Went to WonderCon with Gerry (who is not @gpan because Heroes is no longer "awesomeness.") Beamed in just in time for the Star Trek panel attended by the new Kirk, Spock, and Uhura. Director J.J. Abrams was also there to unveil an unreleased trailer for what looks to be the triumphant return of Trek to the silver screen.
Frodo appeared in the flesh to plug 9, the feature length version of the animated short. Not to be outdone, Pixar promoted Up, their tenth major animated picture. It's directed by Pete Doctor, one of the brainchildren behind WALL•E. Hopefully, the Academy won't shaft him out of an Oscar due to winner fatigue because Pixar seems to have one-upped themselves again (pun somewhat intended.)
Finally, gotta admire the energy of director McG who was extremely stoked to show off Terminator Salvation. Bryce Dallas Howard, Moon Bloodgood, Common, and Anton Yelchin were also in the house to lend support for what should be a second successful franchise reboot for Christian Bale to put under his belt. Good luck to McG on holding the line against studio pressure to dumb it down to a PG-13 movie.
