Of Justin and James

After typing the title, I realized how much it sounds like "From Justin to Kelly." We shall overcome.

First of all, I would like to touch on some recent casting news. Justin Chatwin, the brother who should have died but didn't in War of the Worlds, and James Marsters, Spike from Buffy and Angel, will both be acting in the Dragonball movie as "Goku" and "Piccolo" respectively. Now, my brother LOVED Dragonball Z and, in the later years of Middle school, I had watched many an episode with him. It is utterly embarrassing to reveal this, but whatever - I wasn't obsessed, I'm just familiar with it. Honestly, I think it's more embarrassing for these guys. Really? A live-action Dragonball movie? I can't see it happening, especially with those hairdos. You can't even say the plot line of the show without sniggering. And the fan boys, oh the fan boys. I went to college with a guy who wore a Dragonball silk button down shirt. I cannot wait to see the trailers: "He had to save the world using seven dragon balls to make a wish to stop the bad guys to save the world." It'll look ridiculous. I read in the casting thing that Spike will be playing a character named "Piccolo." The names familiar (see above) so I did a google search to find a picture.




I am laughing out loud. But Marsters was effing awesome in Buffy, so who knows? Either way I'm not going to see it, but I have to admit, I am mighty curious. I can give you three guesses what we'll see at Comic-con next year.

Of Layers and Slayers

After (almost) exactly three months, we finished the entire series of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Wow.

The show never ceased to amaze me. Every aspect about it charged me. The demon/vampire supernatural stuff hit my love of, well, the supernatural while the character development (and I know I sound "pretentious" saying that) just kept me riveted. I mean, there was an entire season, an entire season, about Buffy realizing why she should be alive. That was the main plot. One huge arc.

There is no reason why anyone should skip over the show.

But I wonder, was it actually just the show that was so incredible, or was it because I watched every episode with Shannon; Laughing and crying and just enjoying every minute of it?

The show is a testament to good writing and good storytelling. The arcs, the villians, the stories, the jokes. It was all there.

We just picked up the season eight comic and we still have Angel to go.

The story isn't done.