02.08.07
Posted in Film, Nestor Carbonell, TV at 10:38 pm by Amanda Rogers
Lost
So did anyone notice that Shannon Kenny’s husband, Nestor Carbonell, was in last night’s Lost episode? I think it would be cool if he came back as a recurring character, even though his character is a bit creepy. That bus accident was just way too much of a coincidence to be an accident, don’t you think?
If you missed the episode, it is available for viewing online in streaming video at http://dynamic.abc.go.com/streaming/landing.
Smokin’ Aces
Now playing in theaters is Smokin’ Aces, a film in which Nestor has a role. He plays the character Pasquale Acosta. Check out http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475394/cinemashowtimes for show times in your area.
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02.04.07
Posted in Paul Ben-Victor, TV at 9:28 pm by Amanda Rogers
The season four finale of The Wire marks the return of Paul Ben-Victor’s character Spiros “Vondas” Vondopoulos. I have no information at this time as to whether this is a one-episode return or if Paul’s character is back on a more recurring basis.
The name of the episode is Final Grades. I’m late reporting this, but there are a couple of airings left of this episode: one on February 6, 2007 at 11:00 p.m. on HBO East, and again on February 7, 2007 at 2:00 a.m. on HBO West. As usual, check your local listings. If you have HBO On Demand, you can also catch the episode during its run from February 12, 2007 to March 4, 2007.
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Posted in Conventions, Invisible Man Fan Club at 1:43 pm by Amanda Rogers
The I-Maniacs Fan Club has announced the date of the next I-Manicon: July 21, 2007. So mark your calendars! If you’re a fan of The Invisible Man, this is a must-attend event. Seriously, folks, most fans just dream of this kind interaction with their favorite actors. The fan club makes it happen.
Last year was hands down the best con we’ve had to date. We had the pleasure of having Vincent Ventresca, Paul Ben-Victor, Eddie Jones, and Mike McCafferty join us as special guests. Also in attendance were Eddie’s wife, Anita, and Jason Makiaris, both of whom had guest roles on the show.
We have yet to get the entire cast in attendance, so maybe this will be the year? Here’s hoping!
Check out the following pictures from last year’s con that I-Mom was kind enough to share.
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This year the con will be held in Los Angeles, California, at the same hotel as last year:
Doubletree Hotel
Los Angeles International Airport
1985 East Grand Avenue
El Segundo, CA 90245
You must be an I-Maniacs Fan Club member to attend, but membership is absolutely free. It’s a great little fan club and members get some very nice perks. So if you’re not a member, what are you waiting for? Go join now!
Volunteers are needed to help plan the con. I’ve helped out the two last years, but need to step back this year because it pulls me too much away from the movie project, which has to take priority for me. So if you can step in and help fill that void, it would be very much appreciated. You don’t even have to be an attendee to help out. Just go to
http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/I-Manicon_2007/ and join the Yahoo! group.
The fan club will be sending out more info in the future and I’ll post updates here too from time to time.
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02.01.07
Posted in "The Invisible Man", I-Man Cast Film Update at 9:43 pm by Amanda Rogers
Five years ago today the Sci Fi Channel aired the last new episode of The Invisible Man, thus bringing to a close a show that ended all too quickly and deserved a much, much longer run. By the time the last episode, entitled The New Stuff, aired, we all knew that the show had been cancelled and yet many of us were hoping that by some miracle someone in authority would see fit to continue it and give the show the chance it deserved.
With anticipation we watched Darien getting closer to permanent madness as the Counteragent was losing its effectiveness. How would he be saved? Would the Keeper find a way to safely remove the gland? Knowing that Craig Silverstein wrote the last two episodes as closure to one chapter of Darien’s life and the beginning of a new chapter, that scenario didn’t seem likely.
Would a new counteragent be developed? Perhaps giving Darien more time between shots? That was a possibility. But, instead, a cure was found for the madness, courtesy of his nemesis, Arnaud de Fehrn.
In the end, Darien chose to stay with the Agency, which meant that the series could go forward with the same characters we had grown to love. Not knowing whether the series would continue or not, Craig had set up a sort of closure for Darien and the series, and yet left the door wide open for many more new stories.
I miss this show.
Each of us who call ourselves fans can describe how this show has touched us and why, after five years, we are still here, still hoping. We’ve come to care, not for just the show and its characters, but also for the actors who portrayed the characters. Over the years we’ve been able to interact with them online via bulletin boards, chat rooms, and blogs; and some of us have been able to meet them in person. We’ve had a relationship with them that very few, if any, fandoms ever develop with their cast. They have generously given us that unique opportunity. They all love the show and would be willing to come back to it, and they all enjoyed working with each other and would love to do so again.
It’s for that reason that I’ve taken on this project. It’s not the project I originally set out to do. Believe me, I would love to be producing an I-Man movie; and if it weren’t for that little issue of rights, I’d be doing exactly that right now. But if I can’t do an I-Man movie, bringing together a cast that I care deeply about is the next best thing. This is a project that I’m thrilled to be a part of. It is my wish that this will be a movie that will thrill you too.
Call me crazy, but I’m not totally giving up on I-Man. There is a chance, albeit a slim one, that this movie could possibly trigger interest in I-Man. But this movie would need to be a hit and be profitable. Like it or not, money talks in Hollywood. On the production side of things, I’m going to do everything I can to make that happen, but I can only do so much. In the end, it’s the audience that decides whether to watch or not.
No matter what happens, seeing our cast together again on the screen is so worth all this work. I can’t wait for that day!
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