The Blog Isn't Dead!

That's right, I know we haven't exactly been working overtime on this puppy lately, but there hasn't been a whole lot to say, beyond the episode previews and such. The final episode of 2007 was just released - 1.10: "X" by Harrison Cartwright - so if you haven't already, I urge you to check it out!

As I said, it's our 2007 finale. That's not to say season finale, or the last G&C you'll get this year. We will be releasing shorts during December each week in place of episodes, leading up to the final three episodes of the season starting January 2nd, 2008 with 1.11: "Memories" by J.B. Gibson.

A bit of trivia: does anyone know what month it is? In G&C that is. I'm talking "on screen" time here, not real life time. 1.10 was actually written to be taking place in February, 2008. The upcoming December shorts will all actually take place in March, 2008 "on screen" and when we come back in January, 1.11 will actually be taking place in April, with the final two episodes of S1 being set in late May. The accelerated timeline was necessary, as with only 13 episodes, we wanted to cover the entire school year. Season 2 catches up with real time a bit, premiering in September, 2008, with the first several episodes taking place over the summer of '08.

I've been working on updating the season 1 credits video, and I've come up with a rough cut. Unfortunately Adobe Premiere won't encode it in any sort of decent quality so I've been unable to add logos and text and such to it. Movie Maker's just isn't the same.

You can view the video on YouTube: http://youtube.com/watch?v=HUysg8SC7hI

That's it for now. Hope you enjoy 1.10, and keep an eye out for the December (err... March) shorts!

Another Random Entry...

I figured I'd do this one via text, rather than subject you guys to my sling blade accent again ;)

Yet another episode was just handed in to me. 1.10 - written by Harrison Cartwright - is complete in rough draft form. That means that only 1.11 and 1.12 remain incomplete, and I expect those will be in shortly. A few tidbits:

1.09 features the return of Norman Osborn, after a 3 episode break.

1.10 is the episode with an all-90's soundtrack.

1.11 contains a guest spot by none other than Doctor Strange.

1.12 is inspired by the movie Dazed & Confused.

1.13 is, obviously, the season finale. A regular dies in this one.

Wait... did I just say that? Whoops. Now all you guys have to do is try and guess if it's true!

Talk about a weird coincidence - I found out a few days ago that Dustin Milligan (as you know, G&C's Peter) is roommates with Vanessa Lengies (who is cast as Violet "Vi" Morgan in MZP's The Company). What a small, small world. A small virtual world ;)

I also just re-watched Spider-Man 3 for the first time since watching it in theaters... and it's even worse the second time around. This movie had the potential to be so bad-ass, but it flopped in a major way. The story was all over the place, they tried to cram WAY too much into one film, and who ever's idea it was to have Venom talk... that person needs to be fired. For some reason, he loses some of that bad-ass feel when he opens his mouth and Eric Foreman's voice comes out.

Alright, well, I told you this was random. Before I go, though, a preview from 1.08:

HOODIE
Punisher’ll be after him, if anyone. He runs a garage on 3rd street.

SPIDER-MAN
Good doggy. Thanks.

He steps back and lets fly with the webbing, pasting the kids to the front of the store.

HOODIE
Hey!

Spider-Man reaches into the front pocket of the first kid’s hoodie, pulling out a cell phone. He dials three quick numbers and holds the phone to his ear.

SPIDER-MAN
Hi there. This is Spider-Man.
(beat)
Yes, the Spider-Man. Does whatever a spider can.
(beat)
Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Well, that’s great, but I have two kids stuck to a wall. They were trying to break into a jewelry shop on 43rd.
(beat)
Yeah, thanks. I’ll just leave ‘em then.

He flips the phone shut and tosses it back to the hoodie kid. It sticks to the webbing.