The EX

August 24 2009

My Mom, Sydnee (also her friend no idea what her name is now), Liz and myself went to the Canadian National Exhibition. It was long day for me as I worked and then met my Mom and the girls and Liz came around after she was done work. The Ex is always kinda fun but this year it seemed to miss a bit of the magic. My Mom and I spent a bit of time walking around the buildings and we all had lunch at the food building. The crowd seemed small to me but that was OK with us. After we ate and walked around some more Liz and the girls hit the rides. I gave up on the rides after a bad experience on a ride years ago. My stomach just isn't into them anymore...to old maybe lol. Well they did a bunch of rides and generally had a good time.
Liz, my Mom and me ended the night watching a Kenny Rogers cover band (I know!) as the girls walked around playing games and just spending time without us adults. Syndee ened up winning a BIG yellow dog.
All in all, an ok time but maybe my Ex days are over...who knows we'll see next year

garry

It was fun to hang out and do all the rides with the girlies. I really enjoyed it until I did the ride that looks like lots of hang-gliders (see one of the photos for the culprit). Spinning around facing the ground - ugh. I was done after that one. My nausea may have been related to the fact that I'd eaten a lot of yummy Indian food followed by a large slice of brownie cheescake. But at least it all stayed down!
Liz

Bathroom pics

August 23 2009

We wanted to post of pics of the bathroom here are a few before and after they ripped everything out. They say in about a week and half they will be done....we'll see.

Mom's Birthday

August 23 2009

Happy Birthday Mom

Tuesday, August 25th is my Mom's birthday (I'm not supposed to say on here how old she is though) but we thought we'd have the party on Sunday. Liz and I spent the day putting up decorations and getting ready. It was actually really fun getting ready and she seemed very surprised when she finally got home. We had her favourite meal, KFC, and Sydnee made an outstanding chocolate cake. I think she loves her new TV and BBQ that Jack (husband/father) bought her.

I think she had a great day and I know Liz and I had fun putting it together.

Happy Birthday Mom!

garry

Yep, we did have fun getting ready. By the time we were done there were ballons on every available surface and a huge sign out front that said "Happy Birthday". Margaret seemed really happy with the decorations and very surprised even though she knew we were having a little party. Nancy and Jim and Madhoo and Madhura all came over for Sydnee's cake. The cake was made from scratch and looked and tasted fantastic (as evidenced by the fact that I ate two large pieces). So everyone enjoyed themselves and clean up was a breeze.

Happy birthday Margaret!

Liz

Inglorious Basterds

August 22 2009

Saturday afternoon and we wondered what should we do - I thought 'what about a movie?" Liz was shocked and surprised, it was about 14 hours since we last saw a movie. We do go to the movies alot but you know it's never really boring to us and I guess the best thing is that Liz and I found each other. But OK movie...

Inglorious Basterds: I love Quentin Tarantino movies and it's been a while since I saw one but still this movie was kind of boring. The critics seem to love it but I couldn't get into it. The trailer and stuff I saw made the movie seem like it would be violent and fun. To me it was not either. I just want him to back to buddy gang kinda films.

But it should be said that most people on-line and in print loved the movie but it just wasn't for me.

2.5 out of 5 (Brad Pitt was good in the movie)

garry

I can't say I loved this but I didn't hate it either. It's the same way I feel about all Quentin Tarantino movies. They have some fun parts but they're overly long and often times slow. This one was no different. It was nice to see a Tarantino movie on the big screen as I'm less likely to fall asleep than on the sofa at home (where I've never actually stayed awake all the way through one of his movies). And I did wonder if Jewish people might like seeing the Nazis be the brunt of some on-screeen nastiness for a change. It was certainly interesting for me to see the tables turned. Conclusion: worth seeing but don't clear your schedule to fit it in.
2.5/5
Liz

Grace

August 21 2009

Well final night of the After Dark Film Festival. Last night we didn't go - we were just too tired. I think it was a good decision but we did miss a couple of movies, oh well.

