So things are finally slowing down from Comic Con (not much though). So here are some promised highlights.
Best Protester Protesting the Protest: – Guy in the Bender costume.
Sadly you really needed to be there to appreciate the level of genius geeks have when confronted with controversy, or hypocritical religious organizations that desecrate the funerals of US Servicemen/women who gave their lives for our freedom* and mostly peaceful public events. I won’t give the name of the organization because they are hypocrites that do sacrilegious things in the name of God, so they can get press coverage and solicit for more donations to their cause (like Al Qaeda but less violent). Essentially these zealots say that God is killing our troops because the US is tolerant of homosexuals. They actually showed up at the Comic Con protesting that geeks worship false gods (named Lucas, Abrams, Spielberg, Superman, Prof. Xavier, or more ironically, Priest, and Bishop) . While they were protesting, a much larger group of geeks showed up with homemade signs to hold their own protest of the absurd.
Now most of the time when there is a counter protest, the counter protesters look like idiots. Their signs are misspelled, are incoherent gibberish, or they say something stupid like “You Suck”. Basically they put no effort what-soever behind them. I mean, if you’re going to counter protest and not have something good to say, make up something better than “You Suck!”. Like “Your Mom Didn’t Whine This Much”. But I digress.. This geek army of counter protesters showed up with amazing signs that basically made the religious zealots look like the fools they are. Signs like “Magnets: How the $#@% do they work?”, “Darkseid IS”, “Odin is God! (according to the book of Thor, issue 5)”, “If you like SciFi, read the Bible.”. All of those signs and many more were pure genius in context. But the one that almost made me wet myself laughing had to be the guy in the Bender suit marching back and forth in front of everyone else with the sign “Kill All Humans”. Nothing pointed out how absurd the Religious Zealot protest was than the guy in the Bender suit. May they kiss your shinny metal ass!
Best Pen Holder: The Human Eye.
I’m sure by now everyone has heard that on Saturday of the convention, some guy was stabbed. Not like shanked in the back by some gang banger in a wife beater like an episode of OZ, or with a bat and broken bottles like The Outsiders, or if you want to hum a nice tune and dance while you rumble, West Side Story. No. this dude was stabbed full on in the eye by a Shapie (conveniently provided free of charge by the Prismacolor/Sharpie booth) by a guy wearing a Harry Potter shirt. Maybe he thought it was his wand. The pen IS mightier than the sword, when your sword was tied to you by security, so you don’t, I don’t know, maybe stab someone in the eye with it.
Best Surprise Guest: Harrison Ford.
God bless Jon Favreau. He did what Lucas and Spielberg never could do. Convince Harrison Ford to attend Comic Con. The gag they pulled was great as well. Harrison was escorted to the panel in handcuffs by guards. The joke is that he had to be dragged to the Comic Con against his will. I was in exhibit hall G at the time and could easily hear the crowd go wild. I really hope he comes to more shows now. Like maybe the Star Wars Celebration V next week in Orlando.
Basically that sums it up perfectly!! I didn’t realize there were protestors, but I was there very early so I got to miss all of that grandstanding. Basically that is what it comes down to, has nothing to do with God or the “point”, it is all about look at me. Instead of being creative and dressing up and acting the fool they carry a sign and act like an idiot. Everyone should be like them, right? Wrong! If you don’t like something then don’t do it, don’t watch it, don’t eat it. That’s what I do. I don’t get the need to shove personal opinions down other’s throats, something definitely lacking in these people’s lives. Wars, earthquakes in San Fransisco, and other outlandish ideas were all here before homosexuals were a large part of the American society. Homosexuals have been around since the dawn of time, but all of a sudden all the catastrophies that happen are their fault???? So what about a earthquake in the middle of the Pacific that no one feels, what then is the purpose of that earthquake if there is not a homosexual there? The homosexual community in San Fransisco was not established until the 1970′s yet one of the worst earthquakes in America’s history hit on January 29, 1906. That one wasn’t blamed on the homosexuals, but chances are good there were some. Now it is the in thing for Christians to blame everything on something, got to pick on someone. If for a moment they really looked into what they were saying or simpy repeating cause they heard it and like it, analyze it, study it, look into it or research the facts then maybe there can be a bit of peace and harmony they are all screaming about.
On a lighter note I would have loved to have seen Harrison Ford, one of my favorite actors!! Hopefully he will show his face a bit more!!