San Diego International Comic Con was last weekend.
I hate hate hate that I wasn’t there. Truly.
I want to go to that thing, someday. My goal is that, sometime in the future, my children beg me to take them to Comic Con like many children beg their parents to take them to Disney World (and, of course, I will find a way to make it happen, like parents find a way to make Disney happen, because I love my kids and it would be totally for them and I wouldn’t enjoy a minute of it. Really). It shouldn’t be too hard, considering that my children already love Doctor Who, superheroes, comics (what I’ve let them see) and so much else that goes on there.
Including costumes. Oh they love costumes.
Punky would have been in fangirl heaven had she seen those two. Probably her two favorite Disney princesses!
But that being said, there are many many things that happened this weekend. Many many things that I wish I could have seen and been a part of. But, from what I’ve seen, these are some of the things I most wish I could have seen this weekend.
— Karen Gillian revealing that she pulled a Matt Smith with her hair – it’s gone. GONE. When she showed up, she still had the red hair, long, but it looked like it had been cut. Still beautiful. But then a panel leader asked about her playing Nebula (who is bald) in Guardians of the Galaxy and all of a sudden the hair is off and there she is with a bald head and her red hair is in the crowd.
Wow.
— The DW fan meet up. I’ve seen and heard about this but I don’t think it was the actual Doctor Who panel. But fans were getting to ask Matt and Jenna and Moffat questions and they were just being frank and honest with them. There was a phone call from another writer (Gattis I think) for Moffat and I’m pretty sure this is where Matt begged fans not to forget him and, in a moment of weakness, said he might have made a mistake in leaving (though we all know it was just a moment of weakness). I just would have loved to be there.
— The actual Doctor Who panel. With the trailer and everything. Oh how I wish I had seen that! (And Moffat apparently admitted to “lying [his] arse off” about the 50th so as to keep things secret, so maybe my hope that John Hurt ISN’T the Time War Doctor might come true!)
— The Walking Dead panel with the Season 4 trailer. While, of course, I’ve seen it now, I would have loved to be able to be there and hear the questions and maybe get to ask some. I love that show (yeah…we’ve been over that) and I want anything and everything I can get my hands on about it.
— Andrew Garfield pulling his Spiderman stunt. He showed up to a panel in a cheap Spiderman costume, talking about how he always wanted to come to Comic Con dressed as Spiderman and here they were letting him and then, all of a sudden, the mask comes off and there’s Andrew Garfield, the current Spiderman. I can only say that is awesome and wish I could have seen it.
— Also, Matt Smith walking around as Bart Simpson? Yes please!
— Loki. Really do I need to say more? But Tom Hiddleston, in full Loki regalia, showed up, in character, to introduce the trailer for the next Thor movie, and got the fans to kneel and chant his name. Watching the video is rather amazing and oh how I wish I could have been there for it.
— The X-Men: Days of Future Past panel. I’m pretty sure this was rather a surprise panel? Or maybe we just weren’t aware of who would be there? But really – pretty much all the X-Men – both “current” and “past” – were there. Stewart, McAvoy, McKellan, Fassbender, Dinklage, Jackman, Berry, Lawrence, Paquin, Ashmore, Hoult, Page, Peters – they were all there. And apparently McKellan (current Magneto) was hitting on Fassbender (past Magneto). Oh the fangirling I’m SURE that caused! (But really, I’d just love to see McAvoy. How I adore that man. Never thought I would have to admit to having a crush on Professor X!)
— Catching Fire trailer. Yes. Please. God wish I had been there for that.
— And Marvel Agents of SHIELD? They totally showed the entire pilot to the panel!! Gah. (And Agent Hill totally appeared. Yes please!!!!)
There’s more, of course. So many things. Everything. EVERY. THING. And, of course, all the costumes and the amazing fans. But really, I mean really. These are the reasons I would love nothing more than to have been there for.
I even think Punky would have loved – or at least appreciated – most of it!
RAISED GEEKY 