Tonight we went and saw the movie Grace which was showing for the Closing of the Film Festival. Here is what it says on the web site: "A mother’s instinct to protect her newborn child at all costs is pushed to shocking levels in Grace". Sounds fun right? Well guess what, it was actually kind of boring. It was slow and the baby zombie thing just boring. I am pretty sure Liz slept through a bit of this. For a closing movie I thought it would have been better.
2 out of 5

Over all I think the festival was fun. I think the movies last year where better but to be honest I can't really remember. Next year we will be back at Toronto After Dark, like that's a big shock - lol

garry

Can't say much that's positive about this movie. It was by a first time film make so I guess that from that point of view the movie had a more polished look than you might expect but the story was less polished. The premise of the movie appealed to me - a Mother wills her dead new-born back to life but the baby isn't really alive and what will the she do to feed her undead baby. And as it was the closing movie I had high hopes for it. But it failed to be as creepy as it should have been and instead was slow and predictable. The director made a movie that he should be proud of and anywhere else in the line-up it might have made sense (not that I'd have liked it any more than I did) but not nearly good enough for a closing movie at After Dark.
2/5

It was a good festival. Am sorry that we didn't make it to anything from the Thursday night line-up but that was the night of the really bad storm in Toronto, apparently they lost power a bumch of times and there was no AC, so maybe it was for the best. Saw some great movies and saw some crap and really that's what it's all about.

Liz

Must Love Death

August 19 2009

Toronto After Dark Film Festival Day 6

Okay, it's official, I've seen enough movies this week! But since I love movies I made my way down to the Bloor for another. Tonight Liz and I saw Must Love Death. It's billed as a "brutal romantic comedy" . I'd argue with that as I didn't laugh that much and it wasn't near as brutal as I like. That being said, it was okay and there where a few laughs but over all just okay.

maybe 2.5 out of 5

But on a bright note the renovations have begun with a bang. WOW! The old bathroom is no more. I have to say the space where the old bathroom was looks soooo small. I can't believe there was ever one there. It's supposed to take 2 weeks so we will see. All I know is the house is a mess and very dusty. We will post pictures later for you to see.

2 more days of the festival = 2 movies for me and 3 for Liz. Tonight Liz has 2 movies but I can tell you right now Liz will be sleeping and miss the second one. The first one I'm skipping so I can have a nap after work and head down to the Bloor around 8:30pm. I know! On a school night and everything!

garry

As per Garry's review - this movie just failed to hit the mark. Not terrible but not great. It was interesting to hear that it's made by film students from Germany who were attempting to make an American movie. It explained some of the odd accents and their impressions of what made a movie American resulted in a few smiles. But can't say much more than that.
2/5

The bathroom reno though! That IS exciting! I'm a little concerned about a small area of rotten wood that they haven't removed though. It was where the old shower was leaking. The wood varies from crumbling (closest to the leak) to soft and squidgy to regualr wood over an area about 8 inches long. It's by the floor on the wall that divides the bathroom from the laundry room. It's not a structural wall or anything but I'm concerned about it getting worse rather than clearing up, even though the leak will be gone. Best speak to Carly about this methinks.
Liz

The Children

August 18 2009

After Dark Film Festival day 5. This movie was excellent and the funny thing is Liz and where going to skip today all together so we could get ready for the renovations. I am sure glad we change our minds.

The premise of the movie is kids going bad. Simple enough but wow was it done well. Not much gore or blood but enough and the music was very good. In fact the music really helped with mood in the Bloor. I have to say maybe the best movie of this kind at the Festival and a movie for ANYONE reading this blog to see. It maybe hard to find but if you get a chance, see it. The kids in the movie are excellent. Just a great night at the movies. I will let Liz talk more about what the movie was about as I think this is her favorite movie at After Dark so far. This is the kind of movie we go to this festival for !

I would say 4.5 out of 5

3 more days and 3 more movies for me and 4 movies for Liz

The house should be a mess today as they start work on the bathroom so in about 2 weeks we should have a great new bathroom....fingers crossed.

garry

LOVED it! I always love when the directors send a note for the audience. In this instance the director said that this movie is dedicated to all the people that are stuck with the screaming kids of their friends who make lame excuses for their kids' shitty behaviour by saying "poor Sammy is over-excited/tired" etc whilst you try to recover from your hangover lol. The kids gave amazing performances and really creeped me out. You never knew if they were going to hug their parent or hug them and stab them in the eye with a colouring pencil. The adults were diverse characters which gave a well rounded feel rather than being too flat and simplistic. This was an usual movie for this festival as it was quite subtle. As an example, the movie that's following this one tonight (called Someone's Knocking at the Door) was promoted by the festival director as having a chase scene involving a 15" penis. So this was a refreshing change from that.

