Destroy All Podcasts DX Episode 247 - San Diego Comic-Con 2012 (Or How I Spent My Summer Vacation)
Hosts: D'Arcy, Jeremy, Zuey (barely)
This is about dressing up like Totoro, Optimus Prime's butt, and coveting Batmobiles.
Click [HERE] to walk 15 miles in high heels (side A) and click [HERE] to watch Alien in a crappy Motel 6 (side B).
Many many many pics after the cut. Bonus: Rad stuff from our trips to the San Diego Zoo and the San Diego Natural History Museum.
Edit: Updated with sweet comics by D'Arcy about the trip!
Alien stuff!
The statues are neat but eh, I prefer toys.
The spacesuit prop is SO COOL.
Dinosaurs!
I always secretly liked allosaurus better than tyrannosaurus rex, probably becase allosaurus has arms that look less stupid and three fingers.
Paging Matt Alt! It's a dinosaur cutaway!
But hey, nothing wrong with a good t. rex at the end of the day, is there?
Cosplay!
Audrey II is a cutie.
Hey kid, no weapons!
Spinning bird kick!
Hmm, I'm noticing a theme here.
"You're our best and only friend!"
"Moon prism power, make-up!"
"Mrs. Monroe showed me where the salon's going to be. And then she showed me the back room where she took all of her clothes off."
Even Elmo takes a break now and again.
She's SUPPOSED to be crawling with bugs.
"Peace is nothing but a result of war."
The World War I Flying Ace is shilling at Comic-Con!
Okay, that's just cute.
"Let the wild rumpus start!"
"We've been going about this all wrong. This Mr. Stay Puft's okay! He's a sailor, he's in New York; we get this guy laid, we won't have any trouble!"
"Spoon!"
Probably my favorite costume of the con.
Batman!
Transformers!
The Combaticons are WARRING! Onslaught is ROARING! He is one metamorphing DUDEICUS! They all combine and kick Superion's behind as the big bad battling BRUTICUS!
The new Grimlock toy from the upcoming Transformers: Fall of Cybertron video game looks rad.
I'm also into this Ultra Magnus from the same game.
Oh wow, they decided to make a big, nice Wheelie toy? WHY?
Boy, these kids sure are impressed by these Transformers Lego ripoffs.
Animals!
Aww, a baby mammoth!
D'Arcy is not a spider-rider.
Look out, D'Arcy!
I can't believe I am jealous of a gorilla.
NO WORRIES. DEAD GORILLA'S FLESH IS GETTING EATEN BY BEETLES.
Oh crap, that's a really big shark.
I never realized snakes could actually do this. I thought it was something The Jungle Book made up.
Sexist, erm, I mean sexy statues!
Jem & The Holograms!
My Little Pony!
Power Rangers!
Guess what's finally coming out here?
I am so excited about this. It's a diecast version of the original Megazord/Daijyujin or rather the Vehicle Zord System Dino Megazord from 2010. Remember that even the original Japanese Daijyujin toy was all plastic. This plus the Super Robot Chogokin non-transformable Daijyujin means we're getting twice the diecast! I'm really hoping we'll get a diecast Dragonzord/Dragon Caesar from one line or the other!
Man, this guy has a huge area.
Voltron!
"From days of long ago, from uncharted regions of the universe, comes a legend; the legend of Voltron, Defender of the Universe, a mighty robot, loved by good, feared by evil!"
He-Man & She-Ra
By the power of... Greenskull!
Original She-Ra production cels are rad.
Other crap!
Artoo, you're looking a little green around the gills.
Really excited about this new Captain Marvel book!
Ray, when someone asks you if you're a god, you say, "Yes"!
These are the folks from the High Tech High Graphic Novel Project. Very inspiring stuff!
Fine, if she can kiss a gorilla, I'll kiss someone else, too!
You're pretty! PLEASE DON'T KILL ME.
"Lego Hulk block angry!"
Adventure Time is full of hot air.
Even babies are doing steroids.
Pizza time!
Soon, there will be Lego or Lego ripoffs of every pop culture character ever.
This seems like an Internet parody, but I swear to you Street Fighter x Sanrio is a real thing.
And then right before we left I found a Blackbird.
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Comments
2 comments postedI'm not exactly thrilled with the new Capt. Marvel redesign (seems like a lot of redesigns these days are to retire certain costume types), but it's not terrible. I agree that it's actually rather stylish. But don't expect me to complain if and when the old Ms. Marvel returns. Because I'll be too busy being happy.
I didn't think uncanny valley could be a term used to describe a comic artist's work until I saw the work of Greg Land. Everything he does is so unnatural looking, especially his faces. Almost every character has a completely inappropriate and overly exaggerated expression. He's a slave to his reference photos, and thus he has no sense of subtlety. The man is just a hack.
On the other hand, I say that if you're going to trace photos for superhero comics, use athletes. Especially for female characters. They look powerful AND sexy.
I had read a while ago that scientists now believe that quetzalcoatlus may have spent its entire life on the ground.
Everything Zuey said. I agree. ...except for eating rhino poop.
If Ms. Marvel gets a movie before Wonder Woman (you know, the iconic superhero who's lasted for decades) does that is sad for DC. They need to do SOMETHING with the character. Put her in pants, in a dress, in a bikini, but just do something other than Batman and Superman all the time.
I don't know about this new Tomb Raider. On one hand I like how they've updated the gameplay, but if indeed she is victimized by a man (I didn't want to get in it, lest the overlords here block me) I'll think less of the developers. The company says it absolutely does not happen, but they could very well erase that content.
While we're talking women, do you know any women who wanted to pick up a comic book because they saw a comic book movie? I ask this because when a movie becomes super popular, Marvel and DC change up their characters to look and act like their film counterparts.
Marvel, for instance, went so far as to create a character who looks like Sam Jackson and put him in current Marvel Comics. No, I don't mean the Ultimate Nick Fury. I mean that a few months ago, they invented a character who is the son of the white Nick Fury, and also happens to have an eyepatch, and is also legally named Nick Fury. I don't think Marvel and DC get that movies don't sell comic books.
I don't get the concept of booth babes (I mean, I get it, but it seems useless), but a 5 year old can barely speak english, let alone get the concept of sexy, so girls parading around isn't the problem.
Marjane Satrapi rules!