It’s been a number of years since I sat down and watched this. I’ve probably not touched it since before 2012. I was about to do a whole run through of this and Buffy just before all the unpleasant allegations against Joss Whedon emerged. I shelved that idea and spent quite a long time sitting […]
Read more "Rewatching Angel (1999-2004)"It’s been quite some time since I went to MCM Comic Con in London. I saw an opportunity come up to go to another event, this time up in Telford. Why go so far? Well, I was very interested to meet Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell, the Admiral and the President respectively from Battlestar […]
Read more "A Trip to Wales Comic Con"It’s a risky business, holding people up on pedestals when you’ve never even met them. We all have our heroes; it rarely seems to pay to learn too much. Have you ever had that feeling when you admire someone in public life; idolise them in some way and they let you down? It’s a deep […]
Read more "How I’m feeling about Joss Whedon"Last time I started my look at my favourite musicals with West Side Story. This week, and for the last Monday Music post of 2018, it’s something very different. Dr Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog I just love how ‘thrown together’ this feels, even though it was done very professionally by Joss, Jed and Zak Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen. […]
Read more "Monday Music 30 – 2018"So, I’ve been writing on here for over two years now and I’ve got about 250 posts under my belt, on everything from my hometown to my favourite episodes of various TV shows. Over the two years, I’ve shared more and more on Facebook groups and on Twitter and I’ve noticed certain patterns that echo […]
Read more "Misadventures in Fandom! A few observations"Following on from Angel, time to tackle this one… Buffy: Slayer of, the Vampires. This was hard to narrow down. Really hard. I’ve had to leave out some corkers and I know I’m going to take some flak for it in various quarters. In honesty, though, I’m really happy with the final 10 that I […]
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