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Deconstructing the decade from 'Buffy' and beyond: Zap2it Hanh's favorite episodes
14 hours ago | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
Zap2it's favorite TV episodes of the decade series continues with my picks for what moved me in the 2000s.
Let me preface my list with a shout out to my colleague Rick, who kicked off the series with numerous excellent examples, ranging from "The Wire" to "Freaks and Geeks." I actually agreed with quite a number of his selections, but since this is a very personal endeavor, full of unfounded opinions, naturally I must include some episodes I feel he overlooked or at least didn't value as much as I.
Case in point: Joss Whedon. Really, Rick? How could an episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" not even make your main list and only warrant an "also" mention? Hmph.
My list:
"The Body" ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer")
Although "Hush" and its creepy Gentlemen freaked me out (and earned "Buffy" its only writing Emmy nom), it aired in December 1999, just »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Rick Fox to Guest on 'Dollhouse'
23 December 2009 7:45 AM, PST | Inside TV | See recent Inside TV news »
Joss Whedon's 'Dollhouse' may be on the way out but it's not going quietly. The Ausiello Files tells us that hoops legend turned actor Rick Fox has signed on for a little cameo opposite real life girlfriend Eliza Dushku. Fox will appear briefly as ... Read more
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- Rebecca Paiement
Eliza Dushku Brings Boyfriend to 'Dollhouse'
22 December 2009 8:46 PM, PST | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »
Joss Whedon refuses to go flat in the last few episodes of "Dollhouse". A casting news has emerged via EW that the executive producer has tapped Eliza Dushku's real-life boyfriend, Rick Fox, to guest star in an episode before the show wraps it all on January 22.
Fox will appear as an Active on January 8 episode called "Getting Closer". EW wrote, "Fox's Doll will be seen rising from the imprint chair after having been given his original personality back. Next thing you know [spoiler alert!], he's being released into the wild along with dozens of other Dolls."
A preview of "Getting Closer" has actually been given last week, showing that the Dollhouse is under liquidation threat. Summer Glau also appears as her recurring role, Bennett Halverson.
This is not the first time Rick Fox shares screen with someone close to him. In 2007, he made a cameo as the bodyguard of Vanessa Williams »
- AceShowbiz.com
Braving New Trails to the Web and Beyond with Screenwriter Aaron Mendelsohn
22 December 2009 12:12 PM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Sisyphus had it easy compared to us screenwriters. If the Writer's Guild Strike of 2007 taught us anything, it's that you don't have to wait for the studios to green light your project to get something made. Joss Whedon's Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along-Blog and Felicia Day's The Guild are two shining examples of this. Truth is, all you really need is a script, a cameraman, some actors, a grip, a director, a coordinator, a production manager, a best boy, a make-up person, some P.A.s, maybe a driver, equipment, an editor and most importantly, craft service. You'll also need a place to display your production once it's complete. Enter the internet. That mystical, magical cloud we can neither see nor touch, but we're convinced will either be the savior of Hollywood or its downfall. The jury is still out on that one. »
- Jeffrey Berman
John Cassaday directs 'Dollhouse'
22 December 2009 8:12 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Comics artist John Cassaday has spoken about his directorial debut on an episode of Dollhouse. Cassaday was invited to direct 'The Attic' by the show's creator Joss Whedon, with whom he worked on Marvel comics Astonishing X-Men. "It was about the span of a year between him asking me to do it and actually getting the green light," Cassaday told Cbr. "The big stumbling block was [the series] just getting renewed. Once that happened, it was up to Joss to work his magic and get me through the right doors. I truly didn't get too worked up over it until I was completely approved and given shooting (more) »
- By Hugh Armitage
The Pull List: Best Comics of 2009
21 December 2009 11:00 AM, PST | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »
With 2009 coming to a close, the challenge was to pick and rank the 10 best comics from the entire year. I’ve estimated reading approximately 1,500+ issues over that time frame, so obviously it wasn’t the easiest task to complete. Still, after much deliberation, these are my picks for the 10 best comics of 2009.
