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Monthly Archives: July 2007
How can she not be real?
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
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
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?
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
Posted in Buffy Season 5, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Television
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That’s a lot of water
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 in Amber Benson, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Screencaps, Television
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Willow, maybe we should just pay.
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
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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