#i do have s1 deleted scene in good quality

[tennant]

"What's this Crowley like?" said Ligur. Hastur spat. "He's been up here too long," he said. "Right from the Start. Gone native, if you ask me. Drives a car with a telephone in it." sneered Hastur. "And he wears sunglasses, even when he doesn't need to."

— Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agness Nutter, Witch

[that-thing-that-feeling]

The pictures from season 1? As far as just having them not wind up together in the end? Because they're letting toxic fans influence them? Not that the pictures weren't a bad decision in the first place. They were, of course. But, it's fiction and there were so many other good qualities in Jancy's dynamic. Sorry to vent, but this wouldn't be an issue if they just accepted and were accountable to criticism. Not to mention also, writing Jonathan properly. Not sidelining him smh!

Yeah idk re: the s1 pictures influencing them (which were always bad and they never should have had him do in the first place even if it is also treated by the GA as Jonathan’s full character, and the only guy on the show who ever did anything wrong), but I don’t think that’s the determining factor, really. Like I think they just might want Nancy single or don’t know what to do with the love triangle. It’s just I’ve sorta wondered what the writers thought about that whole fake controversy over the “deleted” (not actually deleted) scene.

But separate point, by sidelining Jonathan sm and not treating his depression as something they cared abt, but treating it like a joke in a sideplot, I wonder if they agree with Jonathan’s opinion of himself articulated roughly in s4 that he just isn’t good enough. Like if they don’t care to write Jonathan, how do they write Jancy? Also imo they’ve treated jancy badly. At the same time, we still don’t know if the writers have figured out how to treat Nancy better and not as a prize to be won.

[lightcomingthroughthedarkness]

Info from conaggedon

Alright, so I wasn't going to do this but I didn't see any summary of the con here on tumblr so I thought I'd write something together. This information comes from my watching the panels and then also getting some quotes from updates account, mostly BellarkeBuzz on twitter.

- There will be factions on the new planet but they’re different from the ones from Earth and have their own different way of communicating.

- the cast all think Eliza is amazing in season 6 and that she will shine. Bob said that we will see Eliza's range as an actor.

- Eliza considers S6 her most challenging season yet.

- Eliza will have a costume change

- Bob directed 6x11 and Eliza says he is a great director. She felt easy and comfortable being directed by Bob. From the cast and Bob's comments, we know that Clarke, Murphy and Octavia are all in episode 11 as Bob talked about directing Eliza, Richard and Marie. From an earlier tweet from Lola, we also know Bob directed Lola, meaning Madi is in 6x11 too. We also know Jackson is not in 6x11 since Sachin has already talked about how he heard Bob did a good job, thus indicating that he was not on set himself.

- Bob said JR want him to direct again in S7 *if they have one*

- JR Bourne does a great job with his character and they think he did amazing work

- Richard talked about Lola's prank on him and his prank on her and then he said that their prank will continue "next year". Indicating that Lola will be in S7 *if they have one*

- S6 Bellamy wouldn't give S1 Bellamy any advice. Bob said that Bellamy has a relapse in S6 and he is going to be more like Bellamy in S1

- Bellamy and Octavia are working through their relationship and according to Bob "they are in constant negotiations"

- Bob talked about "how Madi sees Bellamy is a reflection of how Clarke sees Bellamy" and the way Clarke told Madi stories about Bellamy is how Madi then sees him. Bob thinks if Bellamy were to sit down and talk about that or think about that, he'd get upset and emotional that Clarke holds him in such regards and because of that Madi trusts and respects Bellamy

- "Clarke cannot live without...."

Tasya: lovers

Luisa: Levers

- Tasya talked about Ec.ho's backstory and said that she told the director to push her as far as possible while filming "that episode". Indicating that Ec.ho's backstory is told in one episode. Tasya also said we'll understand Ec.ho's pain in s6 and that it was the hardest thing she had to film

- Ec.ho will be protective of Jordan

- Jason told Tasya not to cry during the scene where Ec.ho sees Marper's video. But Tasya started crying so they had to redo the scene. Ec.ho can't really show emotions

- There will be no flashbacks to the 6 years time jump according to Tasya

- According to Tasya, some Ec.ho scenes filmed won't make it to screen in s6, having been deleted and she said sometimes that happens

- On what qualities Bellamy liked about Ec.ho as to fall in love with her: (poor Bob, he was struggling with this answer) Bob said Bellamy and Ec.ho bonded over their relationship with Octavia ("even though she tried to kill her"). Bob said that "Bellamy and Ec.ho needed each other in space to survive" and that Bellamy liked Ec.ho's loyalty

Tasya said that Bellamy helped Ec.ho in space, made her open up, be softer and recognize love and family because that's something Ec.ho's never had

- Tasya said Octavia has a lot of growing to do because of how dark her story/Octavia was in s5

- "The girl in front of us on line for Eliza had asked about Madi comparing Le.xa’s love for Clarke to Clarke’s love for Bellamy. Eliza really couldn’t say anything but “I think it’s a very similar lifelong love, I really do, in that way.”

