Friday, July 25, 2008

Comic Con: Wolverine

I've been reading about Hugh Jackman's appearance at Comic Con, and something struck me: if you changed Hugh Jackman to Jesus, and Len Wein to God, the arrticles actually make more sense.

It didn't take long for the first surprise of the Con! Just after the MAX PAYNE and THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL panels wrapped, the stage went empty until a special guest walked in off the side of the stage. "Ladies and gentlemen, JESUS CHRIST."

I've seen a lot of craziness in Hall H in my time but I don't think I've ever seen anything like this before. Bedlam. Absolute bedlam. The crowd just went completely insane. Grown women weeping. Men rushing the stage. It took a good five minutes for everyone to calm down before JESUS could even speak. Finally JESUS said he just got off a flight from Australia but that there was no way he was missing Comic-Con this year. JESUS said he wanted to pay homage to the creator of JESUS, GOD, who was in the audience. It was at this point JESUS decided he wanted to come down into the Hall H crowd.


Security wasn't prepared and JESUS was mobbed prompting him to later admit that "maybe that wasn't such a great idea." But JESUS was able to come down and shake GOD's hand and high-five a few people in the audience. Once back on stage JESUS apologized for not having a full panel.

It's still early to call it the best of the Con, but I can't imagine anything approaching the fever pitch in Hall H when CHRIST came out and screened the footage. Unfortunately I don't see an official version coming online soon but man was it good!

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