tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post3461676173262062563..comments2024-03-25T19:18:14.047-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: Chuck vs. the Comic-ConAlan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-18551123331560947862009-02-10T15:36:00.000-05:002009-02-10T15:36:00.000-05:00Great post; thanks!Pamela Jaye, yes, in Polish the...Great post; thanks!<BR/><BR/>Pamela Jaye, yes, in Polish the "w" sounds like a "v." It's a pity that explaining that to other elementary-school kids never did anything to ease up on the mockery of my own surname. Ah, well. . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-28907285260629000382009-02-10T02:54:00.000-05:002009-02-10T02:54:00.000-05:00Strahovski actually did a brief Scotty accent befo...Strahovski actually did a brief Scotty accent before, on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. It was hilarious.<BR/><BR/>Nice recap. Sounds like the panel was lots of fun. Although, it would be exponentially awesome if you could share some juicy details about the exclusive trailer. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-42560725145977297512009-02-09T16:08:00.000-05:002009-02-09T16:08:00.000-05:00I just wanted to tell you that you did a wonderful...I just wanted to tell you that you did a wonderful job moderating the Chuck Panel. I wish you could give lessons to the guy who moderated the Fringe Panel. He was beyond awful. He never spoke into the mike and asked vague questions. When your guests says..."I don't know how to answer that" you've got big problems. I was glad to be part of the great experience of your panel and its guests. I can't wait for the rest of the season to air.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-54282416576365029942009-02-09T13:59:00.000-05:002009-02-09T13:59:00.000-05:00arrrggghhh!well, my Polish pronunciation isn't too...arrrggghhh!<BR/>well, my Polish pronunciation isn't too bad after all - except for forgetting it should have been ska instead of ski at the end (I guess).<BR/><BR/>for those who ever wondered, according to, i think, the Michener book, Poland the ski at the end of many Polish names mean "from" a place as opposed to the popular in other countries "son of."<BR/><BR/>Pam, who is in no way Polish, but had a really big crush once upon a time that turned in an odd direction.Pamela Jayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06135379188588301400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-29100903421118918792009-02-09T11:47:00.000-05:002009-02-09T11:47:00.000-05:00and the visitors to strahotski.com (thank you!) fo...and the visitors to strahotski.com (thank you!) found <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYXk4I3OEA0&feature=channel" REL="nofollow">video</A> in<BR/>multiple partsPamela Jayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06135379188588301400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-51496599955649607282009-02-09T10:30:00.000-05:002009-02-09T10:30:00.000-05:00Lykaon:Don't worry. Judging by Alan's write-up, h...Lykaon:<BR/><BR/>Don't worry. Judging by Alan's write-up, he was amused, not offended. Plus, you now you have more visitors to your site.Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14093097489077390018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-81074463813820601882009-02-09T10:28:00.000-05:002009-02-09T10:28:00.000-05:00Thank you for posting from your point of view, Ala...Thank you for posting from your point of view, Alan! I was sad to not be able to attend, but am now thinking it might have been safer to be home waiting for recaps like yours.<BR/><BR/>But my real reason for posting is: Arnold Vosloo for the win!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-24542605591938894542009-02-09T10:08:00.000-05:002009-02-09T10:08:00.000-05:00Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse tried to gear "LOS...Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse tried to gear "LOST" toward being more about the relationships than about the mysteries in season 2 or 3 and the ratings started to drop precipitously. Without the mysteries, the show is just a hour long "Gilligan's Island." My point is that Chuck and Sarah are the emotional core of the series, keep throwing obstacles in their way, and we'll see how the ratings are affected. It also speaks a lot about how much creativity Schwartz and Fedak have in them if they can't figure out what to do once Chuck and Sarah are together.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-41381587793538974292009-02-09T02:29:00.000-05:002009-02-09T02:29:00.000-05:00You need to finish this. What was he going to say ...<I>You need to finish this. What was he going to say forever.</I><BR/><BR/>This is what happens when I'm bouncing back and forth between my notes and the actual post. It's now fixed, and reads:<BR/><BR/><I>Josh said he felt there are enough natural obstacles in their working relationship that he can plausibly keep them apart a while longer. (Again, in being good at staying on message, he didn't say more than that.)