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LOS ANGELES .- The Comic-Con 2018 in San Diego ended on Sunday and workers removed signs of buildings, windows, buses, elevators and any centimeter Available in the Gaslamp district of the city, tired attendants ran to one last thing before heading home with bags full of merchandise, tired feet, sunburn and less dollars in their bank accounts.
The four-day comics congress attracts about 130,000 attendees each year who come by wave, holiday, exclusives, stars, and crazy experience. be surrounded by pop culture fans who, in addition to thinking similarly, usually goes disguised for the occasion
Has the potential to be the epicenter from the geek culture and for brands and studies is an important test of fire to find out what could work and what will not work in the coming years.
Here are some of the most important conclusions of this edition.
THE FACTOR #METOO
important events such as the Sundance Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival had conferences dealing explicitly with Problems of harbadment and detailing incident reporting procedures of this type, Comic-Con which was criticized for the matter before, chose to extend its current code of conduct and its badociation with local authorities and private security companies
Programming director, Eddie Ibrahim, did not use his platform to present the panels of the hall H, the largest of the congress center, to discuss the subject.
For many women, harbadment at the convention is not something new but some have noticed that the atmosphere has improved . " I noticed a difference ," said Paige Campbell, 22, of Chicago. "I've cosplayed it for seven years, it's improved, but we still have a lot to do ."
On the other hand, after Chris Hardwick stopped moderating signs after was accused of badual misconduct (which she denied), was replaced in many cases by women like Yvette Nicole Brown and Terri Schwartz of IGN.
Photo: EFE THE DISMISSAL OF GUNN
News emerged from the Comic-Con : The first transgender television heroine will appear in the " Supergirl ]" series of CW with the character of Nia Nal (played by Nicole Maines), the beloved animated series of Star Wars "Clone Wars" [19459005willreturnfor another season, ] Andrew Lincoln confirmed his departure from "The Walking Dead" and a cameo by Walter White was shown for "Better Call Saul" but that did not help that almost everything was seen this year overtaken by James Gunn who was fired from his job as a screenwriter and director of the third film of [1945] 9003] "Guardians of the Galaxy" of Walt Disney Co. after the appearance of controversial tweets ten years ago. This dominated the conversation of the participants and the creators themselves
"It's difficult" said the director of " Aquaman ", James Wan. "You have to consider this limit between the freedom of speech on the one hand and on the other hand you have to be aware of what's coming in. I do not know where we are in terms of culture and Space, are we going too far to one side or are we going too far one towards the other ? ".
Photo: AFP WARNER BROS BEGINS THE SHOW
Warner Bros had ups and downs with the films of DC Universe but clearly had the open way to become the protagonist of the convention with the absence of Marvel, Star ] Wars or "Game of Thrones" the study came to Comic-Con ready to fight with " Aquaman ", " Shazam ]! " and some advancements of " Wonder Woman 1984 ", which takes only three and a half weeks of filming. This was by far the best-received presentation of the convention and aroused interest in his superhero films with a light tone, unlike the darkness of DC which became a cliché (and even the speech in a joke of " Deadpool 2 "). For the second year, the studio has also set aside its New Line horror films for a second event, ScareDiego that takes place at times best suited for these horror films . It: Chapter Two ", which has also begun to rotate, and" The Nun ".
[19659016] Photo: EFE MORE HOLIDAYS
For years the Entertainment Weekly featured festival on Saturday was the only party in the city, but this year everyone entered the sponsored parties of Variety to Nerdist which attracted attendees with the promise of free guest stars, drinks, entertainment and photo booth . Cafe was a much sought after spot with DJs while guests waited to be trained to see people like Joe Manganiello or Lili Reinhart and Cole Sprouse from " Riverdale ", National Geographic has already brought astronauts on stilts Neil deGrbade Tyson while Doug Liman was at a feast of Variety and YouTube . The night of EW on the roof of Hard Rock was again full of celebrities of all kinds, from Jason Momoa from " Aquaman "a Tara Reid of" Sharknado ". The stars of " The Good Place " could be seen dancing to the rhythm of Nicki Minaj and Ezra Miller tested a floating figure in the middle of a pool and the new star of " Doctor Who ", Jodie Whittaker was at the party with a big smile on his face.
Cast of the Riverdale series ( Photo: AP) RANGES ANYWHERE
The Comic-Con is famous for its enormous rows to enter Hall H, with a capacity of ] 6,500 participants in which the most prominent stars and studios are presented. While some slept on the street to ensure the best possible place, many said that they were not a problem to enter the room. Instead the largest ranks were for live programs of Rotten Tomatoes of " Your Opinion Sucks! " and for installations and experiments like " Jack Ryan " Hall of Escape (with an expectation of 3 o'clock ), exhibition of Laika and a space to sing Neil Gaiman (5 hours of waiting), or installation of " Ready Player One " (in which could be played and received about ] 2,000 people up to date ).
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