#mark blucas

[oncemorewithqueering]

in defense of riley finn

now I’ve got your attention what do y’all think of bangs

[becomingbuffypodcast]

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, “Out of My Mind” has several parallels to season 4’s “Doomed,” as both compare Buffy, Riley, and Spike through the themes of fear and purposelessness. Not only was “Doomed” the first episode that Mark Blucas was added to the credits, officially making Riley a main character, but it was also the episode that Buffy and Riley’s relationship began. “Doomed” showed Buffy going back to high school to face her fears of being vulnerable again in a relationship, while “Out of My Mind” shows Riley admitting to Buffy in the Initiative caves that “loving her is the scariest thing he’s ever had to do.”

“Doomed” showed Riley to be confident in his mission and sense of self, boldly calling Buffy selfish and stupid for letting fear paralyze her into stagnation, while “Out of My Mind” reveals a fully integrated and fulfilled Buffy, with Riley being the one frozen by lack of purpose.

And then there’s Spike. “Doomed” has him at his lowest as he is caught in stasis--unable to sate his bloodlust through drink or fight. While it’s easy to focus on his discovery that he can attack and kill other demons with a chip, it’s important to remember that this is also the episode where Spike begins to use his words to wound and separate the Scoobies. This again proves that the chip is not changing his nature, merely redirecting it.

In “Out of My Mind,” Spike’s continued inability to drink blood or enact violence on humans has led to a similar state of meaningless as Riley. Buffy’s thwarting of his chip removal is the last straw, as his frustration drives him into finding meaning in a new outlet—Buffy.

[girlcockholmes]

mark blucas fuck offffffff

[sunnydalescoobiies]

THE SCOOBIES AND FOES !!

BUFFY SUMMERS.      /     twenty-four.     she/hers.      bisexual.       sarah michelle gellar.

FAITH LEHANE.      /     twenty-four.     she/hers.      bisexual.       eliza dushku.

TARA MACLAY.      /     twenty-four.     she/hers.      lesbian.       amber benson.

WILLOW ROSENBERG.      /     twenty-four.     she/hers.      lesbian.       alyson hannigan.

XANDER HARRIS.      /     twenty-four.     he/his.      heterosexual.       nichloas brendon.

RUPERT GILES.      /     fifty-nine.     he/his.      heterosexual.       anthony stewart head.

SPIKE.      /     one hundred fifty plus.     he/his.      bisexual.      james marsters.

DAWN SUMMERS.      /     eighteen.     she/hers.      bisexual.       michelle trachtenberg.

ANYA JENKINS.      /     thousands.     she/hers.      bisexual.       emma caufield.

DANIEL OSBOURNE.      /     twenty-six.     he/his.      pansexual.       seth green.

ROBIN WOOD.      /     thirty-four.     he/his.      heterosexual.       d.b. woodside.

JOYCE SUMMERS.      /     fifty-two.     she/hers.      heterosexual.       kristine sutherland.

BUFFY BOT.      /     not available.     she/hers.      spikesexual.       sarah michelle gellar.

THE MASTER.      /     unknown.     he/his.      asexual/aromantic.       mark mettcalff.

GLORY.      /     unknown.     she/hers.      bisexual.       clare kramer.

RILEY FINN.      /     twenty-nine.     he/his.      heterosexual.       marc blucas.

JENNY CALENDAR.      /     thirty-six.     she/hers.      heterosexual.       robia lamorte.

ORIGINAL CHARACTERS !!

JOAN SUMMERS. /     twenty-two.     she/hers.      heterosexual.       ashley benson.

LOCHLAN SUMMERS. /     eternally eighteen.     he/his.      heterosexual.       hunter parrish.

ZOEY SUMMERS. /     twenty-one.     she/hers.      heterosexual.       dianna agron.

ALEXIS 'LEXI' AUGUSTINE. /     twenty-five.     she/hers.      heterosexual.       lyndsy fonseca.

