Stargate Atlantis at Comic-Con #05: G4 channel, photos and more

[wraithfodder]

For the uninitiated, Comic-Con is a HUGE (like 100,000+ attendees) annual convention in San Diego which used to be strictly comics, but is now being used by studios to push their products as well. If you read the papers today, you'll find out that TV critics at the annual two-week long Television Critics Association press junket were ticked off when the president of ABC TV said he couldn't tell them the big secret about "Lost," but instead would save it for Comic-Con. After howls of protest, etc. he finally relented and maybe for "Lost" fans it's news.

Anyway, for years, the G4 channel has covered Comic-Con - visit their site to see a whole bunch of stuff already up! But now SciFi (aka Skiffy) is finally going "oh" and reportedly will 'compete head-to-head' with G4. According to Multichannel.com, "SCIFI.com’s coverage allows fans to “virtually attend” the convention through daily news summaries, video coverage, updated photo galleries and more. The channel has five camera crews on site and six reporters positioned throughout the convention. Coverage will include: Live web updates and broadband video uploads throughout each day. Special video coverage of star-studded panels and events featuring SCI FI Channel’s Original Series Battlestar Galactica, Eureka, Flash Gordon, Stargate Atlantis, Who Wants To Be A Superhero?, and the upcoming mini-series Tin Man. Video coverage of selected major panels, as well as exclusive interviews with the panelists of popular programs including Heroes and Bionic Woman. Video responses to fan questions for SCI FI Channel stars. Image galleries direct from the convention floor." Hmm... Now, http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6463473.html said both channels will start their coverage today. G4 has been ripping ahead with great content on all things scifi, but in checking out Scifi.com, it's just, well, there isn't anything yet. Sigh.... a few bits of news but that's stuff that already hit the press.

Anyway, if you want photos of the con by attendees, check out Flickr  and search for "comic con 2007" and you'll find over a 100 photos already. Last year they had hundreds if not over 1,000 photos from the event. I didn't see it on Flickr, but elsewhere, but the pink and green pastel Darth Vader done in a "Hello Kitty" motif was a scream....
Anyway, some of the photos are incredible! Just the 'wall of Darth' is worth a peek, and hopefully there will be some Stargate content going up soon.

Anyway, I'm gonna follow the TV and press coverage on the convention and post links, etc. to any relevant Stargate Atlantis stuff. Hopefully we'll get it. I sorta think Skiffy is gonna push BSG and their comic book hero show...

P.S. Now this link -  http://www.firstshowing.net/2007/07/26/comic-con-live-paramount-panel-star-trek-indiana-jones-iv-and-more/ - is how SciFi should report back on Stargate. Meanwhile, great tidbits on some movies.

And there's a Comic-Con Twitter now.

Comments

[kristen999.livejournal.com]

Oh thank you for keeping us up to date, heck I don't ever look for SGA news anymore, b/c I know you're going to have it and you're just awesome for that!

I'll be watching G-4 over the weekend as I loved thier coverage last year and of E-3.

I'll keep my eyes opened on your other links and oh would it be too much for Sci-Fi to show video of the SGA panel?

*hopes*

Thanks again!

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Ack, pressure, pressure! But I am enjoying just reading Comic-Con coverage and hope there will be some SGA stuff in it. Wow, yes, it would be so nice if Skiffy would tape the SGA panel and put it up at their site, but I think I have a better chance of winning Lotto ;)

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Heh, I found the pink Darth Vader shot. NOt a Comic Con 2007, maybe 2006 as it was loaded up in May, but it's defnitely different!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34711548@N00/499284991/

[pisces227.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the links. I'm not holding my breath that Scifi will show anything. I know someone who is going to the con and told her if possible to let the lady from Scifi know how unhappy the fans are with their lack of promotion of SGA and we demand many more seasons! *g*

I am so looking forward to new pics of JF *drools*

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Hope your friend is able to let the Skiffy rep know we SGA fans want promotion for the show!

[xfkirsten.livejournal.com]

Nothing to do with Stargate... but OMFG MARION RAVENWOOD IN INDY 4 WOOOOOOOOO!!! She was my hero! XD

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

And just last year I read how she'd quit acting and was into knitting sweaters - that is, she'd started a company.

[xfkirsten.livejournal.com]

Yup! She still runs the sweater place, as far as I know. I think she ran a yoga place for awhile, too. Very cool! :)

[parisntripfan.livejournal.com]

This is a con I want to get to one of these days...

And yes I have heard that Scifi.com will be posting blogs about the con...and one of the bloggers is suppose to be David Hewlett. At least according to his website posts. I don't know if this shows that SciFi is really cheap and doesn't want to pay for someone else to go or is being really smart because they know that just because it is David posting it will get that many more people reading. Me thinks it is a bit of both.

Either way, I am looking forward to David's view on the whole thing...

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

And it took 'em until today (Friday) to get something up. So far, pales in comparisons to fan blogs I've seen, but you can check out at http://www.scifi.com/comiccon/.

[delcamy.livejournal.com]

Well, at least the vids will make it to youtube or something. :) Yeah and right SciFi being on the "cheap side". :) Ah, the memories...

[sgafan33.livejournal.com]

You are a goddess. Thanks so much for keeping us all up to date. You have this down to a science.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

I figure if I'm busy looking this up for myself, might as well share :):)

[sgafan33.livejournal.com]

Speaking of head to head, G4 had a clip of Zach at the Atlantis booth up on their site.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

I knew they'd be ahead of skiffy (sorry for bad pun!)