"It's a Ritual Sacrifice. With Pie"

The other bit of pop culture news buzzing about right now as the holidays approach is the resurfacing of the new Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie which absolutely no one wants. I've already said my piece about this one, but Joss Whedon's official statement was pretty classic:

"This is a sad, sad reflection on our times, when people must feed off the carcasses of beloved stories from their youths-just because they can't think of an original idea of their own, like I did with my Avengers idea that I made up myself."

Oh, Joss. Don't ever change.

(And speaking of the extended Mutant Enemy family: Watch "Terriers," with executive producer Tim Minear, late of of "Angel," "Firefly" and several "Buffy" episodes that reporters keep insisting he worked on, despite his protests. It's fantastic television -- snarky and surprising, more than a little demented and always very, very human.)