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Why Buffy resounds more than ever, 20 years after its debut

March 10, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

Whedon’s attention to identity-politically and culturally-keeps the show fresh long after it has been dated

Filed Under: Featured, TV Tagged With: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Buffy Turns 20, Identity

Great Moments in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Evil Angel screws Buffy (over)

March 7, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

It’s been 20 years since BTVS aired. Here’s one moment, remembered.

Filed Under: Featured, TV Tagged With: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

5 Characters you love on TV that would be the BEST in real life

September 22, 2025 by Christopher ZF 3 Comments

We’d totally be friends in real life.

Filed Under: Featured, TV Tagged With: Battlestar Galactica, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Happy Endings, How I Met Your Mother, Television, TV

Joss Whedon isn’t going to direct more Avengers films and that’s great news

January 26, 2025 by Christopher ZF 1 Comment

Whedon has been great for Marvel, but the time has come to get back to Whedon’s own worlds.

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Joss Whedon, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe

The 10 Best Halloween TV Episodes on Netflix Instant Right Now

October 24, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

The funniest and scariest Halloween TV streaming

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: 30 Rock, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Frasier, Friends, Futurama, Halloween, Netflix, Supernatural, The Office, The X-Files, TV, Twilight Zone

On behalf of Buffy, Giles gets knocked down. A lot.

September 12, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

But he gets up again. Repeat.

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: Buffy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Giles

Unhappy Endings: What should we do with these bad finales?

April 2, 2025 by Christopher ZF 6 Comments

After the disappointing finales of How I Met Your Mother and True Detective, it’s time for writers to think about their contract with viewers.

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Finales, How I Met Your Mother, LOST, True Detective, TV

Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the Despair of Young Men with Guns

February 21, 2025 by Christopher ZF 4 Comments

Ruminating on gun violence and despair in Buffy the Vampires Slayer

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: Buffy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Joss Whedon, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Television, Violence

Serenity: Leaves on the Wind #1 out tomorrow

January 28, 2025 by Christopher ZF 1 Comment

It’s the long-awaited return of the beloved crew of the Firefly Class Serenity, 9 years after the film.

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: Buffy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Firefly, Joss Whedon, Leaves on the Wind, Serenity

Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s 10 best episodes 10 years later

September 26, 2025 by Christopher ZF 11 Comments

The Stake selects the top 10 episodes of the greatest superhero TV show ever made.

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: Buffy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Joss Whedon, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Television, TV, Willow, Xander

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