Day 3 of Comic Con and there were big choices to make.
Everyone and their dog wanted to see Chuck, but doing so meant probably missing Leverage and a few other things. Still, we bailed on Chuck last year for Lost, so honour had to be restored. And it was well worth the long queue (we got there around 5am, the panel started after 10). And it was a lot of fun, with throwing t-shirts into the crowd, Jeffster dancing to Bad Romance, etc etc. It’ll be online I’m sure! We then hoofed it to the Hilton to catch the start of the Leverage panel (their first time at Comic Con), which included Wil Wheaton. I missed the free shirts, but was great to see most of the cast up on stage having fun. They mentioned the Leverage RPG, due out sometime later this year I think, and Wil said it was definitely a good one if you like Leverage and like RP!
After Leverage there were big choices. My friend stayed at the Hilton to see Venture Bros, The Guild and Community panels. I went to walk the Exhibit Hall and ended up seeing Wesley Snipes, LL Cool J and being moved out of the way by security for Kenneth Branagh (so he was around a foot from me, but I’m quite a Brit about these things, and just let him wander off). The Hall was crowded and insane, and though I walked the length of it, I failed miserably to find the Nintendo booth I’d been searching for. Also couldn’t queue at the Warner one cos the Chuck gang were all doing signings there. I also almost wandered into Robert Kirkman’s signing, but then saw the queue for it and quickly turned around.
So I next went up to one of the smaller rooms (it only holds 2k people!) and ended up in two cartoon panels. The first was kind of like Pictionary, but with professional cartoonists – which was fun and very cool. Then there was one about voice acting with a ton of famous voice actors. I was pleasantly surprised at how interesting the non-TV panels were, and if I go again, will try and catch these two panels another time, for sure.
But, after these were the panels I’d really been waiting for and the ones I actually skipped out on Fringe/V for (tbh, I’d have had to sit through Family Guy, The Cleveland Show and two others before Fringe and V and would have been stuck in that one room for fear of losing my seat). It was Warehouse 13 and Eureka, back-to-back. Loved them. They were funny, charming and the casts of both shows obviously love them dearly. And Felicia Day turned up to announce her multi-arc coming up in Eureka (along with Wil Wheaton). Plus I got to touch Eddie McClintock as he did a run past the crowd, whacking all our hands (though I prefer a more geeky guy!). I’m glad I made those choices, I went for fun over the shows I might prefer, but that’s all good and part of the crazy decisions you have to make here.
After the two fun Syfy shows I was ‘treated’ to the pilot of Nikita. It looks horrible. I’m sorry, I’m sure there are people who’ll enjoy it, but I almost fell asleep, and well.. I won’t be following it at all. Why did I stay? It was followed by Human Target, a show I adore and which clinched the missing of Fringe and V. I’m so glad I stayed. They announced there will be two new female roles in the show (including a boss for the boys), bigger gadgets, and lots of fun for the gang. I really recommend the show as action silliness, and just sheer fun.
It was a gruelling day though, finishing at 7pm. So I just headed to hotel to eat and fall asleep, ready for another early start on Sunday.
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