ComiCon report praises POI fans!
The website "Cliqueclack" has a great article on the NYC ComiCon panel that really says a lot about how great we are. I'm going to copy and paste the parts about the fans because in one of the early paragraphs of the article are some spoilers about upcoming episodes. If you don't like spoilers but want to read what the author says about POI fans, here it is:
The title of the article is "Don't Mess with Person of Interest Fans"
I learned how much people loved Person of Interest while standing in line for the NYCC panel. Wherever I looked during my two days at NYCC, I spied people of all ages - but mostly kids in their 20s - rocking pink hair and latex pants. But, on the POI line, I noticed racially diverse, normally dressed people in their 30s and above. That’s when it hit me. These people didn’t care about comics, the DCverse, the Marvelverse or the Whedonverse - all they cared about was the Nolanverse. And, that’s why they came. For half an hour, I listened to people express their anger at seat hoarders who didn’t care about Carter, Reese, Finch or the dog, Bear, while another woman laid out her plans for buying a 3-day pass for 2013 JUST to see NEXT YEAR’s Person of Interest panel. Last year, I never experienced difficulty finding a seat in any NYCC panel. This year … not so much. The room was PACKED.
Once inside the panel, you could tell how hardcore the POI fans were from their frenetic energy during the POI teaser reel. It was hilarious watching the two year old in the stroller fuss while her parents - avid fans - watched the panel instead. {snip} Each of the actors shared a lot in the panel itself. And, every time an actor appeared on stage, the crowd went wild displaying their true, hardcore love. Although the rest of this post will focus on the Person of Interest panel, it’d be wrong if I didn’t first call out the dedication of the Person of Interest fans.
Although Michael Emerson, Amy Acker and Kevin Chapman received equal audience love, Bear - with his trainer - and pretty boy James Caviezel received the most. {snip}
While Jim arrived late, he was definitely missed. The crowd raised to a not-at-all dull roar when he appeared, joking that he stopped to fight crime while revealing he performs 85% of his own stunts. If you can’t hear anything on the tape, that’s Jim speaking. He admitted he does a lot of looping post-filming because of his low voice. He reasons it away stating, he’s a CIA operative talking about state secrets in the middle of the city. Would you really raise your voice? No. Point taken, Mr. Caviezel.
Overall, I enjoyed the panel and the hints dropped by all. It’s a good cast and you could tell the audience loved them. The reason I wanted to give credit to the POI fans in the beginning is because, last year NYCC featured an un-announced one hour presentation of the pilot. This year we received the entire cast, including Bear and his trainer, one of the executive producers and ROOT. Would we have had that if not for the Person of Interest fans, the CaReese fans, the Zeese lovers, the Finch fiends/Michael Emerson lovers and everything in between? I think not. So don’t mess with a Person of Interest fan, and don’t mess with the show. As you can tell good things are coming our way.
I'd put more individual lines in that don't contain spoilers but with this site it's really difficult to highlight small lines of type to copy. I was really glad to see that POI fans were getting some love from the media! But now I fear getting in next year will be even harder.
here's the article
The title of the article is "Don't Mess with Person of Interest Fans"
I learned how much people loved Person of Interest while standing in line for the NYCC panel. Wherever I looked during my two days at NYCC, I spied people of all ages - but mostly kids in their 20s - rocking pink hair and latex pants. But, on the POI line, I noticed racially diverse, normally dressed people in their 30s and above. That’s when it hit me. These people didn’t care about comics, the DCverse, the Marvelverse or the Whedonverse - all they cared about was the Nolanverse. And, that’s why they came. For half an hour, I listened to people express their anger at seat hoarders who didn’t care about Carter, Reese, Finch or the dog, Bear, while another woman laid out her plans for buying a 3-day pass for 2013 JUST to see NEXT YEAR’s Person of Interest panel. Last year, I never experienced difficulty finding a seat in any NYCC panel. This year … not so much. The room was PACKED.
Once inside the panel, you could tell how hardcore the POI fans were from their frenetic energy during the POI teaser reel. It was hilarious watching the two year old in the stroller fuss while her parents - avid fans - watched the panel instead. {snip} Each of the actors shared a lot in the panel itself. And, every time an actor appeared on stage, the crowd went wild displaying their true, hardcore love. Although the rest of this post will focus on the Person of Interest panel, it’d be wrong if I didn’t first call out the dedication of the Person of Interest fans.
Although Michael Emerson, Amy Acker and Kevin Chapman received equal audience love, Bear - with his trainer - and pretty boy James Caviezel received the most. {snip}
While Jim arrived late, he was definitely missed. The crowd raised to a not-at-all dull roar when he appeared, joking that he stopped to fight crime while revealing he performs 85% of his own stunts. If you can’t hear anything on the tape, that’s Jim speaking. He admitted he does a lot of looping post-filming because of his low voice. He reasons it away stating, he’s a CIA operative talking about state secrets in the middle of the city. Would you really raise your voice? No. Point taken, Mr. Caviezel.
Overall, I enjoyed the panel and the hints dropped by all. It’s a good cast and you could tell the audience loved them. The reason I wanted to give credit to the POI fans in the beginning is because, last year NYCC featured an un-announced one hour presentation of the pilot. This year we received the entire cast, including Bear and his trainer, one of the executive producers and ROOT. Would we have had that if not for the Person of Interest fans, the CaReese fans, the Zeese lovers, the Finch fiends/Michael Emerson lovers and everything in between? I think not. So don’t mess with a Person of Interest fan, and don’t mess with the show. As you can tell good things are coming our way.
I'd put more individual lines in that don't contain spoilers but with this site it's really difficult to highlight small lines of type to copy. I was really glad to see that POI fans were getting some love from the media! But now I fear getting in next year will be even harder.
here's the article