Gotta hand it out to my fellow CBM'ers for their Comic-Con coverage; it was fascinating seeing all the news pour through - made me wish I was there!
From my perspective sitting back watching it all come through, I have to say that Bryan Singer and
X-Men: Days Of Future Past was the overall "winner" for Comic-Con.
The loser? Had to be what Warner Bros. did for Superman/Batman - which was a whole bunch of nothing.
Now on to the reasons...
Fox never announced that DOFP would be at the Con, but a day or so previous to that
images hit of Trask Industries with the Sentinel exhibit and some posters to boot. I also think prior to that it was confirmed that Peter Dinklage is playing Bolivar Trask (which was
confirmed at the panel). Now, Dinklage is "the man" right now as he's a part of
Game of Thrones, and anything to do with that - as Doctor Who would say - is cool!
So following all the news, the Fox panel was just about done when Bryan Singer was on stage and then he proceeded (and the moderator) to introduce all the DOFP cast - which was the largest cast on stage ever in Hall H. Avengers who?!
Now that was really awesome. Whether the movie will work out (
Superman Returns,
Jack The Giant Slayer anyone??) remains to be seen.
On to the worst of the Comic-Con...
From a PR perspective the worst had to go to - big surprise - Warner Bros. for what they did with Superman/Batman. Now, don't get me wrong, that was a "huge" announcement, but I ask: Did they decide on the movie 5 minutes before Comic-Con started? I mean, Zack Snyder comes out, drops a swear word and then we get some quote by Harry Lennix with a cheezy logo that hasn't even been made available online? Huh? Where's the FB cover, WB??
No. Wait. A Deviant Artist went online moments after and gave us a better logo than the one WB presented. Nice. (see below)
WB had no Henry Cavill - the new Superman - next to Snyder for the announcement. None of the WB execs were there, but they sent out a "statement" following Comic-Con about the upcoming movie. Really? WB? That's the best you can do?
Marvel Studios comes out with frickin' Loki for their panel, and WB has about 2 minutes for Superman/Batman?
Now, for those wondering, the reason I didn't give the "best of" to Marvel Studios is because they always come through, so it's to be expected. Feige is awesome at what he does, and Disney should give the guy a darn raise.
What Fox and Singer did with DOFP was really cool bringing all those stars on stage. Fassbender, Jackman, Berry, Lawrence, McKellan and Stewart?? HUGE.
WB? A crappy Superman/Batman logo that was made with the GIMP 30 seconds before Snyder went on stage. And no JL and Flash announcements. #fail
(Fan-Made image)