Television becomes superhero in popular culture – The País.com (Spain)

In principle, the comic was king. Hence the name by which it is known to the largest convention in the world dedicated to popular culture, Comic-Con. But that was 44 years ago because then Hollywood came to this annual celebration that takes place in San Diego and invaded with big releases a previously interested in paper space heroes. Things are changing again this year and the absence of major studios such as Disney and Sony’s famous Hall H, that can reach up to 8,000 fans gather to see a preview of the latest market proves it. Especially when much of the thousand panels taking place through Sunday at the Convention Center San Diego are dedicated to the world of television. As you know the more than 120,000 fans expected these days, being geek is fashionable. And in the golden age of television, be television’s most fashionable geek yet.

Kit Harington is the most searched star of this convention and Gwendoline Christie, chosen by Entertainment Weekly as the best representation of what a superhero (heroin in his case). Both are part of phenomenon Game of Thrones , whose presentation on Friday in Hall H had fans queuing overnight outside just to get inside. So did The Walking Dead series also became one year of the ballpark on a hunt Parents undead where fans can choose between being alive or a zombie. Film professionals to come looking for their TV idols. “I want to see everything you do Guillermo del Toro,” admitted George Miller, director of the new Mad Max: Fury Road but more interested in television than in their own environment. Because the Mexican multifaceted comes to put all his weight on promoting The Strain , one of the most anticipated series at Comic-Con, with Carlton Cuse and brain but based on the trilogy of novels by Del Toro . “Not The Grapes of Wrath with vampires. It’s a double burger brutality and blood, “the teacher described how fantastic this newspaper about this reinvention of vampires on television. Hispanic talent was apparent in other initiatives that debuted at Comic-Con with the presence of Robert Rodriguez and his new digital television channel, El Rey. Or Gina Rodriguez (no relation) considered the new Ugly Betty starring Jane the Virgin series, based on the Venezuelan telenovela Juana la virgen .

a forum like Comic-Con is not surprising that the most anticipated series are Gotham , The Flash or Constantine , all inspired by or based on comics of ink and paper. The first premise seems to respond to the wishes of the angry fans because if Superman had its Smallville , Batman TV deserves the same treatment. Hence Gotham focuses on the world of agent Gordon (Ben McKenzie) when Bruce Wayne was a child but his old enemies were beginning to surface. For The Flash , the series based on another popular man in pajamas DC wants to seize the moment with Grant Austin to revitalize a franchise that failed in the 90s. And Constantine demons returned to the small screen, now in a general channel like NBC and David S. Goyer (writer of the Batman trilogy and the new Superman ) as showrunner . “The Best of Comic-Con is that it gives me the opportunity to meet some of my heroes,” he told reporters this geek comics devoted so far able to succeed in all media.

Television networks come to San Diego looking for other heroes, young hunting fanatic with a presence in the social networking age. And according to Mike Vogel, star of Under the Dome , “viewers are finding the material they want to see”, regardless of the medium. So Comic-Con is the perfect shuttle. Whether the new series as Wayward Pines , M. Night Shyamalan, which aired on Fox Spain, and veteran style The Walking Dead (which also released in Fox its fifth season in October) his presence at Comic-Con and the echo from there jump to the social networks has become crucial. A must to ensure their survival in a culture where the viewing of the series is compulsive way, the television offer is increasing and the writers have gone from obscurity to fame that is close to that for years enjoyed rock stars. Hence the Comic-Con is your Woodstock.