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True that

As the Emmy shift fallout is continuing to make waves (#emmysfail was yesterday the second hashtag on the Twitter trend topic list), this little post by theonetruebix on the Whedonesque forum sums it all up nicely with various links leading to other articles talking about the important issues at hand here.
Will there be a boycott of the Emmy ceremony when the time comes?

There’s also some new details that have emerged regarding Avatar day (August 21).

Well, it’s actually more about what’s going on in France for Avatar Day but I would assume the same thing is going to go down elsewhere, including the States.
Basically, the 3-D 15-minute preview will be shown for free every 30 minutes, starting at 6PM.
More info should come out around the 19th.

In the meantime, Time Magazine has a great piece by Richard Corliss on Thirst and how it shows that “Vampires Beat Zombies”.

There’s also a couple of TV announcements with Bryan Singer producing and writing another Syfy mini following The Triangle in 2005. This 6-hour limited series will be about the 2012 myth and the Mayan calendar predicting the end of the world.
USA also revealed a huge list of projects, including a lot of cop shows.
Good Cop, Bad Cop, Busy Bodies, Gourmet Detective, you name it.
There was as well a show entitled Hotel Dix written and produced by…Tom Fontana.
Yes. A Tom Fontana show on the USA Network.

Third Rock: A lonely planet of laughs (and guests)

For the past week I’ve been rewatching one of my favorite comedies, Third Rock from the Sun.

The show lasted for 6 seasons between 1996 and 2001 on NBC.
In my opinion, it is one of the most underrated sitcoms out there.

Third Rock stars John Lithgow, Kristen Johnston (both of whom have won Emmys for their performances), as well as French Stewart and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Rounding up the cast are Jane Curtin, Simbi Khali and Wayne Knight.

If you don’t already know the story, it’s about four aliens that have landed on Earth to study humankind.
They’ve assimiliated human forms and are now amongst us…

The wiki article about the series has a pretty detailed analysis on its themes, mythology, and source of humor:

Almost all the episodes revolve around the Solomons’ difficulty integrating themselves into Earth culture and understanding human customs — often their view of Earth realities is distorted by the fact that almost all of their experience of Earth comes through the media, especially television, rather than firsthand experience.

The Season 2 finale is probably one of the best finales out there just for the sublime 3-D dream sequence each character has.
Check these two out:

The show likes as well to use existing real-life relationships and bonds to create character dynamics.
John Lithgow’s son, Ian Lithgow, plays one of Dick’s students, Leon.
Also, David DeLuise plays another recurring student, Bug Pollone. During the 17th episode of Season 3 (Auto Eurodicka), the DeLuise family was reunited on screen to play the rest of the Pollone family.

Numerous guest-stars have appeared on the show throughout the years.
To only name a few (from the first 3 seasons):


Dennis Rodman                                                      Al Franken


Dick Martin                                                  Philip Baker Hall


Mark Hamill                                                      Roseanne Barr

The 1-hour supermodel episode made for Super Bowl XXX featured, as you may have guessed, supermodels such as:


Cindy Crawford                                                      Beverly Johnson

There are also a few (almost) unrecognizable faces thrown into the mix.

Emile Hirsch playing one of his first on-screen roles:

And there is even Peter Krause as an Irish tap dancer! (you’ll love his fake accent)


If you have never seen the show (or even have), go (re)watch it.
It’s just great comedy.

(not) Promising

As I’m slowly but surely getting back on my feet, I’m catching up on the news of the world.

First, you know how I love to continuously point out how I called the 2009 3-D emergence.
Well now Comic-Con has announced its first ever 3-D panels, including one for James Cameron’s Avatar, and another by Disney showing footage from A Christmas Carol, Alice in Wonderland and Tron.

In other news, Ryan Reynolds is set to star as DC’s Green Lantern movie adaptation, becoming the first actor to both star as a DC and Marvel superhero.

Also, a trailer has been released for ABC’s upcoming new “Sci-Fi” show, Defying Gravity.
The pitch intrigued me (an 8-person team of astronauts travelling through the solar system) as well as the fact that it is an internationally produced show, which means in a way international cast.
But ultimately the show doesn’t look that promising, it just seems like Grey’s Anatomy in space.

And finally, a quick update regarding the 2×2 Russian network case about South Park censoring.
We’ve seen how a case to revoke the channel’s license was dismissed, and now footage from the show has apparently been cut as it mocked Vladimir Putin.
Yay free speech.