Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)
Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will wield the strength and skill to fight the vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness; to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their number. She is the Slayer.
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The murder debate is getting less theoretical. It is very last season of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” as the City is going out of control without Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio) doing much since he set up a well-oiled machine of horribleness.
One of my pet peeves with the last season of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” was that Sunnyvale was at the Hell Mouth, the locals figured it out, and there was a mass exodus.
Daredevil could be the equivalent of Buffy the Vampire Slayer for the disabled community.
Writer-director Goddard is a fascinating talent, having cut his teeth working for polar opposites J.J. Abrams (“Alias,” “Lost”) and Joss Whedon (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Angel”).
Drew Goddard wrote for TV’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Lost before he started making movies, and it shows.
The director of Cabin In The Woods, TV's The Good Place and a writer of Lost, Cloverfield and Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Drew Goddard's work has always combined thrills, twists, philosophical questions and a self-aware sense of humour.
This film is written and directed by Drew Goddard, who did the fantastic horror/comedy "The Cabin in the Woods" a few years back and who has written for great shows like "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Alias" and "Lost."
Having made his bones writing for shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Alias, he went on to write 2008’s Cloverfield and co-write 2012’s The Cabin in the Woods, which he also directed.
That film's fatalism is echoed in part by Goddard's long-shelved directorial debut, The Cabin in the Woods, co-written by him and producer Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (where Goddard got his start) and writer-director of next month's The Avengers.
Joss Whedon, the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, wrote the screenplay with director Drew Goddard and its climactic scenes at the end recall some of the most memorable Buffy sequences.
This is the closest Whedon has come to his “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” glories, borrowing the classic TV show’s cheeky wit and ear for good dialogue.
The film has been produced and co-written by Joss Whedon (creator of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Angel" and other iconic TV shows) and directed by his longtime collaborator Drew Goddard (writer of " Cloverfield ").
Directing debutant Goddard and his co-writer/producer Whedon, whose combined credits include Buffy the Vampire Slayer , Angel and Cloverfield , know a thing or two about genre entertainment.
Commentators have thus labelled it a Buffy The Vampire Slayer companion piece, and there is room for that argument, but Twilight is more self-serious and less ironic in its execution than the Joss Whedon-penned film/TV series and the subsequent and iconic long-running television programme.
Too bad - high school can be as scary a place as any vampire's lair, a fact that the television version (not the film) of Buffy the Vampire Slayer proved time and again, using monsters as metaphors to portray the very real horrors of growing up.
Similarly, "Twilight" isn't about sex in the way we, as adults, usually think of it: It's more about the things you want before you know you want them, which is what makes it different from another recent vampire-themed phenomenon, Joss Whedon's beloved series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."
Combining both elements of gothic horror with high school drama, the film comes off like the next “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” but without the slayer and more soap opera elements than an actual body count.
MORE influenced by Anne Rice than by Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Stephanie Meyer's young-adult novel Twilight and its sequels tell tales of grand, dark passion in a high school setting, equating blood-drinking with illicit sex without a trace of Buffy's knowing irony.
…the Buffy/Angel arc on Buffy the Vampire Slayer…
Ellen, you would loved Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s “Becoming” arc!
I’d personally be happy if every vampire looked like Angel from “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”
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It is no exaggeration to say that writer-director Joss Whedon has become an icon among those of us who continue to obsess over his erstwhile television shows "Firefly" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."
The creator of the show, Joss Whedon, has a rabid fan base all his own after his atypical TV-writing style for his show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, landed him hurrahs from critics and the general viewing public.
Creator of the cult TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel," writer-director Joss Whedon melds Western and sci-fi genres -- an unlikely combination that worked exceedingly well in the TV show, although the oater element is understated here -- for this adventure about a motley crew of misfits aboard the titular transport ship-for-hire.
His shows “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Angel” and “Firefly” inspired much geekiness, to be sure, but no nerdery is required to enjoy “Serenity,” a ridiculously smart and funny sci-fi Western space adventure that picks up where the short-lived “Firefly” left off.
And even if Whedon's first feature film Serenity doesn't quite match the dark, witty brilliance of his TV creations Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, it's still a lot more sweaty fun than the last three overhyped, sterile, for-dorks-only Star Wars cartoons.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon inspires an intense devotion in many sci-fi geeks, most of whom have undoubtedly seen this feature-length sequel to his cancelled Firefly TV series twice already.
And such female-centric touches are a recurring theme in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"-creator Whedon's work.
