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 (February 12, 2013 at 2:22 pm)futilethewinds Wrote: Oh yeah, I forgot about that. Well, it gets better in Season 3, I think. It's at least fun to watch. I'm aware it gets better... but if I were Buffy: I'd have walked right on back out, and never come back. Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
 (February 11, 2013 at 8:44 pm)futilethewinds Wrote: If I were a theist, I might worship Joss Whedon. Even his crappy stuff is good. The Cabin in the Woods? So unexpectedly good! Firefly? Fantastic! Buffy? *Sex sounds* Whedon (along with other visually strong directors like Guillermo Del Toro) is heavily influenced by Terry Gilliam (did you spot the direct reference to Gilliam's 'Brazil' in Cabin in the Woods?). It's shocking to me that more people do not recognise Gilliam's influence on mordern media (I've lost count of how many Gilliam references are crammed into Buffy) but to use Del Toro's words 'we are squandering him foolishly with every film of his that remains unmade.' Whedon is good at times, I accept that, but when compared with the unbound imagination of Terry Gilliam he comes off as derivative and repetative, trust me, this is not a put down of Whedon but a measure of Gilliam's genius. Seriously, try a Terry Gilliam film, your mind will love you forever... Recommended TG films... Brazil (probably the most underrated film of all time in terms of its influence on other directors/writers) The Fisher King Time Bandits 12 Monkeys Tideland MM
"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions" - Leonardo da Vinci
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)  (February 28, 2013 at 12:13 pm)ManMachine Wrote:(February 11, 2013 at 8:44 pm)futilethewinds Wrote: If I were a theist, I might worship Joss Whedon. Even his crappy stuff is good. The Cabin in the Woods? So unexpectedly good! Firefly? Fantastic! Buffy? *Sex sounds* A valuable opinion indeed, and I concur most readily with your statement regarding the under-ratedness of Brazil. I feel both Whedon and Gilliam are masterful auteurs. 
Buffy, Firefly was good Angel was OK but it's always going to be Buffy,,, and friends.
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