Alert! Alert! Sons of Anarchy is set to premier on Tuesday, September 7th at 10 p.m. Just like I predicted waaaaaay back in March. So make sure you still have a season pass on your DVR, hire a babysitter, and tell your boss that you need to take the night off. Do It. Now. Also: FX is sponsoring a Sons of Anarchy sweepstakes to send 7 lucky fans out to LA to a private showing of the premier, webcast with Kurt Sutter, and a bit of pocket change.
The Sons of Anarchy panel at Comic-Con is coming up on Sunday, July 25th at 2:45 --with appearances by Kurt Sutter, Katey Sagal, Ron Perlman, and Charlie Hunnam. Is anyone going to Comic-Con? I'd be interested to hear about the experience from the perspective of an SOA fan. You know, rather than the perspective an Avengers fanboy.
The Sons of Anarchy Emmy snub happened. In full effect. Sons of Anarchy got a big fat goose egg by way of nominations. I've kind of held off on blogging about it because, frankly there were enough people expressing outrage about the omission that it was overwhelming. But to round things up: Michael Ausiello pointed out that Katey Sagal was screwed, the LA Times paid notice to the snub, Mo Ryan was astounded, and The Boob Tube Dude noticed the slight as well, BuddyTV listed it as #1 on its top 10 of Emmy snubs, and TV By The Numbers has the HOLY FUCKING SHIT reaction without actually saying the words.
And then there was the so-called media's reaction to the SOA snub--particularly Kurt Sutter's blog post. My dear three readers, the media reacted in the most irritating, sub-human, salivating-to-create-controversy-so-it-becomes-a-story sort of way. (I'm not linking to any of that because I don't want to give those bastards the page hits). In my opinion, Kurt Sutter's initial reaction was not some angry screed, it was just an assessment of the situation as he saw it. Sons of Anarchy is an outsider show and that's how they like it, creatively speaking.
My take on the media debacle is that anything other than gracious losing must translate to FUCK THE HOLLYWOOD ESTABLISHMENT MOTHERFUCKERS in some entertainment media code speak. Sort of like a dog whistle. Either that or everyone in Hollywood loves the shit out of Mariska Hargitay who must be Mother Theresa or something. But then, the "media" had the same irrational reaction when Kurt Sutter published a clarifying blog post. And I swear, hand to God, I was thisclose to pulling one of these:
Just without the eyeliner. And the tears. And the screaming.
There was a great interview with Kurt Sutter with insights into Season 3 and some great new set pic by Monsters and Critics that is worth a look-see. Finally, there were a couple of spoilers that came out about the Belfast story line. I'm going to put these after the jump because frankly, they are very spoilery and I had mixed feelings about them after I'd read them. Ah, the things I do for the blog.
More about Gemma being on the lam.
Casting call for body doubles for SOA characters in Belfast.
Mariska Hargitay is a great, talented actress and deserved the nomination. Just because she has been nominated six times does not mean she is not worthy. She is also a person of great character and deserves respect. That ugly thing is people do not acknowledge defeat.
ReplyDeleteIf Katie Sagal deserved to be displayed, because instead of January Jones that it was only reasonable or Kira Sedgwick who is also always being displayed. Because only speak on Mariska? Who knows who watches SVU Mariska is beautiful and talented.
ReplyDeleteThis is a joke, right? You'll find no quarter here. Go away, troll.
ReplyDeleteHargitay and love his work on SVU. I think that during those 11 years of Mariska series deserved to have at least two more Emmy. She is great and his fans adore. Thanks Mariska.
ReplyDeleteLOL @ "troll."
ReplyDeleteI had missed this interview, so THANK YOU!!! I loved the photos, and especially Sutter's intensity, which seems to vibrate through the photos. LuvLuvLuv the S3 foreplay!
Mariska? is that you?
ReplyDeleteAh Ah Ah! Do you think Mariska is concerned with comments from resentful and losers. She is an award-winning actress and the highest paid television. I just think that fans of the actress, who is millions scattered around the world, has every right to express their opinions. Either the U.S. is not a democracy? Mariska is a goddess, worshiped by millions, matter who gets hurt.
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