Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Premiere and Panel at Comic Con

Lucky fans got to see the complete pilot episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. at Comic Con in San Diego!

Entertainment Weekly Has the Scoop ~ *S*P*O*I*L*E*R*S*

From USA Today

SAN DIEGO -- ABC took the wraps off Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on Friday, giving the new drama its first public screening at Comic-Con. It premieres Sept. 24.

What the pilot showed was a team of highly skilled but not superpowered agents under the suddenly alive and kicking Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg), who died in The Avengers movie.

The episode explained the revival of the character, who appeared to have a grand time getting around, whether by team plane or his vintage, souped-up Corvette, Lola.

. . . Avengers director Joss Whedon is an executive producer of the series, which started shooting last week. He co-wrote and directed the pilot and the episode reflected his style, down to its humorous touches.

"I have that feeling that I have not had for a long time where I have assembled this extraordinary ensemble of ridiculously talented and soon-to-be-very-full-of-themselves people," Whedon said after the screening. "The endless possibilities that we have between them, among them, in their pasts, in their futures ... the things we've taken from the Marvel universe, that we're bringing to the Marvel universe, this is a show that has so much history and so much to make. I guess I'm a little excited."

Cakes with a Buffy Theme

I was inspired by a tweet from @GhouliaChilds (funny) with a spectacular Buffy Cake.

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER Cake @btvsonline pic.twitter.com/8zc2tYgKYs
— Ghoulia Childs (@GhouliaChilds) July 15, 2013

I hungered for more and took a trip to Pinterest ~ enjoy the sweet pics!

This one is similar to Ghoulia's but with a candle on top:



Stakes and Crosses:





And everyone's favorite: Angel Cake





Or maybe Spike on the topper instead of Angel?
Either way, the Buffy doll looks fabulous!

Marvel-ous News ~ and I'm in Love with Agent Coulson Now

I love the new promo for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Agent Coulson Rocks - and I think I'm in love with him.

Fall TV is going to make me happy!

Watch the Featurette at SuperHeroHype.com

More stuff about Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as well as upcoming Marvel movies in these informative Comic Con Previews:

Spoiler Alert!

Firefly ~ The Video Game

The internet is abuzz with news that Firefly will live on as social media interactive game with Apps.

Official Website:
KeepFlying.com




Via Eurogamer

Firefly Online will launch for iOS and Android devices during the summer of 2014, Fox announced at San Diego Comic Con ...

...It's being developed by Dairy Queen Tycoon developer Spark Plug Games and sci-fi tie-in company QMXi.

You'll be able to build and customise your own ship and, as captain, hire a crew and head on missions. The Online part comes from meeting and trading with other players, which you'll be able to do cross-platform.

Firefly ran for a single solitary season in 2002 before Fox's cancellation axe culled the show in its infancy. Creator Joss Whedon did manage to revive it for one-off movie continuation Serenity, however.

Slayer Soundtrack Sunday ~ Aberdeen

The California "Twee" group Aberdeen had two songs in Episode 13 of Season 7 "The Killer in Me."

From their Biography on LTM Recordings

Californian indiepopsters Aberdeen featured John Girgus (also of Languis) and Beth Arzy (also of Trembling Blue Stars), and released five sparky singles on Sarah Records and The Tremelo Arm User's Club between 1994 and 2004. Their album Homesick & Happy To Be Here appeared in 2002.

. . . Twee is really just a label the music press began slapping on bands like Belle and Sebastian in order to describe, in one word, a band who makes jangly, pastoral, pretty (and mostly UK) pop music. Yet, like with most labels, the term twee is a little unfair to the bands. Obviously there is more going on in Belle and Sebastian's music than hippies cavorting around in the Scottish heather. The same goes for the music of Aberdeen. Yes, it's poppy, fun, and innocent but it's also dark, foreboding, and to a degree... violent.

Cabin in the Woods Maze Coming to Universal Orlando!

This will draw huge crowds at Halloween!

From Hollywood Reporter

In an example of life imitating art that was, itself, imitating art, both the cabin and the subterranean base unleashing B-movie hell on its inhabitants are going to be recreated as part of Universal Orlando's annual Halloween Horror Nights celebration this fall. But don't worry: Visitors to this particular cabin will be on the side of the guys in charge of the whole shebang.

According to reports, The Cabin in The Woods attraction will include a storyline co-written by Goddard in which the larger mythology and background of the organization based underneath the cabin will be revealed, via Lost-like induction films to new recruits (i.e., the attraction's visitors). "My wish for Cabin was always that it would live on outside the film, that people would take that ball and run with it," the writer told Zap2It.com, "and I can't imagine a better fit for what we were trying to do with the movie than make a maze out of it."

. . . The Cabin maze will run select nights from Sept. 20 through Nov. 2 as part of Universal Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights 23 event.

From Moviefone

The storyline of the attraction, to be written by Goddard, will expand the mythology of the mysterious organization behind the cabin's undertakings, and will feature videos inducting new recruits -- the visitors -- into its ranks. Universal officials have said that the attraction will keep the spirit of "Cabin"'s surprise cameos alive by featuring not only creatures from the film, but other classic monsters from the Universal fold.

Buffy in Pop Culture ~ TV References

A great compilation of all the references to Buffy and Angel in other TV shows and movies.
From Sunnydale Archives on YouTube