Massive Events will be running their first ever Supernatural convention next year in September in Birmingham. The convention’s called Roadhouse and you can find more information on it at the website. Currently there’s only one guest lined up: Mark Rolston who played Alastair. I’m sure more guests will be announced as and when in the next few months.

I also forgot to add a list of the Wolf Events to the list I previously posted, so they’ll be included this time. They mostly specialise in Stargate related conventions.

Read on if you want to read the updated list of conventions for next year. I’ve tried to highlight the new ones on the list with a little *:

*NEWWolf Stargate Worlds
Date: 22nd – 24th January 2010
Venue: The Thistle Hotel, Heathrow
Theme: Stargate franchise
Guests: Dan Payne, Garry Chalk, Patrick Currie, Paul McGillion

Massive Events: Chevron 7.4
Date: 29th – 31st January 2010
Venue: Hilton Metropole, Birmingham
Theme: Stargate franchise
Guests: David Hewlett, Brian J. Smith

Massive Events: Housebroken
Date: 5th – 7th February 2010
Venue: The Park Inn, Bedford
Theme: Being Human
Guests: Jason Watkins, Annabel Scholey, Dylan Brown, Sinead Keenan, Sama Goldie, Dean Lennox Kelly, Paul Kasey

Massive Events: Eternal Twilight 3
Date: 19th – 21st February 2010
Venue: The Hilton Metropole, Birminham
Theme: Twilight
Guests: Christopher Heyerdahl, Charlie Bewley

Starfury: Breakout Farewell
Date: 12th – 14th March 2010
Venue: The Thistle Hotel, Heathrow
Theme: Veronica Mars & Moonlight
Guests: Percy Daggs III, Francis Capra, Michael Muhney

Rogue Events: Insurgence Blood Lines
Date: 19th – 21st March 2010
Venue: The Hilton Metropole, Birmingham
Theme: Vampire Diaries, Smallville, Supernatural
Guests: Michael Rosenbaum,

Massive Events: The Hub 4
Date: 9th – 11th April 2010
Venue: The Park Inn, Northampton
Theme: Torchwood
Guests: Eve Myles, Kai Owen, Tom Price

Starfury: Echo-1
Date: 7th – 9th May 2010
Venue: The Thistle Hotel, Heathrow
Theme: Dollhouse, Battlestar Galactica
Guests: Tahmoh Penikett, Dichen Lachman, Fran Kranz, Miracle Laurie, Mark Sheppard

Rogue Events: Asylum 4
Date: 14th – 16th May 2010
Venue: The Hilton Metropole, Birmingham
Theme: Supernatural
Guests: Kurt Fuller, Jim Beaver, Alona Tal, Katherine Boecher

Rogue Events: Asylum Europe
Date: 21st – 23rd May 2010
Venue: Dorint Parkhotel, Bad Neuenahr, Germany
Theme: Supernatural
Guests: Mark Pellegrino, Jim Beaver, Chad Limberg, Samantha Ferris, Traci Dinwiddie

Starfury: T-2
Date: 11th – 13th June 2010
Venue: The Thistle Hotel, Heathrow
Theme: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Chuck
Guests: Thomas Dekker, Yvonne Strahovski, Adam Baldwin, Bonita Friederocy, John Billingsly

Massive Events: Better than Life 2
Date: 9th – 11th July 2010
Venue: The Park Inn, Bedford
Theme: Red Dwarf
Guests: Danny John-Jules, Chloe Annett

Massive Events: Bitten
Date: 6th – 8th August 2010
Venue: The Park Inn, Northampton
Theme: True Blood
Guests: Sam Trammell, Kristin Bauer

* NEW Massive Events: Roadhouse
Date: 3rd – 5th September 2010
Venue: The Hilton Metropole, Birmingham
Theme: Supernatural
Guests: Mark Rolston

Massive Events: Hallowhedon 2
Date: 29th – 31st October 2010
Venue: The Thistle Hotel, Heathrow
Theme: Joss Whedon’s work
Guests: Anthony Head

Rogue Events: Asylum 5
Date: 29th – 31st October 2010
Venue: The Hilton Metropole, Birmingham
Theme: Supernatural
Guests: Fredric Lehne

Starfury: The Vampire Ball
Date: 26th – 28th November 2010
Venue: The Thistle Hotel, Heathrow
Theme: Vampires (True Blood, Buffy, Angel, Moonlight, Forever Knight, Bring Human etc.)
Guests: Marianna Klaveno, Juliet Landau, Clare Kramer, Dayne Johnson

Supernatural keeps up the pace and doesn’t stop the pressure on the boys Winchester and keeps emphasizing the results of their actions – releasing Lucifer.

