a final set of pics & video from NY Comic Con 2010 & news on Daft Punk's Tron Soundtrack (a sound snippet too)

October 12, 2010

“New York Comic Con is just another one of those Javits Center events I end up seeing costumed people at. And I mean that with the highest degree of flattery to the Comic Con team, because their event is by far the best of the Javits Center CosPlay Excuse Events. For gamers and comic fans alike, the Javit’s center floor was filled with exciting booths and opportunities to pick up swag and take pictures with scantily clad women.

This year, Comic Con merged with the New York Anime Festival, so there were a lot more characters I didn’t recognize with blue hair and over-sized swords. Also – groups of girls dressed as anime characters that had very specific poses. CosPlay is interesting, but there’s a line of specificity to the look of the character that separates American CosPlay from the obsessive Japanese kind.” [Latino Review]

And this concludes our coverage of this year’s New York Comic Con and Anime Fest which started with ONE, TWO, THREE sets of pictures (not to mention a related set from a concert at Irving Plaza). The fourth and final set taken at the Javits Center, with a bunch of videos, is in this post.

Naturally the new Tron movie was a hot topic at Comic Con this year, and Tron is definitely a topic that both sci fi and music fans are equally interested in at the moment. Because of Daft Punk of course.

“After an endless amount of anticipation, we finally reported that Daft Punk’s Tron: Legacy soundtrack had a proper release date of November 22. Just two weeks later, that release date has been changed. According to a recent press release, it will now be out on December 7.

The announcement comes in the usual sci-fi speak that has accompanied all announcements for the project, citing “a recent system conflict” as the reason for the delay. When the record does come out, it will still be available on a normal CD and a deluxe version with a bonus download and a glow-in-the-dark poster available exclusively from TronSoundtrack.com.

To further whet your appetite, the site has also leaked another snippet of a Daft Punk track. All you have to do is head to the soundtrack’s website and type in the word “derezzed” at any moment. You’ll then be treated to a brief but amazing Daft Punk clip. Of all the new material, this is the closest to Daft Punk’s signature sound so far.” [Exclaim]

A Comic Con-related “Making of Tron” video with the rest of the stuff, below…

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