The Dexter panel took place from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m.
DEXTER
I have to say, I'm pretty clueless when it comes to a lot of the goings on at Comic Con, but one thing I've been dying to see is the "Dexter" panel.
And so, it starts.
First, the season three trailer is screened. After the trailer, the crowd is a wave of cheers and applause.
So what's new on "Dexter?" There's a new character: Someone the creators mention as being a "friend" to Dexter, despite being the new District Attorney of Miami. And the loveable serial killer is starting to throw the "Code" to the wind.
Enter Michael C. Hall, who plays the psychopathic serial-killer with a vigilante edge, and the crowd loses it again.
The rest of the panel includes Julie Benz (of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" fame), who plays Dexter's girlfriend Rita, executive producer Clyde Phillips and writer Melissa Rosenberg, with Kristin Dos Santos of E! Entertainment Network as moderator.
For a series about a serial killer, this is the funniest panel I've been to all day. Of course, maybe it's just because this is one panel where I get all the jokes.
Hall is doing a lot of double takes, mostly in response to accolades for his singing and dancing talents; also, for hoarding the Hershey's Kisses. He also gets the fans laughing with the faces he makes in response to certain questions.
Most of the talk is revolving about Dexter's evolution. He's coming into his own, leaving the "Code of Harry" at the door. Michael C. Hall does mention that Dexter is "closing the door on his father."
Q&A
Was it hard playing such a dark and disturbed character?
Hall: "It's an occupational hazard... You have to find ways to shake it off, but that's also the fun of it. It's fun to get away with it."
Has Dexter's attitude toward sex changed because of emotions or because of physical urges?
Hall: "He's come a long way" (the audience laughs). "My first impulse is to just let it be confusing. I think we're led to believe that there's subterranian emotions there."
They say great actors draw from their own lives. Playing a homicidal sociopath, where do you draw from?
Hall: "Well, I think there's a place where research ends... And I don't think it'll hold up in court. I don't feel the need to kill killers, chop up their bodies and throw them in the ocean, but I do understand compulsion."
What were the factors in killing off Doakes?
Phillips: "Doakes automatically had a short shelf life. It's always been "I'm on to you..." It was a natural evolution of the collision of their characters."
Hall: "I miss him, too."
What were those scenes like shooting with him (Doakes) in the cage?
Hall: "I think Erik (King) and I always enjoyed the toe-to-toe testosterone driven scenes between Dexter and Doakes."
Who's been your favorite kill so far?
Rosenberg: "In the show."
Hall: "Oh, thank god you said that... It's hard to say. I enjoyed them all."
Hall thought about this one for a bit. Finally he decided on "Little Chino," because he was "a challenge," and Jimenez, the man who murdered Dexter's mother.
And what do you think of Dexter and Rita's relationship?
Benz: "Every man needs a hobby." As long as it's not a golfing vacation, Benz added. She went on to explain that Rita could very well be blinded by her love for Dexter, to the point that, even if DNA evidence was provided that proved he was a killer, she might not believe it.
After the Q&A segment, special guest Mark Echo took the stage to talk about the new "Dexter" video game he is working on.
"Dexter" is "one of the most relevant pop culture shows," Echo said.
Echo believes the "Dexter" game will be released in a "game changing" way. Made exclusively for the iPhone and iPod touch, the game will "aspire to enhance the 'Dexter' brand" and stay true to the show's "serial" nature, Echo said.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Comic Con 2008 San Diego
And now for some not-so-live coverage. This is coming about three hours after the actual panel.
HBO's TrueBlood
I'm sitting in the audience for the "True Blood" panel right now.
This new series (apparently about vampires) is from the creator of HBO's hit series "Six Feet Under," and is set to premier on Sept. 7, at 9 p.m. on HBO.
The display poster for the vampire series shows the lower half of a female vampires face, licking her lips and dribbling blood, that reads "Thou shall not crave thy neighbor."
Right now, the exhibit hall is still filling up with eager spectators.
Lynette Rice from Entertainment Weekly takes the mic to introduce cast and creative members of "True Blood."
And Anna Paquin takes the stage, on her birthday, no less. She plays telepathic waitress, and human, Sookie Stackhouse in the series. Paquin gets a round of applaus, second only to the cheers received by author of the "True Blood" book series, Charlaine Harris.
And on with the show. For those of us who are not familiar with the book, there is a synopsis of what the True Blood story is all about.
