Maggie

Can your heart stand the shocking story of the Ed Wood DVD?, Feb 17 2004

I had been waiting for Ed Wood to come out on DVD for years. I pre-ordered this DVD as soon as it went on sale. Then, a week before it was supposed to be sold, Disney pulls it and won't tell us why? And now it might never be sold?

I think we all deserve some answers. It's beyond depressing when crap movies like Tomb Raider II get DVD editions while Ed Wood languishes in oblivion.

"You don't get to die. You get to live. Forever.", Nov 13 2003

What I admire about Angel the Series is that each year (until recently) the show has expanded and delved into more complex and darker territory. Season 1 was a basic introduction to Angel (and his constant struggle to find his place in the world), Season 2 dealt with the effects of depression and hopelessness, and Season 3 was the most ambitious yet as it shifted from being a show focused on friendships and became a show about family. It's not just that the writers decided to give Angel a son, they were also smart to realize that by this point Angel and his group of heroes had become a tight-knit family of their own - with a real family's dysfunction, love, and pain.

However, Season 3… Read more

Shiny and Effulgent, Aug 4 2003

This show. O, this show.

I didn't want to like Firefly - it was premiering at a time when I felt that Joss Whedon's energies should be directed towards his other shows. But by the third episode I realized I was full-on in Love when Capt. Mal Reynolds told a fellow outlaw, "Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle."

Firefly is about nine people trying to keep out of reach from the civilization they left behind and the barbarism that lurks in the distance. The Captain and First Mate are veterans from the losing side of a recent civil war. The ship's Doctor sacrificed his career to rescue his sister from a government which tore apart her (possibly… Read more