Comic-Con 2014 Recap

 I expected big things from this year's Comic-Con and boy, did it deliver. While appearances from those working on Jurassic Park, Fantastic Four, and Star Wars were not to be, we were treated to more DC than expected and a surprise from Interstellar. Now, this is not a complete recap of Comic-Con 2014, but I can guarantee it has the following. Superheroes, Christopher Nolan, a Christmas special, and Greendale Community College.

 More details were released from the upcoming Disney/Pixar Christmas special, Toy Story That Time Forgot! For example, that cat in the above photo is Angel Kitty, a Christmas ornament. Plot-wise, we didn't learn much else than we already knew, but it was announced that the special will debut on December 2. As one man reported it, "It's clear this is a Christmas special like no other, but will definitely be one 'Toy Story' fans will want to watch every year."

As many fans speculated, Christopher Nolan and Matthew McConaughey made surprise appearances to promote their new film, Interstellar, which certainly fits into the mold of Comic-Con material and is coming out in theaters in November. Again, the plot was kept vague, but we were treated to a new trailer.

The Warner Bros. panel went on much longer than everyone expected (in a good way) with surprise appearances from Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, and Gal Gadot, (Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman, respectively). It far outshone Sony's panel (which featured Let's Be Cops. I mean, seriously? Not really a Comic-Con movie). Plus, the first image of Gadot as Wonder Woman was released and it definitely fits the tone they seem to be going for.

The biggest panel was, of course, Marvel's in Hall H. They didn't even have to talk about The Avengers: Age of Ultron or Ant-Man or Guardians of the Galaxy, but they did. No matter what they did, people were going to love it, but they definitely delivered anyway. A sequel to Guardians was announced and footage from Ant-Man was released. For The Avengers, however, that brought the house down. Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Elizabeth Olsen, Jeremy Renner, Chris Hemsworth, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Cobie Smulders, and Chris Evans all appeared. Joss Whedon and Scarlett Johansson were both in hospitals. That's still impressive, though. They each talked a little about the movie, but then came the visuals. The above photo was released featuring every one of the Avengers, but more importantly so was footage. This footage is still unavailable to the public, but it features strewn-about Avengers, a dishonored Tony Stark, and Hulkbuster armor. So yeah, it's gonna be a big movie.

Finally, COMMUNITY LIVES ON!

These three signs are all part of Yahoo's promoting of Community. Subway was re-themed to be Shirley's Sandwiches and you have no idea how warm and happy they all made me. I almost teared up at seeing them. The panel for Community was low-key yet all the rage at the same time. Not much new news was learned as most of the answers were jokingly said. However, we know writing will begin on September 8 and filming on October 17. Attending the panel were Dino Stamatopoulos (Star-Burns, writer), Dan Harmon, Gillian Jacobs, Chris McKenna (executive producer), Jim Rash, and Joel McHale. On Britta's potential in the psychology field, Jacobs said her options are "truly limited." But! Do not fear. The first official teaser trailer for Community on Yahoo was released. And it's so amazing. Like I literally cannot love it anymore than I do and that is a large amount already. Where we're going, we don't need ratings...



Solid Comic-Con. See you again in 2015 (or read about you, rather), San Diego!