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Cast photo from 'Buffy'
My review of "Serenity" on Monday indicated that I had very high regard for two other shows of the creator of "Serenity," and the series "firefly" on which that film was based. Other Joss Whedon fans know that I am referring to "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and its spinoff "Angel."
As the award that Buffy's high school class gave her at her prom that she prevented from becoming a feeding ground for literal hell hounds stated, "She saved the world a lot." I believe that that phrase was also engraved on her gravestone during one of her temporary deaths.
I remember too being concerned about how the changes that creating the WB and UPN networks and their later merger into the CW would affect "Angel" and Buffy. Buffy particularly was a show that I looked forward to every week.
I have watched the episodes of five of the seven seasons of Buffy on DVD and none of the five seasons of "Angel." I have wanted to hold off on reviewing Buffy until I watched every season of it and saw some of the extras, but the buzz about the new vampire movie "Twilight" has been nearly impossible to ignore.
The plot of the movie about a teenage girl falling in love with a friendly vampire sounds a great deal like the story of the romance between Buffy and Angel that was a theme throughout Buffy and "Angel." Buffy also provided a very strong moral about the emotional consequences of teenage sex and losing your virginity. This is not to mention the other simple lesson "beer bad."
I am pleased that a truly witty and generally original show like Buffy has apparently inspired such a phenomenon. It is unfair of me to comment on "Twilight" without seeing it or knowing much about it, but I would imagine that spending $20 on any set of Buffy or "Angel" would be a better bargain that seeing "Twilight."
I simply find it hard to imagine that the film can be better than Buffy. I confess as well that I will not be going to see it, and regular readers will not be surprised that I will be watching "Stargate Atlantis," which is another well-cast and generally witty program with a clever premise tomorrow night.
I do invite anyone who is associated with "Twilight" to contact me at tvdvdguy@gmail.com for a address to which they can send a review copy of the film and public relations materials; I will happily watch it and make an informed comparison with Buffy "The Chosen One" Summers.
I cannot imagine anything more entertaining than a shows that has countless terrific elements that include a sarcastic British vampire, quip-filled martial arts battles with other vampires, a teenage werewolf with a much darker sense of humor than Michael Landon, and a very short-tempered valley-girl type ancient goddess who loves abusing her groveling minions. This is not to mention the episodes in which the term practicing witchcraft was used as a euphemism for engaging in a lesbian romance. I want to remind fans too of the highly acclaimed musical and mostly silent episodes. Where do we go from here indeed.
I did not hear a peep out of anyone regarding the release of "Quantum of Solace," which is the 23rd James Bond film, last week and am truly flabbergasted that a film based on what I understand to be a series of novels for teenage girls is creating so much buzz. I do realize that the Harry Potter films are based on books that were originally geared to young boys, and I have liked each of those films.
I would like to mention as well that the "Get Smart" episodes that I have been watching while the rest of the world has been getting excited about the release of "Twilight" provide the clever humor, cool gadgets, and outrageous villains that are largely missing from the latest Bond film.
Residents of the "Twilight" zone and everyone else are welcome to post your responses regarding my thoughts to this entry or e-mail them to tvdvdguy@gmail.com. I know better than to invite any of you who are vampires into my home just so that you can maul me.
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