Friday!
Always a little more crowed than Thursday, but the crowds meant I was thwarted in my plans to see the panels in Ballroom 20, including the Big Bang Theory panel. I think it was so crazy because of all the people camping out to see Joss Whedon. Why didn’t they put him first on the schedule and let people who actually wanted to see the panels before him get in the room?
So instead, I ended up in the Hawaii 5-0 panel.
Hawaii 5-0 panel
My main question: “Why?” Why remake it? I just don’t get it. Tellingly, they brought two secondary, but geek-friendly actors (Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park), not the two leads. On the other hand, I got a free t-shirt for Jeff (#4).
Next was the Walking Dead panel, which was really good. We saw a ten minute clip, then the stars and production staff came out.
Walking Dead panel - looks like it'll be fantastic
It looks like it’s going to be really great. As an added bonus, on Friday night, Robert Kirkman, the writer of the comic book, won an Eisner that night for Best Continuing Series.
Next was crossing the street to grab some swag downtown (free t-shirt for Jeff #5).
The others took off for panels and I took a turn ’round the exhibition hall to pick up some art. More on this later.
Then, the Teen Wolf panel.
“What?” you ask. “A Teen Wolf panel?”
Yeah, but I wanted to see the next thing in the room, so I sat through: “The first ever look at MTV’s new one-hour drama based on the Michael J. Fox movie.” They showed the first ten minutes or so of the show, and I can say without reservation that it’s going to be appalling. Of course, I said that about Vampire Diaries last year and it’s an unbelievably big hit. But, man, is this awful!
What I wanted to see was next, Falling Skies, “They’re coming. Get the very first look at Steven Spielberg’s new series that envisions a world where aliens have invaded and the fate of humanity lies in the hands of a few survivors. Noah Wyle (ER, TNT’s The Librarian movies) and Moon Bloodgood (Terminator Salvation) join co-executive producer and writer Mark Verheiden (Heroes, Battlestar Galactica) for a Q&A on the new series.”
Falling Skies panel
They have only filmed the pilot and showed a “sizzle trailer” that didn’t really show much. And the panel? They didn’t seem to want to be there or answer questions. They really weren’t great ambassadors for the show. Yawn!
Next, though, was my very favorite panel of the whole con: Being Human.
The cast so very obviously likes each other and were having so much fun that it was easily the best panel I attended over the whole con. I laughed so much during this panel! Not only do they have a fantastic show, they have a very talented and friendly cast. (G. ran into the two women in the bathroom, and they were quite nice, despite the awkward location.)
I had planned to go to the Eureka and Haven screening, but I was easily lured away to a restaurant to hang with my friends instead. 
Bed.
