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avrelia · 2 years

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Into Every Generation a Slayer is Born

I finished the book Into Every Generation a Slayer is Born by Evan Ross Katz. A month ago, and I did a twitter thread review of it, since a lot of my Buffy friends are over there and not here, and now I collected it all here for myself and people of DW. :)

It is an easy read that covered a lot of ground fast but not particularly deep. I got in for the new interviews with the cast and crew, and the interviews were delivered. I could do without opinions on quality of the last seasons and continuous sniping at Marty Noxon, but well… The time for the perfect book shall come one day.

1) Best new tidbit of information: Antony Stewart Head played Giles as a mix of Prince Charles and Alan Rickman’s Sheriff of Nottingham. This already is worth the price of the book.

2) Best duh moment – Cynthia Erivo telling her understanding of Anya reflecting an experience of an immigrant. The most surprising part was why didn’t I pick up on it before, as I was watching and connecting with Anya twenty years ago.

3) the best interview was with SMG. The author is her biggest fan, and she comes off really great there. Of course she is also frank, respectful, sweet and supportive of all the people she worked with, and very appreciative and proud of Buffy’s legacy.

4) the weirdest interview was with Nicholas Brendon. It is understandable, given his unhappy trajectory over the years. And I was glad to read his warm words about CC and SMG, but I also didn’t really care about his latest feud with DB. Overall, it was really sad to read, the whole story of NB, but it definitely added to the whole perspective.

5) the most emotional interview turned out to be with Cynthia Bergstorm, the costume designer for seasons 2-6. Reading her account on the atmosphere on set before she left I almost cried. No, not tears of joy. More like tears of anger

6) the most notable interviews we didn’t get were with AH and Michele Trachtenberg, as they were planned then canceled after February 2021, following the newest wave of conversation about Joss. I understand their reluctance to discuss it at the time.

7) Out of the writers we saw Doug Petrie, Jane Espenson and Drew Z. Greenberg. Marty Noxon didn’t answer the requests and for some reason the author was really mean about it several times and it was really annoying to read.

I was quite happy to see also interviews with Amber Benson, Emma Caulfield, CC, Julie Benz, Mark Blucas, Danny Strong, Seth Green, Tom Lenk, JM, ASH, Bianca Lawson, . Am I forgetting anyone of the cast?

There were no any profound revelations, after all I’ve been a fan for twenty years (soon – yay!) and generally had an idea how it came to be, but the picture became clearer and more detailed. From the history, to the process, and the behind the scene stuff

The interviewees rarely got into any details, and never shared anything lurid or scandalous, but I got the following picture: it started with them being very young and mostly inexperienced. JW was a writer, but had no idea how to run a tv show or direct episodes. And if he successfully managed to do later, the former proved to be problematic.

One of the details everybody talks about is their insane working hours: an average workday during the filming season was 18-20 hours, which is genuinely crazy even if you don’t take into account all the makeup, fight rehearsals, and expected precision in delivering dialogue.

The Beloved Buffy-speak is literally Joss speak. Joss speaks more or less like this and all his characters speak like this, and all his writers write like this and if not he changed the lines to be more like this and the actors had to say lines precisely, re-doing the takes until they manage.

They started a one small happy family, then as the show’s popularity grew, as they had more money, fame and pressure, they become “middle school with more money” according to Mark Blucas, then really, really tired group by the end of the series.

The blame for growing toxic atmosphere on set all the interviewee put on being young, overworked and “someone” on top constantly stirring s*** up and pitting the actresses against each other. (some interviews were done before Feb.2021 and the latest round of allegations)

This story, told by Emma Caulfield is very representative. I'll just add it all here

Mark Blucas, btw, gave a very sweet interview, where he several times apologized for having caused problems for cast and crew due to be totally new to acting and having no clue what he was doing and, of course, praised SMG for being very patient and very helpful

I need to finish the write-up, I guess. So, a month after finishing the book I have to say that it was a fun read, fast, not very engaging. It confirmed what I, as an old fan new or guessed, or explained details that made me go “Duh!” - of course, they were young, mostly inexperienced and over-tired.