1. Jonah Hex #50
Writers: Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti
Artist: Darwyn Cooke
Originally reviewed on December 3, 2009
Perfection. Defined as the highest degree of proficiency, skill or excellence, perfection is near impossible to achieve, especially when every comic ever printed is subjective in nature. You know, “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” and all that jazz. Still, when I thought about all the comics I’ve read this past year, this issue of Jonah Hex kept coming back to me. While not perfect (frankly, what is?), it’s pretty close.
A wonderful done-in-one tale following our “hero »
- Sal Loria
The Twelve Days of Festivus: Four webby series
20 December 2009 8:22 AM, PST | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »
On the fourth day of Festivus, TV gave to me... four webby series.
There's probably more original content being created for the internet than there even is for television. A lot of that is your neighbor sitting in his basement in front of his webcam seeing how many croutons he can shove in his mouth in thirty seconds, but there are places to find great original content, many times on par with what you'll see on television.
Syfy's Sanctuary is a show that began as a web series and has since become a successful TV series. But many web series live and thrive on the web, and belong only there.
A lot of our favorite celebrities have turned to this unrestricted format to create gems, like Will Ferrell's modern classic "The Landlord" from a few years back, or even last year's sensational Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog that brought Neil Patrick Harris, »
- Jason Hughes
Dollhouse Season 2 Promo Poster
19 December 2009 11:00 PM, PST | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »
Fox Broadcasting just released this new promo poster for “Dollhouse” Season 2 from creator Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly) and starring Eliza Dushku (Open Graves, Sex and Breakfast), Tahmoh Penikett (Battlestar Galactica), Olivia Williams (X-Men: The Last Stand) and Fran Kranz. Series Synopsis: The show follows an organization that employs mind-wiped DNA-altered humans known as Dolls who are implanted with false memories and skills for various missions and tasks. When they are not ‘at work’ they are living in a real life Dollhouse which gives the show the name. One of those mind-wiped humans, a young woman named Echo, is slowly starting to become aware of herself and what’s [...] »
- Brian Corder
There's Something About "Buffy"
19 December 2009 5:22 AM, PST | SneakPeek | See recent SneakPeek news »
Creator Joss Whedon's Dark Horse Comics' "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" 'Season 8: Willow' one-shot , a continuation of the horror, action adventures of the TV series in graphic novel form, is written by Whedon and illustrated by Karl Moline /Andy Owens, with a cover by Jo Chen.
"...'Willow Rosenberg' has worn many faces -- a shy computer geek, a loyal friend, a passionate lover, a fierce Wiccan, and a dark Willow. Now in Season Eight of the award-winning 'Buffy' comics series, Willow's powers have grown exponentially. She can fly. Teleport. And may or may not be immortal. All we know is that Willow went on a walkabout following the demise of 'Sunnydale' and she met a very sultry, extremely powerful serpent lady who seems to be the key to unraveling the mysteries of what Willow is, and will become..."
Publication date is December 23, 2009.
Also "Buffy" will return to »
- Michael Stevens
2010 Episodes of 'Dollhouse' Previewed
18 December 2009 11:08 PM, PST | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »
The last three episodes of "Dollhouse" before it goes off the screen permanently are teased through a new promo played at the end of Friday, December 18 episode. Called "Getting Closer", "The Hollow Men" and "Epitaph Two: Return", the episodes will see the company under liquidation threat and how people inside the dollhouse are trying to defend the situation.
After struggling with rating in the first season, "Dollhouse" eventually gets the ax from Fox last month. Since all the thirteen episodes in season two had gone into production by the time Fox announced its cancellation, they are all going to be aired. The series will wind down on the finale airing January 22. Fox has not determined which show will occupy the Friday nights in midseason.
When creator Joss Whedon received the news of the cancellation, he wrote "I don't have a lot to say. I'm extremely proud of the people I've worked with: my star, »
- AceShowbiz.com
Review: Dollhouse - Stop-Loss
18 December 2009 11:05 PM, PST | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »
(S02E09) Adelle has really begun her descent into Hell, hasn't she? I haven't seen a turn this bad since Angel lost his soul in Buffy Season 2. I wonder if she feels a twinge of jealousy that Sierra has won "Roger."
