Comic Con Day 1... and here we go!!!

What an eventful day.  Been gone most of the day and just return about an hr ago from the Fanboys sneak preview.  Somehow I have survived the whole day on two bearclaws, some trail mix and one turkey sandwich w/ fries.  It's been such a hectic day that I didn't get a chance to eat. 

The morning started w/ getting the convention exclusives.  Made my way to the Hasbro booth and waited for 15 minutes before I found out that I needed a freakin' ticket to be able to purchase anything.  Then head over to McFarlane Toys to pick up the Spawn Halo figure for Soup.  Next was the Hot Wheels booth, picked up the Batman tv series exclusive and the 1/18th Dark Knight Tumbler.  Tried to get some other exclusives but all the lines were cut off due to crowed control.  I then proceeded to check out the Fox panel.

Fox studios were promoting, The Day The Earth Stood Still and Max Payne.  While in line, I notice that the guys from the Totally Rad Show where ahead of me.  The hall was packed, so I decided to sit towards the back.  As I was waiting for the panel to start, people started to scream in the back.  By the time I had turned around, the beams that was holding a 15-20 curtain were beginning to bend and falling toward the crowd.  I just stood there and it dropped two rows from where I was sitting.  Awesome, my day was almost over before it begain.  The panels were delay for about an 1/2 hr, as they made sure the surrounding curtains were secured.  The first people on stage were Keenu Reeves and Jennifer Connelly to promote The Day The Earth Stood Still.  Comic Con had also updated their projection screens to HD, so Jen was looking good.  Movie looks interested but remakes don't usually do better than the original, but we will see. Next up was Max Payne, Mark "Marky Mark" Wahlberg, Mila Kunis & Chris "Ludacris" Bridges were present.  Not sure about this one, looks like a typical shoot them up movie.  But it could be worst, Uwe Boll could be the director. This were the only two movies schedule for the panel, but the moderated stop us from leaving, as he had something special.

He proceeded to inform us that someone had just gotten off of Quantus airlines and was eager to meet us.  Out walks Hugh Jackman!!!  Holy shit, can it be?  Are we going to get a Wolverine clip?  He comes out to greet us and says that he always wanted to come to Comic Con to promote the X-movies, but it never worked out.  But he could not miss the opportunity to promote the new Wolverine movie.  He informs us that he does have a trailer for the movie.  The preview looks awesome, it appears that Wolverine is going to kick some major ass in this movie, more so than in the previous X-men movies.  We see a glimpse of Sabertooth, the Blob, Deadpool and Gambit.  Everyone cheered when we saw the decks of cards flying across the screen.  Not sure, how he fits in the storyline but I am happy to finally see him on screen.

After the panel was over, I decided to pass on the next panel and return to my hotel room to drop off some of the exclusives.  Next up was a decision between the X-men comics panel or the Halo universe panel.  I made my way up to the schedule rooms, they where next door, so I would sneak into the less crowded one.  When I got there, it didn't matter, both doors were closed and there were still people waiting in line.  Crap, that is a bad sign if the smaller rooms are filling up.  The bigger rooms are going to be worst.  I decided that I wanted to see the Hulk vs Wolverine screening, so I headed to that room about 1 1/2 hr early.  I've learned from previous experiences that the best way to secure a seat into a panel that you want to see, is to sit in on the panel before the one you want to see.  Since it's the convention policy not to clear out the rooms, due to time constraints.  So I was going to sit in on a Disney panel for Race to Witch Mountain.

I was surprise that Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was the main star for the movie.  Carla Gugino was also there to help promote,  that was a nice surprise.  Can't go wrong w/ some nice eye candy.  After the Q&A, we where treated to a clip of Tron 2.  I must say it looks awesome!!!  I was not aware that they were making another Tron but w/ the update special effects, it looks amazing. 

I think I will leave it off here.  It's 2:20am and I still have a long day ahead of me.  I will update more tomorrow.  I'm going to bring my laptop out to the convention, since there is free wi-fi out there.  I am sure I will have a lot of down time to update my blog.  Till next time...