Advertising is a big part of Comic Con. During the week of Comic Con you can not go anywhere around San Diego without seeing ads for movies and tv shows all over the place. They were on buses, vans, banners, etc. As a long time fan of Stargate SG1 I was surprised to see all money spent on advertising for the Stargate franchise at Comic Con this year. Fans have been complaining for the last few years about how little advertising we have seen of Stargate by SciFi compared to other shows on the channel such as Battlestar Galactica. However this year at Comic Con MGM put a lot of money into advertising the Stargate franchise with signs on buses for both SG1 movies (The Ark of Truth & Continuum), SG1 complete Season 10 box set on DVD, and Atlantis Season 4. Most of the concession stands at the convention center sold water in Stargate Atlantis water bottles. In fact it was funny at the Atlantis panel on Friday when Amanda Tapping went to take a drink of water, all the actors had had a bottle of water placed on the stage for them before the pane began, and she noticed the label and turned to David Helwett who was sitting next to her and said our faces are on the bottles.
The other big thing at Comic Con is that all the network and studio booths give out buttons, posters or postcards advertising current shows/movies or upcoming ones. For Stargate this year you could go by the MGM booth and pick up Stargate pins with SG1, Atlantis, Ark of Truth, and Contiuum plus they gave out SGA, Ark of Truth, and A Dog's Breakfast (David Hewletts new movie) posters. The SciFi channel booth handed out Stargate Altantis buttons with Shepperd, McKay and Carter on them over the weekend along with buttons for Battlestar Galactica, Eureka, Painkiller Jane, and Flash Gordon.
Here are some pictures of a few of the buses and vans around town.
Blade Runner Van -
This one was cool because it was playing
the movie on both sides of the van.
Stargate - The Ark Of Truth Bus
Stargate - Continuum Bus
Stargate SG1 - Complete 10 Season DVD Bus
Species Bus
Another Stargate Continuum Bus
Poster advertising Stargate Atlantis Water
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I wish I could have been there. Sounds like fun and the Bladerunner van - awesome. I found your blog on the Blogger's Choice Awards where you are up for best Travel Blog. I gave you a vote!
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