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Spoiler alert: Fans got hold of some script pages from one of the very last episodes of Battlestar Galactica, and they give a lot of spoilers for how the show will look in its home stretch. Also, producers tell us what to expect from the next Superman movie and season two of Sarah Connor Chronicles. Plus there are some spoilers, and some wild speculation, for Doctor Who. Plus a few new details about the tail end of Lost season four. Spoilers avast!
Superman
One of the producers of the Batman and Superman movies told some students that he hopes the sequel to Superman Returns will portray Superman more as an "angry god." [Comics2Film]
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles:
Sarah Connor Chronicles producer Josh Friedman talked to reporters for a conference call, and was customarily tight-lipped. He did say season two would be "more action-packed," and we won't be seeing any more of that mystery about the high-school prankster and the girl who committed suicide at John Connor's school. (Which is too bad, because that was my favorite part.)
Summer Glau will be back "full force" in spite of that car bomb in the season finale. And Brian Austin Green will be a series regular.
This will be John Connor's "growing up year," and he'll need his mother less than before. Sarah Connor's ex-boyfriend wlll be back, and so will Agent Ellison, who is starting to be less of a "doubting Thomas" when it comes to Terminators. We will not see Michael Biehn (who played Kyle Reese in the original Terminator movie.) And Friedman is hoping to show more of the "future war" at some point, but those episodes are expensive to make because of the large amount of CGI. You can read a complete transcript here: [The TV Addict]
Lost:
As we already heard, Lost recently shot a funeral scene involving all of the Oceanic Six. And the two-hour season finale, besides featuring Greg Grunberg as the pilot of the crashed Oceanic 815, also introduces a new character, a "Top Gun"-esque hotshot pilot who doesn't like it when his copilot brings a lucky charm aboard. [Ask Ausiello]
Oh, and the kid who played Dan Vasser's son on Journeyman will also play the young Locke in his upcoming flashback episode. Also playing a teen Locke is Caleb Steinmeyer, who was on Veronica Mars. That's the episode where Nestor Carbonell turns up, and is supposedly present at Locke's birth. [Doc Arzt]
Doctor Who:
Digital Spy is doing that annoying thing once again, where they list real spoilers for Saturday's Doctor Who episode, along with a couple of fake spoilers thrown in. It's gotten to the point where I don't even want to link to it. Plus, all of the spoilers for this Saturday's Sontaran episode, whether real or fake, make the episode sound a bit pants. Here they are anyway. [TARDIS Newsroom]
Meanwhile, Rose's die-hard fans are freaking out that Rose appears not to be in the Christmas special. They're coming up with all sorts of wild theories to explain her absence, such as that she's temporarily off in her alternate universe but will be back real soon. Or she and the Doctor are about to get married, but he's taking one last trip without her. Or she's in the episode, but isn't on set right now, so they're using a "hand double" for her. Feel free to come up with your own ideas. [Sunny Tyler 001]
Battlestar Galactica:
In the Battlestar Galactica prequel TV movie/possible series Caprica, we learn that the Caprican mafia funded the education of Joseph Adama (Admiral Adama's dad) and they expect a little something in return occasionally. [Ask Ausiello again]
Somebody posted a scene from episode 18 of Battlestar Galactica's final season on a closed Livejournal community, and somebody else was kind enough to email it to me. I'm not sure if this is an actual scene from the episode, or a "casting side," written for auditions. (It is of course possible it's just a fake.) But anyway, it answers our questions about the piano-playing devil that Starbuck finds herself opening up to... and thank the gods it's not Leoben. Instead, it's a new character named "Slick," who plays the piano in Joe's Bar and philosophizes about the meaning of music and destiny and stuff. He's surprised by how much Starbuck knows about music, thanks to her musician dad. [Livejournal, via the Booted Lady]
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he hopes the sequel to Superman Returns will portray Superman more as an "angry god.
Kneel before Zod? [crosses fingers and hopes against hope]
"Well, I was going to gift your petty race with the secret to immortality...and cookies, but now I'm just giving you the immortality."
"Awwww! I wanted cookies!"
"Damn...He must be pissed."
One of the producers of the Batman and Superman movies told some students that he hopes the sequel to Superman Returns will portray Superman more as an "angry god."
