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The first panel I attended at NY Comic Con was the Watchmen, Friday the 13th and Terminator Salvation panel. It was in the big IGN Theater and was well attended.

I really hadn’t read anything about Watchmen so I didn’t know what to expect. We were treated to a long movie clip. Maybe 15 minutes. It was really good. I definitely want to see it. My nephew told me later that he’ll get me the comic books to read first, which is probably a good idea. I was happy to see so many people I like in the movie, like Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Carla Gugino, Jackie Earl Haley (who was amazingly terrifying in a great way in the clip), and Matt Frewer. I’m sure there were others, too, but those are the ones I remember.

We then saw a longish clip of the new Friday the 13th movie. I hated it. Well, see, I don’t mind scary or even terrifying, but I draw the line at icky. I just saw some stuff I can’t erase and I’ll have nightmares for a long time. After the first gory part I witnessed, I closed my eyes and sang Jingle Bells under my breath to block out the screaming. I wanted more for this movie, since I really like Jared Padalecki, who was adorable in the panel. But I don’t like it when the studios remake movies just so they can add lots of nudity, swearing and gore. That’s what this feels like to me. I wasn’t scared, I was grossed out.

Finally, we were able to see a very long trailer for the new Terminator Salvation movie. It looked cool. Since not everything is finalized, we got to see some parts with blue screen behind the actors and wires and stuff. This movie is interesting for me, since I am a big Terminator fan, but I was disappointed in the third movie and now I watch Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (which completely discounts Terminator 3) so I wasn’t sure how I felt about a fourth movie. Also, as much as I like Christian Bale, I don’t see him as John Connor. He’s just too much of a whisperer. Do you know what I mean? He’s one of those people who has that low raspy sound and seems to whisper everything he says. John Connor is not a whisperer. Plus, wasn’t Bale just Batman? I think that John Connor is iconic and he needs his own person. Maybe someone unknown. But, in any case, this is a done deal so I either have to live with it and see the movie or move on with my life and pretend the movie doesn’t exist, much like I’ve done with T3.

If you care, you should check out my other blog at Watching Sitcoms, where I’m also blogging about different Comic Con stuff.