Yeck vs. Whatever By Spence D. September 20, 2002 The way I see it, one has to be completely inept to make a shitty action film. No “ands, ifs or buts” about it. The action film is perhaps the most tried and true of all genres, so to truly fuck it up, you¹d have to be inept. That said, Ballistic: Ecks…
Read More »But they’re even. By Dan Wiencek June 22, 2003 They changed the fucking theme. God, I’m so pissed. Not just that they changed it, though that’s bad enough. The original Monk theme was catchy and wry and very un-flashy, just the kind of thing a Willie Nelson fan like Monk would approve of. No, they didn’t just get rid of it, they…
Read More »John, you are a dog person. By Diana Estigarribia March 20, 2002 If you’re not a Doggett fan, you can just stop reading right now. Ahh…still there, I see. Even those of you who are anti-Doggetts have come around now, haven’t you, after seeing “Audrey Pauley”? Just as I suspected. “Audrey Pauley” is the episode this Doggett-Reyes shipper has been…
Read More »Worshipers? This ought to liven up my endless tragic voyage. By Dan Wiencek March 19, 2002 Who doesn’t like space pirates? Well, most sci-fi writers and fans, I guess. Gene Roddenberry flat-out forbade any space-pirate plots on Star Trek, and once he kicked off Rick Berman wasted no time in putting out a space pirate story (a two-parter, no less). Then there…
Read More »This episode rules. Also, down with Eddie Cahill’s Forehead! By Sarah Kuhn March 06, 2002 OK, after watching this episode, I have decided that my new hobby is going to be picketing The WB for 1) Making us wait weeks upon end before returning to Mr. Tall, Dark and Tormented and 2) Replacing it throughout said weeks with sucky Glory Days,…
Read More »Captain! Clichés! Dead Ahead! (originally posted – 2/11/04) By Anthony Karcz September 16, 2004 What’s more cliché than yet another Angel vs. Spike episode, you might ask? Why putting them in a World War II setting and having Angel be an Allied operative and Spike be a Nazi, of course. OK, OK, so Spike isn’t exactly a Nazi — he…
Read More »“And so I face the final curtain…” By Matt Springer September 19, 2002 My TV is dead. That’s not entirely true. It could be salvageable. It is, however, currently unable to turn on. It is sitting silent in my living room and quietly mocking my inability to use it to tape tomorrow night’s debut installment of Firefly. Right now, for all…
Read More »The Slayer gets her groove back. By Sarah Kuhn May 22, 2002 It’s been a troubled year for our favorite Slayer. True, her taste in leather and earrings hasn’t waned, but she came back from the dead a decidedly sulky girl. There was death and singing and the odd Star Trek reference, and through it all, everyone kind of moped their way…
Read More »Sarah is @#$%-ing LIV-id! OK, not really. Mildly LIV-id, maybe. By Sarah Kuhn January 16, 2003 For the most part, I have no shame when it comes to outlandishly premised reality television. Bachelorettes in Alaska? Why, yes please, I will happily slurp up all six episodes, even though this show is quite obviously and happily ensconced in the Great Third Tier…
Read More »Annoying characters are suddenly less so! Plus: Millie from Freaks and Geeks! By Sarah Kuhn January 22, 2003 Yeah, so…what happened to Cute T-Shirt Slayerette? Not only is she MIA, but there doesn’t seem to be any explanation for her absence. Is she off with Giles? Did she get eaten by the Hellmouth? Did she turn diva because her T-shirt was…
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