Enver Gjokaj should get his own show. Simply his "goodbye" to Sierra when he was about to be released had me in stitches. At the same time, it somewhat broke my heart when Sierra sat at the dinner table waiting for Victor to join her.
Admittedly, the show wasn't clear on the exact circumstances that brought Sergeant Anthony Ceccoli to the Dollhouse. Near as I can tell, he was a soldier in either Iraq or Afghanistan (or both) and he joined the Dollhouse to escape the war. He obviously underwent shellshock or some such trauma. Did he go Awol? Usually when people join the Dollhouse they're running from something. »
- Brad Trechak
Recap: 'Dollhouse' - 'The Attic'
18 December 2009 10:56 PM, PST | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
"The Attic" is like "Dollhouse" played on 78 rpm or something. It takes the contours of a normal episode, layers on one of Joss Whedon's favorite conceits (the dream episode), spices the whole thing with a liberal dose of mythology and then speeds it all up until head-spinning revelations are whirling by so fast that it seems hardly possible this is the same show that once spent an entire episode on Echo infiltrating a girl pop group. There's big, Earth-shattering stuff at work in "The Attic," and that brings it up to the level of the show's best episodes. And »
- Todd VanDerWerff
Recap: 'Dollhouse' - 'Stop-Loss'
18 December 2009 7:02 PM, PST | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
Let's talk a little about Olivia Williams as Adelle DeWitt. In recent weeks, I've been a little surprised with two things. I've been surprised with just how complex Adelle's motivations have become and how little hand-holding "Dollhouse" has done to explain this to us (indeed, sometimes Too Little hand-holding, which almost never happens on network TV). And I've been surprised with how little buzz there is around the character among the few people still buzzing about "Dollhouse." When it was announced that Joss Whedon's latest series had landed Williams to play the mysterious head of the Dollhouse, this was seen as »
- Todd VanDerWerff
Buffy Heads to MTV and Logo
18 December 2009 12:05 PM, PST | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
Those familiar chords, that signature font, that full moon. Yes, Buffy is coming back to TV. No, alas, not new episodes. Reruns of all seven seasons of the cult series are coming to the Viacom-owned channels MTV and Logo next year.
Talk about wanting my MTV! (Sorry, Logo, there’s no appropriate Dire Straits song to reference here, but I like you, too). Buffy the Vampire Slayer will air daily on both channels and mark the first time since 2008 the show has been on TV anywhere. It was previously syndication on FX from 2001 to 2008.
The show will launch New Year’s Day on Logo with an 18-hour marathon from 6 a.m. to 12 a.m. Est. Then starting Jan. 4 it will air weeknights at 6 and 7 p.m. and late nights at 2 and 3 a.m. It will also show at various times on the weekends. [Full disclosure: Logo owns AfterElton.com, but trust me my excitement stems solely from my fanatical love of the show. I might or might not even own an action figure or two. I admit nothing.]
MTV will kick off their Buffy bonanza on Jan. »
- Dorothy Snarker
Will Avatar Change the Way We Watch Television?
18 December 2009 11:18 AM, PST | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
In case you live under a rock, I’d like to inform you that James Cameron’s Avatar (his first movie in 12 years) will be opening today. Cameron’s intention was that we all view his masterpiece in glorious IMAX 3D – or digital 3D, assuming you had to settle. But once we have all had our eyeballs set themselves upon the beauty of Pandora in a large movie theater in the third dimension, how will we ever be able to debase our viewing experience enough to watch it on our televisions – 42 inch LCD screens that they may be.
Well, that’s precisely why several television manufacturers – including Phillips and LG – are currently producing and selling 3D televisions. Of course, like any new technology, they are expensive (I remember when my father paid $500 for our first DVD player). But eventually, with mass production, they will become cheaper and more commonplace.