Translation: "One of the producers of the Batman and Superman movies confessed he has no understanding of the Superman character and hopes the sequel to Superman Returns will be more like Batman 'cause 'people like a a badass.'"
@Macloserboy: they also like their heroes "edgy", because of 9/11 you know?
According to.. sources that read the lj community, that's a casting side.
@Mills: I don't imagine that means we'll be getting a new Kara, does it.
@DeepFriar:
We can only dream.
What I wouldn't give for a return of General Zod, President of planet Texas...
That better be a hella futuristic piano.
@beercheck: No, but it does mean that Kara will have someone besides cylons to angst with. Unless Slick's the last cylon, which would make this a pretty big scoop.
Can we please get over Rose already? I can't stand how fans (mostly fans of the new series) keep elevating her above all the other companions the Doctor's had. She's not special, she doesn't have any magical time powers, and she's certainly not the Doctor's beloved.
This is why I've welcomed Donna to the show because she's the anti-Rose. There's no chance of any romantic tension between her and the Doctor, and as a result, they seem to enjoy a much closer, less angsty relationship.
Please RTD! Don't cave in to the shippers by bringing Rose back!
Fake Galactica Skript? You haz it.
@Macloserboy: I'm betting it's more like he didn't like Superman Returns 'cause it was boring.
So, there's no spoiler about "The Prisoner"? Who is Number 1?????????????????????
@Lotusmonger: You are, Number Six.
@AhnyerKeester: Agreed, I'd be surprised if that was legit. Plays like something out of Casablanca...
I don't think that dialog is really what is going to happen, but every ounce of my being says Starbuck's father is something special. If he's not the final cylon, he is the cylon god, AND he's Bob Dylan. What a shock to Eric Clapton.
I still think Moore is going to bring out the ship of lights from the original BSG to explain a lot of shit. Would explain the hand of god...
I've seen the full script for that BSG episode. Slick's real name is Vic Fontaine and he's in hoc to some gangsters who want to close down his bar, and Kara has to convince the crew to help him get it back. But Adama won't go along with it because he feels the main story arc is more important than a silly B-plot that distracts from the major plot just as its getting most exciting.
I love me some BSG, but that "leak" you've got is some seriously contrived BS. That's what happens when writers think they're philosophers and their deep insights into the human condition should be shared with everyone. Life is like Jazz? I thought it was supposed to be like a box of Chocolates. Or was it a bowl of cherries? I'm seriously getting tired of Starbucks's prophet complex and while religion should be a component of BSG, it shouldn't be the center of the whole frickin' story. Anyone remember what that half-assed religious mumbo-jumbo did to "V"?
To the writers of BSG: You're writers, not philosophy professors. Even if you guys were philosophers, your heavy thoughts concerning spirituality are as deep as a kiddie pool.
@SeanOHara: All this has happened before (on Deep Space Nine) and it'll happen again...
*sigh* Superman as an angry god? Looks like SOMEone's never read a Superman comic in their life...
unless someone had the balls to do the "Red Son" story as a film...
@extracrispy:
You are correct.
Lotusmonger is just being unmutual!
@Smeagol92055:
Never happen. It would be awesome if it did though.
@Lotusmonger: Duh, it's obvious that Number One is Gaeta.
I think Rose's die-hard fans need to get a life.
Yes, I see the irony in that statement. They're just that bad.
@Discrete-Daniel: @Sharpless:
One of my friends here at college is a die-hard Rose fan. We all make fun of her and come up with hypotheticals about Rose dying in some freak accident just to mess with her. She also reads a ton of Doctor Who fanfic... Ten/Rose and Nine/Rose fanfic, specifically. It's kind of... sad, really. Rose was not all that great of a companion. As much as I disliked Martha's character, she was a better companion. Donna is freaking amazing, I am so glad they brought her back.
Anyway, yeah, Rose. As long as she doesn't appear again beyond her scheduled three or so episodes this season (SPOILERS and I hope the first episode counts), I'll be happy.
I don't know about the BSG leak--maybe fake. If it's real, it's just more of the useless drivel we've grown accustomed to. I spent the last 2 new episodes screaming "something happen already!!!"
I have to see it through to the end, of course......"I'm disgusted, yet can't look away."
@sugardeath: I always just assumed that Rose was a special character because she was played by a ditzy pop star. I didn't realize people actually liked her.
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