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Comic-Con: The Guild, Castle & Eureka plus a few words about the Doctor Who finale

07.28.2010 by Susan Getgood //

Next year, I’m taking my vacation at Comic-Con. My husband thinks this is weird and does not plan on joining me but I think my son will want to come. That may say something about the sophistication of his media tastes. Or more likely, the total geeky nerdiness of mine.

At its panel, web series The Guild did not disappoint with its latest music video, Game On (above) although truly nothing will surpass last year’s Do You Want to Date My Avatar.


Guild star Felicia Day also popped into the Eureka panel to announce that she’ll be guest-starring in a 10-ep arc, possibly as love interest for Wil Wheaton‘s character, who was featured in last week’s episode and is going to be on the show for an unspecified number of episodes. Here’s the Eureka video from Comic-Con:

If you watch the show, you know that the season started with a “reset” caused by the time traveling of the five main characters. Lots of possibilities with that scenario that only get more delicious with the addition of new regular James Callis, plus the afore-mentioned additions of Day and Wheaton.

The best part though? Hinted at in the show’s Comic-Con trailer — the return of Nathan Stark, foil and “frenemy” of  hero Sheriff Jack Carter (Colin Ferguson).

Now to Castle. They did a lot with the “Richard Castle” persona, including a launching a Twitter mystery, via video.

Next season, one of the undercurrents is going to be the filming  of Castle’s first Nikki Heat novel, and part of the Comic-Con panel was a reading by Nathan Fillion (Castle)  and Stana Katic (Beckett) of one of the steamier sections of the novel (clip via I Am A TV Junkie dot com):

They also released a trailer for the movie:

The big spoiler though was that Castle  is arrested for murder in the premiere. I imagine it all works out, since they haven’t changed the name of the series to “Castle Behind Bars” but I’m sure it will only exacerbate the [sexual] tension between Castle and Kate Beckett (the inspiration of the Nikki Heat character.) Here’s that clip:

Finally, nothing to do with Comic-Con, but how awesome was the Doctor Who finale, The Big Bang. I agree with Ain’t It Cool News, that Matt Smith now owns the role. And that this episode was perfectly brilliant Doctor Who. I can’t wait to find out what happens next. And isn’t that what Doctor Who has always been about —

What Happens Next?

Bonus: the BBC released some awesome wedding pix from Amy & Rory’s wedding (via The Inside Trekker)

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Categories // Science Fiction, TV/Film Tags // Comic-Con, Doctor Who, Eureka, Felicia Day, Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Wil Wheaton

More news from Comic-Con: Bones, Fringe, Avengers & Green Lantern

07.25.2010 by Susan Getgood //

Picking through more Comic-Con news:

Bones – Booth (David Boreanaz) will return from Afghanistan with a new girlfriend. Watch Zap2It’s interview with Boreanaz and co-star Emily Deschanel (Brennan). Here’s the teaser reel from the panel at Comic-Con:

Fringe – The panel didn’t really give too much away about the coming season, but this clip did make me appreciate actor Joshua Jackson (Peter) even more. He is one funny guy:

Movies based on comic books – Marvel brought down the house yesterday  when it assembled the cast of its Avengers movie, due in 2012, onstage —  Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Evans (Captain America), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), Samuel Jackson (Nick Fury), Chris Hemsworth (Thor) and Mark Ruffalo (Hulk), plus director Joss Whedon. The casting of Mark Ruffalo (replacing Edward Norton) was the big news.

But actor Ryan Reynolds’ recitation of the Green Lantern oath earlier that day in the DC Comics panel was a close second (hat tip ScreenCrave):

Also worth watching: EW’s interview with Reyonolds and fellow castmembers.

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Categories // Science Fiction, TV/Film Tags // Bones, Comic-Con, Comics, Fringe, Joss Whedon

TV series news out of Comic-Con – Burn Notice and Chuck

07.24.2010 by Susan Getgood //

San Diego Comic-Con International
Image via Wikipedia

There are two conferences that I’ve never been to but would dearly love to attend someday. One is SxSw, and some year, there will be business reason that justifies the expense.

The other is Comic-Con which is going on this weekend in San Diego. For a lifelong science fiction and fantasy fan, it’s an inevitable pilgrimage.

Comic-Con is unique. While it’s got the networking and educational sessions that you would expect at  any industry conference, it’s more than just the industry event for the comics industry (now very very loosely defined.)

It’s got fans. Who come to see (and squee at) the actors and creative teams behind their favorite shows, films, comics, books, etc. etc.  Comic-Con is where the studios trot out their new stuff in the hopes of generating advance buzz. It’s where you’ll find the newest games, comics, action figures, and whatever else will appeal to the fan boy or girl. It’s where stuff gets announced.

And everyone at Comic-Con — even the industry insiders and stars promoting their shows on the panels —  is a bit of a fan. It’s what makes watching (on YouTube) the panels presented by your favorite actors or directors so much fun. They really like the genre and they really like the fans.  As I’ve written on my marketing blog, I think the way sci-fi genre stars, whether actors, directors, artists or writers, interact with and give back to their fans is a model for consumer engagement that companies would do well to embrace. Bottom line, they give back. Sometimes before they get very much at all. Which is why the fans are so very loyal.

Back to those announcements. I’m only paying attention to the shows I watch regularly, but there’s plenty to squee about there. So far:

  • Bruce Campbell will star in a Sam Axe centered Burn Notice prequel
  • Linda Hamilton will play Chuck’s long-absent mom (and hopefully we’ll get more Scott Bakula in flashbacks as a result. Please, Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak!)

Can’t wait to see Jeffster’s latest performance. Apparently this year, they opened up the Chuck panel by dancing to Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance, which seems a suitable follow-up to least year’s performance of Queen’s Fat Bottom Girl:

I’m guessing fansite Chuck.tv will be the best source of video so will be stalking it this weekend. Panels today for Eureka! and Fringe. Will be interesting to see if they have any bombshells. Especially Fringe, given last season’s cliffhanger ending.

Updated with:

  • Maureen Ryan’s Chicago Tribune article with links to interviews with Bruce Campbell and Burn Notice creator Matt Nix.
  • Bruce Campbell’s Old Spice commercial (hat- tip LA Times’ Ministry of Gossip)

Update Number 2:

  • Video from the opening of the Chuck panel at Comic-Con, from Twitter courtesy of David Coleman (@kentuckysocal)
  • Pics from the season premiere of Chuck, now filming (via chuck.tv)
  • Chuck posters created for Comic-Con

Update Number 3:

From YouTube, A better version of the Jeffster “Bad Romance” video and the very abbreviated Chuck panel

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Categories // Fantasy, Science Fiction, TV/Film Tags // Chuck, Comic-Con, Jeffster

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