Supernatural’s first season staple episode was the stand alone episode – a job the boys go on, solve the problem and leave. Effectively this could be seen as the same kind of episode with the ongoing plot nicely woven through it. Take away the Fourth Horseman featured in the episode and replace him with a demon or spirit of some kind and you’ve got an episode that could happily sit in any season.

That’s not a negative though. I enjoyed the episode a lot and with the introduction of the Horseman it moves the plot along and it actually feels like we’re heading to the end of the world. There’s a sense of real pressure which is refreshing to see.

The main plot and how everything was unravelling was a tad predictable. Sure as an audience member you’re shown both sides of the story and as such you can put two and two together before the characters figure it out. But I like figuring things out as the characters figure them out. It feels like you’re on the same page. Saying that, figuring it out before makes you feel far more intelligent than the characters!

It was great to see Jo and Ellen again. I really have missed them. Ellen’s reaction to seeing Dean again was spot on and it felt like she’d never been anywhere else. It’s also interesting having Jo and Ellen as hunters as it shows how bad the situation has got, as neither of them were too ‘hot’ on being hunters. Especially after what Jo was put through; she really wasn’t keen at all to revisit being a hunter.

We’re seeing actual casualties now though. The residents of the town were completely innocent and drawn into the war out of no fault of their own. Feels like we’ll be seeing a lot more of that in the episodes to come.

The tension between Sam and Dean finally got to a point where there was only one option – they have to part ways. I didn’t think they would actually go through with it, but at the end of the episode seeing Sam drive away was heartbreaking! I can’t see how that relationship is going to get repaired, but it has to be. The Winchester boys only seem to work at their best together. I wonder how long they’ll be separated for.

Great episode and looking forward to seeing the other Horseman and what’s in store for Sam and Dean…. just bring them together again!

True Blood
True Blood ended its second season run on Sunday night and wrapped up its Mary-Ann story quite nicely I thought. However I was still left wanting more from that plot line, even though I know that nothing more could have been stretched out from it.

The season was a good one for Sam. He really turned it around and I’m hoping he’s heading towards a happier season in season 3. Jason still remained the comic relief, to the end. After his time with religion. And Sookie I liked no more than I did when I started watching True Blood, and yet I’m still watching, so they must be doing something right.

There were some nice things cliffhangers which will keep me waiting impatiently for the next season: why in the hell is the vampire queen getting Eric to sell her blood? What really is up with Sookie and her weird, random ‘electric’ power? And what has happened to Bill? Well something to do with Eric I presume!

All in all, a brilliant new TV show that’s still a firm favourite for me.

Glee
I first watched the Glee pilot, way back when, with just a sense of curiousity about it. I knew practically nothing about it other than singing and high school and possible humour. After watching the pilot I had one of the biggest post TV show grins on my face that I’ve had in a very long time. It was just such a fun show! And with all the not so fun and entirely depressing things I tend to watch I thought it’d be nice to watch something with a bit of fun injected into it.

Two episodes in and I’ve no doubt that this is a show I’m just going to love more and more. It’s funny, fun and the songs are just amazing. Who knew Matthew Morrison could rap?

It’s just a great mix of the awkward teenage years, adults still dealing with their teenage years and singing I can’t help but love it.

Supernatural
Our boys are back and they’re as broody as ever! Things haven’t let up at all for the Winchester boys and things are getting more and more depressing for these two. It tears me up inside that the boys are stepping further apart from one another. Though with what they’ve been through the past couple of seasons it doesn’t surprise me.

Thank god Castiel’s back to help them out though. God knows how he is back and how the boys managed to escape from Lucifer himself.

Talking of Lucifer Mark Pellegrino’s popping up everywhere. Here he’s playing Lucifer’s vessel but I first saw him as Rita’s ex-husband in Dexter, but since then I’ve seen him in Chuck, Grey’s Anatomy, Lost and Burn Notice.

It’s awesome seeing the boys back. Forgot how much I missed Supernatural. I just hope it’s not all doom and gloom for them.

What shows are you watching at the moment? Any recommendations or things to stay away from completely?

» 25 Biggest Emmy Snubs
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Buffy (the show) and Battlestar Galactica are among those listed in EW’s 25 Biggest Emmy Snubs.

» Dollhouse Season 1 (R2) in September
Release date for Dollhouse season 1 R2 DVD has been released and it will be September. Strangely Epitaph One appears to be missing from the extras list.

» 13 Things About Supernatural
CHUD do a quick list of 13 things about Supernatural. Though the writer only seems to have made it part way through the series and isn’t up to date. Never the less highlights the good and the not so good – but working on it, bits of Supernatural.

» True Blood – All the better to eat you with …
True Blood’s first airing in the UK is tomorrow on FX and here the Telegraph gives a run down of what to expect. Apparently it will air on Channel 4 later this year. Light years behind the States. *sigh*

» EW’s Ask Ausiello
LOADS of scoop on Grey’s, albeit drip fed. Some news on Bones, Fringe, Glee and Dollhouse too.

