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COMIC CON BEGINS!! Loads Of TV-Related Stuff To Keep An Eye Out For!!
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There’s a lot to do at Comic Con this year, and here’s a rundown of some of the bigger TV-related events that caught my eye, and may catch yours as well:
THURSDAY
12:30-1:30 Star Trek, The Original Series: As You’ve Never Seen It — I’ve certainly never seen “Star Trek” in HD, but they’re showing the new HD version here. Panelists include Great Bird spawn Rod Roddenberry and some dudes from CBS DVD. Room 6CDEF
1:30-3:30 Paramount Pictures — This is maybe when J.J. Abrams announces that Zach Quinto will play Young Spock in the new Star Trek movie. Will we learn also who plays Jim Kirk and Bones McCoy and Montgomery Scott and Robert April and Koloth and Chris Pike and Old Jonny Archer? (This Paramount event will also feature Indiana Jones, Iron Man, Neil Gaiman, Andy Samberg, Beowulf, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Stardust and Hot Rod.) Hall H
4:00-5:00 Popeye : Well Blow Me Down! — Not technically TV, though that’s where most of us met the sailor man. This thing promotes the new 1933–1938 Volume 1 DVD. Panelists include Popeye vets Frank Caruso and Stephen DeStefano and film historian Jerry Beck. Popeye rocks. Room 6B
5:00-6:00 Lost Season 4 — Showrunners Carlton Cuse Damon Lindelof are supposed to make some season-four announcements, including the return of Walt’s dad Michael. Ballroom 20
6:00-7:00 40 Years Of Star Trek — Superfans react to the casting of Shia LeBeouf (or whomever) as Young Jim Kirk. Room 5AB
FRIDAY
11:00-12:00 Reaper: Exclusive Pilot Screening — I’ve seen this pilot! It’s about a kid who finds out his parents sold him to the devil! “Twin Peaks” icon Ray Wise stars as Satan! It’s worth your valuable time! (But you’ll have to miss most of the Warner Bros. movie presentation in Hall H, where they’re touting the “Watchmen” movie. Which would be nutty to skip.) Ballroom 20
12:15-1:15 Stargate SG-1: The Movie — Never-before-seen footage from the new direct-to-video movie and a Q&A with Ben Browder, Amanda Tapping, Michael Shanks, Christopher Judge and director Robert Cooper. Ballroom 20
12:45-1:45 The Spectacular Spider-Man — A new Kids’ WB animated series focused on Spidey’s earliest days as a crimefighter. Panelists include creators and Josh Keaton (The Young & The Restless), who gives the new Spidey voice. Room 6CDEF
1:30-2:00 Moonlight Screening and Panel — David Greenwalt explains the differences between Greenwalt’s WB vampire-detective series “Angel” and Greenwalt’s CBS vampire-detective series “Moonlight.” Jason Dohring, who segues from Silver’s “Veronica Mars” to Silver’s “Moonlight,” panels, as do co-stars Alex O’Loughlin, Sophia Myles, Shannon Sossamon, Amanda Righetti and Jeffrey Combs. Room 6A
1:15-2:15 Stargate Atlantis — Panelists include Amanda Tapping, David Hewlett, and writer-producers Joe Mallozzi and Robert Cooper. Ballroom 20
1:30-2:30 24 — A look at season seven with producers Evan Katz, Manny Coto, David Fury, and Jon Cassar. Jack Bauer was almost in Africa for a couple of season-seven episodes! Somebody! Ask how that was supposed to work in the series’ real-time format? Room 6B
2:45-4:00 Chuck Screening and Q&A — I’ve seen this pilot! “O.C.” mastermind Josh Schwartz created a sci-fi spy comedy for NBC and it’s pretty cool. Adam Baldwin plays the menacing government goon assigned to babysit the title character, who has somehow absorbed all manner of critical data. Schwartz and Baldwin and pretty Yvonne Strahovski and Sarah Lancaster panel. Room 6B
4:15-5:45 The Batman/Legion of Super-Heroes — “The Batman” returns for its fourth season and “Legion” returns for its second season this fall. The shows’ creators and casts explain what’s to come. Room 6B
