My mother won't let me use my e-mail.

Once again, Comic-Con really does attract
great people that I wish I could have had more time with.