Chicago November 2007 - Main J2 Panel - Enhanced Edition Con Video - V2.0

CHICON 2007 main J2 panel with Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles. This is a revised version of the video posted in February 2024. It has significantly better video quality. The source video is not my own; it was generously provided by AgtSpooky. The event took place on Sunday, November 11, 2007. I enhanced the original video as described below.
Check my channel for other Enhanced Editions of old con videos. This is an ongoing project, so please subscribe if you'd like to be notified of new releases. I have an index and more details about the project here: www.tumblr.com/blog/detailtilted
ENHANCEMENTS
1. I ran an upscale and stabilization program to improve video quality and reduce shakiness. It isn't perfect; the source material was recorded with 2007 technology. However, it now looks significantly better than any other video of this event published to date.
2. I added some small and (mostly) subtle content to help explain pop culture references that viewers might not be familiar with and to refresh people's memories on specific episode references being discussed.
3. I added GOOD, color-coded subtitles, unlike the auto-generated atrocities most of these older videos have that don't even make sense. If you turn on the CC button, these sometimes chaotic videos will make a LOT more sense! If I wasn't confident about what they said, even if I thought I could guess based on context, I marked it as [inaudible] in the subtitles.
Red = Jared
Blue = Jensen
Green = Audience
Yellow = Fan at mic
White = Staff
VIDEO REFERENCE NOTES
1. The following link has more details about the con man. As noted at this link, Jared also mentioned it briefly in his essay in the book "Family Don't End with Blood". That's the only place I've seen either Jared or Jensen talk about this. www.supernaturalwiki.com/Kevin_Wise
2. The following link has the Variety interview with Jensen that one of the fans referred to. variety.com/2007/scene/people-news/jensen-ackles-1117973773/
VIDEO SOURCE REFERENCES
This video was generously provided to me directly from AgtSpooky who attended and recorded the event. This is why I released a revised version -- the original file upscaled so much better than the one I'd originally used from KZbin that my original enhanced video seemed embarrassingly bad by comparison.
I also used 31 seconds of the following video at the beginning. The quality is low and I couldn't get it to upscale, but we're lucky to have it because it's the only one I could find that covers this brief gap between the end of Jared's panel and the beginning of the J2 panel.
• Jared and Jensen Q&A (2)
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
The image of Jensen in Dark Angel came from here: images1.fanpop.com/images/photos/1200000/Dark-Angel-Promos-jensen-ackles-1279297-1000-670.jpg
The image of Jared in New York Minute came from here:
www.eonline.com/photos/27733/15-new-york-minute-secrets-revealed
The photo of Phil Sgriccia came from here: www.supernaturalwiki.com/Philip_Sgriccia
The images of Adam Malin and Gary Berman were extracted from this video: • Gary Berman and Adam M...
The photo of Chris Schmelke came from here: www.supernaturalwiki.com/Interview_with_Creation_Photographer_Chris
The photo of Kim Manners and Serge Ladouceur came from here: theasc.com/articles/supernatural
The only reason I knew the first questioner after the "ceremony" said "midget mic" to put in the subtitles was because of her fan report here: cityphonelines.livejournal.com/2007/11/14/?rfrom=adis723
All screen shots and clips from the show were captured by me using my Blu-ray discs.
June 30, 2024: Several subtitle corrections were made with thanks to the transcript created by the following Tumblr blog: www.tumblr.com/j2spntranscripts.

[@juliepearce9522]

I remember these videos from back in the day. Thank you so much to AgtSpooky for the recordings and to you for taking the time to enhance and then to share. I am extremely grateful and shall look forward to watching.

[@DetailTilted]

Thank you! I'm so grateful that AgtSpooky and others took the time to record these videos and share them. So many great moments would have been lost otherwise, but instead we have both old and new fans still enjoying them almost 17 years later! :)

[@tranquilityhope392]

This was great fun. Thank you! I watched this panel so many times I've kind of memorized their banter ☺ and there's never a dull moment between them!

