Category: Movies
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 236 – Tronorail has arrived, again
Finally getting around to putting away new toys from San Diego Comic-Con and the recent D23 Expo, I made room for my new Tronorail die-cast vehicle among my other Tron stuff. Fits in perfectly. And I think I’ll leave it in the well-designed package, at least for now. More shelf rearranging to come…
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 223 – Fright Night 3D
I saw an advance screening of the new “Fright Night” in 3D tonight. It’s a DreamWorks film, distributed by Disney. When going to these press screenings, I never quite know what to expect. Sometimes it’s a small theater filled mostly with press. Sometimes it’s a small theater with a handful of press and the rest regular people who won early tickets. And then there are times like tonight where it was a BIG theater, with one row of press, and the rest of the seats PACKED with regular people, all excited to see the film. The original “Fright Night” from the ’80s is certainly a popular horror/creature film and the new one was surprisingly good. I’ll post a full review soon, but in short, I enjoyed the 2 hours I spent watching the film. And more surprisingly, 3D was used well to enhance the movie watching experience, rather than just as a gimmick to sell tickets.
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 211 – A chance meeting with Angelica
If you saw my post about visiting the new Tinker Bell’s Magical Nook meet-and-greet earlier today, you probably thought my photo of the day was going to be me with one of the Disney Fairies. But no – it’s me with a different female character at the Magic Kingdom. Believe it or not, despite the fact that she has been in the park since April, I had seen Angelica from “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” until today. The line to get a photo with her was only 2 people long, so I gladly jumped in for a picture.
We exchanged few words, as she seemed to have more important pirate-y things on her mind. And sure enough, a few minutes later, she led a gang of young pirates on a march through Adventureland. (I’ve included a couple shots of that as a bonus below.)
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 204 – Costume at Comic-Con
I can now say I have worn a costume to the San Diego Comic-Con. I was Mario as a Ghostbuster, fighting a Boo. I already owned a Ghostbusters “costume” T-shirt so I wore that along with tan pants, a Mario hat and mustache I picked up at Party City recently, and a Ghostbusters proton pack backpack with detachable proton gun pouch. To finish it off, I used an old green light saber as the proton stream and stuck the cardboard Boo I made earlier this week onto the end. I think it turned out pretty well, considering the time and money I spent on it.
But I do have more respect for convention goers who wear elaborate costumes all day. The mustache and hat were annoying me after only a few minutes of wearing them and I got sick of carrying around the proton gun setup very quickly. Though I only walked around the convention hall for maybe 15-20 minutes wearing the costume, I’m still happy that I did it. It’s one of those things that I can check off my life “to do” list. And a couple people laughed at the costume idea as well, which was great.
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 203 – Hall H
Hall H at the San Diego Convention Center has become somewhat of a second home in the last couple days. I spent many hours in there yesterday and this morning attended a fantastic panel featuring Steven Spielberg and surprise guest Peter Jackson (with a double-surprise appearance by Andy Serkis). But none of the remaining Hall H panels interest me enough to wait hours in line again, so this was my last trip inside that huge room and I had to get a photo on the way out.
