Monthly Archives: August 2014

ABC’s Forever

ABC's Forever, poster from the ABC.com Site

ABC’s Forever, poster from the ABC.com Site

One of the great joys of San Diego’s Comic Con International is discovering new television shows, new books, new… things you simply did not know were out there, or were coming out, but catch your eye, spark your imagination, and capture some part of your mind and make you wonder just what the creative forces behind it have in store for you.

While I waited for my turn to get an autograph from the cast of Resurrection I saw a trailer for the show Forever and I had one of those moments.  The discovery of a show I knew nothing about, and yet suddenly I was curious.  In thirty seconds, perhaps 60, they told me just enough to want to know more, to want to tune in for an hour and find out just who are these characters and what kind of trouble are they going to get into — and back out of!

Plant a Tree for Groot

Vin Diesel Planting a Tree for Groot before doing his ALS Ice Bucket Challenge (photo (C) Vin Diesel, from his facebook page

Vin Diesel Planting a Tree for Groot before doing his ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, photo from his facebook page

You may have heard that James Gunn, director of Guardians of the Galaxy, nominated Vin Diesel for the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.  In his video, before taking the challenge, Vin shook a tree he had just planted and challenged James Gunn to also “Plant a Tree for Groot.”

Not long after the video was posted, Vin Diesel followed it up with this photo on his facebook page of him planting his own tree for Groot.

For those interested in planting for Groot, consider growing a tree from a cutting (take a tour around google for more information) you can frequently get a cutting for free from someone with the appropriate type of tree, and with a little time and effort on your part a beautiful tree can be grown.  (And for those who have already seen the movie Guardians of the Galaxy, let’s just say I think Groot would approve of the cuttings approach to planting a tree for Groot.)

Fan Expo Canada in Toronto – A Week Away

With Fan Expo Canada just a week away it is time, as an attendee, to start not just anticipating, but getting ready, and that means hitting the website and rejoicing that the schedule is up!  The floorplan is up!  And something called a locations guide is up!  Yup, time to download some documents and see just what kind of fun awaits us!

A quick glance at the floor plan for the exhibit hall reveals Showcase, Space and eOne (BroadChurch, Rookie Blue, and Haven, among other projects) will have good size booths — and that right there is one of the major reasons why I have decided to venture to Toronto and check out this convention.

Space is, from what I have gathered, the Canadian equivalent to SyFy in the United States, airing Face Off, Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Challenge, as well as Doctor Who, Orphan Black, Sharknado, Wizard Wars, and The Last Ship.

Showcase, based on my limited exposure to it on a trip to Canada is a television channel I would have to have if I lived up north.  I tuned into it at my hotel and fell in love!  The Showcase Channel currently airs Continuum, Defiance, Outlander, Dominion, Haven (made by eOne),  Rizzoli and Isles, Beauty and the Beast, Helix and Game of Thrones, just to name a few shows currently featured on their home page.  To say Showcase airs the shows I watch and love might actually be an understatement.