Articles tagged "buffy the vampire slayer"Books ReviewLife Between Two Deaths, 1989-2001, by Phillip E. Wegnerby Chadwick Jenkins[6.Oct.09] :. Wegner depicts this period in recent history as open to all possibilities, possibilities that come crashing down with the World Trade Center attacks and the subsequent War on Terror. ![]() Books ReviewUndead TV by Elana Levine, Lisa Parksby Andy Fogle[3.Dec.07] :. Intellectual, scholarly, and academic to a fault, the language here is often impenetrably fluffed (a truly frustrating paradox), and the ideas generally unfocused. ![]() TV DVD ReviewBuffy the Vampire Slayer: The Complete Seventh Seasonby Mary Colgan[13.Dec.04] :. Joss Whedon says, 'We sort of worship at the same altar. Me and my staff are the biggest Buffy nerds alive.' ![]() TV DVD ReviewBuffy the Vampire Slayer: The Complete Sixth Seasonby Cynthia Fuchs[6.Jul.04] :. Buffy‘s sixth season is about death and resurrection, specifically, how to survive them. As the previous season ended with the death of Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar), the first task for... ![]() TV DVD ReviewBuffy the Vampire Slayer: The Complete Fourth Seasonby Cynthia Fuchs[17.Jun.03] :. That is, the season that many fans have called out as disjointed and erratic, maddening and disappointing. To a point, the complaint is justified, as Joss Whedon and company tend to concede. But only to a point. ![]() TV FeatureBuffy the Vampire Slayer - Lord of the Nerdsby Jesse Hassenger[19.May.03] :. Buffy is often mentioned specifically as a "female empowerment" show, but one of its most inviting aspects is the way its cast has always been uncommonly split between guys and girls. Buffy the Vampire Slayerby Todd R. Ramlow[18.Jun.02] :. As to the rejection of my understanding of the connection between lesbianism and witchcraft on 'Buffy', I have never said that BVS's creator or writers made a conscious (and consciously homophobic) decision to directly cast lesbianism as social pathology and physical addiction. Buffy the Vampire Slayerby Andrew Gilstrap[10.Jun.02] :. To think of Willow and Tara only in terms of their lesbianism is to do a disservice to lovers who were fully realized, regardless of their gender or orientation. Buffy the Vampire Slayerby Todd R. Ramlow[4.Jun.02] :. This was a tragic ending to one of prime-time television's most engaging love stories. More disturbing, as well as more socially and politically troublesome, however, is that Tara's death completes what has become a rather homophobic and pathological representation of lesbian desires and relationships over the course of the past season. Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Angelby John G. NettlesGiven Buffy's track record for playing with conventions, there may be hope for Dawn Summers on the horizon, but as of now she is definitely the Scrappy-Doo of the Scooby Gang. Buffy the Vampire Slayerby Michael AbernethyWith so much going for it, why isn't 'Buffy' the hottest show on television? |
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