For those of us who share a passionate love for the beloved third main cast member, 41 days of Metallicar has kicked off. This project was done last year, and came back in full glory on August 9. There’s one more day this year, since the Impala is 41 years old. Anyone is encouraged from now to September 18 to post icons, wallpapers, headers, fics, vids, poems, or anything else created that pays homage to the coolest classic muscle car on the planet.
On the international news front, there is now a campaign to get Supernatural in Romania. I wish them lots of luck and hope they are as successful as their southern neighbors, Bulgaria. On more frustrating news, CityTV in Canada has lost rights to Supernatural, but it looks like SunTV will air it now. Hopefully all the loyal Canadian viewers will find out about the switch without missing the eagerly anticipated premiere on September 18. Premiere dates for season four are questionable in both England and Australia, and could be delayed as late as January. Also, ratings numbers for season two in Italy continue to improve each week, which is always great news.
The fan sites are rampant with spoilers, which is totally illegal. Sure, I know Kripke is the main instigator, especially at Comic-Con, but I’m still staying away! There are new pics for the first episode here for those of you wicked people who can’t wait until September 18. Oh, who am I kidding, I clicked on the link. But only because I needed a new fix of pretty. It tells me nothing though, so no guilt here.
On September 2, season three will be released on DVD. In some really good news, on November 11, a first for this series, season three will be available in Blu-ray. Hmm, the Winchesters in hi-def, without all those CW promos. I must buy me a Blu-ray player in November. Now we just need the other two seasons, and my life is complete.
In a related note, TheWB.com is launching on August 27. I’m a beta user for the site, and I have to admit, I’m blown away. Remember, this is coming from a very picky and experienced technical person. This site is airing a few older episodes of shows like Smallville, The Gilmore Girls, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Veronica Mars, Friends, and The OC, and will be airing original programming as well. The video quality is the best I’ve seen on any website. Watching the series premiere of Smallville was like watching it on a Blu-ray DVD. The same for the Gilmore Girls. There’s also a great feature where you can enter an actor’s name, the season, the episode, and it’ll list the exact scenes that actor is in. I saw Jared Padalecki for the first time on the Gilmore Girls using this feature and man, was he a pup! I have sent a few suggestions that Supernatural would be perfect for this site, but so far there are no plans to include it. If the site is successful, it might lead to a Warner Brothers cable channel (so the rumors say anyway), which is a good thing given the shaky state of The CW, so I highly suggest everyone check it out.
Article comments
1 - terri
I just bid on the Supernatural script for S3 Finale.
Wish me luck!
terri
2 - Drew E.
Sweet! Thanks, Alice for the Sam comments. New episodes will begin airing next Friday at 9 o'clock pm up through September 12th or 19th. Haven't decided if we'll air 1.08 the day after Supernatural premieres and then take another hiatus or take the hiatus first and push the airing of 1.08 back. Whichever we choose, I'll let you know.
Thanks again,
Drew
3 - Cindi
Thanks for the news on Citytv losing the rights to Supernatural. I was actually about to have a friend make me a banner to promote the show on City! I sure hope that SunTV is picking it up, since we don't get the CW here...
Great, fun article as always, Alice!
4 - cassi
Hi Alice, I really admire you for staying spoiler-free! I'm just too curious to stop reading sides. The discussions and speculations with other fans is great. Sometimes it turns nasty but most of the time it's really just sharing thoughts and ideas.
Fan-fiction is definitely a great way to survive the summer hiatus. Especially after the last awesome season finale, there have been a lot of great stories. I just can recommend the Virtual season on supernatural.tv, it's really as awesome as reading the transcriptions of the real SPN episodes.
Another way to see the boys in a new light are the fanvideos on youtube. Just imagine Sam and Dean with chipmunk voices or as Pinky and the Brain. It's different, it's new but it's still SPN. Or the great SPN drinking game, it's hilarious!
Do I have to mention that I'm really excited about your review about AHBL?! ;)
5 - cassi
I forgot! Reading great reviews : ) is also a way to spend the time during the long summer hiatus.
6 - Mary (Bardicvoice)
Great listing of available hiatus distractions, Alice. Thanks for all the attention, as usual! I'm doing things for 41 Days of Metallicar and having a blast. My fic-writing engine has really tuned up ... I even took on writing a brutally frank coda to episode 3.16, No Rest For the Wicked, to try to prepare myself for season four. September 18 can't come soon enough!
7 - vichi
Hi Alice, great to read your comments on that. I have just one question. You said that there is a petition for bringing Supernatural in Romania and I searched everywhere but I didn't find it. I really want to sign that petition to bring the boys to my country for the 2nd and 3rd season(we already had the first one) and hoping we'll have the DVD's released here. I feel so sad for not finding that petition. Hope you can help me!
8 - vichi
Yeap, now I feel stupid for asking you that...I just find the petition...so now I'll sign it. Thanks anyway:)
9 - Kate
Hey, thanks for the rundown of all the exciting things happening in fandom! It's really exciting this month, in the runup to DVDs and BluRay and Season 4...not to mention Eyecon in September (OMG, so stoked!).
I thought you might be interested in this too: My best friend and I are doing fangirl audio commentary tracks for all aired episodes of Supernatural. It basically works like a podcast that you synch up with your DVD. We're currently on our "Episode 11 of S. 2" hiatus, but we're halfway through S. 2 with plans to finish that before s. 4 starts. Here's a link: Tin Hats & Belfry Bats
10 - VampySix
Thanks, Alice, for the sweet words and awesome review of our fandom, Bust Dean Outta Hell Brigade. The Brigade was really excited about your comments. So was I for that matter. I didn't realize I ran the Brigade like a military invasion as well as I did. Most days I feel like I have little to no control over my Soldiers. LOL. Seriously, they are a great group of members over at the Brigade and they deserved your accolades for all their time and effort they put into and are still putting into saving Dean. Their creativity continually amazes me.
We're still accepting members, by the way, over at Bust Dean Outta Hell Brigade. Yes, that was a shameless plug for more members to bust Dean out of hell. We need all the firepower we can get. ;-) So, if anyone is interested, following Alice's link on the first page. We'll be excited to add you to our group and you'll be warmly welcomed.
Thanks again, Alice, for your blog on the fandom. I enjoy reading your blog and am glad we have blogs like yours to read up on our favorite topic, the Winchester Brothers.
11 - Emma
Hey Alice,
Another great review.
Here in Oz we are trying to get a Supernatural con of our own, wish us luck. Also, I hope the Australian networks fast-track new Supernatural episodes down here pronto or they may find a Supernatural riot on their hands.
You mentioned all the fanfiction flowing in this year's hiatus and wanted to alert people to my Tales From The Krip series. It follows the fictional adventures of Eric Kripke. Episodes 1-3 are available on my live journal page and I will continue to post new ones of a weekly basis.
I have also started a facebook and myspace group called Kripke's Army to support the show so remember to join
Love Emma
Sydney Australia
Member of Kripke's Army
12 - Heather
HOW did I miss those pictues? HOW!?!?! *runs to look* thank you!