Every day, we scan through reams of spoilers for Gossip Girl (someone's gay) and Grey's Anatomy (someone is having a relationship, or not) just to find a few precious nuggets of scifi spoilerage. Today's results include a ton of details on the filming of the end of Lost season four, plus two new clips and some new stills. We found out what to expect from the second and third movies in the Iron Man trilogy (yes, already.) We have some minor spoilers for X-Files 2 and Battlestar Galactica. There are tons of pics from Indiana Jones and Spectacular Spider-Man. Plus, if you've actually been watching Kyle XY (like I have) there's a spoiler that will make you blow some fuses. Don't click the "More" unless you're a spoiler whore.
Indiana Jones:
Here are a bunch of stills and production photos from Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull, some of which are new and some of which are just much higher resolution than before. Not terribly spoilery, except that there's quicksand. And skeletons who aren't crystal. [Slashfilm]
Iron Man:
There's a scene in Iron Man where inventor Tony Stark's best friend Jim Rhodes looks at the Mark II Iron Man armor and says to himself, "Next time, baby." This is fueling speculation that the next movie would see Rhodes suiting up as War Machine — or, more likely, replacing Tony as Iron Man for a while first. And you won't see the way the movie introduces superspy organization S.H.I.E.L.D. coming, either. And there are tons of hints about uber-villain The Mandarin, who's not in this film. Also, the movie's end credits include animations that reference War Machine. [Rotten Tomatoes, via Cinematical]
And there are tons of hints that the next two movies in the would-be trilogy will address Tony's alcoholism (a big theme in the later comics) and Rhodes' arc on the way to becoming War Machine. [Moviefone]
And here's an incredibly boring behind-the-scenes video about Iron Man, in which director Jon Favreau points at a bunch of empty rooms and said, "this was where we shot the cave scenes, but we already took those sets down. This was his workshop, but it's been dismantled now." It includes some footage from the movie, but it's mostly stuff you've seen before. [MySpace]
X-Files: I Want To Believe:
World's most minor spoiler: Someone got a copy of the X-Files: I Want To Believe script and said the following three words appear on page 17: "believe," "visions," and "cigarette." [Thanks to Ewan]
Battlestar Galactica:
Nana Visitor (Kira from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) talked a bit about her role in episode six of Battlestar Galactica, as a fellow cancer patient who drives President Roslin nuts. "I'm dying and losing my hair. Talk about looking bad." She's not a Cylon, but her character does give "a glimpse of the other side, [what happens] when you die." [Jonja.net, thanks Chris]
Spectacular Spider-Man:
Here are some stills from this Saturday's Spectacular Spider-Man, which introduces the Green Goblin, and includes a big role for Mary-Jane Watson.
Lost:
At least one of the stars of Lost was in an "altered state" when E! Online visited the set recently. And Charlie puts in an appearance in next week's episode.
Meanwhile, the show just filmed the scene where the Oceanic Six arrive back in civilization, via a military transport plane. (And it sounds like they land in Honolulu, so Hawaii can actually play itself.) In another scene, the Six hold a press conference and are confronted by a very skeptical group of reporters, who have lots of questions and get some misleading answers. Also present at the press conference: Margo Shepherd and David and Carmen Reyes. The press asks:
Ms. Austen, how old is Aaron? Ms. Kwon, what happened to your husband? Mr. Reyes, what of your fortune, and this hefty airline settlement?Also, they ask Hurley a question which comedians and fans have asked since season one, and it raises his hackles. Sayid "toes the line, but isn't happy about it." And the Six mention at least three characters who died in the first few seasons.
