Love History, Red Wine, and bookshttps://bsky.app/profile/geraint.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/geraint.bsky.social/post/3mypbtyfno22l@lanidianerich.com @iannitram.bsky.social @cmccormack414.bsky.social Watching Slow Horses. Jack Lowden, future James Bond, is good but Gary Oldman rules and steals the show. If you put Buffy down for a bit, you can't go wrong with this, top notch writing https://static.klipy.com/ii/cfb42878805dcb270f51b28683e7455a/7c/e2/eij1bvm9O3EroInU.gif?hh=400&ww=800&mp4=BAfztjDNgduWQy25Zi5&webm=uCPKjiLzBDycnj25 Oct 2026 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:vtablg5fccglbbgrrw42e4xv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mypbtyfno22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/geraint.bsky.social/post/3mxw2u4sw5c2q@cmccormack414.bsky.social Have you seen this by Patrick Stewart https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dd1u6ShMOik/?xtok=a3k3cDhseWdtOG1515 Oct 2026 12:29 +0000at://did:plc:vtablg5fccglbbgrrw42e4xv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxw2u4sw5c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/geraint.bsky.social/post/3mxcel2pwls2a@iannitram.bsky.social @lanidianerich.com @lackofsurprise.bsky.social Given your on Season 4 of Angel Have you seen this interview with VK talking of Connor. It was from when he was on Mad Men ?07 Oct 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:vtablg5fccglbbgrrw42e4xv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxcel2pwls2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/geraint.bsky.social/post/3mvnutoisg22j@cmccormack414.bsky.social @lanidianerich.com Tonight's film is a forgotten classic. The Quiet American with Brendan Fraser and Michael Caine based on Americas deepening involvement in Vietnam https://youtu.be/GWTbf1IiIA4?is=Z0Z13HDPOtEQ_zS_16 Sep 2026 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:vtablg5fccglbbgrrw42e4xv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnutoisg22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/geraint.bsky.social/post/3mu4ufktwb22a@thehistoryguy.bsky.social @kejamieson.bsky.social A book recommendation about the Naval War on Lake Ontario whoops I mean Lake America28 Aug 2026 07:42 +0000at://did:plc:vtablg5fccglbbgrrw42e4xv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu4ufktwb22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/geraint.bsky.social/post/3mrtydkgmvk2b@cmccormack414.bsky.social @beerwithbuffy.bsky.social @iannitram.bsky.social @lanidianerich.com Question for all Buffy watchers but what the hell did the writers see in the Riley character as I don't get it, I never understood the appeal ? The character was boring, had no chemistry with Buffy30 Jul 2026 08:08 +0000at://did:plc:vtablg5fccglbbgrrw42e4xv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrtydkgmvk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/geraint.bsky.social/post/3mqqrxsad5c2uIts like that Blackadder episode where you can have anything to eat provided its sausages. The announcer on the train saying they have drinks and food but its only for 4 carriages A,B,C,D and if your not in those you cant get a drink also they dont they dont have hot drinks or hot food 😄16 Jul 2026 08:11 +0000at://did:plc:vtablg5fccglbbgrrw42e4xv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqqrxsad5c2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/geraint.bsky.social/post/3mqmlhwdjpc2l@iannitram.bsky.social @lanidianerich.com You're Welcome on the Rewatch For everyone that doesn't know this was meant to be the episode Buffy would be on. SMG couldn't do it, said for a bereavement and Joss Whedon was genuinely angry over this. David Fury and others confirmed this.14 Jul 2026 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:vtablg5fccglbbgrrw42e4xv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmlhwdjpc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/geraint.bsky.social/post/3mqk2bstzoc2g@lanidianerich.com @iannitram.bsky.social So Damage on the rewatch , even if you don't watch Angel you should definitely watch this 1 episode as its a direct sequel to Buffy finale Chosen, with psychotic Vampire Slayer Dana. Watching her literally hack a person's head off with a saw is grim and I13 Jul 2026 