Who watches the WATCHMEN?... The lucky b@$%@?ds at Comic Con, that's who!

As I sit here in the Zangz's Vault of Geekdom Headquarters on a Satruday morning, thousands of lucky bastages are all converged in San Diego to take part in what can only be described as heaven on earth. I talk of course of the huge San Diego Comic Con. It is the largest and most celeb filled event for comic book/Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror/pop culture lovers of all walks of life who have the time and fundage to travel and attend.

It has become the new hot spot for Hollywood to promote their upcoming films for the next year. They usually drag in big name celebs. Last year both Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny from this summer's X-Files movie were there. That's just the tip of the iceberg! This year Hugh Jackman, Rose McGowan and Marky Mark Wahlberg have already made appearances to promote upcoming flicks. The studios have recognized the power of geek interests and their association with internet buzz. They know that immediately after these promotional panels for these films, fellow geeks will tear into their laptops and send out oodles of buzz on these movies across the world wide web!

One movie that is being promoted is Robert Rodriguez's remake of Red Sonja which will showcase the talents of his trophy/slampiece/actress/girlfriend, Rose McGowan. Word is that even though they didn't have any footage shot yet to show the crowd, Miss McGowan was lookin' darn fine. This is one I'll keep my eyes open for as Rodriguez's movies are some of my favorites.

There's also a lot of buzz on the upcoming epic movie based on Alan Moore's graphic novela to end all graphic novela's, WATCHMEN. There was some footage shown and reportedly looks even better than what is shown in the trailer (view HERE). To bring this baby to the big screen takes a huge set of nards as the story is sooo huge and epic. I hope they'll be able to translate it all on film!

Many of the cast of WATCHMEN showed up, including the so beautiful it should be illegal, Carla Gugino. She's starred in many geek-lovin' genre pics. Apparently she's also promoting the Walt Disney remake of Escape to Witch Mountain. I remember seeing the original way back when I was a wee one. I developed a bit of a crush on actress Kim Richards. Ah... the good old days of prepubescent attractions.

From THIS little story of happenings from the Punisher: War Zone panel, things don't look too bright for a real gritty, ass kicky Punisher sequel. That's not good.

You know, I used to go to GenCon every year before it moved out of state and I miss going to cons quite a bit. One of these years, very soon, I'm going to have to invest in traveling somewhere and go to one. I don't know about San Diego Comic Con (if I win the lottery, perhaps), but maybe DragonCon in Atlanta (They're even bringing in MSI to play!!!!) or Chiller Con in New Jersey. Horrorfind Weekend in Maryland isn't out of the question either. If not for emptying my bank account on cool dren and collectables, then to just hang around like minded freaks such as myslef. I really have to break down and do that real soon.


In other news, I saw Stepbrothers last night! After seeing the trailer (view HERE) I was a little nervous that those were going to be the only funny scenes in the whole movie. I was happily proved wrong as myself, Roberto and Iris wiped constant tears from our eyes from laughing throughout the movie. Admittedly, it is plain and stupid humor. But it's soooo well done by Will Farrell and John C. Reilly that you just can't stop laughing. It's a perfect comedy that celebrates the man-boy in all of us! I'm sure there was more than one time that Iris, who was sitting between me and Roberto, looked at each of us and thought, "Holy Crap! This is my life!" It's not quite nearly as funny as Anchorman, but is a lot funnier than Semi-Pro. I would say it's even with Taladaga Nights. If you need a 90 minute chuckle fest, go see this movie!

Ok, kiddies, if I can't geek it up in San Diego with Carla Gugino and Rose McGowan, I'll have to settle with some rented movies and my newest Xbox 360 title Conan. See you all later.

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Zangz.