Comic-Con Withdrawals

San Diego Comic-Con International 2017 has come and passed. No different than all the other years, it's hard for me to not have withdrawals of just wishing I was still living the event. As it goes those, there will always be the memories to think fondly of. With that said, I have a Google Photos link here, to share with you all those SDCC memories that I captured on a photo or video. If you've been following my Instagram Stories, you've seen a good chunk of them already, but not all of them. If you were also at the event, feel free to share with us your experience! On that note, I also present to you my top ten favorite moments from San Diego Comic-Con International 2017!!! 

- check out my Photos + Videos from SDCC 

Albert's Top Ten Favorite Moments from San Diego Comic-Con International 2017... 

10) Along with seeing the cast of The Defenders on stage, I was able to see the exclusive first screening of the first episode of the show. It was a nice surprise and another "Hall H moment" to add to the list.  

09) An annual tradition of mine is to go to The Walking Dead booth at the show floor, for the photo ops of the particular year (it's different every year). Only took 30 minutes of my time, which is faster than it's been before. 

08) A panel that I thought was pretty awesome and informative was the "How To Tell Stories For A Microphone" panel. It was a voice over class that covered stuff from audio books to promos. I myself didn't get to go on the mic, but it was overall an entertaining experience. 

07) A new annual tradition of mine is the Sunday interview that I have with David Glanzer; the Chief Communication and Strategy Officer for Comic-Con International. David himself considers it an annual thing as well, so I appreciate him letting me do this every year so far since 2015. You can listen to the interview on Episode 141 of The Stuff & Junk Show

06) Getting into Hall H itself can be quite an event for Comic-Con attendees, but getting in and witnessing Halle Berry drink a tall glass of whiskey in one shot is yet another "Hall-H moment" for the books! The panel and the multiple video footage for Kingsman: The Golden Circle was also great. They pretty much showed about 15-20 minutes of the movie to us. We got a free shirt and a fidget spinner too! 

05) I was in a gyroscope for the first time ever; which is part of the promotion for the upcoming TV show "The Orville." I learned that after 20 seconds of being twirled around, it starts to become somewhat relaxing. 

04) Another interactive thing that I got to do, is to go Super Saiyan at the booth promoting Dragonball Z Super. It was I suppose an embarrassing thing to do, but it was also silly fun. 

03) A new restaurant called "Monkey King" was where I ate lunch at on Thursday. As it goes with most restaurants and bars during Comic-Con weekend, they usually have their drinks or entrees "themed" for the event. I myself got a drink called the "web slinger," but the best drink has to go to my friend's choice of ordering the "mandarin take-out" which actually comes in a Chinese take-out box. Just relaxing and taking in the Comic-Con atmosphere at the San Diego Gaslamp District is always a favorite thing to do during the event. 

02) Being part of the crew for the Unnecessary Debates panel with The Grand Geek Gathering!!! I'm not sure if I count this as actually having a panel at Comic-Con, but it's the closest thing to that so far. You can watch the panel through their website...  
http://www.thegrandgeekgathering.com/unnecessarydebates/ 

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01) The Kingsman experience at the Hard Rock Hotel! It happened during the first day, and it set the standard for the rest of the event. One free generous sized hamburger and chips, plus three free drinks of whiskey!!! It was the epitome of what I've grown to love about Comic-Con. Just hanging out with fellow geeks, in a themed bar set to a genre film that's based on a comic book. That's the San Diego Comic-Con for you. 

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Until we do this again on July 19-22, 2018, Thank You For The Memories Comic-Con!!! 

Make sure to check out the coverage done on the Stuff & Junk Show podcast! 
- episode 140 : One Comic-Con Day 
- episode 141 : Comic-Con 2017 recap 

2nd Update - Summer Movie Draft 2017

RE: the Stuff & Junk show Episode 125 - Summer Movie Draft 2017 and 1st Update - Summer Movie Draft 2017 

The US Independence Day July 4th Holiday weekend is done, so now it's time to check out the current status of the #whowhatwhereswhy Summer Movie Draft. Numbers are based on the world wide box office, but either way there seems to be one person who is in an undeniably dominant lead... 

Edward 
1) Snatched : $58,475,520  
2) Baywatch : $152,147,747  
3) Transformers: The Last Knight$435,353,351  
4) Despicable Me 3$203,314,390  
5) July movie : 
6) August movie : 

Louis 
1) King Arthur: Legend of the Sword : $140,331,333  
2) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul$33,429,830  
3) Captain Underpants$76,971,215  
4) July movie : 
5) July movie : 
6) August movie : 

Jiaming 
1) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 : $856,042,537  
2) Alien: Covenant : $231,535,392  
3) Wonder Woman$713,894,475  
4) July movie : 
5) July movie : 
6) August movie : 

Albert 
1) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales : $711,190,894  
2) The Mummy (2017)$350,607,133  
3) All Eyez on Me$43,063,141  
4) Cars 3$176,655,918  
5) July movie : 
6) August movie : 

Current rankings... 

