Monthly Archives: January 2007

I’m Buffy. The Vampire Slayer. And you are…?

Posted on Saturday 20 January 2007 by Hazel

Anne (Joss Whedon) There are two entirely different storylines in this and it didn’t really work to have them interspersed with each other. I like the gloominess of the Anne story but I also think how much you enjoy this … Continue reading →

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But I have to save the world… again.

Posted on Tuesday 16 January 2007 by Hazel

Becoming I and II (Joss Whedon) I am just about to commit sacrilege but the first twenty minutes of this two parter are boring. I admit this is the third viewing but unlike many BtVS episodes third time was one … Continue reading →

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But he made it perfectly clear of what he wasn’t telling me

Posted on Tuesday 16 January 2007 by Hazel

Go Fish (David Fury and Elin Hampton) This is the episode that surely everybody refers to as the one with Xander in Speedos. I’m not entirely sure why this episode inspires such ire. It isn’t as lame as I Robot … Continue reading →

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Okay. Over identify much?

Posted on Monday 15 January 2007 by Hazel

I Only Have Eyes For You (Marti Noxon) I seem to be a minority regarding this episode because I don’t like it much. I do get the themes about blaming yourself and forgiveness but I’m not clear what the arm … Continue reading →

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Gosh, look at those

Posted on Sunday 14 January 2007 by Hazel

Jo (Runaways) Chen’s version of Willow for Buffy season 8 in comic book form

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Tact is just not saying true stuff. I’ll pass.

Posted on Sunday 14 January 2007 by Hazel

Killed by Death (Rob Des Hotel and Dean Batali) A monster of the week episode with a decidedly unpleasant child killer who uses stalks that come of its eyes to murder – I see one of Cordelia’s eews and raise … Continue reading →

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At the Soho Theatre

Posted on Saturday 13 January 2007 by Hazel

Originally uploaded by grange85. I think last night (well, the night before and she did), Kristin Hersh broke a guitar string while entertaining the heck out of me. I wonder how she doesn’t break a vocal cord. Her voice is … Continue reading →

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“So I just sit and knit.”

Posted on Saturday 13 January 2007 by Hazel

I want to reach back into the past and tell Billy Wilder that he mustn’t make that mistake; that wig mistake which comes this close to spoiling Double Indemnity. To think she could look like this:

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A random selection of things which have depressed me lately

Posted on Wednesday 10 January 2007 by Hazel

“Once upon a time women were empowered to vote, empowered to enter the workplace, empowered to stand up to oppression. Now pole dancing is empowering.” Mind Your Language “The gents, meanwhile, are more willing to accommodate each other’s ambitions, or … Continue reading →

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“We are living in catastrophe”

Posted on Wednesday 10 January 2007 by Hazel

I have always enjoyed reading the work of Doris Lessing though I do know I haven’t read nearly enough by her. The Children of Violence series notably Martha Quest, A Proper Marriage and A Ripple from The Storm impressed me … Continue reading →

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