Chuck vs. the Ring

Tonight's season (possibly series) finale was a game changing episode of Chuck. If the show gets renewed it will be interesting to see what the writers do next. With the intersect out of Chuck's head, Chuck is ready to go back to being a regular guy. He turns down a job as an analyst working on the new intersect, quits his job at the Buy-More, and now wants to focus on his new life, and hopefully finally get the woman of his dreams. But fate has a different plan for Chuck.

This episode of Chuck was the best episode of the season, possibly the series. So much happened in the episode, I can't believe that it was only an hour long. It felt like so much happened. The ending of the episode was very open and at the end it said "to be continued." Some of the jaw dropping parts of the episode were (Spoiler Alert):

• That Chuck's dad has an intersect in his head.
• The is another group after the intersect, once that is worse then Fulcrum and that has infiltrated the CIA.
• Unknown changes were made to the new intersect.
  
• A dying Bryce asks Chuck to destroy the newly created intersect, however, Chuck decides that he was meant to work with the Government and re-downloads the intersect into his head.
• After flashing on bad guys and pictures of Kung Fu, it seems that Chuck is able to do Kung Fu.

So hopefully the show will be renewed so we can see what comes next for our favorite spy. Do your part to help save Chuck. It's a great show, and we need another season.

Dollhouse: Haunted

Dollhouse has been on a roll lately. The show just seems to be getting better and better. I started watching the show, because it was a Joss Whedon show and one of the stars was Tahmoh Penikett (Helo from Battlestar Galactica), but the show has exceeded my expectations.

This past weeks episode focused on life after death. How the dollhouse could be used to bring a person back to life in the body of another person. In the episode Adelle's friend is killed, and is brought back to life in Echo's body to see what happens to her family and friend after her death. While witnessing her own viewing and seeing how family is behaving, she starts to piece together her own death to figure out who murdered her. Also in the episode, Topher needed an active for a special engagement, however it turned out that he only needed the active for a friend on his birthday. Appearently Adelle allows him once a year, to have an active be an actual friend to him, so that he can have an enjoyable birthday. Lastly, Paul Ballard investigated Mellie's past. He tried to distance himself from Mellie, without letting anyone know that she is a doll. He was able to learn some of Mellie;s secret identities, only to have all the information erased. Paul also had a hard time being with her, he is disgusted with the dollhouse, and therefore disgusted with himself for taking advantage of Mellie by being with her.

The episode was intriguing, it showed us a different sides of many of the characters. The audience saw a different side of Adelle, a side of her resevered for her firends. We also saw a more vulnerable side of her because she had to deal with the death of her friend, and walk a fine line within the company, because she was questioned by Boyd about what she was doing, and she still had to help her friend. Topher was also shown in a different light. He is usually this out going, sarcastic, lab nerd, however the audience now sees him as a loner, who doesn't even have friends to spend his birthday with. This is such a dark and intersting show, and next weeks preview looks amazing. Also a special guest next week will be Alan Tudyk from Firefly and Serenity, and the episode looks to be filled with action and maybe a few answers. Hope fully the show will get a renewal for next season, even if it is a limited run, because this intriguing story deserves an actual ending.

EDIT: This week is watch Dollhouse week, leading up to the finale this Friday. If you haven't been watching the show, now is the perfect time to start. If you are watching the show, now is the time to get your friends and family hooked. This may help us save this show. Head on over to watchdollhouseweek.com and enjoy the episodes.

Chuck: Help Us Save This Show

It's hard to choose which show to watch Monday nights at 8, there's House MD, The Big Bang Theory, Gossip Girl, and Chuck. Right now Chuck has a 50/50 chance at getting renewed. While I like all the shows, every week I watch Chuck. There is a campaign at Givememyremote.com to try and save Chuck.

Chuck (Zachary Levi) is an average guy and a computer whiz who works as a computer expert for the Nerd Herd at the local Buy More. After downloading a super computer known as the intersect into his brain, he is able to flash on people and weaponry and works with his handlers (Yvonne Strahovski and Adam Baldwin) using the knowledge in his brain to stop the bad guys and protect the US and the World. Chuck also has to deal with his friends and family, whom he often has to protect, and whom often inadvertently interfere with missions.

