We decided to sleep in a bit, which was nice at the time, but turned out to maybe be a mistake when it came time to take the shuttle to the convention centre. We waited over half an hour for a shuttle, and finally Andrea decided to go grab us food while we waited. And that's when suddenly the shuttles started showing up. I made it all the way to the very front of the line, and then just in time, Andrea showed up with our breakfast.
When we got to Petco Park where our bus dropped us off, we decided to explore outside the convention. First, we went by the annoying Christian Cosplayers (as we call them), some angry group of religious people with signs and megaphones preaching about hell and damnation. The other day we saw some people following them with signs of their own, "Godzilla Saves", "Kneel Before Zod", and a few others.
Anyway, we went by them and spotted a great Alice and Mad Hatter having a tea party on the grass in front of the Marriott. We asked to take a picture, and they invited us to join them. It was really odd and fun. They had their accents, were totally in character, and introduced themselves and their other guests, a TARDIS, the Doctor, another Doctor, and another girl. It was really random, but a great start to the day.
We said thanks and goodbye, and continued on our journey. We went through a Simpsons zone, complete with giant Homer's head sticking out of the ground and a lot of odd Simpsons art. Next was the Batman zip line through the skyline of Gotham, which had a ridiculous line. But we did get to see Mary Poppins zip down with her umbrella. We also saw a big Godzilla statue thing made of tires or something? I dunno.
Anyway, after that, we headed back into the convention centre and got in our first line of the day: Starbucks! Caffeine is important at comic-con. After a long long wait, where a drink for James sat on the counter being called out for a good ten minutes, we finally got our coffees and headed upstairs for the Marvel: Avengers NOW! panel, where they talked about the new initiative pushing a bunch of new Avengers-related #1s. Somethig about the panel did make me want to read Avengers World, which I had pretty much written off, but it sounds like it might be fun. They also talked about the new (lady) Thor series, Sam Wilson taking over as All-New Captain America, and Superior Iron Man, all of which sound pretty exciting. And a new Angela series that looks like it could be fun.
After this was over, we left the convention centre again to check out the Nintendo Gaming Lounge, the Xbox Lounge, and we grabbed our Hannibal soundtracks from the fulfilment room for free stuff. Of particular note was a contest to win a whole bunch of different custom Xbox One systems, and lots of awesome game demos at both Xbox and Nintendo.
After this, Andrea decided we'd waited long enough, and needed our guacamole fix, so we headed to our favourite place in San Diego, La Puerta. And it was glorious. There was a bit of a wait, but the food was soooo gooood, and I got a little bit drunk off of two mojitos. Oops. I'm a lightweight, I'll admit it. I don't drink much anymore, so it hits me hard. Anyway, the guacamole was magic, and my tacos were delicious, and when we left, I felt I was going to explode.
Next, we headed to the Ballroom 20 line again, and this time we had a bit of a walk, and a bit of a wait, but we got in during the panel for the Originals. I don't know anything about this show, and I don't really care about it, so I decided to take that time to catch up on my blogging. (Much like I am doing right now!)
The reason we got in line for Ballroom 20 was right after the Originals panel ended, Arrow! We got to see Stephen Amell, Colton Haynes, John Barrowman, Willa Holland, Paul Blackthorne, and David Ramsey, plus the showrunners and a writer for the show. This panel was great. There were so many cute moments between the cast members, Willa cuddling up to Daddy Barrowman, and various imitations of that, plus John Barrowman being hilarious and ridiculous. And the showrunners were totally nerding out, which is always fun to see. The other thing I noticed was how different Stephen Amell sounds from Oliber Queen and the Arrow. He just sounds so genuine and endearing. I won't lie, I'm a little more attracted to him. The men on this show are all pretty attractive.
So after this panel, we really didn't have anything else we wanted to do, so we headed back to the hotel to relax and recharge (ourselves, and our devices). Our plan was to rest up and then head back to the convention centre to get in the Hall H line for the next day, 'cause we figured camping out from 10pm on, we'd make it into Hall H for all of the great panels the next day (Warner Bros., Women Who Kick Ass, Marvel Studios). But we decided to do some research on twitter before dedicating our night to this, and it's a good thing we did, because after searching #HallHLine, we learned people had been lined up since 3pm, way before they were allowed to be lined up, and there were already thousands of people in line by the time the line officially opened up. It was ridiculous, so we abandoned that idea and formulated a new plan.
Instead of spending our evening sitting around on a sidewalk, we went to the AMC Theatre nearby and did our fourth annual Comic-Con movie night and saw Hercules. It was a pretty fun movie. Interesting reinterpretation of the stories, and it fit in with our theme of Comic-Con movies. And that brought us past midnight, so the end of Day Two of SDCC! It was another really fun day, and it's continued on, so again, stay tuned!
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