Watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer today for the first time. I guess I was thinking that, with a name like Buffy and a job like Vampire Slayer, that I was about to watch one mean dyke-ish bitch fight her way through dimly lit tunnels in another time. I was pleasantly surprised. Sarah Michelle Gellar, who plays Buffy is very cute. (She reminds me of Kellie Martin who was the star of one tv show I actually did watch where one religious group of missionaries tried to teach another group that their “superstitions” were wrong. But anyway, I liked that show and thought she was cute too. Even their mannerisms and voices are similar.) Buffy isn’t a tomboy at all. In fact, since she knows exactly how far from a Neiman Marcus she is, she might be more of a girl than I am. Willow, whom I met in the first episode and assume will continue to be a main character, reminds me of Jan Brady, to the point that I think the actress must have learned her skills watching the Brady Bunch. So, yeah, it’s a little hoaky and over the top--which I think is a feeling that some of my more knowledgeable film-loving friends like to call “campy.” All in all, I liked it. I watched it with my 10 year old son, who wanted to watch the next episode to find out what would happen after the “...to be continued.”
I also, thought I'd listen my way through the list on the previous post, and since "Imagine" was first (though, yes, I AM familiar with that one) I thought I'd start there. Beautiful thoughts. Thank you John Lennon. Click here to listen again.
