Friday, July 23, 2010

Shawn / Gus Wedding Toast Fun

Not to be out done, James Roday has an idea how Shawn would toast Gus and his new bride.

Psych!

The Psych cast members have come to Comic Con several times now... and each time they seem to make a point of setting the bar high for their appearances!

They make an entrance as they come out on stage, and keep the energy and fun rolling throughout the panel, to the point the room was so energized and happy when they left that it was hours afterwards I realized I was never aware of them selecting audience member names to be used in future episodes - a bit of fun they tried out for the first time at last year's Comic Con.

The crowd was busy afterward talking about Corbin's pineapple -- and his taking a picture to show his family he had not sat home all alone while they were away.  (And heading over to the fulfillment room at the Marriott for a Psych t-shirt.)

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Gus's Best Man Toast

If/when Shawn gets married, what would Gus offer up as a Best Man's toast? Dule Hill takes a moment to speculate for the crowd atComic Con in San Diego.

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Willie Garson...

While Willie Garson might have had notes to make certain he covered specific points -- and introduced each of his fellow cast mates at the White Collar panel he moderated, the man quickly proved he did not require a script to entertain the gathered fans!

This is a cast that has clearly come together as a group of friends -- to the point I couldn't help but wonder as we watched a video they made for the panel, in which they were on the set of White Collar, discussing costumes they could wear at Comic Con if the actor's themselves had suggested the video, and perhaps done a tiny bit of ad libbing!

Tim Dekay and Tiffani Thiessen play husband and wife on White Collar, and during the panel mentioned that they are each married in real life, and loved the chemistry and strength of the relationship between their characters on screen... the marriage felt real to them.  It was a solid, though not perfect relationship, and something they have enjoyed bringing to the screen.

The cast shared stories about what it is like to film in New York City -- complete with Willie Garson relating the tale of tourist busses driving by, and his being able to hear the tour guide detail the nearby sites, including Willie standing in the median (trying to shoot a scene) by the sounds of it, Willie felt like a statue on display for the good tourists that day.


While there must be a thousand and one decisions to be made with bringing cast members to a panel at Comic Con, one of the interesting decisions is inevitably "bring the entire cast, or just the key players?" (And what if one of the key players has a conflict and can't make it?)

White Collar chose to bring the entire cast, and it was a true delight to watch this "gang" interact.  Poking fun at one another, sharing jokes, and fun experiences from the set -- giving the attendees a chance to glimpse the inside jokes and apparently true behind the scenes fun.

I don't attend Comic Con panels on television shows with expectations that the coming scenes major plot twists will be spoiled for me, and feel almost anti-climactic by the time I see them... but finding out that a props man accidentally served real alcohol during a scene that had to be shot several times, and the actors were a tad tipsy when they realized this was a slightly more than minor Oops???  That's entertainment!

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Bruce Campbell and Tim Matheson

Whether or not you were a Burn Notice fan walking in to the room to hear about the USA summer show, Bruce Campbell, Tim Matheson and the rest of the panel filled the room with laughter and charm, leaving folks who admitted they had stayed after a previous panel out of curiosity, or come in early to make certain they had a seat for a later panel admitting this was a show they just might have to check out.


How much did I promise to pay you if you'd say something nice about me???


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Tron at Comic Con

The TRON app will update with additional games, video, music and more as the December launch of the film - TRON: Legacy - draws near With "ComiTRON" in full swing at the San Diego Comic-Con International Convention, Disney Interactive Media Group's newly launched TRON app (http://www.itunes.com/app/tron) for the iPhone(r) and iPod(r) touch is a must-have for attendees. By downloading the TRON app, attendees can "Enter the Grid" by checking in at the show via the phone's GPS system, which also updates the user's Facebook status. Starting today, anyone who has checked in at ComiTRON (located on aisle #3712) and opens us the app will receive an exclusive "golden ticket" to the Studio's offsite ComiTRON event, revealing information about the event's location and timing.

The TRON app is free to download and fans can immediately play an all-new version of the classic Tanks game from the Tron Arcade, view a trailer of TRON: Legacy and receive pre-sale order information for the TRON Evolution video game from Disney Interactive Studios. The app will also update as the premiere of the TRON: Legacy film in December draws closer and include additional video, music, and free and premium games.

For more information and to download the TRON app, please visit:
http://www.itunes.com/app/tron

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