4 reasons to hate comic-con

[JumpingJupiter]

According to cracked.com writer Daniel O'Brien

[DonC]

I was expecting jokes about fat, sweaty nerds who couldn't get laid in a Tijuana whore house. Not that. That was actually good. Especially the Twilight stuff. Does anyone know why Comic Con doesn't clear the room after each panel? Every other major convention I've been to does that just to prevent fans from sitting through stuff they didn't care about just to get into a popular event later in the day.

[howyadoin]

I was expecting jokes about fat, sweaty nerds who couldn't get laid in a Tijuana whore house.

How'd you miss "a planet's worth of unwashed, socially retarded nerds," then?

[Chris N]

I was expecting jokes about fat, sweaty nerds who couldn't get laid in a Tijuana whore house. Not that. That was actually good. Especially the Twilight stuff. Does anyone know why Comic Con doesn't clear the room after each panel? Every other major convention I've been to does that just to prevent fans from sitting through stuff they didn't care about just to get into a popular event later in the day.

One, it's a logistical hassle to clear the room of that many people and takes time.

Two, it's a bit hard on the people who genuinely want to see two panels in the room that day, as it makes it impossible.

[Tages]

One, it's a logistical hassle to clear the room of that many people and takes time.

Two, it's a bit hard on the people who genuinely want to see two panels in the room that day, as it makes it impossible.

Pretty much.

Friday and Saturday I usually park my ass in Hall H as early as I can and don't leave until I've seen everything interesting.

[Sighphi]

One, it's a logistical hassle to clear the room of that many people and takes time.

Two, it's a bit hard on the people who genuinely want to see two panels in the room that day, as it makes it impossible.

AKA they dont care.
Those things are setup like movie theaters where everything is stepping on everything else so they dont really have time to do everything.
So they say screw it go.

[G. Wayne]

That's sort of funny to me. If all goes as planned, I'll be going to the Con next year with, among others, a Twilight -obsessed- friend.

[Alex L]

Kind curious why Comic-Con didn't put Twilight up first thing on Thursday specifically because of this situation.

I'd think the people in charge would have had a strong inkling that this would happen.

[howyadoin]

Kind curious why Comic-Con didn't put Twilight up first thing on Thursday specifically because of this situation.

I'd think the people in charge would have had a strong inkling that this would happen.

I'm guessing Comic-Con didn't have much say in when it happened.

[DonC]

How'd you miss "a planet's worth of unwashed, socially retarded nerds," then?

Well, I was expecting nothing but jokes like that. But they actually made some good points.

One, it's a logistical hassle to clear the room of that many people and takes time.

Two, it's a bit hard on the people who genuinely want to see two panels in the room that day, as it makes it impossible.

Like I said, other cons do it. I know Comic Con is larger, but still, one would think that if they planned ahead and spread stuff out some, they could manage.

Also, isn't it unfair to the people who want to attend events in Hall H and are shut out by squatters? That's what a lot of the Twilight complaints were about.

[K'Nort]

I think they should actually sell advance tickets for the panels. It's not an area where I'm too worried about shutting people out. And it could relieve a lot of frustration and traffic issues.

[howyadoin]

I think they should actually sell advance tickets for the panels. It's not an area where I'm too worried about shutting people out. And it could relieve a lot of frustration and traffic issues.

Yeah, sooner or later they need to pull their heads out of their asses and take a long, hard look at the situation.

[K'Nort]

Okay, this made me laugh :

This year, Twilight nerds were, to a bunch of legitimate, respectable nerds, the total manifestation of everything wrong with Comic-Con; they were loud and screechy and hyper and obsessed with vampires that had nothing to do with Joss Whedon.

[o1pickleboy]

Yeah, sooner or later they need to pull their heads out of their asses and take a long, hard look at the situation.

but by then many will have moved on to a new comic con.

[Mike Smash!]

Okay, this made me laugh :

This year, Twilight nerds were, to a bunch of legitimate, respectable nerds, the total manifestation of everything wrong with Comic-Con; they were loud and screechy and hyper and obsessed with vampires that had nothing to do with Joss Whedon.

Trust me. I had to work a midnight release shift at work for the last Twilight book. It took about thirty minutes of pre-teen screeching to make me want to build a Lex Luthor death ray to kill them all.

I can't imagine how annoying they'd be in SDCC numbers.