4:45-5:45 Eureka — A sneak peak at season two. Panelists include Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson, Ed Quinn, Joe Morton and co-creator Jaime Paglia. Room 6CDEF
5:00-6:00 Star Wars at 30 Years with Steve Sansweet — Sansweet is head of Lucasfilm Fan Relations. Will he have anything to say about the upcoming TV series? Hall H
6:00-7:00 Babylon 5: The Lost Tales — The new made-for-DVD movie is touted by Bruce Boxleitner, Tracy Scoggins, Peter Woodward and “Babylon” mastermind J. Michael Straczynski. Room 6CDEF
7:15-9:00 Doctor Strange World Premiere Screening and Panel — It’s Marvel’s direct-to-DVD animated follow-up to “Ultimate Avengers” and “Invincible Iron Man.” Room 6CDEF
8:15-10:15 Eureka and Superhero Screenings — Watch an unaired episode of “Eureka” and re-watch the season premiere of “Who Wants To Be A Superhero” that aired Thursday. “Eureka” star Colin Ferguson appears. The first 1,000 attendees will receive Feedback’s Dark Horse comic book. Room 6B
SATURDAY
9:15-10:15 Pushing Daisies Screening and Panel – I saw this pilot! It’s my favorite of the fall! “Daisies” was created by Bryan Fuller, who also created “Dead Like Me” and “Wonderfalls” and wrote some of the best episodes of “Heroes” last season. Fuller will be on hand as will cast members Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride and Kristin Chenoweth and director Barry Sonnenfeld (“Men in Black”), who directed the pilot. There will also be a special “Pushing Daisies” comic book with a Tim Sale cover that will only be available to attendees of the screening. The first 300 people get slices of pie. Room 6CDEF
10:00-11:15 Bionic Woman: Pilot Screening and Q&A — I saw this pilot! They call it “Bionic Woman” instead of “The Bionic Woman” because there’s more than one. “Galactica’s” Katee Sackhoff is supercool as the fucked-up prototype who came along before Jaime Sommers. Miguel Ferrer, who played the guy who masterminded the cyborg in "RoboCop" two decades ago, plays the guy who masterminded the cyborgs in "Bionic Woman." Sackoff, Ferrer, the other cast members and writer-producer Jason Smilovic (“Karen Sisco,” “Kidnapped”) all panel. Ballroom 20
10:30-11:30 Avatar: The Last Airbender, Season 3 Sneak Peek — M. Night Shyamalan wants to make this animated show into a series of live-action movies. Meet the show’s creator and head writer, among others. Room 6A
10:45-12:00 The Simpsons — This panel celebrates the new movie and the 400th episode. The series sucks now, of course, but one hears the movie – which benefits from some scripting by James L. Brooks and Albert Brooks playing President Schwarzenegger’s EPA chief – turned out OK. Neither Brooks is expected to panel. Hall H
11:30-12:30 TV Guide Hot List — I’d rather go to this than “The Simpsons” panel. Here’s how Comic Con’s website describes it: “The hippest and hottest names in supernatural/ fantasy/sci-fi television, as featured in TV Guide’s current collector’s issue, will offer sneak peeks at what’s coming up on their shows as well as a look at the genre’s future on the small screen. Panelists include (in alphabetical order) Ira S. Behr (The 4400), Billy Campbell (The 4400), Matt Dallas (Kyle XY), Tim Kring (Heroes), Masi Oka (Heroes), Michelle Ryan (Bionic Woman), and Skeet Ulrich (Jericho), among others to be announced. TV Guide’s West Coast Bureau Chief Craig Tomashoff moderates.” Ballroom 20
12:45-2:00 Heroes: Exclusive Volume II Clip and Q&A — Panelists are expected to include series mastermind Tim Kring as well as Hayden Panettiere, Masi Oka, Zachary Quinto, Milo Ventimiglia, Jack Coleman, Noah Gray-Cabey, Greg Grunberg, Ali Larter, James Kyson Lee, Adrian Pasdar, Sendhil Ramamurthy and Dania Ramirez. Ballroom 20
