July 25th, 2008
Joss Panel at ComicCon
Our wonderful Heidi is there, and should get the scoop.
July 20th, 2008
Joss Whedon Chat Live on Monday!
Click here for the full story.
Monday, July 21 at Noon ET
Joss Whedon Talks ‘Dr. Horrible,’ ‘Dollhouse’ and More
Television writer, producer and director Joss Whedon will be online Monday, July 21 at Noon ET to take your questions about “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog,” his new show “Dollhouse” and more.
Submit your questions and comments before or during the discussion.
Whedon is the creator of the TV shows “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Angel” and “Firefly.” “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog,” is a musical superhero spoof starring Neil Patrick Harris and Nathan Fillion.’
It was freely available streaming online through July 20, and will be available for download and on DVD
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July 15th, 2008
Episode #017 - Dr. Horrible Extravaganza
WARNING - THE LAST THIRD OF THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SOME SPOILERS (WE WARN YOU IN THE EPISODE).
Links:
News:
Prodigeek Interview with Joss Whedon-
http://mikecs.net/prodigeek/
New Teevee Review: Whedon Rocks The Blog -
http://station.newteevee.com/
Kristen E! Online Review:
http://www.eonline.com/gossip/
UberScifiGeek Interview With Felicia Day - http://geek.ravenkai.com/
CBR Talks with Zack Whedon - http://www.comicbookresources.
MySpace Dark Horse Presents: Captain Hammer ‘Be Like Me’ -
http://www.myspace.com/
Jinx will sell Dr. Horrible shirts - http://www.jinx.com/
Character of the Episode:
Nathan Fillion
http://www.imdb.com/name/
Neil Patrick Harris
http://www.imdb.com/name/
Felicia Day
http://www.imdb.com/name/
Music:
Kinda Wish D’Hoffryn Was My Boyfriend - Megan Gogerty
Info about the CD, “I Miss Buffy! Don’t You?”, that this song comes from.
Click here to download the episode.
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July 8th, 2008
Tired of Pig’s Blood?
Are you a recently ensouled vampire?
Tired of drinking pig’s blood?
Tru Blood might be the drink you’ve been waiting for!
(okay, I couldn’t resist, but it looks awesome)
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July 3rd, 2008
Ugo.com Interviews Brian K. Vaughn
Runaways creator, Lost writer, and (for Buffy fans) the writer of the Faith arch of Season 8 has been video interviewed:
Click here for the article and video.
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June 27th, 2008
MTV’s Dream Cast for Runaways!
There was the Scooby Gang, there was the Buffy gang (who often called themselves the Scoobies), and then there are the Runaways (who don’t call themselves anything). One’s a witch, one’s a mutant, one’s an alien — but they didn’t know these things until they discovered that their parents were actually evil super-villains bent on destroying the world. So what did these teens do? They ran away, stealing whatever magical tools they could grab, and in so doing, became a misfit group of super-heroes, pledging to fight their parents and any other big bads who got in their way.
“Runaways” is a popular Marvel comic-book series, written by Brian K. Vaughan, who handed it over to Joss Whedon, and it’s about to become a movie as well, with Vaughan scripting. We’re confident he’s got that covered, but what about the casting? Here are a few suggestions to get the “Runaways” moving.
June 26th, 2008
Joss’d Episode #016 - Felicia Day is Awesome
Host Links:
Doctor Horrible Teaser Trailer
Doctor Horrible Facebook Fan Page
Tabz Review of Alan Tudyk’s show
News Links:
Buffy Season 8 #16 (SPOILERS)
Buffy Season 8 #18 (SPOILERS)
Julie Benz interviewed on Newsarama.
City of Angel interview with Juliet Landau.
Fox Fall Schedule (Bones & Sarah Connor)
Character of the Episode
Interview with Felicia Day
Doctor Horrible’s Sing A Long Blog
Fanfic Review
Music:
“Battlefield” by Austin Wintory
“When You’re Evil” by Voltaire
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June 25th, 2008
Doctor Horrible TEASER!
I could post more intelligent things at 8am, but just click the link and enjoy!
Click here to see Doctor Horrible teaser trailer.
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June 20th, 2008
Alan Tudyk’s New (Un-named) Pilot: A Review
What? Taping of Pilot Starring Alan Tudyk (Wash from Firefly)
Where? Burbank, CA
What? This new untitled comedy from the creators of “Will & Grace” revolves around two men - one straight, one gay - who are lifelong best friends and business partners. Both of them are in serious romantic relationships and try to find a balance between their allegiances to each other and to their significant others. Starring Alan Tudyk, Josh Cooke and Sarah Lafleur.
You would think growing up in Los Angeles that Hollywood would now be routine to me. I studied video production in college, even made a film and I currently live in a town that’s covered with film crews, but still it seems magical!
That’s how I felt walking on to the Warner Brothers studio lot. I could probably just wander around (if they allowed that sort of thing) and watch them make TV shows and movies. It’s an amazing process.
Here’s how it all went down.
