Sunday, September 20, 2009

Live-ish Blogging The Emmys

Ok we're here, we're here. Or...er...I'm here. Michelle has that pesky West Coast feed, Bits is MIA and I'm just rolling in. Here's what we missed so far:



-Neil Patrick Harris killed it in the opening.

-Kristin Chenowath is adorably cute and small and aww Pushing Daisies.

-Alyson Hannigan is stunning. Really, she looks great.

-Total fail. Neil loses the Emmy to Duckie. Aww. But upon return from commercial break he handles it gracefully and funnily because hey, the kid's got class.

-Justin Timberlake rocks some weird glasses. Toni Colette wins for that awesomely named show ;)

-NPH is actually not handling his loss very well, piping in to John Cryer in the press room to badger him. Hee! Poor thing, maybe next year, Dr. Horrible. Maybe next year.

-Timberlake and Tina Fey accept their previously won Creative Emmy award (does that mean Joss gets to do that too?)

-Rob Lowe is orange, has crooked mouth. Alec Baldwin is kinda creepy. Really glad neither one of these people are in the Whedonverse so we don't have to discuss them on a regular basis.

-'Reality Show' section of the evening. Whew, time to take a break and make some tea. Dr Horrible's Tea of Evil maybe? Yes, I think that's fitting.

-Crap crap and more crap. Mini-series etc. and...

-OHMIGOD Dr. Horrible is on the Emmys!! Everyone is there it's so fun and amazing! Captain Hammer likes CSI Miami (the other 2 are "too heady") and Zima! Did Joss write this? Then They all sing! Here's a pic!

Wow, that was a rush. I'm so proud of these people we blog about on a daily basis...aren't you? Anywho, back to the show.

**update** here's the vid!


-The Variety section is actually pretty fricking funny. The girl on the last season of Charmed that's on that Big Bang show that Summer Glau guested on, is presenting. What? I'm trying to bring it back to the Whedonverse here.

-YES! I'm finally caught up to real time. That was challenging but now, I'm live blogging.

-Jimmy Fallon has an auto tuner on his mic and he fell and it's really funny. Both "Be my MotherLover" AND Flight of the Conchords are nominated and neither won. That's ridiculous.

10:15 pm Wow it's much less pressure to not have to fast forward but I think most of the Whedony fun is over. We're on to the Drama category. Aww, it was really sad when Juliet died after that 3 year relationship with Sawyer that we didn't see. That's for another blog, though. While on that subject, Ben from Lost won for the 2nd time. He's very humble.

10:20 Cherry Jones is a cool name. She won for 24. David Fury is the Executive Producer of 24.

10:25 Sarah McLachlan is singing. Her songs have been featured in 2 season finales of Buffy."Full of Grace" is at the very end of Becoming pt. 2 after Buffy killed Angel and "Prayer of St. Francis" is in Grave as Buffy climbs out of the ground with Dawn. Don't get pissy, it's my job to do this.

10:33 WHOA spoke too soon! Italiano David Boreano is on...Hello Hotness! It's actually 2 vamps for the price of 1 as he's with Bill Compton on stage. You know what? That guy looks a LOT better at the Emmys than on True Blood. Doesn't hold a candle to Boreano, though. See for yourself.

10:45 Glenn Close wins. Dude from Breaking Bad wins. That show's way intense.

10:50 Bob Newhart is still a funny motherlover. Yum, this 'Captain Hammer Corporate Tool' tea is delicious. Tina Fey wins everything, always.

10:57 Bill Compton wins the equivalent of MTV's Pepsi viewer's choice award.

11:01 Mad Men wins for Best Drama. Mad Men features Vincent Kartheiser (Connor) and Christina Hendricks who is the chick that plays Mal's wife aka "Our Mrs. Reynolds" in Firefly. She was also on an ep of Angel and sort of embarrassingly related, Tru Calling.

That's it! I love thinking about how at the after parties in LA tonight, Aly Hannigan and Alexis Denisof will be shmoozing with Boreano. They'll then bump into NPH and it'll be a big ole' Whedonfest with champagne. Michelle, get over there and do some on site reporting.

Ok, now let me go because we have a tourney to run. Be back in an hour!


fanvid sunday: back to the start edition

Michelle tracked down this video yesterday. I like it because it's all about how complicated things can get between two people, how sometimes things can't work out and how sometimes we wish we could go back to the beginning when everything was still new and beautiful. It's sad and pretty and I like those two things in a fanvid sunday. How about you?




I'm off to the japanese market for a fair which means it's tasty food time. What are you up to today? Happy Sunday, everyone!

Saturday, September 19, 2009

"What's The Sitch" - Talk Like a Pirate edition

Arrr me hearties! This fine September 19th edition of "What's The Sitch" will be Whedon talk mixed with Pirate. Anyone who thinks this lame can eat me peg leg. This be the way 'tis. So grab ye Guns, Women, Muskets & Dubloons and have lots of Grog. Let's go and get these scurvy dogs!

Missed Joss and the Doc Horrible crew win at the Creative Emmys last night? Well Blimey! Go check it out here.








Don't forget to also watch that nice lad Neil Patrick Harris host the rest of the Emmy's tomorrow night. Ausiello just confirmed that there will be Dr. Horrible themed production number halfway through the show. Yo-ho-ho!!






Gangway! Sir Nathan Fillion was on deck last night at the Apple Store here in Soho....but we totally walked the plank on that one! Luckily, @beebecca was nice enough to let us share her recap.

"Nathan said he wrote a pilot for a TV show about two brothers that he wanted to do with Alan Tudyk. He said writing is a lot of pressure and he couldn't imagine having to be in charge of what is written every week, etc. He said he would love to be on Dollhouse, but his schedule is really tight right now."

