Dish Of Salt: My First Time At Comic Con

I love Hugh Jackman!

(left: Guy Ritchie at Comic Con 2008)

More on that later,, but first let me tell you about what it's like coming to the Comic Con Convention. Imagine being in the middle of Times Square at 11:59 PM but instead of being surrounded by drunken fools you are surrounded by superhero costume wearing fanboys. I arrived to the San Diego Convention Center at 9:30 AM and the sidewalks were so packed on the way in that people were pouring out into the streets. The cops remarked to each other while marveling at the crowd size, "it's not even Ten o'clock!."

Most of the masses headed into the main floor of the convention center where booths upon booths were overflowing with everything from t-shirts emblazoned with superhero decals, to movie memorabilia, posters and, of course, comic books!  

We, however, headed upstairs for what would be a long day of back-to-back-to-back celebrity interviews. First up, was Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connelly… here promoting their alien/disaster movie remake "The Day The Earth Stood Still." They may just be the two most low key individuals in Hollywood, so getting them excited about being here was a challenge, but they did seem really proud of the project and they were confident that fans here will love the finished product.