First we showed up in the parking lot. Got registered in, got stamped with this invisible ink that glows under black lights, and we walked across the street to the studio. Once there, we waited in line. Then we got our bags checked, metal detector and walked to another line. And finally, one more line and another metal detector and we were sitting in the studio. We watched various people working on the set. The continuity director (the person that makes sure that between takes things wind up in the same place) was taking pictures, someone was painting a wall, and everyone else seemed to be busily working and adjusting items on the set.
The set was amazingly colorful. And kind of quirky (which fits the show). There was one large picture of Josh and Alan (which I saw someone point out to Alan during the filming and he seemed bemused by it). Part of the set needed to be tried out before filming because it cracked Josh and Alan up when Sarah sat on it. All of the sudden we heard, “the chair sounds like a fart” and chortles from the cast. Note to all future set designers, check out your chairs for weird sounds. The sets were not all in immediate view of the audience, so for a lot of the scenes they were off to the sides, and we watched on a monitor, or you could watch the crew running around.
I especially liked Alan’s character’s “bedroom” which had colorful elephants.
But on to the filming. It took awhile. Nearly 5 hours, but it was fascinating to watch. Every scene was done at least twice, or more, with a lot of short pickups (where they shoot only a part of the scene). During the filming the writers would often huddle around between takes and write new jokes or spin the jokes or change the pacing or wording slightly and try it out on the audience. It was fun to watch the writers, as well as the rest of the crew.
If you’ve never been to a filming, my friend Jess described it aptly as “watching ants in a box.” The crew functions like a swarm or colony of ants, moving efficiently, effectively and everyone doing their own task as seemlessly as possible. Very rarely did I hear people directing people what to do. They seemed to ebb and flow out of scenes without much effort. It was very interesting to watch. I know Whedon fans especially appreciate the amount of work it takes to put on a show and they place high value on the crew members (as well as Joss and the cast), so I spent a lot of time watching the crew and I can tell you they don’t get HARDLY enough praise for what they do.
The entire show we had a comedian personality as our Emcee. His job was to keep the audience from getting bored and he did a fantastic job. Roger, you’re the best.
Despite the time frame (we arrived at 4:30 and didn’t get back until about 12pm) it didn’t feel as long as it was. But that’s probably the intense fangirl in me. Speaking of fan girl, Zachary Levi (Chuck) showed up! He gave both Josh and Alan hugs, so it made my geek heart happy (can now see the wheels spinning in the fanfic communities). I also got to see the Nerd Herd cars while we were walking in, which again, I squeed over.
I don’t want to spoil the pilot for anyone who is interested in watching, but it (not surprisingly) feels a lot like Will & Grace. Even though I haven’t watched a lot of that show, the feel is very Will & Grace-y. I do like Josh and Alan together, I think they play off each other well and you do feel like these two characters are very good friends. Alan seemed (to biased old me) to steal the show with his performances. I was reminded again what a FACIAL actor he is. His body language speaks volumes and many times the larger laughs were because of his expressions (without dialogue).
Everyone on set was very professional, but there was still a fun atmosphere. All three of the lead roles messed up lines and, even though I didn’t keep track, I believe Josh won the “most blooper” prize. I will hand it to him, his character seems to have a lot of “paragraph” chunks of dialogue and from working on Buffy Between the Lines, I know those are harder to get out without stumbling. My favorite blooper Josh actually wound up on the ground from frustration/laughter. From what our emcee said, alot of the crew is from Will & Grace, so that added to the feeling that this wasn’t just a pilot, these were old friends getting back together.
Later during filming the actor who played Will showed up, and gave acknowledgement to the fans in the audience (which I always find classy and cool).
Now, to Alan’s wardrobe. It really suited his body type, his hair and his eyes. I really like Alan in the more professional attire, which he wears throughout this episode. I particularly like his first wardrobe which was a blue shirt that really brought out his eyes. I’ve never noticed that Alan has great eyes until I saw him in that shirt (and, least you think I’m a raving Tudyk fangirl, I really am not - I just really liked that shirt).
Alan likes to run through his lines right before the director starts the scene. I watched him several times as he was running through and he also tries out different emphasizes and different facial expressions as he goes through them.
I think Alan’s character (Drew) had some of the best lines, much like Anya in Buffy.
After the last scene they announced the cast and the creators. There was two smaller role characters who were absolutely fantastic in their roles (and were very funny). One appeared to be a one shot character (though I’d love to see him back) and the other works in the office of Alan and Josh’s company.
There were a few pop culture references sprinkled in the jokes, which seem to work very well.
After the bows, Alan came up into the seats with the fans and signed autographs and shook hands. He’s got a great persona when he’s with fans, a lot of people seem awkward, but Alan just seems to be very natural with them. I got to shake his hand, tell him how much I loved him on Firefly and that he did a fantastic job and he was funny. My face muscles are still sore from laughing.
Last impressions, TV sets are much smaller than they appear on TV.
Oh, and if you want to know which character Alan plays (straight or gay) please read below:
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June 11th, 2008
Kids Need to Read Charity Auction for Browncoats!
Check it out, the auction is VERY shiny.
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