Was That Harry Potter...

At The Comic Con?!

As Reported From The 2008 SDCC Comic Con  International!

Saturday, Tina and I joined our line buddies in a long wait for Hall H to open...

While we were waiting, there were a few costumed attendees that roamed around the line that snaked around for what seemed an eternity!

One sure looked familar although he doesn't have a comic book, anime or manga background,  and so I asked him to stop long enough for a photo, as seen at the above right!

He is the first Harry Potter I've seen at the Comic Con, but he seemed well at ease...

So this is blog post doesn't have a Wonder Woman, Catwoman, She-Hulk, or some other 'hot' looking female superhero... (for a change, LOL!)!

BTW, We also have an ongoing Comic Con  and Pop Culture convention here at Make It So Marketing, what with our daily blog posts and listings of items for sale!

Michael

Moon Bloodgood's Next Movie......

Will Be Terminator: Salvation!

As Reported From The 2008 SDCC Comic Con  International!

During Saturday on Comic Con Week, Tina and I joined our line buddies in a long wait for Hall H to open...

We were basically there for the 'Heroes' TV Show Panel and the 'Lost' TV Show Panel, but decided to stay for the 'Terminator: Salvation' Film Panel.

I'm glad we did, because I was able to see Moon Bloodgood in person!

Who? Well, I discovered her during the short-lived 'Journeyman' TV Series that was affected by the WGA Strike. The show had suffered low ratings and wasn't renewed... For a look at a previous archived blog post on the show and her, just click here!

Anyway, Moon will be starring in the Terminator: Salvation film, and IMHO came across very well during the panel at Comic Con. Sometimes the guests that appear are stunned or disconcerted at the immense crowd or the rowdy noise in the oversized Hall H, but not Moon Bloodgood!

Moon has also been in the following films: 'Eight Below' and 'Pathfinder'. She was also on ABC's 'Day Break' before joining 'Journeyman'.

She would be one more reason for me to catch this film, as the trailer for the film looked pretty good!

Thanks for reading this post today and please join us again for more photos and stories from the Comic Con!

Michael

Green Lantern

Has The Coolest Symbol!

As Reported From The 2008 SDCC Comic Con  International!

You see a lot of people wearing a lot of different T-shirts at Comic Con.

Some are "clean" some are not (What else would you expect from Samuel L. Jackson?!)

Some I have no idea what they are about.

One T-shirt that always turns my head is the simple, clean look of the Green Lantern. 

They just make a statement. Maybe it's that they're peacekeepers, but it looks intriguing and noble.

Maybe it's the Irish in me, but they look a little Celtic to me.  Probably because of all that green!

Michael knows I like them so he took my picture with this member of the Green Lantern Corps.

And, if you've got a Green Lantern T-shirt, wear it with pride!

Tina !

BTW, We also have an ongoing Comic Con  and Pop Culture convention here at Make It So Marketing, what with our daily blog posts and listings of items for sale!

Michael

Heroes The Movie?

Kind of ... It's Called "Push"!

As Reported From The 2008 SDCC Comic Con  International!

Summit Entertainment gave the Comic Con Hall H audience a sneak peak of it's upcoming film, Push.  If you like NBC's Heroes, you'll want to see it since it plays many of the same notes:

The cast is comprised of young people with "special abilities" like watchers (who see the future), movers (wo are telekinetic) and pushers (who put thoughts in your head).  Hmmm, sounds familiar so far.

Did I mention they're fighting a clandestine group that wants to control and/or destroy them?  No, it's not a "paper company."

Comic book movie fans will be happy to see Chris Evans (The Human Torch in the Fantastic Four movies) play the reluctant hero opposite Dakota Fanning (who's grown up a lot since War of the Worlds).

Director Paul McGuigan played clips that I suspect may be the best part of the movie:  the opening which details the advent of the "special abilities" -- Nazi experimentation that never ends; and an extended scene in a fish market where Evans and Fanning are attacked by "Bleeters." 

The Bleeters have to have the coolest power in the movie, and the worst name for it.  Basically they can put the Screaming Landlady in Kung Fu Hustle to shame.  Fish tanks explode (ala Mission Impossible). You'll want to bring ear plugs to the theater.

Don't say I didn't warn you!

Tina! 

Michael

James Warren At The Comic Con!

Part II - Famous Monsters of Filmland

As Reported From The 2008 SDCC Comic Con  International!

I was able to attend the first half of this special program, and started blogging about that in Part I. (Click Here.)

Now I continue where James first bought articles from Forrest Ackerman.

Forrest had seen James' 'After Hours' Magazine issue #2. He sold a few articles to James as a result of writing to James.

As stated in the previous blog post, James ceased publishing the magazine due to authorities enforcing moral standards of the time in Philadelphia.

He then flew out to California with his last $400 and went to see Forry for a one-shot magazine that would be written for 'a eleven year old level'.

Monsters were coming back to movies and TV in 1958.

James stated it was tough for Forrest to write the magazine as he had "a superior mind".

James also stated that 99% of what Forry wrote for the next 25 years for the FM magazine was on a level for children. But it was a viable formula and made money!

Forry was in his 40's at that time, and James was 28 years old.

James stated that with his first visit to Forry, they worked around the clock for three days, and FM issue #1 was the result.

James then told us a background story of the cover of issue #1 pictured to the middle right. It was Verne Langdon's (see his photo in Part 1) company that sold the Frankenstein mask to James to use.

Additionally the model on the cover agreed to pose for $25 as long as her name wasn't used in the magazine!

That magazine is one of the most famous covers in this genre today!

By the 4th or 5th issue FM magazine was a success.

So he needed more advertisements aimed at boys 9 - 19 yrs of age.

Almost all advertisers without exception laughed him out of their offices!

So he started his own ads. Then he started his own mail order company to satisfy requests coming in for merchandise.

That was 50 years ago! It was 50 years ago this year that Famous Monsters of Filmland first hit the stands!

As I was getting ready to leave to go to another program, James brought up the reason for his success. He did it all without 'meetings'!

"Meetings destroy creativity and almost everything else" he said!

"Meetings are good for consumption of coffee only!"

With that, I had to press on...

James is a character that I was glad to see in a special program. My thanks to the Comic Con for honoring his 50th Anniversary of the Magazine!

Michael