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    Image of Demosthenes7898 Demosthenes7898
    10/09/09

    In reply to Massive Thor Plot Details, Plus More From the Doctor Who Set, And Lost's Startling Secret!
    House? On here? Interesting.
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    Image of Plague Plague
    10/09/09

    @Demosthenes7898: Hey, if the Princess And The Frog can be on here, so can House!
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    Image of Davio Davio
    10/10/09

    @Demosthenes7898: Plus also... ITS HOUSE.

    So shut up. :P
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    Demosthenes7898 promoted this comment Davio was starred Davio was unstarred
    Image of Demosthenes7898 Demosthenes7898
    10/13/09

    @Davio: You hurt my heart with your words.
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    Image of LauraAnnT LauraAnnT
    10/09/09

    In reply to Massive Thor Plot Details, Plus More From the Doctor Who Set, And Lost's Startling Secret!
    No killing Cas! Kill the car. Kill Bobby if you have to. But no killing Cas!
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    Image of Jessy Jacobs Jessy Jacobs
    10/09/09

    @LauraAnnT: Cas over Bobby? for shame!
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    Allen_Richards promoted this comment Jessy Jacobs was starred Jessy Jacobs was unstarred
    Image of Allen_Richards Allen_Richards
    10/09/09

    @Jessy Jacobs: seconded on that shame. ;)
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    Allen_Richards was starred Allen_Richards was unstarred
    Image of Raven Raven
    10/10/09

    @Allen_Richards:
    Thirded on that shame.

    Bobby is the boys' second father for crying out loud. (and sometimes act like their mother at times.)
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    Allen_Richards promoted this comment Raven was starred Raven was unstarred
    Image of I_Like_TDs I_Like_TDs
    10/09/09

    In reply to Massive Thor Plot Details, Plus More From the Doctor Who Set, And Lost's Startling Secret!
    All right, I wanna start the official over/under for how many Heroes episodes are left.

    I set the initial line at 10 more eps.
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    Chuck Lawson promoted this comment I_Like_TDs was starred I_Like_TDs was unstarred
    Image of Chuck Chuck
    10/09/09

    @I_Like_TDs: Are we talking "in the can", or "actually-airing-before-Leno"?

    I'd agree with 10 in the can, maybe 4 max actually airing before it vanishes forever during November sweeps, replaced by some reality or game show...

    Maybe they'll burn the remainder off at midnight on Saturdays, like Fox is doing with "Sit Down, Shut Up"
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    Image of I_Like_TDs I_Like_TDs
    10/09/09

    @Chuck Lawson: Oooh, interesting. Ok, there has to be 2 lines: 1 for how many air before the word comes down and how many they have completed for airing.

    Will air: 10
    Overall total: 14
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    Image of Chuck Chuck
    10/09/09

    @I_Like_TDs: I like 13 - 14 for overall total, since that's about right for a first-part of season order...

    I don't think aired will be anywhere near that high, unless they dump them in a schedule hole months away (maybe summer?).

    Kind of a shame; so far this season has annoyed me a lot less than last season (although that's not saying much).

    The perfect saving grace would be if the carnival turned out to be the one from Carnivale, and this turned into the third season of that :-)
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    Image of bluehinter bluehinter
    10/09/09

    In reply to Massive Thor Plot Details, Plus More From the Doctor Who Set, And Lost's Startling Secret!
    Additionally, I haven't seen it covered here, but Blue Peter is holding a competition to design a TARDIS console that will be featured in an episode of the new series.

    The controls need to be made out of common household objects and "look like the Doctor put it together himself," so presumably it will be used for a scene where the Doctor makes temporary repairs to the console using bits and pieces he's nicked from Amy's house, before activating the self-repair circuitry and switching to a more conventional design.
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    bluehinter was starred bluehinter was unstarred
    Image of bluehinter bluehinter
    10/09/09

    In reply to Massive Thor Plot Details, Plus More From the Doctor Who Set, And Lost's Startling Secret!
    Actually, if you look closely at the photos, that is the old TARDIS.

