The Dark Portal Opens Jan 16th!
December 31, 2007 by Spotlight-on WM
Filed under GAMING, World of Warcraft
The Burning Legion’s renewed assault on Azeroth begins Midnight, January 16th and the Blizzard development team will be on hand to celebrate the event while signing copies of the game at four California area retailers. For Orange County residents, the Fountain Valley Fry’s will open up at midnight for signings, with a second location available in Anaheim. If you are in Los Angeles, you can check out a midnight opening at the Hollywood Citywalk Gamestop/EB Games retail store. Finally, for those in the San Francisco area, the Sunnyvale Fry’s will open its doors to those interested in meeting the developers.
Here are the details for each event:
| Retailer | Address | Signed Copies Available | Time Line- Up Begins |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fry’s Fountain Valley | 10800 Kalama River Ave Fountain Valley, CA 92708 |
4500 | January 15th |
| Fry’s Anaheim | 3370 E. La Palma Ave Anaheim, CA 92806 |
4500 | January 15th |
| Fry’s Sunnyvale | 1077 E. Arques Ave Sunnyvale, CA 94085 |
4500 | January 15th |
| Universal Citywalk Gamestop/EB Games |
1000 Universal Studios Blvd (Cross Street: Buddy Holly Drive) Universal City, CA 91608 |
1500 | January 15th |
At each location, line-up begins at 6:00 AM PCT on January 15th. There are limited quantities available on a first-come, first-served basis. Wristbands will be issued at each event to guarantee signed copies, so make sure you are there in time to receive one.
If you don’t live in California or can’t make it to one of these four events, don’t worry: There are a legion of retail locations across the country opening early to sell copies of The Burning Crusade. Best Buy and Gamestop/EB Games will have select locations open at Midnight, January 16th. For a full list of participating retail stores, check out the Web sites listed below:
(Info from the Blizzard.com World of Warcraft Newsletter)
Michael T. Weiss – Will He Pretend Again?
December 15, 2007 by Spotlight-on WM
Filed under ACTORS, Michael T Weiss, TV SHOWS, The Pretender
According to a story on Sci Fi Wire dated Dec 3rd (”Pretender To Pretend Again?“), Michael T. Weiss has been “breakfasting” with the creators of THE PRETENDER regarding reprising his role as Jarod, the genius who got away. Only this time around, the format and the platform of the project will be “digital”. (What that actually means is anyone’s guess: Straight to DVD? Directly downloadable on the Net? Jarod becomes a computer generated character either in a film or a video game voiced by Michael T. Weiss? Hmmmm.)
No word mentioned about any of the other original actors taking part in the new project (Andrea Parker, Patrick Bauchau, Jon Gries, James Denton, Richard Marcus, Harve Presnell). I can’t see a version of THE PRETENDER without most, if not all, of them, though. It’s the chemistry between the ensemble that really made the stories work for me.
Given that the series ended on a whimper when it was canceled, with the networks tossing us 2 small bones, I mean movies (PRETENDER 2001, PRETENDER: ISLAND OF THE HAUNTED) in the 8 years since the show went off the air , fans have been waiting a loooong time for some kind of resolution to the various story lines, including the new ones the movies brought up. It would be wonderful if this turns out to be true. (I’m not holding my breath, though – it HAS been 8 years of promising to give the fans some closure! and instead we got TIN MAN from Craig Van Sickle and Steven Long Mitchell not a bad mini series, just not THE PRETENDER!)
Time to start “agitating” again, eh?
In the meantime, time to go back and rewatch the series and the movies so I’ll be totally up to speed by the time Jarod reappears!
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