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[KBX]

I thought they took this photo around November?

 

[triplet]

More proof that the CW is an A-list network? They wait until half the season is over to put out Season Eight promos!

KryptonSite has that full sized, and with a far less obnoxious site tag...

http://www.kryptonsite.com/season8gallery18.htm

Just sayin'...

 

[Zorex]

Love the colour palette of that photo.

 

[Serene]

More proof that the CW is an A-list network? They wait until half the season is over to put out Season Eight promos!

The composition of that^ picture sucks. Just sayin'.


I like this one much better.

 

[Prison Mike]

the promos are great but it's weird that they come out half way through the season.

 

[RakuMon]

You know how I love to monitor any MSM press Smallville gets. Anyway, they made EW's "Must List" (along with "Supernatural") for the most recent issue (with Obama on the cover.)

http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20209564_20209584_20254483_9,00.html

Reader's Choice

Smallville and Supernatural return

Clark and the Winchesters are cruisin' for bruisin' after a long break, so we'd advise not getting between them and evildoers...or fans. —Submitted by Riley

 

[Serene]

^That's awesome. Thanks for the heads-up, Raku.

 

[RakuMon]

Top Cow publisher Filip Sablik has an interesting take on Superman at Newsarama:

http://blog.newsarama.com/2009/01/26/filip-sablik-discusses-when-superman-is-great/

Filip Sablik Discusses “When Superman is Great”
By Filip Sablik

Here at Top Cow, we don’t publish a lot of straight up superhero comics. Most of the stuff we do is rooted more in other genres like horror, supernatural, sci-fi, espionage, and so on. Even the superhero style projects we do like Wanted or Twilight Guardian tend to be a bit left (or right) of center.

I (like almost all fanboys) grew up on a steady diet of superhero comics. My first love was The Uncanny X-Men during the Chris Claremont/Marc Silvestri/Jim Lee era. Years later, the 14-year-old part of me still can’t believe I’m working for one of the guys who initially got me excited about the art form. Thanks to George Perez and Marv Wolfman, I will always have a soft spot for The Teen Titans. But at some point in college I realized that my favorite superhero is Superman. Superman was the first superhero so that automatically makes him special. When was younger I often heard that Superman wasn’t “cool” because of his “truth, justice, and the American way” Boy Scout personality. Or that he was too powerful, so none of his stories had the threat of him failing. For my money, what makes Superman great is Clark Kent. It’s the man behind the power. It’s the idea that a god would choose to be a mere mortal. It’s because I get the impression that Clark Kent would still be “super” even if he wasn’t Kryptonian.

Here’s the thing though, I don’t own a lot of Superman comics. I’ve never really collected the Superman titles on a regular basis. When I look at the Superman books that I’ve read and kept, almost all of them are out of continuity stories like All Star Superman, Secret Identity, Son of Superman, and Red Son. Superman is an icon, a modern day mythological hero; because of that (and the more pragmatic licensing issues), he cannot change. He doesn’t really work for me in a serialized ongoing story. So here’s what I would do if I ran DC Comics – I would only put out stand-alone Superman stories by hit creative teams. If you want to run these stories consecutively in a comic series called Superman, I’m okay with that. But each time a new group of story-tellers comes on board the stage is reset to the basics – Clark Kent grew up in Kansas, he’s a reporter at the Daily Planet, he loves Lois, his boss is Perry White, his buddy is Jimmy Olsen, and he’s the best superhero in the world. Just start there and tell your very best Superman story without worrying about what came before.

What do you think, comic fans? What are your favorite Superman stories?

Take care,

Filip Sablik

Publisher Guy

Filip Sablik is the Publisher of Top Cow Productions, Inc. He’s been in the business for eight years and just officially entered his thirties. Occasionally, he does a bit of writing and drawing. He loves comics. Top Cow Productions, Inc. was founded by Marc Silvestri, co-founder of Image Comics. Top Cow currently publishes its line of comic books in 21 languages in over 55 different countries. The company has launched 20 franchises (18 original and two licensed) in the industry’s Top 10, seven at #1, a feat accomplished by no other publisher in the last two decades.

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

anyone else see this banner at the top of the page today?

Is this old? is still says "The WB Presents"

takes you to this link:

http://talenthunter.com/join_cont.p...Actor&page=1&gclid=CJO36YTJxZgCFQEoGgodNU_Z1g

 

[KBX]

It does say 2.05.09 next to the panel during the scroll so yeah you can say its new...

 

[Prison Mike]

quick! everyone audition!

 

[RakuMon]

Looks like the DTV switch will happen in June after all.

Now can I get new episodes in February please?


http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/04/digital.tv.delay.vote/index.html

 

[Prison Mike]

I hope they put the episodes back in February instead of March. I have Lois withdrawal.

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

Looks like the DTV switch will happen in June after all.

Now can I get new episodes in February please?


http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/04/digital.tv.delay.vote/index.html

I hate to say it, but I agree with the Republicans on this one. Why the delay? There are only about 6 million people in this country who still use analog TV, that's just under 2% of the current population.

even if you assume that every single one of those people has not gone ahead and bought a converter or switched to cable/satellite, why should 2% of the population in this country dictate policy changes? Especially when this has been coming for almost 2 years now? It's not like Congress just sprung this on us last month or something.

 

[zerohour films]

^Agreed. I was extremely looking forward to not having to be reminded every news broadcast or commercial break about the switch to digital!

It has been ran into the ground for a couple of years. If you are not on board by now a few more months are not going to get you up off your keester either.


uugghhhh...

 

[Zorex]

So, Kryptonsite says there are rumours going around of a SV spinoff, should there be no season 9...

Not really at all surprising, but I do wonder what the spinoff concept would be.

 

[Prison Mike]

the spinoff of Smallville should be Superman!

 

[zerohour films]

Hopefully it will be with some of the heroes already established in Smallville. Because I for one do not want any of the final episodes of the series to be dedicated to introducing a new character for a spinoff.

I want it to be all Superman.

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

I'd like to cast my vote for Zatanna.....on a trampoline!

 

[zerohour films]

 

[triplet]

Awesome gif!



If anyone can get a laugh out of that movie (Citizen Kane) it's a miracle..

 

[zerohour films]

Awesome gif!



If anyone can get a laugh out of that movie (Citizen Kane) it's a miracle..

HaHa very true.

 

[triplet]

HaHa very true.

Yep, not exactly a comedy....



I wrote an essay on that film in college (the light/dark imagery in the film) and I was sorry I chose that film for the topic.

So man, I think I saw that film like 20 times.

:facepalm

If I never see it again, it'll be too soon. Orson Welles was a genius, but wow...

That was pretty dumb of me. I don't think I got a very good grade either.

 

[blksuperman2]

the spinoff of Smallville should be Superman!

Yes sir.

I'd like to cast my vote for Zatanna.....on a trampoline!

I second this and Powergirl will guest-star.t:

 

[Syncos]

Just got around to finally sitting down and watching the documentary "Helvetica" today.
As a designer I loved every second of it. Kinda wondering if anyone from the general public who doesn't have an intimate knowledge of the design world has seen it, and what it's like to them...