For those of you who don't know this yet, I am a BIG Buffy fan (stacks of dvd's, Anya figurines, comic books and posters all over my place can vouch for this) and so - alongside the WB, I have always had a soft spot for FOX: how can you not when it has given us such jewels as The Simpsons, Family Guy, Buffy, Angel, X-Files, House... the list goes on. 
And yet, if I've ever had an abusive relationship it's been that of me and FOX: canceling Drive? forcing Buffy to move to UPN? canceling Firefly after not even airing it in order? not giving us more seasons of Titus? (okay, maybe that last one is a bit on the melodramatic side).
So it comes as no surprise that those suits at FOX have decided to make one of the greatest attacks on the Buffyverse in years - maybe even greater than not offering that blond a network to thrive in: they have canceled all theatrical airings of their tv shows.
How does this affect Buffy fans you ask? Well, if you don't know you should get learned: Season Six not only offered us a sexy-vamp-slayer guilty-pleasure, a memory-loss writing ep-jewel and possibly one of Joss' best characters (read:Andrew), it also gave us Once More With Feeling, the musical episode. After it aired originally and since 2004 it has become somewhat of a cult hit amongst Buffy fans - it is a way to 'come together' (read: sociologically analyze) the people who share our own fandom: I myself have attended two showings (one in Vancouver and one in San Diego - yes I am THAT big of a fan!) and they were alot of fun.
I just wanted to post a rant on it: FOX - you may giveth, but lately, you are takingeth more away. Needless to say my letter to Rupert is already on its way.
And yet, if I've ever had an abusive relationship it's been that of me and FOX: canceling Drive? forcing Buffy to move to UPN? canceling Firefly after not even airing it in order? not giving us more seasons of Titus? (okay, maybe that last one is a bit on the melodramatic side).
So it comes as no surprise that those suits at FOX have decided to make one of the greatest attacks on the Buffyverse in years - maybe even greater than not offering that blond a network to thrive in: they have canceled all theatrical airings of their tv shows.
How does this affect Buffy fans you ask? Well, if you don't know you should get learned: Season Six not only offered us a sexy-vamp-slayer guilty-pleasure, a memory-loss writing ep-jewel and possibly one of Joss' best characters (read:Andrew), it also gave us Once More With Feeling, the musical episode. After it aired originally and since 2004 it has become somewhat of a cult hit amongst Buffy fans - it is a way to 'come together' (read: sociologically analyze) the people who share our own fandom: I myself have attended two showings (one in Vancouver and one in San Diego - yes I am THAT big of a fan!) and they were alot of fun.
I just wanted to post a rant on it: FOX - you may giveth, but lately, you are takingeth more away. Needless to say my letter to Rupert is already on its way.
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My little Grrr Arghh people are crying all over my TV over the news that there aren't going to be anymore of their little Brothers & Sisters to join them. How will I ever get to learn the Browncoat scene in Vancouver without these screenings????
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