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Angel, Season 4: The Magic Bullet

TweetIt had to be blood. What else has so much metaphorical power, and in the Whedonverse, real power? Blood enabled Buffy to sacrifice herself for Dawn, blood is what vampires hunger for. And blood is responsible for the moment that I always remember when I think of “The Magic Bullet:” Fred shooting Angel with Jasmine’s [...]

Angel, Season 4: Salvage

TweetWhen do we give up on people? Is there a point when we stop believing for the best, hoping they will change for the better, or do we hold out no matter what? It is a difficult question, one that we have to face one way or the other during our lives; as a teacher, [...]

Angel, Season 4: Supersymmetry

TweetWhen I asked mikejer to review “Supersymmetry,” it wasn’t because it is one of my favorite episodes, or one of my least favorite ones, but because I think I have something to say about it. And also because this episode is a great example of the effect mikejer’s reviews had on me. There’s a difference [...]

Hulu und das Internationale Dollhouse

TweetDollhouse, die Serie von Joss Whedon, läuft in den USA nur mit äußerst mäßigem Erfolg, und nicht zu Unrecht: zwar hat es immer wieder gute Momente gegeben, auch viel nicht so gelungenen Umgang mit dem Konzept oder enttäuschende Leistungen der Hauptdarstellerin Eliza Dushku. Dollhouse kam einfach nicht richtig in Tritt. Da war es auch nicht [...]

Dollhouse

Die erste Staffel der TV-Serie

Joss Whedon macht das nicht

Über das neue “Dollhouse”