I have friends whose tastes I trust and who know their Buffy, but I couldn't get past episode 1. Those same friends were more successful in introducing me to Firefly, although I have to admit that it was almost too scary for me (but then almost everything is). I guess what I'm trying to ask is this: would you recommend VM to someone who, despite liking e.g. Dr Who very much and being sympathetic to geekery of all kinds, is not particularly literate in TV? (I wish I could put it more eloquently than that but I'm having a me-no-write-English week, as my phd supervisors will be happy to confirm. Your blog should be compulsory reading for all of us EFL typing monkeys - good for style and vocabulary. :)

-T