Second-Hand San Diego: Comic-Con 07
Jul 30I wasn’t at Comic-Con, but I spent large chunks of my weekend internet time reading stories about news and information that flowed from Comic-Con like so much sweet, sweet nerd honey.
Here’s the stories that made me tingle. In no particular order of tinglyness.
Dark Horse does Indiana Jones comics
Jon Favreau and Iron Man: VEGAS BABY
Guggenheim Goes Exclusive @ Marvel
Whedon raises 60K for Equality Now
Mark Waid becomes new Boom! Comics Editor in Chief
Third. Best. Opening. Ever. For. An. Animated. Film.
Jul 30The Simpsons Movie somehow managed to score a $72.9 million dollar opening weekend.
Holy crapoli. Them’s Shrek-size numbers!
Is it really THAT good? I’m dying to see it but come on now. That’s a heaping pile of crisp ten dollar bills, right there.
Hey, Nerd – you're giving nerds a bad name! Y'nerd.
Jul 27I don’t know that anyone has a good plan for dealing with trolls online, other than blocking them out. And if you can’t block them out, you might have to stand up to them. And if you stand up to them, they will likely just spaz more. It happens.
But I can tell you this about the link I am about to share – if you’re a troll online, then you are, in fact, a nerd (just, a dark part of the family, way off on the corner.) And if you, as a nerd, opt for crossing state-lines to commit arson, while posting it on the internet as proof… you’re still a nerd, only you have an anger management problem. Which is actually kind of common in online nerds.
Oh well, now you’re a nerd in prison.
Inside Joke
Jul 27You might could check out this Digg page, cause there’s some kind of freaky viral marketing thing happening for The Dark Knight right now in San Diego, and it involves US ON THE INTERNET HOLY SHIT:
Digg – New viral site for the Joker asking you to join his army
(Even after it’s all done, that page will probably be a pretty nice document of the nerds chasing down this info. Sounds like a cool happening, but I could never get the damn page to load.)
UPDATE: Here’s what appears to be the finale: An official pic of Ledger as the Joker.
UPDATE 2: Teaser trailer here. Stay away for a few hours, though–I’m still downloading it.
Spock Also = Spock
Jul 26Now I’m excited! Sylar’s playing the young Spock, but Nimoy’s also dustin’ off the old ears for a “meaty cameo.”
Other exciting news in this article: Karen Allen is going to appear in the new Indiana Jones movie! I LOVE Marion Ravenwood. She’s the best Indy girl by a country mile.
