COMIC-CON 2010: The Hero Complex collection
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We can’t get you a date with Harley Quinn or Ramona Flowers, but we can give you every post from the 2010 event in one handy spot.
OVERVIEWS
• In search of the next Christopher Nolan: Studios increasingly are embracing outside-the-box directors to the fanboy genre. Witness Kenneth Branagh’s ‘Thor’ and Michel Gondry’s ‘Green Hornet.’
• The not-ready-for-prime-time convention? Comic-Con has struggled to stay clean – or at least clean enough for the family audience that organizers say they want to attract.
FILM & COMICS
• Marvel stages a superhero panel, and a rock concert breaks out
• Harrison Ford gives ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ an otherwordly feel
• ’ Green Lantern’ and the wide-eyed kid -- sweet emotion or staged promotion?
• Wesley Snipes and Antoine Fuqua delve into comics with ‘After Dark’
• Harrison Ford makes first trip to Comic-Con
• Slowly but surely, ‘Let Me In’ builds some goodwill
• Tom Felton already misses ‘Harry’: ‘It’s bizarre to think of my life without the movies.’
• Zack Snyder’s ‘Sucker Punch’ goes for grrrl power
• ‘Green Lantern’ Ryan Reynolds flashes his ring, and fans smooch it
• ‘Harry Potter’ fans ‘disappointed’ by Warner Bros. panel
• ‘Shockwave, Darkside’ looks for a home
• Harry Potter’ fans camp out and hope for Hall H magic
• A new generation of heroines
• ‘The Green Hornet’ tries to buzz
• Guillermo del Toro isn’t afraid of ... much of anything
• ‘Skyline’ -- destroying Los Angeles once again
• Mark Wahlberg, Will Ferrell, Eva Mendes take on the fanboys
• Michel Gondry’s two favorite movies? ‘RoboCop’ and ‘Back to the Future’
• Nicolas Cage gets mad in ‘Drive Angry3D’
• The unlikely politics of Robert Rodriguez’s ‘Machete’
• Hard-Bullied Comics plays up the music
• ‘Star Wars’ day and ‘The Empire Strikes Bank’
• A boom in digital comics portends big changes for readers
• Joss Whedon and J.J. Abrams. ‘Nuff said.
• Seth Rogen looks for a ‘Green Hornet’ buzz at Comic-Con
• ‘Scott Pilgrim’ versus San Diego
• Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren vehicle ‘RED’ brings in the disenfranchised from the cold
• At panel for Sylvester Stallone’s ‘Expendables,’ world’s testosterone shortage is remedied
• ‘Battle: Los Angeles’ has video game flair, at least when it comes to destroying the City of Angels
• Jeff Bridges returns for ‘Tron: Legacy’ (both of him)
• Guillermo del Toro scares up a ‘Haunted Mansion’ film for Disney
• DC Comics starts a new film era with Green Lantern, Geoff Johns and Diane Nelson
• Hollywood invades the Scott Pilgrim comics
• ‘Tron: Legacy’ poised to take center stage in San Diego
• Edward Scissorhands, Hellboy and Stan Lee on Con scene
TELEVISION
• Saying goodbye to ‘Smallville’
• ‘Human Target’ expands its cast of characters
• ‘Nikita’ debuts and Maggie Q says ‘Dudes are gonna love it!’
• ‘Simpsons’ collectibles from around the world
• ‘Caprica’ tequila shots and a sobering Showtime panel
• ‘Stargate Universe’ and ‘Caprica’ -- a Syfy double feature
• Bruce Campbell’s ‘Burn Notice’ TV movie
• ‘Glee’ will do ‘Rocky Horror’ episode
• ‘Mythbusters’’ Adam Savage Is Headed to Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Man Cave’
• ‘The Simpsons’ get ‘Glee’-ful for upcoming season
• Seth MacFarlane does ‘Family Guy’ live
• Linda Hamilton signed to play mom on ‘Chuck’
• ‘True Blood’ brings 3rd season spoiler reel as ‘gift’ to fans
• Daniel Dae Kim talks about the ‘Lost’ ending at Comic-Con
• ‘Walking Dead’ producers promise George Romero-esque bloodshed
• Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak will guest star on ‘Big Bang Theory’
ETC. • Silent Stage Gallery’s twisted takes on Disney icons -- what would Walt think?
• Darth Vader’s helmet -- do not underestimate the price tag
• Video -- Between the panels of fandom
• Wonder Woman’s invisible jet for sale...not!
• The Comic-Con surprise, a little less surprising each year
• Warner working on Green Lantern video game
• Tokyopop, video games, dead things and other preview night observances
• The Masquerade brings a bit of Vegas to San Diego
DUELS
• Stabbing disrupts Hall H activity -- but only briefly
Photo: Six-time Comic-Con attendee Catherine Fisher, 29, of San Diego, is costume as Harley Quinn from the Batman universe. Credit: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times. There’s more where that came from. Second: Daniel Craig of ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ (Kevin Winter/Getty Iamges). Third: Crhis Hemsworth, star of ‘Thor’ (Jerod Harris/Getty) Fourth: Comic-Con attendee dressed as Batman at the San Diego Convention Center. (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)