In the not too distant future, a synthetic blood is made by a Japanese company that allows vampires to "come out of the coffin" and live openly among humans. The main story takes place in a backwoods town in Louisianna. While vampires are struggling for assimilation and rights, Paquin's character is struggling with her own 'affliction' in the form of her mind reading capabilities.
One night, a mysterious vampire enters the diner where Sookie works and she discovers that her telepathy doesn't work on him. This opens the floodgates (bloodgates?) for some serious drama.
So, how did the True Blood television series come about? The creator, Alan Ball, was early for a dentist appointment, picked up a copy of the book and saw the tagline "maybe having a vampire for a boyfriend wasn't such a good idea." Right away, he got sucked into the story.
"It was like crack," Ball said. About halfway through reading book three, he decided it would make a good television show.
Although Harris had been approched about television shows or movies based on her book several times, she had declined until Ball's offer.
Ball expresses a desire to stay close to the books, but to stay far away from two vampire cliches: blue light contacts and opera music.
One vampire-must that Ball is specific about, however, is fangs. The "True Blood" fangs are retractive and closer to modified teeth. The magic and supernatural in the series is kept as mundane as possible, so that the main focus is on the really a big draw: the characters and their relationships.
Q&A
In the first season, will we learn why Sookie has this telepathic ability?
Paquin: "In the first season we don't learn why sh'es telepathic, but we do see a really bad series of flashback from Sookie's dating life in the second episode... Her ability is quite limiting to Sookie's social life."
Is Sookie suppossed to look like a naughty cheerleader? Is she a sex pot or is she naive?
Harris: "Partly both. She enjoys being young. She enjoys being pretty. She knows she's pretty. She knows she's sexy... It's really hard for her to date a regular guy... She wants to be in a relationship, it's just trying to find a guy she can tolerate."
Sookie's love interest is vampire Bill Compton, played by Stephen Moyer. How does Compton end up meeting Sookie? Why is he drawn to her?
Moyer: "He's coming to the bar, coming back to the town of his ancestors just to live... He doesn't know she's telepathic, but he knows there's something that makes her different and he's compelled by her. He wants to find out what it is."
(The relationship between Sookie and Bill will serve as a core of the show.)
Is there gonna be a build up to whether or not Sookie and Bill will have sex?
Ball: "Yes. But who knows how long that'll take."
Is there a danger to having sex with a vampire?
Ball: "Yes. Their sexual desires and desire to drink blood are intertwined. Vampires are now a part of culture; they're mysterious, exotic and, to some, sexy creatures."
(They explain to the audience that humans that seek relationships with vampires are called Fangbangers.)
Ball: "Sex with vampires is really kind of great."
Harris: "If you survive."
We know the owner of the bar, Sam Merlotte, played by Sam Trammell, has a little thing for Sookie. Will he be satisfied in this first season?
Trammell: "Sam will be satisfied in his relationship with Sookie." Sam has a protective love for her. He is relentless with Sookie -- and he doesn't like vampires.
What about Sam's special power?
Yes, it'll happen in the first season. It's something entirely different than Sookie's power. Also, Sookie's got something more to offer than just telepathy.
Jason Stackhouse, played by Ryan Kwanten, is Sookie's brother. He's a womanizer and a bit of a misogynist. Does he have any redeeming qualities?
Kwanten: "It's fun to be Jason. He loves women, don't we all, but his love of women takes him to a dark side, and he loves that dark side. Yes, there are redeeming qualities, but you have to look very hard."
What's with all the rough sex; is it a running theme?
Ball: "We see a little bit more of that than was perhaps in the book, but we also see a bit of sex that's really romantic."
Tara Thorton, played by Rutina Wesley, is Sookie's best friend. She seems unable to hold down a job, why?
Wesley: She has a "hard shell, for reasons of upbringing. She came up with defenses... On the inside she is a delicate, very sensitive flower. She's just a girl. Life has been hard, so sometimes she can't get over her past... (It's difficult for her to) let go of some of her demons."
Tara's dynamic with Sookie?
Wesley: They're "the best of friends. We grew up together. Sookie's been there for her."
And Tara and Jason?
Wesley: "He's hot. She's completely in love with Jason."
Who is Lafayette Reynolds?
He's Tara's cousin, and is played by Nelsan Ellis. He's a cook at the bar where he works with Sookie. He also works road crew with Jason.
Ellis: He "sells vampire blood, which is an aphrodesiac, the best drug on the market. He runs a gay porn Web site and he escorts."
What's with the vampire blood?
