Aquaman, Marvel and Buffy: the biggest winners and losers of Comic-Con 2018

We came. We saw. We documented the cosplay . San Diego's Comic-Con may be over, but there are still plenty of trailers, announcements, awards and takeaways. From the never-ending rivalry of DC and Marvel to fans' experiences filled with branding and freebies, our field team has seen it all.

And now, it's time for us to reveal what we liked at convention … and what should have been left on the drawing board months ago. Without further ado, they are the winners and losers of Comic-Con 2018 .

Winners

Warners Bros. and DC

Apart from Wonder Woman, it was a strange moment for DC. Batman vs Superman came out, he made a lot of money, but the answer was not good. Suicide Squad survived criticism and rolled into the dough. Justice League does better with critics than BvS … and greatly underperformed.

To
Comic Con
this year, Warner Bros. and DC came with a mission: to prove that the cinematic universe of DC can withstand
wonder
. And as Stream Economy pointed out, DC at least succeeded in showing that it was possible

Aquaman's first trailer

We are still at the beginning of the comic cartoon horse race. Con, but up to now Aquaman is the winner, with Warner Bros. download the first movie trailer with more than 18 million views. Fellow Warner Bros. Shazam (7 million plus 9.6 million of a trend download) and Godzilla: King of the Monsters (7.2 million) are also leading the pack, with the trailer for Dragon Ball Super: Broly ( 6.2 million)

But as we saw from the revelation of the last trailer of Battle Angel Alita there could still be others to come

– Morgan Little

My Academia Hero

He may not have had a presence in Hall H, but My Hero Academia drew Hall H crowds. His panel was among the most popular at Comic-Con this year, even though his ads were not really the most upsetting.

Real conversation: My Hero Academia could have made Hall H with EASE. The manga and the anime are not niches; They sell the same and often better than comics. So when will the SDCC receive the memo …?

– Megan Peters @ SDCC (@meganpeterscb) July 22, 2018

And it was impossible to miss its presence on the cosplay scene, with countless fans donning the iconic blue jumpsuits of the series

– Morgan Little

The Jack Ryan Experience

Prime Video took over for training you to become a CIA agent like Jack Ryan . In the training part of the experience, you jump out of the helicopter, lightly cross a two-story plateau in a building filled with enemies who are trying to "shoot" you, and get off in all safety – while wearing a VR helmet that transports you to Yemen. Once you have completed your training, you can use your newly discovered skills in an escape room.

We can not stop talking to people. It was the culmination of the con for some of us, and the rest just did not try it!

– Caitlin Petrakovitz

Monstress

The Monstress series of Image dominated the Eisners, the Academy Awards of ] comic books
industry. He has won five awards, with Best Screenwriter Marjorie Liu (tied with Batman and Tom King of Mister Miracle), Best Continuing Series, Best Cover Artist (Sana Takeda), Best Painter / Multimedia (Takeda) and Best Publication for teens. 19659002] Liu's victory is particularly noteworthy, as she is the first woman to win Eisner's Best Writer. This is a big problem for an industry that still has a lot to do with the less desirable elements. And anything that raises the profile of a non-superhero cartoon from DC or Marvel is a step in the right direction.

– Morgan Little

Fans of all that is scary

The
Hulu
prepares to be scared by Stephen King's Castle Rock. On Syfy, the short story of George RR Martin Nightflyers is coming soon. And at Universal Panel, we had our first look at Glass, the third film in Mr. Night Shyamalan's universe.

I do not know. Scary movies are scary and I do not like them. But mark it as a "psychological thriller" and I'm in. Castle Rock seems to avoid jump jumps in favor of some serious slow burns and reveals, and Nightflyers racks his first kill only 4 minutes after the episode, which means, hope action> scares.

– Caitlin Petrakovitz

Clone Wars Fans

Star Wars: Fans of Clone Wars would not have been blamed for thinking that their show would never get a proper finale. The show was canceled in 2013, and in the five years that followed
Disney
continued some of the remaining stories of The Clone Wars on the Star Wars Rebels tracking cartoon, which recently wrapped up.

But that changed Comic-Con: In a bombshell for fans, Disney revealed that Star Wars: The Clone Wars is back in
televisions
on an untitled Disney streaming service that is expected to be launched in 2019.

When the ad was dropped during the 10th anniversary panel of The Clone Wars, the ballroom went crazy. made with glimpses into what executive director Dave Filoni would have planned continued production.

Although it is not known exactly when the 12 new episodes will come to service, the waking of the series was a boon to fans who want to see more of Anakin, Ahsoka and others, but It is also one of the first fully confirmed original shows that Disney is proclaiming as an exclusive for its competitor Netflix.

– Mike Sorrentino

Marvel Animation

While the
Marvel Cinematic Universe
had no ads during this year's Comic-Con, Marvel Animation could give us a very good insight into the future of the MCU

The New Marvel Rising: Initiation and the Marvel Rising: The Secret Warriors series brings together younger heroes like Mrs. Marvel, the unbelievable girl squirrel, Spider-Gwen (also known as Ghost Spider), Quake and Patriot. The new show gives a more optimistic view of teamwork and the fight against crime, which is a welcome relief from the devastation found in the current status quo of the MCU's infinite war.