Of course, JW was messing up. I mean, I wasn’t even very deep into details, but I always knew that the cast was divided into “favorites” and “not favorites”. I didn’t really think that it was an intentional division, that JW created and exploited, but apparently it was. Oh, well. I was happy to know that the actresses mostly reconciled by now.

And the most pleasant part of the book was SMG – both her own interview with an author, and what everyone said about her. I remember, in my early days in the fandom there was a strong anti-SMG streak, where by calling her “professional” people meant she was cold, unfeeling and un-fun.

Whereas it actually meant she cared about cast and crew and doing her job without wasting everyone’s time (remember those crazy hours!) and without creating extra problems for her colleges. She helped her cast-mates, she helped the crew, she worked a lot, she wasn’t always right, but who was?

So, anyway. That was not a definitive book by all means, but an ok one. There are more books to be written, about Buffy, and the fandom, and all the ways it is still changing our lives. I personally want more books on Buffy fandom.

#evan ross katz #buffy the vampire slayer #buffy history #joss whedon #sarah michelle gellar #emma caulfield #mark blucas #Cynthia Bergstorm #cynthia erivo #nicholas brendon #anthony stewart head #book review

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hallmark-movie-fanatics · 4 years

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badmovieihave · 2 years

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Bad movie I have They 2002

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the-gotham-hyperion · 6 years

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Huge Buffy intake at Wales Comic-con next week - Anthony Head, Juliet Landau, Marc Blucas, and Clare Kramer will be there

#rupert giles #drusilla #riley finn #glorificus #buffy the vampire slayer #anthony head #juliet landau #marc blucas #clare kramer #wales comic con #so wish I could be there #the guest list is NEXT LEVEL #like fuckin val kilmer and mark sheppard #and andrew scott and frankie muniz

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buffysummers · 2 years

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Yeah! So pretty much the same setup, Rory is the slayer but we've still got that Glimore Girls tone. Lorelai wants desperately to be supportive, but she's out of her depth. Max is her watcher, maybe? Mom dating your watcher- wow nightmare! Trying to get through Friday night dinner with vamps attacking the house and not let the grandparents cotton onto what's happening. (Cont)

Paris finds out, but she's more annoyed that this chosen one thing could offset their contest to get into Harvard. Dean could be a commando, (was I the only one who just saw Jared Padelecki when they looked at Mark Blucas?) Jess, vamp and they give him a soul because god poor Luke. Liz, your son was a Vampire and you didn't even notice?!

I combined the asks, I hope that's ok! I love that you chose Max as Rory's Watcher bc I think he definitely has a Giles vibe, whereas Luke doesn't. I love this!!!

#the dialogue in gilmore girls was actually influenced by buffy #so it definitely would work tonally #anonymous #answered

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kwebtv · 4 years

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Dietland - AMC - June 4, 2018 - July 30, 2018

Dark Comedy (10 episodes)

Running Time: 60 minutes

Stars:

Joy Nash as Alicia "Plum" Kettle

Tamara Tunie as Julia Smith

Robin Weigert as Verena Baptist

Rowena King as Cheryl Crane-Murphy

Adam Rothenberg as Dominic O'Shea

Erin Darke as Leeta Albridge

Ricardo Davila as Eladio

Tramell Tillman as Steven

Will Seefried as Ben

Julianna Margulies as Kitty Montgomery

Recurring

Melissa Navia as Moana

Debra Monk as Mrs Kettle

Dariush Kashani as Clive

Alanna Ubach as Marlowe Buchanan

Ami Sheth as Sana

Campbell Scott as Stanley Austen

Jen Ponton as Rubi

Kelly Hu as Abra Austen

Marc Blucas as Bobby

Mark Tallman as Jake

Mya Taylor as Barbara

Colby Minifie as Jasmine

Laura Darrell as Anna

Karen Eilbacher as Jillian

#Dietland #TV #Dark Comedy #AMC #2000's #Joy Nash #Tamara Tunie #Robin Weigert #Rowena King #Adam Rothenberg #Erin Darke #Ricardo Davila #Tramell Tillman #Will Seefried #Julianna Margulies

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sightofsea · 4 years

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oh mark blucas...why are you eventually in every program i watch

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templeofshame · 4 years

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... i feel like kristin just stopped pointing out all riley’s patronizing condescending bs at some point and buffering forgot that the arguments against riley aren’t just that he’s boring? like, we def talked about how his “nice guy” patriarchy is still patriarchy, and i don’t expect them to bring it up with mark blucas, but still, it seems like they’ve gotten really dismissive of objections that they voiced and supported in the beginning

#buffering the vampire slayer

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tvmoviechristmas · 5 years

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Holiday for Heroes (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, 2019)

Fill the barn with Christmas the way it’s supposed to be.