Ball: "It's the hot drug on the market. Vampire blood is a volitile drug... It's a gamble when you take it."
If someone stumbles on to "True Blood" in the 7th episode, will they be able to follow it?
Ball: "I suggest you watch it from the beginning. A lot happens in this show. A lot happens in every episode... I'm assuming you'd be able to download episodes on HBOs Web site."
Are we going to see Bubba?
Ball: "It's hard for me to answer that question because I don't want to give that away."
Are there any plans to make an actual TruBlood drink?
Ball: "Yes. It's going to be a combination of V8, valium, vicodin and... Unfortunately, you'll have to get your pharmasist to prescribe it."
Since "True Blood" is so much about people and their relationships, will there be anything that speaks to the gay community?
Ball: "We have gay characters both human and vampire... I don't think it will speak specifically to he gay community as pointedly as "Six Feet Under" did through the relationship of Keith and David."
How much of the creative staff on "True Blood" worked on "Six Feet Under?"
Ball: There's "more fresh blood than old blood."
How true will the show be to the books?
Harris: "Of course my version will be different than Alan's. We work with different mediums and different demands... I can tell everything from the first person point of view, so the books are going to be different. They are different in tone and they come from a different viewpoint."
How do you feel about fan interaction and how much a say will you give them in the show?
Ball: "I feel a certain responsibility to be very true to the books... Beyond that, I don't really have time to go online and find out what everybody thinks... I'm not going to be one of those executive producers that goes online and...(then) changes things."
To the whole cast: How do you feel about your characters? Was it difficult to get into your characters?
Paquin: "I love how strong Sookie is, and how tough and willing to put her life at risk for things she believes in and how inherently good she is... She has a good core values system and it doesn't include having a problem with vampires... And she's interested in what's out there. And I like being blond."
Moyer: "I obviously did research by interviewing a bunch of 173 year old people. What I love about Bill is there's a slight melancholy edge to him.... I like making him really still, and only having him make a movement if he really needs to ... He doesn't have a heartbeat, so he doesn't tick. That was great fun to kind of latch on to."
Kwanten: "For me, I guess it was. Jason very much wears his heart on his sleeve. He acts and speaks before he thinks. And I am very analytical."
Wesley: "There's just something about Tara that, for me, I can't explain but it just kind of fits... I just understand her. There's just something about her that I just sort of get and I just think it's beautiful."
Trammell: "I was drawn to my character's name; I have the same first name. I'm actually from Louisianna, so it was great to kind of revisit... I don't want to give too much away but he's kind of created a family in this town, but he has to sort of keep his whole person a secret. It's a really fun thing to get to play."
Ellis: "It was the potential to show so many different colors. (Lafayette has) no definable boundaries."
What of this abundance of vampires in pop culture? Is it a threat to "True Blood?"
Ball: "I think there's room for everything."
Harris: "If it came to a Fangtasia ("True Blood") family smackdown, I think that Fangtasia would win."
How do you feel about the actors reading the series beforehand?
Paquin: "I've read some, not all of them... But I think that reading ahead in the free time we do have, I think it's helpful, because as that character, you would know those things."
Ball: "I'm actually respectful of every actor's process. If they want to read ahead, if they choose not to, I'm O.K. with that."
"True Blood" seems like such a departure from "Six Feet Under." How has that been for you?
Ball: "I wanted to do something fun, and this is something that I came across that has been incredibly fun. I've had more fun working on this series than I have with anything else in my career."
The filming for season one of "True Blood" will wrap in three days.
Lots of sex, even more blood: "True Blood"
HBO's TrueBlood
I'm sitting in the audience for the "True Blood" panel right now.
This new series (apparently about vampires) is from the creator of HBO's hit series "Six Feet Under," and is set to premier on Sept. 7, at 9 p.m. on HBO.
The display poster for the vampire series shows the lower half of a female vampires face, licking her lips and dribbling blood, that reads "Thou shall not crave thy neighbor."
Right now, the exhibit hall is still filling up with eager spectators.
Lynette Rice from Entertainment Weekly takes the mic to introduce cast and creative members of "True Blood."
And Anna Paquin takes the stage, on her birthday, no less. She plays telepathic waitress, and human, Sookie Stackhouse in the series. Paquin gets a round of applaus, second only to the cheers received by author of the "True Blood" book series, Charlaine Harris.
And on with the show. For those of us who are not familiar with the book, there is a synopsis of what the True Blood story is all about.
