Comic - Con 2014 was chock full of awing costumes , nerveless art , idea - blow TV pilot program and fascinating encounters . Because evena weak Comic - Conis well than most other events . Here ’s our consummate roundup of all the most incredible things we saw last weekend .
Superheroes
As usual , Comic - Con was full of amazing superheroes . Including a glimpse at Avengers : Age of Ultron , which showcased the total destruction of Marvel ’s greatest fighter . We also bewilder a closer look at Ultron , andother startling prop from the moving picture . And Marvel is alreadymaking a Guardians of the Galaxy cartoon , not to mentiongreenlighting the sequel . Speaking of off - kelter Marvel cinema , we got anew glimpse at Big Hero 6 .
But DC also brought the roar — with a brief but stunning 30 - second cartridge clip from Batman v. Superman , in which the two paladin confront each other . And the reveal of Wonder Woman ’s new costume . And the Trinity on level together for the first meter . Picture by Getty Images .
Oh , andsome clips from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles filmwere both cute and frustrative .
But this yr , a tidy sum of the practiced superhero activeness come from television . Wesaw the cowcatcher for Fox ’s Gothamand admired the show ’s anti - submarine , Detective Harvey Bullock . But we alsosaw pilots for Flash and Constantine , andlearned what to expect from those shows , plus thereturn of Arrow .
We also encounter out all aboutMarvel ’s fresh Agent Carter show . Plus we con about thenew characters link up Marvel ’s Agents of SHIELD , and wetalked to the show ’s loth villains , Brett Dalton and J. August Richards , and they secern us what to expect in season two . We take ( And welearned about the skill of SHIELD , too ! )
And we sawjust how foreign Tim Burton ’s Superman pic could have been .
Dark Journeys
The weekend belonged to Mad Max , plain and simple-minded . You’vealready seen the Fury Road prevue — butwe saw a much , much long variant at Comic - Con , in which we saw a lot more of the vicious Immortan Joe and Max ’s ordeal . The darkest journeying of all , though , might have been Christopher Nolan ’s Interstellar — and now you cansee the new trailer for yourself .
The Warcraft movieshowed us scenes of incredible Orc / Human conflict , and alsorevealed some airscrew for the first prison term ever .
We were charmed and highly amused byan extended look at The Boxtrolls . Guillermo del Torogave us an exclusive smell at his revulsion motion-picture show Crimson Peak , and we ’re still incredibly creeped out .
But also , we find out thatGodzilla ’s sequel will sport Rodan , King Ghidorah and Mothra ! And they’remaking a King Kong motion picture , Skull Island , coming in 2016 .
We also saw the first lagger forthe apocalyptic Air , from The Walking Dead ’s Lord and co - star , andHorns , base on the Joe Hill novel . We were excited to read Hill’sLocke and Keyis becoming not just a movie , but a movie trilogy .
There were so many dystopias — Lois Lowry praisedthe movie version of her novel The Giver . We sawa unexampled trailer for The Maze Runner(which had a screening that proud of die - hard fans of the novel . ) And Quentin Tarantinopitched a really bizarre tailspin on Invasion of the Body Snatchers .
We are totally root for Game of Thrones ’ Maisie Williams tostar in the Last of Us movie .
We saw some bedazzling footage fromthe space opera Jupiter Ascending , and watch thefirst footage from The Hunger Games : Mockingjay — see it here . And wesaw just how dark things will getin the last Hobbit moving-picture show — see for yourself . Jack Blackrevealed some Goosebumps footage , and demonstrate how he wouldbring R.L. Stine to life in the movie . We also got a glimpse ofNeill Blomkamp ’s robot clowning Chappie .
They’reremaking War Games ! Really .
And talk of strange journeys — NASA used Comic - Con to argue for institutionalise multitude to Mars . Who ’s up for it ?
Television Shows
Tons of television shows fetch their “ A ” game to Comic - Con — but there was one clear favorite : Starz ’ Outlander , whichshowed an dead brilliant pilotand uncover lots of great secrets .
Wewere also beguile by Syfy ’s Ascension , about a be after community from the sixties traveling through outer space . Not to mentionBBC America ’s ultra - unearthly Intruders . So fricken weird .
Speaking of weird and awe-inspiring — Sam Raimi is making an malevolent Dead boob tube series with Bruce Campbell !
Weinterviewed the stars and creators of Orphan Black , and they told us whether the show has reached Peak Clone . Wethrilled to the screaming Game of Thrones panel — and two actorsexplained to us why their characters ’ journeys are diverging from the books .
The walk Deadshowed us a new trailerand told ushow these characters ’ journey will meet with the comedian again — plus someone askedthe funniest question .
Supernaturalrevealed what Dean Winchester is like as a demon . Person of Interestshowed us how the team is going undercover . AndSleepy Hollow showed us a trade name new clipin which Ichabod hates the banking industry .
We catch our firstthrilling coup d’oeil of Star Wars : Rebels , the new animated series . And the Lord of Avatar : The Legend of Korraexplained why the show is entrust televisionfor a bold raw frontier .
And we admired theshiny raw Batman ’ 66 Blu - light beam , and learned thatthe whole Firefly cast is backfor an on-line secret plan .
picture byPsikickConphoto .
Costumes And Art
Weshowcased the good costumes of five day of Comic - Con : Here’sday one , day two , 24-hour interval three , day fourandthe last round - up . Not to mentionBaby Rufio . But nothing was better thanthis anti - Lannister / Baratheon propaganda .
And we view tons of amazing art — like these nerveless installations and wild projects from the Comic - Con trading floor . Andthese strange reimaginings of Batman ’s ness and cowl . Andthis awful Mondo Ghost in the Shell poster .
We also hunger after20 awing collectible toysthat would have made our spirit everlasting , if only we ’d snag any of them . Plusthese awesome Twilight Zone toys .
And then there ’s the art of promotion , which buzz off pretty darn artistic sometimes . condition outthe best and worst of Comic - bunco publicizing .
And Comics!
SAGA ! Wecelebrated Saga ’s Eisner win , along with all the other amazing winners . Andwe learn what ’s nextfor Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples ’ fantastic comic .
We learned howthe Agents of SHIELD are joining the Marvel Comics Universe , and find outwhat to expect from Marvel ’s brand Modern Star Wars comics . Not to mention theStar Trek / Planet of the Apes crossing !
And finally , here’swhy Comic - Con was actually great for funnies creators and fans , from Image Comics ’ David Brothers .
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