It was interesting watching most people getting in line to enter the San Diego Convention Center. People were picking up their one day passes and more people were picking up their 4-day passes. Best of all, people were dressing up in costume. Today was the first real day of Comic-Con. That meant bigger crowds than Preview Night, panels, and other excitement.
The first large panel in Hall H was the Fox panel for "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and "Max Payne". Keanu Reeves was there for "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and Mark Wahlberg was there for Max Payne. Then Hugh Jackman made a surprise appearance to promote the Wolverine movie coming out in 2009. Though, it seemed the biggest event of the day was the second panel in Hall H. It was a panel for the new teen vampire movie Twilight - thousands of screaming girls. (When I am trying to find out information on a new movie, I just go to 104Movie.com)
DC made an announcement about their new massive-multiplayer online (MMO) game. This will be their chance to combine MMO gaming, social networking, and comics. Jim Lee is going to be the executive creative director and that should add a lot of credibility to the venture. Sony Online Entertainment is the co-developer of the project. (A great business networking site is 104inc.com)
I got to see the premiere episode of "Fringe" by chance. Fox was showing the premiere episode at various times at one of the local movie theaters. I was wandering by and someone asked me if I wanted to watch the episode. The theater was about half full for the 7:30 showing. The show got a pretty good reception from the audience.
