What ever became of the intrepid Irish sailors and their shadowy stowaway?

They landed safe and sound and were recently pictured on the cover of the Limerick Post.

No sign of the shadow, but then I doubt he’s a land-lubber.

Don’t forget Hauer’s Euro-ouevre, not least the Legend of the Holy Drinker.

Indeed. He’s done his fair share of schlock, take-the-money-and-run stuff, but when he’s given the right role he can be pretty mesmerising.

I’m impressed that you managed to interview Sarah - was it Buffy-related, as she rarely (compared to some others) spoke about the show in interviews. If so, you’re my new hero.

It was when The Grudge came out, but she didn’t seem to have a problem talking about Buffy at all, which was great, because I had worried that she mightn’t be keen on mentioning the B-word. Alas, I couldn’t put most of the Buffy stuff into the finished interview, because it was for a general mainstream audience - the IT magazine - who probably wouldn’t really care.

I have indeed seen Near Dark (a number of times) and got Anchor Bay’s natty DVD release there a while back. Terrific stuff, and (coincidentally enough) both it and The Hitcher were written by the same guy (Eric Red).

On the subject of vampires: I presume you’ve seen Near Dark? It’s been years but it certainly did it for me. I think the director went on to make Point Break but, hey, we all make mistakes.

yup, that video shop job was sweet.

I remember well when you worked in the video shop…man did I envy you (I still do).

You’re right about the Buffy movie as far as the cast goes. It also stared Donald Sutherland by the way.

While it was written by Joss Whedon (the creator of the TV show) it’s generally seen as a very slapdash, cheesy, and daft precursor to the infinitely more successful/enjoyable TV show that was to follow (Whedon had very little control over what was done with the script). It’s still a kitschy bit of fun though, but has basically nothing to do with the TV show.

Whedon had, until Serenity, pretty dire experiences on movies, as the following explains:

In an interview with The Onion AV Club for instance, he describes Donald Sutherland as ‘a prick’, claims the experience of working on Alien Resurrection (1997) was so frustrating that at one stage he “went and dented the bathroom stall with [his] puddy little fist”, and generally argues that as far as movies go he’s “had almost nothing but bad experiences”. In fact, in answer to the oft-asked question, “What’s the worst job you ever had?” Whedon claims he gives the answer, “I once was a writer in Hollywood”.

I must backtrack on my previous statement (NO not the one about 24 - it’s poo) re Buffy and having never seen it. I did see a thoroughly enjoyable movie of the same title ages ago during my video shop attendant days (I will never have a better job) - well before the tv series appeared methinks. It featured Pee Wee Herman (a hero of mine) if I’m not mistaken. And Rutger Haurer maybe?

Were you not tempted to challenge her to a fight just so you could go around (proudly) sporting an “I beat up Buffy” T-shirt? I’m sure she’d have seen the funny side of it…

Foolhardy,

I don’t know if I’d go as far as preferring to scrub the jax, but given the choice between watching a season of 24 and cleaning an oven dish with ground in Bisto stains, I’d definitely choose the latter. ‘Twould give me a legitimate reason to wear my precious Marigolds too…

Jess,

Very true about Season 9…it’s starting to turn into ER!