An entertaining mixture of convention footage, subject interviews, and fan testimonials, with wonderful snapshots of the major events of the pop-culture phenomenon.
Full by Chris Pandolfi.
Zac Elawar from Capsule Computers wrote:
Morgan Spurlock has become the biggest household name in documentary film-making since Michael Moore, and he just doesn't stop. In Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope, Morgan Spurlock has set out to create a love letter to the pop culture event whilst following the journey and stories of 6 sets of people as they all converge at the San Diego Comic-Con for a multitude of reasons. Some for love, others for business, but most to fulfill a dream. Can we self-professed nerds be proud of this documentary? Read on to find out!
Hero Complex:
Figurines of Joss Whedon and Morgan Spurlock come packaged in a special edition DVD of Spurlock’s documentary “Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope.” (Wrekin Hill Entertainment / NECA Films)
What do you get the filmmaker behind the biggest superhero movie of all time? Perhaps an action figure with a familiar face.
As Joss Whedon celebrates his 48th birthday this week (and his film “The Avengers” closes in on “Titanic” at the domestic box office), the writer-director is being immortalized as an action figure, along with Stan Lee, documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock and Ain’t It Cool News founder Harry Knowles.
Oh I bet those Whedonites will go crazy for this. It's all actually pretty cool, though. And this comes at a great time, releasing right before SDCC. I'm guessing I'll be seeing stuff about this when I'm out there, with plenty of people buying a copy.
I hear they are already sold out of tickets for next year too...I can't even imagine how crazy it's going to be this year.....it's going to be great! I wonder what these will go for?
Sold out of tickets for 2013 SDCC you mean? I don't know about that. As far as I know, tickets don't go on sale till later, with pre-registration occurring at SDCC itself.
I can get the Stan Lee, Morgan Spurlock and Joss Whedon figures, but I have to WTF the Knowles one. Ain't It Cool News hasn't been relevant since the internet was created.
Some vendor at Dallas Comic Con was talking about the new way you had to have a member ID now for purchasing tickets from now on and that would help get the 4 day passes sooner...he probably didn't have a clue what he was talking about.
You do have to get a member id to get tickets now. However, that id doesnt guarantee you a pass. Granted I've only dealt with press passes so I dont know all the details for fan passes, but I do know that much at least.
LRA writes: We still find ourselves playing catch up this week as we cover a variety of topics including the recently announced blu-ray for Jaws, the multiple blu-ray "edishuns" for a favorite here on the show The FP, two new documentaries, Comic-Con Episode 4: A Fan's Hope and Bully, the brand new animated television series The Legend of Korra and then I give my thoughts on the new indie film Jeff Who Lives at Home as well as my Netflix Instant Stream Movie of the Week. We then conclude with a very in depth look at one of the best horror films to come along in years with our discussion on The Cabin in the Woods. The show may be a little long this week but I think the content justifies the length. Featured music is from "The Cabin in the Woods" motion picture soundtrack.
