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http://www.drhorrible.com/

Thanks to a pointer from the official fansite, our first glimpse of promotion for the musical.

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http://janedark.com/2008/02/4_notes_on_television.html

I don't necessarily agree that Buffy was a half measure in the way that's implied. The X-Files and The Wire are at opposite ends of intensity in the deployment of arc plots and Buffy's right slap bang in the middle. As I think Joss has said somewhere, possibly a commentary, the series had a perfectly adequate conclusion with Season Five. Then the series continued and another perfectly adequate conclusion had to be found for the next two seasons in case it wasn't renewed.

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http://www.previewsworld.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=6&s=430&ai=68567

According to Diamond's shipping list.

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA6546438&industryid=47168

"The Capture of the Green River Killer" Part 1, featuring James Marsters as Ted Bundy, delivered the highest ratings in the cable network's 10 year history. Part 1 averaged some 2 million total viewers and 577,000 women 18-49.

Part two of the mini runs Monday night (March 31) at 8 p.m. It looks like the cable channel beat the CW. Part 1 reruns tonight at 6pm. Further ratings info at http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20080331lifetime01

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http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/150418/Firefly-Complete-Series-1/Product.html

The Firefly boxset is currently up for grabs at play.com & amazon.co.uk for just under 10 pounds sterling- so there's no excuse for all those Serenity movie fans from buying the series it was based on (link to play.com with free delivery).

This is probably the cheapest the series has been in the UK for a long, long time.

http://io9.com/371157/fireflybattlestar-writer-jane-espenson-explains-the-differences-between-the-two

She explains the differences between the two shows over at io9.com.

http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=151980

Shiny!

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/feeds/pze.xml

A nifty podcast about BtVS and its relation to philosophy.

I stumbled across this today driving somewhere, and it's an interesting look at the show from an academic angle.

http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/21952189.html#cutid1

James in concert at the San Diego Indie Music Festival.

http://serenity2.net/jewel-staite-says-more-firefly-coming/49/

And "absolutely" still hopes for another Firefly/Serenity movie!

Whoo-hoo! I hope they put commentary on every episode! I wonder if this is a Special Edition or Blu Ray High Def Edition edition.

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=732859

James' "mesmerizing portrayal" of the late serial murderer in "The Capture of the Green River Killer" Tonight at 8 (Part 2 Monday at 8) on the Lifetime Movie Network.

It's only a cameo, but it's getting good reviews.

http://www.myspace.com/slithermovie

"Slither" filmmaker James Gunn posts on his myspace page that tickets will be available at the door for the "Cut!" event "Slither" screening/Q&A today (Sun. Mar. 30) -- featuring him, Nathan Fillion and other "Slither" personnel -- in Los Angeles at the New Beverly Cinema.

You load a new web service, eager to dive in and start engaging, and what?s the first thing that greets you? A sign-up form. We can do better, says Luke Wroblewski, author of Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks. Via a technique of "gradual engagment," we can get people using and caring about our web services instead of frustrating them (or sending them to a competitor's site) by forcing them to fill out a sign-up form first.

Hide Your Shame: The A List Apart Store and T-Shirt Emporium is back. Hot new designs! Old favorites remixed! S, M, L, XL. Come shop with us!

Findability is to Search Engine Optimization (SEO) as "web standards" is to "table layouts." In a web whose vastness exceeds comprehension, sites with findable content win. The good news is that everyone on your team can help make your site findable. Get a taste for this essential discipline from Aarron Walter, author of Building Findable Websites: Web Standards, SEO, and Beyond.

Hide Your Shame: The A List Apart Store and T-Shirt Emporium is back. Hot new designs! Old favorites remixed! S, M, L, XL. Come shop with us!

http://filmguide.afidallas.com/tixSYS/2008/filmguide/title/detail/?AlphaRange=BB&ShowShorts=Y&ShowPast=Y

The horror-comedy starring Nicholas Brendon will premiere at midnight on March 28th during the AFI Dallas International Film Festival. Click on the link and scroll down the page for all the showtimes and tickets.

Blood on the Highway's site can be found here.

Also, my first post. Yay! Hopefully, I didn't muck it up....

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http://www.darkhorse.com/news/interviews/pressrelease.php?id=1535

100 stores received 10 free copies with a custom, full-wrap around cover created by the mini-series artist Will Conrad.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0876138/

Happy Birthday to our favorite leaf on the wind, Alan Tudyk! Let's hope when he's blowing out those candles that he's wishing for another Serenity movie.

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=D1kt_N0rQDg

Want to see what kind of snappy moves will be in "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog?" Then vote for Felicia Days "The Guild"!

If they win, they're showing us an extended clip of Felicia playing Dance Dance Revolution :D

http://whedonesque.com/comments/15781#216963

Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion and Felicia Day will star in it.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=13373

Quite a lot of new information about the future of the book - "this series won't stop astonishing you when Joss and John leave."