    The new one is the bright blue Harnell version we previously saw on the beach with River Song.

    Obviously, the original isn't completely destroyed at the end of the final Tennant special, but it is in very bad shape.
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    10/09/09

    In reply to Massive Thor Plot Details, Plus More From the Doctor Who Set, And Lost's Startling Secret!
    Next season of heroes? You can't threaten me like that - there are laws!
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    Image of Kiamat Kiamat
    10/09/09

    In reply to Massive Thor Plot Details, Plus More From the Doctor Who Set, And Lost's Startling Secret!
    "We'll learn about a connection between the Smoke Monster."

    The Smoke Monster annnnd...?
    The Smoke Monster annnnd...?
    The Smoke Monster annnnd...smokin' the reefer!
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    Image of jpedersen jpedersen
    10/09/09

    @Kiamat: I don't want a large smoke monster, I want a goddam liter of cola!
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    Chuck Lawson promoted this comment jpedersen was starred jpedersen was unstarred
    Image of Chuck Chuck
    10/09/09

    @jpedersen: That's a lotta dimp!
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    Chuck was starred Chuck was unstarred
    Image of death_cab_for_boobie death_cab_for_boobie
    10/09/09

    In reply to Massive Thor Plot Details, Plus More From the Doctor Who Set, And Lost's Startling Secret!
    if my name doesnt give it away already i actually like death cab for cutie and i'm very sad that they are contributing a song to this twilight tweeny crap!
    now all those teenage girls will be listening to death cab and propel them into the mainstream...*sigh* it was good while it lasted

    another thing to note.. this twilight song is actually the weakest song they have ever made..the band members all agreed that they have never read/watched twilight and they were given a gaol to write a song by the label etc so they just pulled the entire thing/concepts outta their assess
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    enderwiggin13 promoted this comment Charlie Jane Anders approved this comment death_cab_for_boobie was starred death_cab_for_boobie was unstarred
    Image of enderwiggin13 enderwiggin13
    10/09/09

    @death_cab_for_boobie: I hate playing the pretentious music asshole card but their last couple albums have been fairly sell-out. I went to one of their shows a couple years ago and I'm pretty sure that at 25 I was the oldest person in the room.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    10/09/09

    @enderwiggin13: Sell out? From what? What do you think the purpose of popular music is? It's to be popular. It's what they were doing before. It's what they're doing now. Unless you're telling me that Death Cab for Cutie was born out of a radical desire to reshape the world into a new Marxist Utopia through the power of weepy emo music, and then they sold out to Capitalism?
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    10/09/09

    @death_cab_for_boobie: FFS, Death Cab For Cutie's been mainstream for YEARS. They were a big deal on "The O.C." a show beloved by teenage girls.

    I haven't bought any CD's by bands that were formed in this millennium myself and even I know who they are.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of death_cab_for_boobie death_cab_for_boobie
    10/13/09

    @enderwiggin13: wow...to be honest with you i'm only 17 and i discovered death cab through this t.v. show the o.c.
    at the time i was still shaping my taste in music and death cab was instrumental in that phase of my life. they are my second fav band of all time(my first being asian kung fu generation) this twilight crap wont change that, but i'm not gonna be publicly declaring my love for death cab anymore....
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    Image of modernboy modernboy
    10/09/09

    In reply to Massive Thor Plot Details, Plus More From the Doctor Who Set, And Lost's Startling Secret!
    That's the TARDIS from the last 4 years before it regenerates into the new TARDIS that we saw months ago when filming first started. Nothing new about the TARDIS in this article. Sorry. The only thing we're waiting to see is the interior.
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    Image of evildead1971 evildead1971
    10/09/09

