@bluesqueakpip @Juniperfish

I was called out today, but have just watched that documentary and highly recommend it. A lovely reflection of fan enthusiasm after reading unhinged internet comments, and just fantastic to see the creativity and diverse nature of fandom.

It was interesting to see the spread of the demographics as they moved around.…[Read more]

@bluesqueakpip

Actually, Beer Bad got nominated for an Emmy. ::Pause:: Okay, it was for Outstanding Hairstyling.

I must remember that, if I’m ever tempted to watch it again. Watch the hair, it’s possibly awesome and may distract me from everything else. 🙂

I actually remember the Fox pitch for money from the Office of National Drug Con…[Read more]

@JimTheFish and @PhaseShift

Actually, Beer Bad got nominated for an Emmy.

::Pause::

Okay, it was for Outstanding Hairstyling. But it did get nominated. 🙂

I vaguely recall that they had to write it, because Fox was after some kind of anti-drugs funding. It shows.

@JimTheFish

Puritanical? It’s never struck me as remotely that (although it is restricted by the drinking age in the US being 21, while almost none of the characters are).

@pedant @Jimthefish

Looking forward to a lively conversation on series 4 when @purofilion has finished it. To paraphrase that great poet of our time, Meatloaf:

I will do anything to defend Series 4 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer….

I will cheerfully defend Beer Bad.

….But I won’t do that.

A crap episode with one good scene (Parker – Willow)…[Read more]

@Jimthefish

RIP Brian Clemens. A towering colossus of British TV.

I was gutted to hear that during the week. It’s a loss because he’s one of the last links to an age when TV was actually run by showmen, the Lew Grades and Sydney Newmans of this world, rather than accountants and anodyne Management Consultants.

Back in the day, we had Lew Gra…[Read more]

@JimTheFish

Well if you’re going to be wrong, you might as well be completely wrong 😉

Nope, not S7, most of which I enjoyed save a specific thing which I will note when we get there (and we don’t talk about future seasons! It’s the first rule of Buffy Club!)

@JimTheFish

I hate to say it, but I’ve always kind of liked the Constantine movie.

You’re dead to me. Dead. 😉

I just can’t get on with Keanu, even in films I actually like (The Matrix for example). The exceptions are the Bill and Ted movies, in which I think he actually puts in a credible performance. Maybe as himself, but still a perfo…[Read more]

@JimTheFish

I hope you enjoy it when you get to it. I actually stuggled through the first part of the first season as I had a suspicion it was going to be one of those shows that was never going to get to the point. Keep going through the “case of the week” episodes though and you get a nice slow reveal and a buildup of some important support…[Read more]

@craig, @JimTheFish, @FatManInABox, spammer back, jennylve1 I think

@JimTheFish @purofilion

Jim’s wrongheadedness notwithstanding 😉  – the best is still, very much, to come – the sheer craft of this show is becoming evident now. As Jim notes, there is a splendid clue bomb of the sort that will only become evident when it detonates (and then goes off again, just in case you missed it, from the mouth…[Read more]

@jimthefish

That is splendid!

@barnable @JimTheFish

I think the saving grace of The Pack is that it showed Nicholas Brendon had the acting chops for the role.

Go Fish is one I don’t care for much except that it does have an important arc point in the B Plot, but for the life of me I can’t remember it (reasons to not lend out DVDs to nephews….)

The early eps also show the…[Read more]

@JimTheFish @Mudlark @blenkinsopthebrave

Am available for weddings and Bar-Mitzvahs. Reasonable rates.

(As an aside, I tend to think of Who as “soft” Sci-Fi, rather than fantasy. It has more in common with, say, Anne McCaffrey that, say, Terry Goodkind. Perhaps a discussion for another thread though)