For the TB fans, including our bloghost, via NYMag’s Comic-Con coverage:
While still a very popular supernatural soap for HBO, True Blood has arguably (or inarguably, if you like) lost creative steam as its world has become more, well, supernatural. Humans are largely outnumbered by not only vampires but shape shifters, witches, werewolves, mediums, vampire gods, and vampire-faerie hybrids, and True Blood’s new boss Brian Buckner says he wants to course-correct. Asked by a fan at the end of the show’s Comic-Con panel Friday what kind of creatures he’d be adding in next season, Buckner disclosed his plans to scale back on all of that. “My honest answer to that is that I feel like this show is ultimately about the relationships between vampires and humans and it’s about this town, and I actually want to bring it in,” he said to more than a few cheers from the crowd. “My hope is to get all these people we love living under the umbrella of one story and one threat.” More cheers….
Also at NYMag, news of the Dr. Who 50th Anniversary Trailer (which is not yet online).
In other popcult detailing, Salon talks to costume designer Shawna Trpcic about “Captain Jack’s coat, Jayne Cobb’s hat, and Much Ado About Nothing“.
What’s on the agenda, televisual or otherwise, for the ragged end of the weekend?
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