- "Chelsey said Monty and Harper trusted bellarke with their son because they had a lot of time to think about it in space and they’re the only hope. They’ve always trusted them to lead their people, regardless of what’s going on between them."

- Bob said thst Monty and Harper just dumped this 23 year-old kid on Clarke and Bellamy

- Chelsey filmed Bob, Eliza and Tasya and said "which girl will Bellamy choose?"

- "I asked Bob if Bellamy & Clarke were going to have a smoother road in s6 because s5’s dynamic worried me and he had to take a second to think and was like “I can’t really say anything but it’s different.”

- I asked Eliza if this season was good for “us”[Bellarke] and she said that it was. I said I felt like a lot of stuff was left on the table last season and she said that “they have a good chat” in season 6

- Someone asked Bob how Bellamy could go from longingly waiting for Clarke to get on the ship in s4 after she risked her life for him to telling her she isn’t a part of his space family in s5. (1/2)

"Bob got SO MAD AND OFFENDED, he was like “I never said that! that wasn’t ME!” (2/2) then Bob said that he doesn't write the scripts.

Bob also talked about how Bellamy was right and nighblood would have worked if Clarke had listened to him. Bellamy wouldn't have had to make that choice but "no one talks about that in season 5".

- Zach and Bob think Roan and Bellamy would have been in a romance if Roan had made it to space

- Luisa on Memori: These are two people who were isolated and alone and found kindred spirits. Richard: I get your crazy and I like your crazy

- Luisa about S6: “Deadly as usual”

Richard about S6: “New year, new me”

[sanoiro]

Lucifer Moves to a New Stage

Since Lucifer returned to Los Angels after its Pilot and some of the scenes for some episodes in S1 and S2 it was occupying Stage 16 and a small part of Stage 11. The VIP parking spots actually are still outside Stage 11. 

Now the production was moved to a different location some time before Season 4 dropped on Netflix which had me wondering as to why and what that meant. It soon became apparent what that meant as we would get a fifth and final season. 

Stage 16 was hosting everything aside from Linda’s office and although it is a VERY big stage in total SF and height it still struggled to keep it up with the series needs. That became apparent last year when Chloe’s house had to be taken down for the stage to have a breathing space from the addition of Linda’s house right behind Lt Marcus Pierce office. 

That also brings us to one more issue. Certain sets were created but either was scrapped quickly or simply remained taking valuable space from the stages. Such sets were the Lt office, the precincts facilities where Charlotte had her breakdown or even LUX’s facilities that were used for a fight in S3 but the scene was deleted and added in the home media later on. The same also applies for the Penthouse’s dressing room and sets like the hospital in S4, or the hospital room, the karaoke bar etc in S3. 

So as you can see Lucifer always needed more space than it was available and yet it managed to deliver beautifully. However, the question remains where has it been moved now and perhaps even why? 

Stage 16 is a movie stage and one of the most expensive ones. Cost-wise it was not a viable option to spend so much in a stage for your last season. Then again the new stages might cost just as much but something happened in mid 2019 that made the moving as the obvious choice for S5. A show that was also produced in WB lot was axed, I’m of course talking about Lethal Weapon. 

Lethal Weapon was occupying 2 stages Stages 28 & 28A (One stage divided in half) and Stage 29. For trivia’s sake, CHuck was shot at Stages 28 & 28A while some of the Tara set from Gone With The Wind was discovered there hinting that a part of that classic had also used that stage.

Now let’s see the logistics here and speculate a few things that concern Lucifer and why this move might be beneficial to the show. 

Stage 16 stood at 65 feet while all the other stages are at around 35. Its dimension is 238 x 135 and in total it has 32,130 s.f.

Stage 11 is 14,715 s.f.

