Articles tagged with: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Cinema and Television, March 2009 »
Tabitha Grace Smith and Kim Butler, writer/producer and co-producer of fan-community radio hit Buffy Between the Lines were kind enough to take the time to answer a few interview questions I emailed them on behalf of Playtime Magazine. (You can read my review of Buffy Between the Lines here.)
Alex M: This project strikes me as being a massive undertaking. Simply writing and editing that number of scripts into a cohesive season is a huge job, let alone finding a cast, recording, producing and marketing the season. How did the idea …
Cinema and Television, March 2009 »
Fanfiction has always been a dirty word. Maybe because a lot of fanfiction is actually very dirty. Maybe because a lot of it is complete rubbish. Let’s face it: as much as Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans love the show, it’s always been a bit of a leap to go from Joss Whedon’s snappy, witty and smartly written TV drama to a format generally believed to be badly written, hurried, ill-conceived and generally very poor. Actually it’s a bit of a leap for most to go from Whedon’s series to …
Cinema and Television, February 2009 »
Dollhouse: ~ Ghost
“Ever try and clean an actual slate? You always see what was on it before.”
After a five year hiatus from television, Joss Whedon has returned, re-uniting with some familiar faces to create his new world. This project, which stars Eliza Dushku as the main doll, focuses on a secret organization that allows people with needs and money to access their every desire. You need a date for the weekend? This organization will make you the most compatible date you have ever had. You need …
Cinema and Television, Cultural Comment, December 2008, Literature »
If you have been paying attention to the legion of video, blog, and professional reviews, or perhaps count yourself as a fan of Stephanie Meyer’s series (or, given the media saturation, merely have eyes & ears) you have no doubt witnessed the frenzy surrounding the Twilight release. While I am usually pleased to see vampire literature take its place in the public consciousness—often despite my own mixed feelings towards the quality of the material (see: Forever Knight, the Blade trilogy, Blood Ties)—Twilight, like …
