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July 24th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Third row, 5th from the right (my right, not Phil’s right). This is awesome!!!
July 24th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
I found this late, the video was choppy, I couldn’t understand anyone except you and maybe a couple of others on the panel itself, and after the Wil Wheaton comment, it completely shut down
Better than nothing, however.
The parts I did hear were totally awesome, though. Yay, explosive decompression! XD
July 24th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
zilch
July 24th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
Well ca not watch at all at work but if wil reads this a quick question. When someon said fire at will on startrek did they ever like point phasers at you or throw things at you.
July 24th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
Man, I totally missed this!
July 24th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
Every year I threaten to go to this thing (I live 90 minutes away), but never do. I’m so lazy.
July 25th, 2008 at 12:28 am
Aliens are real and have made contact with us several times according to Apollo 14 astronaut Dr Edgar Mitchell….
http://www.kerrangradio.co.uk/Article.asp?id=804160
Phill you need to talk to this guy before he denies he was on the Moon.
July 25th, 2008 at 1:50 am
I just wanted to let you know that this was one of the best panels I’ve ever attended. I hope you have it again next year.
July 25th, 2008 at 1:50 am
Nah, the deniers can’t use him because as far they’re concerned he was just acting the role of astronaut and he can’t deny the moon landings because then he’d lose credibility as UFO/alien spotter. Lose lose all the way round. Pity about him though.
July 25th, 2008 at 4:55 am
oh noes I missed it …
July 25th, 2008 at 5:26 am
Ha Ha. I can’t wait to hear BA’s take on this Edgar Mitchell thing.
July 25th, 2008 at 6:35 am
Yep.
Great panel, Phil!
Comic-con is fun…
Although you do have some ground to make up. You probably didn’t crash the Discover Magazine’s servers even once…
July 25th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Maybe Mr. Mitchell received a higher than normal dose of Cosmic rays
July 28th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Phil –
Sorry I dozed off during the panel (hope I didn’t snore too loud) — it was a loooonnnnngggg con! (I was listening, though. Great panel!)