Category Archives: cinema

grab-bag

Posted on Tuesday, 2004 March 02 by Anton

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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the Slayer and the Snob

Posted on Thursday, 2004 February 26 by Anton

In two or three evenings my rentmate, the snob, has sat through four episodes of Buffy with seeming pleasure. She says season four is more endurable than the foregoing because most of the teenage angst has been more or less … Continue reading →

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slayage progress

Posted on Sunday, 2004 February 22 by Anton

I’ve now watched three whole seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I’ve also looked at various related websites. I usually don’t mind spoilers, but in retrospect the “panicking” scene would have been better somehow if I hadn’t known when to … Continue reading →

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more Buffy notes

Posted on Friday, 2004 February 13 by Anton

The episode “The Zeppo” can be seen as a lesson in the principle of comparative advantage. Or as a good laugh. When was Angel invited into Rupert’s apartment (before “Passion”)? When was he invited into Faith’s motel room (before “Consequences”)? … Continue reading →

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the effects team got a new toy

Posted on Saturday, 2004 February 07 by Anton

Continuing to catch up on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I noticed in season 3 several morphing shots (transformation between vampire and human face) much smoother than I’ve seen before. Such changes, I think, never happened in close-up in previous seasons.

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looks deceive

Posted on Monday, 2004 February 02 by Anton

Today a stranger asked “Don’t I know you?”, which happens all the time; I must have a generic face — but it seemed especially funny after watching a lot of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, in which anyone with a speaking … Continue reading →

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bang for the what?

Posted on Saturday, 2004 January 24 by Anton

A curiosity in “Whatever Happened to George Foster?”, an episode of Danger Man: Drake fans a handful of US currency, showing several tens and twenties and one single. The single (alone) is obviously fake: the cartouche in the visible corner … Continue reading →

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