Many of these characters have an imminent future in theaters, as Ghost Spider be in
Sony
Spider-Man: In The Spider-Verse and MCU Leader Kevin Feige already teases that Mrs. Marvel will arrive in a certain way after her idol Carol Danvers debuts in 2019 Captain Marvel .

And this is not the first time that the Marvel animation is ahead of the cinema, as
Captain Marvel
already plays a role on Avengers Assemble of Disney

– Mike Sorrentino

Deadpool 2 … despite being already out

Thanks to the Avengers sized hole left by Disney ( Deadpool is still not an Avenger, fyi ), Fox rolled out the red carpet (and opaque toilet seat covers ) promote the upcoming release of Deadpool 2. The studio has projected the longest Deadpool 2: The Super Duper Cut to the press and fans of the Horton Grand Theater, showed clips of the longest cut to a Hall sign H all about the movie, relaunched the ShowBiz Pizza robot group to create Super Deadpool Duper Dance Party and took charge of a sequel at the Hard Rock Hotel to create what it would be like to live with Deadpool and Blind Al

It's a lot of maximum effort for a movie that's already out in theaters.

– -Mike Sorrentino

Syfy, for shows and global presence

The silly network spelled was not just everywhere in the shuttles. It was also in the minds of people, whether they know it or not.

The Indigo Ballroom could have had a day of Syfy shows, from the Deadly Class conducted by the Russo brothers, Krypton, a non-Arrowverse DC show and The Magicians, still evolving, based on the books by Lev Grossman. to reinvent oneself. These shows do not just use built-in fanbases. Their varied casting choices mean that men and women of all nationalities play leading roles in each series

Syfy's wired network also literally let fans enter its Comic-Con headquarters – this year and last year at the New Children's Museum – to party until late in the summer. night, karaoke on the city double-decker buses or play a human claw machine. The network has also decorated its swag, buses and trains in the art of fans.

The closest approach to Comic-Con came from Nerdist House and Skybound Entertainment, who also let the fans join them at the radio headquarters. The chaos of Comic-Con has unfolded. But Syfy has unquestionably provided the largest of these activations for live network fan engagement.

– Caitlin Petrakovitz, Mike Sorrentino

Losers

The worlds of Marvel live-action

Just as Comic-Con began, Disney announced broke ties with the director and writer of the Guardians of the Galaxy, James Gunn . The backlash of this decision lasted all weekend, casting a shadow on everything Marvel had done at the convention. Which, in the end, was not much. Marvel had said that he would not announce anything for his universe in advance, so the lack of details or Captain Marvel is not a surprise. But there was still a hole-sized MCU in the proceedings of the convention. It did not help that Marvel's Jeph Loeb raised his eyebrows by manipulating an Iron Fist board.

I asked Jeph Loeb why Marvel in the 21st century was still making stories of "white guy becoming master of magic in Asia", and he looked me right in the eyes and said that it was because Danny Rand had to be a stranger. https://t.co/55xJuLQhQK

– Katharine Trendacosta (@k_trendacosta) 20 July 2018

– Morgan Little

Anyone juggling with streaming subscriptions

One gets it There is a ton of money to be made by creating your own walled garden. But the announced debut of DC Universe this year and its variety of content on the theme of superheroes were associated with the revelation of Clone Wars exclusive to Disney's streaming service This is in addition to all that Netflix, Hulu, Crunchyroll announced at Comic-Con or at the previous anime show. And HBO did not even show up this year. Things are manageable now, but in a few years we could be in a strange situation where the fandom is less divided by characters or universes, and more by subscriptions

– Morgan Little

Charmed, Buffy restarts [19659005] Charmed and Buffy are beloved shows from the '90s and early' 2000s. But this week's official announcements about Charmed's restart for The CW and reports that Buffy the Vampire Slayer is re-doing it quickly have encountered hostility among their fan bases. (Disclosure: The CW is a joint venture between Warner Bros. and CBS, parent company of CNET.)

Fans can become possessive on their beloved television shows, so this answer is understandable. But the first reviews of various points of view that have looked at the Charmed driver are decidedly mixed, so the battle is already going to be difficult for the upcoming fall show.

The possible restart of Buffy is not yet official, but the news is approaching cautiously by the fans. While Buffy's creator, Joss Whedon, would be associated with the show as executive producer with Monica Owusu-Breen, TVGuide.com reports that fan reactions are going from furious to furious. As a Buffy fan, I'll wait to see what will happen as long as Joss is attached

– Mike Sorrentino

American Horror Story Fan Activation

What's more scary than ghosts, ghouls, monsters and murderers? Augmented reality that just does not work. AR and VR have become an essential part of the Comic-Con experience, but that does not mean that they are all worth living.

What makes the American Horror Story fan activation particularly noteworthy, these are not the standards. to restart "after mistakes, but missed opportunity." Looking at a disturbing taxidermy hybrid goat-human in real life is scary. Watch a digital version of being superimposed on the real across one
iPad
is not, even if his eyes (a little) follow your movements.

– Morgan Little

Sharknado

It finally ends. Enough said.

– Mike Sorrentino

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