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Well, I won’t be making it to Comic-Con this year, but for those who will, it’s almost here! Watch out San Diego!

Anyhow, I understand well over 125,000 are expected this year. Awesome. But far more important, Joss Whedon, et al, are slated to play a major role in the festivities. Anybody want to get an exclusive video of Joss for me? Or give me an exclusive report? I’ll post it right here. I may even be able to pay you something.

But probably not. Money? For money?! What are you thinking? You should just do it in the spirit of fandom, y’know? It’s not like you or your kids need to buy more comics or anything, right?

Among various and sundry other events that include Whedon sometime associates (in one sense or another) like Georges Jeanty, Juliet Landau, Brian Lynch, Peter David, Morena Baccarin,  Jed and Zack Whedon, etc., a special screening of the Dollhouse never-before-seen episode Epitaph One is scheduled, followed by a Q&A with Joss Whedon and Eliza Dushku, as well as a Q&A session with Joss Whedon about his upcoming projects with Dark Horse Comics and a special signing event, Dark Horse Presents: Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog (a ticketed event; see Dark Horse for details).

Also scheduled, an audience participation screening of Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s musical episode Once More With Feeling is scheduled. It’s a major event. I understand the con will be closed with it. Whoa.

So . . . this is truly the age of Joss, but we all already knew that, didn’t we?

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For anyone living on another planet (or too busy to keep up with what’s new on the net), the first three seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer can now be viewed at hulu.com — or wait!, they can be viewed right here! See, I’m not plugging them. I’m not even a member. I don’t even know if there are any benefits to being a member. What was I just saying about living on another planet?

Nevermind.

Anyway, I only bring this up because I may (or I may not, but I hope to and sorta intend to) try to say something semi-intelligent about The Witch (Season 1, Episode 3) sometime soon, y’know, in a week or two or three. (And by the way, this is your chance to see Welcome to the Hellmouth and The Harvest, too, in the unlikely event you’ve landed on this site without having seen them.)

So . . . if you haven’t seen it in a while, or ever, and wanna prepare yourself for the above eventuality and watch it right here, you should be able to use the "integrated video player widget" below and scroll over to The Witch with a little patience (or, as of this writing, you can get there a lot faster by selecting "Most Popular" from the dropdown).

Or you can just go to hulu.com if you want. I’ll be hurt, but y’know, I’ll probably get over it.

Okay. That’s it.

Oh wait.

Words of wisdom from Cordelia Chase from The Witch episode:

"We have to achieve our dreams, Amy. Otherwise we wither and die."

 Really, Cordy? We can’t just wither and live?

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Read my post on why I made this remix via WIMN:

http://www.wimnonline.org/WIMNsVoicesBlog/?p=1272

In this re-imagined narrative, Edward Cullen from the Twilight Series meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It’s an example of transformative storytelling serving as a pro-feminist visual critique of Edward’s character and generally creepy behavior. Seen through Buffy’s eyes, some of the more sexist gender roles and patriarchal Hollywood themes embedded in the Twilight saga are exposed – in hilarious ways. Ultimately this remix is about more than a decisive showdown between the slayer and the sparkly vampire. It also doubles as a metaphor for the ongoing battle between two opposing visions of gender roles in the 21ist century.

• Frequently Asked Questions post about the remix, including why I intentionally left the color differences:

http://www.rebelliouspixels.com/2009/faq-on-buffy-vs-edward

• Download this remix for your ipod/iphone, cell phone or get a large take home version: http://www.rebelliouspixels.com

• Help by adding, editing and correcting subtitle translations into other languages on: http://www.dotSUB.com

• This transformative remix work constitutes a fair-use of any copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US copyright law. “Buffy vs Edward (Twilight Remixed)” by Jonathan McIntosh is licensed under a Creative Commons BY-NC-3.0 License – permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

• Learn about fair-use at the Center for Social Media: http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org
• Learn about fan based transformative works at the Organization for Transformative Works:

http://transformativeworks.org

• Though this is not a “vid” it is inspired by vidding. Learn about the long history of fannish vidding:

http://www.fanlore.org

• Since people are asking for the music snippets:
0:05 ‘Panic Attack’ – X-Ray Dog
0:39 ‘Clandestine Spirit’ – X-Ray Dog
1:45 ‘Play it by Ear’ – Summercamp
3:10 ‘Mercy of Darkness’ – Two Steps from [&]
3:39 ‘Power of One’ – X-Ray Dog (Twilight Trailer)
5:00 ‘Gothic Power’ – X-Ray Dog (LOTR Trailer)
5:35 ‘Eyes on Fire’ – Blue Foundation (Twilight Soundtrack)

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Jonathan McIntosh (Team Buffy)

http://www.rebelliouspixels.com

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