[MUSIC PLAYING]
LANGSTON: Marvel booth, it is time for the Marvel
Becoming Cosplay Competition.
Make some noise!
Yes.
I am Langston.
ANGELIQUE: Much better.
And I'm Angelique Roche.
Hello. - Yes.
And we are going to be your host for today
for one of the best events here at the convention, hands down.
We do have judges that are going to be coming up.
Some very, very, very special guests
to help judge the competition today, name our winners.
So let's give them a very warm welcome.
First up, a pro craftswoman and author of Creative Cosplay,
it's Jedi Amanda.
LANGSTON: Oh, my.
Hi, darling.
It's good to see you.
And next up, this is going to be awesome because please,
he is an amazing--
he's been an amazing Marvel artist for over 25 years.
You know him from his dynamic work on Wolverine.
Please give a big old Canadian war cry for Mr. Adam Kubert.
Yay!
The man who has one of the coolest jobs
ever created in the world.
He's part of the Hasbro Marvel team
that creates amazing Marvel Legends premium role
play items worn and enjoyed by countless cosplayers and fans
alike.
Please welcome Ryan Ting.
LANGSTON: Yeah.
Whoa.
Lovely.
You are mighty, Ryan.
LANGSTON: We're not done yet.
Please also welcome pro cosplayer
and veteran cosplay judge, give it up for Chrissy Lynn!
Outstanding.
And last, but certainly not least,
one of the most fashionable women I have ever met.
She is the founder of the fashion label Her Universe
and the voice of Ahsoka Tano in Star Wars.
Let's hear it for Ashley Eckstein.
Well, judges, you know what you need to do.
Please take your special judge seats.
You can follow our amazing stage producer thataway.
Another round of applause for our judges.
Angelique, please bring up our first cosplayer.
ANGELIQUE: All right.
Who do we have first here?
We have Renee as Moon Knight.
LANGSTON: Yes.
Oh!
ANGELIQUE: Oh.
LANGSTON: Oh, my God.
Renee, come over here. Come over here.
I know. There we go.
We got you.
We're going to lead you right over here.
Over here.
Follow the-- follow the sound of the vibrating feet.
Here we are.
Forward.
Oh, perfect.
May I ask how--
It's like you had instant--
that intuition.
It's thanks to the moon.
How long did this cosplay take you to do?
Too long.
Well, we very much appreciate it.
Let's hit those poses.
Pose number one.
Nice.
Pose number two.
And pose number three.
Give it a for Moon Knight.
Next up, I have Alex and Shannon
as Tony Stark and Rescue.
LANGSTON: Yeah.
'Cause we all know Tony Stark needs to be rescued sometimes.
LANGSTON: Nice.
Oh, that's good.
LANGSTON: Amazing.
Oh, my goodness.
I have to ask. Oh, this is so--
ANGELIQUE: But they also feel like they're coordinated.
Perfectly.
I'm going to talk to Rescue, since Tony
decided to not wear his armor.
So how long did this take?
Tell me about this.
It was about four or five months.
It's 3D printed.
So I did it all at home during our COVID lockdown.
That was kind of my hobby.
Nice.
Tony, did you help?
I'm supporting her.
Aw.
That's a good [INAUDIBLE].
And that's exactly what Tony Stark would say.
Yes.
Hit that mark.
Give us pose number one.
Nice.
Pose number two.
Oh!
And pose number three.
Yes.
Oh!
With some wings!
Amazing.
Give it up for Tony Stark and Rescue.
Next up we have Kimber as the Scarlet Witch
equipped with her own Darkhold.
LANGSTON: Yes.
Oh, this is so good.
I want to know.
The detail on this is amazing.
Let's get pose number one.
Awesome.
Pose number two.
Yes.
We'll take care of that.
Don't let it corrupt you.
Pose number two.
And pose number three.
Amazing.
Unbelievable.
Thank you so much.
ANGELIQUE: I love the addition of the hands.
Yes. It's important.
It's very important.
The details are what make a great cosplay.
These cosplays are all about details,
and they're all awesome.
ANGELIQUE: Speaking of details, next we have Will as Lucas
Bishop from the '90s X-Men.
LANGSTON: Yeah!