In the not too distant future, a synthetic blood is made by a Japanese company that allows vampires to "come out of the coffin" and live openly among humans. The main story takes place in a backwoods town in Louisianna. While vampires are struggling for assimilation and rights, Paquin's character is struggling with her own 'affliction' in the form of her mind reading capabilities.
One night, a mysterious vampire enters the diner where Sookie works and she discovers that her telepathy doesn't work on him. This opens the floodgates (bloodgates?) for some serious drama.
So, how did the True Blood television series come about? The creator, Alan Ball, was early for a dentist appointment, picked up a copy of the book and saw the tagline "maybe having a vampire for a boyfriend wasn't such a good idea." Right away, he got sucked into the story.
"It was like crack," Ball said. About halfway through reading book three, he decided it would make a good television show.
Although Harris had been approched about television shows or movies based on her book several times, she had declined until Ball's offer.
Ball expresses a desire to stay close to the books, but to stay far away from two vampire cliches: blue light contacts and opera music.
One vampire-must that Ball is specific about, however, is fangs. The "True Blood" fangs are retractive and closer to modified teeth. The magic and supernatural in the series is kept as mundane as possible, so that the main focus is on the really a big draw: the characters and their relationships.
Q&A
In the first season, will we learn why Sookie has this telepathic ability?
Paquin: "In the first season we don't learn why sh'es telepathic, but we do see a really bad series of flashback from Sookie's dating life in the second episode... Her ability is quite limiting to Sookie's social life."
Is Sookie suppossed to look like a naughty cheerleader? Is she a sex pot or is she naive?
Harris: "Partly both. She enjoys being young. She enjoys being pretty. She knows she's pretty. She knows she's sexy... It's really hard for her to date a regular guy... She wants to be in a relationship, it's just trying to find a guy she can tolerate."
Sookie's love interest is vampire Bill Compton, played by Stephen Moyer. How does Compton end up meeting Sookie? Why is he drawn to her?
Moyer: "He's coming to the bar, coming back to the town of his ancestors just to live... He doesn't know she's telepathic, but he knows there's something that makes her different and he's compelled by her. He wants to find out what it is."
(The relationship between Sookie and Bill will serve as a core of the show.)
Is there gonna be a build up to whether or not Sookie and Bill will have sex?
Ball: "Yes. But who knows how long that'll take."
Is there a danger to having sex with a vampire?
Ball: "Yes. Their sexual desires and desire to drink blood are intertwined. Vampires are now a part of culture; they're mysterious, exotic and, to some, sexy creatures."
(They explain to the audience that humans that seek relationships with vampires are called Fangbangers.)
Ball: "Sex with vampires is really kind of great."
Harris: "If you survive."
We know the owner of the bar, Sam Merlotte, played by Sam Trammell, has a little thing for Sookie. Will he be satisfied in this first season?
Trammell: "Sam will be satisfied in his relationship with Sookie." Sam has a protective love for her. He is relentless with Sookie -- and he doesn't like vampires.
What about Sam's special power?
Yes, it'll happen in the first season. It's something entirely different than Sookie's power. Also, Sookie's got something more to offer than just telepathy.
Jason Stackhouse, played by Ryan Kwanten, is Sookie's brother. He's a womanizer and a bit of a misogynist. Does he have any redeeming qualities?
Kwanten: "It's fun to be Jason. He loves women, don't we all, but his love of women takes him to a dark side, and he loves that dark side. Yes, there are redeeming qualities, but you have to look very hard."
What's with all the rough sex; is it a running theme?
Ball: "We see a little bit more of that than was perhaps in the book, but we also see a bit of sex that's really romantic."
Tara Thorton, played by Rutina Wesley, is Sookie's best friend. She seems unable to hold down a job, why?
Wesley: She has a "hard shell, for reasons of upbringing. She came up with defenses... On the inside she is a delicate, very sensitive flower. She's just a girl. Life has been hard, so sometimes she can't get over her past... (It's difficult for her to) let go of some of her demons."
Tara's dynamic with Sookie?
Wesley: They're "the best of friends. We grew up together. Sookie's been there for her."
And Tara and Jason?
Wesley: "He's hot. She's completely in love with Jason."
Who is Lafayette Reynolds?
He's Tara's cousin, and is played by Nelsan Ellis. He's a cook at the bar where he works with Sookie. He also works road crew with Jason.
Ellis: He "sells vampire blood, which is an aphrodesiac, the best drug on the market. He runs a gay porn Web site and he escorts."
