This was a bit rubbish – Giles and Jenny were sweet but mostly it was forgettable nonsense – so have this instead…
Books, films, and television
So… I wanted to pick up on the pop in Buffy when it came to pop I liked or noticed, or by bands I knew – but Cibo Matto’s contributions to When She Was Bad were a little unimpressive. I bought Hazel the Miho Hatori solo album Ecdysis on the strength of the Buffy connection [...]
Jan 312011
Prophecy Girl is the first genuinely exceptional Buffy episode. There were some gems in season one (I was surprised to hear that apparently it doesn’t get the love it deserves) but Prophecy Girl is when it grows up… when it lays the foundation for the next 6 years. Here are 5 reasons why… Cordy drives [...]
Jan 262011
Well she may have been invisible for most of the episode but Clea Duvall made an impact. A memorable face, and a wonderfully sad display of loneliness… …but really it probably wasn’t enough to get her a post of her own – nor was her memorable turn in the early episodes of promising but ultimately [...]
Jan 262011
I don’t have recurring dreams, no spiders spilling out of books or imagining myself naked. I do have nightmares, not often, and I very rarely remember them – I appreciate having someone in bed with me to reach over and touch just to bring me back down… OK – this is going to get a [...]
As I mourned the demise of Principal Flutie it seems only right to celebrate the arrival of the new principal. Principal Snyder does not like kids. I adore the idea that someone can hate the very fundamental heart of their chosen career. He must so love hating kids to have worked his way up that [...]
The great thing about Buffy the Vampire Slayer really isn’t that silly old story malarkey, that nonsense has been known to upset the balance and make some later episodes unbearable. No, what’s great about Buffy is… well everything else. It’s the characters (a warm welcome to Jenny Calendar); it’s the silly-gag-set-ups (“I’ll be back in [...]
Jan 212011
Buffy not taking her chances is likely to be a rule but I’ll leave it as conjecture for now as this is an early piece of neglect on her part. There is no reason for Buffy to not kill (or try and kill) Angel, she barely knows him, she knows he’s a vampire and there [...]
It was a casual observation when I made it in reference to Teacher’s Pet but now it applies in (at least) two of the first six episodes I’d like to declare it as a rule. Rules of Buffy # 1: If you’re an extremely nice minor character in Buffy then you’re either a demon or [...]
I just watched Gentlemen Prefer Blondes for the first time in many MANY years… it was dreadful… with the exception of Jane Russell who was hilarious and had the two best musical numbers. Ain’t There Anyone Here for Love is hilariously camp (and the best song in the film)… After the familiar and ridiculous Monroe [...]