Seadogs, go read the rest including Nathan talking about Serenity, Faith and more on our Bucko Bee's Tumbler page.


Shiver me timbers! Tons of Dollhouse grubbing bastard Hornswaggles (aka Spoilers) here, here, and here. Don't say we didn't warn ye!








On the other hand, some mateys think last season of Dollhouse holed the keel and scraped some barnacles. It won in the category of "Worst New Show" at Television Without Pity's Tubey awards. From TWOP: "The summer reality horror I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here came in second place." Lol! I mean, Blargh!



That's it. Now go hangout on the poopdeck and trade stories over rum! Happy "Talk Like a Pirate" Day to all.


End of Round 3! September Silliness - The Buffy Episode Tourney

THIS ROUND IS CLOSED FOR VOTING

Finding out which Buffy episode is the fan favorite has definitely been interesting so far. We've already knocked out a whopping 120 episodes and after this next round we'll have the top 16 eps, as voted by you. The last round was crazy and most matches were extremely close. Let's recap:

"Restless" beat "Selfless" 157 to 84
"Consequences" took "Hell's Bells" out of the running 138 to 105
"Becoming Part 2" beat "The Wish" 143 to 107
"The Gift" beat "Who Are You?" but the latter scored 73 votes! I thought that was a lot!
"Hush" beat "Amends" 202 to 44
"This Year's Girl" beat "Crush" by a mere 5 votes! A fandom divided!
"Innocence" beat "The Prom" 170 to 76
"Graduation Day pt 2" beat my beloved "Halloween" 147 to 102


So Round 3 B below will have 8 matches. Voting for this part ends Sunday at 11:59 pm EST, at which point The Sweet 16 will begin.

If you need a refresher, click here for the full list of episodes and their descriptions.

Region 3: Scotland
Location: Base at the Citadel























































Region 3: England
Location: The Watcher's Council





















































If your curious to see the entire bracket so far (and what's up next), click here to enlarge:







Thursday, September 17, 2009

Round 3! September Silliness - The Buffy Episode Tourney

THIS ROUND IS CLOSED FOR VOTING

We're down to the top 32 episodes of Buffy as voted by you and us. It's been tricky and things sure are going to get ugly now...there are some real doozies this round. But before we get into that, let's quickly recap what happened in Round 2 b, yeah?

"Becoming Pt 1." beat "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered"
"School Hard" beat "Doomed"
"Helpless" beat "Gingerbread"
"Prophecy Girl" beat "The Replacement"
"Pangs" beat "Wild at Heart"
"Once More, With Feeling" beat "End of Days" but "EoD' managed to get 22 votes vs the musical!
"Fool for Love" beat "What's My Line pt. 2"
"The Body" beat "Grave"
"Doppelgangland" beat "Lessons"
"Enemies" barely beat "Homecoming"
"New Moon Rising" beat "Revelations"
"Surprise" beat "After Life"
"Faith, Hope & Trick" beat "Primeval"
"Band Candy" beat "Bargaining pt. 2"
"Tabula Rasa" killed "The I in Team"
and finally
"Welcome to the Hellmouth" beat "Beauty and the Beasts"

Round 3 will be broken into 2 parts, with 8 matches in each this time. Voting for this part ends Friday at 11:59 pm EST, at which point Round 3 b will begin.

If you need a refresher, click here for the full list of episodes and their descriptions.

Region 1: Sunnydale
Location: The Bronze

























Region 2: LA
Location: Hemery High School

























If your curious to see the entire bracket so far, click here to enlarge:



Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Cant' Stop the Serenity and Equality Now Need Your Help

Join CSTS in raising money for Equality Now. All it'll take is a couple of clicks of your mouse and you'll be helping the amazing Equality Now with this new contest. There are 12 cash prizes for favorite charities and all you have to do is vote!

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Finishing off Round 2 of September Silliness - The Buffy Episode Tourney

THIS ROUND IS CLOSED FOR VOTING

We're well on our way now to finding out which Buffy episode is the fan favorite. We've already knocked out 96 episodes and after this next round we'll have the top 32 eps, as voted by you. The last round had some toughies, let's recap:

"Restless" beat out "I Only Have Eyes For You" 161 to 135
"Selfless" beat "Normal Again" in a heated, fandom divided debate! 155 to 133
"Hell's Bells" beat "I Was Made To Love You" 196 to 77
"Consequences" took "Phases" out of the running 175 to 96
"The Wish" killed "Bargaining pt 1" 228 to 43
"Becoming Part 2" really killed "As You Were" 263 to 20
"The Gift" beat "Ted" but ole' Ted still managed 25 votes! Aww, RIP John Ritter (and Patrick Swayze sang to the tune of "And Farrah".)
"Who Are You?" beat "Storyteller" 201 to 78
"Amends" barely beat "The Zeppo" 123 to 133 in yet another fandom divided argument! Crazy.
"Hush" sicked the Lunch Lady on "Earshot" 225 to 58
"Crush" crushed "Blood Ties" (couldn't help it that time) 169 to 94
"This Year's Girl" beat "A New Man" 151 to 140 bringing both eps in that two-parter to the top 32!
"Innocence" beat "Bad Girls" 211 to 77
"The Prom" managed to slightly edge out the series finale "Chosen" 154 to 148
"Halloween" beat "Buffy vs. Dracula" 208 to 63
and finally
"Graduation Day pt 2" beat "The Yoko Factor" 242 to 43

So Round 2b below will have 16 matches. Voting for this part ends Wednesday at 11:59 pm EST, at which point Round 3 will begin.

Again, if you need a refresher, click here for the full list of episodes and their descriptions.

Region 3: Scotland
Location: Base at the Citadel