The show has a great cast and this season has had some amazing recurring guest stars, including: Tony Hale, Jordana Brewster, Scott Bakula, and Chevy Chase. Other guest stars throughout the season included: Michael Clarke Duncan, Melinda Clarke, Nicole Richie, Gary Cole, Dominic Monaghan, and Tricia Helfer.

Everyone should tell there friends about this awesome show, because right now it needs more viewers. NBC has tough decisions to make, because coming the fall Jay Leno will have the 10 o'clock spot every night, so that means that there are less spots for other shows. Chuck deserves another season, and the show needs the help of all the fans to hopefully secure it. On the site there are also postcards to be sent to NBC, as well as different things post on blogs, twitter and facebook. So please join the Nerd Herd and save this awesome show.

NYC Trip

I went to NYC this past Saturday with my friends. We hung out around SNL and got to meet some of the cast members again. I love going to SNL and hanging out, the cast is so nice and it's always a good time. We also bumped into Nikki Blonsky from Hairspray, who was really nice. Here are some pics from the evening.

NY Comic-Con 2009

A few weekends ago I went to NY for Comic-con. I have been so busy with work that I just didn't have the time for this huge post. But I figured I better make some time for this.

The convention was amazing. There was a lot of great programming and a lot of big names in attendance. There was so much to do at the convention and there was not enough time to do it all. Before I realized it, the convention was over and the 3 days had gone by so fast. I didn't even have time to attend a panel til Sunday. I was able to attend the Chuck panel, and they showed some exclusive clips from the second half of the season. I also went to the panel for the Wanted video game. The game looks awesome, has some really cool features and ties into both the film and the book. There was a little mention of the film sequel, only confirming that there is a sequel and no details about the cast or the storyline of the film.

A highlight of the convention for me was meeting Brian M. Bendis. It was great meeting him, because I really did enjoy reading Secret Invasion. I also met John Noble from Fringe and he was really nice. Fringe is easily one of the favorite new shows, and Dr. Walter Bishop is the best part of the show, so it was really great meeting him. I was also interviewed for the Fringe Podcast so that was pretty cool as well.

Lastly at the end of the day on Sunday, while walking down Artist Alley, I bumped into Tahmoh Penikett from Battlestar Galactica. It was amazing because I was unable to attend the Dollhouse Panel, and I didn't want to go the convention center at 3 in the morning for tickets to the signing, so it amazing that I just bumped into him. He was so nice, and he even took a picture with me. Being a big fan of BSG I was ecstatic.

So onto the pictures. I posted a bunch of other pictures on my Flickr site, so feel free to look at them there or on facebook. I may post more of the them here if I have the time.

SAG Award Winners

Here are the Winners from tonight's Screen Actors Guild Awards:

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series: Tina Fey for 30 Rock

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series: Alec Baldwin for 30 Rock

Outstanding Performance by a Ensemble Cast in a Comedy Series: 30 Rock

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Kate Winslet for The Reader

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series: Hugh Laurie for House

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series: Sally Field for Brothers and Sisters

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Cast in a Drama Series: Mad Men

Life Achievement Award: James Earl Jones

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Mini-Series: Laura Linney for John Adams

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Mini-Series: Paul Giamatti for John Adams

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Meryl Streep for Doubt

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Sean Penn for Milk

Outstanding Performance by an Cast in a Motion Picture: Slumdog Millionaire

Golden Globe Winners 2009

Here are the winners from tonights Golden Globe Awards:

Best Motion Picture - Drama: Slumdog Millionaire

Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy: Vicky Christina Barcelona

Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama : Micky Rourke for The Wrestler

Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama: Kate Winslett for Revolutionary Road

Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy: Colin Farrell for In Bruges

Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy: Sally Hawkins for Happy-Go-Lucky

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Kate Winslett for The Reader

Best Director - Motion Picture: Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture: Slumdog Millionaire

Best Original Song - Motion Picture: The Wrestler

Best Original Score - Motion PIcture: Slumdog Millionaire

Best Animated Film: Wall-E

Best Foreign Language Film: Waltz with Bashir

Best Television Series - Drama: Mad Men

Best Television Series - Musical/Comedy: 30 Rock

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: John Adams

Best Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV: Paul Giamatti for John Adams

