Was It Good For You? A Roundup of SDCC Awesomeness
While we couldn’t be there in San Diego this past weekend for Comic Con, you can bet your best cosplay britches that the Sisters in Geek were soaking up as much of Con as possible through the amazing power of the internet. Comic Con is always a beautiful and outrageous thing, and 2015 was no exception. Over the past 5 days, the Sisters have binged on every ounce of SDCC awesomeness, and we present to you our personal highlights, not to be missed moments and basically everything that made us go “SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!” like the super geeks we are.
These are presented in no particular order, cause who has time for that?
The Star Wars Panel of Epicness:
We think this speaks for itself, but holy crap did JJ Abrams and crew really just blow the doors off of SDCC. The glorious roar of geeky glee was so loud, we might have heard it in Denver. Just everything about it was over the top and rock star, but the moment that had us reaching for tissues was Harrison Ford walking out on stage. If that didn’t fill your soul with joyous nostalgia, geek love and excitement, well, you’re probably not a Star Wars fan. And that’s totally fine.
All of the absurd love for Con Man
Alan Tudyk is a treasure and seeing him and his motley crew of friends succeed in bringing this series to life and into Hall H was just awesome. Seeing all those famous faces turn the well deserved spotlight on Alan and his vision was moving. To link to every great snippet of Con Man love from the weekend would be basically impossible, but go watch the trailer linked above and google the rest of the shenanigans from San Diego right after you pre-order the series. You won’t regret it, and on September 30th, you’ll have a present for yourself! Everybody wins!
The Revolution Will Be Televised. And you WILL like it. From the great intro and teaser trailer to the riotously good time Conan was having hosting it, the Mockingjay panel delivered. But, for us, the best part was definitely watching the cast demonstrate just exactly how much they care for each other, exactly how ridiculous they are, and exactly how much fun they are having at all times. Seriously, I rewatched the back forth bit of Josh trying to turn off JLaw’s mic about 10 times. Because hilarious.
Zach Levi and the crew at Nerd HQ always deliver. Even though there were some technical issues this year with the live stream, their commitment to giving fans long distance access to the amazing conversations they have is awesome and praiseworthy. The Badass Women panel has been a highlight the last 2 years cause these ladies always bring it. The absolute, hands down best moment was Felicia Day’s delightful rant about women, leadership and telling the patriarchy to more or less shove it. Or maybe it was the tangent about doing a genderbent Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.
The Birth of Benry:
It really speaks entirely for itself, no?
The epic Dubsmash throwdown between the casts of Agent Carter and Agents of SHIELD
One of my very favorite things about Comic Con is seeing geeky famous people be geeky and silly and ridiculous. It’s delightful to see that these casts genuinely enjoy each other, are having fun together and at Con, and it’s super delightful that they share that infectious fun with us, the fans. Also, Clark Gregg is killing it in that hat. #TeamSHIELD
And last, but certainly, 1 million percent not least, we got retweeted by one of the coolest, awesomest nerdiest geeks who ever lived: Adam Savage.
There were so many amazing things at this year’s SDCC, make sure to check out our Facebook and Twitter pages for more coverage and tell us in the comments what your highlights were! Counting the days till next year already.