report from Comic-Con?

[Temis the Vorta]

Promo video of The Prisoner (AMC). They probably should have released a shorter video. This just makes it seem tediously repetitive.

WOW! That looks awesome. I was very curious how they were going to do this. I'm kinda glad it doesn't seem to be a literal remake, but rather they are taking the base components and spinning their own version. Although it is just a short promo, I kinda hope the village is a little more surreal like it was in the original series.

I like the fact that they seem to be going more psychological and have dropped the spy angle altogether. Nice variation on the architecture of The Village and their unusual decision to film in Africa looks like a smart idea. I hope they give McKellan something to do other than just be bwahaha and sinister.

It has been very HOT here in San Diego,

I am so jealous! It's been freezing and foggy in SF.

And what the hell is this thing?!?

I take it you haven't seen the trailer yet? My wife put it bluntly, "great... let's take another character known for using his brain to fight crime and turn him into an action hero."

Argh, what hoppen to my links! I wasn't trying to slam Robert Downey Jr. I thought I was linking to this critter.

And the "funny" one was this. Altho that pix of Joseph Fiennes is pretty funny too.

They added a buncha new photos and screwed up the numbering of the links, how inconsiderate! They are without honor!

EDIT: Just found this. Elizabeth Mitchell's a frakhead!

 

[Joy]

I sure didn't get that impression. The version of Holmes in this trailer struck me as more glib with a penchant for more brawn than brains.

People forget that Holmes is quite the experienced fighter as referenced in the original stories as well as an extreme intelligent individual. Several adaptations have significantly down played the physical element of the character.

Yeah, after seeing all the disparaging comments on IMDb about RDJ being Holmes, and seeing other people just generally go on and on about various interpretations of the stories, I finally got myself around to starting to read the Holmes stories.

I haven't gotten terribly far into "A Study in Scarlet," but from what I *have* read, I can EASILY imagine RDJ as Holmes in my mind's eye. Not really seeing Law as Watson, but really, I'm finding I don't have much of an image at all of Watson (perhaps because the story is being told in first person from his perspective?).

I'm eager to get back into reading the story. It's quite intriguing.

Joy

 

[Gepard]

It very much turned out to be a BSG weekend for me. I attended the Caprica/The Plan panel but they didn't reveal anything that's not already known. I actually changed my game this year by avoiding all the big hall events and lines and went into stealth mode instead. Kept moving, never lingered anyplace too long. Well worth the effort too. By the end of the weekend I'd gotten autographs from Leonard Nimoy, Edward James Olmos, Michael Hogan, James Callis, and Richard Hatch. Chatted with each, shook their hands. Olmos was a hoot. He was spotted several times riding around downtown in a bicycle-driven pedicab.

The highlight for me was watching Bear McCreary and his Battlestar Galactica Orchestra perform at the House of Blues on Saturday. A 16-piece band playing music from the show. Frakking amazing. Olmos was the host (he lead the audience in a rousing chant of So Say We All) and Grace Park was the emcee for the evening. Tahmoh Penikett was in the audience a few seats over from me and he joined Grace on the stage later. Awesome to see them together again. Michael Hogan, Katee Sackoff, and Richard Hatch were there for the Friday show.

It was awesome to see them all support Bear and the band, Olmos in particular, very much like a loving family.

Great stuff Gilligan. I was the house of blues thingy too. I won some tickets to it on a local radio program...and Grace Park is just so sexy! I actually got to shake her hands and, well I wanted to grab something else, but I was able to control myself.

This is the second time I got to meet Richard Hatch. This time we talked for about five minutes, and he remembered me, because last time we met, two years ago, we chatted about his experience when he was on an episode of Hawaii Five-0. He thinks its quite funny that most people now, who see him, and I mean general public, think he looks so different than he did on SURVIVOR. (yes..I know..but it is funny)

Rob

Shoot, all these other BBSers were there and I had no idea. I wish I'd known so I could have said hi!

 

[Alidar Jarok]

I sure didn't get that impression. The version of Holmes in this trailer struck me as more glib with a penchant for more brawn than brains.

People forget that Holmes is quite the experienced fighter as referenced in the original stories as well as an extreme intelligent individual. Several adaptations have significantly down played the physical element of the character.

Plus it looks like it'll be all around fun.

 

[Broccoli]

I sure didn't get that impression. The version of Holmes in this trailer struck me as more glib with a penchant for more brawn than brains.

People forget that Holmes is quite the experienced fighter as referenced in the original stories as well as an extreme intelligent individual. Several adaptations have significantly down played the physical element of the character.

Plus it looks like it'll be all around fun.

Well...that too.