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    Welcome Back Bobby! Jim Beaver Talks Supernatural Season 5

    Was Head-Baltar Really An Angel? We Asked James Callis

    The Stars of Eureka Talk Nerdy To io9

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    Image of Alessar Alessar
    09/11/09

    In reply to Welcome Back Bobby! Jim Beaver Talks Supernatural Season 5
    "Dean and the angel Castiel go out drinking in an upcoming episode" Best harmless spoiler EVER. !_!
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    Image of Allen_Richards Allen_Richards
    09/10/09

    In reply to Welcome Back Bobby! Jim Beaver Talks Supernatural Season 5
    Man, once Bobby's eyes glazed over in tonight's episode I felt my heart sink and a pain in my gut like I'd just been kicked. My favorite character on my favorite show.

    I really like the idea that Beaver's up for messing with his fans and stringing them along. The man puts the show first and knows that spoilers are aptly named.
     Reply
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    08/10/09

    In reply to Was Head-Baltar Really An Angel? We Asked James Callis
    I look forward to hearing this continue to be obsessed and complained about in io9's Singularity version in about 25 years.

    OH WAIT NO I REALLY FRAKKING DON'T.
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    Edited by Lassus at 08/10/09 12:03 PM Lassus was starred Lassus was unstarred
    Image of alphanumeric1971 alphanumeric1971
    08/10/09

    In reply to Was Head-Baltar Really An Angel? We Asked James Callis
    Is it just me or did he seem to be just a lil' bit tipsy?
    (Oh, great. Now I have that stupid song in my head.)
     Reply
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    Image of Anekanta - former space marine Anekanta - former space marine
    08/10/09

    In reply to Was Head-Baltar Really An Angel? We Asked James Callis
    I know that many people just HAVE to know exactly what things are and how they work... But I'm okay with not knowing. It would be nice to know, but I liked the rest of the story and can accept that it's a bit of a mystery. The secret to happiness with the BSG ending is agnosticism.
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    tk. promoted this comment Anekanta - former space marine was starred Anekanta - former space marine was unstarred
    Image of twDarkflame twDarkflame
    08/10/09

    @Anekanta: Indeed, if you dont care about things making sense, or being well written, theres much to enjoy.
    Like the music.
     Reply
    Anekanta promoted this comment twDarkflame was starred twDarkflame was unstarred
    Image of Anekanta - former space marine Anekanta - former space marine
    08/10/09

    @twDarkflame: But they did make sense. They just didn't make literal sense. It was more metaphorical.
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    Image of CodenameV CodenameV
    08/10/09

    In reply to Was Head-Baltar Really An Angel? We Asked James Callis
    BSG had the potential to be the next "Star Trek"; to be the best scifi series of al time, and in seasons 1 and 2 it looked like that
    then many writers left the show, there were massive arguments with the network, and it became apparent that *there truly was no "Plan" for the series*
    Season 4 salvaged what it could, and most of the nightmarish problems in season 3 were fixed, save for the central one: You never actually knew what the heck you were doing or where the heck you were going, and resorted to cheap thrills and shock value....i.e. "Lets make 4 characters Cylons based on its shock value rather than its logical sense!"
    The hype...oh the hype....I mean the way they constantly CONSTANTLY drummed it into us that "You will know the Truth"...WHAT TRUTH WAS THAT?!
    The writers didn't know any more about what was going on than we did.
    It was a mistake to ever trust Jane Espenson.
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    MISS MERCY STREET promoted this comment CodenameV was starred CodenameV was unstarred
    Image of twDarkflame twDarkflame
    08/10/09

    @CodenameV: Given a *whole season* though, they could have corrected s3's random make-shit-up plot a lot better.
    I mean come on, they made Kara into more of a mess, not less.
    Even at the eppisode before last they were still calling her the "harbinjer of death"
    But no...exactly like s3 they continued with the unplanned shock-value rubbish.
    ("And then she finds her own body!!!!")
     Reply
    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment twDarkflame was starred twDarkflame was unstarred
    Image of okeribok okeribok
    08/10/09

    In reply to Was Head-Baltar Really An Angel? We Asked James Callis
    Mystify? Belabor? Are you sure you don't mean "piss off" and "piss off some more"? Plus: zero information/entertainment article.
     Reply
    twDarkflame promoted this comment okeribok was starred okeribok was unstarred
    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    08/10/09

    In reply to Was Head-Baltar Really An Angel? We Asked James Callis
    He was an angel: my angel.
     Reply
    OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear was starred OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    08/10/09

    In reply to Was Head-Baltar Really An Angel? We Asked James Callis
    I always thought that it was clear that at least the six was an "angel". So to me it makes sense that the Baltar flip was too.
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    Image of PendensProditor PendensProditor
    08/10/09

    In reply to Was Head-Baltar Really An Angel? We Asked James Callis
    If you asked the writers I bet they wouldn't know either. I got that sense a lot during seasons three and four.
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    RandomFrequentFlierDent promoted this comment PendensProditor was starred PendensProditor was unstarred
    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    08/10/09

