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04. Apr, 2012 
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Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope
Conventional Wisdom Dorkdom
Official Website |Â Trailers & Mo
PG-13 | 88 min
Morgan Spurlock takes a very Morgan Spurlockish topic and makes a very un-Morgan Spurlocklike doc about it.  WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?!?!?!?  It means Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope is a pretty standard made doc about something pop culturalish (San Diego’s annual comics & movie dweeb-a-thon), BUT, for the first time ever, Spurlock doesn’t rear his ugly face or give voice to his voice!!  You’d think that this would be a good thing, but after awhile, you kinda start wishing that he’d pop up to laff and smile and provide everymanish commentary
There’s nothing overtly special about this documentary, and it’s probably the least engaging one Spurlock has made, but don’t think for a second that it’s not worth yer time/dime. Â This is a great way for you to see what Comic-Con is like (minus any real insight or history) without actually attending. Â We’ve never been to Comic-Con, but have worked some other Comic-Con-esque-ish-like cons, and believe you we, it’s better to watch from afar, and not have to inhale the smell of these people
These people come from all walks of geek life, and Spurlock follows a handful of them in and around the con – 2 aspiring graphic artists looking to break into the indutsry, a girl obsessed with video games and creating costumes from them, a guy who plans on proposing to his nerdy queen with the help of Kevin Smith, and our personal favorite, a ye olde thyme comic book collector and seller, who puts some perspective on how the convention has changed over the years (guess what, it’s less about the comics and more about selling movies!)
Smattered inbetween all of this are one-liner reflections about the con by fans and the famous, who are also fans, peeps like Stan Lee, [THE MESSIAH] Joss Whedon, the aforementioned Smith, Eli Roth, etc etc
moral of the story – Spurlock’s very un-Spurlockiskian Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope doesn’t provide much hope, but does provide cuteness, laughs and a delightful lil overview of a convention that we should all probably stay 4 states away from
Verdictgo: Jeepers Worth A Peepers
Hope floats in limited release AND on VOD Friday
and until next thyme the balcony is clothed…
