Comic Con is running amok in San Diego right now, so it’s a big week for geek news- good news for anyone hoping for some info on Tron 2, or waiting for a Farscape comic book. Okay, I’m actually excited about one of those.
Joss Whedon and the Doctor Horrible crew did have a pretty big presence at the Con- according to Felicia Day’s Twitter page 2000 people showed up to watch the screening, and they had to add more rooms. There was also a Doctor Horrible panel, covered by io9- along with half the internet, but io9′s summary is just the first I found a link to. Some big news was announced there. First, if you want to pretend you’re Doctor Horrible controlling a van, feel free to bring this website up on your iPhone. The site was designed by a friend of Nathan Fillion’s. Next, some expected news: there will be more Doctor Horrible. No word on the whens or hows or wherefores- or even if wherefore is a word anyone uses these days- but it’ll happen. Also, they talked about the DVD, and some of the extras they’re going to include:
Jed announces the Hammer DVD. He says they’ll do some new things: “Commentary the Musical.” He says if you haven’t heard of this, you’ll find out. They’re also going to have a contest. They’ll take video submissions for the Evil League of Evil. 3 minutes, like you’re applying to be on Survivor. 10 best on DVD. We’ll do that after soundtrack and t-shirts.
Yeah, I’m looking forward to that. Booyor, you have a video camera, right?
Aside from Doctor Horrible, someone interviewed Joss Whedon about his various comic book spin-offs, and there’s at least one that I think is going to draw a lot of attention: The Shepherd’s Tale. Yes, they are finally going to tell us about Book’s past. I can’t wait.
Plenty of other news out there too for the finding- Comic Con is definitely making up for my general lack of excitement at the news from E3 last week.
Semi-related posts:
“Yes, they are finally going to tell us about Book’s past. I can’t wait.”
Woo hoo! My favorite character. When watching Serenity, I was like, “Yeah, Book!” But when I couldn’t do that I cheered, “Yeah, Wash!”
You can imagine my disappointment as we neared the end.
I have always wanted to know his seemingly Alliance/military past.
When Joss decides on submission requirements, I think the Star Wars group is all over that.
I am down with trying to get Cancun Boy into the Evil League of Evil…
“No TV and no sugar make Cancun Boy something something…”
“Go crazy?!”
“DON’T MIND IF I DO!!! [running and shrieking]“