Sunday, July 28, 2013

Slayer Soundtrack Sunday ~ Heather Nova in "Touched"

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Heather Nova is a singer-songwriter born in Bermuda and raised in New England.
More background on Nova Here



The song "It's Only Love" is in Episode 20 of Season Seven, as Buffy loses leadership of the Potential Slayers to Faith and leaves the house feeling betrayed, even by the Scooby Gang and Giles. Thinking no one will stand by her, a defeated Buffy has to be convinced to come home by her most loyal and true friend, Spike. I get a little sappy and sentimental over this song! Maybe because Spike gives such a great homage to Buffy out of his love and respect for her - they went so far as a couple before the end of the series! *wipes away tear*

Spike - "You listen to me. I've been alive a bit longer than you, and dead a lot longer than that. I've seen things you couldn't imagine, and done things I'd prefer you didn't. Don't exactly have a reputation for being a thinker. I follow my blood, which doesn't exactly rush in the direction of my brain. I've made a lot of mistakes. A lot of wrong bloody calls. A hundred plus years, and there's only one thing I've ever been sure of: you ... Here, look at me. I'm not asking you for anything. When I say "I love you", it's not because I want you, or because I can't have you. It has nothing to do with me. I love what you are. What you do, how you try. I've seen your kindness and your strength. I've seen the best and the worst of you. And I understand, with perfect clarity, exactly what you are. You're a hell of a woman. You're the One, Buffy."


Sunday, July 21, 2013

More Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Mania at Comic Con

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Fans React to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Pilot (Minimal Spoilers)



Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. actor's panel interview:



Marvel Highlights Reel:


Slayer Sountrack Sunday ~ "The Sun Keeps Shining" By Fonda

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Fonda appeared in the Buffy episode "All the Way" from Season 6. The title is an obvious reference to teen sexual activity, and Dawn thinks she is ready for that . . . until her date turns out to be a vampire! And Dawn gets her first kiss on Halloween, which seems totally appropriate for a rather supernatural girl.

Also in this episode, Tara is getting fed up with Willow's magicks, and Xander announces his engagement to Anya while wearing a pirate costume and eye-patch - foreshadowing his "accident" in Season 7.

Although the action takes place on Halloween night, this is actually a breezy summer song.



From YouTube
Los Angeles based indie-pop band, Fonda perform "The Sun Keeps Shining On Me" live. The song was originally released on Fonda's 2001 CD, "The Strange and the Familiar" and is now available on the original motion picture soundtrack for "Remember Me."





Saturday, July 20, 2013

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Premiere and Panel at Comic Con

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Lucky fans got to see the complete pilot episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. at Comic Con in San Diego!

Entertainment Weekly Has the Scoop ~ *S*P*O*I*L*E*R*S*

From USA Today
SAN DIEGO -- ABC took the wraps off Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on Friday, giving the new drama its first public screening at Comic-Con. It premieres Sept. 24.

What the pilot showed was a team of highly skilled but not superpowered agents under the suddenly alive and kicking Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg), who died in The Avengers movie.

The episode explained the revival of the character, who appeared to have a grand time getting around, whether by team plane or his vintage, souped-up Corvette, Lola.

. . . Avengers director Joss Whedon is an executive producer of the series, which started shooting last week. He co-wrote and directed the pilot and the episode reflected his style, down to its humorous touches.

"I have that feeling that I have not had for a long time where I have assembled this extraordinary ensemble of ridiculously talented and soon-to-be-very-full-of-themselves people," Whedon said after the screening. "The endless possibilities that we have between them, among them, in their pasts, in their futures ... the things we've taken from the Marvel universe, that we're bringing to the Marvel universe, this is a show that has so much history and so much to make. I guess I'm a little excited."


Thursday, July 18, 2013

Cakes with a Buffy Theme

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I was inspired by a tweet from @GhouliaChilds (funny) with a spectacular Buffy Cake.



