Thursday, December 11, 2008

Just woke up again. I had fun dreams. I was part of the X-Men. lol. The cartoon. It was bizarre. And Storm was in love with (and had cubs with) Beast. Fun Fun. I slept well, obviously.

I saw this video interview with the woman who plays Starbuck on BSG and she was talking about the hardest scenes she had to play on the show, and she talked about a few, and then said that almost everything was hard in the 3 hour finale. :0)

I've also read some Doctor Who / Torchwood info. The Doctor Who Christmas Special, "The Next Doctor" airs Christmas Day (Dec 25). And while I haven't learned anything new about the special, which features some new incarnations of the Cybermen, and a possible future incarnation of the Doctor himself, I have learned that just like in the seasons, the specials will lay down the groundwork for what is to come in the final installment, which is of course, the 10th Doctor's regeneration. Russell T. Davies (who is contributing his writing to all 6 - possibly 7 upcoming specials) had this to say: "Let's just say that dark forces are gathering already. The Gate is waiting, and life will never be the same again." He also said that the Doctor may lose the Tardis for a spell: "He won't just be traveling without a companion -- he'll be without the Tardis, too.". Whoa. Really looking forward to all the upcoming Doctor Who Specials. We have this year's Christmas Special. Then on New Year's Day we have the mini-episode "Music of the Spheres", which is really just a laugh. Then we have 4 confirmed hour long specials throughout 2009 (the first one is rumored to air on Easter). And it's possible we'll get another mini-episode in November for the Children in Need special. It's also rumored that 10 will guest star in a Sarah Jane episode in her 2009 3rd Season.

Then we have the 5 part Torchwood special "Children of Earth", which director Euros Lyn has said "is about how human beings behave when they're faced with an unstoppable force, something so much bigger than they are. Some of them turn out to be heroes, and some of them turn out to be shits. I think that describes at least one of the dominant themes of these episodes. Also the love story between Captain Jack & Ianto continues to unfold, as does the story of married life for Gwen and Rhys, as Rhys' character comes into play a lot more, and he becomes almost the fourth member of the team, lagely by accident. It's hard to have perspective on it when you're right in the middle of filming, so I think I'll just say it's going to be brilliant. I think they've all done a great job in giving each episode a very distinct tone, and each one can stand on its own. Episode 1 is about the team becoming suddenly fragmented, and Episode 2 is much more of a spy thriller as they go their separate ways. Episode 3 introduces the alien threat in a big way, and Episode 4 is a huge political drama about the wider repercussions. Those are all very different story beats, and very important in their own right. Episode five, of course, has everything, and is a race to save humanity, but then, what did you expect?" - sounds awesome. 'Childre of Earth' will air sometime in 2009, but it hasn't been revealed when exactly that will be.

2 Pieces of the DCAU (D.C. Animated Universe) are about to become available, but I don't really have the cash to buy them. The webisode series 'Gotham Girls' has been out for months as an extra on the 'Birds of Prey' set; I'll have to get those someday. Then in March 2009, they'll be releasing Season 1 of The Zeta Project; a Batman Beyond spin-off, with an episode in which Batman appears; Zeta appeared in 2 Batman Beyond episodes. So I'll need to get that. That just leaves 1 more season of Zeta, 3 seasons of Static Shock, and the Lobo Webisodes to make my collection complete - but there's no word when any of these things will see the light of DVD.

The first webisode installment of BSG's "The Face of the Enemy" is released tomorrow. Yay! Which basically means we'll have new BSG (albeit in small doses at first) every week through March. :0)

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