SUPERNATURAL Panel at Comic-Con

This post comes to you all by luck. I was having the hardest time trying to figure out how to do Battlestar Galactica and Supernatural because they overlapped on Saturday. That choice was made much easier when we were shut out of Battlestar Galactica. The gang gladly sat ourselves back down in 6CDEF for the SUPERNATURAL panel and some beauty that is Jensen Ackles. We had been told ahead of time by our Warner Bros. rep that Jared has missed his flight because they were shooting until the wee hours and as much as I hate to say it, I was gonna get a kick out of watching that be announced to the crowd of blood thirsty women in the first 10 rows.

So who was on hand if JPad was not? Producer Ben Edlund, Creator Eric Kripke, Jensen Ackles, and Writer Sera Gamble strutted on our and took their seats to a crazy loud crowd.

They started it off with some special features from the upcoming Season 2 DVD. It basically recapped my life on the set of Supernatural’s All Hell Breaks Loose Part 2 - you know without me in it or anything. This was the episode I saw them film back in April. It was great to see that the graveyard scene used in the finale was not their first choice. The first choice was a couple of real graveyards that they would shoot day for night but those fell through and that’s why they ended up using the soundstage and a buttload of manure you can see in the pictures I posted from the set visit.

So what did we find out at the Supernatural panel? Well, according to Kripke, Season 3 is Wartime and the writers are so excited. The boys have a fresh slate and everyone on the show is now presented with the same dilemma. Choose a side and prepare to fight!

More after the jump, including some mild SPOILERS.

The casting of Katie Cassidy and Lauren Cohen has been much abuzz online and people have been really resentful of these two new characters that we currently have yet to see in action. Want proof? I’ve received so many google hits from people searching the following terms: “Katie Cassidy is a bitch”, “Katie Cassidy hate sites”, “Supernatural Girls Ruin Show” and so on. People are non-to-pleased and it makes no sense to me. So what do the boys and creators of the show have to say?

Everyone on the show is really excited to have some new characters to play with. Jensen’s all about having some pretty girls to look at on a regular basis and who can blame him? He’s stuck with Jared 9 months out of the year and to be honest even though he’s hot and all, some new blood after 40+ episodes of television would sound good to me as well.

Once again they reiterated that Ruby and Bella will not be coming onto the show as love interests for the boys. They’re the exact opposite. They act as obstacles to the boys most of the time. There will be no Scooby Gang or backseat driving by these girls.

- In Episode 2 we’ll learn more about Ruby and how she became a hunter.

*I have to stop for a moment to say that Sera Gamble looks shockingly like Jordan Sparks and its freaking me out a little.

- Gordon will return for some episodes this season and Kripke promises bad things will happen to him.

- Bobby will return and we’ll finally get to see Bobby’s backstory as the season plays out!!!

- WWDD? What would Dean do with only 1 year left to live? According to Jensen he’ll be having lots and lots of sex! We’re all about some shirtless Jensen.

- The Winchester boys will discover the connection between their Mother Mary and YED (possibly Episode 2 - god lets hope Ruby’s not really their sister)

- Sam will no longer have visions or premonitions as Season 3 rocks on.

- Sam will probably NOT drive the Metallicar this season because damnit, IT’S DEAN’S CAR!

- There are no childhood flashbacks planned for Season 3, in part because pinning down Jeffrey Dean Morgan will be quite the chore.

- Warner Bros. was not interested in doing an official Supernatural Soundtrack but they might begin working on a iTunes playlist we can all download.

- Kripke wants a happy ending (eventually) when the show finally does go off the air and he says that having another Season is all up to the audience - so gets ta watching!

It was great to see Jensen again in person, still as good looking and polite as ever. We made our way down to the Warner Bros. booth to catch a few pics and seriously, you’ve not seen a mob-scene like this in a long time. You couldn’t get within 10 girls deep of the booth and our friend Thomas from Seat42f is a big guy, and these girls completely ruined him. Check out his picture post of Jensen for proof.

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