News zur Serie

[Yavanna]

Da der Charakter Mac nun das erste Mal im deutschen Fernsehen aufgetacht ist, etwas über die Darstellerin. Tina Majorino (die ihr vielleicht aus When a man loves a woman kennt) hat mehrere Talente, sie hat eine Band. Das ist die Homepage der Band, von der ihr euch kostenlos und legal die Songs der Band runterladen könnt! Und die Musik ist auch richtig gut, genau mein Geschmack!

[Yavanna]

Die offizielle Pressemitteilung zur 2. Staffel DVD Box ist draußen:

VERONICA MARS:
THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON

Collectible Six-Disc Set Featuring All 22 Episodes

With Never-Before-Seen Bonus Materials

Timed for Release With the Season Three Premiere on the CW

Available August 22nd from Warner Home Video

BURBANK, CA (May 26, 2006) – Now is the perfect time to find the clues and discover the ultimate series known for its street smarts with heart. On August 22, 2006, Warner Home Video presents the critic- and fan-requested Veronica Mars: The Complete Second Season on DVD, featuring a collectible six-disc set with all 22 thrilling and captivating episodes and special bonus features. Witness the mystery, scandal and drama of Veronica Mars, featuring an unparalleled cast including Kristen Bell, Jason Dohring, Francis Capra, Percy Daggs III, Teddy Dunn, Ryan Hansen, Tessa Thompson, Kyle Gallner and Enrico Colantoni. Veronica Mars: The Complete Second Season includes entertainment for both new and loyal fans with revealing special features including “A Day in the Life of Kristen Bell” featurette and over 20 minutes of deleted scenes. The DVD is priced to own at $59.98.

“Veronica Mars continues to entertain a loyal and boisterous following,” said Rosemary Markson, WHV Vice President, TV Marketing. “Without a doubt, Veronica Mars: The Complete Second Season is a must-have for fans. Timed with the Season Three premiere on the CW, the release is sure to be a success in the popular TV on DVD marketplace.”

Veronica Mars is set in the wealthy seaside community of Neptune, CA, where the rich and powerful make the rules. Unfortunately for them, there’s Veronica Mars (Kristen Bell), a smart, fearless 17-year-old apprentice private investigator dedicated to solving the town’s toughest mysteries. In season two, Veronica and her father Keith (Enrico Colantoni) continue to find themselves embroiled in another season-long mystery when a new local tragedy hits close to home. Meanwhile after a summer of surprises and sordid murder trials, Logan (Jason Dohring) and best friend Duncan (Teddy Dunn) find themselves at odds. And temperatures rise in Neptune, when a new school year filled with familiar and unfamiliar faces causes Veronica’s love life to get a bit more complicated.

DVD SPECIAL FEATURES
· A Day in the Life of Kristen Bell – behind-the-scenes featurette

· 22 minutes of deleted scenes

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Das Bonusmaterial ist leider wieder etwas dürftig! Muss sagen, der Tag im Leben von Kristen Bell interessiert mich nicht sonderlich, außer es ist ein Tag am Set, das wäre natürlich schon interessant! Hätte viel lieber mal Audiokommentare von Rob und den Darstellern. aber man kann eben nicht alles haben

[chaotic4life]

Ja, das Bonusmaterial ist wirklich traurig. Ich dachte nach dem RT letztes Jahr so einen Wirbel gemacht hat, wird es bei der S2 Box mal etwas besser. Schade. Aber wenigstens ist der Deleted Scenes Teil ein wenig länger als bei der 1er Box.

[Toskana]

Ich weiß nicht, ob ihr es schon wisst,aber VM wird auf ZDF jetzt wohl immer um 13.55 Uhr ausgestrahlt! Oder zumindest nächsten Samstag!

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[emil]

das wechselt wohl immer, am 10. Juni kommt es wieder 14.00 Uhr, also am besten immer nochmal einen Tag vorher genau nachschauen

[Sonnenschein]

Ich weiß nicht, ob ihr es schon wisst,aber VM wird auf ZDF jetzt wohl immer um 13.55 Uhr ausgestrahlt! Oder zumindest nächsten Samstag!