Best Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for TV: Laura Linney for John Adams

Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series - Musical/Comedy: Alec Baldwin for 30 Rock

Best Performance by an Acrtress in a TV Series - Musical/Comedy: Tina Fey for 30 Rock

Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series - Drama: Gabriel Byrne for In Treatment

Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series - Drama: Anna Paquin for True Blood

Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a TV Series/Mini-Series/Motion Picture Made for TV: Tom Wilkinson for John Adams

Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in a TV Series/Mini-Series/Motion Picture Made for TV: Laura Dern for Recount

New York Comic- Con

Well NY Comic-con is right around the corner...in fact it's 1 month away today. And this convention is shaping up to be great. The guest list is awesome and some attending artists and writers are: Grant Morrison, Brian Bendis, Jim Lee, Geoff Johns, J.G. Jones, David Finch, Matt Fraction, Ben Templesmith, Leinil Yu, Dave Gibbons, Alex Maleev, Andy Lanning, Dan Abnett, Gabriele Del'Otto. It has also recently been announce that Robot Chicken creators, Seth Green & Matthew Senreich will also be attending, they will be hosting a panel with special guests Breckin Meyer, Geoff Johns and Kevin Shinick, on saturday.

For more information on the convention visit: nycomiccon.com

For the latest news on the convention visit: mediumatlarge.net

NYC for Equus

I went this past week into NYC with my friend Carl to see Equus staring Daniel Radcliffe. We had a pretty awesome time, apart from a incident with a cup of coffee. We met the stars from a few plays and met Will Smith and of Montreal at Letterman.

Golden Globe Nominations

The nominees for the 66th annual Golden Globes were announced today. The winners will be announced on January 11.

Here is a list of the nominees:

Best Motion Picture - Drama
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
The ReaderRevolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Burn After Reading
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges
Mamma Mia!
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Actor Motion Picture - Drama
Leonardo Dicaprio - Revolutionary Road
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

Best Actress Motion Picture - Drama
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie - Changling
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kristen Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long
Kate Winslett - Revolutionary Road

Best Actor Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Javier Bardem - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Colin Farrell - In Bruges
James Franco - Pineapple Express
Brendan Gleeson - In Bruges
Dustin Hoffman - Last Chance Harvey

Best Actress Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Rebecca Hall - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
Frances McDormand - Burn After Reading
Meryl Streep - Mamma Mia!
Emma Thompson - Last Chance Harvey

Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture
Tom Cruise - Tropic Thunder
Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Ralph Fiennes - The Duchess
Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight

Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture
Amy Adams - Doubt
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Kate Winslet - The Reader

Best Director - Motion Picture
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
Stephen Daldry - The Reader
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Sam Mendes - Revolutionary Road

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Original Song
Bolt
Cadillac Records
Gran torino
Wall-E
The Wrestler

Best Original Score
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Defiance
Frost/Nixon
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Animated Film
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E

Best Television Series - Drama

Dexter
House M.D.
In Treatment
Mad Men
True Blood

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Californication
Entourage
The Office
30 Rock
Weeds

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Bernard and Doris
Cranford
John Adams
A Raisin in the Sun
Recount

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Ralph Fiennes - Bernard and Doris
Paul Giamatti - John Adams
Kevin Spacey - Recount
Kiefer Sutherland - 24: Redemption
Tom Wilkinson - Recount

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Judi Dench - Cranford
Catherine Keener - An American Crime
Laura Linney - John Adams
Shirley MacLaine - Coco Chanel
Susan Sarandon - Bernard and Doris

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock
Steve Carell - The Office
Kevin Connolly - Entourage
David Duchovny - Californication
Tony Shalhoub - Monk

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Christina Applegate - Samantha Who?
America Ferrera - Ugly Betty
Tina Fey - 30 Rock
Debra Messing - The Starter Wife
Mary-Louise Parker - Weeds

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
Gabriel Byrne - In Treatment
Michael C. Hall - Dexter
Jon Hamm - Mad Med
Hugh Laurie - House M.D.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers - The Tudors

