# San Diego Comic Con 2006 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 12, 2006, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-diego-comic-con-2006/364256 "2006-07-12T23:20:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-diego-comic-con-2006/364256/41 "2006-07-17T18:23:35Z")
[QUOTE=jellyblue] I’m going Thursday, pretty much to shop. I’ve gone the past 3 years and have had an absolute blast every time. I must say I’m much less excited this year since there are no Buffy/Firefly/Serenity upcoming events to preview, but it will still be fun. That’s why I opted for Thursday instead of Saturday, altho I may get p-u-l-l-e-d back for another look on Saturday. I think I’m going to register online tomorrow if my girlfriend hasn’t managed to wheedle me a pass from some of her IT staff 😃 . Aah, I wish I were younger so I could wear something sexy and really friggin’ bizarre… _sigh_ [/QUOTE] There is some Firefly/Serenity stuff on Sunday, FWIW. ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-diego-comic-con-2006/364256/42 "2006-07-19T15:47:31Z")
So who is going to preview night tonight? The wife, her brother and I got the 4 day passes and will be heading down tonight for some preview action. Four nights of watching subtitled anime and eating in the gas lamp you can’t beat that with a stick. ---
**Author:** ![Landshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/77aa72/32.png) [@Landshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Landshark)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-diego-comic-con-2006/364256/43 "2006-07-19T16:11:16Z")
[QUOTE=gazpacho] So who is going to preview night tonight? The wife, her brother and I got the 4 day passes and will be heading down tonight for some preview action. Four nights of watching subtitled anime and eating in the gas lamp you can’t beat that with a stick. [/QUOTE] I’m planning to be there tonight, but haven’t made up my mind when to get there. ---
**Author:** ![Landshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/77aa72/32.png) [@Landshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Landshark)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-diego-comic-con-2006/364256/44 "2006-07-20T14:37:51Z")
A Preview Night highlight: Shortly after the doors to the Exhibit Hall opened, a woman came on the PA system and said, (sounding very indignant): “One of the rules of the Convention Center is no running. Yes, I mean you in the green and white baseball cap!” (Probably not a precise quote.) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-diego-comic-con-2006/364256/45 "2006-07-20T17:31:51Z")
[QUOTE=Landshark] A Preview Night highlight: Shortly after the doors to the Exhibit Hall opened, a woman came on the PA system and said, (sounding very indignant): “One of the rules of the Convention Center is no running. Yes, I mean you in the green and white baseball cap!” (Probably not a precise quote.) 😃 [/QUOTE] Well, I hope you stopped running. 😉 How’s it looking down there? I should be getting my shiny new car today (:D) so a drive down to San Diego sounds rather serendipitous… ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-diego-comic-con-2006/364256/46 "2006-07-20T23:07:22Z")
Looks like there’s a military discount, so I’m probably going to hit up the ol’ Con this weekend. Any suggestions as to which day? Any Dopers want to team up? ---
**Author:** ![Landshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/77aa72/32.png) [@Landshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Landshark)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-diego-comic-con-2006/364256/47 "2006-07-20T23:59:08Z")
[QUOTE=Gozu Tashoya] Well, I hope you stopped running. 😉 How’s it looking down there? I should be getting my shiny new car today (:D) so a drive down to San Diego sounds rather serendipitous… [/QUOTE] One word: crowds! From my memories of attending the past two years only on the Saturday, my impression of the numbers from today is that the numbers of people present were only somewhat lower. What I need to do is avoid the exhibit hall the rest of the Con - that’s where the crowds really get dense and (for me) uncomfortable. I need to sit down this evening and try to do some good planning for the next two days. There will be major events happenings at night both days, so I’m thinking I’ll likely get there around mid-afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![Landshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/77aa72/32.png) [@Landshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Landshark)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-diego-comic-con-2006/364256/48 "2006-07-21T00:03:29Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] Looks like there’s a military discount, so I’m probably going to hit up the ol’ Con this weekend. Any suggestions as to which day? Any Dopers want to team up? [/QUOTE] I can’t seem to find a cite, but I am recalling reading somewhere that Sunday has (relatively) the lightest attendance each year. Right now I have no clue when I may get there on Sunday, due to other things I’ll have happening that morning. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-diego-comic-con-2006/364256/49 "2006-07-21T00:20:11Z")
> [@Landshark](#): > > I can’t seem to find a cite, but I am recalling reading somewhere that Sunday has (relatively) the lightest attendance each year. That makes sense, as it’s also the cheapest. I’ll have to look at the programs and at my favorite webcomics’ pages to make sure I can see what I want to see that day. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-diego-comic-con-2006/364256/50 "2006-07-21T00:21:26Z")
What’s the logo on this year’s T-shirt? ---
**Author:** ![Landshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/77aa72/32.png) [@Landshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Landshark)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-diego-comic-con-2006/364256/51 "2006-07-21T00:23:40Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] What’s the logo on this year’s T-shirt? [/QUOTE] I haven’t noticed. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-diego-comic-con-2006/364256/52 "2006-07-21T00:26:12Z")
Oh, well. We’ll get there about noon tomorrow, just in time to get settled before the Battlestar Galactica panel. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-diego-comic-con-2006/364256/53 "2006-07-21T00:28:20Z")
**silenus** , are you only going tomorrow? If not (I probably won’t be), are you still up for a Mexican lunch in Old Town? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-diego-comic-con-2006/364256/54 "2006-07-21T00:37:38Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] What’s the logo on this year’s T-shirt? [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Landshark] I haven’t noticed. [/QUOTE] Must not be many girls at the Con… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-diego-comic-con-2006/364256/55 "2006-07-21T00:59:21Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] **silenus** , are you only going tomorrow? If not (I probably won’t be), are you still up for a Mexican lunch in Old Town? [/QUOTE] We’ll be there through Sunday. Drop me a line at my email (in profile) and I’ll send you my cell number. That way we can get in contact Saturday and see what we’re up for. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-diego-comic-con-2006/364256/56 "2006-07-21T02:21:16Z")
Your profile is in fact quite stingy with that cellphone number. Mine isn’t, though; you can go ahead and drop me an email and we’ll exchange numbers. ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-diego-comic-con-2006/364256/57 "2006-07-21T06:20:27Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] Must not be many girls at the Con… 😃 [/QUOTE] Heh. There were _plenty_, **Bosda** 😃 . A t-shirt would be a lot of clothes for some of them! I went today and had a really good time, especially since I had a great lunch and a martini at Palms first. I was amazed at how packed the exhibit hall was. I can’t imagine what it will be like Saturday. Lots of nice, strange people. I love ComicCon! ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-diego-comic-con-2006/364256/58 "2006-07-21T08:08:20Z")
Azumi is a very violent movie and the DVD or player showing it had problems. So did you guys see me? I was the one in shorts and a Tommy Bahamma bowling shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-diego-comic-con-2006/364256/59 "2006-07-21T08:18:39Z")
Come to think of it, we should get a whole bunch of Dopers together for lunch in Old Town (or maybe breakfast at the Original Pancake House on Convoy–I know, a little far) for Saturday or something and attack Comic-Con as a group. ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-diego-comic-con-2006/364256/60 "2006-07-21T19:53:11Z")
[QUOTE=gazpacho] Azumi is a very violent movie and the DVD or player showing it had problems. So did you guys see me? I was the one in shorts and a Tommy Bahamma bowling shirt. [/QUOTE] OOC, what went wrong during the _Azumi_ screening? (I’ll assume this was at the screening, and not the panel that preceded it.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-diego-comic-con-2006/364256.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-diego-comic-con-2006/364256.md?page=4)