  1. Jiaming : $1,801,472,404  

  2. Albert : $1,281,517,086  
  3. Edward : $849,291,008  
  4. Louis : $250,732,378  

Is that it? Seems like we are already looking at what the final rankings will be at the end of the summer. Jiaming clearly has the best set of draft picks in his group, and there doesn't seem to be much of a chance of Albert to overtake him. It's also questionable as to whether Edward will be able to take the 2nd spot away from Albert. Louis on the other hand is going to have to rely on his last three choices to potential catch up to Edward, and maybe even steal 3rd place from him. 

July has one major blockbuster of a movie that will overshadow the rest of that Month, although there are several other major releases that might produce some good numbers. Let's see how that goes with our players. 

P.S. Louis originally had "Amityville: The Awakening" as one of his choices, but that movie has been delayed. His next eligible pick to replace that movie is actually one that was released in May already; Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul

1st Update - Summer Movie Draft 2017

RE: the Stuff & Junk show Episode 125 - Summer Movie Draft 2017 

May, the first month of the #whowhatwhereswhy Summer Movie Draft is now over. Check out who is taking the lead so far, although that shouldn't be a surprise. Remember that the numbers are based on the world wide box office. 

Edward 
1) Snatched : $51,672,324  
2) Baywatch : $31,120,629  
3) June movie : 
4) June movie : 
5) July movie : 
6) August movie : 

Louis 
1) King Arthur: Legend of the Sword : $120,445,757  
2) June movie : 
3) June movie : 
4) July movie : 
5) July movie : 
6) August movie : 

Jiaming 
1) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 : $797,422,917  
2) Alien: Covenant : $162,560,959  
3) June movie : 
4) July movie : 
5) July movie : 
6) August movie : 

Albert 
1) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales : $365,722,950  
2) June movie : 
3) June movie : 
4) June movie : 
5) July movie : 
6) August movie : 

Current rankings... 

  1. Jiaming : $959,983,876  

  2. Albert : $365,722,950  
  3. Louis : $120,445,757  
  4. Edward : $82,792,953  

With the huge help from the Guardians, Jiaming takes the commanding lead of the summer movie draft. Albert is in a good but distant second place, but does have three movies in June to help him catch up to Jiaming. Like Albert, Louis only had one movie pick for May, but it was enough to land him in third place. The comedies unfortunately weren't able to help Edward out as much as it probably could have, but his picks for June might improve his luck in the competition. Let's see how it plays out at the end of June! 

Albert's First Convention Panel

As mentioned on the TitanCon 2017 episode of The Stuff & Junk Show, on April 29, 2017, Albert was an actual panelist at a convention! After decades of going to comic book, anime, video game conventions, he finally got to be an actual part of a geek convention panel. The convention panel was set up by his friends from The Grand Geek Gathering, and it was called "Unnecessary Debates." 

You can listen to Albert's recap of TitanCon 2017 and about being on a convention panel on Episode 126 of The Stuff & Junk Show
whowhatwhereswhy.com/stuffjunk/2017/4/29/titancon2017

or you can watch what it looks like via the Grand Geek Gathering YouTube page
youtube.com/channel/UCXMbfJiIFAWLrMLshT0kYCw

summer movie draft 2017

The Summer Movie Draft is an annual tradition here among the Who What Where's Why podcast hosts. This is a friendly game where the hosts pick certain movies from the summer season, and hope their choices combined will make the most at the worldwide box office for the win. The summer movie season starts in the first weekend of May, until Labor Day weekend; which is in September. To keep things simple, we will only consider the movies in wide release in the months of May, June, July, and August.

The participating hosts will record a Stuff & Junk episode during the last week of April, when they will make their draft picks, based on six rounds. The order for who goes first and who goes last on the draft will be determined during the podcast recording. Everybody gets 1 pick chosen from the four months in the first round. The second round will only be for May, the third round for June, fourth round for July, and fifth round for August. Each participant gets 1 pick chosen from each month, during those four rounds. During the sixth round, each participant gets 1 pick chosen from whatever is left available from the four months. Needless to say, No duplicate choices. 

The current standings will be shared here on The4Dubs during the first week of June, July, and August. With the final results announced on the Stuff & Junk Show during the first week of September. 

These are the choices of movies, as listed in boxofficemojo.com

May 2017 (9 movies)  
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword 
Lowriders 
Snatched 
Alien: Covenant 
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul 
Everything, Everything 
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales 
Baywatch 

June 2017 (14 movies)  
Captain Underpants 
Wonder Woman 
It Comes At Night 
The Mummy (2017) 
47 Meters Down 
All Eyez on Me 
Cars 3 
Rough Night 
Transformers: The Last Knight 
Amityville: The Awakening 

Despicable Me 3 
The House 
Wish Upon 
Baby Driver
 

July 2017 (8 movies)  
Spider-Man: Homecoming 
War for the Planet of the Apes 

Dunkirk 
Girls Trip 
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets 
Atomic Blonde 
The Emoji Movie 
An Inconvenient Sequel 

August 2017 (10 movies)* 
The Dark Tower 
Detroit 

Midnight Sun 
Annabelle: Creation 
The Hitman's Bodyguard 
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature 
All Saints 
Polaroid 
Tulip Fever 
Villa Capri 

* Some of those movies in August may not even make their current release date. Pick them with caution. 

Have fun at the movies this summer!!!