Starring: Melissa Claire Egan, Mark Blucas, Patti Murin, Latarsha Rose

Plot Synopsis: Audrey and First Sergeant Matt have been writing each other since last Christmas, when her brother Devin shared some fresh roasted coffee from the care package she’d sent. When Matt unexpectedly shows up in her small-town coffee shop, Audrey is delighted to see him. Soon, Matt helps Audrey with the annual Holiday for Heroes event, which honors local service members. As they work to save this important event from being cancelled, will the spirit of the season bring Matt and Audrey’s love beyond their letters? (x)

In My Humble Opinion: Every weekday morning I get up and go to work, even though I do not want to. Every month, I pay my rent and my car payments and my electricity bill, even though I do not want to. Every year II renew my car insurance and pay my taxes, even though I do not want to. And every Christmas movie season I watch the annual Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ tributes to our troops, even though I do not want to.

They are apparent necessities I must get through in order to main a livable life and run a fairly decent made-for-TV Christmas movie blog. It doesn’t bring me much joy, but I get through it. I’m an adult after all, I can’t enjoy everything.

Holiday for Heroes is fine. Melissa Claire Egan is an affable enough lead and Mark Blucas loves doing these Veteran’s Day holiday movies. It celebrates the troops and the people who love to celebrate the troops and is very conservative and nothing that happened in the movie was fun enough to get me over my resistance to embrace these kind of movies. It is what it is.

I am sure there are people who adore these movies and look forward to them every year. I am sure they got such joy in watching a chaste romance between a “hero” and the lady who writes him letters about past war heroes. These people are not me. It is fine.

I will not have to deal with this again until 2020.

Watch If: You were a snowglobe kinda girl, if your coffee is an international success, or if you only date people who do the robot in public.

Skip If: You do not have a planning mode, if you wouldn’t want to be compared to Robert the Bruce, or if you do not want to live in the “What I Haves”.

Final Rating: ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆

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#holiday for heroes #review #hallmark movies and mysteries #2 stars

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pilotseason2018 · 6 years

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Mar 9 Casting News

updated Mar 20 to add: LYNDON SMITH, Dead Inside

updated Mar 15 to add: DEREK RICHARDSON, How May We Hate You

updated Mar 15 to add: STEPHANIE STYLES, Three Rivers Southern Hospitality

MARK BLUCAS, The Fix

MARCUS COLOMA, False Profits

JUAN JAVIER CARDENAS, Get Christie Love

ERIC BALFOUR, DORIAN MISSICK, ADRIAN BELLANI, and ZOE ROBINS, The Finest (aka The Holmes Sisters)

KELLI GARNER, The Enemy Within

LINCOLN YOUNES, Grand Hotel

LIAM GARRIGAN, The End of the World as We Know It

ERICA CERRA, Dead Inside

CHRISTINE WOODS, Daddy Issues

BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL and SHERYL LEE RALPH, Fam

NICOLE PARKER, Friends-In-Law

JAMES BUCKLEY, I Feel Bad. Every Day. About Everything

LESLI MARGHERITA, Most Likely To

JEREMY SISTO, F.B.I.

WOLÉ PARKS and CHLOE WEPPER, For Love

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hallmark-movie-fanatics · 4 years

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A Look at the slate of Countdown to Christmas Movies airing this year on the Hallmark Channel

Jingle Bell Bride Premieres: Oct. 24 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Channel Stars: Julie Gonzalo, Ronnie Rowe Jr. Official synopsis: “Wedding planner Jessica Perez (Gonzalo) travels to a remote town in Alaska to find a rare flower for a celebrity client and is charmed by the small town during Christmas, as well as the handsome local (Rowe Jr.) helping her.

