I got a tingling sensation when I read the news! I just hope the cover art is *good* - creative and sexy - just like the show! and that it will include all the extras from the Starburst Editions and I just wish they'd include a little Moya - just like the Battlestar Complete Series has a little Cylon Centurion:D

"The Re-packaged Line, Slated for November 2009..."


[EDIT] just when I was cursing myself that I didn't buy the Contender Ultimate Collection when it was available at Amazon UK. just after I got screwed by a supposedly Super Seller on ebay, who mysteriously disappeared with my money as well as that of 29 other people... Henson comes through! ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

Loved it!!! just brilliant! with wonderful characters that I felt deeply invested in - that by the time the holy shit of an ending came I was left broken and demanding answers! that it just couldn't be!! I felt angry and a little bit betrayed. But mostly I wanted some explanation of what just happened. I didn't want to believe it at first. Then I understood the logistics of producing a Pilot - that sth had to grip you and sth needed to stand out amongst other new shows. On the other hand - this kind of storytelling - providing topics for discussion, for later pondering, for breaking each scene into little pieces of a great puzzle - this kind of storytelling is what I love most. I won't soon forget this little piece of art. please FOX give me more eps of this touching ingenious new show.

I wasn't sure I was gonna check s2 out... I thought that I might stop at s1... cuz well it was too...gratuitously explicit in it's portrayal of sex. ...and this coming from a die-hard Six Feet Under fan!? but this clip is scary and hilarious at the same time! well done Alan Ball!

check for yourselves by dl the clip from here

BSG Finale: for me it always came down to Boomer. for me her end somehow triggered my whole disillusionment with the show. from the moment at the end of the Mini when she meets up in the hallway with Chief - she was my favorite character and they - my favorite pairing. they were real together. not forced like Kara/Lee, Dee/Billy or any other hailed paring: they were the ones that felt most real. and Boomer as a central character in season 1. her struggles, her terror at what she was, her downfall... I held up hope for her, for them...and with that awful moment of vengeance and hatred from Athena it all was snuffed away from me in the finale....maybe she didn't deserve a happy ending...bo who did on BSG?!

love it! that they're promoting Dollhouse so heavily, as well as Sarah Connor. please Network don't let me down with these shows... here's the link to their Winter Edition video (.flv format). Tahmoh is heavily featured in it! oh goody! *3 days till the webisodes, and counting! yay!*

sneak peak at the photos: ( under the cut ) 

[ETA] get all these and more from both the Winter and Fall Editions in *UHQ* right here.
 

you know what, I understand they're thinking longevity and all but focusing on the new boy is irritating. tbh, I might have cared for him if he was introduced when the show started - he seems in more ways than one to be like Matt Saracen. but who cares! I want to see the characters I already do care about! hence the Matt/Julie storyline felt so beautiful - I couldn't keep from smiling. and also, as always, my eyes welled up in scenes with Street. can't believe he's gonna be in only 1 or 2 eps and then he's gone. at least I'm hoping what it means is that ge get to move to where his new beautiful family is. also, funny thing, when Lyla showed up in the middle of the ep - I was like whoa! totally forgot about her. didn't miss her a bit. weird, given that I used to - still do kinda - passionately ship Jason/Lyla. just goes to show you that Jason is it for me with this show. Riggs, yet again - wonderful comic relief at the beginning of the ep. but seriously couldn't care less for his relationship with Lyla. and sorry, but there's sth like too much Landry and this ep had many storylines that I wish where given more screen-time instead of watching Landry rock his guitar. and could introducing this new guitar chick be any more obvious!? so many things I love about this ep. so many felt forced and dull. furthermore, I'm finding myself intrigued by Tyra's storyline. I care as to what happens to her and I want her to come out strong from it. also, Julie looked so beautiful this ep!. esp. liked her hair - both at work and the-morning-after:)

As surprised as I am to say this, I think I'm quitting FNL if there'll ever be a Season 4. Seeing Street this episode - finally! - reminded me just how much I used to be shaken and moved by these stories. I do enjoy them. immensely. but I don't think I have the time to immerse myself in a show that's loosing it's heart piece by piece. Smash grew into a wonderful complex character last season and it was a shocking news they were writing him out. but loosing Street is going to be like a blow the fan in me won't recover from. I thought this show was about Street and his struggles in a town obsessed with sth he can no longer be a part of... I know it's an ensemble drama - one of the best examples of an ensemble drama there is! - I'm just taking a shortcut in my thinking process here.

First I was misguided to think Lyla & Street were teh love story for this show, alas that ended finitely in Season 1 finale. I like all the characters. I especially enjoy scenes with Coach Taylor. he's my constant. but I feel I started watching this show for Jason and that's how it's always been for me. only his storylines are the ones that get me in tears. even this last episode I got a little misty eyed when Jason was talking with Buddy Garrity. and it felt weird them talking about Lyla as if she was only his friend from school or sth. I miss the intensity the show had when it evolved around Street's storyline. Smash took the lead last season with some heavy storylines. but with those two boys gone from the show I cannot imagine myself sticking around. I don't mean to sound bitter. but Street just gets to me every single time! and the other characters never got under my skin so much. The best ep last season was when Jason jumped into the water from that boat. the score was sublime to that scene and it was the highlight of Season 2 for me. I'm guessing I'm gonna be an emotional wreck after Street's last episode airs.

on a side note though, Riggins is great for comic relief! that "true visionary" line repeated for the second time was priceless! I miss scenes with Riggs and Street just hanging out, trying to be the best of friends.

Failure is not the only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.

