Summer TV is waning as I type this, with most shows ending last week or very soon, but there is still plenty of time to discuss the best of it. Keep reading for a look at what we FemmeBot broads filled our DVRs with this summer. Buy some DVDs or put ‘em on your Netflix rental queues. And as always, feel free to chime in with your own opinions and favorite shows…
Two of the best relationships on TV just kicked into higher gears. Big time.
One of our favorite actors right now is Michael Fassbender, who has been wowing international audiences with his varied performances in FISH TANK, THE DEVIL’S WHORE, Francois Ozon’s ANGEL, HUNGER, and Quentin Tarantino’s INGLORIOUS BASTERDS.
This weekend, his newest film hits theaters: CENTURION, an intense, violent historical tale of Roman soldiers lost in the wilds of early AD Northern Britian, struggling to survive against fierce local warriors. Fassbender holds his own during brutal battle scenes that any fan of GLADIATOR, 300, or SPARTACUS: BLOOD AND SAND will enjoy immensely.
But for us ladies in the audience, some of Fassbender’s future projects hold much more promise to thrill and entertain. Let’s take a look at what is coming up for this smart, intense, German-by-way-of-Irish actor…
Michael Fassbender and Dominic West, who share the screen in CENTURION, previously appeared together in the powerful 2008 UK television miniseries THE DEVIL'S WHORE.
In a move that is pure awesome fandom kindness, Starz has posted the entire SDCC panel video, featuring cast members Andy Whitfield, Lucy Lawless, John Hannah, and Viva Bianca, show creator Stephen S. DeKnight, and moderator James Hibberd of The Live Feed. By Jupiter’s Cock, we shall be entertained!
Unfortunately for us SAMCRO hoodlums of the world, the FX network and the Comic-Con Powers That Be chose to cram two different FX shows, SONS OF ANARCHY and IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA into a single hour of con programming — and the IASIP panel also included the surprise screening of an entire new fall episode, which was great, but LONG.
Because of this both panels were regrettably short, with precious little time for in-depth discussions or fan questions. Nevertheless, for a first time appearance at the con, Gemma and her boys from the bike club did just fine and had some terrific moments. Hopefully these folks will be back at SDCC, or at the Paley Center, again soon to give us more. Meanwhile I see by my twitter feed that many journalists are now receiving screener DVDs of the season three premiere, and are over the bike shop about it… Season three of SONS OF ANARCHY premieres on FX September 7th.
Here’s the new season trailer, hot off the presses from SDCC:
There is written coverage of these two FX panels over at HitFix, Futon Critic, AV Club, Collider, The Live Feed, and UGO. Our three part video of the entire SoA panel, and two parter for IASIP, is below.
A few things I really enjoyed durings SONS: the new Season 3 trailer above (which got a big cheer), a hilarious fan question about THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, Ron Perlman showing big love for his Mercedes over his bike, Katey Sagal confirming Gemma will be massively BAD-ASS this season, and Kurt Sutter revealing that we will see a bit more backstory for Gemma and John this year, with plans in future seasons to reveal a lot more about what happened between Gemma, John, and Clay.
Keep reading under the cut for full panel videos for both SONS OF ANARCHY and IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA.
Michael Ausiello welcomes the GLEE kids to his EW studio at SDCC
The GLEE panel today was a bit shorter than many fans would have liked, due to Fox’s mystifying decision to show 20 minutes of show clips beforehand. Nevertheless, fun was had by all. The panel was surprisingly deep and often serious, but everyone had plenty to say, especially show creator Ryan Murphy, who talked quite a bit about what is coming in season 2 — including a Rocky Horror Picture Show themed episode of all things! (Btw on the SIMPSONS panel earlier in the weekend, Matt Groening said the cast of GLEE will be visiting the show this season too.)
Guests on the panel were executive producers Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, and castmembers Chris Colfer, Jenna Ushkowitz, Kevin McHale, Amber Riley, Heather Morris, and Naya Rivera.
There is coverage of the panel at TV Squad, PopWatch, and BuddyTV — but nothing beats watching the panel itself, and guess what? We have a video of the entire panel below, in four parts. Enjoy!