Chateau Christmas Premieres: Oct. 25 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Channel Stars: Merritt Patterson, Luke Macfarlane Official synopsis: “Margot (Patterson), a world-renowned pianist, returns to Chateau Newhaus to spend the holidays with her family and is reunited with an ex (Macfarlane) who helps her rediscover her passion for music.”

Christmas With the Darlings Premieres: Oct. 31 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Channel Stars: Katrina Law, Carlo Marks Official synopsis: “Just before the holidays Jessica Lew (Law) is ending her tenure as the assistant to her wealthy boss to use her recently earned law degree within his company, but offers to help his charming, younger brother (Marks) as he looks after his orphaned nieces and nephew over Christmas.”

One Royal Holiday Premieres: Nov. 1 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Channel Stars: Laura Osnes, Aaron Tveit, Krystal Joy Brown, Victoria Clark, Tom McGowan Official synopsis: “When Anna (Osnes) offers a stranded mother (Clark) and son (Tveit) shelter in a blizzard, she learns that they are the Royal Family of Galwick. Anna shows the Prince how they do Christmas in her hometown, encouraging him to open his heart and be true to himself.”

Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater Premieres: Nov. 7 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Channel Stars: Ashley Williams, Niall Matter Official synopsis: “Single mom Maggie (Williams) is facing Christmas alone until Lucas (Matter) crashes into her life and becomes an unexpected houseguest. Together they overcome Christmas while finding comfort in their growing bond.”

On the 12th Date of Christmas Premieres: Nov. 8 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Channel Stars: Mallory Jansen, Tyler Hynes Official synopsis: “Two seemingly incompatible game designers team up to create a romantic, city-wide scavenger hunt themed for The 12 Days of Christmas.”

Christmas in Vienna Premieres: Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Channel Stars: Sarah Drew, Brennan Elliott Official synopsis: “Jess (Drew), a concert violinist whose heart just isn’t in it anymore, goes to Vienna for a performance. While there, she finds the inspiration she has been missing, and a new love.”

A Timeless Christmas Premieres: Nov. 15 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Channel Stars: Ryan Paevey, Erin Cahill Official synopsis: “Charles Whitley (Paevey) travels from 1903 to 2020 where he meets Megan Turner (Cahill), a tour guide at his historic mansion, and experiences a 21st century Christmas.

A Nashville Christmas Carol Premieres: Nov. 21 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Channel Stars: Jessy Schram, Wes Brown, Wynonna Judd, Sara Evans, RaeLynn, Kix Brooks, Kimberly Williams-Paisley Official synopsis: “Vivienne Wake (Schram), a workaholic television producer in charge of a country music Christmas special showcasing newcomer Alexis (Raelynn), never lets personal feelings get in the way of business. On the verge of accepting a job in L.A., and with the return of Gavin Chase (Brown) — her childhood sweetheart and manager to the special’s headliner, Belinda (Evans) — she receives a visit from the ghost of her recently deceased mentor, Marilyn (Judd). Her mentor warns her current path leads to a dark future and has recruited both the Spirit of Christmas Past (Brooks) and the Spirit of Christmas Present (Williams-Paisley) to help her get back on track. The Spirits’ time-jumping adventures force Vivienne to take hold of her life."

The Christmas House Premieres: Nov. 22 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Channel Stars: Robert Buckley, Jonathan Bennett, Ana Ayora, Treat Williams, Sharon Lawrence, Brad Harder Official synopsis: “Working through some difficult decisions, Wade family matriarch Phylis (Lawrence) and patriarch Bill (Williams), have summoned their two grown sons — TV star Mike Wade (Buckley) and Brandon Wade (Bennett) — home for the holidays. It is their hope that bringing the family together to recreate the Christmas house will help them find resolution and make a memorable holiday for the entire family and community. As Brandon and his husband Jake (Harder) make the trip home, they are anxiously awaiting a call about the adoption of their first child. Meanwhile, Mike reconnects with Andi (Ayora), his high school sweetheart.”

