Monthly Archives: January 2007

“Always leave them wanting more, kiddo. That’s the rule” — AS4×6 Spin The Bottle

By terje | Published: January 30, 2007
At first I thought this episode was just fun, fun, fun. And granted, most of the time it was, what with all the sitar, and the mushroom tripping, the adolescence jokes, Angel’s antics, and everything else. (Liam: The English had it coming, I’m rooting for the slave.) But at the same time, this is the first [...]
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“You know what they say about payback? Well, I’m the bitch!” — AS4×5 Super Symmetry

By terje | Published: January 29, 2007
Now this was a killer episode. Which, when I think of it, might actually falsify David Fury’s statement about “The House Always Wins” being the only stand-alone of the season, because I would certainly categorise this as a stand-alone. At least plot wise, that is, as the (main) story line does very little to progress [...]
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A Very Long Nonsense

By terje | Published: January 29, 2007
Now, don’t misunderstand me: When I say “A Very Long Nonsense” I’m not talking about the film I saw yesterday, “A Very Long Engagement“, but rather the war during and after which the film’s story takes place. Which is obviously WWI. But this isn’t a war movie. Sure, the war’s presence adds something of an “All [...]
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Pence & Senility

By terje | Published: January 29, 2007
I read Jane Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility” last week, and so I thought I’d watch the 1995 film adaption of it again, as I hadnt’ seen it in three years or so, and was curious about how it was in relation to the book. It was good. Not exceptional, or anything, but good. Amongst other things, [...]
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Okay, I realise now that I might have been kinda exaggerating about the relative greatness of VM2×22 — BS7×22 Chosen

By terje | Published: January 26, 2007
Sigh. In my last post, I claimed that VM2×22 could rival BS5×22 and stuff like that in level of awesomity. Obviously, I forgot just how much I love BS7×22. Because this episode is filled with all that good stuff I adore. There’s that scene in the high school hallway when the Scoobies talk about what they [...]
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VM2×22

By terje | Published: January 26, 2007
That has got to be the most traumatic season finale I’ve ever seen. This one is a dangerous rival to BS5 and AS5, and I doubt I’ll get much sleep in the three hours remaining before I have class. Damn, I gotta start downloading season 3 soon.
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Couple o’ updates more

By terje | Published: January 23, 2007
1. I just wrote a new page, entitled “Buffysodes”, on which I’ve put links to all my quasi reviews of Buffysodes. In time, it might be renamed to just “’sodes” or something, and have links to more reviews, but for now this is all there is. It’s primarily written as a service to my sister, [...]
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Catch Me If You Ain’t Busy Peeling Labels Off Of Bottles

By terje | Published: January 22, 2007
“Catch Me If You Can” was aired on Norwegian television tonight, and seeing as I’ve wanted to see it for a while, I sat down to watch it. Also, the trailer looked good. And it was. The story was splendidly built and told, the chemistry between Abagnale and Hanratty was awesome, and the filming and the [...]
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Confusoworld

By terje | Published: January 22, 2007
I’ve been a little lax on the movie-reviewing the last week; I watched “Underworld” nine or ten days ago, and I still haven’t gotten around to reviewing it. And now I’m making amends, or whatever. “Underworld” was surprisingly good. I pressed play expecting sheep for the slaughter, but got a live leopard into my slaughterhouse instead. [...]
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Couple o’ updates

By terje | Published: January 19, 2007
Two things: (Actually, three things, after my update.) First of all, I added a new blog to my blogroll. It’s yet another Natse Corma blog, written by someone who calls herself “Eple” (aka. Apple; I wonder if Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow’s daughter have grown up and learned Norwegian ). There’s not many posts [...]
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