Stargate Universe Casting News

Ming-Na from El and Elyse Levesque from Smallville have been announced as the newest members of the Stargate Universe cast. Others who have previously been announced are Robert Carlyle, Lou Diamond Phillips, Alaina Huffman, Justin Louis, David Blue, Jamil Walker Smith and Brian J. Smith.
Stargate Universe will follow a crew on an ancient ship Destiny which will be trapped in the far reaches of the universe. According to EW.Com Ming-Na will play the highest ranked survivor and Elyse Levesque wil play the daughter of a U.S. Senator.
Much of this sounds like the same setup as Stargate Atlantis to me with a group of Stargate personnel stuck in a distant galaxy searching for a way home.
Still, Stargate Atlantis was getting really good and with some strong casting this show could be good and I will be watching in October.

Smallville and Supernatural Renewed.

Some had questioned if CW would itself be renewed but with six of its shows being renewed in the last few days it seems likely that the CW network will continue for another year. The Negotiations with Tom Welling can be assumed to have went well and with so many casting changes in the last years the show seems strong enough to survive with only Clark Kent because while there were times in the past that I didn't care much for Smallville this last season has been very good and I hope that they bring back some more comic book writers for the next season. The guest writer for Legion, , Geoff Johns, did a great job.
I also question if they can stretch out him becoming superman out for another season without stretching the story past its credibility. Either they are going to have to throw another block in his way or allow him to grow into what everyone knows he is because they can only go with the blue-red blur thing so long before it becomes silly.
I can't comment as much on Supernatural. I've been meaning to catch up on it for a while but everyone who I know who has watched it says it's great and I plan to watch it on DVD soon so I'm glad that there will be more to watch.

Smallville: Power

I loved last weeks episode of Smallville, but this week felt more like the Lana Lang show. I know that she has always been a part of the show and she is going to remain, but I had real hopes that perhaps they were going to write out the romantic relationship between her and Clark, and perhaps they still will.
That said, I am wondering if this is the future that The Legion members were talking about. Is Lana Lang destined to be a superhero?
Perhaps I missed the references someplace but I am wondering if there was some of the typical Smallville nods to other D.C. characters.