Showing posts with label Joss Whedon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Joss Whedon. Show all posts
Friday, January 8, 2016

How Buffy Was Written

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Copyright 2016 by Gary Pullman In Dusted: The Unauthorized Guide to Buffythe Vampire Slayer , Buffy writer Jane Espenson explains ...
Thursday, January 2, 2014

"The Cabin in the Woods": A Review

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Okay, Joss Whedon ( Buffy , Angel , Firefly , Dollhouse ) is the producer, and the film, The Cabin in the Woods , was scheduled to op...
Thursday, March 22, 2012

How "Buffy" Was Written

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Copyright 2012 by Gary L. Pullman In The Watcher’s Guide, Volume 2 , the television series’ writer Jane Espenson explains the procedure ...
Friday, March 25, 2011

Noxon's Buffy the Vampire Stinkers

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Copyright 2011 by Gary L. Pullman There’s a lot right with Buffy the Vampire Slayer , but there’s a lot wrong with it, too, and crit...
Saturday, March 12, 2011

For a Writer, Too, Two (Or More) Heads Are Better Than One

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Copyright 2011 by Gary L. Pullman Dusted: The Unauthorized Guide to Buffy the Vampire Slayer by Lawrence E. Miles, Lars Pearson, an...
Thursday, September 23, 2010

Adolescent and Adult Themes

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman In any television series, a few (sometimes, many) episodes will be dedicated to establishing and de...
Sunday, August 22, 2010

The Ted Dilemma: Is Evil a Matter or Nature or Nurture, Determinism or Free Will?

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman Sometimes life is more horrible than horror fiction. In The Stranger Beside Me , Ann Rule demonst...
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Monday, August 2, 2010

Horror Comics

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman Not only Stephen King, but also Joss Whedon and many other writers of horror fiction cite horror comic b...
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Sunday, January 31, 2010

Quick Tip: For A Story To Be Suspenseful, It Is Necessary For Its Protagonist To Suffer

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman In a comedy , the main character ends up better off at the end of the story than he or she was at its begi...
Monday, January 18, 2010

To Be Is To Be Perceived (And To Be Perceived Is To Be)

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman In The Devil’s Dictionary , Ambrose Bierce defines “edible” as meaning “good to eat and wholesome to diges...
Thursday, January 7, 2010

Quick Tip: Irony and Its Uses in Horror Fiction

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman Since O. Henry (and before), writers have surprised readers by ending stories with surprises, or twists. T...
Friday, October 30, 2009

Comings and Goings: Encountering Danger and Destiny

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There are only two ways by which a protagonist may encounter an antagonist. Either the main character must go to the villain or the bad guy ...
Friday, May 1, 2009

Categories of Horror

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Copyright 2009 by Gary L. Pullman There are at least four distinctive categories of horror: the ominous, which features an unseen menace, su...