The (Weekend) Long Con: SDCC 2010

[Dr Handsome]

I put this down here in the "Everything Else" category because it is, after all, a comic convention among many many other things. So let's see what we've got...

• Joss Whedon directing The Avengers is good in my books.

• Can someone sell Tron: Legacy to a guy whose unfamiliar with the appeal of Tron.

• Same for Thor.

• I wasn't aware that Salt was a nerd thing.

• I'm not even sure why I picked up the first Scott Pilgrim book back in the day but its pretty awesome that people are actually getting around to reading it. The movie looks fantastic and Edgar Wright was the man to direct. If you haven't scouted out his series Spaced do yourself a favor and watch. I might just be my favorite British sitcom (sorry Ricky Gervais) but maybe not.

• Look Around You is being released right here on our continent (assuming you and I share the same soil) so do yourself a favor and pick it up. It's a wonderful little parody of the kind of 70's science instructional videos you'd watch in grade school. The second season changes the format entirely and turns it into more of an after-school science program with hosts. In my opinion it's even better than the first.

News reactions, meetup stories, strange swag... post 'em all here.

[johnnyunusual]

Late, I know, but I love love LOVE Look Around You. I tried to get it for a friend on DVD, but the place that had it suddenly and mysteriously closed. Has anyone else seen this series?

[Mladen]

Jan 28, 2011 12:28:34 GMT -5 johnnyunusual said:

Late, I know, but I love love LOVE Look Around You. I tried to get it for a friend on DVD, but the place that had it suddenly and mysteriously closed. Has anyone else seen this series?

Love it! Both seasons are great. At first I didn't like the second season because its so different from the first, but now I think I prefer it of the two...

Thanks Johnny...

...Thonny

[Dr Handsome]

Thants!

I've been looking forward to re-watching both seasons but I've been holding off until I finally own the series on DVD. I honestly wasn't expecting it to ever come out here in America because of how unusual it all is.

I was trying to figure out where I discovered this show (was it really the brief Edgar Wright cameo that pointed me to this series?) and then I realized... Adult Swim. For all the bizarre and nonsensical crap produced for that "channel" (I'm lookin' at you 12 oz. Mouse) there's just as much bizarre and nonsensical gems that wouldn't have found any other home on American television.

Venture Bros. and Home Movies are easily two of my favorite TV shows of all time.