I hungered for more and took a trip to Pinterest ~ enjoy the sweet pics!

This one is similar to Ghoulia's but with a candle on top:

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Stakes and Crosses:

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And everyone's favorite: Angel Cake

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Or maybe Spike on the topper instead of Angel?
Either way, the Buffy doll looks fabulous!

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Marvel-ous News ~ and I'm in Love with Agent Coulson Now

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I love the new promo for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Agent Coulson Rocks - and I think I'm in love with him.

Fall TV is going to make me happy!

Watch the Featurette at SuperHeroHype.com

More stuff about Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as well as upcoming Marvel movies in these informative Comic Con Previews:

Spoiler Alert!





Firefly ~ The Video Game

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The internet is abuzz with news that Firefly will live on as social media interactive game with Apps.

Official Website:
KeepFlying.com




Via Eurogamer
Firefly Online will launch for iOS and Android devices during the summer of 2014, Fox announced at San Diego Comic Con ...

...It's being developed by Dairy Queen Tycoon developer Spark Plug Games and sci-fi tie-in company QMXi.

You'll be able to build and customise your own ship and, as captain, hire a crew and head on missions. The Online part comes from meeting and trading with other players, which you'll be able to do cross-platform.

Firefly ran for a single solitary season in 2002 before Fox's cancellation axe culled the show in its infancy. Creator Joss Whedon did manage to revive it for one-off movie continuation Serenity, however.

Sunday, July 7, 2013

Slayer Soundtrack Sunday ~ Aberdeen


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The California "Twee" group Aberdeen had two songs in Episode 13 of Season 7 "The Killer in Me."

From their Biography on LTM Recordings
Californian indiepopsters Aberdeen featured John Girgus (also of Languis) and Beth Arzy (also of Trembling Blue Stars), and released five sparky singles on Sarah Records and The Tremelo Arm User's Club between 1994 and 2004. Their album Homesick & Happy To Be Here appeared in 2002.

. . . Twee is really just a label the music press began slapping on bands like Belle and Sebastian in order to describe, in one word, a band who makes jangly, pastoral, pretty (and mostly UK) pop music. Yet, like with most labels, the term twee is a little unfair to the bands. Obviously there is more going on in Belle and Sebastian's music than hippies cavorting around in the Scottish heather. The same goes for the music of Aberdeen. Yes, it's poppy, fun, and innocent but it's also dark, foreboding, and to a degree... violent.








Cabin in the Woods Maze Coming to Universal Orlando!

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This will draw huge crowds at Halloween!

From Hollywood Reporter
In an example of life imitating art that was, itself, imitating art, both the cabin and the subterranean base unleashing B-movie hell on its inhabitants are going to be recreated as part of Universal Orlando's annual Halloween Horror Nights celebration this fall. But don't worry: Visitors to this particular cabin will be on the side of the guys in charge of the whole shebang.

According to reports, The Cabin in The Woods attraction will include a storyline co-written by Goddard in which the larger mythology and background of the organization based underneath the cabin will be revealed, via Lost-like induction films to new recruits (i.e., the attraction's visitors). "My wish for Cabin was always that it would live on outside the film, that people would take that ball and run with it," the writer told Zap2It.com, "and I can't imagine a better fit for what we were trying to do with the movie than make a maze out of it."

. . . The Cabin maze will run select nights from Sept. 20 through Nov. 2 as part of Universal Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights 23 event.

From Moviefone
The storyline of the attraction, to be written by Goddard, will expand the mythology of the mysterious organization behind the cabin's undertakings, and will feature videos inducting new recruits -- the visitors -- into its ranks. Universal officials have said that the attraction will keep the spirit of "Cabin"'s surprise cameos alive by featuring not only creatures from the film, but other classic monsters from the Universal fold.

Buffy in Pop Culture ~ TV References

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A great compilation of all the references to Buffy and Angel in other TV shows and movies.
From Sunnydale Archives on YouTube


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