In total Stage 16 and Stage 11 (which was never used as a whole as far as I know at least) 46,845 s.f. Again Stage 11 was not occupied solely by Lucifer so I would say at best count in the total just the 1/4 of that stage. 

That means that Lucifer totally was occupying at the WB lot around 35-36K square feet of stage space from 2017-2019. 

Stages 28 & 28A are in total 21,310s.f. and so far host the penthouse and LUX. I do expect the precinct to also be built there right behind LUX and perhaps Chloe’s house close to the penthouse but that remains to be seen. 

So far we do not know if the production has decided to also occupy Stage 29 but it would make sense as it is free and building a set is cheaper than using CGI or renting properties for shooting around Los Angeles. That is also important when you have action scenes like the one in 4x04 where the bar was actually a set built from scratch. 

If they do get Stage 29 that means that the new total of available space for everything the production wants to built for S5 will be a grand total of 38,880 s.f.

So what can we expect from this moving?

1) More sets for sure like Hell perhaps 2) Keeping a good balance between Lot and L.A. scenes which will not hurt the budget. 

3) Quality CGI when we actually need it. 

4) Not many bts as the stages are at the edge of the stage lot. 

All in all, I believe that the new stages will benefit S5 :) 

EDIT: It appears that the second stage we occupy is stage 26. 

The new space total is 42,930sf. Up until last year, we had S11 (14,715sf) & all of S16 (32,130sf) = 46,845sf yet S11 was only partly used. 

[alyblacklist]

Hello! I hope ur enjoying hiatus time! I may be asking the wrong person bc idk if u do have all the DVD box sets/Blue Ray stuffs (idek the difference between those either) but I was wondering if you thought getting TBL on some sort of DVD is worth it! I adore the show and watched it many times but is it any better than simply binge watching on Netflix? I've seen gifs of the deleted scenes but is there more/better bloopers/things I'm missing out on in ur (professional) opinion? Thx 4 all u do! Xx

Hi anon!  Thank you - I’m definitely enjoying some down time this hiatus!  I do own all the seasons on blu-ray (AND on iTunes I’m embarrassed to admit because I’m not patient enough to wait for the blu-ray to come out each summer) but I’m a bit of an obsessed Blacklist fan so…..  

I think the picture quality of the blu-ray is a little better than the regular DVD (or the HD iTunes), and the blu-ray sets generally include some additional special features that aren’t available elsewhere.  However, blu-ray also requires you to have a special player that is different from a regular DVD player so unless you’re prepared to invest in a player too DVD is probably your better choice if you opt to buy.  

In terms of whether it’s worth it - if all you really want to do is watch the episodes, then probably not.  Netflix is totally fine for binge watching.  I like to have the discs to use for making gifs (but I can also do that from iTunes).  I also like the special features - deleted/extended scenes, gag reel etc. but a lot of those do get posted so it’s really a matter of personal choice as to whether the particular “extras” that are offered are worth it.  I think there were far more “extras” on the box sets of the early seasons that made them more worth it than the more recent ones.  For example, the S1 box set has all of the episodes of the “Beyond the Blacklist” special that aired along with the episodes, as well as producer voice-over commentary on the Pilot, Anslo Garrick 1, and Berlin: Conclusion.    

They have not yet put out a press release announcing what will be on the Season 6 set, but here are links to posts with the press releases for the season 3, 4 & 5 sets that will give you an idea of the type of content that is normally featured.     

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Good luck with whatever you decide and happy hiatus!

[whenthespotlightfades]

The Problems with Malec

I decided to make a post solely about the problems Magnus and Alec have in the show that makes them not work as well as they could. Why? Not because I love complaining, but because it’s so important everyone is aware of what is going on. And sadly, what is going on simply isn’t all roses and justified. So let me explain what it is that is making this couple and these two characters not come to their full potential: 

1. Lack of storyline

Both Magnus and Alec are currently suffering from a “What the hell do we do with these characters”. Unlike the core three, there isn’t much book material to go on. Which means the team behind shadowhunters has to come up with a storyline themselves, and apparently that is really hard to do.  Or well, I should say, it’s hard to do properly.  Alec doesn’t really have a storyline of his own this season. Almost everything he does is playing second fidel to someone else’s storyline. He’s either attached to Jace’s his storyline, to Izzy’s storyline or even to Luke’s storyline. But he doesn’t have one of his own. Malec is not his own storyline. You could say him being the head of the Institute is his storyline, but he didn’t get the position as a result of his storyline, he didn’t even get it because he had earned it. And with his new position he hasn’t done anything that didn’t have ties to other things. It’s been connected to Luke’s storyline in which he tried to kill Valentine, and sabotaging Sebastian’s plan. The new role also restricts Alec as a character from having his own storyline or even being involved in other people their storyline. Even Matthew admitted to this. For Alec’s well being as a developing character he shouldn’t be a head for long. Not that he is doing a good job at it, since for the sake of “equality” he spents his nights with Magnus at his home. Which is totally in character, and totally normal to do when you have just been appointed. 