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
Sally Field - Brothers & Sisters
Mariska Hargitay - Law and Order: SVU
January Jones - Mad Men
Anna Paquin - True Blood
Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Neil Patrick Harris - How I Met Your Mother
Denis Leary - Recount
Jeremy Piven - Entourage
Blair Underwood - In Treatment
Tom Wilkinson - John Adams

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Eileen Atikins - Cranford
Laura Dern - Recount
Melissa George - In Treatment
Rachel Griffiths - Brothers & Sisters
Dianne Wiest - In Treatment

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Twilight

Twilight is one of the movies that both fans of the book and newcomers to the series can enjoy. In the film Bella (Kristen Stewart) moves from Phoenix Arizona, to the small town of Forks, Washington. At her local high school, Bella fits right in, making friends and even getting the attention of some of the boys. She immediately notices Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) and his family. The entire family is eerily white and all of them are beautiful, with golden eyes that seem to change color. Her first encounter with Edward does not go well, he looks at her as if he hates her. However, that is not the case, instead it is that she is so appealing to him, that he wants to drink her blood, because he is a vampire.  Although he fights his temptation, even telling her to stay away from him because he is dangerous, he realizes that he is in love with her and those feelings are mutual. There are however darker forces at work, including bad vampires, who unlike the Cullens, who hunt animals to quench there bloodlust, hunt humans, killing a few of the local townspeople. She not only has to deal with them but, the local Indian tribe as well. The indians are descendants of the wolf, and are enemies of the vampires and while the youngest child Jacob (Tyler Lautner) seems to like Bella his father seems to be keeping a watchful eye on her. 

This film was very enjoyable, there were a few laughs, some inside jokes for fans of the books, and some excellent action scenes. The end of the film while resolving the main storyline, hints at what is to come in future installments. I look forward to the sequel to this film, and hopefully film adaptations for the rest of the series.

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Secret Invasion 7

In Secret Invasion #7 all hell breaks loose in NYC and the battle between the skrulls and heroes is in full swing. This issue had some really standout moments, and one of them involved one of my favorite characters, but I'll get to that later. The action starts out right on the first page of the issue, which is a two-page spread, featuring the beginnings of the battle. Newsarama has a page by page description of entire issue here. 

One of the standout moments was the arrival of Marvel Boy, who in the name of Captain Mar-Vell and the Kree Empire declares that this fight is over. This serves as almost a second battle call and the Avengers once again charge the skrulls while Thor yells "have at thee." Another interesting moment is when Jessica Jones realizes that Luke was right all along, and decided to join in the battle as Jewel. She leave the baby with Skrull Jarvis, thinking that Danielle will be safe with him. However at the end of the issue he reverts to his true form and tells that baby that the heroes have to submit to the skrulls will. 

Lastly, during the battle, Young Avenger Hawkeye gets hurt and drops her bow and arrow, while the vision, also of the Young Avengers takes her out of the battle. Clint Barton , the former Hawkeye and current Ronin, picks up his old bow and arrows and starts killing skrulls immediately. He hits three in the head immediately. Clint then takes aim at the Skrull Queen and hits her with an arrow right through her face. With this Skrullowjacket realizes that it is time for their end game. Skrullowjacket had given the Wasp a new growth formula which causes her to grow very large and start to glow. At this the major heroes begin to react in pain.

For me the best part of issue was Clint Barton becoming Hawkeye again. There has been a lot of Clint Barton through this series, and he has had to deal with a lot. Prior to this in New Avengers it seemed as though he was starting a relationship with Echo. However while he was in the savage land he ran into Mockingbird and believed her to be his actual wife. However when it was revealed that she was a skrull it broke Clint's heart and he declared that this wouldn't end until every last skrull was dead.  Clint has had to deal with a lot these past few years, and with the Fake Mockingbird, he had a lot of built up anger, and he certainly took it out on the skrulls. Clint is one of my favorite characters and it good to see him with his bow and arrows. 