2:15-3:15 Battlestar Galactica — Panelists include showrunner Ronald D. Moore, producer David Eick, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, and Tricia Helfer. (Sadly, you’ll have to miss the start of Disney’s Pixar/Narnia II event in Hall H to catch this.) Ballroom 20
2:45-3:45 Supernatural Screening and Q&A — Panelists Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, creator Eric Kripke and writer-producer Ben Edlund talk about the upcoming third season. (Again, conflicts with the big Disney event.) Room 6CDEF
3:30-4:30 Futurama — A sneak peek at the new episodes headed for Comedy Central. Panelists include creators David X. Cohen and Matt Groening, as well Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, and Maurice LaMarche. Ballroom 20
4:45-5:45 Joss Whedon — The “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” mastermind talks about his hugely successful “Season Eight” comic and the other stuff he’s been up to. Ballroom 20
5:15-6:30 The Sarah Connor Chronicles Screening and Q&A — I saw this pilot! Summer Glau and Lena Headey get very naked together in a very public place! Is true!! This event is screening an special extended Comic Con version of the pilot. Paneling are stars Glau, Headey, Thomas Dekker and Richard T. Jones (Event Horizon), as well as showrunner Josh Friedman. Room 6CDEF
5:45-7:00 The Film Crew: Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett — The MST3K vets preview excerpts from three of their MST3K-like direct-to-DVD projects: “Killers From Space,” “Wild Women of Wongo,” and “Giant Of Marathon.” Room 6B
6:30-7:30 Smallville Screening and Q&A — Meet the new Supergirl, Laura Vandervoort, who panels with Erica Durance (Lois Lane), Justin Hartley (Oliver Queen) and Phil Morris (J’onn J’onzz), as well as showrunners Al Gough and Miles Millar. Room 6CDEF
7:45-8:45 The Sarah Silverman Program — One of the funniest current sitcoms on any channel. Paneling are Sarah Silverman, Laura Silverman, Brian Posehn, Steve Agee and Jay Johnston. Room 6CDEF
9:00-11:30 Buffy the Vampire Slayer 10th Anniversary Screening — I know it’s late, but you should never miss a chance to see “Buffy” with an audience. Two episodes screen, including my all-time favorite, “Once More with Feeling.” (Don’t be shocked if the other one is “Hush.”) Room 5AB
SUNDAY
10:45-11:45 TV Guide: Super(Natural) Women — The Comic Con description: “Some of prime time’s most fantastic females will tell all about how they’ve been able to make it in what has traditionally been a (super) man’s world. Panelists include (in alphabetical order) Jenni Baird (The 4400), Allison DuBois (real life inspiration for Medium), Lisa Klink (Painkiller Jane), Lucy Lawless (Battlestar Galactica, Xena Warrior Princess), Marti Noxon (Private Practice, Buffy The Vampire Slayer); and several others.” Room 6CDEF
11:45-12:30 Tin Man: Story Time — “Tin Man” is a December SciFi Channel miniseries very loosely based on L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.” It stars Zooey Deschanel, Neal McDonough, Alan Cumming, Richard Dreyfus, and Callum Keith Runnie. Kathleen Robertson, who plays the evil sorceress Azkadellia, offers a reading that pays tribute to the book, and there will be a “sneak peak” of the mini.
12:00-1:00 The 4400 — The current, ongoing season is discussed. Panelists include Megalyn Echikunwoke, Conchita Campbell, Jenni Baird, Jeffrey Combs and showrunner Ira Steven Behr. Room 6CDEF
1:15-2:15 Jericho — Behold season-two footage and extras from the season-one DVD. Panelists Skeet Ulrich, Lennie James, Ashley Scott, and creators Carol Barbee, Karim Zreik, Dan Shotz, and Jon Steinberg. Room 6CDEF
2:30-3:30 Flash Gordon — The new Queen-free TV take on the classic sci-fi franchise is discussed by stars Eric Johnson and Gina Holden and showrunner Peter Hume. Room 6CDEF
Find all of Comic Con’s dizzying 2007 schedule here.
