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And you thought Trekkies took themselves too seriously....

POSTED BY: ZICSOFT
UPDATED: Friday, September 27, 2002 05:13
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Wednesday, September 25, 2002 1:59 PM

ZICSOFT


We've already seen Buffy used as a model for dealing with biological terrorism. There's an online Journal of Buffy Studies. There's been one academic conference (Blood, Text, and Fears: Reading around Buffy the Vampire Slayer), which had to be extended because of the number of papers submitted. More conferences are planned.

Now James South, who teaches Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy at Marquette University, plans to publish "Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy: Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale."

I'd say, "Hey, it's just a TV show!" But who'd listen?

http://www.jsonline.com/news/Metro/sep02/82370.asp
http://www.uea.ac.uk/~r036/buffy_conference.htm
http://www.slayage.tv/
http://www.csis.org/burke/hd/reports/Buffy012902.pdf


JOSH, WHERE'S MY CHECK???!!!

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Wednesday, September 25, 2002 5:06 PM

LIVINGIMPAIRED


Wow. I would KILL to go to that conference!

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Thursday, September 26, 2002 4:07 AM

ZICSOFT


So you enjoy listening to people read papers with titles like "Pathologizing Marginality: Sickness, Limnality, and Otherness in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel"? Well, I guess it beats studying Klingon!



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Thursday, September 26, 2002 5:39 AM

LIVINGIMPAIRED


I'm an English geek. Sue me.

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Thursday, September 26, 2002 6:38 AM

ZICSOFT


For this one, I think you need to be a semiotics geek. Whatever.

Now this guy draws parallels between the Watchers Council and the UN!

http://washingtontimes.com/commentary/commentary-200292515436.htm

Personally, I think Buffy represents the Open Source movment, and the watchers represent Microsoft.

JOSH, WHERE'S MY CHECK???!!!

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Thursday, September 26, 2002 7:39 AM

HJERMSTED


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Now this guy draws parallels between the Watchers Council and the UN!

http://washingtontimes.com/commentary/commentary-200292515436.htm

Personally, I think Buffy represents the Open Source movment, and the watchers represent Microsoft.



Interesting article. Very convenient for the new era of war mongering taking place in the U.S. now. But let's not forget this all started because other people on this small planet think the U.S. are the vampires.

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Thursday, September 26, 2002 9:01 AM

ZICSOFT


Quote:

Originally posted by Hjermsted:


Interesting article. Very convenient for the new era of war mongering taking place in the U.S. now. But let's not forget this all started because other people on this small planet think the U.S. are the vampires.

Hmm. Do you suppose Saddam is a Buffy fan?

I'm reminded of my favorite pro-terrorist file, "International Guerillas". Some intrepid guys vow to take out the notorious blasphemer, Israeli agent, and pedophile, Salman Rushdie. They infiltrate his secret headquarters, but are captured by Rushdie's Zionist minions. Fortunately, Allah smiles upon the IGs (or at least overlooks their ineptitude) and smites Rushdie with a bolt of lightening just as he's about to execute them.

This film was banned in the UK, and was only shown after Rushdie himself intervened. But by taking it off the blacklist, Rushdie also destroyed any interest in the film, and nobody went to see it. I guess that proves he really is a Zionist agent!

JOSH, WHERE'S MY CHECK???!!!

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Thursday, September 26, 2002 10:12 AM

LIVINGIMPAIRED


Look, both of you are way off. The conflict between Buffy and the Council clearly is supposed to represent the triumph of feminism over male chauvinism. Duh!

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Thursday, September 26, 2002 10:27 AM

ZICSOFT


Quote:

Originally posted by LivingImpaired:
Look, both of you are way off. The conflict between Buffy and the Council clearly is supposed to represent the triumph of feminism over male chauvinism. Duh!

Hey, you got that from Joss Whedon's senior thesis! That's cheating!

JOSs, WHERE'S MY CHECK???!!!

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Thursday, September 26, 2002 5:02 PM

KALIMAC


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Well, I guess it beats studying Klingon!



qaHoHnIS, toDSaH!

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Friday, September 27, 2002 5:13 AM

TIGERLILY009


Hey-but wasn't the whole point...how not to do things.Didn't he say Buffy was a manual in screwing up...what not to do??Ah well..like they couldn't figure that out.

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