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Comic Con preview night 2012
We’re back at Comic Con with new pics and videos. Check out these shots from Preview Night and stay tuned to Trashwire for more info. Follow us on Twitter (@trashwire and @AlexisGentry) for live tweets from panels and more.
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Rob Salkowitz takes us to geek mecca with ‘Comic-Con and the Business of Pop Culture’
No matter if you have attended San Diego Comic-Con or not, the impact of this mega convention has probably affected your life. Author Rob Salkowitz explains how so much of mainstream entertainment has seen the light of day thanks to the fans in attendance at the San Diego Comic-Con.
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‘The Avengers’ gives fans the most bang for their buck
What do you get when you combine Hollywood’s most profitable superheroes in one film? You get action, effects, humor and fun. In other words, you get The Avengers. In case you’ve been living under a rock, or movies based on comic books are so not your thing, The Avengers are a team of heroes from…
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‘Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope’ captures passion of San Diego Comic-Con
Perhaps the most overused word when describing fans is “passionate”, but that is the best way to describe all those who attend the behemoth convention that is Comic-Con. Morgan Spurlock has taken on the task of telling the story of Comic-Con 2010 in the documentary Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope–not an easy feat due…
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Comic Con Thursday pics
Yesterday, we saw the cast of Napoleon Dynamite signing at the FOX booth, listened to Mike Judge tell fans about the new series of Beavis and Butt-Head and learned Elijah Wood’s new nickname. Here are pictures from the fun that was Thursday at Comic Con.
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Comic Con Preview Night 2011
Here it is, gang! Technically, the fun doesn’t start until today, but we got pics from last night’s Preview Night for you here. Lego was out in full force with Lego Batman, Boba Fett, Bumblebee and more. There weren’t many people in costume yet, but there were two girls dresses as slave girl Leia. The…
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Comic Con 2011 Preview Night pics
We’ve got pics from Preview Night here at Comic Con including Tom Morello revealing his new comic book, Orchid. Check them out here and follow Trashwire on Twitter for more from Comic Con 2011.
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Green Lantern confuses CG for story
It’s not every day we get to be excited for a new comic book movie like Green Lantern. No, we only get that excitement once every couple of months when Hollywood decides to churn out a new CGI-filled comic book adaptation. With a cast of Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, and Peter Sarsgaard with Martin Campbell…
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Thor is great action movie fun
When I first saw the 2010 remake of Clash of the Titans, I was sure it was a comedy. The ridiculous accents, the over-the-top action, the beards, all of it felt intentionally bad. Unfortunately, it seems like the filmmakers didn’t realize what a bad movie they had made. Thor is an entirely different story, an…
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Rogen flips the script in The Green Hornet
When you think of a comic book hero, the first name that pops into your head probably isn’t Seth Rogen. In fact, many things about The Green Hornet aren’t exactly conventional. The script was penned by Rogen and pal Evan Goldberg, who also wrote Superbad, and directed by Michel Gondry of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind…