    In reply to Massive Thor Plot Details, Plus More From the Doctor Who Set, And Lost's Startling Secret!
    they can change the inside of the TARDIS all they want, but if they do anything to the outside... there will be HELL TO PAY!
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    Image of Jim Topoleski Jim Topoleski
    10/09/09

    @evildead1971: eh? They changed the outside all the time between seasons. Even in the last 4 seasons the Tardis has gotten minor changed and refreshes.
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    Image of Sam Sam
    10/09/09

    @Jim Topoleski: Can you find any pictorial evidence to support that? I thought the whole reason that its a police box is because it cant change its exterior anymore.
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    KhaiJB promoted this comment Sam was starred Sam was unstarred
    Image of SeeingI SeeingI
    10/09/09

    Hardly a first look - pix of the new TARDIS shell filming on the beach have been out for a good long time now.

    @Jim Topoleski: They HAVE changed the exterior, new paint job & detailing.
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    10/09/09

    @Sam: there's been a few TARDIS police box exteriors,

    [homepages.paradise.net.nz]

    lists the five versions used so far, this one for MS will be number Six.
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    KhaiJB was starred KhaiJB was unstarred
    Image of Sam Sam
    10/09/09

    @KhaiJB: Thanks for the link. I think they should keep the Tardis exactly the same though, as its part of the story that it can't change.But then that would mean the interior should also not change, which would mean it would be looking a bit dated by now......
    @Jesse Astle: I see what you mean by the catch 22!
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    Sam was starred Sam was unstarred
    Image of SeeingI SeeingI
    10/19/09

    @KhailJB: I think the chameleon circuit is still semi-functional - it's stuck as a police box, but still subtly changes shape over time. #doctorwho
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    Image of ronsavoy ronsavoy
    10/09/09

    In reply to Massive Thor Plot Details, Plus More From the Doctor Who Set, And Lost's Startling Secret!
    "We'll learn about a connection between the Smoke Monster."

    Umm... this reminds me off an absurdist question my old college roommate used to ask: "What's the difference between a chicken?"

    There's something important missing from both sentences.
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    stereobot promoted this comment ronsavoy was starred ronsavoy was unstarred
    Image of stereobot stereobot
    10/09/09

    @ronsavoy: It is supposed to include the connection between the smoke monster and the "man in black" / Jacob's nemesis guy. I follow the LOST spoilers on the Dark UFO site, it was there yesterday.

    Also, "Franks" is a typo - the character is named "Frank", just like the name "Frank".
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    stereobot was starred stereobot was unstarred
    Image of van_line van_line
    10/09/09

    In reply to Massive Thor Plot Details, Plus More From the Doctor Who Set, And Lost's Startling Secret!
    a house spoiler? one of these things is not like the others
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    Jim Topoleski promoted this comment van_line was starred van_line was unstarred
    Image of Jim Topoleski Jim Topoleski
    10/09/09

    @van_line: um we went through this last week. House is just as much the definition of Sci Fi as the rest.

    Hell most medical dramas that actually involve MEDICAL in the plot and not as just background to the characters drama (ie Greys Anatomy) could easily be classified as sci fi depending on the plausibility of the situation/solution.
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    Jim Topoleski was starred Jim Topoleski was unstarred
    Image of Allen_Richards Allen_Richards
    10/09/09

    In reply to Massive Thor Plot Details, Plus More From the Doctor Who Set, And Lost's Startling Secret!
    Fan favorite? Not Jim Beaver! HE'S BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH, DAMN IT!!!
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    Allen_Richards was starred Allen_Richards was unstarred
    Image of Allen_Richards Allen_Richards
    10/09/09

    @Allen_Richards: Hell, I'd even bow down to the Wincest if you leave my Beaver alone.....

    (okay, that was an obvious one, but I had to go for it...)
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    10/09/09

    @Allen_Richards:
    Sounds like Supernatural is going to be hard on the Beaver.