Bishop.
Now, Bishop is one of my favorite characters.
Talk about your love for the character of Bishop.
Well, '90s X-Men is one of the things
that introduced me to comics.
So I still watch that series.
Like, it still comes on brand new.
And Bishop was just a character that I
felt that I can just relate to.
Seeing a character on screen that looked like me, just--
I just said to myself that I have to be--
I have to do that cosplay someday.
Awesome.
Well, thank you coming from all the way in the future
to be with us and show up.
So please, hit that mark.
Let's get pose number one.
Ooh.
Nice and stoic.
Pose number two.
Oh, that's-- I just want you to stand
there like that for a second.
All right.
Pose number three.
Yeah!
Awesome.
Give it up for Bishop.
Awesome.
Oh, me. Oh, my.
ANGELIQUE: Ah, man.
I love Bishop.
This is the best.
Sweet, sweet, sweet Bishop.
Oh, yes.
Next up, we've gone from a king to a goddess.
[INAUDIBLE] as Storm.
LANGSTON: Yes, Storm.
Yes.
Man, this Afro frohawk--
this frohawk is everything.
LANGSTON: With a royal wave.
Yes, yes, yes. Oh, my goodness.
These contacts.
Oh, my.
I wasn't prepared for that.
OK.
Wasn't prepared for full on--
ANGELIQUE: She's ready to go into battle.
LANGSTON: That was awesome.
Let's hit pose number one.
Pose number two.
Yeah.
And pose number three.
Unbelievable.
My goodness.
Oh, no.
We lost-- we lost--
you need that.
Come on, now.
ANGELIQUE: I am excited to bring to the stage
Peter one, Peter two, and Peter three.
You can decide which is which.
The Spidermen.
LANGSTON: Oh, yes.
Join me.
Awesome, Peters one, two, and three.
You can stand in numerical order.
That would be a blast for me.
Thank you. Awesome.
Great.
So please, you guys look amazing, first of all.
Tell me about your decision to play the three Petes.
We just met, like, 15 minutes ago.
What?
ANGELIQUE: What?
Really.
That's a coincidence. - Yeah.
In line. Yeah.
Yeah. We've just been meeting online.
I saw Peter two, and I was like, you want to go together?
And then we see Peter three. - Yeah.
And I just walked over.
That's exactly how it happened.
That's exactly-- that's exactly.
He's like, I like to see Peter. And you look to your left.
Oh, the thing.
Oh, awesome.
Well, I'm going to get out of your way
because I'm sure you're all very busy.
But let's hit this mark, and let's see some poses.
Come a little bit further over to the left.
All right.
Let's hit pose number one.
Yeah!
Pose number two.
Absolutely.
I'm gonna hold that for just a second, because y'all need
to get that photo right now.
Right now.
Right-- in real life, y'all.
IRL.
All right.
And then pose number three.
ANGELIQUE: Aw.
LANGSTON: I know.
We love you guys, too.
Awesome.
Thank you so much, Peter one, two, and three.
Round of applause for all of our cosplayers.
So I don't feel--
I feel bad for our judges.
So judges. - Oh, yeah.
All right.
I have been told Dr. Strange, you're going to be speaking
for the rest of the judges.
I will.
Give us third, second, and first place.
All right.
So third place goes to Wanda, Multiverse of Madness.
The one with the book.
Come on up here.
Oh, the Darkhold.
This is an incredible cosplay, so like,
look close up at this thing when you guys see her on the floor.
This is beautiful work.
Well done.
All right.
So second, we have Task Master.
This is also great work.
Perfect.
They 3D printed and designed the 3D prints for this, which
is really difficult and takes a lot of time
and a lot of plastic.
Congratulations.
Let me get you to stand right here for me.
OK.
First.
You guys ready?
Drum roll, please.
Thank you.
First goes to Rescue and Tony Stark.
Also a 3D printed suit.
And being in this all day is very taxing.
This is impressive.
You guys look fantastic.
Well done.
ANGELIQUE: Thank you so very much to all of you
who came out to watch today's Marvel
Becoming Cosplay Competition.
LANGSTON: I'm Langston.
ANGELIQUE: I'm Angelique.
And this is Marvel.
Your universe.