#Cobie Smulders

SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED: MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS

imageAlright, alright, alright! I know what you are thinking: the title of this review is not very imaginative considering that “Assemble” is the catchy motto of THE AVENGERS. I always try to come up with something original but this time, I could not think of a better one for two reasons. The first is that “Some assembly required” is of an episode of the second season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the cult-classic TV show created by Joss Whedon. Beyond the fact that I find very amusing to sort of create a bridge between his past oeuvre and his last production, it also gives me an occasion to tell you that I am a Whedon fan. Although there are probably more hardcore Buffy and Angel aficionados out there than me, I am a pretty intense scoobie: I watch the integrality of Buffy every year, I sleep in a Sunnydale High School t-shirt, I have a figurine of the Master, I quote the show on a daily basis and when things get tough, I always wonder what Buffy would do.

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