</I>Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-8676781370992206652009-02-09T01:27:00.000-05:002009-02-09T01:27:00.000-05:00I too would've gone with "Chuck vs. The Sepinwall....I too would've gone with "Chuck vs. The Sepinwall." A little egomania never hurt anybody.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-61287722563847743272009-02-09T01:11:00.000-05:002009-02-09T01:11:00.000-05:00yup, and I'm the girl who almost never talks about...yup, and I'm the girl who almost never talks about Scott's chest. Great move there.<BR/><BR/>Hi there, Strahotski guy. I think Yvonne is a very good actress (mainly cause Alan keeps pointing it out)Pamela Jayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06135379188588301400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-16379030809883283972009-02-09T01:06:00.000-05:002009-02-09T01:06:00.000-05:00thank you!you mention much skin on both genders - ...thank you!<BR/><BR/>you mention much skin on both genders - so who else is... tell me it's not Morgan.<BR/><BR/>I'm going to do a fan-girl ramble now.<BR/><BR/>I'm not actually a member of the Scott Bakula's Chest Fan Club (a virtual entity) but he's lost his shirt so many times I'm surprised no one has made a drinking game of it.<BR/><BR/>Even my ex made jokes - along the lines of<BR/>"This is Scott Bakula, for BreakAway Shirts. When you have to lose your shirt as much as I do..."<BR/>(it was nice that he could laugh)<BR/><BR/>plus, if nothing has changed (and who knows how the audience feels 20 years later) the reason Scott did so many shirtless scenes on Quantum Leap had something to do with a bet that if the ratings went up when he lost his shirt in one particular episode, then they were allowed to write more of the same (and apparently there were at least two female writers).<BR/><BR/>It must have been a well known thing, because later on Murphy Brown there was a joke about how if Peter (Scott's character) took off his shirt, the ratings went up (and he had yet to take his shirt off on Murphy Brown when that was said).<BR/><BR/>When Scott signed for Enterprise, the one guy in our group made a bet on how many eps it would be before Scott lost his shirt. I believe the final answer was 5.<BR/><BR/>In fact, there was once a Dark Shadows chat, where a 20 minute conversation broke out about Scott's chest. Alas, I was not present.<BR/><BR/>Okay, so I've rambled - but really: I want good ratings for Chuck as much as the next poster. And Scott's chest used to be really good for ratings.<BR/><BR/>For the record, I think Scott has extremely nice shoulders.<BR/><BR/>Also, I'm pleased that Chuck will learn to defend himself, in whatever way.<BR/><BR/>and, though I'm not Polish, and Yvonne disagrees on the pronunciation, according to what i learned Strzechowski would be pronounced<BR/><BR/>stzh eh HOV ski<BR/>(man, that's hard to spell phonetically)<BR/>Anyone Polish around here? Did I misspell or did her family misplaced that Z the way Carl Yastrzemski's family did?<BR/>Or did the books teach me wrong? (always a good chance of that - it's hard to learn a language from books, which is why I finally gave up)Pamela Jayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06135379188588301400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-11097936975294313812009-02-09T00:53:00.000-05:002009-02-09T00:53:00.000-05:00Man, what an insane panel. Out of all of comic con...Man, what an insane panel. Out of all of comic con, that was the weirdest hour I spent there, and that's saying something at a con. <BR/>Great panel, although hopefully future ones have ground rules like:<BR/>No Autographs<BR/>No Polish Parades<BR/>No Autographs, &<BR/>No Autographs.<BR/><BR/>That footage was pretty amazing (I'll never see Basic Instinct the same way again), but i must disagree on one point. I never got into that wiener costume. It was sexy, sure, but comedically, it was funny once or twice, but then it just became kind of annoying. And am I the only one who finds meats on a stick extremely unappealing? It just makes me feel bloated and gross, not ready for the laughs.<BR/><BR/>A-nyway, amazing con, amazing panel, and I can't believe its another year-and-a-half till the next one. Hopefully by then I'll have recovered from this one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-62579970838601413372009-02-08T23:57:00.000-05:002009-02-08T23:57:00.000-05:00Thanks for asking Yvonne about her using her nativ...Thanks for asking Yvonne about her using her native accent in "Chuck vs. the Ex".