Posts with tag comic-con
Posted Apr 25th 2008 8:25AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, Animation, Adult Swim, Reality-Free
Those of you
Venture Bros. fans that watched the Season Three teaser I posted in my
NY Comic-Con report probably didn't catch all the jokes. After all, the footage was a recording of a recording and the massive auditorium was packed with people screaming and laughing throughout the entire thing. Heck, I was actually there in-person and I could barely tell what was going on.
Quickstop Entertainment has finally posted high-quality versions of the exclusive teaser. Now you can watch it crouched over your laptop, ears pressed to your cheap speakers, the way media is meant to be enjoyed. Regardless, it looks like we are in for quite a season. According to
Jackson Publick, Doc Hammer only had three and a half completed episodes to use for this trailer and this is definitely not a collection of the best of Season Three. If the best is truly still to come, then I'm sure the new season, starting June 1, will be nothing short of crazy spectacular.
Continue reading Venture Bros. Season Three teaser sans shrieking laughter - VIDEO
Posted Apr 22nd 2008 8:22AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Industry, OpEd, Battlestar Galactica, Animation, Adult Swim, Celebrities, Moonlight, Reality-Free
Okay, I'm finally back from the New York Comic-Con and I still smell like the Javits Convention Center. Fandom seeps into the deepest layers of one's skin and take at least a few weeks to wash out. It's a scientific fact.
The first panel I attended wasn't even TV-related. Worrying that the
Battlestar Galactica room would fill before I could even step into the line, I sat through the preceding panel for
Wall-E and
Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian to guarantee a seat. As it turns out, the theater is absolutely huge and two big screens were on either side of the stage, so my worry was kind of pointless. I was reminded of what I already knew:
Wall-E looks insanely cute,
Chronicles of Narnia has a greasy-haired new guy and the Jesus lion again. However, this is when I began to play a game that lasted throughout the entire weekend: Analyze the differing levels of scary devotion throughout various fanbases!
Continue reading NY Comic-Con: Battlestar Galactica, Moonlight, Venture Bros. - VIDEOS
Posted Apr 22nd 2008 7:42AM by Erin Martell
Filed under: Lost, Reality-Free
In honor of Lost's return, ABC launched Lostscape, an online game, late last week. The game, which doubles as a contest, allows users to explore the island and view clips from past episodes of the show. Fans also have the opportunity to view a scene from an upcoming episode. The goal of the game is to collect significant items, like Locke's knives and Charlie's guitar.
Once you've found seven of the thirty-four items (along with a special item), you can enter the contest. The prize is a trip for two to Comic-Con in San Diego, which includes airfare, hotel accommodations, preferred seating at the Lost panel, and a meet-and-greet with the show's cast and executives. The contest's deadline is June 30.
Continue reading ABC launches Lostscape game
Posted Sep 13th 2007 2:02PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Site Announcements
With all the
emotional goings on at TV Squad HQ, I got to thinking that we've gone way too long without putting names to faces. This doesn't just mean the writers -- I also mean you, the readers!
We'd like to get some idea of the interest level of a TV Squad meetup for fans of TV Squad. Want to meet a bunch of the TV Squad team? Meet with other readers and fans of your favorite shows? How about some chances to win some cool free TV stuff and see some of the latest gear? Well, we want to hear from you so we can start putting it together.
I've got a couple of polls after the jump. Please take the time to answer them and leave comments if you've got other ideas. We all think this would be a great idea and, if the first one is a success, we'll do another one in a different location!
UPDATE: We say San Diego because we'd do it during Comic-Con.Continue reading Would you attend a TV Squad meetup?
Posted Aug 5th 2007 5:04PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight
At 7, NBC has a new Dateline. - ION (formerly PAX) has the suspense movie Killer Wave at 7.
- At 8, CBS has a new Big Brother.
- The CW has the new reality show Schooled at 8.
- Lifetime has a new Side Order of Life at 8, then a new State of Mind.
- ABC Family has two new episodes of Fallen starting at 8.
- TV Guide Channel has Sci-Fi: Comic-Con Unleashed at 8.
- At 9, Spike has a new Kill Point.
- HGTV has a new Design Star at 9.
- HBO has a new John From Cincinnati at 9, followed by new episodes of Entourage and Flight of the Conchords.
- At 9:30, A&E has a new Gene Simmons' Family Jewels, followed by a new Two Coreys.
- At 10, E! has a new episode of The Simple Life Goes To Camp.
- History Channel has a new Ice Road Truckers at 10.
- Showtime has the season finale of Meadowlands at 10.
- Lifetime has a new Army Wives at 10.
- Also at 10: Comedy Central has a new Mind of Mencia, then a new American Body Shop.
Check your local TV listings for more.