And here are more stills from the May 8 episode, showing Locke (and Claire?) in Jacob's Cabin, plus some goings-on on the freighter. [Spoilers Lost]
And here are two clips from next week's episode, "Something Nice Back Home":
Kyle XY:
Mark, that cute DJ who's been making a move on Kyle's step-sister Lori, is actually working for Latnok, the morally suspect group of scientists. And Kyle is going to get shot in season three. [Spoiler TV]
Also, Jessi XX, Kyle's female counterpart, will be back in season three and learning more hard lessons. Her biological mom Sarah (Ally Sheedy!) may also be back. And Kyle will come face-to-face with the scientists who created him, and have to deal with the fact that they're "not working with him." Kyle's relationship with his biological father Adam will be "doled out in pieces." Kyle's whole story arc has been planned out in advance, and may take him all the way through college. [TV Week]













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OK, Spielberk/Lucas, we get it: Mutt rides a motorcycle. we don't need any more pics of that particular subject.
My Iron Man epoistomology may be a bit rusty, but didn't Rhodes start out as "Guardian" - a green Iron Man knock-off with a bucket helmet? I think War Machine was a later addition to the whole armor suit collection.
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@SavannahJack: You're thinking of "The Guardsman". That wasn't Jim Rhodes. Rhodey's first turn in the Iron Man armor was when he took over for Tony Stark while Tony was battling alcoholism.
speaking of X-files 2, I met Billy Connoley at Macbeth last night, righ before he chatted it up with Patrick Stewart. It was awesome.
@KiddChaos: Thanky. As I said, I stopped reading Iron Feller about when Guardsman went nuts, back in the days of plastic clothes and shaggy hair.
Last night's Lost episode was pretty intense. I like the action focused episodes.
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I'm not sure I like their take on the Green Goblin. He has the same personality as the Joker (cackling all the time and whatnot) but I don't recall him smiling as much. And shooting from his fingertips? We'll see about that.
The rest of the villains have been awesome so far, so this probably won't be any different. I especially liked Rhino in the last episode. I like the idea of cars toppling and the ground cracking with his every step.
Just a minor quibble with the Roslin "losing her hair" storyline on Battlestar. That's dramatic and all, but it's not actually cancer that causes hair loss... it's the chemotherapy to treat cancer. I guess it's plausible that the Capricans developed the exact same cancer treatments that we have, and it just so happens they're available on board the Galactica during wartime. Seems like a stretch to me.
Indiana Jones: Quicksand is nice and all, but what about snakes? Are there snakes?
@PVIII: So jealous of you!
Man, Kai Wynn on BSG would drive me nuts. They should think about bring Louise Fletcher in. Great actress that can really get you to hate her.
@extracrispy - Isn't Roslin taking some kind of medicine now to fight the cancer? Not the hallucinatory kamala extract (or however it's spelled) but some other drug?
I just assumed that the drug must be causing the hair loss, since as you say, it's not the cancer that does that.
It didn't seem like that much of a stretch to me that some treatment that Colonial science might use (even if it's not chemo) might have that kind of side effect.
But I usually suspend my disbelief pretty liberally, especially with SF that I enjoy.
@PVIII: Whoa! Way cool. Very jealous!
Kyle XY is so bad it's not even good again, it's just... crap.
(I'm only miffed there're no Doctor Who spoilers today)
"[T]hey ask Hurley a question which comedians and fans have asked since season one, and it raises his hackles."
I bet dollars to donuts the question is "after X weeks stranded on an island, how come you're still so large?"
But we all knew that's the implied question, didn't we?
PS, also, wouldn't Sayid "tow" the line, not "toe" the line..? Or, maybe he's barefoot at the press conference... hmmmm..... [pondering the significance..] Got it! Sayid has only four toes on each foot....
@ideaman2020: Nope. You're an idiot. The expression is "toe the line"...
See what happens when you don't do research before posting, kids?
Oh I love it when Rose tells "red" to watch her tone. I can't stand that character and really really hope she (and Penny Widmore) get shot or something.
After watching last night's LOST when Ben and Sayid team up to start going medieval I had a flash to "The Wire" and "Omar coming!"
@njudah: You just made me want to watch an episode of Lost. That never happens. But damn you, you had to invoke the Omar!
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