Comic Con, Nerds, and Games
So I spent last weekend at the New York Comic Con. I’m not really a big comic book fan so I was there mainly for the movie and tv panels. I started at the Disney/Pixar panel for Wall*E and Prince Caspian. They showed off a few clips from Wall*E and they were hilarious. Definitely the best part of the panel, Pixar’s magic continues. Prince Caspian looks just like The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe with more action and fight scenes. They brought out some of the actors in the movie and they seem like really nice guys. One of them gave a hug to a fan. Nothing really of note here.
Next was the Battlestar Galactica panel but I’m just not a BG fan so I left to go to the exhibit hall and to get an autograph from Sid Meier. 2K Games was showing off the console version of Civ and it definitely looks like Civ Lite. I’ll still rent it to check it out but it’s definitely for gamers who aren’t hardcore Civ fans. So I stuck around watching people play and got in line to get Sid’s autograph. I got him to sign my Collector’s Edition of Civ IV which was really cool and I got a T-Shirt. This thing is the softest free t-shirt I’ve ever received. I wish all companies would take note and use softer cotton. As for the exhibit hall, it was ok. Like I said I’m not that into comics so it was really just booths to me.
Next I wanted to go to the Ghost Hunters panel but there was already a line starting for the Avatar panel so I had to line up instead. They did a really bad job at estimating how many people would attend the Avatar panel vs the Ghost Hunters panel (they overlapped). Ghost Hunters got a larger room but it was nowhere near as full as the Avatar panel. Don’t underestimate the dedication of pre-teen/teenage girls. No seriously, they played the trailer for the last four episodes and those girls just would not stop screaming. I couldn’t hear the dialogue. I’m really excited to watch the finale based on what I saw in trailer. Avatar is definitely worth your time if you haven’t seen it yet.
The last good panel I was at was for Harold and Kumar 2. We saw an extended trailer and it’s what you would expect from a stoner movie. Kal Penn and Neil Patrick Harris are really funny guys in person. Fans would ask them really stupid things. One fan asked NPH if he really did coke during the scenes for the first movie. NPH sarcastically responded, “Yeah dude I really did twenty takes of coke for the film.” NPH also recounted a story about the first movie. When the script for the first movie was written, NPH was written in as a character but he didn’t know it. He only found out from one of his friends who was auditioning for a part. His friend called him up, “Dude, you’re in this movie and it’s not good”. NPH says he started freaking out and calling around to find out more about the movie. When he finally read the script he thought it was hilarious and signed on. He’s happy he did because it allowed him to be on How I Met Your Mother.
All in all Comic Con was alright. I would definitely skip the video game panels next time. There wasn’t any new information released and they really didn’t have much content. It’s cool that they have Q&A sessions with the fans but I would rather not attend them simply because some fans ask really, really stupid questions. I also came across two insights while I was at Comic Con.
One, why do nerds not understand the concept of DEODORANT? Seriously if you’re going to be packed into an area with other people, please have the decency to use some deodorant. Some of you sweat…..a lot….and then you stink. Just use it, please.
Two, yes stupid nerds exist. The funny thing is how stupid nerds think they’re smarter than stupid jocks just because they’re nerds. Trust me, they’re not. They’re just as stupid as everyone else, nerd or not. Hey nerds. Pot. Kettle. Black.
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