Monthly Archives: July 2007

How can she not be real?

Posted on Tuesday 31 July 2007 by Hazel

Blood Ties (Steven S. DeKnight) This is the best episode of the season so far. It has a jolly exciting climax in the hospital: Spike gets put in his place (and there’s more of that soon), the witches get to … Continue reading →

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Ingmar Bergman, 1918-2007

Posted on Monday 30 July 2007 by Hazel

Andy and I recently watched The Seventh Seal, he for the first time and I for the first time in several years, and it was amazing: deeply symbolic, dense and multi-layered with two extraordinarily moving scenes (the burning at stake … Continue reading →

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A visit to the Dome

Posted on Saturday 28 July 2007 by Hazel

Aimee Mann at Indigo2 The Dome was a mass of humanity particularly along Entertainment Avenue. It was like Blade Runner but without the rain: thoroughly depressing. The Scissor Sisters were also playing in the Arena and there was a disappointing … Continue reading →

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Well, what’s so bad about them coming here? Aren’t they good guys?

Posted on Tuesday 24 July 2007 by Hazel

Checkpoint (Jane Espenson and Douglas Petrie) Episodes like this leave me a bit stuck for words: the Watchers’ Council has that effect. The bizarre “Englishness” of the characters doesn’t help (maybe Joss as an Old Wykehamist hasn’t actually met any … Continue reading →

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Northern Lights

Posted on Tuesday 24 July 2007 by Hazel

Wow. The poster is promising.

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That’s a lot of water

Posted on Sunday 22 July 2007 by Hazel

It rained on Friday morning and the result was that the river Brent at the Grand Union Canal was over three feet above its normal level. Originally uploaded by grange85.

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Attack of the Gryphon

Posted on Friday 20 July 2007 by Hazel
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Willow, maybe we should just pay.

Posted on Friday 20 July 2007 by Hazel

Triangle (Jane Espenson) I like Jane Espenson. Some of the funniest episodes, scenes and lines have been written by her. However, based on Pangs and Triangle, she seems to really dislike Willow. Willow is just an utter cow in this … Continue reading →

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I do read books

Posted on Tuesday 17 July 2007 by Hazel

Literary criticism is hard for me so here is a list of the recently read: The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney. Stef came in for a hard time because she has never been to Canada and yet wrote a … Continue reading →

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Gosh, look at those (take two)

Posted on Tuesday 17 July 2007 by Hazel
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