Jules Renard

I'll mostly remember him from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. he captivated me with his performance! however, I was rather disillusioned by Cool Hand Luke. nevertheless, he will always remain a favorite! I now mean to seek out some good copies of The Long, Hot Summer and The Hustler.

R.I.P. you were truly a gentle and elegant soul.

[TV Guide News]  [The New York Times]

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau will star in Virtuality as the mission commander. [source]

this is like the best news ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!! New Amsterdam had it's flaws, but Nikolaj was *perfect* in it! RDM will be able to do great things with his new cast. *so excited*

Hello mates!

to ease the suffering of the long wait bestowed upon us by Channel 9, they provided brand new cast interviews via their streaming player. It was a bitch to get those downloaded in an acceptable quality and then ripped to an acceptable file size, but I believe I managed. so, without further ado here's the always adorable Simmone, hunky Matt and funny Luke:


Simmone Jade Mackinnon 2008 Q&A:


Matt Passmore 2008 Q&A:


Luke Jacobz 2008 Q&A:

( ETA, filling a request )

I'm all giddy and wholeheartedly laughing with joy! that was beautiful. who knew, Battlestar Galactica would turn out to be a romance!?

 

[ETA] NY Magazine seems to think the very same thing!

Battlestar has defied expectations from the start. So it’s fitting that as we move closer to the big finale, this season is becoming something we never expected: a love story between two of its oldest characters.

this one is getting better by the minute! I think I'm even more excited than for Dollhouse! also, it took me a while to get used to the other show's title: Dollhouse...eeh?! but Virtuality hit the mark perfectly for me.

Variety reports Peter Berg has come aboard as director and one executive producer of FOX's Virtuality - written by Ronald D. Moore and Michael Taylor.

this is perfect.

XF2 new video ads.
[Mulder] [Scully]

ETA: [Trailer] !!!!

since Tahmoh joined the show I've been giddily excited! and now with just this one quote from god Joss himself - I am already a fan. This could be a big comeback and a rebirth of episodic television the likes of which viewers rarely see!

Whedon has described the show as "The Bourne Identity meets Stepford Wives meets boarding school meets Los Angeles neo-noir meets the Whedonverse."

I love it how he explains things!
[source]

again? Peter Berg - that's cool! but again?! I'm on board with that, but still... I just bought meself the Special Edition Director's Cut DVD, so I'm not one to argue with another vision of this classic being brought to our screens - but I'm puzzled by the abruptness of it - tis' all! heh.
[source]

Fox has given the green light to Virtuality, a two-hour backdoor SF pilot from the mastermind behind SCI FI Channel's Battlestar Galactica, Ronald D. Moore, according to The Hollywood Reporter. (read the rest here)

Virtuality sounds freakishly amazing. it's almost like Harlan Ellison's Starlost -- with which I became quite obsessed with for a while...not to long ago; the concept for which was brilliant and I secretly wished the Eick/Moore team would grab it for reimagining;) -- but very different too.

this one stands a chance of being a much bigger hit than SciFi's Caprica, mostly bc it'd be on FOX - which could also mean it might go the way of Firefly...

I recently caved in and watched Bionic Woman. I skipped the Pilot, retooled or not I was too disappointed the first time to give that ep another go, and went straight to Episode Two - which featured [SPOILER ALERT!] the funeral of the most engaging character from the Pilot; huh?! anyways onto the next episodes. Katee Sackhoff rocks the show! her inner struggles and the twisted love affair with Will Yun Lee's character could've been the base for a seperate show - with riveting characters and fabulous actors. speaking of which, Isaiah Washington gives this show so much strength, with every episode he's in being better and better. that's why I made a conscious choice early on to skip those two eps he's not in entirely. and thus came and went the entire season in 5 somewhat enjoyable, yet occasionally exhaustingly boring eps. also, one must not forget the geeky character of all sci-fi shows (shame on you Mr Eick!), we get Herc from FNL, who's so fun too watch, I completely blocked out the part of how predictable his character actions were. was there humor? not so much. but there were glimpses - like the part with the plant in the shrink's office - that the writers were working on it. all in all, David I'd presume NBC pushed you a bit too quickly to have this show ready; when you obviously needed more time to outline the series and the characters. I won't even mention the sister. oh no, I did! quickly move on....eeeemmm..oh, surprisingly the boss character was less stiffy in the series and actually borderline interesting. but nothing beats the worst casting for the lead actress! seriously, Michelle Ryan is no Jennifer Garner - who made me bawl in the very first episode of Alias, and she's no Yancy Butler (who was wicked good as Sara Pezzini on Witchblade)- whom I was fascinated with after one random scene. it sure will be hard for her to find a next gig after being responsible - though not completely, the writing was wooden too! - for the biggest flop this Fall Season.

I just stumbled upon this little review: Bionic Woman Seems Dogged by Mortal Flaws, where you'll find some pretty fun and insightful comments from the readers. I love this one: They should bring back the Bionic Man starring Isaiah Washington!!! LOL!

I did my 1st electronic money transfer today! (paid for an extra semester at the Univ.) having set my account up with an Online/Electronic Banking option on Wednesday. yay for me! ...and to think I'm weeks...months...(?) away from defending my Masters Thesis from none other than Computer Science (with a specialty of Programming Algorithms).

on a much more ethereal note, here's what I just read and felt I had to immortalize in my memory (and everyone elses who will stumble upon this post) by putting it here:

There is the truth you tell to casual strangers and acquaintances. There is the truth you tell to your general circle of friends and family members. There is the truth you tell to only one or two people in your entire life. There is the truth you tell to yourself. And finally, there is the truth that you do not admit even to yourself. And it's that fifth truth that provides some of the most interesting drama.....

jms