Really this would be at home in any Cineplex theatre - I hope it finds a really wide release as any movie fans will enjoy it. Word of warning though: whilst there is very little gore there are a few things that will turn any weak stomachs out there so some may want to approach with caution.
5/5
Liz

Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl

August 17 2009

Well it is now day 4 of the After Dark Film Festival and I can say we are both getting a little sick of movies. I know, shocker! But seriously since Friday we have seen 7 movies. That's a lot. So on tonight's bill was Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl. Ok not a great title I know but the movie to me was a lot of fun. Not near as good as the film from the same guy last year Tokyo Gore Police but a fun film. There was gallons of blood, some very weird after school clubs and an oversexed school nurse....what more could you want lol.

Japanese movies are really hard to explain but people mostly love them or hate them, this one was OK. I liked it and I had a good time watching it. But not for most people who read this blog. If you want to get a feeling for it look for the trailer on line.

So I would say 3.5 out of 5

After this we were going to stay to watch Strigoi but we were toast so we just head home instead.

Tomorrow they start work on our new washroom - yeah!

4 more days of the festival and 4 more maybe 5 more films - yikes!

garry

I didn't enjoy this one as much as I'd hoped. But I'm loath to come down on it too hard as the writer / director went to some trouble to allow us to see this movie. Japanese movies rarely get distribution outside of their home country (apparently) because Japanese directors make their money at home and therefore don't care about the rest of us - fair enough really. BUT Yoshihiro Nishimura not only went to the trouble of insisting that his Japanese distributor made this movie available to certain (very small list of) film festivals around the world - including the Toronto After Dark - but he wrote a note explaining some of the Japanese subcultures to help us in our understanding of his movie. How nice is that! So whilst it wasn't one of my favourites I'm endorsing it for Nishimura's efforts to bring world cinema to all of us. And because Tokyo Gore Police was so so so excellent!
3/5

Then we headed home so I could stress out over what tiles to pick for the bathroom. I don't know what to do - there are just so many options! But I think I've made a decision. Wait until I write it out and hand it to Carly and he says you can't have THAT on the floor and THAT doesn't go on the wall either! lol

Liz

The Revenant

August 16 2009

Now Liz and I see our last movie of the night and we are both very sleepy. Four movies in a day is just too much. I know some of you will say one movie a day is too much but for Liz and I 2 a day is good. But this is the big day of the festival so we decide to keep going.

Anyway the movie was The Revenant. It's being billed as a wildly entertaining undead buddy comedy. I would say for me it missed the mark. To be honest I was kinda sleepy and may have passed out for a few scenes, but I did catch most of it. The movie was suppose to be like Shaun of Dead (one of the best zombie movies ever) but it was not even close. I think the worst part was it was just too long and really kind of dumb. I most say though the crowd went wild at the end and they seem to love it, so maybe it was just me.

I would say 2 of of 5

5 more days to go..could be deadly sleepy by the end

2 movies Monday and then 1 a day after that, till the closing gala on Friday

garry

Boring movie although I did sleep through a significant portion of it. And as Garry said the rest of the crowd seemed happy so maybe the parts I slept through were the best bits?

1/5
Liz

Dead Snow

August 16 2009

After watching a not so good movie and then a really good movie it was time for the first Zombie movie of the night. Woo-hoo! Dead Snow. The best movie of the festival so far. Simply put, the movie is fantastic. These are the kind of movies Liz and I both love. Nazi Zombies....what a combo. Like the tag line says "the only thing worst then zombies is Nazi-zombies".

This Norwegian splatter comedy sees parties travel to a secluded mountain cabin in the middle of winter. Their boozing, sex and snowmobiling are interrupted when a disturbed local appears at the door and tells of a legend about a group of Nazi soldiers who, during WWII, were driven into the Norwegian Alps – along with a fortune in stolen loot – to die. The valuables are hidden beneath the cabin and the rotten Reich has returned to claim them. What ensues is an EVIL DEAD-influenced gore-fest of flying limbs, blood-soaked snow, self-amputation, a literal cliff-hanger involving zombie intestines and enough grue-drenched weaponry to make gorehounds weep with joy.

