Watching Supernatural

(Ben Edlund with daughter Ezra on the picket lines.
IImage by Jim Stevenson, from here)

This news broke on Friday the 16th, but was confirmed over the weekend. Both sides will meet after Thanksgiving to negotiate once again. Hopefully this will bring about a swift resolution to the crippling strike!

There are also some new campaigns underway to show fan support for the strike. The Pencils2MediaMoguls campaign involves pooling money together to deliver huge boxes of pencils to the six men who run the media conglomerates in the U.S. By taking a page from the Jericho campaign, concerned fans hope to make a huge impact in this way.

All pencils are made from sustainably harvested wood (not deforested) by the California Republic Stationers. To donate (it costs $1 a box), visit this page and add it to your cart.

TAGS: supernatural, pencils2mediamoguls, WGA strike

(This press release was sent by the fans of Supernatural. For more information on Creation Entertainment’s “Salute to Supernatural, Smallville and Buffy/Angel”, please contact Monica Gillen at monica@creationent.com)

Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki received a very special honor on Sunday, November 11, 2007. Ackles and Padalecki, stars of the CW’s television program, Supernatural, were special guests at Creation Entertainment’s “Salute to Supernatural, Smallville and Buffy/Angel” in Schaumburg, IL.

Master Sergeant Kevin Wise, a Special Forces soldier, was in attendance at the convention. Wise joined Ackles and Padalecki on stage to announce that Supernatural Season One and Season Two are the most requested DVDs among armed forces personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Wise also reported that Warner Brothers Entertainment, Inc. and Kripke Entertainment, Inc. are going to send 3,000 copies of the DVDs to soldiers stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Wise next presented Ackles and Padalecki each with a thank you letter from General David H. Petraeus, Commander of the Multi-National Force in Iraq, as well as an honorary Special Forces coin from his unit.

Wise explained that five active Special Forces Groups are in existence. Each group has its own unique coin. Wise is a part of the 12-member Special Forces Unit ODA 045 or “Team Texas.” To receive a coin, recipients must either become a Green Beret or be given one by a Green Beret. Civilians are rarely given a coin.

Ackles and Padalecki were very touched by the gesture, and presented Wise with a shooting script, signed by the Supernatural cast and crew.

This wonderful honor received by Jared and Jensen has been helped, in part, by the workings of Operation: Winchester, a website dedicated to sending care packages, along with a Supernatural DVD, to the troops.

You can help by logging onto Operation: Winchester and signing up to send a package to one of the troops stationed overseas. Any information you may need about assisting with this venerable project can be found at the Operation: Winchester website: http://opwinchester.supernaturalunderground.com/.

For other details about the Creation Convention, you can find descriptions here.

TAGS: supernatural, jared padalecki, jensen ackles

Over the years, fans have often complained that Warner Bros. never compiled a soundtrack for the show. Not to fret, fans, you can finally download them on iTunes, and do it for a good cause as well!

Through December 31, 2007, Firefox News is donating 100% of its affiliate sales commissions to the Actors Fund to help support writers and crew members affected by the WGA writer’s strike. Firefox News makes a 5% commission per sale. At The Music of Supernatural page, you’ll find a list of songs used on the series with a link to download on iTunes. (Source)

On the download page, you can find most of the music from seasons 1 and 2, except for artists that aren’t actually on iTunes, such as AC/DC. In fact, some of these songs were new to me, and ones that I never knew were in the episode.

In case you were wondering, the list songs come directly the Supernatural Wiki.

TAGS: supernatural, music of supernatural, WGA strike

Well, this was certainly a surprise.

Katie Cassidy, better known as ‘Ruby’ from Season 3, has been arrested for underage drinking (she’s only 20 years old) by Tucson, Arizona cops two weeks ago, as reported by the Smoking Gun.

To make matters worse, Cassidy reportedly pretended that she was Taylor Cole, a 23-year-old actress from Texas. Interestingly enough, Cole was in a Season 1 episode entitled “Provenance,” playing the role of Sarah.

The only reason Cassidy gave for the lie was that “she is a Hollywood actress and that this would not look good for her.” That’s funny - if she was so aware that it wouldn’t look good for her, why do it in the first place?

