Fandom collide!

As great as this is, I wish they'd managed to get more of the cast in there. I miss Dominic Monaghan! Still, it's pretty great.

Ugh. What a shame.

Nicholas Brendon, who played Xander on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (and who recently dated a good friend of mine for a second) was arrested last night in Venice, California. He was drunkenly causing a commotion, took a swing at the cops and then was tasered!

Unfortunately, I think this is Nicky hitting rock bottom. Based on what I've been told about him, this is an ongoing problem, so I hope this leads to him actually getting the help he clearly needs. I wish him the best of luck, and hopefully an upswing in his career once he's better!

Buffy is so much cooler than Bella Swan

And this shows why.



It also shows one of the MANY reasons why Twilight is one of the stupidest things ever, and why Buffy the Vampire Slayer isn't.

Buffy baby watch

Of course Sarah Michelle Gellar looks adorable pregnant. Would you expect anything less?

BAD IDEA

You have got to be kidding me with this: A Buffy "reboot" is being talked about? Just because Star Trek was successful? This idea is stupid for so many reasons, the main one being THE MOVIE WAS A FLOP. The only reason Buffy as a brand was successful was because of Joss Whedon and his vision. To make another movie in that ridiculously campy Paul Reubens/Luke Perry-verse would be possibly one of the stupidest things to come out of Hollywood ever.

Best show ever.

Buffy. Abridged.

Buffy, the Vampire Slayer (Abridged)

Oh Charisma, why?

Charisma Carpenter has been cast in a guest starring role on CSI...which will be a complete misuse of her talent, I'm sure. She's awesome, and deserves better than one-shots on bland old procedurals. If anything, she'd work well on Bones, and at least then they could showcase the built in chemistry she has with David Boreanaz.

Aly's showing!

How cute does Alyson Hannigan look pregnant?

I like my werewolves intelligent and dry

Prolific writer Jane Espenson, of Buffy and Battlestar fame, is going to be writing a comic book series centering on one of the best characters ever, Oz.

I'll take my Seth Green however I can get him.

SMG to return to TV?

According to Variety and this EW report, Sarah Michelle Gellar may be returning to television soon. Rumor is she'll be filming a pilot for an HBO show called The Wonderful Maladys. I'd be nervous if it was a generic sitcom for a regular network, but it's HBO and possibly a dark comedy so I'm hopeful. HBO doesn't necessarily mean greatness, but it's a hell of a lot more likely than, say, a sitcom on Fox.

Buffy the Animated Series

File this in the 'thank God it didn't happen' drawer. I love Buffy more than just about everything, but, comic books aside, I don't think there's any need for animated series, feature films, TV movies of the week, or anything else related to the show - even, dare I say it, new spin offs. While at one time a Spike/Faith centered show would have been great, it's been so many years now, and I just want my show to stay suspended in time as perfect. The best show on TV, ever.

Daily Eye Candy

Sarah Michelle Gellar. She's reportedly not always the nicest girl, which is why I never wanted to meet her, just in case. Anyway, she's pretty!

Academia and the Whedonverse

I wish I'd known about this sooner. I would have done just about anything to sit in on these lectures. I think more colleges should offer classes based on Buffy. I'd totally get an 4.0 if I majored in that.

Some examples of some of the lectures:

• "'When You Kiss Me, I Want to Die': Gothic Relationships and Social Taboos on BtVS"
• "'Kicking Ass Is Comfort Food': Girlie Feminism, Violence, and the Slayer"
• "'Here Endeth the Lesson': Spike's Torturous Romances and Life Laid Bare"
• "'It's Only Our Methods That Differ. We Use the Latest in Scientific Technology and State-of-the-Art Weaponry, and You... Poke Them with a Sharp Stick': Various Methods for Teaching with Buffy"
• “Love isn’ t bra ins . . . i t ’ s blood” : Gender , Sex, and Violence in the Buffyverse
• )—“ ’ I knew this
  “ I ’m the only one ” thing was just an attention-getter ’: The Influence of Buffy and Faith’s Relationship on Their Identity Formation and Moral Development ”
  
• "'I Don't Know What Kind of Man I Am Anymore': The Damaged Man in Angel and Post-Angel Cult Television"
• "Evil intelligence: Angel versus Angelus"
• "Myth, Metaphor, Morality and Monsters: How Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Other Works by Joss Whedon Changed Ethical Thought Forever"

See the whole program here. Sigh.