    @PendensProditor: Too true. Didn't Ron Moore admit that he didn't know what the scenes of Lee chasing the pigeon represented - he just thought they looked pretty. To sum up the whole thing in two words: lazy writing.
    On a side note, when Callis isn't being skeezey, skanky Baltar, he's a very attractive man.
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    08/08/09

    In reply to The Stars of Eureka Talk Nerdy To io9
    I just watched yesterday's episode. It was fantastic! (well, with the exception of Fargo's car side story, which was a bit boring)
    I'm really impressed so far by the writing in this season.
     Reply
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    Image of Chocolate-Wafer Chocolate-Wafer
    08/07/09

    In reply to The Stars of Eureka Talk Nerdy To io9
    How have I never noticed that Grayston/Fargo was adorable??
    OH. That's right. They always put glasses on him.
     Reply
    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Chocolate-Wafer was starred Chocolate-Wafer was unstarred
    Image of evildead1971 evildead1971
    08/07/09

    In reply to The Stars of Eureka Talk Nerdy To io9
    lupo is a robot?! why havent they mass produced her yet?
     Reply
    evildead1971 was starred evildead1971 was unstarred
    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    08/07/09

    @evildead1971: Excellent question. I'd be willing to shell out a little fortune to have one of her.
     Reply
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    Image of finite_elephant finite_elephant
    08/07/09

    @evildead1971: And how does she have DNA if she's a robot? Unless she's a terminator-style robot.
     Reply
    Roklimber promoted this comment finite_elephant was starred finite_elephant was unstarred
    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    08/07/09

    @finite_elephant: Eureka robots aren't mechanical. Take Andy, for example. He was made of some kind of polycarbonate. Maybe whatever Eureka robots are made of, it also fakes DNA.
     Reply
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    Image of Mike Noble Mike Noble
    08/07/09

    @evildead1971:
    My credit card is just waiting for the day...
     Reply
    Roklimber promoted this comment Mike Noble was starred Mike Noble was unstarred
    Image of Woodsie Woodsie
    08/07/09

    @Roklimber: They're in freakin' EUREKA. They can do pretty much what they want, right?
     Reply
    Roklimber promoted this comment Woodsie was starred Woodsie was unstarred
    Image of evildead1971 evildead1971
    08/07/09

    @evildead1971: it's like sexbot friday with all of io9's article
     Reply
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    08/07/09

    @Now With More Bob!: Precisely!
     Reply
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    Image of KryptonZero KryptonZero
    08/06/09

    In reply to Lying Liars And The "Captain Planet" Movie Hoax
    OMG talk about making up a fake cast and photochoping an image made me want to look up who the voice actors where:
    [www.imdb.com]
    Let's See we have:
    LeVar Burton
    Whoopi Goldberg
    Ed Asner
    James Coburn
    Meg Ryan
    John Ratzenberger (Cliff!)
    Martin Sheen
    Tim Curry
    Dean Stockwell
    Jeff Goldblum
    Sting
    David Rappaport
    Louis Gosset Jr
    Helen Hunt
    And many more....
    If we cant get the original cast back to play the characters, at least we could make a great "End of the World" B-Movie to show on NBC.
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    Image of KryptonZero KryptonZero
    08/06/09

    OK I've come up with 3 possible Castings for this movie and will do my best to Photo-Chop these up in my spare time.

    Here are the casts I came up with, castings are in the following order:

    Wheeler:Fire, Linka:Wind, Kwame:Earth, Gi:Water, Ma-Ti:Heart, Captain Planet

    Cast 1 Teenagers: Josh Hutcherson, AnnaSophia Robb, Elijah Kelly, Ah-sung Ko, Selena Gomez, Dwayne Johnson

    Cast 2 Early 20s: Shia Labeouf, Evan Rachel Wood, Bryton Eric McClure, Yifei Liu, Romina Espinosa, CGI-Brad Pitt

    Cast 3 Late 20s: Jensen Ackles, Mélanie Thierry, Jimmy Akingbola, Jamie Chung, America Ferrera, Wesley Snipes
     Reply
    Edited by KryptonZero at 08/06/09 11:47 AM KryptonZero was starred KryptonZero was unstarred
    Image of LiC LiC
    08/07/09

    @KryptonZero: Wesley Snipes? Seriously? He looked about 30 something in Blade.
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    KryptonZero promoted this comment LiC was starred LiC was unstarred
    Image of KryptonZero KryptonZero
    08/09/09

    @LiC: The idea is that everyone got a lot older since the cartoon, so yeah that means captain planet too.
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    KryptonZero was starred KryptonZero was unstarred
    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    08/05/09

    In reply to Lying Liars And The "Captain Planet" Movie Hoax
    I did not know about this rumor, but am sad it is nothing but a rumor. I loved Captain Planet. Used to wake up at 4am (or stay up) just to watch it. I would be very curious to see how they would do captain planet.
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