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The first day has come and gone. Arrived around noon by car and went directly to the supermarket for some food for on the hotel room and sandwiches during the day.

Then we picked up the badges, I read somewhere this starts at 3 but registration was already open at 1.30pm.

Went to the hotel with an Uber and checked in, better room than last year. With a view of the shuttle bus stop, so know exactly when to leave the room every morning. Handy!

Around 5pm we went back to the convention center and lined up for Ballroom 20, found great seats in the front. The first preview was Supergirl. It looks great, a bit of a corny start, but then again most of these shows need to grow. The second one was Blindspot and well it was pretty uninspiring and awful. Third one was Containment, looks good but one of the main characters has a bit of a Denzel Washington wannabe air around him. The last one was Lucifer, it was great. Laughs, witty all there. But the big question is can the writers keep this up?

The exhibit hall was already closed at 9.30pm so went to a screening of The Gallows. Couldn’t make the premiere yesterday at the Hollywood Highschool, so glad I didn’t miss it all. But it was pretty predictable.

Tomorrow the real fun begins.

Just one more day before the San Diego Comic Con 2015 starts. First up is Preview Night, for those who have managed to get a ticket, I was lucky.

Already packed most of my things, here’s what I’m taking/recommend:

• GoPro (with small hand stick, extending sticks are prohibited now)
• Video camera (you never know)
• Photo cameras (two again you never know)
• iPhone (twitter, photos)
• iPad (reading up on things)
• PS Vita (Persona 4)
• Kindle (reading)
• Extra battery packs + chargers and cables
• Pain killer (god forbid you’ll get some kind of headache during the day and ruin it all)
• Refillable water bottles (free refills everywhere)
• Blister bandaids and normal ones
• Regular toiletries
• Cloths (duh)
• Good shoes
• Electric kettle
• Coffee and instant noodle bowls (late snacks and early bites)
• Printouts of all your confirmation emails (badges, hotel, train etc)

First thing we’ll do when we arrive is drop off bags at our hotel and pick up our badges, but then we will probably make a quick stop at Ralph’s for some snacks for during the day. I do not recommend getting anything at the convention center, it’s all over priced and pretty disgusting. The Gaslamp Quarter restaurants charge a bit too much for what you get in return, I usually go for one or two good meals (check yelp) and home made sandwiches the rest of the time.

At 6PM it all starts with Preview Night. Check the link: http://sched.co/3kPO and at 10PM a free screening of The Gallows: https://www.wbtickets.com/main/movie_landing/R0FMTE9XU0NPTUlDQ09O