Riley got mentioned tonight! Wheeee...

I'm just sayin'. And, what, you're surprised at this?

I thought of you when I heard that, if that helps any.

"Oh, eej will be so happy!"

I so was. The more so because it was unexpected. They heard me yelp in Scotland.

Deaf blind monks in regions unknown heard Eej yelp.

But then again, I had a happy twiceover.

Well, yeah, but you're a dork.

Ahem. All about the love.

Is it not deeply sad that all it takes now is a mention of his name?

Lo, how the standards have lowered.

And when you see that the high point of your standards was Riley on the show, you see how far they had to fall.

Oh, wait... NOT!

Grrr. Riley set a very high standard. He surely did. He was all kind and life-savey and moral and smart and ethical.

(Edited by ejg25 at 11:43 pm on Oct. 16, 2001)

I liked him in the episode where he had Xander's electric pants...

I love Riley, too!  Ejg isn't the only one in her camp.

Yeah, but it's a really small camp. You all fit into one tent.

I like Marc Blucas.  I'm still ashamed.  He's all tall and muscular and totally not my type, but he's hot.  Riley love is still...not there.

Mmm...Marc Blucas.

How can anyone not love Riley?  I don't get it.  Well, I do, but still.

Well, I'd trade him for Spike in a heartbeat, if that helps.  Except that wouldn't be good for Riley, who really ought to be off getting his head together and having a happy life.  Poor guy.

I'd trade Spike for a rubber tree plant at this point.

You're right, though. I doubt Buffy as she is now would be good for him, or vice-versa... they seem universes apart.

The idea that nobody told Riley she was alive galls me. But then, of course, since he's deep in Apocalypse Now territory, nobody told him she was dead. More gall. But maybe it's better this way.

Oh, ejg, I thought you'd want to know: in the latest issue of Movieline (I know, it's crap but it's like 80 cents an issue when you subscribe!), Marc Blucas is on the back page.  They do a cute little When Celebrities Breed kind of feature and they figure MB looks like the lovechild of Mare Winningham and Michael York.  I can kind of see it but the best one on the page is Bjork as the child of Meg Tilly and the Campbell's Soup Kid.  

Mare Winningham?  MARE WINNINGHAM?

Oh, poor Marc.

Thanks, little a. Mare Winningham I definitely see -- although personally I always thought he was the love child of Lindsey Crouse and Lindsey Crouse -- but I don't really know what Michael York looks like.

It took me a minute to realize that I'm "little a".  I am "little a", right?

Anyway. Michael York was in Cabaret. Also, Austin Powers.  He was Austin's boss.  He's a big teutonic looking guy.  Sound familiar?

Dude.  They didn't invite her father to her funeral.  Something tells me Riley was nowhere near that phone tree.

Dude.  I totally didn't notice there was a second page.  Me=dumb.

(Edited by Ananda at 7:04 am on Oct. 19, 2001)

Yep, you're "little a." But only because I was feeling whimsical.

Michael York. Gotcha. And, yes, I can see it. Pained as I am to admit it, I think it's the nose. Which I'm not saying is large, mind you — just distinctive.

Well, he was near a tree. I just doubt it had a phone attached to it.

Her father was for different Dawn-related reasons that don't apply to Riley, though.  I think they'd have told him if they knew how to reach him.

Or if they'd remembered him. Him not being in the premiere previouslys is a sign almost as big as the Hollywood one where Blucas is off making movies. Sorry eej, but I think he's being rubbed out like Trotsky in those pictures of Lenin that Stalin had altered.

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(Edited by Veda at 5:43 pm on Oct. 21, 2001)

Heh. There really is something out there on the Internet for everyone, isn't there? Almost makes me want to use WinAmp.

Marc Blucas was on Clueless yesterday morning. I thought of you, ejg.

He was? And I missed it? Drat.

Who did he play? What was he like?

He wsa tall and studly.  Does anything outside of that count?

Hmm. He was the star basketball player, and was going to win the big championship for the school but only if he passed Humanities. Cher tutored him and he ended up quitting basketball because he hated it. He smiled a lot and had floppy hair and was cute and excited about art and stuff.

Cher tutored him?!  Wow, he must have been a thicko.

Hmm, sounds like fun. I don't suppose you captured this miracle on tape?

Yeah, he was a thicko, and no, I didn't tape it. Sorry love.

I liked Marc in Pleasantville.

