Buffy cast reunites!

Not for a TV show or movie or anything like that, but the cast of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" is getting back together.

Show creator Joss Whedon and stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, Amber Benson, Nicolas Brendan, Emma Caulfield, Eliza Dushku, Seth Green, James Marsters, Michelle Trachtenberg and perhaps others will participate in a reunion panel at the 25th Annual William S. Paley Television Festival in Hollywood March 20. Man, I with I could be there!

Let's hope they all get along so well that they agree to do a "Buffy" mini-series or movie or something.

If you're luckier than me and can go, here are the details:

PaleyFest08 Premium ticket packages will go on presale Monday, February 4 through Wednesday, February 6, 2008. Individual tickets will go on sale to Paley Center Members on Thursday, February 7, 2008. Individual tickets will become available to the general public beginning the following Sunday, February 10, 2008. For Paley Center Members, ticket prices are $50 and $35 per event. For the general public, tickets are $60 and $45 per event.

PaleyFest08 Premium ticket packages presale window from Monday, February 4 at 9:00 a.m. PT through Wednesday, February 6 at 5:00 p.m. PT via TicketWeb at www.ticketweb.com or call TicketWeb toll-free at (866) 468-3399 (service charges apply).

Individual tickets can be purchased by Internet or telephone (service charges apply) via TicketWeb at www.ticketweb.com or call TicketWeb toll-free at (866) 468-3399 beginning at 9:00 a.m. PT on February 7 for Paley Center Members and at 9:00 a.m. PT on February 10 for the general public.


14 Days of Love: Crazy romance comic book covers

Counting down to Valentine's Day. Entry 5:

CD new releases Feb. 5, 2008

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Here Come The 123s (with Bonus Tracks and Video) - Amazon.com Exclusive [CD/DVD] by They Might Be Giants



Watershed by K.D. Lang



Love in the Time of Cholera by Original Soundtrack



That's How People Grow Up by Morrissey



Falling off the Lavender Bridge by Lightspeed Champion



The Very Best of ELO, Vol. 2: Ticket to the Moon by Electric Light Orchestra

DVD new releases Feb. 5, 2008

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Across the Universe (Two-Disc Special Edition)



The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford



The Aristocats (Special Edition)



Beauty and the Beast - The Final Season



Tammy And The Bachelor / Tammy Tell Me True / Tammy And The Doctor (Triple Feature)



Route 66: Season 1, Vol. 2



Thrill of It All: A Visual History 1972-1982 ~ Roxy Music



Descent (Original 'NC-17' Version)



Legion of Super Heroes Volume 2



Ironside: Season 2, Vol. 1

Pop links

Via Classic Television Showbiz: A "Dick Van Dyke Show" blooper reel:



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Is an "Arrested Development" movie in the works? I hope so!

"I can confirm that a round of sniffing has started," Bateman says. "Any talk is targeting a poststrike situation, of course. I think, as always, that it's a question of whether the people with the money are willing to give our leader, Mitch Hurwitz, what he deserves for his participation. And I can speak for the cast when I say our fingers are crossed."

Jeffrey Tambor also revealed on XM Radio's the Ron and Fez Show that he has been approached by Ron Howard to see if he's willing to do an Arrested film.


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From Evan Dorkin: Marvel super heroines drawn by Jaime Hernandez.

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From Saturday Morning Blog: The Raymond Scott Quintet performs "Powerhouse."

14 Days of Love: Crazy romance comic book covers

Counting down to Valentine's Day: Entry 4.



14 Days of Love: Crazy romance comic book covers

Continuing our countdown to Valentine's Day. Here are two entries for the weekend.





Sarah Jane Adventures coming to U.S. television

"Doctor Who" spin-off "The Sarah Jane Adventures," which follows the adventures of 1970s Doctor Who companion Sarah Jane Smith, will start airing on the Sci Fi Channel in April, The Los Angeles Times reports in a profile of "Who" producer Russell T. Davies.

Cool, I'm looking forward to seeing this show, having enjoyed Elisabeth Sladen's re-appearance as Sarah Jane on season two of the new "Who."



Pop links

Wanna buy a Dalek? There's one up for auction on eBay, with proceeds benefiting Royal Children’s Hospital in Brisbane, Australia.

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Via Bat-Blog: A 1976 Korvettes TV commercial featuring Julie Newmar:



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Via the Hollywood Animation Archive: Jack Kirby art from Marvel Comics' Not Brand Echh #1.



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Gorillas Don't Blog posts cool vintage photos of Disneyland nearly everyday but I think this batch, from 1956, is especially cool.

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Dial B for Blog explores the origins of Solar: Man of the Atom.

Lost clues: "The Beginning of the End" Ep. 1, Season 4

Lost Season 4 Episode Guide
The Best Lost Sites on the Web
Lost: What we STILL don't know


Episode summary:

We see a 1970s Camaro leading a high-speed police chase through Los Angeles. The car crashes and the driver emerges as the cops train their weapons on him. It's Hurley. This isn't a flashback. At least not like one before. It takes place after Hurley has left the island.

We learn Hurley is one of the "Oceanic 6," and has attained celebrity status as a result of having survived the plane crash. We also learn he's very troubled. He's haunted by visions of Charlie's death and the island experience in general. He's also carrying tremendous guilt over having left the island and, presumably, other people who are still on it.

