Comic-Con 2020: Thursday & Friday Highlights
Comic Con 2020 continues to roll though the internet. It’s been an interesting show so far. Not rife with problems, per se, but they also avoided any real chances for accidents and problems, playing most of their programming pretty safe. I’ve spent time off and on the last couple of days, following announcements from the con itself, assorted sites and facebook groups aimed at cons specifically. The enthusiasm is certainly lower than a typical Comic-Con weekend. Far less posts, less excitement and less articles. I’ve watched three panels, skimmed a few others and playlisted four others that I plan to watch eventually. While I’m overall pretty “meh” about this experience, I am loving the panels - not just the content, but the fact that they are readily available for anyone to watch. Comic-Con has always had a bit of an elitist thing about panels and this year the plague has been the great equalizer. However, I think that means we are also getting less blockbuster announcements and surprises, but being able to listen/watch the lower key, actually useful panels about comics and indie creations is amazing.
There’s been some amusing points - The Star Trek panel was shut down mid-panel - not from technical difficulties but from YouTube’s copyright algorithm flagging it. Then Cartoon Network got a flag from itself about its own content. Beyond a few things like that, I’ve seen little technical issues apart from those inherent in Zoom conferences in general, pre-recorded or live.
A few highlights from this weekend so far:
New Mutants is still coming - I won’t do it the same disservice it did to itself by mentioning the current date for release. It’ll get pushed again. (They really should just put the poor thing out on VOD)
Colin Trevorrow’s panel was really watchable - He told some interesting asides.
Charlize Theron continues to be an amazing bad ass.
The Walking Dead will never die.
Nor will Rob Liefeld’s sour grapes.
Helstrom (trailer below) is indeed a Marvel-based show, confirming more Marvel content for Hulu, but it’s meticulously non-marvel in its presentation.
The Dragon Prince was given a full “saga” order by Netflix.
The new Bill & Ted trailer reveals their daughters… who I really dislike so far.
LOVECRAFT COUNTRY IS ALL I CARE ABOUT. It looks so good.
Oh, and Truth Seekers and Utopia (Amazon Prime) both look great.
Much as I suspected, very little movement or sales for the vendors and artists “at the show.”
Much like the Superbowl, usually all I really care about is the trailers, so here’s the ones I’ve enjoyed so far:
