San Diego Comic Con 2016
As I sit watching NerdHQs, time to reflect, record, write.
San Diego Comic Con 2016 has come to an end.
As I sit watching NerdHQs, time to reflect, record, write.
Overall it was a warm wonderful buzz, rather an anything with highs and lows.
We flew down Wednesday and wandered the dealers room. Went for dinner in the Glasslamp the only night we could just walk in some place.
I wore my most complicated outfit on Thursday, as it was the day where I'd be in and out of panels. With an unexpected bonus that I'll get to.
Anyway, my first panel was the 1st CAC (academic panel) of the con, The Joker, which surprisingly had a a line. Congratulations CAC! Anyway, I got in. Listened to a facinating discussion about Joker's transformation from pretending to be insane to a chaotic force. That Batman is always Batman, but without Batman, the Joker becomes inert.
CAC: Comics, Place & Space. Most interesting part was the discussion of Superman as a city dweller in a period when urban life was shifting to suburban life. The speaker contrasted Superman with noire tropes.
Star Trek: The 50th Year with Roddenberry Entertainment. The Trimbles, Roddenbery's son and a few others talked about Trek fandom.
Followed by one of the single BEST panels of the con. Bar none. The title doesn't sound like much, "Star Trek: Where Lawyers Boldly Go" was so much fun. It was a panel of lawyers, and cough, a chief justice from the California Supreme Court. They spent their hour talking about the law as it's represented in Star Trek. Court cases that show up in Star Trek. What we can tell about Klingons. Cardasians. Ourselves. What are the legal questions being brought up in Star Trek. Basically, a panel of articulate, educated people used to speaking in front of an audience talking about something their passionate about. Plus, their slides were hilarious.
From there we went to our super secret place for dinner, where there's no crowd. Then went to the Her Universe Fashion Show. A free offsite showing the Her Universe Fashion line. A competition of geek designers showing their pieces. This isn't strictly cosplay. It's fashion based on concepts. The Wonder Woman transforming outfit from office worker to ball gown. A lovely Furiosa gown that evoked armor on top and a sense of churning dust in the skirts. This Tardis dress that embodied the vortex of space with floating chiffon. This dress where the bodice was the leather of an embossed book and the skirts that were the pages. This dress for 42 days later where… the designer had just over come cancer, so she made a dress that embodied her anger about her cancer. Simply stunning.
Okay, and Ashley Eckstein's Lego dress.
https://www.heruniverse.com/fashionshow/
You know what, look at the pictures of the dresses.
http://www.popsugar.com/tech/Her-Universe-Fashion-Show-2016-42032346#photo-42032346
Anyway, one of the highlights of the day was while they were counting the votes for winner, audience members got to walk the runway. So, I got up and got to walk the runway in my fabulous Isis outfit. Which I haven't described. I mean, look at the pictures. But basically, it's ten individual feathers stitched together to form a solid piece under my arms. Then a fan of feathers that I could let drop down or extend out to 28" from my wrist. Gold vinyl fabric painted blue and green. Since they're individual pieces attached with a bolt at the top and ribbons along the length. So, as they move, the feathers move together. Anyway, walking down a runway, hearing people in the crowd saying, "Ooohhh, Isis," and moving my wings was AWESOME!
After that, we headed up to the bar at the top of the hotel, which has a lovely view of San Diego.
Day 2 -
Dressed as La Muerta.
On days when I don't have early panels that require line standing, I like to start my day line monking, which is to say I have a sign that says, "The end of the line is nigh" on one side, "Today is a good day to stand in line" on the other. Then using sort of a Southern Preacher (I know, not right for a monk, but it's what I've got) way tell the people in line how awesome they are for waiting all night and now their long wait is over. Generally, lift spirits. It's intended as an offset for the religious protestors who show up and tell trapped people that they're going to hell. Except this year, they didn't show up.
So, it was all, "You're awesome!" and no hell. All good.
Off to my first panel of the day, Ben Hatke in Conversation with Patrick Rothfuss. A wonderful riff on children's stories. Where the wild things are. I never noticed that while the pictures get smaller again after Max chills, they never get as boxed in as at the beginning. Also, a wonderful discussion about Susan in Narnia. Okay, so there's a lot of controversy in fandom there, but they discussed a letter I'd never heard about, which Lewis said that Susan's story (after the end of the series) was an adult story. So, she had a story, but it was the story of someone, who has lost hope and belief. The journey that she's going to go on wouldn't fit in a children's series.
From there we headed off to Ballroom 20 to camp out. Which meant we saw we saw some Bones (huh, we stopped watching).
The 100 (gah, way behind).
Brave New Warriors, which was a panel of male hotties and an awesome moderator asking them if they had to watch what they eat, and about their clothes. You know, things women get asked. She was awesome at moderating.
Agents of Shield. Adorkable. Fun. There were clips. They were funny. I laughed. I laughed some more.
Watched TV Guides fan favorites for a medly of tv stars.
iZombie. Really appreciated how the lead actress appreciated being a female lead whose main focus isn't her sexuality. Science. Okay, zombies. Zombie science. The actors riffed nicely. Had some great comradery.
