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In no particular order:

• Simply marking an essay on Underworld: Evolution has given me a headache, so on the whole I'm glad I didn't get around to seeing the actual film. Although I suppose the headache could equally have been sparked by the student's punctuation, or almost total lack thereof.
• Twenty essays on issues of power and intimacy in any vampire text, and not a single one is looking at Buffy. What's with modern youth? On the other hand I've marked two on Deacon Frost (the bad guy from Blade), whose sole charm, as far as I'm concerned, is his uncanny resemblance to Lindsay from Angel.
• Lost: I've got to the bit where Sawyer takes off not only his shirt, but everything else as well. He has also been given some backstory, or I suppose flashbackstory, which gives him something approaching a reason for being angsty and tormented. I'm sorry: nice chest, but he's still a dickhead.