MCM London Comic Con
Another Expo has come and gone and this one was...short.
Well, that was my doing, I wanted to save some money and Expo just seems to get more expensive and it's twice a year, so I thought I'd go for just the day. In retrospect I regret it. Attending Expo isn't about just the convention, but the chance to hang out with people I don't see as much as I'd like. It really is a social event really.
However, it was still a good weekend.
Matt and I drove down on the Friday, which took 4 hours thanks to traffic and by the time we checked in and met up with my friends they were finishing dinner and close to leaving. We got a quick drink and then headed back to their place. Unfortunately by the time we took the tube to their place it was late and we were tired so Matt and I just want back to our apartment. We used Air bnb, so we were staying in the spare room of someone's flat. I didn't know this before hand and it caused some tension between Matt and I. The owner even came back in the night, but we were in bed. Freaked me out a bit and the place was boiling hot with a window that barely opened. Still, it was only for one night and I slept better than expected.
The convention itself was as big as always and with many things to see. They had a Jurassic World section which had a VR experience with Blue. A Jack Ryan Netflix series promotion where you train to be an agent including an aptitude test and shooting practice. I did well on the test, Matt did well on the shooting.
We went to two panels, one with two actresses from Orange is the New Black, which was interesting and made me eager to see the new series this summer.
And the other was with Rosario Dawson, best known for Sin City and Daredevil. She was fun, really relaxed and very talkative. She also knew her comic books, which was really cool.
I didn't buy much. I had hoped to buy Spyfall, a fun card game I wanted to introduce to my game group at work. Couldn't find it anywhere, annoyingly. I had also hoped to get something Game of Thrones related, but found nothing I wanted. Instead I bought a cuddly Thor and Hawkeye. They were so cute! I also got a really nice print of Jefferson from Hamilton.
After the con I met up with my friends and we went back to their place for a BBQ on their balcony. It was really good fun and afterwards made me wish I could have been there the previous night and the following.
However, we had to drive home...during a lightning storm. No thunder, just lots of lightning and rain. While I don't like lightning, I don't mind driving it in Actually the worse part was the rain. It came down so hard I thought it was hail. Fortunately it eased off after London, but still. It was mad. And we got home at 2am.
Overall, I still had a good time, but I think from now on I'll go for the whole weekend. I already have accommodation booked for all four nights in Oct and I have some ideas for how to make it awesome. Live and learn.
Well, that was my doing, I wanted to save some money and Expo just seems to get more expensive and it's twice a year, so I thought I'd go for just the day. In retrospect I regret it. Attending Expo isn't about just the convention, but the chance to hang out with people I don't see as much as I'd like. It really is a social event really.
However, it was still a good weekend.
Matt and I drove down on the Friday, which took 4 hours thanks to traffic and by the time we checked in and met up with my friends they were finishing dinner and close to leaving. We got a quick drink and then headed back to their place. Unfortunately by the time we took the tube to their place it was late and we were tired so Matt and I just want back to our apartment. We used Air bnb, so we were staying in the spare room of someone's flat. I didn't know this before hand and it caused some tension between Matt and I. The owner even came back in the night, but we were in bed. Freaked me out a bit and the place was boiling hot with a window that barely opened. Still, it was only for one night and I slept better than expected.
The convention itself was as big as always and with many things to see. They had a Jurassic World section which had a VR experience with Blue. A Jack Ryan Netflix series promotion where you train to be an agent including an aptitude test and shooting practice. I did well on the test, Matt did well on the shooting.
We went to two panels, one with two actresses from Orange is the New Black, which was interesting and made me eager to see the new series this summer.
And the other was with Rosario Dawson, best known for Sin City and Daredevil. She was fun, really relaxed and very talkative. She also knew her comic books, which was really cool.
I didn't buy much. I had hoped to buy Spyfall, a fun card game I wanted to introduce to my game group at work. Couldn't find it anywhere, annoyingly. I had also hoped to get something Game of Thrones related, but found nothing I wanted. Instead I bought a cuddly Thor and Hawkeye. They were so cute! I also got a really nice print of Jefferson from Hamilton.
After the con I met up with my friends and we went back to their place for a BBQ on their balcony. It was really good fun and afterwards made me wish I could have been there the previous night and the following.
However, we had to drive home...during a lightning storm. No thunder, just lots of lightning and rain. While I don't like lightning, I don't mind driving it in Actually the worse part was the rain. It came down so hard I thought it was hail. Fortunately it eased off after London, but still. It was mad. And we got home at 2am.
Overall, I still had a good time, but I think from now on I'll go for the whole weekend. I already have accommodation booked for all four nights in Oct and I have some ideas for how to make it awesome. Live and learn.