As someone else said below, though - in season six, it wasn't about metaphors any more. The characters literally were dealing with unpaid bills, crappy jobs, parenting issues, and attempted rape. That's kind of what stopped it being fun. Previous seasons had dealt with some heavy issues as well, but in a much more…

Yeah, I remember 'Dead Things' being the most unpleasant and unenjoyable episode of the whole series for that reason. I'd choose to rewatch any other episode before that one, even 'The Body'.

Could be worse. I really wanted to be Oz, but knew the character I probably resembled most was Jonathan…

In terms of SF/fantasy shows post-Buffy that had that level of 'watercooler impact' at some point, I'd say there's Lost, Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead. (And Doctor Who in the UK at least, less so elsewhere.) It does depend on what social circles you move in, though…

I'd always figured the Firefly fandom is a proper subset of the Buffy fandom, but maybe I'm wrong on that. It may be much loved by a hardcore, but I don't think that show had one-tenth the pop culture impact Buffy had.

I liked Connor… eventually. Only when he returned in season 5. (Kartheiser was always a great actor though.)

I still think 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' is a silly title. I mean, it's a great show, but even today the title still puts some people off who would enjoy it.

" it is weird that there are many more fantasy and sci-fi shows today
then there were in the 90s, none of the more modern shows - for me -
holds up as well…"

Yeah, Torchwood was trying to be Angel so badly it was painful. Also a terrible idea since the character of Jack Harkness, as originally written and cast, was nothing like Angel, and John Barrowman was not well-suited to playing that kind of character.

Huh. I just discovered a new Tarzan movie was made, and it completely passed me by.

But when everyone just really likes to see him play Sam Jackson, what reason does he have to do anything else?

Yeah, that's fair. It achieved that but somehow basically failed at everything else.

'Earshot' is the episode Joss Whedon said best summed up the themes of the show. It might not be the very best episode, but it is arguably the most meaningful.

My demands for a Jurassic Park movie were low enough that it satisfied them. (To wit: people got eaten by dinosaurs.) But yeah, it was pretty shit.

Dammit, someone got there first…

Snatch on Crackle fails to Pop?

I recently discovered that the cat that gets chased by Pepe Le Pew in the Looney Tunes cartoons is supposed to be female, not male as I'd always assumed…

FYI: it was not.

Spoiler, you ass!

Come on, tell me you wouldn't watch that…