From then it was time for a quick dinner and off to the Sherlocked SDCC party. Moffet was there, answering questions. I had a marvelous discussion about the trend in bing television to tell stories as if they were old style albums. Each song a point in the story. Like Operation Mindcrime, etc. All while looking pretty fabulous as La Muerta. I mean seriously, I was stopped several times on the way back to the hotel for pictures. A lot of fun.
Day 3
Off to line monk as Wonder Woman. I actually walked the entire line to get a sense of the line. Hopefully spread cheer.
Then off to Quick Draw. Awesome as always and the venue where they chose to give Sergio Aragones the icon award. It was wonderful to be a room of people really loving on this amazing artist and getting to be a part of the moment.
From there once more into the Ballroom 20 breach. A bit of Grim and then to the DC block of tv shows.
Supergirl - in a word adorable. Just everyone was so sweet and aware of the importance of showing little girls positive role models.
Legends of Tomorrow - Not sure I have much to say. Really enjoyed it.
The Flash/Arrow - I pair them because… okay, next season is going to be flashpoint and both these shows will feel the affect. Okay, Flash had tap dancing. The Arrow cast sang a song from Hamilton. Pulled us into it. I came away feeling really buzzed about the new season.
A certain amount of crashing.
Day 4
Off to the Sherlock Hall H line at 4am. Yup… there was that. I took my costume in some bags. Then made myself into Medusa. It was a long wait. That I keep forgetting that Sunday is much less vicious day. I probably have gotten away with 6am, but whatever. We had great seats. I mean, they didn't reveal much. That's not the point. The point is being a vast full of passionate people throwing love at the stage. The stage (as expressed by Cumberbatch) throwing the love back. Articulate answers. Great energy. So, glad that was my one big panel of the con.
Went to Cartoon Voices II. They did Rapunzel. It was funny and full of many talented actors spinning through voices.
I went out on John Barrowman: Anything Goes. He came out dressed as Zap Brannigan from Futurama. Got a rainbow tutu. Danced. Was himself. We were fandom. It was a love affair of a panel. The perfect place to end.
Walked the floor for a bit. In my six inch platforms. Sadly closed out the con.
Went to go see Star Trek: Beyond as a chaser. Small theater. Mostly full of con goers. A good Trek movie with a good spread to the ensemble. Felt like Trek. Hopeful. Pulling together to live by ideals. Doing the better thing. Yeah, so glad I got to see it there.
So, here we are. Con is over.
Pictures.
https://goo.gl/photos/fdaoiRBNE83VKRae6
San Diego Comic Con 2016 has come to an end.
As I sit watching NerdHQs, time to reflect, record, write.
Overall it was a warm wonderful buzz, rather an anything with highs and lows.
We flew down Wednesday and wandered the dealers room. Went for dinner in the Glasslamp the only night we could just walk in some place.
I wore my most complicated outfit on Thursday, as it was the day where I'd be in and out of panels. With an unexpected bonus that I'll get to.
Anyway, my first panel was the 1st CAC (academic panel) of the con, The Joker, which surprisingly had a a line. Congratulations CAC! Anyway, I got in. Listened to a facinating discussion about Joker's transformation from pretending to be insane to a chaotic force. That Batman is always Batman, but without Batman, the Joker becomes inert.
CAC: Comics, Place & Space. Most interesting part was the discussion of Superman as a city dweller in a period when urban life was shifting to suburban life. The speaker contrasted Superman with noire tropes.
Star Trek: The 50th Year with Roddenberry Entertainment. The Trimbles, Roddenbery's son and a few others talked about Trek fandom.
Followed by one of the single BEST panels of the con. Bar none. The title doesn't sound like much, "Star Trek: Where Lawyers Boldly Go" was so much fun. It was a panel of lawyers, and cough, a chief justice from the California Supreme Court. They spent their hour talking about the law as it's represented in Star Trek. Court cases that show up in Star Trek. What we can tell about Klingons. Cardasians. Ourselves. What are the legal questions being brought up in Star Trek. Basically, a panel of articulate, educated people used to speaking in front of an audience talking about something their passionate about. Plus, their slides were hilarious.
From there we went to our super secret place for dinner, where there's no crowd. Then went to the Her Universe Fashion Show. A free offsite showing the Her Universe Fashion line. A competition of geek designers showing their pieces. This isn't strictly cosplay. It's fashion based on concepts. The Wonder Woman transforming outfit from office worker to ball gown. A lovely Furiosa gown that evoked armor on top and a sense of churning dust in the skirts. This Tardis dress that embodied the vortex of space with floating chiffon. This dress where the bodice was the leather of an embossed book and the skirts that were the pages. This dress for 42 days later where… the designer had just over come cancer, so she made a dress that embodied her anger about her cancer. Simply stunning.
