“The setting was the International Comic-Con, which began life three decades ago as a gathering where mostly young men rummaged through cardboard boxes for vintage comic books. But as Hollywood increasingly bases its movies on comics and graphic novels, the gathering has turned into a sort of Cannes for geeks: They carry such clout that the likes of Portman and other A-list celebrities make the pilgrimage here each year to work the crowd.
[...] The true-believer audience is eager to embrace the big-screen adaptations of its heroes but is equally ready to reject them.
Either way, the fans are poised to spread the word to legions of fellow fans via the Internet.”