The best movie I have seen in a while and I am thinking the best movie at this festival

5 out of 5

garry

I'd just like to point out that the synopsis / review above was totally stolen from the After Dark website. I'm sure you'd have guessed as it entirely too well written to have either of us lay claim to it!

5/5
Liz

The Warlords

August 16 2009

The next movie was The Warlords. Now this movie is why I go to this festival. It's a movie I've never heard of and was great surprise. It's an Asian film with English subtitles. But to be honest the best scenes are the fighting scenes where there is little or no dialogue. Jet Li is in this movie and he was excellent. The story in a nut shell is 3 blood brothers who battle all over Asia and win everything with some major struggles. At the end they get too powerful and start to fight with one another.

Best Jet Li movie I've ever seen. Some of the best fight scene I've ever seen. The crowd was into this one and that made a huge difference too.

In case you can't tell: I loved this film

4 out of 5

garry

I enjoyed this too but for different reasons to Garry. It's based on true events in China in the 19th century and this makes the epic nature of the movie very interesting and emotive. I imagine that if you were Chinese this movie covers a time in history that you'd be familiar with and that would make it all the more moving. Jet Li and Andy Lau were fabulous. And it doesn't hurt that Jet Li is also so easy on the eye. Apparently the moive has been In any case this was a tale very well told.

And a little factoid about he movie: it's actually been out for 2 years but due to some serious disagreements between the producer and director it hasn't received an international release until now. At least it was worth the wait!

4/5

Liz

Shorts after Dark and Lunch with Cindy

August 16 2009

After getting in late last night we napped a little and then got ready to leave for day 3 of the After Dark Film Festival.

Before we left the guy who is going to be doing some renovations on our bathroom showed up to show us some tile samples and mostly to pick up the deposit. Liz walked the guy through what we wanted and she looked at the samples. It's kind of exciting to get the new washroom but I have to say every time we turn around it seems to be costing us a little bit more. I now can officially say that for this project we are tapped out...but my gut tells me there are still some hidden cost to come. Lets see how it goes.

After meeting with Carly (constriction guy) we bolted to have lunch with Cindy. We made it to the restaurant about 15 minutes late, but Cindy was in a good mood as usual. After a good but quick lunch Liz and I said goodbye to Cindy and started our long day of movies.

First was Shorts After Dark.

What this is are short movies that the programmers think the audience may like or as I say stuff the programmers like but I think is crap. To me this was the HORRIBLE. Total waste of time and we should have just hung out with Cindy longer. I was so bored. I could hear people in the audience snoring. Which is rare as it's usually me snoring and annoying those around us. I'm not going to say anything else about these movies as, to be honest, I really can't remember them. Total waste of time.

0 out of 5

garry

They weren't THAT bad. And in fact there was a few good ones in the 10 shorts that we saw. My favourite was about an imaginary friend lecturing a group of other imaginary friends on how to keep their "jobs". As kids get older they get rid of their imaginary friends and with ipods and gaming systems it's tough to get a new gig once you're unemployed lol. And another one was called (roughly) Horribly Slow Murder with Very Inefficient Weapon about a guy being very gradually beaten to death by some dude stalking him all over the owrld and hitting him with a spoon. Trust me, it really was funny! There was some stuff in there that I really didn't enjoy but there was stuff I liked too!

3/5 (Have to go back to the scoring thing - apparently it's essential to the reviewing porcess. So here ya go Garry - I'm doing it!)
Liz

Embodiment of Evil

August 15 2009

Toronto After Dark -- Day 2

So we were suppose to see a movie called Black but I messed up the time and we didn't make it - oh well.

So we went to see Embodiment of Evil which started at 11:30pm - waaay late for me but I went because I really wanted to see it. Liz and I were joking "look! People are out at 11pm (and they don't all look like hookers and drunks)!" lol. Actually the drive down to the Bloor and walking around was the best part of the night because the movie SUCKED. It was billed as the nastiest scary movie you will see. Nasty maybe because some scenes were over the top and just gross. It's hard to explain because I usually love this stuff but this movie was SHIT. The Coffin Joe trilogy is not for me.

