Countdown to @Comic_Con: 70 Days!
#TalkNerdyToMeLover's @AdamReisinger
Note: This is part of an ongoing series looking ahead to San Diego Comic-Con 2011, as contributor Adam Reisinger prepares to attend the convention for the first time.
So last Thursday, when I was supposed to be writing a weekly installment of this series (whoops… my bad), I went to see a midnight screening of "Thor", which, in case you hadn't heard, was pretty damn awesome. After that screening I started looking at the comic movie release schedule for this summer and realized something pretty amazing:
"Captain America" has its national release date right smack in the middle of the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con.
Now, there are about a dozen movie theaters within a five-mile radius of the San Diego Convention Center, but as far as I can tell, none of them are selling tickets for "Captain America", which opens nationally on Friday, July 22. Of course, I truly doubt the majority of the people going to the convention are going to bother waiting until Friday, as every theater in the area will probably be sold out for the midnight showings on Thursday night.
Of the major comic book movies coming out this summer, "Captain America" was probably the one I was least looking forward to, but this completely changes everything. The possibility of watching the movie with a crowd that is entirely comprised of the movie's target audience, at the showcase event for that target audience, is an experience you can't put a price tag on. Well, I guess technically you can, and it'll probably be around $18 in IMAX 3-D (plus $13 for popcorn and soda). Just add this to the very long list of things I'm already excited for come late July.
Check back next Thursday for the next installment of "Countdown to Comic-Con", and be sure to follow Adam on Twitter @AdamReisinger or visit his website, www.adamreisinger.com