Magnus has his own storyline one would argue. He is dealing with his past and trying to find some sort of balance between being a warlock and dating Alec.  But how much have we seen from that storyline that was actually good storytelling. Everything we saw in S2A was always in connection to someone else and now in S2B Simon his heartbreak get the priority of good proper screentime over a character with severe childhood traumas. In what universe does that even make sense? Yes Simon his heartbreak is understandable, but why introduce such a heavy topic as childhood trauma only to treat it like a secondary issue with a screentime of less than 8 minutes combined with flashback scenes and the “i’m fine moments”.  Though mind you this is not the first time the show has taken a very serious topic only to treat it with the least amount of care in the world, remember Alec’s suicide attempt and the promise we would get back to that since it’s so important. I haven’t seen it anywhere, have you? 

2. Lack of screentime

If you’re not a malec fan or simply don’t care enough about them to want equality for them, the go to comment is; “this show is not about Malec”. Granted you got me there. But that doesn’t justify the lack of screentime. Now Todd has planned himself in the corner that tough choices have to be made:

They only have so much minutes bla bla bla, BULLSHIT. Todd simply has different priorities. Every ep in S2B has started with “My name Clary Fray”- 

Let’s be real, that is atleast a good minute of airtime that gets spend on shit the episode doesn’t need. Not to even mention the unneccessary scenes, such as Jace making out with Kaelie in the bed half naked (precious golden scene? Sure Jan). He can’t say he believes screentime should go to Clary, Simon and Jace even if the episode could easily miss the scene since it adds nothing, so the answer is even golden scenes have to be cut. Don’t get mad please, it’s a hard job.... Ehum NO, it really really isn’t. It’s about pacing, which sucks in this show, it’s about priorities which in this show don’t focus on Magnus, Alec, Luke or the rest. It’s about not adding more characters to an all ready full show.  They make the weirdest choices when it comes to malec, the scenes are short even when the moments are important, because everything else is apparently more important, hey not my words anymore, they are officially Todd’s now.  

3. The equality issue

I guess this is more personal. As a proud member of the lgbtq community, to me equality is absolute. I know what shows look like that give it to their viewers and thus i know Shadowhunters isn’t one of these shows. Arguments like “but they have more than in the bookserie, so stop talking”, are annoying as hell and not even correct. (Which you can read here) Arguments like “this isn’t the malec show” are fucking rude. Equality has nothing to do with turning Shadowhunters into the Malec show. If you believe this to be case, then you are not an ally and are (sub)conciously homophobic. Some lgbtq+ people even believe this to be true and honey, sorry to tell you but that is some internalised homophobia you’ve got going on there.  Equality simply means an equal treatment. Not give them 50% of the show’s time and Clace the other 50% cause well, there is also Izzy, Simon, Luke and Maia. This is not about some weird ass division of time. It’s about the Quality of the time they getting and the imbalance compared to the heterosexual pairings. 

The fade into black from 2x07 was homophobic as fuck. Malec not getting their first time shown, no intimate scenes. No real, well-written conversations. All of that adds up to this unequal treatment the couple gets, I’m not counting the stray scene they actual do right like the balcony scene in 1x06. Why does Magnus love Alec? I don’t know. Why do I not know this? Because the show never bothered to explain it to me, to show it to me. Why does Alec love Magnus? I don’t know. Because he was the first guy to notice him, but surely there is more to it. I’m just not sure what that more is. Why? They don’t bother to show me.  It is these small things that make the show fail epicly when it comes to Malec.  Most of the fandom is happy when they get one minute, because we have successfully been brainwashed into thinking that is what this couple deserves and that this is what we should be grateful for.  Everyone is over the moon with the morning scene in 2x15 in spite of the body language that shows discomfort, in spite of the OOC behaviour of Alec; this is not something the new head of the institute should do and definitely Alec, sorry. They are catering to you, with the bare minimum because well, you will accept it, praise it, maybe complain but hey we’ll watch again next week, cause TODD keeps making promises it will be better. Will it though? No really? Cause if you keep watching, you keep defending the show, you keep having a whiplash from going between “OMG I CAN’T EVEN” to “WHAT IS THIS SHIT”  why do they have to change how they treat Malec. Equality is a serious issue, but an issue this show doesn’t take seriously. And apart from a tweet, nothing indicates this will change in the future.

