The Vampire Diaries

Comic-Con starts next week and I’m excited to attend along with Jon and Arno.  While they’re fighting their way into see previews of the highly anticipated Avatar and New Moon, I’ll be putting my focus on everything TV-related.   This will be my first year at Comic-Con, and I am ready to wave my nerd flag!

Although the event officially starts on July 23rd, Wednesday is preview night.  There will be screenings of Fox’s “Human Target” and CW’s “The Vampire Diaries,” but I plan to check out ABC’s remake of “V” starring Elizabeth Mitchell, Morris Chestnut, Scott Wolf, and Joel Gretsch.   Word on the street is there will also be a screening of Twilight with the cast in attendance, so I will be on the look-out for Edward and Bella.

On Thursday, I definitely want to check out the “Battlestar Galactica” Retrospective with Richard Hatch, the Emmy-nominated “Robot Chicken” with “Titan Maximum,” as well as Entertainment Weekly‘s Wonder Women: Female Power Icons in Pop Culture panel with Sigourney Weaver (Avatar), Elizabeth Mitchell (“Lost“) and Zoe Saldana (Avatar).  There will also be a panel for “Dexter” with Michael C. Hall, Julie Benz and Jennifer Carpenter. It will be interesting to see how married life is treating our favorite serial killer.

I will try to keep my frakkin’ cool on Friday at the panel for “Caprica“/Battlestar Galactica: The Plan with executive producers Ronald D. Moore, David Eick, and Jane Espenson, and two generations of Adamas–Edward James Olmos (Admiral William Adama)  and Esai Morales (Joseph Adama).   So say we all!  I also plan to check out panels for “Bones” (with showrunner Hart Hanson and stars David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel), “Dollhouse” (with  creator Joss Whedon and star/producer Eliza Dushku, and AMC’s new show “The Prisoner,” starring Jim Caviezel.  Friday is officially “Star Wars Day” so… like Yoda I plan to talk all day.

Saturday will be a big day for TV. There are back-to-back events scheduled for all the top shows including “Chuck,” “Lost,” “Family Guy,” and “True Blood.”  Plus, “Futurama” will reveal if they are really coming back again or if that’s just a tease.

Make sure to check back next week as we will be updating the blog and posting pictures from all the events.   Wish me luck!

- Michelle