Why he's put Cyclops in a visor again is beyond me.

Note that this interview vaguely addresses the recent "Astonishing" pseudo-spoiler in "Uncanny X-Men".

http://www.sovo.com/2008/3-14/arts/feature/8248.cfm

Georges Jeanty, Scott Allie and others comment on the reaction to Buffy #12.

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/36008

Right at the end of this interview, Neil says he's appearing in a musical web short called "Dr. Horrible's Sing-A-Long Blog" written and directed by Joss. (Possible spoilers for the new Harold and Kumar film)

http://io9.com/367792/bad-movie-physics-a-report-card

Featuring Serenity and a star-studded list of other star-studded flicks.

As it says, "it's understandable that space adventures play fast and loose with physics", so I'll belay my serve-the-story-(or-rollicking-good-time-)above-all rant. Enjoy.

http://www.popcultureshock.com/index.php?p=43411

Another call for papers, but NOT for the upcoming Slayage Conference.

Given my success rate at posting story links here this could conceivably be my last attempt. Hopefully this hasn't been linked before (not sure how to search besided scanning the entire archives, which I did) or contains any copyright infringements. *crosses fingers*

http://www.swamp.org/exhibition

The Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP) are hosting a special screening of "Lovers, Liars and Lunatics" followed by a Q&A with Amber. Tickets cost a very reasonable 10 dollars.

http://blog.gonersmovie.com/2008/03/goners-goes-missing-in-action.html

Mary Parent at Universal goes to a chairman job at MGM, and Gonersarianozites everywhere fear for the welfare of the movie.

It already seemed a little backburnery, what with Dollhouse and various Goners script revisions and all... now we wonder who at Universal will be there to be advocate for its production.

http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-News-Blog/Todays-News/Wb-Gilmore-Girls/800035174

TVGuide.com reports that the WB will be streaming free videos of our shows from the now defunct network and is hoping that Buffy and Angel will be part of the lucky few.

http://uk.comics.ign.com/articles/857/857951p1.html

IGN.com has a top notch interview with Brett about the upcoming Serenity mini-series. There's some nice insights into the 'Verse and indeed the fandom as well.

http://www.oregonlive.com/O/artsandbooks/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/120483691949330.xml&coll=7

Messrs Whedon and Allie provide a handy overview of Dark Horse's Buffy season 8. Don't read if you've still managed to remain totally unspoilt for Buffy #12.

Also the campaign to get Joss to Portland starts here.

http://buffybetweenthelines.com/?p=266

Fancy yourself as The Mayor or Cordelia? Then why not audition for the popular Buffy fan audio drama. There's loads of roles to try out for.

http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0803/08/index.htm

March 27th episode info, images, and future episodes. On the same page: previously seen Dark Horse solicitations for June.

http://www.paleycenter.org/events/ss-08spring/ny-web.htm

Discussion of the power of fandom in creating meaning and aiding development in television. (Scroll down, on the right - Whedonesque will attend).

http://www.cineprov.com/

"Atlanta's premier movie mockery show is excited to announce An Evening of Buffy Fun in conjunction with Relapse Theatre".

Cineprov!, Atlanta's premier movie mockery show is excited to announce An Evening of Buffy Fun in conjunction with Relapse Theatre. They will be spoofing the original BTVS movie, then "teaming up with our friends in the Relapse Theatre family and presenting a stage version of Once More With Feeling."

March 8th at 9 pm (doors open at 8:30)
Relapse Theatre in Atlanta
Tickets: $10.00 and $5.00 with Student ID

http://www.anthonyhead.com/news.html

Anthony has a new role in a BBC series! (Please note - this link goes directly to his news page; this is about 1/4 down the page)

Anthony will be playing Uther Pendragon, the father of Arthur, in the new series "Merlin," based on the early life of the wizard.

Busy, busy man, our Tony.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=13281

The writer discusses how the mini series came about. If you know the general premise, nothing spoilery, but a loose confirmation of when the three-issue story takes place. With some previously released preview pages.

I'm guessing it's before "Those Left Behind."

Still some talk about a Book-centered tale forthcoming. And an interesting tidbit about the original conception of "Those Left Behind" that I'd never heard of before.

http://www.tfaw.com/Profile/Angel-After-The-Fall-Directors-Cut-1___318817

Cover art by Alex Garner.

Now for pre-sale at TFAW, this bulked up comic will include Brian Lynch's original script and a page-by-page commentary on the issue.

http://dollhousetv.net/?p=19

DollhouseTV.net has some lovely little snippets of info from a Q&A session with Sarah Fain and Elizabeth Craft.

http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=5004

It's an adaptation of the 1993 novel.