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Das war doch aber auch schon letzte Woche, oder? Ich hab mich ja zum Glück früher drangesetzt...

Auf jedenfall werde ich mich jetzt 10 min früher hinsetzten damit ich auch ja nichts verpasse!

[Yavanna]

JASON DOHRING (Logan) along with FRANCIS CAPRA (Weevil) and MICHEAL MUHNEY (Sheriff Lamb) will be at the BE BLOWOUT - August 18-20, 2006. This event will take place in Burbank, CA at the Burbank Hilton and hopes to be a multifandom event.

Other guests include:
BRENDAN FEHR from Roswell, CSI: Miami
ELIZABETH ROHM from Angel, Law & Order
MARK SHEPPARD from Firefly, Medium, 24.
ANDY HALLETT from Angel.
MATT JAMES - played Merl on Angel
CAMDEN TOYfrom Angel.
JACK DONNER from Buffy, Classic Trek, Enterprise, Stigmata.
SPICE WILLIAMS- stuntwoman from Buffy, Mission Impossible III.
CHARLES CYPHERS from Buffy, Halloween I & II, The Fog, Escape From New York, Assault on Precinct 13.
EILEEN DIETZ from Helter Skelter, The Exorcist.
KELLY DONOVAN from Buffy - the other Xander from "The Replacement".
DANIELLE HARRIS from Halloween, Charmed, The West Wing, ER...

For more information please check out http://www.boosterevents.com for more details.

Martina: Hab das mal einfach von deinem E Mail übernommen, hoffe das ist okay!

[Faith]

Laut Tv.com startet Season 3 am 19. September. Wir haben also jetzt ein genaues Datum, dass wir herbeisehnen können.

[Marti]

Hach, man kann garnicht beschreiben, wie gut es sich anfühlt sagen zu können: Season 3 beginnt im September!

Hier noch ein kleiner Logan-Vergleich mit den Gilmore Girls

Spoiler für VM und ich glaub für GG S6 auch *gg*

Best Logan: Logan Echolls on "Veronica Mars" Thanks largely to Jason Dohring's performances, Veronica's one-time love interest continues to be the most complex bad-boy on TV.

Worst Logan: Logan Huntzberger on "Gilmore Girls" No offense to actor Matt Czuchry, but his Logan (also a bad-boy) has had a wildly inconsistent personality. And besides, that whole "we were on a break" excuse got old with Ross and Rachel.

Quelle: StarNewsOnline.com

Das unterschreib ich sofort!

[ladybird]

Na, den 19. September kreuze ich mir erstmal dick im Kalender an. Danke für die News, Marion!

@Martina:
Der Artikel ist herrlich. Für uns war doch eh immer klar, wer der bessere Logan ist. Wir könnten die Liste sicher noch locker ausbauen.

[gilmore-girl]

das ist ja cool!
beginnt die 3te staffel dann in den USA oder hier?

[ladybird]

Der 19. September ist für den US-Start der 3. Staffel. In Deutschland wird ja gerade mal die 1. Staffel gesendet. Hier müssen wir also erstmal auf einen Starttermin für die 2. Staffel warten, ehe die 3. Staffel von VM zu uns kommen kann.

[chaotic4life]

Die The CW site hat eine neue kleine Video Montage zur Promo auf ihrer Site.
Spoiler für Staffel2!

Außerdem ein Artikel aus der Variety vom 31.05.2006
über die Veränderungen im Emmy Nominierungs Process (Emmy Nominierungen werden am 6.07.2006 bekannt gegeben)
Vielleicht wird es ja doch mal etwas:

Underdogs revel in rules revisions
Change in voting process gives more opportunity for netlets, less-visible skeins

By MICHAEL SCHNEIDER

If all goes as planned, this year's crop of Emmy nominees should include a few surprises.
After years of seeing the same shows and thesps up for the same awards -- and another crop of actors and series getting the annual shaft -- the Academy of TV Arts & Sciences has done something about it.