I like that he's one of the rebels in Pleasantville.

I liked that he's in "Pleasantville."

I like that he's Marc Blucas.

Hah!  Top that!

I like that he is.

Well, I like...I like that...oh for fuck's sake.

(Pst... pssssssst. I believe the next phrase in the progression would be "I like him". Right?)

####, ejg wins. How wouldn't she?

I rented the "House on Haunted Hill" DVD last night, based on the rumor that Marc Blucas appears in one of the deleted scenes, and was emotionally traumatized as a result. Let's just say that Marc Blucas has a very big skull and it should be kept covered in hair at all times. Although, between "Jay and Silent Bob" and this, it's clear he has a certain genius for self-parody. And Campbell Scott-parody.

So I finally got around to watching my tape of "The Initiative," which I hadn't seen before.

Riley's all charming and doofy and adorable!  And yeah, they totally should've hooked him up with Willow instead.  I mean, real chemistry, and he's already a lesbian...

But seriously, it was freaky.  Where'd that Riley go?  (Well, other than the Sucked Into Buffy Dating ####.  Poor kids.)

(Edited by kmm56 at 5:42 pm on Dec. 4, 2001)

Well, Riley is the sort of lesbian I'd rather have seen Willow with, but I didn't get a relationship chemistry off of the two of them... I got a friend chemistry. They were so cute as friends, and it was nice to see a relationship between opposite sexes that didn't have to be romantic. Also, Riley was an affable guy — he made friends with Buffy's friends even though he didn't have to. He genuinely liked them. He and Xander really got along... Although I suppose there are people who would rather have seen them together romantically.

As to the question of what happened to Riley, you get your choice of answers: 1) Buffy happened, or 2) Season Five happened. In fairness, Season Five happened to a lot of characters. Thank god it's behind us. I'm so much less despondent and bitter than I was last year.

Well, yes: word, in fact.  I can't believe you watched that sucky movie (Haunted Hill) twice, ejg ... unless you just went straight to Special Features.

I was thinking about how cool early S4 episodes were too, the other day.  And how much I preferred watching light, friendly Buffy-Riley flirtation than yucky, violent Buffy-Spike sex.  Sigh.  How ironic that she ended up following Riley's vamp addiction/dabbling/whateveritwas.  There sure has been a lot of addiction on the show lately, hasn't there?

Not to worry, Pandrea. I went straight to the special features. For god's sake, no one would willingly watch that tripe twice... even if it does have Taye Diggs in it.

I did, however, contribute to that thing being rented twice, and for that I'm deeply deeply sorry. (Video retailers: "There's been a weird spike in the rental of that film in certain parts of the country. And here's the strangest thing: it's always by people who rented "Pleasantville" and "Valentine.")

(Edited by ejg25 at 11:50 am on Dec. 5, 2001)

I bet I can guess who the sole renter is of the only copy your video store has of "The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human."

Wait.  Is House on Haunted Hill the one with Famke Jansen and "I lied, the house is alive, we're all gonna die," (my favorite line in any movie, ever), or is it the one with Catherine Zeta-Jones and Lili Taylor being good little non-lesbians?

It's the first one, with that great line from Chris Kattan, and that great Tayeness from Taye Diggs. The one we all subjected ourselves to in Scotland.

Okay, if anyone had told me a year and a half ago that I was going to be defending Buffy and Riley's sex life Elsewhere I wouldn't've believed a word of it...

Well, you know what they say: all things come in time. And it was a pretty nice sex life...

There's a picture of Marc Blucas in the April "Vanity Fair" Hollywood Issue. It's about four or five pages into the portfolio. He's all muddy, wet and angry looking. I think the men in the picture were told to yell and look all "barely tamed male" or something. Most of them just look cold. One of them looks confused and desperate to leave. Blucas looks kind of like a baby throwing a tantrum. He does have some beautiful teeth, though. It's an odd picture.

(Incidentally, the same magazine has a Lincoln ad with Allison Janney that left me incapable of doing anything more than stuttering, "Oh. My. God. Anngh. Hmmm." And if anything, I'm under-exagerrating. How is it that that woman is not Hollywood's premier sex symbol? I now consider it television's greatest crime that Allison Janney's legs are not on display more often. God, I thought the woman had a gorgeous back! Hmm. You know, she's the only woman on my "Five People It's Okay to Cheat With" list. Anyway...)