<BR/><BR/>Excellent write-up. I hope in a future episode that there is a sly slam on President Obama's Monday speeches in the form of a one-liner like "Why does the president always have to talk to the country on Monday nights at 8?" or something like that. Maybe in an episode where we see Chuck and Morgan hanging out for longer than 30 seconds. :)Zac F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17347318281085922137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-79489854292348233582009-02-08T23:53:00.000-05:002009-02-08T23:53:00.000-05:00You probably should have gone with "Chuck vs. Sepi...You probably should have gone with "Chuck vs. Sepinwall", because sooner or later, they have to have a SD Comic-Con episode, right?Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03092217234287469255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-31789930454633925872009-02-08T23:14:00.000-05:002009-02-08T23:14:00.000-05:00Were there any "Charah" moments at all in the prev...Were there any "Charah" moments at all in the previews?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-2563773828646965892009-02-08T23:03:00.000-05:002009-02-08T23:03:00.000-05:00Jeffster!!!Fun stuff, Alan. That "robotic toe" ex...Jeffster!!!<BR/><BR/>Fun stuff, Alan. That "robotic toe" exchange was truly priceless. Although I don't know why you gave credence to the concept of "shippers" by asking the creators to worry about pissing them off.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08917874378666399043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-10599938397257157092009-02-08T22:50:00.000-05:002009-02-08T22:50:00.000-05:00"Josh said he felt there are enough natural obstac..."<I>Josh said he felt there are enough natural obstacles in their working relationship that he can plausibly keep.</I>"<BR/><BR/>Heh. I kinda laughed when I read that.<BR/><BR/>Alan, thanks for the recap!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-8239501963846089272009-02-08T22:39:00.000-05:002009-02-08T22:39:00.000-05:00'Strahotski guy' here. Great write up! I hadn't ...'Strahotski guy' here. Great write up! I hadn't read your blog before today and I'll be adding it to my Google Reader.<BR/><BR/>As for being labeled 'craziest' fan, I view that more of a badge of honor than an insult.<BR/><BR/>Yvonne seemed extremely gracious to all of her fans. I don't think any of it really got too awkward.<BR/><BR/>I would like to offer an apology, however, if I caused an avalanche of autograph requests. I really just wanted to give her a bear; didn't expect anything in return.<BR/><BR/>So if I did interrupt your panel in that way, I do solemnly apologize, sir.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-9754468470413242662009-02-08T22:34:00.000-05:002009-02-08T22:34:00.000-05:00"There's been a lot of discussion about either Chu..."There's been a lot of discussion about either Chuck moving out of Ellie's apartment, or else Ellie and Awesome moving out post-marriage, and possibly making the cover romance even more awkward by having Sarah then move in with Chuck. I asked how long they felt they could draw out the will-they-or-won't-they dynamic without pissing off the Chuck/Sarah 'shippers; Josh said he felt there are enough natural obstacles in their working relationship that he can plausibly keep"<BR/><BR/>-----<BR/><BR/>You need to finish this. What was he going to say forever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-60346850249911529372009-02-08T22:15:00.000-05:002009-02-08T22:15:00.000-05:00Yeah, regarding the Vosloo appearance, that's the ...Yeah, regarding the Vosloo appearance, that's the first I heard of that. <BR/><BR/>Moderating a panel AND breaking news. Nicely done.Mo Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01685367085407381479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-51891985274547827952009-02-08T22:14:00.000-05:002009-02-08T22:14:00.000-05:00Please please please let there be an episode all a...Please please please let there be an episode all about Casey's robotic toe. <BR/><BR/>Because that would be awesome. <BR/><BR/>Thanks, Alan! Sounds like a good time was had by all. <BR/><BR/>But it sounds like they need to have an episode called "Chuck vs. the President."Mo Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01685367085407381479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-16770373061450666532009-02-08T22:13:00.000-05:002009-02-08T22:13:00.000-05:00Arnold Vosloo? That is news. What episode is he a...Arnold Vosloo? That is news. What episode is he appearing in?<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the report. Looks like the second season is going to be a heckuva ride.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-39655732813422535322009-02-08T22:11:00.000-05:002009-02-08T22:11:00.000-05:00Alan - I loved the Chuck panel discussion today, I...Alan - I loved the Chuck panel discussion today, I thought you did a good job. Your summary posted here is true-to-form, and well done. I just learned of your blog today, and will have to do some catch-up reading!! Thanks for your writing! Again, nice job moderating today's panel discussion. The verbatim kid-Creators discussion cracked me up (all over again!). Thanks again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com