New movie to be Announced Premieres: Nov. 23 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Channel Stars: TBD Official synopsis: TBD

A Christmas Tree Grows in Brooklyn Premieres: Nov. 24 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Channel Stars: Rochelle Aytes, Mark Taylor Official synopsis: “Erin (Aytes) is planning the town’s Christmas celebration and must win over firefighter Kevin (Taylor) in order to obtain the beautiful spruce tree from his property for the celebration.”

A Bright and Merry Christmas Premieres: Nov. 25 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Channel Stars: Alison Sweeney, Marc Blucas Official synopsis: “Two competing TV hosts (Sweeney and Blucas) are sent to a festive small town over Christmas. While pretending to get along for the sake of appearances, they discover that there’s more to each other than they thought.

Five Star Christmas (Working Title) Premieres: Nov. 26 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Channel Stars: Bethany Joy Lenz, Victor Webster Official synopsis: “After moving back to her hometown, Lisa (Lenz) plots with her siblings and grandparents to help her father’s new bed and breakfast get a five-star review from an incognito travel critic (Webster), but ends up falling for him, not knowing he is the real critic.”

Christmas by Starlight (Working Title) Premieres: Nov. 27 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Channel Stars: Kimberley Sustad, Paul Campbell Official synopsis: “Annie (Sustad), a lawyer, must help her loved ones this holiday season. Her family’s restaurant, the Starlight Café, is slated for demolition. The heir to the development firm responsible, William (Campbell), makes her an unlikely proposition: He’ll spare the café if Annie spends the week ‘appearing’ as the legal counsel his father is demanding he hire in the wake of some costly mistakes.”

Christmas Waltz Premieres: Nov. 28 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Channel Stars: Lacey Chabert, Will Kemp, JT Church Official synopsis: “After Avery’s (Chabert) storybook Christmas wedding is canceled unexpectedly, dance instructor Roman (Kemp) helps her rebuild her dreams.”

If I Only Had Christmas Premieres: Nov. 29 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Channel Stars: Candace Cameron Bure, Warren Christie Official synopsis: “At Christmas, a cheerful publicist (Bure) teams up with a cynical business owner (Christie) and his team to help a charity in need.”

Christmas in Evergreen: Bells Are Ringing Premieres: Dec. 5 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Channel Stars: Holly Robinson Peete, Colin Lawrence, Rukiya Bernard, Antonio Cayonne, Barbara Niven Official synopsis: “As Michelle’s (Peete) wedding approaches, Hannah (Bernard) steps up to help finish the launch of the new Evergreen museum while questioning her relationship and future with Elliot (Cayonne).”

Christmas She Wrote Premieres: Dec. 6 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Channel Stars: Danica McKellar, Dylan Neal Official synopsis: “When Kayleigh (McKellar), a romance writer, has her column canceled right before Christmas, she heads home to reconnect with her family. Kayleigh gets an unexpected visit from the man (Neal) who canceled her column who fights not only to bring her back to the publisher but also for her heart.”

Cross Country Christmas Premieres: Dec. 12 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Channel Stars: Rachael Leigh Cook, Greyston Holt Official synopsis: “Former classmates Lina (Cook) and Max (Holt) are traveling home for the holidays, until a storm hits and they have to work together to make it home in time, no matter the mode of transportation.”

Christmas Carnival Premieres: Dec. 13 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Stars: Tamera Mowry-Housley, Antonio Cupo Official synopsis: “Emily (Mowry-Housley) is a top newscaster who has achieved her career dreams but still has regrets about the guy (Xavier) who got away five years earlier. When the Christmas carnival comes to town, a ride around the carousel takes her magically back in time to the carnival five years before... giving her a second chance at love before she must return to Christmas present.”

A Christmas Carousel Premieres: Dec. 19 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Channel Stars: Rachel Boston, Neal Bledsoe Official synopsis: “When Lila (Boston) is hired by the Royal Family of Marcadia to repair a carousel, she must work with the Prince (Bledsoe) to complete it by Christmas.”

Love, Lights, Hanukkah! Premieres: Dec. 20 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Channel Stars: Mia Kirshner, Ben Savage, Marilu Henner Official synopsis: “As Christina (Kirshner) prepares her restaurant for its busiest time of year, she gets back a DNA test revealing that she’s Jewish. The discovery leads her to a new family and an unlikely romance over eight nights.”

Info from the ew.com article, Link HERE

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