Hulu, Stage6 and comments to commenters

I haven’t been doing much with this blog lately ‘cos I’ve been busy covering a hatbox with a collage of pretty flowers — really! – so let me apologize to everyone who’s commented on ears, sluts, nerd porn, Martin Emond, etc. I’ve finally responded to you all. (Except Mox’s Gary Gygax comment. Sorry, dude, [...]

Oh yeah… the *book*! Steven Brust’s Firefly novel reviewed

So hey, Steven Brust’s Firefly novel is fabulous! You should read it instantly. (It’s called My Own Kind of Freedom and is available for free download here.) I love that moment when you get a few pages into a work and realize you can relax: This author is going to treat you right. Plus Brust [...]

Buffy Can’t Dress Herself

Totally girly interlude: Can someone tell me what kind of cognitive dysfunction is driving Sarah Michelle Gellar (-Prinze)’s fashion choices? Augh!
As I noted on D-Listed, What is WRONG with this girl? She’s gorgeous, she’s in her 20s and she consistently tricks herself out like a Knots Landing wife. Eye makeup aside, why wear beige? Especially [...]

Joss Whedon on the Writers’ Strike

Joss Whedon on the WGA Writers’ Strike. “We’re not talking about more money, we’re talking about a percentage of what the studio is already going to get.”

Nice hat, Joss!
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Dicks!!! The Big Bad Kills Buffy

Corporate legalistic bullshit is a well-known driving force in our society, but I have to admit I never saw this one coming: 20th Century Fox has put the kibosh on the Buffy Singalong.
Christ, what a bunch of fuckers. How much do you reckon they spent in legal fees to stamp out this little grassroots celebration [...]

Buffy Horror Picture Show

UPDATE week of 10/15/07: Buffy’s Dead!
Bitching is still fun though, so: Onward!
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When it comes to the Buffy Singalong, which seems to be sweeping the nation, I’m faced with a Faustian dilemma:
–Mock it, like all over-the-top displays of fannishness, and enjoy the resulting B-12 shot of schadenfreude;
OR
–Embrace something that, while aesthetically risible, at least brings [...]

Comic-con’s Hollywood glamour

One nice thing about the kind of fans who use the word “fandom” is that they’re less tolerant of celebrity culture than the general populace is. They don’t read Star or Us Weekly. They’d never be found among the crowd outside the Academy Awards (unless it was a Lord of the Rings year). Brangelina? Suri [...]