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:vtablg5fccglbbgrrw42e4xv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqk2bstzoc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/geraint.bsky.social/post/3mqjzd22wq22u@williamdouro.bsky.social @johnaharrison.bsky.social @landofrob.bsky.social Have you seen this documentary by Canadian and British Historians https://youtu.be/Tq0LLB-X4is?is=ao2mU-l3Zc6SBGDq13 Jul 2026 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:vtablg5fccglbbgrrw42e4xv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqjzd22wq22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/geraint.bsky.social/post/3mqj7u7nqic2a@iannitram.bsky.social @lanidianerich.com @lackofsurprise.bsky.social So skipping ahead to episode 8 Destiny. Spike is now no longer a ghost and back to normal in this. Its also the episode Wesley isn't in because Alexis Denisof was getting married to Alyson Hannigan. One of the funniest exchanges13 Jul 2026 07:58 +0000at://did:plc:vtablg5fccglbbgrrw42e4xv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqj7u7nqic2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/geraint.bsky.social/post/3mqhj74t2p22s@lanidianerich.com @iannitram.bsky.social @lackofsurprise.bsky.social So Unleashed, it could've but wasn't a great episode. 1) The Actress who played Nina was terrible. The actual character is interesting but the actress, whose sole qualification was dating a writer, can't act to save her life12 Jul 2026 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:vtablg5fccglbbgrrw42e4xv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqhj74t2p22shttps://bsky.app/profile/geraint.bsky.social/post/3mqhfsuv5ec2b@iannitram.bsky.social @lanidianerich.com @beerwithbuffy.bsky.social So Iv finished my Buffy Rewatch and am on Season 5 of Angel My Top 10 Buffy episodes in no order Innocence Passion Becoming pt2 The Zeppo The Wish Something Blue Fool For Love Once More With Feeling Selfless Fear Itself12 Jul 2026 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:vtablg5fccglbbgrrw42e4xv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqhfsuv5ec2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/geraint.bsky.social/post/3mqgqgwjkls2x@iannitram.bsky.social @lanidianerich.com @lackofsurprise.bsky.social Reading this pitch and I really wish we had gotten that Faith show. Tim Minear explained some of the details about the spinoff and reasons why it did not happen: "I had come up with a pitch. Eliza was gracious, kind and12 Jul 2026 08:17 +0000at://did:plc:vtablg5fccglbbgrrw42e4xv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqgqgwjkls2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/geraint.bsky.social/post/3mqaiugtxl22n@iannitram.bsky.social @lanidianerich.com One Sci-fi show that you might like to try is Life on Mars. A man Sam Tyler is investigating a string of murders in 2006 and then wakes up in 1973. Is he mad, in a coma or back in time, he doesn't know. https://youtu.be/NEBuJFyErWI?is=vztjmtY5ca2VxMYp09 Jul 2026 20:45 +0000at://did:plc:vtablg5fccglbbgrrw42e4xv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqaiugtxl22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/geraint.bsky.social/post/3mpsx4gl4jk2zOut for a walk04 Jul 2026 11:23 +0000at://did:plc:vtablg5fccglbbgrrw42e4xv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpsx4gl4jk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/geraint.bsky.social/post/3mpnkwpfd4c2d@lackofsurprise.bsky.social I did some digging and found these comments by David Fury at the time of the episode Crush "To those who feel my conviction that Spike can never be redeemed and cannot someday end up with our heroine, shows a lack of imagination of my part, I say you're right. It is02 Jul 2026 08:02 +0000at://did:plc:vtablg5fccglbbgrrw42e4xv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpnkwpfd4c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/geraint.bsky.social/post/3mpeinq2vfc25@johnaharrison.bsky.social @williamdouro.bsky.social @landofrob.bsky.social @profgsheffield.bsky.social Grants Vicksburg Campaign is stunning https://youtu.be/sjyXDZZ0678?is=9yHqLK0O1H_hmwTw28 Jun 2026 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:vtablg5fccglbbgrrw42e4xv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpeinq2vfc25https://bsky.app/profile/geraint.bsky.social/post/3mpbndlv4gs2y@profgsheffield.bsky.social @johnaharrison.bsky.social @landofrob.bsky.social Birges Western Sharpshooters are a unit I think you might find interesting https://www.westerntheatercivilwar.com/post/the-men-out-front-birge-s-western-sharpshooters-a-k-a-the-66th-illinois27 Jun 2026 14:13 +0000at://did:plc:vtablg5fccglbbgrrw42e4xv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpbndlv4gs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/geraint.bsky.social/post/3mp65x5d2z22aThis heat is not normal https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/26/europe-heatwave-impossible-without-climate-crisis-scientists26 Jun 2026 04:59 +0000at://did:plc:vtablg5fccglbbgrrw42e4xv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp65x5d2z22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/geraint.bsky.social/post/3mp45xag4oc2i@storanorrland.bsky.social So Iv seen both The Freshman and City of I love the college sets and campus for The Freshman and that Library looks 😍 I also liked Sunday and its a shame they didn't do more with her because she was a fun character. Also Buffy with the iconic Stake twirl is great. For25 Jun 2026 09:54 +0000at://did:plc:vtablg5fccglbbgrrw42e4xv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp45xag4oc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/geraint.bsky.social/post/3moxondp47225@storanorrland.bsky.social @artemisapphire.bsky.social so Iv finished the 2 parter Bad Girls and Consequences. Both are good episodes though not perfect. Wesley is a big issue. Now I know the writers have said he was supposed to be dislikable etc. For me that is the point, he was written to 123 Jun 2026 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:vtablg5fccglbbgrrw42e4xv/app.bsky.feed.post/3moxondp47225https://bsky.app/profile/geraint.bsky.social/post/3mox23wfa3s2u@johnaharrison.bsky.social @briw74.bsky.social @williamdouro.bsky.social @graemecallister.bsky.social Saw this discussion on the Battle of the River Raisin and the controversy afterwards that will be of interest https://youtu.be/3wnFNkJy5aI?is=heiFkb1Xj861Nd0c23 Jun 2026 09:02 +0000at://did:plc:vtablg5fccglbbgrrw42e4xv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mox23wfa3s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/geraint.bsky.social/post/3mowzzc5cks2u@kejamieson.bsky.social @zwhitehistory.bsky.social This Andrew Lambert podcast on some of the Frigate duels might be interesting https://youtu.be/gXBOvctfys4?is=mO1juMuJkws7jV-b23 Jun 2026 09:00 +0000at://did:plc:vtablg5fccglbbgrrw42e4xv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mowzzc5cks2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/geraint.bsky.social/post/3movj5tgfgs2w@storanorrland.bsky.social @artemisapphire.bsky.social So I rewatched The Zeppo A 10/10 for me, one of my favourites. Everything just works in it. From swapping the A plot with the B plot to some truly brilliant and hilarious dialogue Xander "This is my thing" Buffy "Is this a penis metaphor" 🤣22 Jun 2026 18:26 +0000at://did:plc:vtablg5fccglbbgrrw42e4xv/app.bsky.feed.post/3movj5tgfgs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/geraint.bsky.social/post/3movfkyhyys2o@graemecallister.bsky.social Have you read Chandler chapter on Napoleon and Marengo and the multiple Battle reports done on the action ?22 Jun 2026 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:vtablg5fccglbbgrrw42e4xv/app.bsky.feed.post/3movfkyhyys2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/geraint.bsky.social/post/3movdb7difs25@artemisapphire.bsky.social @storanorrland.bsky.social So I did Lovers Walk and James Marsters just chews the scenery in pretty much every scene hes in. Him and Joyce having hot chocolate together 😄 Giles response to Buffy saying that her mums head had spun off "Iv been on the Hellmouth to long22 Jun 2026 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:vtablg5fccglbbgrrw42e4xv/app.bsky.feed.post/3movdb7difs25https://bsky.app/profile/geraint.bsky.social/post/3mouv7ttqsc23@iannitram.bsky.social @lackofsurprise.bsky.social Was listening to your video on Beneath You. Jack, Joss has said he only had a 5 year arc and by S7 he was burnt out which given they rehash old scripts makes me very sceptical of that whole 9 season thing. As for Father figures Ian what about Sisko22 Jun 2026 12:29 +0000at://did:plc:vtablg5fccglbbgrrw42e4xv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mouv7ttqsc23