You never know what you’ll find wandering around the Gaslamp District of San Diego during San Diego Comic-Con. On Saturday, a secret “Avengers: Age of Ultron” headquarters opened up, thanks to Samsung Revolution.
Samsung treated fans to a sneak
peek of Marvel’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron.” Although the line
officially opened at 7 p.m., people were already in line at 6 p.m.
waiting for the office to open. The group of three guys who were first
in line had been wandering around when they were handed a flyer about
the presentation but details were sketchy.
First,
the address was vague—the corner of K and 6th. Then there was little
more known than that it was a preview presentation. By the time the line was
forming, no one was handing out flyers and the people standing in line
had to explain why they were there.
Unlike
the Hall H presentation, there were no celebrities, but Samsung does
know how to treat fans well. Our group played a few games with the Tab
S, ordered Super Hero-themed foods and compared the clarity of the Tab S
to the latest iPad. Apple has something to be worried about now.
As
we wondered just what Gummy Bears, M & Ms, Swedish fish candy and
Skittles had to do with super heroes, we went by group number into a
small room where we placed our belongings into a basket and then sat in
an individual overstuffed chair. Once we had earphones on, we watched
the sneak peak for “Age of Ultron.”
The
preview starts out with a bit of some funny bits. Thor has casually
placed his hammer on a coffee table. Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is
determined to lift it and all the male members of The Avengers attempt
to lift it. Yet this is an action movie and there must be tragedy and a
great villain. As the title tells you, the villain was bad enough to
have an age named for him. Ultron (voiced by James Spader) is a sentient
giant robot and he’s not keen on super heroes. After some explosions and
tense moments, we see Iron Man standing over the broken shield of
Captain America. The camera pulls back and there seem to be dead bodies.
Then we were quickly whisked away so that the next group of fans could
get their chance to see the preview.
On Saturday night, only 200 fans were scheduled to be allowed in to the headquarters which was closing at midnight. Today, Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,
only the first 400 fans are scheduled to be let into the headquarters
powered by Samsung Revolution before it closes up and vanishes. The
revolution will be over and so will the Gaslamp party known as San Diego
Comic-Con.
