So, several of you have already gotten this rant via email, but yet, my rage is still not exhausted.

Yes, I finally caught up on the comics.

( Fuck you, Joss. I'm never paying to see The Avengers now. )

Posting for the first time in ages, because....Smidge!

CBS Picks Up Drama Pilot Starring Sarah Michelle Gellar

Sarah Michelle Gellar is returning to broadcast series TV with a pilot at CBS. In its first drama pilot pickup this season, CBS has greenlighted Ringer, which is toplined by the former Buffy the Vampire Slayer star. The project hails from ABC Studios, CBS TV Studios and Brillstein Entertainment Partners. UPDATE: The pickup of Ringer was followed by another drama pilot order by CBS to an untitled supernatural medical drama from writer Susannah Grant.

Ringer, written on spec by Supernatural writer-producers Eric Charmelo & Nicole Snyder, centers on a troubled young woman (Gellar) who, while on the run from the mob, hides out by inhabiting the life of her wealthy twin sister, until she learns that her twin’s life has a bounty on it as well. Brillstein's Peter Traugott is executive producing, with Gellar, Charmelo and Snyder co-executive producing. Geller, repped by ICM and Brillstein's Joanne Colonna, has been heavily pursued by the broadcast networks since the end of Buffy in 2003. Her only TV gig since then had been the HBO pilot The Wonderful Maladys. Charmelo and Snyder, who are story editors on Supernatural, are with UTA and the Shuman Co.

Okay, yes, the plot sounds like something that could go very wrong, but I think if they handle it with some humor, it could be super fun. And SMG getting to play to BOTH her strengths? A troubled young woman AND a wealthy (probably super bitchy) diva? OMG, I'm so excited! I'm even excited for the resurgence of the Smidge hate by Buffy fandom (I'm sure this will fade quickly).

Same Time, Same Place is way better than I remember. Anya is gold throughout. The Spike/Buffy/Xander vs. Spike/Willow dual convo works so well. I pretty much can't stand crazy Spike, but this is one of the few instances I think he was written well. And gnarl is seriously stomach-turning creepy and gross.

Might have spoken too soon...paralyzed Willow's whimpery "They didn't leave me?" is annoying as crap. Trachtenberg pwns the paralyzed acting.

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Fond memories of fandom arguments past:

-Buffy saying Spike smells ripe

-Buffy daring to stake the old lady vamp as soon as she woke up...I mean, geez, what if after a hundred years of killing people, some gypsies cursed her with a soul or a government agency inserted a chip that rendered her incapable of harming any living thing? Bitch.

Man, Help is still super lame and preachy. And yet they still put School Counselor Buffy in this outfit.



Wow. Seriously. This episode is REALLY, REALLY bad. I think I may have to rethink my Worst Episode Ever rankings. Buffy is AWFUL. The writing is overwrought and laughable. Thus far, WILLOW has been the high point for me. ME. Think about that.

I am currently watching Buffy Season 7. For the first time since 2003.

So far...Smidge is fucking gorgeous and I still want all of her clothes. MT still looks like an alien. It's kind of startling how much better the production values are in the latter episodes (I watched Becoming I/II last night). And everything Principal Wood says comes off as so unbearably condescending now knowing that he knows.

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I really do love Adam Busch as an actor. I think he may be my favorite part of the Big Bad morph.

Heh. Joss' commentary "How did anyone not realize this was the last season after that?"

"And of course, the talisman fixes everything. Because that's not the interesting part of the episode. The interesting part is that Spike tells her about the talisman and she lies to everyone about it. Back to her lying, deceiving ways." Yes, I'm totally counting that as a shippery comment. Heee.

I had totally forgotten about the Sydney Bristow rip-off potential in Beneath You. Heee.

I can't tell if these Willow in England scenes are dull as hell or if I'm just incapable of being interested in Willow at this point.

I thought I was over it, I did. I thought I'd never care. But...

@marcmalkin: it's official! buffy the vampire movie reboot being developed at warner bros.

*bursts into tears*

More details...

Atlas Entertainment announced today it is rebooting the beloved franchise, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, with Warner Bros. Pictures. Atlas' Charles Roven and Steve Alexander will produce the feature film alongside Doug Davison and Roy Lee of Vertigo Entertainment (The Ring, How to Train Your Dragon, The Departed). Whit Anderson is writing the script. Warner Bros. Pictures optioned the rights from creators Fran and Kaz Kuzui, and from Sandollar Productions (Sandy Gallin and Dolly Parton), for Atlas and Vertigo to produce.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer first appeared as a film in 1992, subsequently becoming a cult hit and spawning the wildly popular television series starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and David Boreanaz, among many others.

"Whit approached us with an exciting idea about how to update Buffy," said Roven. "There is an active fan base eagerly awaiting this character's return to the big screen. We're thrilled to team up with Doug and Roy on a re-imagining of Buffy and the world she inhabits. Details of the film are being kept under wraps, but I can say while this is not your high school Buffy, she'll be just as witty, tough, and sexy as we all remember her to be."

I gag.
 
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I am an incredibly sensitive and serious person who believes in treating celebrities as people and not little puppets put on earth for the sole purpose of amusing me.

I think we all know what the next step is.

I don't want to brag, but I just hit a pretty significant weight-loss milestone. I officially weigh less than my fake weight on my drivers license. Thank you. Thank you very much.

You know, sometimes I can imagine my flist being utterly baffled by my totally non-ironic RPattz love. Thinking, "Wow, she used to seem so sane." Which drives me to post things like this, just to show that I really don't feel I have a choice in this matter.

( I don't have any material desires at all. I wear the same clothes every single day. I don't buy anything. )

Oh boy. I don't know, you guys. I don't even know.

Katherine Heigl as Stephanie Plum?

I'm not a Heigl hater. I kind of like her really. I'm one who will even say that Knocked Up worked in large part because of her and her comedic chops and that she wasn't at all just the random girl in a Frat Pack movie. But I am having serious, serious problems picturing her as Plum.

I had a harder time picturing Reese Witherspoon though, back when this was going to be her project.

And really, I can't deny that I'm shallow enough to know that for me, this movie is going to live or die on Ranger and Morelli casting. I have no idea who I want for either role, but I do know who I DON'T want.

Just say no to Gerard Butler and The Rock, is all I'm saying.

As much as the majority of Man vs. Food challenges make my stomach clench in sympathy pains? I also have this delusional belief that I could TOTALLY take all the ice cream challenges. I have no idea where this arrogance comes from, but I'm always like, "I can't believe he's struggling to get down a 6-pound milkshake. Pffft."

In other food related news, while I am a baking obsessive, I have frosting...issues. It is my achilles heel. I'm never pleased. Too much like whipped butter, too sweet, too grainy, not chocolate-y enough, too chocolate-y. So I had a glee moment over these. It is the first chocolate frosting I have EVER been completely pleased with. So glossy and beautiful!