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For once!
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Because he didn't join the crew yet.
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is totally fucking up the continuity of the TERMINATOR saga... sucks
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Is one of the all time greatest film theme tunes, that and Higlanders Princes of the universe. Cheese-tastic mate. as mike smash would say.
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i have a bad feeling about this...
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The real baddie for the hulk movie has been cast and its the leader and he is to be played by TIM BLAKE NELSON!!!!!!!!!. If this film is a success. Then Gale anne Hurd, cant at least start to prep the she hulk movie. Because in the 1996 cartoon series that is how they introduced the she hulk. The Leader was the main villain. It was called Doomed. the episode was as yoda would say.
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Please someone ask JMS whether the lost tales will actually deal with important events in the continuity like the telepath war, drakh war, dilgar war, sheridans son, what happened to lennier, the techno mage - shadow tech connection etc rather than inconsequential filler.
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for all of us poor broke TV/film geeks thousands and thousands of miles away that can't afford to attend in person.
But who? G4? Ovation TV?
Any channel that covered it should cover it in its entirety and not break away from panel discussions for useless patter from on-air hosts and other talking heads; leave that for a post events discussion each day. -
I've seen those pilots as well. I would rate Reaper 8/10 - Lots of potential and The Sarah Connah Cronicles 6/10 - Some potential.
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At this point who hasn't?
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The "Moonlight" section of this article needs to be corrected. Combs is going to appear on "The 4400" panel instead of Bill (or is that Billy) Campbell.
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Thanks for the heads up on the bittorrent. Im searching as I type.
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is available as a torrent now!
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The first look at the big upcoming Twin Peaks box set is at 11am this morning, at the DVD Sneak Peek panel. Apparently they're showing clips. (Oh yeah, and they're also previewing a little DVD called Blade Runner or something.)
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Meet Katee Sackhoff. You try any of your cancer in the locker room shit on the Bionic Woman set, and Katee will be Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson to your Chuck Liddell.
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Blade The Series? He runs as well as fights?
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Opted to save their season 4 big scoopage for ComicCon rather than the TV Critics Association Press Tour, and a few of them let the ABC boss have it yesterday. Stuff along the lines of 'what are you doing showing stuff there, we're not good enough for ya?'
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I read it somewhere. Who knows? Who cares?
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which I had enough money to fly out there, take time off from work, and be a huge nerd, all at the same time.
On another note, for people who have been to these things, are the crowds just insane? Can you get in to all of these? -
"The first 1,000 attendees will receive Feedback’s Dark Horse comic book"
What a great incentive not to go to that forum. Maybe people can use it as toilet paper. -
from the pushing up daisies forum.
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The dropped African storyline:
"He was at a humanitarian work project, but he was merely visiting a friend of his who had made his life there," explains Gordon. "Jack was wandering and finding where he belongs in the world. On one level, his friend says, ‘If you think you’re going to find penance here, you’re not going to find it.’ Jack actually has been there for a couple of months, and we learn he has been wandering the world basically trying to find a place to belong and looking for penance and realizes he’s not going to find it anywhere, so he gets caught up in a coup and has a BLACK HAWK DOWN kind of moment."
The other shocking revelation was the series would have broken its 24 hour, real-time rule for the first time in the series history.
"We were going to do a time jump twelve hours ahead and have Jack Bauer in Africa for a couple of hours in real-time and then jump it forward long enough to get back to America," says Gordon. "So we were going to defy the real-time thing."
Season 7 takes place 3+ plus years later.
There is No CTU
It takes place in Washington DC
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Please AICN if any of you attend the Futurama event, let us know what happened! Thanks.
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It says "Comic-Con day 1" at 7PM. It looks like it's two hours. I didn't even think to look before.
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tell the writers to pull their heads out of their collective asses.
