Category Archives: Buffy, Whedon, etc.

I don’t understand my blogging habits anymore. I have thoughts, and half composed posts. Big events, blog-storms, and repulsive media trials come and go, but I just don’t prioritise writing them. But then comes a new episode of a Joss … Continue reading →

While I was watching Omega I enjoyed it quite a lot. The pacing was good, and the dialogue was great – at times it was fantastic. But at the end, with the montage and music, I felt nothing. And when … Continue reading →

I don’t like the first part of two-part episodes. It’s fine when you’re watching them on DVD (unless it’s late and you know you shouldn’t watch another one, but you do it anyway and then it turns out to be … Continue reading →

At this point, I think the character I feel most engaged with is Mellie. She doesn’t know what’s going on, she doesn’t know that she’s a doll that was programmed not to understand the word left-over. I want her to … Continue reading →

That was Nifty. So nifty that, for the first time, my review involved a stop watch. Be warned, I’m getting even geekier as time progresses. It’s so frustrating that just as the show is getting even more mindblowingly awesome Fox … Continue reading →

I’ve been meaning to thank everyone for the nice comments on my Dollhouse reviews. Particularly thanks to Felicity, who said: For some reason I can barely fathom, Alas’s is the only Dollhouse response I like reading. Perhaps it has the … Continue reading →

I don’t really know anything about Andy Hallet, except that his performance as “Lorne” on Angel made me very happy. And although this may be irrational, my instinct is that anyone who could project such a kind soul on screen, … Continue reading →