» Stop Pretending that Buffy’s Giles Spin-Off Will Happen
Sentiments I completely agree with. Sure with Buffy season 8 there’s been a surge of new interest in all things Buffy. And now with the Buffy movie rumours everything’s surged again. However this rumour has been doing the rounds since God knows when, and yes people are interested, but I’ll believe it when I see a pilot.

» Five Reasons Why the Buffy Reboot Won’t Work
As the title suggests, someone writes about not looking forward to a potential Buffy movie reboot. Really, their five reasons are so superficial it makes me wonder about the writer of the article.

» Interview with Julie Benz
Julie talks about her love of Twitter.

» TV Guide Megabuzz: Supernatural, Stargate: Universe and more
More news from TVGuide on the upcoming new seasons. Interesting that they say that there could be more Supernatural past season 5 but without Eric Kripke. Well, that doesn’t sound good. And more things about Stargate: Universe that make me cringe.

» A Quick Chat with Dollhouse star Eliza Dushku
The usual Q&A’s with Eliza Dushku – nothing new in this interview.

raquo; 9 Reasons why Dollhouse Season 2 is a Good Thing
A good list of reasons why season 2 of Dollhouse is a good thing. I like that they’ve actually highlighted Eliza as being a weak link in the show. Damn straight.

» We’ll be back (maybe) says Fox insider about Terminator cancellation
I don’t think I believe this at all, but apparently there might be some wiggle room and a reversal on the termination of The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Hmm…. maybe, I’d like to hope so, but I’d rather not get my hopes up.

» CW says Supernatural May not be entering Final Season
Now this annoys me. Eric Kripke, Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki have all said that this will be the final season of Supernatural. Yes, CW you’ve got a GREAT thing with this show, but don’t flog a dead horse! Or wait, Supernatural isn’t a dead horse, but don’t let it turn into one!

» TV Shows that Ended too Early
Angel, Firefly and The Sarah Connor Chronicles all make the list.

» Televisionary Review the pilot of Amy’s Happy Town
Televisionary have a fairly mixed review on Amy Acker’s new pilot Happy Town.

» Inside the Minds of Alan Tudyk for the Dollhouse Season Finale
Alan talks about his role on Dollhouse as Alpha and a few minor spoilers on the finale, nothing major. Though there are spoilerish images on the interview page, which you may want to avoid if you’re going spoiler free.

» We Chat with Alan Tudyk about Dollhouse, V and… Pictionary?!
Alan talks to Fear Net about Alpha, Dollhouse, Shakespeare readings with Joss and his upcoming role on the reboot of old sci-fi show V.

» Dollhouse DVD/Blu-Ray Artwork
Official release date for Dollhouse DVD and Blu-ray is confirmed as July 28th and TV Shows on DVD has the artwork up. I like it. I was living in fear that it would be one of the oh so naked shots of Eliza, but happy it isn’t. Hopefully I’ll be picking up my very special copy at this year’s SDCC!

» TV Guide Mega Buzz – Castle, Supernatural and Mad Men
TV Guide Mega Buzz has some minor spoilers on Supernatural and news on Castle and Mad Men.

» Ask Ausiello on Finales
Entertainment Weekly takes a look at the upcoming and recent finales with words on HIMYM, Bones, Chuck and Mad Men.

» Michelle cast in new pilot
Michelle Trachtenberg has been cast in a brand new pilot for NBC called Mercy where she’ll be playing one of three nurses.

» 25 Butt Kicking Babes
EW has compiled a list of 25 butt kicking babes. In the list is Cameron aka Summer Glau from Sarah Connor, Sarah aka Yvonne Strahovski from Chuck, River aka Summer Glau (again!) in Firefly/Serenity, Starbuck aka Katee Sackhoff from Battlestar and in at #1 is Buffy!

» Buffy #8 all time coolest hero
Buffy also makes an appearance in another EW list of all time coolest heroes.

» As seen on TV
And one final list from EW – things seen on TV that you want to wear yourself. Featured on the list is Robin from HIMYM and her poppy pyjamas, Dean from Supernatural’s jacket, Temperence’s necklace from Bones and Cameron’s boots from Sarah Connor.

» Doll Parts
Brief history of Dollhouse and their thoughts on Dollhouse so far.

» Terminator’s Back, But not for Long
More naysaying about Sarah Connor’s ratings, though it’s looking likely if it carries on this way FOX won’t be willing to give it a hand.

» Dollhouse – Not so Shiny
A not so glowing review of Dollhouse so far, citing similar things to what I’ve felt – the cast being a bit ‘wooden’.

» Supernatural Renewed!
And in unrelated news, I am very happy to hear that CW has renewed Supernatural for a fifth season! A truly underrated TV show, but one that’s really hit it’s stride this season. Woo!