4. Lies from TPTB

If there is one thing I’m not fond of it’s lying Showrunners and boy does Todd have a track record in that. Just have a look at the first round of interviews they did. Remember how they agreed with the fandom that Malec went too fast in S1, that they needed to pull it back, because why the hell did they even like each other...... Well here we are Ep 15 and they’ve had sex and we’ve had an I love you, three even. If anything the new showrunners are going even faster. Much of what they promised to do with Malec, flew out of the window somehow the moment they started writing. Why? God knows why, I guess. Some people think they want to establish the couple as fast a possible, so as little as possible screentime has to be spent on them and they can still say, but hey look at this couple and the progressiveness, they are the OTP of this show, never will they break up. Stop complaining about the screentime and just appreciate that they are still together and going strong, here have another I love you, now shut up. I’m not part of that team, but I also don’t see enough evidence suggesting they are completely off. In fact the willingness of the team to have Malec adopt Madzie actually proves these fans might have a point. If only the lies had stopped there, but then there was the MalecMania. Oh Boy was the fandom hyped and with good reasons and Oh Boy was it a big let down to the point the fandom roared with anger. Then he promised he would work on it, this was during the filming of 2x13/2x14. Not all scripts had been written yet and they definitely weren’t filmed yet.

So why is he tweeting that he’s working on it now not three weeks ago. Don’t you mean you worked on it, keep a look out for this improvement? That is what you promised in the first place. But now this promise seems to have been moved to S3. And when S3A doesn’t deliver will he move the promise to S3B? He is a master at baiting the fans with Malec and for some reason the fans seem to not comprehend that they are being baited. So he can problably move it forever and nobody would object, cause he promises too change people! Give the show the benefit of the doubt.... Okay? But seriously for how long?! And how many lies does he have to tell before he loose his credibility. Mind you a lot of tweets ended up being deleted from his timeline as well, things spoken without thought and no intention to realise these comments.

What needs to change in my opinion?

First of All, Malec needs to take a step back. Breath, take things slow. Realise they know very little about each other and that they are going way too fast. Alec needs to give his position to someone else, I love Alec as the head of institute, but I don’t want him to be restricted by it. He can always earn it fairly around S7. I personally think Alec would prefer that too. That he is the head of the institute or hell even inquistitor because he was chosen to be by his people, not by Jace because the latter isn’t one for following the rules. Show us just how special and good Alec is, don’t have others tell us. Cause you haven’t shown Alec to be a great leader, you’ve shown the exact opposite before appointing him this position. Even Alec has his doubts, which he really shouldn’t have if he was sure of his position. 

Magnus needs a different role. Whatever he is currently, it’s not working as it give the character very little meat and no connection to the rest of the characters, thus isolating him. Especially if his current problems/storylines are treated as secondary. The show needs to address serious issues with the gentle care they deserve instead of using them for drama plotdevices. Alec’s suicide was a big thing, but thrown aside just as easily. Magnus his traumas are also pushed aside somewhat for storylines that require less screentime and care but are given double of it. Even Izzy who tried to kill her brother hasn’t really dealt with what drove her. The show touches on a lot of things with the other characters only to never really expand on it, for the sake of drama. And it needs to stop doing that. 

The show needs to start showing things instead of telling me things. I don’t want to hear Izzy went to meetings, I want to see her there, so I can hear why she felt the need to take Yin Fen and I can see her struggle.The same goes for Alec and Magnus, a lot is told but never shown. I’m tired of hearing about it, I want to see it. If I have to see every single thing about Clary, Simon and Jace, why can I not see these important moments from the other main characters. Especially if they are so linked to the storylines they are suppossedly telling us. 

The last comment also would increase the quality of their storylines, and thus create a more equal feel to it. But Equality needs to happen. For a show that won the Glaad award, it saddens me to say, they did not deserve it. Compared to their competition the show underdelivers and I think the show should become one worthy of that award.