Joss Whedon

This Year’s Girl

In Joss Whedon, TV on 17 February 2005 with Comments Off

Into every generation, a pouty blond is born …
Take Buffy the Vampire Slayer and remove the vampires, the witty dialogue, the compelling characters, and the genre-bending ideas. Add in more demons, more religion, a cast that all look like they just stepped off a runway, and give everyone utterly selfish motivations. Finally, take the girl, [...]

Vampires and Cowboys

In Joss Whedon, TV on 12 April 2004 with Comments Off

I never liked vampires. The whole vampire genre, it seemed to me, was made for sex-starved girls and self-obsessed high school goths. Then I met Buffy.
Buffy the Vampire slayer, by Joss Whedon, was great television, if you haven’t heard. Smart, funny, dramatic, and very very real. Yaknow, as real as a girl dusting vamps can [...]

Talking Buffy

In Joss Whedon, TV on 21 May 2003 with Comments Off

I was on Showtalkers web radio show last night, talking about the much-discussed Buffy finale and storytelling in the Jossverse. You can download the audio - I’m about 54 minutes in. Three word sum-up: Glad it’s over. (Three more: Bring on Angel!)