For the first time, a blue ribbon panel has been added to the Emmy nomination process. The group, which meets in June at the TV Academy's North Hollywood headquarters, will have the final say in which thesps earn Emmy nods, as well as which series get nominated for outstanding comedy and drama.

The hope? That skeins such as "Gilmore Girls" and "Veronica Mars" -- critically acclaimed but generally ignored by TV Acad voters -- have a better shot at making their way on the Emmy ballot. Same goes for the stars of those shows.

"This significantly increases the potential for the widest and most diverse selection of nominees possible," says TV Academy chairman-CEO Dick Askin.

It's also an opportunity to see if adding a screening element to the process will lead to a higher caliber of nominees.

In the past, picking the top five nominees in the top acting and series categories was a pretty straight-ahead process: The finalists were simply the top five vote-getters, as selected by eligible Academy members.

But that meant the nominations weren't always indicative of what was actually best onscreen. The same nominees, out of force of habit, showed up nearly every year.

Also, according to TV Academy awards senior VP John Leverence, voting was so close that there has been a razor's-edge difference between the thesps and shows that make it as one of the five nominees on the final Emmy ballot, and who doesn't.

In other words, the critics and fans might love "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," but because the show aired on a netletnetlet, not enough Academy voters had seen the show for it to get pushed over the top.

It's too late for the long-retired "Buffy," but by requiring a group of Academy members to actually sit down and watch the shows -- or the actors and actresses -- in contention for the ballot, those shows that perhaps always wind up as the sixth or seventh pick (narrowly missing a nomination), may suddenly have a fighting chance.

"Those top (vote-getters) should be given the courtesy of having their work screened," Leverence says of the logic behind the change. "Like a photo finish in a horse race, when you have to see who came over the finish line, here there's a high degree of potential nominees coming to the winning line at the same time.

"We figured that if you looked at the tapes, and saw their actual accomplishments, it would be more fair to determine the top five nominees."

As a result, going forward the entire Academy body will still nominate their favorite shows and thesps -- but will now draw up an expanded list of 10 top comedies and dramas, and 15 top picks for actors and actresses.

From there, blue-ribbon members will screen the 10 top series vote-getters as well as the 15 top actor and actress vote-getters.

Said panelists -- about 500 in total -- will be divided into groups of between 20 and 25 and screen some of the finalists, giving each series or thesp a grade. Those numbers will be averaged into percentages, and nominees with the five highest percentages will move on to the Emmy ballot.

If all works to plan, fresh names and worthy but lesser-known series might finally make it to the final voting stage. At that point, as has been the case for several years now, Academy voters will still decide the ultimate winners at home.

"The whole intent of this exercise is to address the question of the same-old, same-old, the repetition of 60% to 80% of nominees from one year to another," Leverence says.

There's plenty of precedence for the change. Nominees in the guest actor/actress and outstanding variety performance categories have already been handled this way.

Also, until a few years ago, blue ribbon panels were used to select the actual Emmy winners. But at-home voting was installed after Academy leaders determined that the older makeup of panel members skewed the results toward traditional shows and the same actors and actresses.

This time around, the Academy says it expects to attract a much more diverse and younger panel because the nominees are decided in June -- before most TV shows go back into production, allowing members of every age a chance to join in.

Meanwhile, in another break from tradition, casting execs and directors will now get to vote on nominees and winners in all performer categories.

"That's a major change," Leverence says. "The Academy has been purists in its peer group specificity, in determining who votes for what."

Leverence says the performers requested the change themselves, figuring that casting agents and helmers would add a more qualitative eye to which thesp truly deserves to be nominated.