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... and I'm not going. This site covers Comic Con completely. Sure it's funny to see grown men dressed up as Storm Troopers, but not for $25. Plus it seems the most interesting panels are on Thursday or Friday... when most people, I don't know, work.
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ditto what degikrinbakedirfuvkeit said. "I watched it and I can't un-watch it"
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I am having a hard time dealing with the inconsistant future of the Terminator movies after watching this show. I guess playing with the Superman universe worked for Smallville (at first) I just hope this one doesn't go OFF the rails. I pegged that hot little teenage chick right away as a TeenTerminator, no problem.
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was supposed to be that Jack was there "finding himself" and thena coup happens and shit goes down "Black Hawk Down" style....now its more BS in Washington......its posted over on dark horizons.....
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Autobots already posted that.....i'm a dumbass
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I would soil myself if this is in the film. C'mon Bakula! Get in that makeup chair!
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I hate ComicCon. Every year when they have it, AICN becomes "Aint-It-Comic-Con". Every story has to be about Comic-Con and how the writer saw clips from the shows or movies and then they get to chat with the cast about blah blah blah. Take my advice, after Comic-Con, go elsewhere for about a good 2 to 3 months because trust me, that's all they'll talk about here.
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Good one. :D
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It was good enough that I'll likely watch the show. But not great by any means. I don't care for the actress playing Sara. She seems like she's on Valium or something. I get no sense of intensity from her, so much so that it'd be worth a recast, even at this late stage. She is the title character after all. I like Summer Glau in it, and she's enough to keep me watching.
My biggest problem is that this show is going to be easy to tear apart which means us talkbackers will be brutal on it. Example: *SPOILER* The teacher went through the trouble of smuggling a pistol back in time??? Why not a freakin' plasma rifle in a 40 watt range or some shit? This should have stood out to anyone reviewing the script. *END SPOILER* There were a number of other stupid things like this that give the show a 90s feel. Reality programming has split the TV audience. The hoopleheads have their American Idol, but the rest of us left, who still watch shows, want them more intelligent than ever.
However, for a pilot, it's good. I'm sure the show will have a better feel once they ramp up production. Maybe by then, the lead actress won't seem so freakin' boring. -
Are you kidding me? I was looking forward to watching it. Now it sounds like it will be a disappointment. Why no panel discussions? Well, there is always youtube
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http://tinyurl.com/yp5qp8
Xbox LIVE® has partnered with Warner Bros. to bring home Comic-Con to you on Xbox LIVE. Go to Xbox LIVE Marketplace and watch the panel discussions, see the footage, and download exclusive themes and trailers, all for a limited time. -
Been hearing talk about it for what, 2 years now? "You still have Zoidberg. YOU ALL STILL HAVE ZOIDBERG!"
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I watched the first episode, and liked it, then the next 10 were crap, so I un-Season Passed it. I heard it got better, but its hard to believe with some of the terrible plot-lines, and terrible acting (the one brothers nurse-wife/divorcee.
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=nb4TstBBHYE
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Has been sent in for repairs! Quite literally last week! youtube it people, please.
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Bwahahahaha
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if that was Heath at the end he sounded like Mark Hamill. Poor Mark. It sounds good though. Thanks for the heads up.
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I keep hearing on the radio that Danny Bonaduce from The Adam Carolla Show is going to be there. Apparantly he's calling in and giving daily reports.
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wave from behind the G4 people.
Rosario's on right now. -
Looks sweet and shows a new "lighting station" http://tinyurl.com/2uc3z5
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"I mean, he doesn't have any TV shows on the air or any movies coming out. Oh yeah, he has the Buffy comic, but then why would he be at.... ahh, right, COMIC-Con!"
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Gee, there's a surprise. Anyone who doesn't like RTD as a writer had the chance to tell him so and to make way for Steven Moffat. Word to the wise, if you have Comcast, you can see the first episode of Moffat's *Jekyll* before it airs on BBC America. Oh, and the hot Michelle Ryan (*Bionic Woman*) is also in it.
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Reynolds would be much better than Matt Affleck.
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http://tinyurl.com/2lmepz
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