Posts Tagged ‘buffy’

The internet is buzzing with news that seems like confirmation of Chris Evans being cast as Captain America. But Marvel and Evans’ reps have said nothing of the kind. We’re still holding our breath, America, to find out just which actor is going to be our Captain.

I am sure there are more examples of this than I would even know how to address. All of us can think of at least one show we loved in its beginning that dragged on well past its due and then finally died, sputtering and gasping for breath.

And that’s a shame, because a good show should be able to go out on top, leave us with a feeling of catharsis, of satisfaction that we followed a good story from beginning to end and were rewarded for our loyalty.

Like Battlestar Gallactica.

Well, so I’ve heard. We’re still finishing up season two.

But all too often we are left unsatisfied waiting for a show to get ‘good again’ until it’s suddenly just done.

In rare cases, a show that has started to drag can come back with an amazing ending, like Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but not often.
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Since the dawn of, well, the 90s, there have been television shows of all kinds incorporating musical episodes into their seasons.

It is not just that these rare and entertaining occurrences are hilarious and if not well sung then at least still enjoyable to watch, but they express something unique about characters’ psyches that might not have otherwise been displayed openly if not through song.

Sci fi and Fantasy television shows are no exception to this phenomenon, and today I am going to go through the many wonderful examples of musical episodes fitting my beloved geek theme. This includes live action and animated examples, so hang on, pop in your favorite show-tunes album to set the mood, and enjoy the show.
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No, Joss Whedon isn’t dead, I just felt like ‘remembering’ him because he has been swept up in successes lately, and I don’t want to forget why I first fell in love with his work.

You see, I am a Whedonite. If Joss Whedon’s name is attached to it, chances are I am going to do everything in my power to at least give that something a chance. For those who may not know Joss well, most will best remember him for having created the movie and subsequent television show, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”.

I love Buffy, so I am fine with that being one of Joss’ main claims to fame, but he has done so much more than that. Allow me to take you through my remembrance of a great man’s current body of work.

Joss Whedon created, wrote, directed, or was in some way part of the screenplay processes for a lot more movies and television shows than many people realize, most notably:
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Vampires on TV do not begin and end with me, sadly, so I have not had the pleasure of seeing every single vampire television show ever to grace (or disgrace) the small screen.

I have, however, seen an impressive amount of the many that existed and will be discussing those that I watched, as well as my opinion on why certain vampire shows sucked so badly—pun intended—and why others were quite entertaining.

Okay, so in my opinion, any vampire television show is going to have some level of entertainment to it, even if that is only to make fun of it. Why else would I bother watching the series premiere of The Vampire Diaries last Thursday, a blatant attempt by The CW to bank off the Twilight phenomenon, unless I was expecting horrible, horrible entertainment out of it?

As for my first vampire series, it began its run in 1992.
 
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