SAMANTHA 'SAMMY' MCDOWELL. /     twenty-one.     she/hers.      bisexual.       victoria justice.

MORGAN RUSH. /     twenty-six.     she/hers.      lesbian.       alycia debnam-carey.

JORDAN ROBINSON. /     thirty.     she/hers.      heterosexual.       lauren german.

DESTINY MCMILLAN. /     twenty-four.     she/hers.      bisexual.       nina dobrev.

[jimsmovieworld]

THEY- 2002 ⭐️⭐️

Also known as Wes Craven presents They, (although he was just an executive producer and had little to do with the damn thing).

Its about a broad an alien speices who mark their favourite kids on earth and come back for them as adults....

Good 2000s vibes and enjoyed seeing Marc Blucas and Jon Abrahams.

The first twenty minutes was pretty good but film loses a lot of steam fast.

[imyourwillgraham]

It’s got Mark Blucas in it? Riley from Buffy was the worst.

Ok. I’m doing it. The Jane Austen Book club. Live watch review.

So far. Cheesy music montage opening.

Oh shit a funeral.

[avrelia]

Into Every Generation a Slayer is Born

I finished the book Into Every Generation a Slayer is Born by Evan Ross Katz. A month ago, and I did a twitter thread review of it, since a lot of my Buffy friends are over there and not here, and now I collected it all here for myself and people of DW. :)

It is an easy read that covered a lot of ground fast but not particularly deep. I got in for the new interviews with the cast and crew, and the interviews were delivered. I could do without opinions on quality of the last seasons and continuous sniping at Marty Noxon, but well… The time for the perfect book shall come one day.

1) Best new tidbit of information: Antony Stewart Head played Giles as a mix of Prince Charles and Alan Rickman’s Sheriff of Nottingham. This already is worth the price of the book.

2) Best duh moment – Cynthia Erivo telling her understanding of Anya reflecting an experience of an immigrant. The most surprising part was why didn’t I pick up on it before, as I was watching and connecting with Anya twenty years ago.

3) the best interview was with SMG. The author is her biggest fan, and she comes off really great there. Of course she is also frank, respectful, sweet and supportive of all the people she worked with, and very appreciative and proud of Buffy’s legacy.

4) the weirdest interview was with Nicholas Brendon. It is understandable, given his unhappy trajectory over the years. And I was glad to read his warm words about CC and SMG, but I also didn’t really care about his latest feud with DB. Overall, it was really sad to read, the whole story of NB, but it definitely added to the whole perspective.

5) the most emotional interview turned out to be with Cynthia Bergstorm, the costume designer for seasons 2-6. Reading her account on the atmosphere on set before she left I almost cried. No, not tears of joy. More like tears of anger

6) the most notable interviews we didn’t get were with AH and Michele Trachtenberg, as they were planned then canceled after February 2021, following the newest wave of conversation about Joss. I understand their reluctance to discuss it at the time.

7) Out of the writers we saw Doug Petrie, Jane Espenson and Drew Z. Greenberg. Marty Noxon didn’t answer the requests and for some reason the author was really mean about it several times and it was really annoying to read.

I was quite happy to see also interviews with Amber Benson, Emma Caulfield, CC, Julie Benz, Mark Blucas, Danny Strong, Seth Green, Tom Lenk, JM, ASH, Bianca Lawson, . Am I forgetting anyone of the cast?

There were no any profound revelations, after all I’ve been a fan for twenty years (soon – yay!) and generally had an idea how it came to be, but the picture became clearer and more detailed. From the history, to the process, and the behind the scene stuff

The interviewees rarely got into any details, and never shared anything lurid or scandalous, but I got the following picture: it started with them being very young and mostly inexperienced. JW was a writer, but had no idea how to run a tv show or direct episodes. And if he successfully managed to do later, the former proved to be problematic.

One of the details everybody talks about is their insane working hours: an average workday during the filming season was 18-20 hours, which is genuinely crazy even if you don’t take into account all the makeup, fight rehearsals, and expected precision in delivering dialogue.

