Saturday, July 26, 2008

Comic-Con 2008: 'Chronicles' Panel; Early 'Heroes' Season Three; 'Lost' Hints

Comic-Con 2008 in San Diego, CABy LillyKat
PTR Senior Staff Writer


We continue with our living - vicariously - through - fellow - blogger updates for the happenings of some of our PTR Faves on Saturday at Comic-Con 2008 ...

  • Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles

  • The T:SCC panel consisted of Lena Heady (Sarah Connor), Thomas Dekker (John Connor), Summer Glau (Cameron), Brian Austin Green (Derek Reese), Richard T. Jones (Agent Ellison), Garrett Dillahunt (bad terminator Cromartie), and new cast addition Shirley Manson, who'll be playing some sort of high-tech bad gal in pursuit of the evil Turk computer (we remember her as the "I'm Only Happy When It Rains" lead singer of the band, Garbage, right?)

    'Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles' at Comic-Con 2008 in San Diego, CAAccording to The TV Addict's report and Entertainment Weekly's recap, looks like season two will be a whopper.


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    - Cameron Lives!: Okay, so we knew that was going to be true otherwise there'd be no show. Still, it's good to actually confirm this. I mean, is Summer Glau not the Best.Good.Terminator.Ever?

    - John Connor Beefs it Up: According to series creator, Josh Friedman, we're going to see a different John Connor this second go around. Although we here at PTR never quite viewed John as some sort of "mopey, PTSD-afflicted teen" (as EW describes), we do agree he was definitely under the thumb of ol' Sarah. Seems he'll be toughening up a bit as well as getting out from underneath mom's smotheristic approach to living. Not a bad thing, we think. But, we're hoping his "butching up" (as EW says) isn't going to take away some of his best qualities - which, for us, is his compassion and softer side. Part of being the leader of the free world is having a good balance of both. Then again, us girls here at PTR like the sensitive guys. Sue us, okay?

    - Death Watch: Apparently, Friedman sprung it on the cast that one of them will die in season two. Doh! Let's hope it won't be some sort of who-shot-JR thing.



  • Heroes Screens Third Season Premiere

  • In feeling as if last season's premiere let the fans down, series creator Tim Kring decided to give the lucky ones crammed into gi-mormous Hall H a surprise: a full screening of the third season premiere.

    Like, how cool is that?

    'Heroes' Comic-Con 2008 in San Diego, CAAccording to James Hibberd's The Live Feed, Kring is determined to make season three a strong one. And whilst some shows felt the creative sting of the infamous writer's strike (uh, see Cold Case), and turned in some less-than-stellar eps both before and after the strike, Kring said the break actually served to do the show some good from a creative perspective in addition to helping get fans ramped up for the new season.


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    (courtesy James Hibberd's The Live Feed):

    - Kring wrote the episode "The Second Coming"; it's first entry in the show's fall book, which will be called "Villains."

    - At least one character without powers will gain a power, and at least one character presumed dead is not.

    - Hiro is given a new quest, and the premiere will also introduce a new “speedster" that Kring describes as Hiro’s nemesis.

    - Maya has returned, and she has a minor part of the episode.



  • Lost Drops Few Hints

  • Seems as though the Lost producers are taking a page from Where's Waldo? and Damages.

    'Lost' at Comic-Con 2008 in San Diego, CAAgain, according to James Hibberd's The Live Feed, when the fifth season begins, viewers won't quite know which end it up, or if they are watching a flashback or a flashforward.

    Hmmm, sounds a bit Damages-esque to me.

    Now, I don't actually watch Lost (that would be PTR Editor in Chief TVFan's domain), but I can say that if the Lost folks do anything near as good as Damages, viewers should be in for a treat.


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    On whether Daniel Faraday and the other Oceanic survivors on the Zodiac raft will survive last season's finale, it seems that Faraday did. But apparently a monsoon is coming, says executive producer Carlton Cuse says. Soooo, the others ... no so much, eh?



Sources: The TV Addict, PopWatch Blog and The Live Feed

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