Entertainment Weekly Presents The Visionaries

If you know anything about me, you know that I pretty much think J.J. Abrams and Joss Whedon are TV Gods and genuises. So when i found out that they were doing a panel together at Comic Con and it was being moderated by one of my favorite writers (Entertainment Weekly's, Jeff 'Doc' Jensen), I knew I had to be there. Luckily we got into this panel much easier than expected and waited in line for a mere 2 hours.

They talked about a lot including their admiration for each other, the use of the Internet in making media (such as Dr. Horrible's sing a-long blog), and their thoughts on the new 3D craze in movies. Oh, Joss also officially announced he is directing 'The Avengers' .... AWESOME. I was enamored listening to these two men talk and hearing about their processes. It was inspiring and englightening and just all together amazing. Doc Jensen was a great moderator for this event being somewhat of a fanboy himself and he seemed genuinely excited to be apart of the event.

Below are some pics and videos I took during the panel but if you want to watch the whole thing head over to Entertainment Weekly's Comic-Con Hub! You can also watch Doc Jensen's backstage interviews!

***OK so there is only one video for now because blogger is being a pain in the butt and not letting me upload multiple videos and pictures!! so enjoy for now! and hit up the facebook for pictures! More to come on SUNDAY***

one of my favorite clips :

Thursday at SDCC

Day 1 of Comic Con was definitely one of my favorites if not my ultimate favorite of the whole experience. There are a few reasons for this which i will definitely be getting into.

First things first, we hit up the HASBRO GI Joe panel! Jerry was whisked away from some big wig Hasbro peeps for front row seats so Jaime, myself and the rest of our gang tried to get as close as possible! The new show looks great and judging from the crowd's reaction I think it's going to be a great success! Great job Jerry!

Next was the panel that I had been waiting for and was the most excited for...Entertainment Weekly presents The Visionaries: J.J. Abrams and Joss Whedon moderated by EW's Jeff 'Doc' Jensen. More to come on this in the next post.

Because our hunger was taking over, we unfortunately missed the showtime panels but this also meant we were able to hit up the EW/CBS party early which was an awesome time. There was a yummy open bar, snack food, and a great swag bag. I also got to meet and talk 'LOST' with Doc Jensen (which pretty much made my comic con). It was needless to say an incredible night!

dear comic con ....

Dear Comic - Con,

Thank you for an amazing and exhausting 4 days in which I had a fantastic time, met awesome people, saw some of my favorite celebrities, ogled the horcruxes and learned a lot about some of my favorite shows and movies and more about comics I want to read!! A BIG, BIG thank you to Jerry for bringing me to the Con again! He's the best!! and to all of his awesome NU animation alums...you guys all kick ass and made my time at the Con even more spectacular!

Coming up on the blog

....tidbits and events from each day!! and links to all the information posted by some of the best entertainment journalists!!

For now here's a picture of our crew:

COMIC CON 2010!

the best time of the year is upon us.....the Disney world for geeks like me and beyond...COMIC CON!

I've made it to LA and having been catching up on rest, scouring the Internet and twitter for comic con goodies/events, and walking around Burbank all day. EARLY, early tomorrow morning we will be making the trek down to San Diego.

Listed below are the panels I'm hoping to hit up. I'll be taking some notes at each and hopefully lots of pictures that I'll be able to post up on the blog.

THURSDAY 7/22:

1-2pm HASBRO GI Joe -- SO excited to see Jerry's work!

330-430 Entertainment Weekly: The Visionaries (Joss Whedon and JJ Abrams) -- I think I've died and gone to geek heaven with this one. Oh did i mention Doc Jensen is moderating this one!

445-545pm Our Heroes Have More Fun: the Anti-Heroes of Showtime -- Includes stars from Weeds, Californication and Dexter

6-7pm Dexter

FRIDAY 7/23:

3-345pm The Joss Whedon Experience -- this one speaks for itself :)

4-5pm Entertainment Weekly presents Women Who Kick Ass: A New Generation of Heroines -- includes speakers Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost, V), Jena Malone (Sucker Punch), Anna Torv (Fringe), and Ellen Wong and Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Scott Pilgrim vs. The World)

515-615pm True Blood

630-730pm TV Guide Magazine: The 2010 Hot List -- various actors, actresses, writers and directors from today's hottest sci-fi/supernatural shows

SATURDAY 7/24:

1115-1215pm The Event - sadly I won't be able to make this as I'll be in line for the big HALL H event but it's moderated by one of my faves Kristin Dos Santos of E! Online

1145-115pm Warner Bros: Green Lantern, Sucker Punch, and HARRY POTTER and the Deathly Hallows -- if you know me at all then you know Harry Potter trumps all (besides buffy, lol)

315-415pm Fringe

415-5pm The Vampire Diaries

6-7pm Marvel Studios: Thor and Captain America

SUNDAY 7/25:

130-230pm gLee -- i can't WAIT to see what goodies from season 2 are coming!! and lots of my favorite cast members will be there!

245-345pm X: Sons of Anarchy and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

4-5pm Buffy the Musical -- just a screening of the best episode of Season 6

Here's hoping this schedule really works out!! AND that i get to hit up some autograph signings!! I'm crossing my fingers for one with the cast of gLee!

For more complete coverage from some of my favorite websites, visit:

Watch with Kristin

Entertainment Weekly

Give Me My Remote

emmys!

And that's it, the nominations for the 2010 emmys are out!

Head over to emmys.com for the full list of nominees...

Breakdown of the major categories and my thoughts coming later!!

the LXD

technically it's not on tv but it is a fabulous new web series on hulu.com that you should definitely be checking out. I saw the LXD perform at the gLee live show memorial day weekend at radio city. They were simply fantastic and i could not take my eyes off of them. If you love dance or even remotely like it, you will love this web series. Trust me, you should check it out.

For the television lovers, the LXD features Harry Shum, Jr. of gLee and is directed by John M. Chu (Step Up 2, and 3d)

here's the link to their page. new episodes will be added every wednesday.

http://www.hulu.com/the-lxd

lxd.com

and for your viewing pleasure here is the first episode...

i've done it again...

...that's right, i posted for a few weeks and then stopped again. The end of my school year was over packed and emotionally and mentally draining. All i can think is that I don't know what to do with my life right now. I was offered a job this morning and am going to start a per Diem speech job on Thursday which pays pretty well. Yet, all I've been doing tonight is looking at journalism schools and certificate programs and deciding when to start blogging again. It makes me nervous. I do not regret changing majors in college...I believe that everything happens for a reason and without my current job i would not have been able to do some of the amazing things I've done (like teaching in Italy) nor would i have met some fantastic people who have had a profound impact on my life. However, i can't stop the feeling of "what if" and "how would i change this" and "what if i end up hating it." Being a speech pathologist is a good and rewarding career which is continuing to become more important in our world but all I have our doubts about my skills and the scary feeling that I'm not doing my best. Is it bad that I want to do something for a career that may be more self satisfying? Something that I think, well know that I would be more passionate about? I want to reach out to some of those in the industry that I follow on twitter and ask for advice. I am hoping that someone will hear me and be able to help me on my way. I guess I should be making an appointment at career services at Emerson as well. I need to talk to someone...I don't think I can make this decision on my own. I also think my family and friends won't fully understand.

Hopefully be blogging more frequently soon.

love, lauren