After his arrest, Hurley is committed to a mental hospital where he's visited by Jack, another of the Oceanic 6. Jack is worried that Hurley is going to tell the truth about the island and the Oceanic 6's return to civilization--we don't know how/what occurred. Hurley says the island wants them to return. Jack doesn't want to hear about it.

Hurley also is visited by the ghost(?) of Charlie, who makes him feel guilty for having left the island, and those apparently still on it, behind.

A man visits Hurley in the hospital (he may have been a vision, not real) saying he's an attorney from Oceanic Airlines. Before he leaves, the man says "they're alive, aren't they." Hurley freaks out, yelling for a nurse.



Back in time, on the island, we see Jack and the other survivors excited about the prospect of rescue. They're used Naomi's satellite phone to make contact with her ship and it sounds as if people are coming to retrieve them soon.

Ben, now captive to the crash survivors, insists Naomi's people won't help. They'll harm those on the island.

Back at the beach, Desmond emerges from the waves and brings pretty much the same message. Charlie died shutting down the jamming signal in the underwater Looking Glass station. But before drowning, signaled to Desmond that Naomi and her crew were not sent by Desmond's girlfriend Penelope. We don't know who they are.

Naomi dies as a result of Locke's stab wound, but she covers for the survivors when talking to her crew on the satellite phone, saying that she'd been injured by a tree branch in her parachute fall.

We also see Hurley, temporarily separated from the rest of the survivors in the jungle, encountering Jacob's creepy cabin--and Locke.

Torn about whether to stay and await potential rescue or hunker down in the Others' barracks and defend themselves against these alleged invaders, the survivors break into two groups.

Jack leads those awaiting rescue. Locke leads those who are afraid.



Questions/clues/observations:

* Who are the rest of the Oceanic 6? Are we counting Kate? We know she also returned to civilization. But has she attained the same notoriety? After all, she's a fugitive and likely would've been tossed in prison upon return. Perhaps the rest are keeping her return secret. Or she's assumed another name, leaving the world to believe the "real" Kate died in the crash. Are we counting Michael and Walt? We were led to believe at the end of the last season that maybe Sawyer made it back too. Maybe he's one of the six. And then there was the mysterious person in the coffin. This will take some time to figure out.

* Why did only six of the survivors return? Are the rest dead? Still on the island?

* Why are Hurley and Jack so guilt-ridden? What happened to allow their return?

* How the heck did these folks get back? Boat? Plane? Inter-dimensional travel?

* Who are Naomi's people? Are they associated somehow with Penelope's father? Is the Widmore company somehow a rival to Dharma and/or the Others? Do they have dark plans for the island?

* There's speculation that Jacob is Jack's dad, Christian. And, y'know, in profile, in the dark, he kinda looks like he could be. Maybe Jacob took the shape of Christian. Or Christian popped by Jacob's place for a visit. Who knows.



* Was that Locke's eye that popped up in the window of Jacob's cabin and scared the bejeezus out of Hurley? Is it Patchy the Russian? Or is it Jacob himself peering out?



* Character connections: The cop who questions Hurley states he was Ana Lucia's former partner. He's under the impression Ana Lucia died in the Oceanic crash but wonders if Hurley met her before the plane went down. Hurley lies, saying he didn't know Ana Lucia.

* Drawings on the chalkboard in the sitting room of the mental hospital show a shark and waves, etc. They seem inspired by the island and look a bit like those seen in the Hatch during season 2.



* Hurley is seen doing a watercolor showing an Eskimo and igloo.

* In the vision Hurley has of Charlie while in the police station, Charlie has "they need you" written on his palm.



* Before she dies, Naomi tells her crew mate over the satellite phone to tell her sister she's sorry. Who is her sister? Or is she sending the crew a coded message?

14 Days of Love: Crazy romance comic book covers

Counting down to Valentine's Day: Here's our first entry in our celebration of funny and/or just plain odd romance comics covers.



Upcoming DVDs of interest

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German Expressionism Collection (The Hands of Orlac / The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari / Secrets of a Soul / Warning Shadows)
Four German Silent Classics in a New Beautiful Thin-Pak Boxed Set. The Set Includes: Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) Directed by Robert Wiene, Starring Conrad Viedt and Werner Krauss - Warning Shadows (1923) Directed by Arthur Robison - The Hands of Orlac (1924) Directed by Robert Wiene, Starring Conrad Veidt - Secrets of a Soul (1926) Directed by G.W. Pabst, Starring Werner Krauss.


Love American Style - Season One, Volume Two


McHale's Navy: Season Three
ALL 36 EPISODES FROM THE THIRD SEASON STARRING ERNEST BORGNINE, TIM CONWAY AND JOE FLYNN Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale ,Ernest Borgnine, Ensign Parker ,Tim Conway, and the rest of the misfit crew of PT73 are back in action on the Taratupa Island Naval Base, setting sail for 36 more adventures in hilarity. From 1962 through 1966, McHale’s Navy was a mustsee staple of ABC television. By the show’s third year on the air, the nowfamiliar crew had become a classic embodiment of American culture an unforgettable gang of funloving guys who were constantly at odds with authority.


The Fugitive - Season One, Volume Two


The Mod Squad - Season 1, Volume 2


The Wild Wild West - The Fourth Season