Stay away.

1 out of 5

But it was fun walking around drinking banana milkshakes and watching all the people at Bloor and Bathurst. We got home at 2am!

Sunday we see 4 movies in one day it's going to be a long day.

garry

Dreadful! Dreadful! And dreadful! One of the many ridiculous scenes was the one where they covered a woman's privates in melting cheeese and a rat eats its way through into her insides. It should have been shocking but it was all just pointless, beyond juvenile and confusing. Apparently some of the scenes are real as the director trawled S&M clubs looking for extreme practioners to do crazy shit on screen - even that failed to be as bizarre / interesting (in a twisted way) as it should have be. And it was proceeded by a really crappy short called Attack of the Killer Bra. At least it's fun downtown late on a Saturday night - the only thing that saved us.

Liz

District 9

August 15 2009

DISTRICT 9

This movie was one that Liz and I really wanted to see. We saw lots of previews for this on-line and at San Diego Comic Con. The hype was over the top and all the critics love the movie. I also loved the movie. Plus I think everyone reading this should see it. Not as much action as I would like but still enough and the story was great. The aliens were well portrayed and the living conditions interesting. The movie style was also excellent. A movie people should and will see. I will buy the blue ray of this movie and maybe see it again at the cinema before it's run is done.

I would say 4 out of 5

garry

This was a really interesting documentary style movie. It's been called an apartheid movie as it's set in Johannesburg, South Africa and is about aliens arriving on Earth and how we view them as "other". It's an interesting movie because it doesn't attempt to shove our similarities in the audience's collective face as so many of these movies do. The fact that they are very different to us, both physically and in their dietary habits (which are gross), is clear. As is the fact that this does not justify their treatment which includes being subjected to medical experiments in an attempt to unlock their biological based weaponry and being forced into slums away from humans. It works both as an alien movie (the aliens are 3 dimensional characters whose desperation is obvious) and as a movie about racism. I enjoyed it!

Liz

Black Dynamite

August 14 2009

Friday night and the first day of the Toronto After Dark Film Festival. Tonight we saw the festival's opening movie, Black Dynamite. We thought about passing on this film but at the last minute decided what the heck....which turned out to be a great decision. I liked Black Dynamite it was very funny and had lots of action. It's a 1970's blaxploitation movie. Way over the top and the kind of movie you either go with it or you just think what a load of shit. I totally bought into the movie and had a rip roaring time. The crowd at the Bloor was into it and that always helps. The main actor Jai White (who also wrote the movie) was also in another movie I liked called Spawn.

If you get a chance I think you should see this movie as most of the films at this festival will not get a wide release.

I would say 3.5 of of 5

this starts a week full of movies....even more then normal for Liz and me.

garry

This was waaaay better than I was expecting. Very funny, over the top and had some great kung-fu action. The opening scene of the movie included three sexy women in bed saying how good he was last night - his response "you be quiet or you gonna wake dem odder bitches" and pointing to bunch of other sleeping bodies under the covers - the audience loved it! And lines like "not the oprhans! You can't sell drugs to the orphans. They got no Momma or Daddy so it's worst for the orphans!" lol. Glad we went to this one.

Liz

Liz

Moody Blues

August 12-2009

Last night my buddy Dave and I went to see the Moody Blues. Some of you people who read this blog will have no idea who they are or you think you have no idea. But you do know a few of their songs. The show was great! I really liked them and the small crowd (smallest I've ever seen at the Molson Amphitheater) seemed to be really into them. They where the oldest crowd I have ever seen - it was kinda weird to be amoung the youngest people in attendance. The average age was around 55 so most people there had a good 25 years on me! Okay, maybe 15 or so. At one point I thought "Liz would be so bored now she would be giving me the lets go eyes at about the second song" lol.

We had great seats and the band played all the hits, like Your Wildest Dreams, Tuesday Afternoon, Nights in White Satin, I Know You're Out There Somewhere, Question, and my favorite Ride My See-Saw.

Great show. Would I go see them again? Maybe not but I was glad I saw them. I love the DVD I have and I may even buy one of their shows on blue ray so I can bore Liz to death.

