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SDCC 2012: A few of my favorite things

If, like me, you had to get your 411 on what was happening over at the San Diego Comic-Con from tweets, Facebook, TV and the internet, it got a little daunting.  But I have complied my personal favorite bits for your viewing pleasure.  Let’s get this show on the road, shall we?

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* FIREFLY!: Hard to believe that it’s been 10 years since the Browncoats first hit our tv screens.  But it’s true.  SDCC had a Firefly 10th Anniversary panel, and the folks at Geek Tyrant have the entire thing on video.  Nice, right?

* GODZILLA: Gojira!!!  Yep, there’s a new movie about our favorite Tokyo-smashing reptilian headed our way.  And Bloody Disgusting has a peek at the poster, which was unveiled in the legendary Hall H of SDCC.  Feast your eyes on Godzilla (or, the poster. Whatevs.)

* DJANGO UNCHAINED: Quentin Tarantino.  Westerns.  A movie I’ve gotta see.  At SDCC Tarantino spilled a few tidbits and told folks that not only was the movie coming out later this year (December 2012), but a comic book would be along too.  Read on at Newsarama.com for more details.

* ELYSIUM: Loved District 9?  Then dystopia, ho!  Neill Blomkamp’s follow-up film, Elysium, should have you chomping at the bit for a little of the old futuristic breakdown.  The panel was a drool-worthy tease, and Twitch Film got ya covered.

* CREEPY: A bit of old-school comic book horror…and a new film?  Christopher Columbus — yeah, he of Harry Potter and Home Alone fame — is gearing up to bring the anthology comic to movie theaters.  Since horror anthologies are one of my favorite things in the whole world (second only to chocolate-covered licorice, don’t judge), I’m psyched.  iFanboy has the scoop.

* VAMPIRE DIARIES: No, it’s not all movies, all the time around here.  We watch TV too.  And I’m a big fan of The Vampire Diaries, so their SDCC panel? Well, it was awesome.  You gotta check it out.

* THE WALKING DEAD: One of the heavy-hitters at this year’s SDCC, they had a groovy zombie obstacle course (thanks to Inside the Magic for the coverage), and tons of info.  Who better to cover it than one of my personal favorite sites for splatter,  Daily Dead?  Amazeballs.

* GAME OF THRONES: Wanna see the full panel, where they talk about Season 3?  Yeah you do.  A big, huge shout-out to Spoiler TV for being awesome & posting it.  Winter Is Coming…better check out what’s in store.

* ONCE UPON A TIME: Aaaaand here’s another tv series that I obsess over.  The fine folks at The Outhouse have the spoilers from the OUaT panel, as well as vids of the season 2 preview & opening title sequence.  Niiiiice!

Well, those are a few of my favorite SDCC things…but I can’t leave you without mentioning the Grimm Experience (from Dread Central), Iron man 3 (Mandarin is a definite!  Thanks, Geeks of Doom!), True Blood (thanks for the live blog Cinema Blend!) and the coolest pics from the Twitterati (courtesy of the harworkin’ folks at EPBOT)

 

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