[@DetailTilted]

As much fun as some of the other panels are, the J2 panels will forever be my favorite! ♥

[@keidaught]

thank you so much! this looks great and i love that you added subtitles! i often have a hard time understanding what exactly they're saying so they make it 1000% more enjoyable for me to watch! thanks!

[@DetailTilted]

Thank you, I’m so glad the subtitles have been helpful! It can be really hard to make out what they’re saying sometimes. I saw your comment come in right as I was struggling with a difficult section of subtitles in the next video I’m working on, so your comment made me especially happy. 😊

[@keidaught]

@@DetailTilted Aww, I'm glad it made you happy! You're out here doing amazing work for real! I've been trying to pace myself with watching these videos but its an impossible task, lol! The quality, first of all, is amazing! I know this might be a bit of a bad comparison but i was watching that Ellen Degeneres interview with jared that was mentioned in the jared 2007 panel and the quality was GODAWFUL! Switching back to the panel was the biggest treat ever haha! On another point, i know this gets mentioned in other comments, but your use of the side space for additional information is GENIUS! I don't know if it's just me but these older panels have a lot more spn specific stuff to them with like, scene references, blooper references, etc and its such a joy that i can expect your explanation to pop up on screen as the reader says it! It's so amazing and thank you so much for all the research you put into these videos!

[@DetailTilted]

Thank you so much! I got really lucky when I managed to get in touch with AgtSpooky and get her original video files. They upscaled so much better than the videos pulled off KZbin. I think KZbin compressed the files and it reduced the quality. I’ve temporarily skipped over some conventions I couldn’t upscale, but once I go back and do those, you’ll unfortunately see the visual quality go downhill. They’ll probably come out looking more like my CHICON 2008 breakfast video if you’ve seen that one, maybe worse. That’s the only one I’ve published so far that doesn’t have any upscaling. (The other CHICON 2008 panels are upscaled, though.) I made a lot of color corrections and reduced the headache-inducing flashes, and if you look at the original videos you’ll see a HUGE difference, but it looks very bad by comparison with my other enhanced videos. And I don’t know WHAT we’ll get once I go back and try to do LACON 2008 - those videos are a mess. 🤣 Either way, upscaled or not, they’ll definitely still have the subtitles and the sidebar content. I’m so glad you’re enjoying the additional info! I’ve had a lot of fun adding it, and I’ve learned a lot of things that went over my head the first time I watched these videos.

[@mmach7334]

Thank you so much for this !

[@DetailTilted]

Thank you very much for watching it!

[@PurpleNurpleReviews]

Thanks! This is great!

[@DetailTilted]

Thank you!

[@marinaboenkova7131]

Wasn't Jared afraid of bears in 2007? We all know now what his greatest fear is (bears..), but back then he was at a loss when he heard the question..

[@DetailTilted]

Haha, yes, it was funny to see him struggle with this question (and a similar one in CHICON 2008) when those of us who have seen the later videos could have answered it for him. 😂 I kind of think the answer he gave in this video was probably the more serious and true answer, though. I’m sure he really does find bears scary, but I think he probably also uses that answer because it’s way funnier, especially when Jensen is there to tease him about it, so it works better for a panel like this. I’m guessing you saw the video where Jared and Jensen talk about Jared’s Scare Bear app? That one made me laugh so hard. 🤣 In case anyone else sees this comment who’s wondering what I’m talking about, he’s a link. (Not my video. Link starts at the relevant section, but they take a while to get to the app part. It’s from SFCON 2016.) kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJW9oqt-fr2Bp7cfeature=shared&t=946

[@DetailTilted]

If you have any old convention videos you’d be willing to contribute to this project, please e-mail me at [e-mail]. If you know anyone who might have some, I’d also greatly appreciate it if you could let them know about my search. Even if your videos are on KZbin, I’d rather get my hands on the original files if you still have them. The originals are much more likely to upscale well. If I use your videos, I’ll of course credit you. Also, if I can get your videos to upscale (I can’t always), then I’d be happy to send the upscaled versions back to you for your collection. Thank you!