the aughts

When I say the name “Joss Whedon,” the faithful say “Amen!” But the rest of the world says, “Who?” Joss Whedon, the creator of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (the film and the series), “Angel,” “Firefly,” “Serenity” (the movie based on “Firefly”), and the most-recently-cancelled “Dollhouse,” is not the household name he should be. But his [...]

The “Horrible Emmys” puns will be beaten to death before the night is through, but even before the broadcast begins tonight on CBS it’s a pretty good bet what the high point of this weekend’s obligatory awards show will be.  Yesterday, Entertainment Weekly’s Michael Ausiello breathlessly reported on EW.com that “Sources confirm…exclusively that host Neil [...]

Like vampire or zombie bites, geekdom is infectious. But this year it really seems like something has changed. Everyone seems to be talking about Comic-Con. With an entertainment industry that is interested in sequels, franchises and the already-proven value of any new investment in an entertainment property, Comic-Con has become the center of both the entertainment-industrial complex as well as the countless fan-universes that each franchise has created.