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Seven Things We Didn't Know About Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

It's been almost three years, but we still can't stop thinking about Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Joss Whedon's groundbreaking musical supervillain web series. Granted, that may be partially because Whedon's follow-up, Dollhouse, failed to set the world on fire, but Horrible was still unlike anything we'd seen before, and had great performances from Neil Patrick Harris, Felicia Day and Nathan Fillion in the lead roles. A book about the show, complete with scripts and sheet music, hit stores today, and we snagged ourselves a copy, only to find a plethora of factoids that delighted our Horribleness-craving eyes. They're not earth-shakers, like that the series was filmed in Esperanto and dubbed into English or anything, but they're fun and cute, just like the show itself. Read on, for seven of the most Hammertastic.

What Reality Shows Could Learn From The Hunger Games

The insanely popular young adult novel series The Hunger Games is not surprisingly being buzzed about for a movie adaptation (for the record, the books are way better than the Twilight series), which is pretty exciting for fans like me. But what I'd really like to see is today's reality TV producers draw some inspiration from Suzanne Collins' highly addictive tales about a dystopian future in which districts must annually choose two teenagers by random (one male, one female) and send them off to fight to the death - all televised for the nation's entertainment and/or disgust. (I'm simplifying the plot quite a bit, but think of it as like Kid Nation with weapons.) No, I don't want to actually see real people die for my amusement, but there are some intriguing ideas in these books that could definitely help spice up some currently stale TV shows. [Spoilers ahead for those who haven't read the books and plan to.]

Enter Sandman? How Might Eric Kripke Bring the Graphic Novels to TV?

Look, I know there are going to be legions of Neil Gaiman fans out there who are going to stage protests or something about his masterful graphic novel series getting made into a TV show. And there will probably be so many millions of complaints about each casting choice, script choice, things they've left out, what they've change, what they've added, etc. that it will probably make my head spin. And while I am sure that I'll have my own share of gripes at some point, at this very moment, as longtime fan of Gaiman's work, I'm feeling somewhat positive about the news. And that's mostly because Supernatural creator Eric Kripke is rumored to be attached to the project. He's obviously got experience with the genre and if there's a showrunner out there who can handle this mythology, it is probably him. My bigger concern will be which network the show ends up on since that could make a major difference when it comes to budget (this show needs one), casting (it can't all just be pretty people) and edge (you can't dumb this material down). With that in mind, I've looked into the future to see what The Sandman might look like on various networks.

Lost: Questions We Don't Need Answered

With Sunday night's incredibly anticipated Lost series finale almost here, we join millions of fans in hoping (though not necessarily expecting) that the last episode resolves some of the show's most burning mysteries: What's Jacob's brother's name? Why was Walt so special? Who built the statue? What is the light? Why can't women get pregnant on the island? Who told Ben how to summon Smokey? Why can't any character ever ask a single follow-up question?... We could go on and on. However, there are plenty of other open questions from the past six seasons of this brilliant, albeit often frustrating, program that we hope are actually not addressed in the finale, especially if that leaves more time for the bigger themes and storylines to come together in a satisfying way. Here's what we don't need to know:

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Lost Season 2: Now in Book Form

by Mindy Monez June 16, 2009 3:08 PM
Lost Season 2: Now in Book Form In case you didn't purchase all the Lost official magazines when they were on the stands because of course you didn't purchase all the Lost official magazines or most likely even one of them when they were on the stands, the best issues pertaining to Season 2 have been put in book form for your convenience. Lost: Messages from the Island will be released on June 30, and I've gone through the advance copy the publisher sent us to let you know whether it's worth purchasing or not. My verdict: medium? It's medium worth purchasing, I guess?

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