The Beloved Buffy-speak is literally Joss speak. Joss speaks more or less like this and all his characters speak like this, and all his writers write like this and if not he changed the lines to be more like this and the actors had to say lines precisely, re-doing the takes until they manage.

They started a one small happy family, then as the show’s popularity grew, as they had more money, fame and pressure, they become “middle school with more money” according to Mark Blucas, then really, really tired group by the end of the series.

The blame for growing toxic atmosphere on set all the interviewee put on being young, overworked and “someone” on top constantly stirring s*** up and pitting the actresses against each other. (some interviews were done before Feb.2021 and the latest round of allegations)

This story, told by Emma Caulfield is very representative. I'll just add it all here

Mark Blucas, btw, gave a very sweet interview, where he several times apologized for having caused problems for cast and crew due to be totally new to acting and having no clue what he was doing and, of course, praised SMG for being very patient and very helpful

I need to finish the write-up, I guess. So, a month after finishing the book I have to say that it was a fun read, fast, not very engaging. It confirmed what I, as an old fan new or guessed, or explained details that made me go “Duh!” - of course, they were young, mostly inexperienced and over-tired.

Of course, JW was messing up. I mean, I wasn’t even very deep into details, but I always knew that the cast was divided into “favorites” and “not favorites”. I didn’t really think that it was an intentional division, that JW created and exploited, but apparently it was. Oh, well. I was happy to know that the actresses mostly reconciled by now.

And the most pleasant part of the book was SMG – both her own interview with an author, and what everyone said about her. I remember, in my early days in the fandom there was a strong anti-SMG streak, where by calling her “professional” people meant she was cold, unfeeling and un-fun.

Whereas it actually meant she cared about cast and crew and doing her job without wasting everyone’s time (remember those crazy hours!) and without creating extra problems for her colleges. She helped her cast-mates, she helped the crew, she worked a lot, she wasn’t always right, but who was?

So, anyway. That was not a definitive book by all means, but an ok one. There are more books to be written, about Buffy, and the fandom, and all the ways it is still changing our lives. I personally want more books on Buffy fandom.

[hallmark-movie-fanatics]

[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have They 2002

[the-gotham-hyperion]

Huge Buffy intake at Wales Comic-con next week -  Anthony Head, Juliet Landau, Marc Blucas, and Clare Kramer will be there 

[buffysummers]

Yeah! So pretty much the same setup, Rory is the slayer but we've still got that Glimore Girls tone. Lorelai wants desperately to be supportive, but she's out of her depth. Max is her watcher, maybe? Mom dating your watcher- wow nightmare! Trying to get through Friday night dinner with vamps attacking the house and not let the grandparents cotton onto what's happening. (Cont)

Paris finds out, but she's more annoyed that this chosen one thing could offset their contest to get into Harvard. Dean could be a commando, (was I the only one who just saw Jared Padelecki when they looked at Mark Blucas?) Jess, vamp and they give him a soul because god poor Luke. Liz, your son was a Vampire and you didn't even notice?!

I combined the asks, I hope that's ok! I love that you chose Max as Rory's Watcher bc I think he definitely has a Giles vibe, whereas Luke doesn't. I love this!!!

[kwebtv]

Dietland  -  AMC  -   June 4, 2018 - July 30, 2018

Dark Comedy (10 episodes)

Running Time:  60 minutes

Stars:

Joy Nash as Alicia "Plum" Kettle

Tamara Tunie as Julia Smith

Robin Weigert as Verena Baptist

Rowena King as Cheryl Crane-Murphy

Adam Rothenberg as Dominic O'Shea

Erin Darke as Leeta Albridge

Ricardo Davila as Eladio

Tramell Tillman as Steven

Will Seefried as Ben

Julianna Margulies as Kitty Montgomery

Recurring

Melissa Navia as Moana

Debra Monk as Mrs Kettle

Dariush Kashani as Clive

Alanna Ubach as Marlowe Buchanan

Ami Sheth as Sana

Campbell Scott as Stanley Austen

Jen Ponton as Rubi

Kelly Hu as Abra Austen

Marc Blucas as Bobby

Mark Tallman as Jake

Mya Taylor as Barbara

Colby Minifie as Jasmine

Laura Darrell as Anna

Karen Eilbacher as Jillian

[sightofsea]

oh mark blucas...why are you eventually in every program i watch

[templeofshame]