Big week ahead after dark film festive and a movie we can't wait to see DISTRICT 9

Garry

I had a nice night in front of the telly. I ate myself silly and watched 3 episodes of Rome, Season II - EXCELLENT!

Liz

GI JOE

Saturday August 8 2009

The weekend is here and so that means movie time

I had to work Saturday so I went in very early so I could meet Liz at the movies for 11 am. We decide to go see GI JOE. I don't know who goes to these crap movies? Well.....we do and in fact I believe it was the number one movie this week. We went in thinking it was going to suck, well Liz will tell you it did but I kinda liked it. It was no award winning movie but as a popcorn flick it was great. I always love these kinda movies but to be honest anyone I know who reads this blog or who doesn't you will not like this movie. But I did.

It was fast paced with lots of action. I would have to say that the only problem was the dialog was like a bad cartoon, but I guess I like cartoons. And the accelerator suits they wear are great. They look like modern armor and allow the wearer to run as fast as a train, protect from injury and have built in machine guns. I better stop before everyone thinks I'm an even bigger geek then I really am lol.

So I guess I would give it 3.5 out of 5

Next week is District 9 and the Toronto After Dark Film Festival - can't wait!

garry

PS the second picture is what Lizs does when we are not at the movies :-)

And I should have stayed home, tucked in on my sofa coz this movie was just ridiculous. Consider some of the crap I've enjoyed* and STILL I say this was nonsense - that's how bad it was. One of the bad guys actually utters the line "you and what army?" And that's only one of a dozen examples. The characters and their relationships were not convincing. It just SUCKED!

-3 / 5

*E.G. Poultrygeist - the plot in this movie revolves around a KFC-type / fast food joint that is haunted by the angry ghosts of the chickens that have died there. And it involves a few excellent musical numbers!

Liz

FYI: she has to like Poultrygeist - that was one of our first real dates. She liked the movie even though it was terrible - right THERE I knew that I loved her.

garry

Funny People

Monday August 3-2009

Since today was a holiday here Liz and I thought we would do something different and go see a movie. I know we see so few but we thought what the heck! In actual fact it was the movie or clean house, so not much of a choice there.

Off we went to see Funny People. Now with a title like that and all the TV commercials I thought this would be good for a few laughs - WRONG. If you saw the the ads on TV you saw most of the best parts (don't you hate that!!) I think the worst part of the movie was it was soooo loooonng. It was kinda fun in places but not great. I would say to anyone reading this (all 3 of you) wait and rent the dvd and that way you can stop and take a pee break. Not a great movie but not the worst movie, but also not that funny.

I would say 2.5 (maybe 3 because I do like Adam Sandler) out of 5

Garry

Gotta agree with Garry. This movie is totally mis-sold as a funny movie. But it's a serious movie about a famous comedian who's dying. So although it has a few funny moments (all of which you've seen in the trailers) it's not at all a funny movie. And it's very long. If you want a serious Adam Sandler movie Punch Drunk Love was better.

2.5/5

Liz

Hurt Locker and Fifty Dead Men Walking

Movie Day

I kicked Liz out of bed and we got our day off to an early start. Our first stop was the St. Lawrence market where we had breakfast, peameal bacon sandwich for me and a Thai crepe (bananas and condensed milk) for Liz. After that we walked up to out first movie: Hurt Locker, not a bad movie it was about a guy that defuses bombs in Iraq and all the pressure that goes with that. Kinda too real life for me but a pretty good movie. I think Liz liked it more then me. I would say 2.5 out of 5

next

Fifty Dead Men Walking, this movie was about informer in Ireland that was working with the British government against the IRA. Now of course Liz knows more about this then me but I did really like this movie. Great story and, as it was kinda based on a true story, well done. I also kinda liked that the lady that did the film was from Canada. Over all maybe 3.5 out of 5.

