Saturday, my friends and I decided to camp out in front of Hall H. It was a great idea [at the moment] because we were already wide awake at 2:00 AM, and we’d have awesome spots in line. It wasn’t so cool when it actually came down to it. Luckily we were in a spot where we could lay down on soft turf style grass. My friend held our spot as we went to the hotel and back for blankets and towels for makeshift pillows. The idea was to sleep, then take turns showering in the morning. I probably got the worst sleep ever, sleeping under the open sky of San Diego. Luckily, it was warm enough to warrant a light jacket. Sleeping without cushion made it difficult to sleep properly. I think I managed to get a good 3 hours of real sleep.
Before I knew it, daylight had come, and the line was long as expected. It was costumes galore as everyone in line seemingly was there for the first panel of the day, ABC’s Lost. Costumes differed from Thursday as there were more Lost characters than Team Edward/Jacob costumes. Considering this will be their last season, Lost fans came out in droves and pulled out all the stops. Hours passed by like minutes, and it was finally time to move in to Hall H. We ended up getting really good seats, much closer than Thursday.
Lost- Great panel to start the day off. Hosted by co-creator/executive producer Damon Lindelof and executive producer Carlton Cuse, this was an extra special panel as next Lost will be ending next season. Michael Emerson (Ben) and Jorge Garcia (Hurley) joined the panel, integrated into the audience Q&A which was pretty funny. Josh Holloway (Sawyer), Dominic Monaghan (Charlie) and Nestor Carbonell (Richard) also surprised the crowd by joining the panel. For the Q&A crowd, anyone that said the “magic word” would win a prize. It turned out the word was “Claire,” and the winner won an official prop from the show. The prop ended up being the original note that Claire tied to a bird, letting it fly off.
Soloman Kane - Director Michael J. Bassett and James Purefoy made an appearance for this panel, showing a handful of clips from the film. The movie looked good, but wasn’t really my cup of tea.
Miramax: Extract - Mike Judge, Jason Bateman and Mila Kunis was on stage for this film (ala Office Space).
2012 —Director Roland Emmerich. Sounding like Arnold Schwartenegger’s distant cousin, I actually spent most of this time trying to recharge my iPhone. Damn batter life!
Iron Man 2 — This is why my friends and I really squatted in Hall H, pretty much what everyone was waiting for. Jon Favreau, Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson and Sam Rockwell. With a few words from Jon Favreau, they immediately jumped into the trailer. The crowd roared with excitement as this was the most anticipated and action packed trailer of the convention. War Machine was definitely a superb touch.
Kevin Smith — It’s not Hall H without Kevin Smith, hilarious as ever! Unfortunately, he didn’t bring a trailer for his latest project, “Couple of Dicks,” as he admitted he didn’t want to “jinx” the film.
Saturday night was the Masquerade Ball, fun as ever!
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