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.
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!
Guess what, dear readers? The nice folks at BBC America have given us two BEING HUMAN season one DVD boxes to giveaway to you folks. The DVD and Blu-Ray hits stores on July 20th and offers the perfect opportunity to catch-up on all the action before season two begins; the set set features all six episodes along with over an hour of bonus material including deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes featurettes, video diaries, character profiles, an interview with Toby Whithouse, and more.
To enter our giveaway, leave a comment here or send an email to FemmeBotMail at gmail dot com. Include: your email address, your city of residence, and a description of your favorite character on the show OR what you are most looking forward to seeing in season two.
While The Fangirl Nation awaits an official film and television panel announcement from San Diego Comic-Con headquarters that should be coming any day now, The FemmeBot has been rooting around the internet like a truffle-hunting boar…seeking nuggets of wisdom on your behalf. Today’s update includes new information about SPARTACUS, BEING HUMAN, GLEE, SONS OF ANARCHY, HARRY POTTER, SUCKER PUNCH, TRON: LEGACY, SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD, groovy Geek Girls on panels, and what we think we know about Joss Whedon and GAME OF THRONES.
Meanwhile, Comic-Con HQ just announced the other day that on Monday June 28 at 12pm Pacific Time, they are releasing additional con badges and hotel packages. So if you are feeling lucky and still want to go to this “sold-out” event, get ready to work that mouse.
Our flights are booked, our hotel is reserved. San Diego here we come…
ETA June 24: Great news from the BBC this week – they are bringing the BEING HUMAN team to Comic-con and screening the season 2 premiere episode! More info here.
Toby Whithouse and his merry band are hard at work at this very moment shooting Season 3 of this intense and witty BBC genre drama over in England, while we Americans await the airing of Season 2 here in the states on BBC America beginning July 24th.
BBC keeps a terrific show production blog, and keep us happy with some tweets and twitpics now and then…but we US fans are never able to watch any of the videos in BBC’s UK-only player. Until now! Yes, BBC has thrown us all a bone and put this Season 3 behind-the-scene video on YouTube, shot during the first cast and crew script read-through of the new year:
Sorry girls… no Aidan today. Sigh.
Meanwhile, over at the SyFy network here in the USA, a few more details were recently announced about the American remake of the show, which will be a 12 episode season:
With an eye on a late spring production start and a 2011 premiere, the U.S. ‘Being Human’ currently has two scripts under its belt and outlines for another three, Syfy executive VP of development Mark Stern tells Fancast.
As far as casting the show, Stern says, “We’re not there yet.” He is, however, quick to shoot down a rumor that Syfy’s take on ‘Being Human’ will change the genders of any of its three main characters.
Rather, the U.S. adaptation will strive to retain much of what has made the original so spooktacular.
“The big challenge of this show is, How do you adapt it without it feeling ripped off?” says Stern. “How much do you take from the British version, and how much do you adapt on your own?”
Championed with finding that perfect balance are showrunners Jeremy Carver (’Supernatural’) and Anna Fricke (’Everwood’).
“Anna and Jeremy have done a really great job really finding their own voice while embodying the tone of the original show,” says Stern. As for the concern that an Americanized ‘Being Human’ will sanitize its inspiration’s trademark sensuality and gore, Stern responds, “We definitely plan on emulating the unique and edgy mix of humor, sexiness, and scary thrills that the UK version so perfectly captured.”
One last matter of business concerns the setting for Syfy’s ‘Being Human.’ Stern could not confirm talk that the show’s otherworldly roommates would make camp in Boston (versus, say, foggy San Francisco), though that region of the U.S. seems a likely bet.
“I love the East Coast – especially the Northeast, where you have that whole Salem Witch Trial [vibe],” explains Stern. “There’s a sense of history and the Old World that you just don’t get on the West Coast.”
As for Comic-Con, since the British crew is busy shooting season three this summer, that might be a good reason not to come over to San Diego, despite the 2nd season premiering here in the USA that very weekend.
ETA, June 20th: SFX Magazine just posted a brilliant and not-really-spoilery note they received this week from “Lord Toby” himself about what is to come in season 3. Hee.
Make sure to visit us here at The FemmeBot each week after the new BEING HUMAN episodes air this summer, read our thoughts and share your comments.
Hi there — thanks for coming to The FemmeBot today on our first day open to the public!
We are still a bit under construction this week as we extremely-soft-launch with a moderate amount of posts and a TON of posts in particular about one of our favorite TV shows, TRUE BLOOD, which has a new season on HBO beginning this Sunday, June 13.
Come back later for lots more TV and Film news and discussion… in addition to our fangbanging, we will be covering San Diego Comic Con (July 21-25), and discussing the new seasons of MAD MEN (starting July 25) and BEING HUMAN (starting July 24) every week this summer.
