It’s been a week since Comic-Con ended, and our wrap-up coverage is nearly over. But before we close for the year, we’re giving readers the chance to win a Comic-Con goodie bag full of swag. For those who couldn’t attend, it’ll almost be like being there!
Two bags will be given away, with an awesome assortment of entertainment collectibles and fun stuff inside— including a miniposter for the Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard horror flickThe Cabin in the Woods, along with magazines, lanyards, pins, stickers, and some unique extras.
Each bag will be slightly different and guaranteed to be worth the price. (Which is free.)
Winning is easy. One bag will be given to a random participant in each of these promotions: Continue reading →
On the final day of Comic-Con 2009, the lovely Sera Gamble, writer for Supernatural, sat down with press to dish about the upcoming season and the psychology of the characters going into it. With her cherubic smile, it’s hard to imagine Sera planning the apocalypse, but with the title of executive producer added after her name this season, her fingerprints are all over the End of Days.
When asked about the relationship between the two lead characters, following the events of the season finale, Gamble delves into the dynamics of the brothers,
What we always want for Sam and Dean… and what [they] always want, I think, is to be together and to be a team, to be partners. They love each other more than anything in the world, but… the situation that has just occurred is making that, at the beginning of the season, almost impossible. So what we’ll see is their struggle, and we’ll see that unfold over the first several episodes.
And that’s the least spoilery stuff she reveals in her insights. Watch below— if you’re not opposed to finding out too much— and you’ll see why we saved perhaps the best for last:
The creator of the increasingly popular Supernatural proved eager to share the goods about his supposedly final year. Eric Kripke spoke enthusiastically to press at Comic-Con, revealing some of the plans for the upcoming season.
But first, the question on everyone’s mind was, “Are you really going to end Supernatural this season?”
Although he previously has said that the series would conclude after the fifth season, Kripke hedges,
The honest truth was, because I have low self esteem, I never dreamt the show would go five years. Never in my wildest dreams did I think we would make it to 100 episodes…. So now that we’re actually here, and ratings are getting better and better, and we’re staring down the barrel at season six, I’m a little amazed and bewildered. My feeling is I have a five-year plan… [and] I’m going to finish this particular chapter. I’m not going to drag it out; I’m not going to dilute it by trying to stretch it over years. And this particular chapter is going to end, but there’s no reason a new chapter can’t begin.
Kripke went on to discuss the exciting new season of the series. Had I been spoilerphobic I might have gone into shock. Watch at your own peril— you’ve been warned!
Jim Beaver— who plays Bobby Singer, the grizzled-but-loveable mentor to the Winchester boys on Supernatural— was slightly coy with the press concerning his character’s future on the series, ahead of the Comic-Con panel last week.
“He’s got obstacles that he’s never had to face before that are going to impact every aspect of his life and his relationship with the boys,” says Beaver.
“That’s vague, but vague doesn’t get my head handed to me by the producers.”
He did hint at some of the series changes coming out the three episodes he’s already filmed, and his involvement in the “apocalyptic” storyline during the upcoming season. Watch the roundtable we sat in on below:
Writer David Mello got the autograph ticket for Dollhouse, but ended up turned away
It’s hard for me to believe that a week ago, I was dealing with huge crowds, long lines and a laptop that died at the worst possible time.
That, in a nutshell, describes Comic-Con 2009 for me.
It’s wasn’t as wonderful as my first time in 2004, when I saw Sarah Michelle Gellar from a distance; or 2005 when I saw Bruce Campbell and Stan Lee up close, and got my Sunnydale HS yearbook signed by Joss Whedon; or even last year, when the MST3K cast joined for a rare reunion; or saw the wonder of Felicia Day and the Guild a year ahead of everyone else.
I suppose I was due to have a less-than-perfect Comic-Con, especially I was really lucky a few months earlier at Wonder-Con, meeting Summer Glau and Shirley Manson up close. Continue reading →
It used to be easy to recreate what a character wears in a Joss Whedon show. It wouldn’t take much to copy what Spike or Angel wears, or Buffy for that matter.
Ever since Firefly, that’s changed. I remember at the Browncoat Cruise to Mexico in 2007 that people took a lot of trouble to recreate Kaylee’s dress from “Shindig” or the fake medical uniform the crew had to wear in “Ariel.”
During Comic-Con 2009, among the most popular looks were from Dr. Horrible and Firefly, but for different reasons. In honor of the screening of the Emmy-nominated musical, a number of fans either dressed as Dr. Horrible, which takes lot of effort… Continue reading →
In addition to the various panels for the hottest movies and TV shows, Comic-Con hosts several traditional events, including the Eisner Awards honoring the best in comic books, and the Masquerade, featuring the best in costumes and wit.
In the last couple of years, a new tradition has emerged: bringing together Joss Whedon fans to sing-along to his musical episodes on the big screen. Two years ago a room was set aside for people to watch the classic Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical episode, “Once More With Feeling.” Continue reading →
Ben Edlund, who gained fame as creator of the satirical comic The Tick, cut his television drama teeth on Joss Whedon’s series Firefly and ANGEL— the latter for which he wrote and directed the highly regarded episode “Smile Time.” Following the end of ANGEL, he went on to write for the short-lived Point Pleasant with fellow Mutant Enemy alum Marti Noxon. Edlund also had a hand in Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, creating the characters of “Bad Horse” (originally for Angel) and Horrible’s henchman pal “Moist.”
Starting with its second season in 2006, Edlund has been staff writer and now executive producer for Supernatural, a series which has greatly benefited from his creativity and wit. We caught up with Ben during last week’s Comic-Con and posed the question to him: what did you learn from Joss that you’ve applied to writing for your current series?
See his answer below, along with some minor (and perhaps a major) revelation about the future of Supernatural:
Misha Collins, the archangel Castiel on Supernatural, reveals what it might have been like if he’d been a cherub, along with future plans for his character, and discusses some pranks pulled during filming. Minor spoilers ahead.
Eliza Dushku & Joss Whedon speak to press at Comic-Con 2009
On Friday, July 24, the already-legendary unbroadcast Dollhouse episode “Epitaph One” was screened at Comic-Con to a crowd of over 4000 fans. Prior to the event, Joss Whedon and Eliza Dushku met with press to field questions about the series, and its place in the pantheon of Whedonology.
For those who have yet to see it, “Epitaph One” will surely be a revelation: it has already been hailed as the most powerful episode of the series, offering a major shift in tone— taking Whedon’s favorite themes of personal politics and power in a bold and dark direction— while providing the cast some juicy dialogue and emotional scenes, stretching their acting muscles. When it was created, the series’ fate was still in limbo, and “Epitaph” provides a kind of closure to the first season, while effectively rebooting the concept of the show. Joss says, “I wouldn’t call it a second pilot; but it is definitely a different vision.”
Whedon: "There's something truly special about Echo."
Although it was produced for the DVD release and overseas distributors, it is a must-see for those who have been following the changes in the Dollhouse. According to Whedon, “It will contain a lot of things about the characters and who they are and where they are heading that people might not have seen or expected.”
In the press room, Whedon elaborated on the direction of the show and his approach to it. Continue reading →
