Today was a day where I swore off the long lines of the big halls and refused their shenanigans. We saw two panels- Frazetta and MST3K! Sure, I could have seen James Gunn, Rainn Wilson, Liv Tyler, Nathon Fillion, Joss Whedon and Seth Green......but, I would have had to sit in one spot for hours and hours. No go. I've done it before and it was really only worth it for the Frank Miller and Kevin Smith panels. It was totally worth it. The more I claim being a native, the less worth it the tourist lines seen to be.
All was not lost though, I learned much during the Frazetta tribute panel.
http://www.frankfrazetta.net/index.html This man's work is phenomenal. My father had the privilege of spending time at this artist's museum out in Allentown, Pa, before it was shut down. Most of his paintings were on 18x24 cheap-ass student board, he had barely any supplies at hand and even resorted to working on random, spare kitchen tile. Not the studio one would envision for such a widely known and well-respected artist. He apparently had a photographic memory, from which he could pull any image he had seen and instantly sketch it. Upon being criticized early on in his career for not formally knowing human anatomy, he read an entire massive anatomy book over a weekend and memorized every single image. Kind of like if you were in the Matrix and had to learn to fly a helicopter real quick. Plug in and go...
The only other panel we saw was the RiffTrax/MST3K boys.
They were amazing! They did a live read of an ancient informative video about how to choose the right foods at the market. Back when foods had grades and women were the only one's who were 'smart enough' to shop and cook for their families. An easy out for the guys, who were shown to only be able to make impulse buys like buying quarts and quarts of oysters. What a way to put sexism nicely and in a disguised manner. Ahh, early 20th century America! The live read was amazing and hilarious. Every year, they ask the audience to pitch them ideas of movies to spoof and they actually listen and do it! Quality people, they are. The line of people suggested Super Mario Brothers, 2012, Warriors, and Hook to name a few. They ended up voting on and choosing Mr. M.Night's Last Airbender. Gotta love the southeastern Pa boy to a certain extent, but Night does have it coming. They'll be doing a national and live reading for Reefer Madness in August: http://www.rifftrax.com/
Buy tix!!!
Ahhh..........must sleep before flight..................
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