Soundtrack Sunday # 2
So this entry is a pretty obligatory one for Sunday but it’s one of the best songs on Buffy and it closes Season 2 (“Becoming Part 2″) sadly. The story so far is this: Buffy had slept with her vampire-with-a-soul boyfriend, Angel, who, in turn, lost his soul because of the naughty sex they had. … Read more
Pushing “Dead” Stories and the Crafty Musician
Bryan Fuller, who brought us the brilliant and short lived story of the “lives” of grim reapers, Dead Like Me, now brings a new perhaps more subtley and carefully worked series called Pushing Daisies. The story is basically this: From an early age a boy named Ned learns that he has an uncanny ability to … Read more
A Galaxy of Planets but no Home
I finished watching season 3 of Battlestar Galactica last week. It was a pretty strong finish as it sets things up for the fourth and final season of the smartly written, fast-paced series. I’m not normally a big fan of scifi. I’d watched Firefly (and the film Serenity) because Joss Whedon had his creative hand … Read more
Blissful Nightmare Suburbia
It was innevitable that I would mention my favourite tv show of all time Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Joss Whedon’s series carried a huge following, which still seems to be growing in number. It was the show I grew up with. As I went through high school I watched Buffy, Willow and Xander, along with … Read more
