And the crowd goes wild!

[greygirlbeast]

So, seven and a half hours sleep - a minor miracle, no small feat, hardly chopped liver - and then it all concludes in an Epic Dream which seemed to be a surreal hybrid of Star Wars space opera and the whole War in Heaven/Contstantine sort of thing, Paradise Lost with robots and starfighters, and the warring angels were singing This Mortal Coil's

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[robyn_ma]

Why are they even showing clips from Beerfest at a comics convention? Does ComiCon even have anything to do with comics anymore? For that matter, a Bradbury/Ackerman/Harryhausen panel doesn't seem to have much to do with comics, though the latter two have connections to comics, and certainly there's fan appeal there. But...Beerfest? Maybe I'm out of the loop...

[stardustgirl]

Comic-Con should be more accurately renamed as Media-Con since a humongous part of it is now about movies, games, tv shows, etc. There are a few actual comic presences but they are dwarfed by the others.

I cringed when I read that over 100,000 people were there on Thursday. Thursday! Saturdays were always the worst for crowding, and when I last went in 2004 the 80,000-plus in attendance was claustrophia-inducing enough for me. I was never there for the huge events.

[stardustgirl]

Erm, claustrophobia...just thinking about it futzes with my already shaky keyboarding skills.

[setsuled]

There are a few actual comic presences but they are dwarfed by the others.

Dwarfed in coverage of the event maybe, but I don't feel like they're short-changed in any way. There are still lots of booths selling new comics, lots of booths selling private collections of comics and comic related merchandise, and booths for small-time comic publishers. And there were far more comic book industry names in attendance than I could even hope to see in the four days.

I cringed when I read that over 100,000 people were there on Thursday.

The crowds can be a little vexing but, believe it or not, I've never been there when I couldn't find a quiet place to sit down for as long as I needed.

[stardustgirl]

Oh, I like Comic-Con, it's just that with it seeming to try and be all things to all people it's becoming so large that it's difficult to do what you want (just from 2002 - 2004 I noticed a change). There are a good number of comic-related things, but I worry they'll eventually be squeezed out as more and more big budget studio stuff becomes the focus.

I think being 5 foot 3 inches may play a role in how I perceive crowds.

[greygirlbeast]

So much cooler that way, really.

Indeed!

[eldritch00]

Not Quentin Tarantino, but you might enjoy The Vader Sessions!

[styggian]

My cousin tells me he thinks I am making it up because I describe dreams like that to him.

[greygirlbeast]

My cousin tells me he thinks I am making it up because I describe dreams like that to him.

Some people have impoverished dreams and so find the dreams of those not so impoverished difficult to believe.

[styggian]

I was going to say the exact same thing.
He touts himself as being so open and tolerant to new ideas but in truth, he is one of those people who has trouble believing things exist that he hasn't experienced.

[sovay]

Such are my dreams.

I'm inclined to think that Paradise Lost might not suffer at all from the inclusion of starfighters and robots . . .

[greygirlbeast]

I'm inclined to think that Paradise Lost might not suffer at all from the inclusion of starfighters and robots . . .

It was all pretty drad. Terrifying, but drad.