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Yesterday evening I got wind of and announcement that a powerful new villain named Alastair will be introduced as a fickle Nemesis to trouble the Winchester brothers on Supernatural.

Mark Rolston has been tapped to play Alastair, “one of the top demons in Hell” on Supernatural.
The actor has appeared in Aliens, The Shawshank Redemption, Cold Case and Profiler, to name a few and will begin appearing on the series November 13th.

The article by Michael Ausiello (Entertainment Weekly) says the character is described as a “calm and composed demon with a placid smile that belies his simmering sadism and evil.”
I guess we’ll see if this new demon lives up to the previous bad-ass of Meg, Yellow Eyes and Lilith??!?!!

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So I’ve been speaking to a few bloggers in the US and it seems that they are experiencing the same influx of continuing television series as we are here in the UK.

So far my week is consisting of Work…. inter-spaced with Heroes, Prison Break, Supernatural, The Unit, Fringe, Dexter and the New Knight Rider series. So most of my evenings are either spent on social or TV.

With the upcoming release of the new season of Battlestar Galactica and the TV film 24:Redemption there’s certainly a lot to contend with.

StillIi guess this is all making up for the long and painful WGA strike.



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So I’ve been watching Supernatural since it hit our screens and have found it an odd mix of humor an horror that seems to outstrip most other examples of the pop-horror genre.

Anyone who has a brother will be able to relate to the brotherly duo and their constant jokes and digs at each other’s expense.

So anyway season 4 airs on the 18th of September which is not long to wait. Ofcourse if you’re cool like me you get to watch it 2 days earlier for being on the TV and Film review boards distro list :).

SEASON 3 & 4 SPOILERS AHEAD!

Ok… so the end of season 3 was not warm and fuzzy. The end left one of our two brothers banished to Hell as the end part of a deal to save his brother’s life. He’s strung up with meathooks and all!

Image from “www.supernatural.tv”

So from what I saw from the Comic-Con 5 min preview this season’s gonna deal with the ongoing demon war on mankind, Dean trying to piece together how he got out of Hell and deal with the emotional impact of having been poked by Lucifer’s trident for a few decades (time moves faster in hell apparently), and it’ll look at the naughty things Sam has done without his bro around to keep him in check.

Anyway… it looks damn good… I’ll post my initial impressions when I watch the first ep in a few weeks.

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So who lost ‘Lost’…. and while we’re on the subject….Heroes…Prison Break….the Bionic Woman…Supernatural…. the list goes on!!… I’ll tell you who bloody lost them (or at least is partially responsible). The bloody Writers Guild of America and their fecking strike….!!!

The strike is over!!!….now give me back my TV shows… damn you!!!! Reducing the selection of what we watch to House… and er…. House… and ……………House!!!!!!!

Thank god Battlestar Galactica is back on the Air!!! David Eick has come thru and delivered… and from what I heard even BSG was at risk of being canned!!!!!!!

SOooooo the writer guild were striking….*sigh*… and it’s taken god knows how long to get sorted…. damn you WGA!!!… for the sake of a payrise lets put 1000s of peoples jobs on the line and destroy other peoples livlyhood…. what a crock of sh*t!!

At least there’s good news. Lost executive producer Carlton Cuse has said his team is “ready to make episodes quickly to try to fit in five more this season”.

So unlike Heroes and Prison Break we’re probably gonna get a reasonably sized season.