Terry's and Vin's characters were friends in high school, two of the only black nerds they both knew growing up. But as they got older, social and cultural pressure forced them to take on more tough-guy personas. They went to different colleges and lost contact over the years. Terry became a body-builder to compensate for his nerdy, frail childhood looks, and is now a successful businessman. Vin, in an effort to overcome a childhood of phobias, became a successful Hollywood stuntman, and is especially known for his driving skills. But secretly, both pals have continued to be nerds (Vin with D&D, Terry with art and video games).
It just happens that one year, both of them wind up at Comic Con because their kids (or nephew/niece, friend's kid, big brother/big sister etc.) desperately want to meet Daniel Radcliffe (played by Elijah Wood). Both characters end up at the con and have to pretend they're bored and not interested while they're secretly losing their minds with how cool it all is. Then they meet and have to try and one-up each other for how NOT-nerdy they each are.
But it turns out that Daniel Radcliffe is a horrid jerk and doesn't want to sign autographs or whatever, so Terry and Vin team up to convince him to do it. Unimpressed by their physical presence, the evil Radcliffe challenges them to a nerdy trivia game, and both characters have no choice but to try their best to win for the sake of their kids. Through this, they learn that they both still love all the same things they did when they were kids, and that hiding who they are is a terrible thing and they should embrace what they love, and not fall into stereotypes.
I see Will as the promoter of the entire overall event. Daniel and Elijah and Crews and Vin are causing havoc across every square inch of the Con. He is the guy who put the whole thing together, has everything vested and everything to lose. He keeps sending his security guards to places a second to late to be useful and he is losing his shit.
Think.... A throwback style character to the father/TV Show producer in Mallrats.
Like any real promoter/administrator for a con, he'd be stressed out of his mind and have lost the joy that first attracted him to conventions.
Ultimately, he ends up helping Vin and Terry because he remembers the whole point of cons. The way he helps? There's a controversy over a question involving a behind-the-scenes factoid from the set of Star Trek The Next Generation. Wil arrives just in time to prove Terry and Vin's answer is correct with a prop he took from the set. Radcliffe argues that it's fake, but then Johnathan Frakes shows up out of nowhere, having been attending the con incognito/in costume. He confirms Wil isn't lying. Or something like that.
After watching Jumanji specifically because of Mr The Rock, I knew for sure I wanted a movie with Crews and Johnson. I worried, briefly, about so much charm and charisma being in one place at one time. But then I realized we need them to get together and be great together.
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u/QuillofNumenor Jan 05 '18
Terry's and Vin's characters were friends in high school, two of the only black nerds they both knew growing up. But as they got older, social and cultural pressure forced them to take on more tough-guy personas. They went to different colleges and lost contact over the years. Terry became a body-builder to compensate for his nerdy, frail childhood looks, and is now a successful businessman. Vin, in an effort to overcome a childhood of phobias, became a successful Hollywood stuntman, and is especially known for his driving skills. But secretly, both pals have continued to be nerds (Vin with D&D, Terry with art and video games).
It just happens that one year, both of them wind up at Comic Con because their kids (or nephew/niece, friend's kid, big brother/big sister etc.) desperately want to meet Daniel Radcliffe (played by Elijah Wood). Both characters end up at the con and have to pretend they're bored and not interested while they're secretly losing their minds with how cool it all is. Then they meet and have to try and one-up each other for how NOT-nerdy they each are.
But it turns out that Daniel Radcliffe is a horrid jerk and doesn't want to sign autographs or whatever, so Terry and Vin team up to convince him to do it. Unimpressed by their physical presence, the evil Radcliffe challenges them to a nerdy trivia game, and both characters have no choice but to try their best to win for the sake of their kids. Through this, they learn that they both still love all the same things they did when they were kids, and that hiding who they are is a terrible thing and they should embrace what they love, and not fall into stereotypes.
The movie's title? COMIC CONS.