What's with the vampire blood?
Ball: "It's the hot drug on the market. Vampire blood is a volitile drug... It's a gamble when you take it."
If someone stumbles on to "True Blood" in the 7th episode, will they be able to follow it?
Ball: "I suggest you watch it from the beginning. A lot happens in this show. A lot happens in every episode... I'm assuming you'd be able to download episodes on HBOs Web site."
Are we going to see Bubba?
Ball: "It's hard for me to answer that question because I don't want to give that away."
Are there any plans to make an actual TruBlood drink?
Ball: "Yes. It's going to be a combination of V8, valium, vicodin and... Unfortunately, you'll have to get your pharmasist to prescribe it."
Since "True Blood" is so much about people and their relationships, will there be anything that speaks to the gay community?
Ball: "We have gay characters both human and vampire... I don't think it will speak specifically to he gay community as pointedly as "Six Feet Under" did through the relationship of Keith and David."
How much of the creative staff on "True Blood" worked on "Six Feet Under?"
Ball: There's "more fresh blood than old blood."
How true will the show be to the books?
Harris: "Of course my version will be different than Alan's. We work with different mediums and different demands... I can tell everything from the first person point of view, so the books are going to be different. They are different in tone and they come from a different viewpoint."
How do you feel about fan interaction and how much a say will you give them in the show?
Ball: "I feel a certain responsibility to be very true to the books... Beyond that, I don't really have time to go online and find out what everybody thinks... I'm not going to be one of those executive producers that goes online and...(then) changes things."
To the whole cast: How do you feel about your characters? Was it difficult to get into your characters?
Paquin: "I love how strong Sookie is, and how tough and willing to put her life at risk for things she believes in and how inherently good she is... She has a good core values system and it doesn't include having a problem with vampires... And she's interested in what's out there. And I like being blond."
Moyer: "I obviously did research by interviewing a bunch of 173 year old people. What I love about Bill is there's a slight melancholy edge to him.... I like making him really still, and only having him make a movement if he really needs to ... He doesn't have a heartbeat, so he doesn't tick. That was great fun to kind of latch on to."
Kwanten: "For me, I guess it was. Jason very much wears his heart on his sleeve. He acts and speaks before he thinks. And I am very analytical."
Wesley: "There's just something about Tara that, for me, I can't explain but it just kind of fits... I just understand her. There's just something about her that I just sort of get and I just think it's beautiful."
Trammell: "I was drawn to my character's name; I have the same first name. I'm actually from Louisianna, so it was great to kind of revisit... I don't want to give too much away but he's kind of created a family in this town, but he has to sort of keep his whole person a secret. It's a really fun thing to get to play."
Ellis: "It was the potential to show so many different colors. (Lafayette has) no definable boundaries."
What of this abundance of vampires in pop culture? Is it a threat to "True Blood?"
Ball: "I think there's room for everything."
Harris: "If it came to a Fangtasia ("True Blood") family smackdown, I think that Fangtasia would win."
How do you feel about the actors reading the series beforehand?
Paquin: "I've read some, not all of them... But I think that reading ahead in the free time we do have, I think it's helpful, because as that character, you would know those things."
Ball: "I'm actually respectful of every actor's process. If they want to read ahead, if they choose not to, I'm O.K. with that."
"True Blood" seems like such a departure from "Six Feet Under." How has that been for you?
Ball: "I wanted to do something fun, and this is something that I came across that has been incredibly fun. I've had more fun working on this series than I have with anything else in my career."
The filming for season one of "True Blood" will wrap in three days.
Lots of sex, even more blood: "True Blood"
Comic Con 2008 San Diego
Welcome to Viewpoints coverage of the 2008 Comic Con convention (is that redundant?) in San Diego.
STREET FIGHTER IV
At the moment, I'm sitting in a Street Fighter IV panel.
I'm not a big gamer, I'll be honest, but I'm here and judging by the size of this crowd, this is going to be a pretty big favorite among gamers, especially fans of the Street Fighter II game.
I remember playing Street Fighter on my cousin's Nintendo when I was younger, but I'm pretty clueless as to how the game has evolved and what it plays like today, so for the most part, I'll just pass along some interesting insights into the SF IV world.
The art style of Street Fighter IV is not going to be 3D, it'll be more of a throwback to the SF II art style. That news got a loud and enthusiastic cheer of support from the fans in the crowd.
All the characters in SF II are slated to return for SF IV. They will be fully playable.
There will also be four new characters.