The San Diego Comic-Con panel for SyFy’s CAPRICA was as usual a thoughful and in-depth delight for the BATTLESTAR GALACTICA fan faithful. Panelists Ron Moore, David Eick, Sasha Roiz, Alessandra Torressani, and James Marsters all had plenty to say. Moore and Eick were cagey about a renewal for season 2, but Moore seems very hopeful, adding that at this point it was mainly a case of the network going through the detailed budget and planning, to confirm it can happen. Let’s hope he is right.
Before the panel there was a terrific full trailer for season 1.5, which debuts on SyFy this coming January 2011. In a pretty unusual move SyFy is holding this footage for a Comic-Con promotion with Zune/XBox — so apparently only you folks with an XBox can see it right now. Hopefully SyFy will eventually share it with the rest of us. ETA: the trailer is now on youtube:
Now whenever Ron Moore starts comparing Caprica to the show Dallas, his producing partner David Eick will start doing tequila shots. Well played yet again, Eick.
We taped this panel in its entirety. Here is part 1 of 5.
Keep reading for the rest of the videos down under…
Another day, another way to get better wifi and upload your vids while sipping coffee in your PJs after a great, whirlwind day at San Diego Comic-Con.
Wesley, Paquin and Moyer on the panel
Some gorgeous shots by Michael Muller at SDCC (more here)
The lines for the TV room Ballroom 20, were massive yesterday in expectation of terrific panels from TRUE BLOOD, BIG BANG THEORY, CAPRICA and Joss Whedon. Crowds to get in were so intense in the morning that the fire marshall actually shut the line down completely for a while, not even allowing us to queue up till things simmered down. Lucky for me and you, I got in OK thanks to a bit of quick thinking from a wonderful friend (you know who you are girl!), and taping commenced.
HBO showed us an AMAZING trailer for the back half of season 3 before the panel, and were nice enough to put it online right away last night, per below. There is so much going on in this trailer that fans will need to discuss at length (come over to our sister site, TrueBloodTV, and chat it out girls)…
The panel itself was a sweet combination of mutual admiration society, fan service, season four tidbits, and fun. Here is the video part one, and the rest is under the cut. For those of you who cannot handle the bandwidth, see great write-ups from Hollywood Crush, Zap2It, LA Times, ScreenRant, and The Vault.
Comic-Con is well underway and I am having a ball and not getting half enough sleep or finding enough time to convert all the videotape that’s been shot.
Though my hotel wifi is but a wisp of the stuff we get at home in New York City, I did manage to get up the Joss Whedon & JJ Abrams panel from Hall H yesterday. Come under the cut to see it…
The time has arrived my little nerdettes, and we are now just a day away from San Diego Comic Con (or as the twitter kids refer to it, #SDCC). The schedule has been out for over a week now, and I hope all of you who are attending have made your list and checked it twice. For the rest of you, there will be many ways to track what is going on at con — to start with why don’t you bookmark my twitter, my Comic-Con attendee twitter list, and The FemmeBot’s Delicious bookmark feed.
What follows is a run down of much of the SDCC stuff The FemmeBot will be tracking and I personally will be trying to attend and if possible videotape to share here in the coming weeks. I am a lone girl, wandering in the packed, sweaty smelly halls of the con, and can’t be everywhere at once. But this list below should give you an idea of where I will be camped out and what sorts of videos and news you can expect us to cover.
We are also going to try to Ustream a couple of panels this year on Friday. This is our Ustream channel. Bookmark it for use later…
Surely the most heartbreaking news for us here at The FemmeBot was discovering that all of our number one fanbroad priorities, the TRUE BLOOD, Joss Whedon, SPARTACUS, and BEING HUMAN panels, are all basically happening at the same time on Friday afternoon. A tough choice will have to be made. Oh the humanity! After recovering from a week-long malaise about this, which only got worse after realizing the ROBOT CHICKEN and ARCHER panels are also happening during that busy timeframe, a calm head prevails. Obviously, it has to be TRUE BLOOD and Joss this year.
In the rooms or not, The FemmeBot will certainly collect every bit of nifty news and video we can find about all the events we care about. Keep watching.
If you are looking for a complete list of all TRUE BLOOD related events at SDCC, see TrueBloodTV.
If you are looking for a list of all BATTLESTAR GALACTICA and CAPRICA related events, Galactica Sitrep has it.
Bix from Whedonesque has collected a massive list of everything Joss Whedon Universe related.
Keep reading down under for all the rest of the television, film, and comedy panels, the off-site events, promotional stunts, screenings, and autograph signings we are looking forward to at Comic-Con!
