Category Archives: cinema

bring enough gun

One thing that bugs me about Buffy is her habit of going under-armed. In The Prom (3:20), why did she take itty-bitty arrows rather than a dwarvish axe to hunt the hell-hounds? In Shadow (5:8), why didn’t Giles bring a … Continue reading

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shoulda been there, B

Some months ago I started reading Pillars of Faith, a webtoon, without being aware that it’s a fan spinoff of – you guessed it – Buffy! It brings up some interesting questions that Buffy did not address.

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someone must be reading

Jerry Ritcey is concerned for my sanity. How sweet! I’ll eat him last. — At least one reader did not notice that Jerry links to three different entries. Meanwhile I’ve been blogrolled by a stranger with an intriguing title and … Continue reading

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what’s on my mind this week?

Slept very poorly last night; dreamt of vampires and spaceships. My ship and Spike’s ship were intangible to each other, but not so their occupants.

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expecting the exotic

Flipside of the previous: at the beginning of the Buffy episode “The Initiative” (4:7), we see Spike wake up in a strange white room, and he’s translucent: the lines of the floor can be seen through his black coat. No, … Continue reading

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The Rockford Fangs

I’ve just seen the first four episodes of Angel: what a disappointment! Didn’t I see more or less this same series twenty-odd years ago? In the episode “I Go to Pieces” I had the solution as soon as the exposition … Continue reading

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grab-bag

I removed the Paypal button at the bottom of this page. It was a bit embarrassing to have it there, particularly when (I feel as though) I haven’t had an original thought in months. The rainy season is a fickle … Continue reading

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