OK, yes, I came to the defense of the costumed masses at Comic-Con yesterday, but that was before I was faced with the curious case of Pedobear. The jailbait-lovin' internet meme was one of the biggest sensations I saw roaming the halls, and men, women, and their children flocked to get their pictures taken with him. Perhaps they thought he was Gooby?
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Kevin Smith on Zack and Miri Make a Porno, which he previewed at Comic-Con '08: "The last one took a shit, and that's when everything started going down the toilet. I went into a deep depression. No seriously -- I did.Then I discovered weed and everything got better. Sorry, I know there's kids in the audience. Doesn't work for everyone, kids -- but it worked for Uncle Kev."
So I'm inside Hall H again, this time having just witnessed more CGI destruction than my already-addled brain can handle with Sony's 2012 panel. (Q: "Why do you keep destroying the planet?" Roland Emmerich: "Because I love it!") Now up is Iron Man 2, which I'll live blog, for your sitting-around-hearing-me-talk-about-something-you'd-rather-be-watching-for-yourself pleasure.
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Hey there, folks! Somehow, I braved the crowds to make it into Hall H for one of the biggest events at Comic-Con: the Lost panel. We've already talked to Elizabeth Mitchell, but now let's see what revelations we got from Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse, and a whole host of surprise guests:
Disney's The Princess and the Frog marks the studio's long-overdue return to hand-drawn animation, and those hands belong to Ron Clements and John Musker -- two animation veterans responsible for later-era classics like The Little Mermaid and Aladdin. From the beginning, Disney proudly trumpeted that Frog would feature their first African-American princess with Tiana, a gesture that would go a small way towards righting the wrongs of all the yarn-spinning uncles, jive-talking crows and Neverland savages that came before her.
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Picture it: Seth and I are outside the San Diego Convention Center. It's sunny, it's hot. All around us, men in Dharma Initiative jumpsuits and women dressed as sexy Klingons stop to pose for pictures. Meanwhile, an eight-foot-tall paper bag in a Hawaiian shirt stands alone.
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Speaking of the Alice tea party, all those scoops were well and good, but the most dramatic moment for me was coming face to face with the red fright wig Johnny Depp's Mad Hatter wore in the film. Seth, you're right: Carrot Top better check his scalp. Click through for the full-sized picture.
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I'm not sure whether all the other geek webmasters heard the Disney publicist say, "Come to the Alice in Wonderland tea party!" and demurred, imagining a scene of ten-year-old bedlam ripped from your mall's American Girl Place, but I just wandered through the exhibit and I think I kinda have some scoops!
Though posting the picture above may get me into hot water with Summit Entertainment and child protective services, I feel it is my duty to help all you non-Conners understand the moment where thousands of female audience members simultaneously orgasmed, menstruated, gave birth, and passed out. It came during a Taylor Lautner shirtless scene from the New Moon preview that could only be described as "ludicrously fantastic," and we have it for you (until they're onto us!) after the jump:
Now that the Taylor Lautner-related squealing has subsided at Comic-Con (sorry, Robert Pattinson -- your artfully mussed hair is in danger of being eclipsed by a 17-year-old's ten-pack), I think it's safe for me to present you with "My Favorite Scene: Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart Edition!" What movie moments did the two Twilight stars tell Movieline they loved?
There's this thing about women named Juliet: They're famous for meeting tragic ends. Elizabeth Mitchell's character on Lost was no different -- after finding unlikely love with Sawyer (Josh Holloway), she sacrificed herself to set off a crucial bomb -- but luckily, Mitchell's career has new life after that death. In addition to a mysterious number of additional episodes she'll shoot for Lost's final season, she'll be seen later this year toplining ABC's reboot of the alien miniseries V.
At Comic-Con, I talked to the actress about Juliet's journey, the tumultuous period after she learned of her Lost fate (then had it somewhat revoked), and the alien-hunting yet to come.
From L-R: Nicole (Silk Spectre 1), Becca (Silhouette), Samantha (as Silk Spectre II)
MOVIELINE: Is this the first time you guys have dressed as these characters?
Becca: Yes, first time.
So are you set for, like, two Halloweens after this?
Becca: [laughing] It depends! We'll see how well we do at this first.
Now how did you assign who would be dressed as what?
Like a chastity belt that can only be undone by the hunkiest, sparkliest vampire in all of Forks, the website for The Twilight Saga: New Moon opened up today, revealing all sorts of never-before-seen art, stills, and desktop backgrounds. Our favorite new element?
Rumors about the budget for Disney's Tron 2 have hovered around $300 million for a while now, but just so you know, it's all going on the screen. At least that's the impression left by one of the studio's first viral marketing efforts, mysteriously teasing journalists in advance of this week's Comic-Con with its circa-1998 multimedia breakthrough. If the picture to the right gets you excited, just wait until you see the mindblowing animation after the jump.
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