Once upon a time...

The Maven of the Eventide (aka Elisa from Team Nostalgia Chick) posted her review for the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" movie at TGWTG.com.

This is a mini-review of SYFY's airing on the rejected pilot for "Three Inches." I'll probably make an extended review of this for my nerdly blog later, but some thoughts...

My two cents/sense: This was a decent show. At a normal hour length, this would probably be a sit-down-with-a-bowl-of-popcorn show that you look forward to every week. The characters were all likable and identifiable, but not necessarily falling into tropes or stereotypes. When I first read the description of the Human Smell, I have to say that the little actor that they picked to play him was not at all what I was expecting (the boy is downright adorable). The supporting cast were able to put a lot of depth and realism with their characters without a lot of screentime apiece.

( Cut for spoilers. )

With shows like the Big Bang Theory so popular, I could see Three Inches being viable, but you know what? Three Inches is too watchable of a show to be on SYFY; it's almost too good for SYFY, especially with the video quality being so bright and crisp. This show belongs on a network like USA (after all, their shows are character-reliant and -driven; they don't make their shows so that the rest of the world can mock them for poor special effects and dredging up has-been mall divas to "act" in their upteenth sequel to Crocoshark or whatever).

This is me being serious with a review. This is in no means a meta for the entire run of Season Eight, but God knows it is probably coming, and my fingers are already sore thinking about it.

There are positive points to this review and negative ones as with all reviews.

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This isn't my full review. I don't know if I'm capable of reviewing the issue with any kind of fervor, but these are just my preliminary thoughts on the matter.

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My review for Spike #2 is up at idw_spike. WARNING: There be SPOILERS!

Ah, it's late as per usual, but I just didn't have that much to say about this one 'cause it was boring as paint, like even the badness of it was dull and ho-hum, but I'll try to give some coherent thoughts.

You know how people like to try to sync up old movies to the Eagles' "Hotel California" to see if anything of significance clicks? That's how I feel every time I try to make sense of Season Eight. It's the Wizard of Oz; it's Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?; it's To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything- Julie Newmar... except that it's not. I'm fairly certain I could wank Season Eight into Hedwig and the Angry Inch, but that would require effort and I've promised all my effort into IDW's Spike series for better or for worse (not that anything could reach the level of "worse" that S8 has).

( A Little Less 'Sixteen Candles' and a Little More 'Back to the Future.' )

This is very late, but here it is... in all its rage-filled glory. Word of warning to those that adored this issue- I didn't, and I make no bones about showing my displeasure in great detail. If I could grade this issue lower than an "F" I would. Wait, I can. I give this issue an "H" for haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate as well as head-desk. I also warn you because I am filled with PMS cramps, a horrible staph infection in my arms which makes it painful to type, and I got no sleep last night because I watched too many Friday the 13th movies on AMC. Today I am made of pure bitch... and I kinda like it.

( Don't say ye weren't warned. )

I posted my review for Spike #1: Alone Together Now on idw_spike. SPOILERS AHEAD.

When we last left our bulging heroes, Spike was oogling Eddie's bare ass after discovering a blood-draining factory and gettin' it blowed up real' good. Tansy Fry and idiotic her pop culture cohorts have cooked up a way to create a bunch of small Hellmouths and are selling the use of them to the highest bidder. She had just opened up her first one to allow a disco diva demon to come through with a demon on a leash like Lord Sebassis. Oh, joy.

Warning: This may contain spoilers for the main Angel series, and it also has strong language, sarcasm, and ranting.

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I actually went back and read #35 because going into this issue it felt like two separate worlds. I mean, most of Season Eight hasn't made much sense, but this is just... huh. So here I go, writing a review, being absolutely honest and not holding anything back, reviewing as I summarize. I wasn't going to do this but someone dared me to a magical challenge. *glomps at ubi4soft*

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