Okay, and Ashley Eckstein's Lego dress.
https://www.heruniverse.com/fashionshow/
You know what, look at the pictures of the dresses.
http://www.popsugar.com/tech/Her-Universe-Fashion-Show-2016-42032346#photo-42032346
Anyway, one of the highlights of the day was while they were counting the votes for winner, audience members got to walk the runway. So, I got up and got to walk the runway in my fabulous Isis outfit. Which I haven't described. I mean, look at the pictures. But basically, it's ten individual feathers stitched together to form a solid piece under my arms. Then a fan of feathers that I could let drop down or extend out to 28" from my wrist. Gold vinyl fabric painted blue and green. Since they're individual pieces attached with a bolt at the top and ribbons along the length. So, as they move, the feathers move together. Anyway, walking down a runway, hearing people in the crowd saying, "Ooohhh, Isis," and moving my wings was AWESOME!
After that, we headed up to the bar at the top of the hotel, which has a lovely view of San Diego.
Day 2 -
Dressed as La Muerta.
On days when I don't have early panels that require line standing, I like to start my day line monking, which is to say I have a sign that says, "The end of the line is nigh" on one side, "Today is a good day to stand in line" on the other. Then using sort of a Southern Preacher (I know, not right for a monk, but it's what I've got) way tell the people in line how awesome they are for waiting all night and now their long wait is over. Generally, lift spirits. It's intended as an offset for the religious protestors who show up and tell trapped people that they're going to hell. Except this year, they didn't show up.
So, it was all, "You're awesome!" and no hell. All good.
Off to my first panel of the day, Ben Hatke in Conversation with Patrick Rothfuss. A wonderful riff on children's stories. Where the wild things are. I never noticed that while the pictures get smaller again after Max chills, they never get as boxed in as at the beginning. Also, a wonderful discussion about Susan in Narnia. Okay, so there's a lot of controversy in fandom there, but they discussed a letter I'd never heard about, which Lewis said that Susan's story (after the end of the series) was an adult story. So, she had a story, but it was the story of someone, who has lost hope and belief. The journey that she's going to go on wouldn't fit in a children's series.
From there we headed off to Ballroom 20 to camp out. Which meant we saw we saw some Bones (huh, we stopped watching).
The 100 (gah, way behind).
Brave New Warriors, which was a panel of male hotties and an awesome moderator asking them if they had to watch what they eat, and about their clothes. You know, things women get asked. She was awesome at moderating.
Agents of Shield. Adorkable. Fun. There were clips. They were funny. I laughed. I laughed some more.
Watched TV Guides fan favorites for a medly of tv stars.
iZombie. Really appreciated how the lead actress appreciated being a female lead whose main focus isn't her sexuality. Science. Okay, zombies. Zombie science. The actors riffed nicely. Had some great comradery.
From then it was time for a quick dinner and off to the Sherlocked SDCC party. Moffet was there, answering questions. I had a marvelous discussion about the trend in bing television to tell stories as if they were old style albums. Each song a point in the story. Like Operation Mindcrime, etc. All while looking pretty fabulous as La Muerta. I mean seriously, I was stopped several times on the way back to the hotel for pictures. A lot of fun.
Day 3
Off to line monk as Wonder Woman. I actually walked the entire line to get a sense of the line. Hopefully spread cheer.
Then off to Quick Draw. Awesome as always and the venue where they chose to give Sergio Aragones the icon award. It was wonderful to be a room of people really loving on this amazing artist and getting to be a part of the moment.
From there once more into the Ballroom 20 breach. A bit of Grim and then to the DC block of tv shows.
Supergirl - in a word adorable. Just everyone was so sweet and aware of the importance of showing little girls positive role models.
Legends of Tomorrow - Not sure I have much to say. Really enjoyed it.
The Flash/Arrow - I pair them because… okay, next season is going to be flashpoint and both these shows will feel the affect. Okay, Flash had tap dancing. The Arrow cast sang a song from Hamilton. Pulled us into it. I came away feeling really buzzed about the new season.
A certain amount of crashing.
Day 4
Off to the Sherlock Hall H line at 4am. Yup… there was that. I took my costume in some bags. Then made myself into Medusa. It was a long wait. That I keep forgetting that Sunday is much less vicious day. I probably have gotten away with 6am, but whatever. We had great seats. I mean, they didn't reveal much. That's not the point. The point is being a vast full of passionate people throwing love at the stage. The stage (as expressed by Cumberbatch) throwing the love back. Articulate answers. Great energy. So, glad that was my one big panel of the con.
Went to Cartoon Voices II. They did Rapunzel. It was funny and full of many talented actors spinning through voices.
I went out on John Barrowman: Anything Goes. He came out dressed as Zap Brannigan from Futurama. Got a rainbow tutu. Danced. Was himself. We were fandom. It was a love affair of a panel. The perfect place to end.
Walked the floor for a bit. In my six inch platforms. Sadly closed out the con.
Went to go see Star Trek: Beyond as a chaser. Small theater. Mostly full of con goers. A good Trek movie with a good spread to the ensemble. Felt like Trek. Hopeful. Pulling together to live by ideals. Doing the better thing. Yeah, so glad I got to see it there.
So, here we are. Con is over.
Pictures.
https://goo.gl/photos/fdaoiRBNE83VKRae6