I'm a bit bummed I'm not in San Diego right now. I'm living it vicariously through blogs of friends. I was there last year behind a table for most of it so I barely got to see anything. Maybe next year I'll go as just a fan. I haven't done a con like that in forever. Man, this sucks!

I finally rented and watched Gedo Senki last night. It was... dare I say... boring? I didn't think that word was ever possible to describe a Ghibli film but it was. For all the trouble they went through with the world building, we only ever got to know, like, 2 maybe 3 people? It was Spidey 3-esque in that manner with people only ever running into certain people. I think the biggest failure I felt was a lack of motive behind anything. I just didn't give a damn about what was going on. Finally, I've always admired the studio's innovative way of merging the end credits with extra footage or beautifully rendered backgrounds, compelling me to sit and watch until I saw the word owari or "the end" but, shit, man. Nadda. Disappointing.

TAK