Baltimore Comic-con

Baltimore Comic-con
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Well this past Saturday I took a trip down to Baltimore, with my friend John for Baltimore Comic-con. I had a really great time at the convention, and I even got to meet Jim Lee while I was there. I started out the day by going to the DC Nation panel. Dan Didio moderated the panel and panelists included Geoff Johns, Jimmy Palmiotti, Sean McKeever, James Robinson, and Sterling Gates. The panel started out by highlighting DC's current lineup and a preview of what's coming up next. There was a lot of talk about Final Crisis and Batman R.I.P.  as well as Superman and how October was going to be an important month for the Man of Steel. The panel was interesting and I always enjoy the DC panels because they seem to be very fan friendly. Geoff Johns was probably the best part of the panel, because we got to hear about some of the upcoming things that he has going on, and his answers to questions were very funny. A lot of the questions that people asked were about characters that had been killed off or hadn't been seen in a while and Johns kept saying that they were black lanterns. 

After the DC Panel was the Marvel A Cup of B Panel, which was moderated by Brian Bendis and included Dan Slott, Tom Brevoort and C.B. Cebulski. There was some announcements made at the beginning of the panel, including that Dan Slott will be writing Mighty Avengers starting with issue #21 and that he will no longer be writing for Avengers: The Initiative (which will only be written by Chris Gage). Instead of writing Mighty Avengers, Bendis will be writing Dark Avengers. He will also be teaming up with Alex Maleev to write Spider-Woman: Agent of SWORD which will debut in March of 2009 (Maleev and Bendis previously worked on Daredevil together). After the announcements the audience asked questions but there was nothing revealed about upcoming issues of Secret Invasion. A funny part of the panel was that there was a women signing in the front of the room for the hearing impaired and whenever Bendis would curse he would stop the panel to see how she signed the curses and he was paying a lot of attention to the woman signing. Also one of the audience members had made a jacket out of Mighty and New Avengers tie-ins, which he felt were filler issues, so that kept being brought up through out the panel.

After the panel I was finally able to make it to the convention floor. I got some good back issues that I was looking for, and I was able to get some things signed by Geoff Johns, JG Jones, Jim Lee and Dan Slott. I liked how the floor was set up, and how every artist and writer had their own table that they spent most of the day at, it made it a lot easier to get things signed and chat with the writers and artists a bit more.

Secret Invasion 6

Secret Invasion has been very good so far, but this issue is where things really picked up. The Avengers in the Savage Land, along with Reed Richards (Whom discovered a way to detect skrulls) and Agent Brand finally make it to NYC to battle the Skrulls. They are joined by Nick Fury and his new Howling Commandoes, the Young Avengers, The Initiative,  Thunderbolts and The Hood's Syndicate of Criminals. Thor and Captain America also arrive in NYC, and they both have words as to who the other one is, when they meet. 

With the group of heroes facing the Skrulls, Spider-Woman aka Queen Veranke tells them that the Skrulls are here to save them and that "He Loves you" Spider-Man asks who "He" is and the Queen replies, "God". Nick Fury then delivers the best line of the issue, "Yeah, well my God has a Hammer" and following this Iron Man yells Avengers Assemble. The comic ends with two back to back double splash pages. Reading this issue makes the wait for the next one seem like a year. This was an excellent comic and with the next issue being the battle, it will be interesting to see what happens to our favorite heroes. Issue #7 the penultimate issue of the series will be available on October 22 at your local comic book shop, or wherever you buy your comics.

RocknRolla

The trailer to Guy Rithchie's latest film was released last week. The film stars Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Thandie Newton, Jeremy Piven, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges,  and Gemma Arterton. The trailer is amazing and if that is any indication of what the film is going to be like, then I am excited. 

According to apple the film is about:

“RocknRolla,” a story of sex, thugs and rock ‘n roll. The film takes a dangerous ride into high crime and low life in contemporary London, where real estate has supplanted drugs as the biggest market, and criminals are its most enthusiastic entrepreneurs. With millions up for grabs, all of London’s criminal underworld conspires, colludes and collides with one another in an effort to take their cut. But as high rollers and petty criminals alike jockey for dominance, the true prize of one multi-million-dollar deal will fall into the hands of a junkie rock star, presumed dead but very much alive.

You can see the trailer here and you can find more information about the film here.

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Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

So far I have watched the first two episodes of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog and all I can say is that it is amazing. I have been a fan of Joss Whedon for a while, I always watched Buffy and Angel and became a fan of Firefly and Serenity. I also love his comic work, especially Astonishing X-Men. 

