When Scott Pilgrim vs. The World hit Comic-Con last year, many declared it a hit before it made it to theaters. The excitement surrounding the geek crowd was electric and the reviews were, for the most part, stellar. It didn’t break $30 million in domestic ticket sales. This is not an isolated event. Comic-Con, the yearly Mecca of geek entertainment, has built a reputation as incorrectly predicting the overall success of movies. The image above tells the story. People get into a certain frame of mind when they go. There is tons of cosplay, eager fans waiting in long lines to watch premiers, and a celebrity…

Had this “deleted scene” been aired during the season 1 finale of Lost, it would have answered a lot of questions. Actually, no, it wouldn’t. It would have created a whole lot more questions in the series that already confused millions and left many feeling, well, lost at the end of every episode. At the very least this spoof put on by the Lost exec producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse at Comic-Con this weekend would have done one positive thing – reveal the name of the smoke monster. …