Kevin M., to David Bruggeman, in part, Saturday (7/21): > > As promised, a few words on Comic Con. > [...] > First point of criticism: Event planners need to put a food court on site. > I didn’t even discover the food trucks over behind the baseball stadium > until the end of my second day. If the city wants to cut the congestion of > the city streets, put some food options in the convention center. > > That's just bleeping unfathomable. Even the people in charge need to eat and drink. I straightaway thought of the Dr Who con I was invited to in the 80s at a NJ hotel that's (I believe) still standing... any food there was limited to the stuff they offer to everyday guests...
[...] I did take part in cosplay this year, but because I can never do what > everybody else does, I didn’t choose a character from science fiction or > fantasy... I chose John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn... I even grew my > sideburns long for the first time since I was maybe 10 years old. The > eyepatch, which thankfully went over my blind eye, became itchy after a > while, so by the end of the day I was less Rooster Cogburn and more the > Cowboy from the Village People. > > Find pix anywhere? > [...] In a related note, there are several non-fans who show up to Comic > Con in character, and they are paid by somebody to promote something. And > despite most of these paid cosplayers being physically attractive women, > there is a fakery to taking money to pretend to be a fan to lure people > over to your display booth or whatever, and it bugs me. But one group in > particular might have (and I’m still digesting this mentally and > emotionally, so I may take all of this back in the morning) crossed the > line of good taste, and they were a group of women dressed as members of > the Manson family (the cult of murderers under the spell of Charles Manson) > walking around like moon-eyed hippies — not breaking character — saying > things like “Charlie loves you”... all to promote the pending release of > yet another film about Manson. It just felt tasteless/tactless/shameless. > Maybe tomorrow I’ll realize it was just a cheap publicity gimmick and I > should just calm down about it, but I found the very idea distasteful. > > Reminds me of the cosplaying bozos in Times Square... Overall I had a positive experience at Comic Con, but I went into it not > looking to rush around and meet everybody and get all the exclusive > merchandise, but rather to just relax and gather and talk amongst fellow > geeks. Perhaps those who try to cram more into a day would’ve found this > year’s Comic Con too much or too overflowing. I mean, there were panels I > wanted to get into but was unable to attend for various reasons, but my > mindset was just to do what I could and not worry about what I couldn’t > accomplish. I took a break from my life to let loose and be goofy; if that > notion sounds good for you, then I recommend Comic Con. If you’re the type > who feels compelled to adhere to a strict schedule and gets all hot and > bothered when things don’t go as planned, you might want to skip Comic Con. > > > I take this exact same approach with Musikfest, which is coming in a couple of weeks... how much of that I'll be able to enjoy will be further tempered by health-care-related issues... B -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