Because SF is back, due in large part to American demand, two of the new characters, Crimson Viper and Rufus, are American characters, a break from the traditionally Capcom Japanese characters. They're not as popular yet, but the producers on the panel guarantee that fans will enjoy them.
For the first time ever, Capcom will announce the staff involved in producing animated preview trailers for SF IV here at Comic Con. That staff, of Studio 4*C includes Koji Morimoto as Supervising Editor.
The creative director of SF IV reiterates that this newest installment is "less of a sequel to Street Fighter III as it is a return to" the style of play of SF II. Again, this news tears a loud roar of excitement from the audience.
Watching previews of the game, I can't help but recognize a majority of the characters. Even for someone outside the sphere of active gaming, this preview has me wating for my chance to play a little SF IV.
This preview has gotten the biggest round of applause I've seen since Comic Con began. The panel even had to thank the crowd for their enthusiasm.
There are 10 machines here at Comic Con for fans to test drive SF IV. I think I can bet where a mojority of these audience members will be later on today...
By a poll on the Capcom Capcommunity Web site, the character that most fans would like to see brought back is Candy. When the Comic Con audience is asked what characters they would like to see return, the name I hear the loudest is D.J.
Time for a little Q&A:
Audience member: "I was wondering if you guys were planning on having a custom or collecters edition Game Pack."
Creative Director: "We'd love to see that happen. here's what you need to do: bombard CapCommunity with that" request.
After the Q&A segment, there was a screening of a never-before-seen animated trailer explaining the story of what happened between Street Fighter II and Street Fighter IV.
That's all for the SF IV panel. Check back for updates on HBO's True Blood and Showtime's Dexter.
Arigatou
STREET FIGHTER IV
At the moment, I'm sitting in a Street Fighter IV panel.
I'm not a big gamer, I'll be honest, but I'm here and judging by the size of this crowd, this is going to be a pretty big favorite among gamers, especially fans of the Street Fighter II game.
I remember playing Street Fighter on my cousin's Nintendo when I was younger, but I'm pretty clueless as to how the game has evolved and what it plays like today, so for the most part, I'll just pass along some interesting insights into the SF IV world.
The art style of Street Fighter IV is not going to be 3D, it'll be more of a throwback to the SF II art style. That news got a loud and enthusiastic cheer of support from the fans in the crowd.
All the characters in SF II are slated to return for SF IV. They will be fully playable.
There will also be four new characters.
Because SF is back, due in large part to American demand, two of the new characters, Crimson Viper and Rufus, are American characters, a break from the traditionally Capcom Japanese characters. They're not as popular yet, but the producers on the panel guarantee that fans will enjoy them.
For the first time ever, Capcom will announce the staff involved in producing animated preview trailers for SF IV here at Comic Con. That staff, of Studio 4*C includes Koji Morimoto as Supervising Editor.
The creative director of SF IV reiterates that this newest installment is "less of a sequel to Street Fighter III as it is a return to" the style of play of SF II. Again, this news tears a loud roar of excitement from the audience.
Watching previews of the game, I can't help but recognize a majority of the characters. Even for someone outside the sphere of active gaming, this preview has me wating for my chance to play a little SF IV.
This preview has gotten the biggest round of applause I've seen since Comic Con began. The panel even had to thank the crowd for their enthusiasm.
There are 10 machines here at Comic Con for fans to test drive SF IV. I think I can bet where a mojority of these audience members will be later on today...
By a poll on the Capcom Capcommunity Web site, the character that most fans would like to see brought back is Candy. When the Comic Con audience is asked what characters they would like to see return, the name I hear the loudest is D.J.
Time for a little Q&A:
Audience member: "I was wondering if you guys were planning on having a custom or collecters edition Game Pack."
Creative Director: "We'd love to see that happen. here's what you need to do: bombard CapCommunity with that" request.
After the Q&A segment, there was a screening of a never-before-seen animated trailer explaining the story of what happened between Street Fighter II and Street Fighter IV.
That's all for the SF IV panel. Check back for updates on HBO's True Blood and Showtime's Dexter.
Arigatou
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Obama live
The apparent head of Sen. Barack Obama's headquarters in Riverside just announced a request for volunteers to go stand in front of local polling places. These volunteers were asked to hold signs which inform "declined to state" voters that they must request party specific presidential primary ballots. In order to vote for Obama, for example, a "declined to state" voter would need to request a Democratic ballot.
Obama Live
Obama live
Obama Live
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