Written by Musgo Del Jefe
THURSDAY, JULY 24
The bane of all So. Cal. experiences - traffic. El Bicho calls from the road just before we leave. Something about an exploding meat truck and fatalities and highways closed down. We head through the mountains and down the valley - despite an hour delay for a fatal accident on our way, we still beat El Bicho to the Convention by an hour or so. I'm sure his story will be much more graphic regarding this event.
Once we've breezed in the door, Tío Esqueleto and I make for Hall H to catch Push, Knowing, and Twilight. The lines too long and we're too antsy, so we bail. Not until we saw our first and best costume of the Con - a Mr. Incredible that really "filled out" the costume. Way to use what you got, buddy! Lucky we missed it too - I wanted to see the Twilight panel but I heard some not great feedback from fans of the books.
RED SONJA: ONE ON ONE - ROBERT RODRIGUEZ. There was only one real reason that Robert wanted to hold this panel. It was his big middle finger to the Directors Guild of America (unless when he was talking about the DGA he meant Disc Golf). While the "director" of Red Sonja will read Doug Aarniokoski (directed the From Dusk Til Dawn making-of, Full Tilt Boogie) - it's really going to be Robert. Not much to see here - just Rose McGowan sounding slightly off-balance in person and some sexy movie posters of her licking bloody swords all shot in Sin City-style.
Robert told everyone to look up Savage Sword Of Conan #60 - it was his first Conan comic and a big influence on him. They are just locking down locations so there wasn't any footage to share. In addition, Robert wants to "produce" a Conan movie next. But he's also working on Barbarella, he says that Frank Miller's almost done with the Sin City 2 script, and he says he's going to make Machette, Machette Kills, and then Machette Kills Again as a trilogy. The man is fun and I'm expecting just as much from Red Sonja.
Time to look around the floor until the next panel. All the pirates of previous years have been replaced by Jokers this season, no surprise. In fact, in general, the superhero finally rules again in the costumed world. There's still the gaggle of Stormtroopers and the rare Klingon. But it's the Batman, Wonder Woman and Spider-men that now rule the floor.
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