And here's a unusually lean set for Anton filmed by my friend Jerry: https://www.youtube.com/wat…

Anton Barbeau for me, and I pity all of you who have never seen him even once.

What about couples in films that split up by the end but should still be together?

"Silver Linings Playbook" is the one I thought of before scrolling through, so I'm glad Nick Wanserski picked it out for this Q&A. The whole concept of "They lived happily ever after" simply doesn't apply to Pat and Tiffany since they're much too screwed up to make it work well beyond the end of the film. Hell, even a…

I love this, but they haven't even reached the 20th Century yet. I'll save it and check back later. It'll be a valuable resource for my Facebook song project. I've posted and written about 505 songs so far and won't be content until I reach a thousand. That means I need to do a lot of research, so this blog will…

It's a shame that Lynch couldn't edit the whole series for a Director's Cut, basically banishing sequences from the second season that mar the tone and credibility for most fans. Of course, there are no doubt a few who would miss Nicky and Lana, and with so many characters to sort through, it would take forever to…

When Gwen Inhat says she's fickle, she ain't kidding! "Automatic for the People" is considered to be one of R.E.M.'s best albums. (It has a solid 5-star rating at Allmusic.com and an average four-and-a-half-star rating from over 2700 users.) Where she describes it as sappy, I find it to be gorgeous. I was also a huge…

If you're not into folk, check out Tele Novella's "House of Souls." Natalie Gordon is an immense talent as songwriter, vocalist, and live performer, and she and the band serve up some deliciously melodic psych-rock. Here's a sample for you: https://www.youtube.com/wat…

I felt like we saw a little bit of that with Brian on "My So-Called Life" even though it was on a much smaller scale. He was the sort of character who would usually be considered sympathetic, but his bitterness over being rejected by Angela (as I recall) made him seem all too human and pathetic.

There was a delay before "Graduation Day - Part 2" aired due to controversy surrounding Columbine, so I had enough time to think about it in advance. And I remember thinking it would be so awesome if Mayor Wilkins took out Principal Snyder after he ascended cause it would have made so much sense. Those two were polar…

It's a flawed-but-amazing show and will likely always be my favorite. And as a 55-year-old TV junkie, I'd say that's saying something.

Yeah, I know what you mean. There was always that abusive monster lurking in Angel, and for that very reason Buffy wasn't really safe with him. Certainly not in the sort of intimate way they both wanted to have with each other.

I actually had the opportunity to meet Adam a couple of times, and let me say that he doesn't deserve the hatred that Warren does. He made me feel very special during the brief time I spent with him, and I'm grateful for that.

What was odd about Albert Rosenfield was that he was a pacifist Buddhist who loved all mankind. Talk about irony!

What's interesting about the bathroom scene is that we saw a pattern play out during Season 6 where Spike would approach Buffy and she would initially resist but then give in. I think Spike got used to that and assumed the same thing would happen in the bathroom, but Buffy had decided by this point that their sexual…

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Coming to this way late, but I'm convinced that "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (or at least the TV version of "Buffy") wouldn't have existed without Stephen Sondheim's "Into the Woods" leading the way. Joss Whedon is a huge Sondheim fan and was quite likely inspired by that particular production to use metaphor as a way…

I felt the same when I saw that even though I quite like "My Best Friend's Wedding."

I love a good movie list, but I'll check it out anyway.

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