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Yesterday was the Heroes panel at Comicon International. They brought the first episode of season 3 and word is that it doesn't stink. Hopefully they're back on track. Here's Comic Book Resources' coverage of the panel. And here's Ain't It Cool News' coverage, with spoilers, but hidden (highlight to see) in the post. And they report that the original ending to last season's episode 11, and shot but unaired footage of episodes 12 and 13 will be on the season 2 DVD.

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First DC announced it, and now Marvel's doing it too: a 3 3/4 inch line of action figures. Since petroleum is used to make action figures and oil prices are going through the roof, it was a matter of time before they returned to this size. Say what you will about the Megos, the 80s line of Super Powers and Secret Wars (okay, more Super Powers) were very well done 3D versions of the characters, and any action figures since then are compared to those by me. But we got our first Wolverine figure way back then (with silver and black claws attachments). I just saw a couple of the DC smaller figures at a Toys R Us one time, and I've only seen the DC Universe Marvel Legends-like line at Meijer and Target.

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As entertaining as I thought Dr. Horrible's Singalong Blog was, I was more intrigued by the idea that Joss Whedon bankrolled it as an experiment in independent production, without relying on the money men. And what kind of money are we looking at? Here's a post with some speculation. At the end Joss points out he's not that far off, and makes another Doogie joke, as well. Thanks to Augie DeBlieck Jr for the link.

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Still plugging along, folks. Some news on the personal front was good, and made Kathy happy, which is important. Chasing leads on news from San Diego online, on TV (via G4's wrap up shows last night and tonight's) and XBox Live. Was mad at the latter for promising something from The Big Bang Theory, I was hoping it was something from the panel today, and the download was a promo for next season. As they said in A Christmas Story "A crummy commercial? Son of a..."
On the exclusive fronts, I was able to get a good deal on the Justice League Unlimited's Giganta 2 pack. I made a "best offer" on an auction that was accepted. Now searching for good deals on the Doctor Who Time Crash 2 Doctors pack, and the Future Hiro figure, mainly for Kathy.

Today at Comicon there was all sorts of stuff going on with the upcoming Red Sonja movie. Robert Rodriguez and Rose McGowan did a panel about the movie. And they had to tell the audience how to behave and that the questions would be prescreened. And there was a t-shirt and poster giveaway, which shows this is another green screen production.

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Kathy and I watched the original Life On Mars series on BBC America, and our interest was piqued when we heard that they were doing a US Version, especially when it was picked up for this fall. Then the reports came out about troubles, changes in front of and behind the camera. Kathy's always boasted that she thought they should cast Colm Meany as Det. Gene Hunt in the US version and was thrilled when they did. Now she's madder than a wet hen that Harvey Keitel is taking over the role. You can compare them, even suggest it's an improvement, but it won't change her mind.

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Sorry I haven't posted lately, been pretty busy. Still dealing with some things on the personal front, but some things are looking up. It looks like I'm able to fulfill a promise to a friend, and see The Dark Knight in IMAX again. So hopefully things will get better soon.

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