What an awesome first sentence Paul!
Just skip the "i guess" part and begin all your posts with "I don't understand..."

Ugh, thanks, Amazon! Another thing you've taken away from us.

Tom Hardy doesn't look like he's gone a day without moisturizing, much less survived in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

You sound kind of Andy Rooney-ish in that rant Paul.

@4 - Kind of? He's starting to slip. Paul used to rooney with the best of them. Why don't crotchety old men complain like they did in the old days? Today's old men are too content!

It's all Trek conventions now, except for every movie.

I mean, who wants to get together with thousands of like-minded people and have fun for three days, when you could stay home blogging about how much you hate Amazon?

I don't give a shit about comic cons, regardless of whether they're in San Diego, NY, Chicago, or anywhere else. Not my thing.

Since you've thrown that trailer up there, I'll jump in over Mad Max. I confess I loved all three of the previous Mad Max movies, long before we all learned Mel Gibson was an asshole. This trailer gets me all excited. It very much has the flavor of the first three films. It is apparently directed by the same director. Tom Hardy taking up the title role is a coup of a casting choice. I have high hopes for this. I hope they don't fuck it up.

@4, 5, I can remember when Jeff Bezos couldn't have a sharp intake of breath but Paul would go off on a tangent about it, usually while we shuffled along the Early Bird buffet line. Between Amazon and his, what'd you call it, "smobriety," couldn't get a word in edgewise. Those were the days.

SDCC is close enough to LA and important enough that fans can actually see real stars and not just the usual suspects who hit the national comic convention circuit.

You have a point about it breaking less news than it used to, but it's not going to shrivel up and blow away just "because Internet."

Thank you Paul. I am at the point where I don't even feel like a nerd anymore because of bloated shit like sdcc.

@7 Ding.

SDCC isn't a press event. It's an opportunity to hustle your webcomic. It's an opportunity to sit on the floor and play Magic: The Gathering. It's an opportunity to dress up as a supporting character from a Manga that's only been fansubbed into english, and still have people recognize you. It is an opportunity to build a culture around the consumption of your franchise.

The only people who go to ComicCon just for the big releases are the people who were getting paid to go.

This Event Designed For Young Persons Is No Longer Relevant, Says Old Person

Chick flick.

The convention is for the attendees, not the industry people.

Is that so hard to understand?

This reminds me of some older comics pros I know who won't go to SDCC because it isn't about comics anymore. I guess it's telling that Paul doesn't reminisce about the days when comic conventions were about comics, with the odd sci-fi cosplayer wandering around like he took a wrong turn somewhere. No artists or writers bothered with banners, and you had to bring your own pen if you wanted a signature. Things change.

I know Mel Gibson has become (been revealed to be?) a huge douche nozzle, but that trailer just doesn't seem right without him.

Comic Con is all about meeting/checking out hot people who are into cosplay. Duh! Are you and Dan not speaking or something?

Would you say the same thing if Comic Con was held in Seattle instead of San Diego?

Mad Max: the Dubstep years

So Tom Hardy is now contractually obligated to wear crap on his jaw in any big-budget film, is what I'm getting from this.