At night we went to our favorite Thai restaurant and then home for bed. Great long day. And still 2 more days this weekend - sweet!

garry

San Diego Comic Con Day 5

Saturday July 26 2009

Comic Con - last day - the convection is almost done :(

We head to the convention for a panel on one of our favorite shows Dr. Who. We were both looking forward to this panel as David Tenant is Dr Who to Liz and me (if you're not a fan of the show you won't understand that statement). He was great on stage, lots or kharisma. The panel was fun and leavs us looking forward to the last show with David Tennat as the Doctor. An excellent panel.
After this we went down to look around the exhibition hall and see if we missed something. Plus I want to see if anything was on sale as on the last day people selling are trying to get rid of everything. I love getting stuff on sale. So I ended up buying a few t-shirts at half price - yeah for sales!
Then we went to our last panel for this year Being Human and Torchwood. Liz has watched all the Being Human (I still have to finish) and we both love Torchwood. John Barrowman - Capt Jack from Torchwood was on the panel and he rocked! He is so gay which I think will shock alot of people who don't know but Liz and I already knew this. He is a lot of fun and his energy is great. This was great panel to end our convection on.

After we left we went and had a great dinner at the Spaghetti Factory which was a great meal and very cheap.

We then went to a hotel and had a drink on their roof-top patio and it was great way to end the vacation. Very relaxing.

We then took a long walk back to the hotel and packed for our return tomorrow.

A great day and great way to end the convention. I think it may be a few tears till we go back to San Diego but I think I want to go back in 5 years and for sure in 10 years but we will see. Also next time we are getting a real hotel!

So ends day 5 and the convention.

Garry

San Diego Comic Con Day 4

Saturday July 25 2009

So with all the talk about our room (or cell) I've included a pic is of it. It may not look that bad but the picture is of the full room. I think the weird thing is the TV was maybe 15" which, with our 60" TV at home, was a shock.

Ok so day 4. Jump out of bed early as always and run down to Ralph's (grocery store) to pick up supplies for the day. Pop and stuff as we both knew that we would be the same room all day. We stood in line for about 2 hours and Liz spent alot of time being a line social butterfly and that always makes the time go by very fast. Plus it's great to hear from others in line why they are at Comic Con and what geeky stuff they are into. Although for Liz and me I always talk about the geeky stuff and she talks about real life stuff so it's a good balance.

When we get in the hall we get the same seats we always get and get ready for the first panel
1- Lost: we both love this show and the panel was alot of fun. I would say Hurley showing up was great for me and all the people on the stage where having fun. If you watch Lost I have to ask is Charlie alive?? He came on the stage and on his his hand was written "I'm still alive" WTF??
2- Solmon Kane: which looks good to me but not sure if it will be a hit. It's kinda looks like Conan. I guess we'll see.
3- Extract: this is a Mike Judge movie (Office Space) and it looks fun. Not sure why a comedy is at this con but Liz and I will be going to see this - I know, shocking.
4- Zombieland: now this is our kinda of movie. Zombies rule, we LOVE them! This movie will be great if the preview is anything to go by. Woody Harrelson (from Cheers) was on this panel and yes, you guessed it, we will see this on it's opening weekend.
5- This was my main Panel of the day IRON MAN 2: I love the first Iron Man and it may have been my best movie of last year. This panel was the highlight of the day. Robert Downey was on this panel and that guy has that star quality, it's hard to explain but he is a superstar. I remember someone saying a true star is a guy that can make the ladies want him and the guy want to hang out with him - Robert Downey is that guy. Jon Favreau was also on the stage and most of the other cast members and it was alot of fun. I think this movie will once again be great and the preview was EXCELLENT. Iron Man may be be my favorite super hero (well besides Batman and Superman) This panel was alot of fun and maybe the best panel of the convention IRON MAN ROCKS! (ok enough I must move on)
6- Kevin Smith talk: he is a favorite of Liz and myself and his talks are great. A great Q AND A and Kevin was alot of fun. We love Kevin and I would say this year alone I have seen him maybe 8 times. If you get a chance to see Kevin live you should go. His talks are great and I know even if you ask Liz she will tell the same. I have made her into a big time Kevin Smith fan.

That's the end of our day in Hall H and guess what, Iron Man Rules!

In the evening we watched the Masquerade. It was fun with some great costumes although to be honest we are not into masquerades but this one was alot of fun. After this we went to dance and danced up a storm.....well not exactly, Liz danced for one song I watched and then we realized it was bedtime.

So ends day 4 - my favorite day so far.

Garry