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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2015 16:10:41 GMT
It is difficult for anyone with eyes not to be aware that Comic Con is taking place in Paris this weekend, so I decided to take a closer look this morning. Not too close of course, because the costumes, makeup and masks have the same effect on me as visiting a penitentary for criminally insane clowns. Even if I had been interested, it has been sold out for quite some time, so I didn't have to feel guilty about failing in my Anyport photo report obligations. I wouldn't have needed a disguise in any case, being around 40 years older than 95% of the people attending. That would have been shocking enough in itself.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2015 16:16:50 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2015 16:28:41 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 24, 2015 16:29:55 GMT
Ha -- great series of pictures! You are right about the Jokers -- way too little imagination shown there. I googled "comic con agenda" to get an idea of what goes on inside the mother ship in these conventions. They seem to be packed with presentations, panels, etc. -- everything from inside looks at My Little Pony to intellectual lectures.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2015 16:36:51 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2015 16:42:17 GMT
And so that is what I saw in exactly one hour.
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Post by tod2 on Oct 25, 2015 8:26:10 GMT
Fantastic, Fantastic! The costumes and make-up are all so good there cannot just be one individual that stood out - they were all excellent. Yes, and they all look young.... Beautiful bodies fitted into those second skins just perfectly- ~sigh~
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Post by mossie on Oct 25, 2015 20:13:45 GMT
Crazeee or daft as a brush
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2015 20:17:00 GMT
Oh, to be young again....
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Post by htmb on Oct 25, 2015 21:21:07 GMT
I'm sure taking photos outside for an hour was fun for you. Going inside probably would have made you feel a bit nutso after just a brief amount of time.
The ToysRus bags certainly detract from the illusion they were after.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2015 21:29:06 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2015 21:35:26 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 25, 2015 21:53:00 GMT
Again -- great series of pictures. Were you able to hear if various people were staying in character while still outside the building?
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Post by nycgirl on Nov 1, 2015 20:02:39 GMT
How fun! Thanks for this coverage. I've always wanted to attend NY's Comic Con (in full nerd gear) but never have, in part because I don't know anyone who would like to go with me and I feel sheepish about going alone. You were a good sport getting these photos for us.
It's always funny seeing "superheroes" doing mundane things like lugging bags and waiting in line at the ATM.
I agree, way too many Jokers. Same for Deadpool (the masked, red-clad assassin).
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Post by htmb on Nov 1, 2015 21:00:25 GMT
Nycgirl, I'm sure my daughter would love to go with you. She was at some costume street parade last night, followed by a big costume party for her company.
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Post by nycgirl on Nov 2, 2015 1:12:28 GMT
I'd love that! CC 2016!
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 26, 2019 14:12:31 GMT
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Oct 26, 2019 14:30:45 GMT
Good to see that Matt Smith's Doctor is still celebrated
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 26, 2019 14:53:25 GMT
Yes, I liked that, too. And I saw at least 3 other guys wearing a fez, but this was the best one. Cheery, do you understand the reason for the mop? I thought and thought about it but couldn't remember why he would have a mop.
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Post by htmb on Oct 26, 2019 15:33:12 GMT
Very nice pics, Kerouac. No more from today?
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 26, 2019 15:44:01 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 26, 2019 16:46:50 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 26, 2019 18:22:49 GMT
It occurred to me as I went through these excellent pictures that I am probably seeing them differently than everyone else. Having lived in New Orleans, a place which has enshrined costuming as part of its culture, and living now in Oaxaca, a place which ditto, I a) don't automatically see the participants as peculiar or deviant (incels, Kerouac ~ really?), and b) tend to judge each one on how "natural" he or she looks. For instance, both Jokers, the young woman with the white & purple ponytail, the steampunk guy in Doc Martens, the guy in the purple duster all kind of strike me more as "why not" rather than "wtf" were they to be going about their normal lives in those get-ups.
I absolutely love all your trio and duo shots, which are really in the realm of portraiture even when the subjects faces are covered. The one of curly-haired Spiderman in conversation with the black-clad woman and the one of Penguin(?) and Tatiana(?) are particularly fine. I shouldn't be pointing out favorites, as they're all so good.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 26, 2019 18:48:00 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 26, 2019 18:50:56 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 26, 2019 18:56:44 GMT
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Post by htmb on Oct 26, 2019 18:58:03 GMT
Again, super photos!
My daughter dressed up as one of the same charters pictured in your photos for a party in NYC last night. She patiently explained to me her character’s background, but I still don’t quite understand. She looked cute in her pics though.
Wandering around my area of Paris today I saw lots of the usual security people: regular police, a mounted patrol, military. I have to wonder if costumed characters at Parc de la Villette make the police a bit uneasy. Or, are they just used to it?
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 26, 2019 19:38:44 GMT
I didn't see a single uniformed policeman at Porte de Pantin. They were probably in costume.
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Post by fumobici on Oct 27, 2019 1:15:55 GMT
I'm not commenting, but I'm following along. I don't want to make catty comments, and I can react that way to cosplay. I think the people in the costumes are more conventionally attractive there in Paris than I've seen in the US.
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Post by mossie on Oct 27, 2019 8:22:00 GMT
Excellent, and to see Johnnie Depp as the Hot Dog King was priceles.
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