For the ultimate union-reunion, the Lee team called on writer-director Joss Whedon, whose inspired toying with genre tropes gave birth or at least new life to TV’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Dollhouse, plus the recent smarty-pants horror comedy The Cabin in the Woods and the Internet miniseries Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, a musical comedy whose self-reflexive ingenuity was topped only by its all-sung DVD commentary.
Perhaps the biggest problem facing director-screenwriter Joss Whedon (TV’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”), who co-wrote the story with Zak Penn (“X-Men: The Last Stand”), is that the genre is in danger of being beaten into the ground.
In many ways, “The Avengers” — written and directed by Joss Whedon, best known for the beloved cult TV series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Firefly”— out-blockbusters its predecessors.
Who better to be behind that camera than “Buffy The Vampire Slayer”, “Serenity” and “Firefly” creator Joss Whedon?
There are points where the movie evokes not other Marvel spectaculars, but Whedon TV series like “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Angel,” where the fun came from watching heroes and villains who were aware of themselves as heroes and villains work through psychological issues while trading screwball comedy dialogue along with body blows.
Modest expectations were a factor in our great enjoyment of 2012's "The Avengers" ; Whedon hadn't yet mastered the art of cinema as he did with TV ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Firefly").
Here and there, Whedon — the groundbreaking, genre-blending creator of the TV series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Firefly” — sneaks in glimmers of the snap and wit which have made him a major cultural force.
It's especially disappointing given Whedon's talent for creating complex female characters (a là his seminal TV show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer).
…playing a character that feels like a cocktail of Buffy Summers and toxic socialite Kathryn Merteuil from Cruel Intentions (1999).
Among the hunting family members, you can look forward to Buffy herself, Sarah Michelle Gellar (Scream 2, I Know What You Did Last Summer). And yes, she will use a stake-like weapon at some point, so look out for that little treat.
It is a pleasure to watch Gellar chew on a more venomous role while still engaging in some Buffy-isms during her throwdowns with Grace.
Taking on the MacCaullay sisters at the Danforth complex in Ready or Not 2 are twin siblings Ursula (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Titus Danforth (Shawn Hatosy)…
Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy!) shows up as his depraved daughter Ursula…
Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Sarah Michelle Gellar…
One of the keys to enjoying Inception , at least for me, was accepting that Nolan isn’t all that interested in really exploring the form and content of dreams in the same way that directors like David Lynch, Michel Gondry and Joss Whedon (whose “Restless” episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer remains one of the best dream stories I’ve seen on the big or small screen) have in their dream-inspired works.
Occasionally, you’ll get an exception – The Body in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (one of the stand-out episodes of any television show)…
…like the endless stream of Principals at Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s high school…
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This new installment of the popular book series by writer Rick Riordan is even more “Potter”-ized with the young demigods gathered at Long Island’s Camp Half-Blood, essentially a Hogwarts in the woods, where they attend classes taught by venerable centaur Chiron (Anthony Head of TV’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) and Mr. D. (Stanley Tucci) as in Dionysus, who is constantly trying to pour himself a glass of wine that turns into water, facilitating a funny Jesus reference.
Anthony Head, who was a regular on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” also appears in this film as Chiron.
Em (Emily Foxler) is more concerned about the presence of Laurie (Lauren Maher), a “vixen-y” type who used to go out with Em’s boyfriend Kevin (Maury Sterling), while Beth (Elizabeth Gracen) complains about the bad feng shui related to the house’s “door to nowhere,” and actor Mike (Buffy The Vampire Slayer’s Nicholas Brendon) handles the humiliation of not being recognized by a fan of a TV show on which he starred.
Fans of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” will remember Nicholas Brendon as Xander Harris.
There’s enough latent resentment in this group dynamic to fuel a straightforward indie drama, and Coherence initially fits that bill quite snugly, its largely unknown cast—the most familiar face is Nicholas Brendon, of Buffy The Vampire Slayer—spewing improvised, overlapping dialogue in front of a jittery, handheld lens.
The most recognizable face on Coherence belongs to Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Nicholas Brendon, as the host of the dinner party, but there's not a weak link in the entire cast -- and that really helps once Coherence progresses from a clever but talky concept into a full-bore story that keeps its wheels spinning while also getting enjoyably confusing once or twice.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum Brendon is probably one of the more recognizable names in Coherence and does an excellent job of shedding away any Xander Harris remnants that long-time fans may still be holding onto.
Mike (Nicholas Brendon of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"), the party's host, is a recovering alcoholic who worries that stress will release his inner drunk.