TAGS: supernatural, katie cassidy

Jeffrey Dean Morgan, better known as John Winchester to you fans, has just been named one of the Sexiest Men Alive in 2007 by People Magazine. People.com has video of the actor here, where he discusses his ‘puppy love.’ Congratulations, JDM!

TAGS: jeffrey dean morgan, supernatural

In light of the ongoing WGA strike, many Supernatural fans have responded to writer Sera Gamble’s comments about the strike and opted to show their support by sending food to the strikers along with the “Write No Evil” flyer above in support.

If you live in the L.A. area and would like to send some food to our writers, contact toastedtravesty@gmail.com. If you don’t live in the area but would like to donate money to purchase the food, you can access the Paypal account.

TAGS: write no evil, supernatural

There have been rumors of it, but it’s finally here! Titan Magazines is launching an official Supernatural magazine, complete with interviews, posters, and a look at the special effects that go into making the episodes. As the site advertises, “get the kind of access to the weird and wonderful world of Supernatural that no true fan of the exploits of Sam and Dean Winchester can afford to miss!”

TAGS: supernatural, supernatural magazine

This weekend was a fan convention, labeled Creation Con in Chicago, Illinois. Various other fandoms were also represented there, including Buffy, Smallville, and Angel.

On Saturday were two panels held by Samantha Ferris (Ellen) and Fred Lehne (Yellow-Eyed Demon, aka Azazel). They were faithfully described by the CW Source here and here.

On Sunday were Jensen and Jared’s panels. They both held individual ones and then one combined one. The CW Source has described the highlights here, but one fan did a much more detailed version here. As expected, both Jensen and Jared had great chemistry on stage, and it seems like a good time was had by all.

TAGS: supernatural, jensen ackles, jared padalecki, samantha ferris, frederic lehne, creation con

The CW Source caught up with writer and producer Sera Gamble before the WGA strike began. In her interview, she discusses various facets about the strike, how it will affect the show, and even some tidbits about what will happen in future episodes, such as this:

“The episode that I just finished writing is the return of Agent Henricksen. That storyline has been kept alive because the boys have had to lay low so the authorities don’t catch up to them. We wanted to do something really, really juicy with the return of Henricksen, and we really took our time breaking the story. What we came up with is sort of our version of Assault on Precinct 13.”

You can find more of her interview here.

TAGS: supernatural, sera gamble, WGA strike

Two Supernatural fans who visited the WGA and SGA rally at Culver City yesterday bumped into Eric Kripke, head writer and creator of the show. They spoke about quite a bit, and we finally have this little tidbit of info to add to it:

“We got to talking about the show and production. He mentioned that they were filming episode 11 right now, and that contrary to what we’ve all been reading they have one more script left to be filmed, bringing the total count of currently available episodes up to 12. He said that if the strike ended sometime within the month, they could ‘pick up and start filming without missing a beat.’ But if the strike lasted into January, they might have to cut back on episodes OR they would have to halt production, leaving the total episodes for this season at only 12.

You can find a detailed description of the meeting here and here.

As a side note, it would seem that Kripke agrees with me in that “Red Sky at Morning” wasn’t all that great of an episode.

TAGS: supernatural, episode 3×06, red sky at morning, WGA strike

From hancoll at promote_spn

Today, we’re kicking off a new project that’s like nothing we’ve done before. In fact, we’re not sure it’s ever been done before:

Welcome to We Are Fandom.

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BuddyTV’s Ralph Galvan poses an interesting argument and poll on this exact subject. Even though he contends that Buffy The Vampire Slayer was far better, he admits

“Supernatural has been consistently steady or increasing in viewers, has a broad appeal, and actually has more consistently good episodes than not. It deserves to be treated as such.”

which is probably one of the best arguments I’ve seen for the show yet. There’s a poll attached to the post; wouldn’t it be lovely if Supernatural managed to edge out every other show on it? Well it has, by 93% and counting.

Now, if only the CW would acknowledge the increasing number of viewers (3.24 million last week) and increase advertising and promotion for the show.