    What, too soon?
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    Image of Allen_Richards Allen_Richards
    10/09/09

    @ManchuCandidate: It's never too soon for a good Beaver joke.
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    Allen_Richards was starred Allen_Richards was unstarred
    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    10/09/09

    @Allen_Richards: The only fan favorites I can think of are Sam, Dean, Cas, and Bobby. I can't really see either of the brothers getting it. Damn. I'm just going to ignore this spoiler. Its to much like "Who are the final Five" shit.
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    LittleDragon was starred LittleDragon was unstarred
    Image of Chuck Chuck
    10/09/09

    @#c15913501: Could be Chuck, unless an archangel gets in the way... Maybe we'll get lucky and one of the "fan favorites" will be the whole "overly meta" story thread.
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    Edited by Chuck at 10/09/09 9:16 AM Chuck was starred Chuck was unstarred
    Image of Chuck Chuck
    10/09/09

    @Chuck Lawson: Could conceivably be Ellen and Jo, too; I thought they'd been forgotten until a couple of episodes ago.
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    Chuck was starred Chuck was unstarred
    Image of jillofalltrades jillofalltrades
    10/09/09

    @LittleDragon: Assuming they're not going to kill the leads, I think the fan favorites run in this order:
    1. Bobby
    2. Cas
    3. Ellen
    4. Chuck
    5. The Metallicar (which was dead in 2014)
    6. The Ghostfacers
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    Chuck Lawson promoted this comment jillofalltrades was starred jillofalltrades was unstarred
    Image of Chuck Chuck
    10/09/09

    @jillofalltrades: How about Zachariah? He's an ass, but still rather entertaining. I suppose another remote possibility could be Rufus.

    I'm betting they kill off a couple of characters that return just often enough that they get recognized...
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    Chuck was starred Chuck was unstarred
    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    10/09/09

    @Chuck Lawson: Kill Zach and Rufus. That would be justice and funny for Zach to get it. Rufus, I have nothing against the guy but his death would mean the survival of more interesting characters.
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    LittleDragon was starred LittleDragon was unstarred
    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    10/09/09

    @jillofalltrades: Wait! How did Metallicar get put in fifth place. The Baby is the third character in the series. They can kill any one they want but not the baby. She wasn't dead in 2014, she was just taking a bit of time to meditate on the end of the world.
    I doubt they will kill the Ghostfacers. Their deaths wouldn't really carry any emotional trauma or drama. They exist for comedy.
    Ellen and Jo are good candidates. But are they really fan favorites? And Cas can't die, he is still a virgin and there is no way Dean is going to let that happen.
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    LittleDragon was starred LittleDragon was unstarred
    Image of shoroko shoroko
    10/09/09

    @jillofalltrades: I think we would have heard if Ellen and/or Jo were coming back after the episode they were already in. If they honestly are fan favorites (instead of what the producers think of as fan favorites or whatever), I'd guess Bobby and the Imapala.
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    Image of Raven Raven
    10/10/09

    @Allen_Richards:
    I checked the link, oddly enough, a Ctrl-F search doesn't give any notes to Supernatural.
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    Allen_Richards promoted this comment Raven was starred Raven was unstarred
    Image of Allen_Richards Allen_Richards
    10/10/09

    @Raven: Well, we're just speculating on what's going to happen on such a vague spoiler. Have we even had a spoiler that said Sam & Dead fight the devil before the final episode?
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    07/06/09

    In reply to What's Does A Race Car Tell Us About Iron Man 2? And What's Lost's Next Weird Plot Device?
    district 9 does make me wonder how much more advanced our mechanical exoskeletons would be if we had evolved from insects instead of apes.
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    07/06/09

    In reply to What's Does A Race Car Tell Us About Iron Man 2? And What's Lost's Next Weird Plot Device?
    "What do you think Pacey is handing to Lance?"


    You mean what do you think Pacey is handing to Lt. Daniels, right?

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