SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 2008
TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES' THOMAS DEKKER
Thomas Dekker, who plays John Connor in Fox's Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronciles, said he is hopeful fans of the film series will be satsified with the television show.
"It's a tricky business that they're handling really, really well," Dekker said. "I'm a fan of the series myself and when I heard they were doing this, my concern was, 'Oh, boy.' But they're really doing incredible things with the story and I think the fans will be satisfied in the sense that we've all really tried to hold on to the core of what made the films resonate so much with the audience, the hearts of the characters and the drive of the story.
""I think, in a way, the story of this series is even more relevant now than it was in the late 80's/early 90's because the world, if you think about it, has become so much more run by machines... myspace, e-mail, even cell phones. The line between human and machine is being blurred every day.
"And that is definitely an area of thought that the writers are going in a direction -- the robots being more human and the humans begin more robotic. That's an interesting political statement that goes beyond the action genre."
Dekker, who played Zach in the first season of NBC's Heroes, acknowledged that John Connor is somewhat of an iconic character.
"It's kind of a scary amount of responsibility because a lot of people really grew up with this character and really identify with him, I think," he said. "So it's a big undertaking for me. I'm just trying to do my best to fulfill what the fans would want to see, where this character is now."
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles debuts on Sunday night on Fox, with the two-part premiere continuing on Monday.
For a feature on Summer Glau, who plays Cameron, CLICK HERE.
IMAGE COMICS FIRST LOOKS
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For covers and three- to six-page previews of upcoming Image Comics titles, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Witchblade #114 and '76 #1.
Look for more First Looks on Sunday here in The Continuum.
For covers and four- to six-page previews of Marvel Comics titles arriving in stores on Jan. 16, CLICK HERE.
For covers and five-page previews of Image Comics titles arriving in stores on Jan. 16, CLICK HERE.
MARCH SOLICITATIONS ROUNDUP
For previously published solicitations for March, click on the publishers' names below.
* Antarctic Press.
* Ape Entertainment.
* Arcana Studio.
* Archie Comics.
* Aspen Comics.
* Archie Comics.
* Big City Comics.
* BlueWater Productions.
* Bongo Comics.
* Boom! Studios.
* Dark Horse Comics.
* DC Comics.
* Desperado Publishing.
* Devil's Due Publishing.
* Digital Webbing.
* Dynamite Entertainment.
* IDW Publishing .
* Image Comics.
* Markosia Publishing.
* Marvel Comics.
* Moonstone Books.
* Oni Press.
* Red 5 Comics.
BRIEFLY
* According to Entertainment Weekly, Warner Bros. has a set a Jan. 15 deadline for filmmakers to decide if they want to progress with the Justice League film as scripted or wait until after the writers' strike is resolved for rewrites on the script.
COMICS CONTINUUM BACK ISSUES
In case you missed The Continuum's coverage over the past month, here are some links. Click on the date to get the day's full report.
* Tuesday, January 8: Incredible Hercules, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, World of Warcraft and The Blackbeard Legacy.
* Monday, January 7: X-Men: Legacy, Smallville, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Boom! Studios First Looks, Dynamite Entertainment First Looks and Image First Looks.
* Sunday, January 6: Dark Horse First Looks.
* Saturday, January 5: First Looks and Zenescope's new Sinbad title.
* Friday, January 4: Marvel First Looks and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
* Thursday, January 3: Whiteout, DC Comics second printings, Red 5 First Looks, Marvel First Looks, Image First Looks, Top Cow's First Born: Aftermath and NBM for 2008.
* Wednesday, January 2: IDW Publishing's Star Trek plans, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Dark Horse First Looks, Marvel First Looks and Archie First Looks.
* Tuesday, January 1: Incredible Hercules and First Looks.
* Monday, December 31: Sonic X and Iron Man movie.
* Sunday, December 30: Bluewater Productions for April and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
* Saturday, December 29: Image First Looks, Boom! Studios First Looks and DC First Looks.
* Friday, December 28: The Incredible Hulk, Marvel First Looks and Image First Looks.
* Thursday, December 27: Devil's Due Publishing for March, Antarctic Press for March, SLG Pubishing for March, Archie Comics First Looks and Devil's Due First Looks.
* Wednesday, December 26: Dynamite Entertainment for March, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chornicles, DC Comics roundup, Dynamite Entertaiment for March, IDW Publishing First Looks and Dark Horse Comics First Looks.
* Tuesday, December 25: Family Guy, Markosia Publishing for March and First Looks.
* Monday, December 24: Boom! Studios for March, Desperado Pubishing for March, Ape Entertaiment for March and Arcana Studio for March.
* Sunday, December 23: Red 5 Comics for March and Digital Webbing for March.
* Saturday, December 22: The Simpsons, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Oni Press for March, Aspen Comics for March and First Looks.
* Friday, December 21: Legion of Super Heroes, The Batman, Marvel First Looks and Bongo Comics for March.
* Thursday, December 20: Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Transformers: Animated, X-Men: Messiah Complex and First Looks.
* Wednesday, December 19: IDW Publishing for March, Avatar Press for March, Image Comics for March and Top Cow Productions for March.
* Tuesday, December 18: Marvel Comics for March and DC Comics roundup.
* Monday, December 17: DC Comics for March, Archie Comics for March and First Looks.
* Sunday, December 16: Chloe Sullivan in the DC Universe, Moonstone Books for April and Dark Horse First Looks.
* Saturday, December 15: First Looks.
* Friday, December 14: Marvel First Looks and Archie First Looks.
* Thursday, December 13: The Dark Knight, Whiteout, DC Comics trade paperbacks for July/August, Oni Press' Jumper Jumpscars and First Looks.
* Wednesday, December 12: Hellboy II: The Golden Army, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, DC Comics trade paperbacks for June/July, The Batman, Knight Rider, Aliens vs. Predator -- Requiem and First Looks.
* Tuesday, December 11: Dark Horse Comics for March, Viper Comics for March, DC Comics roundup, Bluewater expands Ray Harryhausen line, Transfuzion Publishing launches and First Looks.
* Monday, December 10: Whiteout, The Dark Knight, Smallville's Laura Vandervoort, Jughead's new look, Witchblade anime, Roger Stern talks JLA: Classified, I Am Legend's Will Smith, UDON's new Street Fighter titles and First Looks.
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