Date in print: Wed., May 31, 2006, Los Angeles

[Faith]

Danke für*s Posten, Steffi, bin im LJ noch nicht dazu gekommen, den Artikel zu lesen, hier hab ich es natürlich dann doch gleich gemacht. *g* Mahh, das wär so klasse! Kristen Bell würde eine Nominierung soo verdienen und natürlich den Emmy erst recht. *daumendrück*

[Fortinbras]

Ist übrigens eine sehr schöne Video Montage auf der CW-Seite.
Also wenn die keine neuen Zuschauer anzieht, was dann...?!

[Yavanna]

ZDF bringt 2. Staffel ab Oktober!

Das ist wirklich toll! Vielleicht lässt sich der ZDF dann doch einen anderen Sendeplatz einfallen!

[Inara]

ZDF bringt 2. Staffel ab Oktober!

Das ist wirklich toll! Vielleicht lässt sich der ZDF dann doch einen anderen Sendeplatz einfallen!

Das ist wundervoll!

[Fortinbras]

Neues zur DVD-Box der 2. Staffel.
Aus der Zusammenfassung des Chats mit Verantwortlichen von Warner im HTF (hometheaterforum.com) stammt folgender Satz:
"Veronica Mars S2 - no commentaries or Eng S/T, but lots of bonus features"

Das heißt im Klartext, dass es weder Audiokommentare, noch englische Untertitel (!) geben wird, dafür aber viele andere Features.
Ich hoffe doch sehr, dass sich da noch etwas ändert. Zum einen, weil die bislang angekündigten Features alles andere als zahlreich sind, zum anderen, weil ich schon gerne englische Untertitel mit drauf hätte. Zum Verständnis der Story brauche ich die zwar nicht, aber den ein oder anderen Dialogwitz versteht man halt soch besser mit Untertiteln.
Schade, dass sich dieser Trend durchsetzt, so wird z.B. auch die erste Staffel von Prison Break keine englischen Untertitel bieten, sondern nur spanische.

Andere News u.a.: Es gibt keinerlei Pläne, weitere Staffeln von Everwood zu veröffentluchen.

Einfach auf den ersten Link bei der unten genannten Adresse klicken.

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/chat/chat.html

[Iscariot]

Gibt es denn eigentlich schon irgendwelche Ankündigungen oder Ähnliches bezüglich einem Erscheinen von deutschen DVDs von VM?

[chaotic4life]

LAMBATHON geht in die 2te Runde

Meet and Greet mit Michael Muhney

Hello my dear Hobbits,

Is this summer feeling way too frackin' long? Well, an oasis during the summer-wait is coming soon. I want to get a headcount of people who might be willing to show up for an hour or two somewhere between June 20th-23rd in Manhattan. I'm thinking Central Park. If there's enough interest I'd love to meet up and answer a bunch of questions and give you guys some spoilers to season 3 and I can elaborate on why they have decided to reveal Lamb as a Cylon in the first few episodes this fall. It all will make sense when I am done with you. If you try and kill me, my memory will be downloaded into another me and I will show back up in Manhattan to finish taking pictures with all the people at the Lambathon. If I feel there is a certain threat-level, I'll have the Assistant to the Regional Manager (who likes to think he's the Assistant Regional Manager) do security detail for me while in New York. After all, he's a volunteer Sheriff's deputy on the weekends. Don't worry about bringing food or drinks, I'll supply enough heroine-filled Mary the Mother statues to satisfy us all. I've still got to figure out my schedule, I'll be quite busy in Dallas this weekend at the NBA finals games, then I'll be in Chicago for a few days for a screening at the U of I campus of an indy I shot, then I'll spend a couple weeks in Manhattan goofing around with friends and would love to make time to chat. Sometime during one of those weekdays or perhaps Saturday June 24th around noon might be cool. Please limit the answers to this post only with people who possibly can make it that week, perhaps that Saturday. Spread the word around to other websites if you so decide, but try and have the headcount made here. I look forward to some fun chatting it up...

Love,
Mikey

p.s. There is a 5% chance I can do a Chicago Lambathon possibly June 14th or 15th. If I can, I'll post here, I promise!

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