The web series stars Neil Patrick Harris as Billy aka Doctor Horrible, who is a villain who is like a mad scientist. Nathan Fillion plays Captain Hammer who is a super hero and Doctor Horribles arch-nemesis. Rounding out the cast is Felicia Day who is Doctor Horrible's love interest and a volunteer at a homeless shelter. 

The first two episodes of the show are already posted at: http://drhorrible.com/ and the next episode will be available Saturday July 19. Also the episode are available for download from iTunes.

In other Joss Whedon news, he will be on hand at San Diego Comic-con doing panels for Doctor Horrible and Dollhouse. Here are his panels and viewings straight from the Comic-con website:

• Friday July 25 from 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Joss Whedon— Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and the writers and cast of his new short film, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, will show never-before-seen clips while Joss also discusses Buffy Season Eight, the Fray crossover, and the upcoming Serenity comic focusing on Shepherd Book. Ballroom 20
• Friday July 25 from 10:45 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog— The story of a low-rent supervillain (Neil Patrick Harris as Dr. Horrible), the hero who keeps beating him up (Nathan Fillion as Captain Hammer), and the cute girl from the laundromat he's too shy to talk to (Felicia Day as Penny). This musical in three parts, created for the Internet and written by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon, Zack Whedon, and Maurissa Tancharoen, premieres in its entirety on the big screen at Comic-Con. Room 6B
  
• Saturday July 26 from 1 - 2 p.m.Dollhouse— When news broke that Joss Whedon was returning to television with a vehicle for “Buffy” alum Eliza Dushku, legions of fans around the world rejoiced. Although most will have to wait until January to learn more about the exciting new project, Comic-Con fans will hear it straight from Joss and Eliza in person! Ballroom 20
  

Comic-Con Schedule

Well just a quick announcement that the schedule for Comic-Con is up and it is awesome. There are so many amazing panels, ranging from films, to tv to comics, and websites. The convention should be amazing, so if you're going have fun...I know I will.

*Update: The Autograph schedule is now up as well.

**Update: The convention is officially sold out. I hope you have your tickets if you wanted to go.

Wall●E

Pixar has done it again, Wall●E was everything that I expected it to be and more. The film is about a waste collecting robot, whose only companion on earth is a cockroach. Wall●E does his job of collecting garbage and compacting it, but he often looks for treasures and his favorite is an old romantic/musical film called Hello, Dolly! that teaches Wall●E about love and companionship. Wall●E then meets Eve another robot (albeit a more hi-tech one) who comes to earth looking for samples. After meeting Eve he decides to follow her back into space, and that is where the adventure of his lifetime beings. 

The film does not have a lot a dialogue, but it is still heartwarming and funny. The audience can't help but fall in love with the characters and really get into their story. Voice talents in the film, include, Jeff Garlin, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Najimy, Sigourney Weaver and Fred Willard (who is also shown in the film). This movie is great for children of all ages....including adults.

Wanted

This summer seems to be the season for films based on Comic books. So far Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk have been released, and now there is Wanted. Wanted is based on the comic by Mark Millar and J.G. Jones. The film is about an average guy named Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy) who has a job that he hates, a girlfriend that cheats on him, fake friends and a horrible boss. After being targeted by a mysterious assassin and saved by a beautiful women named Fox (Angelina Jolie), Wesley is introduced into a world of deadly assassins known as the Fraternity, who are led by Sloan, (Morgan Freeman) and Wesley is taught how to become one. 

The film was a lot different then the comic book (which I am a fan of) but there were also several plot elements from the book incorporated into the film. Mark and J.G. were even Executive Producers so it seems that they were somewhat involved in the film. At the J.G. Jones panel at Wizard World Philly, he even mentioned that t

hey were treating them very well. Its good to see the creators involved in the film adaptations (Maybe Alan Moore would like the films based on his books better, if he had more say). The film was directed by Timur Bekmambetov and it was a really well made action film. It had a great story, had some amazing scenes and special effects. 

Also surprising is how awesome McAvoy is as an action star. He was a great choice for Wesley. The film itself had an awesome cast, other cast members included, Terence Stamp, Thomas Kretschmann, Common, David O'Hara, and Chris Pratt. 

I would recommend this film to fans of the comic and people who haven't read them. It is definitely worth seeing.