@purofilion — don’t listen to the leather trouser-obsessed one. It’s a great book. Some good essays in it  covering some interesting topics.But you’ll just have to be mindful of spoilerage.

@purofilion — yes, it’s quite spoilertastic. Probably best left until you’ve finished Buffy. And Angel. And Firefly. And the rest.

I’m a big fan of the Alice Zhang stuff. So pleased the BBC has picked up their stuff.

@whisht — there are are still old-school tablets available but their new Cintiq pressure-sensitive screen range is the dog’s danglies — if you have the cash for them. The price is starting to come down though and they’ve just released a new range. They’ve also…[Read more]

@purofilion — that’s quite the bargain. Score!

@purofilion — good that you’re enjoying Angel. It is a great series but I’d say you’ve still to get to the stuff where it really finds its own identity. I’d say for a good part of the first season, it’s still finding its feet and falling back into ‘kinda like Buffy’ mode. But by the end of s1 and certainly by the time you hit s2, the difference…[Read more]

@Phaseshift —

RE. Clemens and British TV. Agree though I also think part of the problem is that there’s just not enough drama being made these days. In the glory years, there was lots of drama of varying quality, budget and subject matter. Certainly compared to today. And while much of it was rubbish, it did mean there were lots of avenues for…[Read more]

@pedant — I’d say that we can talk generalities, so long as we don’t veer too into spoilerage. It’s just specifics that should be off-limits. But I suppose there might be a slight risk of colouring others’ expectations even with vague allusion and discussion.

But I am looking forward to giving s7 the sound kicking it rightly deserves.

@pedant — Sorry, but Beer Bad, for me, makes Go Fish look like frikkin’ Hush. It’s officially my Worst Buffy Episode Ever. The future  episode you refer to must be in s7 but I’d argue it’s difficult to pick the truly bad stories out of that season as it’s 80 per cent ropey anyway, with the occasional flashes of old-school goodness.

@pedant — agree totally. Two eps in and I’m on the verge of giving up already.

But then I thought Broadchurch 1 was just slightly above average anyway. Good but hardly great and certainly not deserving of all the plaudits hurled its way. (For my money, both series of Line of Duty kicks its booty from here to doomsday for this kind of…[Read more]

RIP Brian Clemens. A towering colossus of British TV.

@Phaseshift — I hate to say it, but I’ve always kind of liked the Constantine movie. I know it bears almost no relation to Hellblazer but I’ve always had a soft spot for it. And I’ve always liked Keanu in it too. Indeed, I kind of like Mr Reeves in general. Yeah, he’s seriously limited but I kinda can’t help but like him. Even in Much Ado.…[Read more]

@barnable—

I’d echo @phaseshift in imploring you to give Angel a go. As @phase says, it’s about the challenges of what you face when you’ve become an adult, and that in itself makes it a darker show. But its definitely great to see where they take Wesley’s character, as well as Angel’s. Not to mention Cordelia’s. I think in the end it is the…[Read more]

I’m just not a fan of the way Joss Whedon always has his characters have something clever or witty to say

@TheKrynoidMan — I know it can sometimes seem like that but the humour is not the point, I think. It’s about injecting character into even the innocuous line. Otherwise what you get, especially in genre shows, is just flat exposition. Old W…[Read more]