... i feel like kristin just stopped pointing out all riley’s patronizing condescending bs at some point and buffering forgot that the arguments against riley aren’t just that he’s boring? like, we def talked about how his “nice guy” patriarchy is still patriarchy, and i don’t expect them to bring it up with mark blucas, but still, it seems like they’ve gotten really dismissive of objections that they voiced and supported in the beginning

[tvmoviechristmas]

Holiday for Heroes (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, 2019)

Fill the barn with Christmas the way it’s supposed to be.

Starring: Melissa Claire Egan, Mark Blucas, Patti Murin, Latarsha Rose

Plot Synopsis: Audrey and First Sergeant Matt have been writing each other since last Christmas, when her brother Devin shared some fresh roasted coffee from the care package she’d sent. When Matt unexpectedly shows up in her small-town coffee shop, Audrey is delighted to see him. Soon, Matt helps Audrey with the annual Holiday for Heroes event, which honors local service members. As they work to save this important event from being cancelled, will the spirit of the season bring Matt and Audrey’s love beyond their letters? (x)

In My Humble Opinion: Every weekday morning I get up and go to work, even though I do not want to. Every month, I pay my rent and my car payments and my electricity bill, even though I do not want to. Every year II renew my car insurance and pay my taxes, even though I do not want to. And every Christmas movie season I watch the annual Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ tributes to our troops, even though I do not want to.

They are apparent necessities I must get through in order to main a livable life and run a fairly decent made-for-TV Christmas movie blog. It doesn’t bring me much joy, but I get through it. I’m an adult after all, I can’t enjoy everything.

Holiday for Heroes is fine. Melissa Claire Egan is an affable enough lead and Mark Blucas loves doing these Veteran’s Day holiday movies. It celebrates the troops and the people who love to celebrate the troops and is very conservative and nothing that happened in the movie was fun enough to get me over my resistance to embrace these kind of movies. It is what it is.

I am sure there are people who adore these movies and look forward to them every year. I am sure they got such joy in watching a chaste romance between a “hero” and the lady who writes him letters about past war heroes. These people are not me. It is fine.

I will not have to deal with this again until 2020.

Watch If: You were a snowglobe kinda girl, if your coffee is an international success, or if you only date people who do the robot in public.

Skip If: You do not have a planning mode, if you wouldn’t want to be compared to Robert the Bruce, or if you do not want to live in the “What I Haves”.

Final Rating: ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆

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[pilotseason2018]

Mar 9 Casting News

updated Mar 20 to add: LYNDON SMITH, Dead Inside

updated Mar 15 to add: DEREK RICHARDSON, How May We Hate You

updated Mar 15 to add: STEPHANIE STYLES, Three Rivers Southern Hospitality

MARK BLUCAS, The Fix

MARCUS COLOMA, False Profits

JUAN JAVIER CARDENAS, Get Christie Love

ERIC BALFOUR, DORIAN MISSICK, ADRIAN BELLANI, and ZOE ROBINS, The Finest (aka The Holmes Sisters)

KELLI GARNER, The Enemy Within

LINCOLN YOUNES, Grand Hotel

LIAM GARRIGAN, The End of the World as We Know It

ERICA CERRA, Dead Inside

CHRISTINE WOODS, Daddy Issues

BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL and SHERYL LEE RALPH, Fam

NICOLE PARKER, Friends-In-Law

JAMES BUCKLEY, I Feel Bad. Every Day. About Everything

LESLI MARGHERITA, Most Likely To

JEREMY SISTO, F.B.I.

WOLÉ PARKS and CHLOE WEPPER, For Love