Posted Jul 29th 2007 10:34PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Industry
It's easy to be cynical about Comic-Con. On the one hand, it's essentially 125,000 people begging for the privilege of being advertised to for hours at a time. Early information about film and television projects is treated like a state secret despite the fact that the admission of those secrets has been carefully orchestrated to increase their value and transform them into the stuff of viral marketing dreams.
Continue reading Comic-Con: Reflecting on the Con
Posted Jul 29th 2007 10:02PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Industry, Battlestar Galactica, The 4400, Celebrities
I'm combining Sunday's panel reports because neither the Women in Sci-Fi panel nor
The 4400 panel was brimming with revelations unless you count as a revelation the fact that Lucy Lawless' fans bear a striking resemblance to the core audience of the WNBA, but you shouldn't.
Continue reading Comic-Con: Women of Sci-Fi and The 4400 panel reports
Posted Jul 29th 2007 3:02PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Industry, Lost, Smallville, Celebrities, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Heroes, TV Squad Lists
While there are still a couple of panels left to go, things are definitely winding down at the Comic-Con. Stormtroopers are starting to smell a little rank, and the Junior Justice League isn't looking nearly as plucky. As the dust settles and the marketing teams rest their weary heads, what news items are we left with from Ye Old Comic-Con?
The best TV-related news items, in no particular order, follow:
Continue reading Comic-Con: Top five TV news stories
Posted Jul 29th 2007 11:45AM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Industry, Celebrities
After sitting through hours of spoilerific, carefully-calibrated marketing presentations, there's nothing quite as bracing as the inspired lunancy of Sarah Silverman and friends. The entire cast of
The Sarah Silverman Program gathered at this year's Comic-Con to share clips from their second sesaon and a tape of Steve Agee masturbating, or as the moderator, comedian Zach Galifianakis, put it "alphabetizing his testicles." (He was alphabetizing for comedic purposes, of course.) Needless to say, it was an R-rated evening all around.
Continue reading Comic-Con: The Sarah Silverman Program panel report
Posted Jul 28th 2007 10:56PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Industry, Smallville, Casting
The
Smallville panel was a hot Comic-Con ticket for one reason and one reason only - Supergirl. We got our first glimpse of Supergirl in action with some preview scenes from
Smallville's upcoming season. She was blonde, hot and had the gift of flight.
Continue reading Comic-Con: Smallville panel report
Posted Jul 28th 2007 9:35PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Industry, Celebrities, Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel
Who's the King of Comic-Con? Kevin Smith or Joss Whedon? Kevin may have pulled ahead with this afternoon's
Heroes announcement, but Joss' fans come bearing gifts. Seriously. At least half the people asking questions had gifts to lay at the master's feet. Fortunately for us, Joss came equipped with a gift or two himself.
If you don't want one
Buffy Season 8 spoiler, don't follow the jump.
Continue reading Comic-Con: Joss Whedon panel report
Posted Jul 28th 2007 8:14PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
I'll have a full report later, but good news for
Buffy fans. Joss is currently in talks with the BBC and Mr. Anthony Stewart Head. Plans are almost a go for
RIPPER!
Ripper is the long-rumored story of Giles pre-
Buffy. Who knows what the plot will actually be, but Whedon reported here at Comic-Con - literally, like, five minutes ago - that negotiations are close to finished on a ninety minute BBC special -
Ripper.
Posted Jul 28th 2007 7:53PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Industry, Celebrities, Futurama
Futurama is back, and now we know in what form. The show will return on November 27th as a full-length high-def film sold on DVD. It will be followed by three additional films, and each film will be divided into four episodes each to be aired on Comedy Central. So, that's 4 DVD movies or 16 new episodes depending on how you look at it.
Continue reading Comic-Con: Futurama panel report
Posted Jul 28th 2007 6:38PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Industry, Battlestar Galactica, Celebrities
The
Battlestar Galactica panel was really a celebration of
Battlestar's women. The panel opened with a montage video featuring all the female characters swearing or, at least, saying "frak" alot following the weighty words, "Well-behaved women rarely make history."
Continue reading Comic-Con: Battlestar Galactica panel report
Posted Jul 28th 2007 6:17PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Industry, Celebrities, Heroes
The
Heroes Comic-Con panel was jam-packed - so jam-packed that I almost didn't make it in despite getting in line three hours before it kicked-off. Fortunately, I squeaked in for the last 2/3 of the event - just in time to catch the announcement that none other than Kevin Smith would write and direct the first episode of
Heroes: Origins, the mid-season replacement spin-off that will feature six episodes introducing six new characters. Viewers will decide which character joins the full-time
Heroes cast. Each
Origins episode will be directed by a different auteur. We'll be getting more announcements about the talent line-up for
Origins in the coming months.
Continue reading Comic-Con: Heroes panel report
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