So »
- Clarissa
Fox giving ‘Fringe’ A Big Boost In January
18 December 2009 8:00 AM, PST | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »
Sure, people complain about Fox for it’s repeated canceling of shows involving Joss Whedon and/or Terminators, but at least the network is now stepping up and offering a boost to the J.J. Abrams co-created show Fringe. The Futon Critic reports Fringe will return from it’s winter hiatus on January 7, but then that following Monday, Fox will air a new episode after a new episode of House.
The duo will be facing off with some heavy competition in the form of NBC’s Chuck and Heroes, ABC’s The Bachelor, and CBS comedies like How I Met Your Mother and The Big Bang Theory. Then in February, the Fringe will take a seven-week break to allow the mid-season drama Past Life, starring Kelli Giddish (All My Children) and Richard Schiff (West Wing) is about “an unlikely pair of past-life detectives who investigate whether what is happening to you »
- John Muth
TV Watchtower: Is This End Of Sci-Fi On Television?
16 December 2009 2:43 PM, PST | AirlockAlpha.com | See recent Airlock Alpha news »
With the recent cancellations of Joss Whedon.s .Dollhouse. and ABC.s .Defying Gravity,. we are reminded yet again that television is not a gentle mistress for science-fiction programming. In fact, this is a bad time to be a sci-fi show. Television audiences just are not as forgiving and patient as they used to be. They do not want to wait for storylines to be slowly developed and then unpeeled layer after layer. They just want to have the onion cracked right open and to see what is inside. Alas, the only thing inside is but a nugget of what the real story is about. Just like a human life is not just about how a person died, a sci-fi story is not just about the last 15 minutes. A life is a journey. And that is what makes a story interesting .- getting there is not just half the fun, »
Best Of 2009: Comic Books, Webcomics And Graphic Novels
15 December 2009 9:31 AM, PST | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »
As 2009 draws to a close, it's time to look back on best and brightest comics, comic book movies, comic book swag and, well — everything else that found its way into our bookshelves and longboxes this year. Over the next few days, we'll be rolling out a trio of "Best Of 2009" features, starting with today's list of the best comics in print and digital form released in '09.
Best Of 2009: Comics
Best New Series
"Chew" (Image)
As is the case with cooking, comic books require the right blend of ingredients in order to fully flourish. Thankfully, that's exactly what John Layman and Rob Guillory's "Chew" specializes in. The series focuses on Tony Chu, an Fda agent who solves crimes by gleaning psychic impressions from anything he eats. Readers embraced the book's food-centric premise by sending "Chew" back into the kitchen for multiple sell-outs and reprints. If the new year brings a similar level of quality, »
- Splash Page Team
Thor Writers To Develop Futuristic Vampire Pic Damn Nation
15 December 2009 8:27 AM, PST | FusedFilm | See recent FusedFilm news »
Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz who were brought to assist on later drafts of the Thor script for Marvel, are now signed on to script Damn Nation, a futuristic vampire project for Paramount.
Set in a U.S. evacuated after an attack from “inhuman nocturnal predators,” the comic tells the tale of the survivors after the government has been forced to relocate to London while scientists search for a solution.
Dark Horse Entertainment is producing the adaptation, which is based on a comic by Andrew Cosby and art by Jason Alexander.
Just another vampire apocalypse film. We can’t get enough of those can we? The relocation part seems interesting, especially the Us relocating to England. In the midst of trying to survive vamps, that type of political hankering is interesting.
Tags: Andrew Cosby, Ashley Miller, Comics, Damn Nation, Dark Horse, Jason Alexander, Zack Stentz
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- Kevin Coll
High Definition: Joss Whedon's Dollhouse Finally Hits Its Stride—Just In Time For Cancellation
15 December 2009 12:00 AM, PST | Pastemagazine.com | See recent PasteMagazine news »
If Fox had canceled Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse halfway through the show’s first season, I wouldn’t have shed a tear. It looked like the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly and Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog had finally created a dud. The concept was intriguing, but the episodic adventures of a gorgeous body that could be filled with whatever personality her handlers created for her were a little silly and a lot creepy. The main Doll, Echo (Eliza Dushku), would go on engagements as a hostage negotiator, a bodyguard or, most often, a lover, and it felt a lot like »
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