Klingon Hunt: To search out and photograph/videotape people dressed in costume at comic conventions.
Wizard World Philly: A comic convention.
Add the two together, and you have a poorly-constructed sentence explaining what this post is. Check it out after the break.
Not just breakfast, but also a work of art.
Running over to the DC NATION panel now... be starting in 10 minutes.
Read On!
Furniss, Zubair, Jenn and I have arrived in Philadelphia on the eve of Wizard World: Philadelphia. Over the next three days, I can promise you panel live-blogs (DCU: FINAL CRISIS at 2:30 and DC NATION at 5:00 tomorrow, DCU: CRISIS NOW at 2:00 on the 31st), video blogs from both the ride up here and from the convention floor, Klingon Hunting and photos from all over the place.
I'm gonna go get my awesome on, but expect full reports tomorrow throughout the day via Twitter and this here site.
Just when you thought Comic-Con was the only place to go Klingon Hunting...
You know, I go on MySpace fairly frequently, and I get a ton of e-mail, and I've noticed one thing: 99% of the worst writing on the internet was created by the late, great George Carlin.
Okay, I know, it wasn't actually written by Carlin. But, if you write some pseudo-philosophical crap, or show some demented "moral outrage" that only people with a level of close-mindedness greater than or equal to most of the pundits on FOX News would find acceptable, five gets you ten that poor George will have his good name slapped on it, you lucky bastards.
I mean, I'm almost certain that half this crap gets forwarded simply because the name "Carlin" is on it. And forwarded messages have a great chance of being forwarded again, which means you get read by even more people. Lather, rinse, repeat! Soon, the whole world knows and talks about your "Bad American" essay, even if they don't have a clue who you are. (And, to the original author of that, kudos to your decision to not wait for someone else to attribute it to Carlin, but to do it yourself in the first paragraph!)
Of course, you gotta think of the other guy; I suppose the guy who made a ton of money on "The Seven Words You Can't Say On Television" wouldn't necessarily enjoy being linked to an essay written on censorship, especially if that essay is pro, not con. No, I think that sort of thing should be attributed to Dennis Miller... seems to be more up his ally.
Man, how I hope to write something so God-awful that it's attributed to Carlin, so it can be passed around in e-mails and MySpace bulletins for all time. Maybe I'll write something like that 'Paradox of Our Time' crap... you know, the one that talks about 'taller buildings but shorter tempers,' as if there's some link between the two, or a predefined standard ratio of buildings to tempers? I could jot down several dozen pages of cliched, barely funny observations ('Why do people order Big Macs, large fries and a Diet Coke?', that sort of thing)! Add a few swears in there, and it's got Carlins' name all over the thing. Sure, it'll have all the quality of a third grade book report, but darn if people won't forward it!
Everyone needs a dream, and I have finally found mine: Anonymous fame through shoddy writing practices and forced $2 philosophy. Life, my friends, is sweet.
The new trailer has hit, and if you're quick, you can spot a little bitty spoiler.
Not that quick? I got a screenshot for you after the break...
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IRON MAN
Directed by Jon Favreau |
Spoiler-tastic review coming tomorrow, but one bit of advice: stay until after the credits. A majority of the idiots audience left during 'em, even though the lights still didn't go on, and missed what will likely be one of the most talked about things regarding this movie.
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