tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post1458003782682541152..comments2024-02-04T05:13:04.501-05:00Comments on Nik at Nite: Buffy Rewatch Week 49Nikki Staffordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463618183850438914noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-59817977807862432572011-12-12T22:01:22.476-05:002011-12-12T22:01:22.476-05:00I agree - I always wanted Willow and Oz to run int...I agree - I always wanted Willow and Oz to run into each other again like Willow predicted they would in their last scene together. It doesn't seem right that they didn't. And I also feel like Buffy just doesn't seem right at times this season. Not like in Season 6 where I thought the difference was well justified and seemed natural given the storyline. Here it often seems like bad writing.Suzannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-73251906343649710422011-12-12T15:39:25.921-05:002011-12-12T15:39:25.921-05:00I don't have much new to add but I'm going...I don't have much new to add but I'm going to say it anyway. :)<br /><br />"Bidet of evil." Ha!<br /><br />I don't like Kennedy. I don't like Kennedy and Willow together. They don't suit and it's way too soon. Also, for me, that whole flirty conversation in the Bronze just feels awkward. And I agree - why is Kennedy suddenly in on all the Scooby meetings? <br /><br />In the Buffyverse that lives on in my mind, Willow and Oz get back together and Kennedy is nowhere to be seen.<br /><br />I have a hard time with Buffy's whole 'Chole was an idiot. You're all useless' speech. Knowing what's coming, I understand they were trying to set things up for specific outcome, but it doesn't ring true for me.<br /><br />A shame. There is a lot of good stuff in season 7 but it's hard not to cringe at the not-so-good stuff.JavaChickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06816858010039395389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-84145058577337422772011-12-10T07:15:25.276-05:002011-12-10T07:15:25.276-05:00@Colleen/redeem147: Perhaps, but my problem is tha...@Colleen/redeem147: Perhaps, but my problem is that if that is the case it's not made very clear by the episode. Although what you've said is a reasonable conclusion, there is little 'evidence' for it within the show, and I would have liked a little more explanation about how/why Kennedy's kiss instantaneously fixed Willow's issues surrounding Tara's death. It didn't necessary need to be at the end of 'The Killer in Me', but some kind of acknowledgement about what had happened in Willow's head to 'fix' those issues would have been nice, instead of the series just moving on from it as though it had never happened.Quarksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-64376224570261153412011-12-10T00:32:57.108-05:002011-12-10T00:32:57.108-05:00Maybe, since the spell was self-imposed by guilt, ...Maybe, since the spell was self-imposed by guilt, Willow's kissing Kennedy the second time, deliberately, means she's made peace with Tara's death and is ready to move on, knowing that a part of her will always be with her.Colleen/redeem147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-29374443948608534652011-12-09T17:11:56.823-05:002011-12-09T17:11:56.823-05:00A few random comments about this week on Angel:
C...<br>A few random comments about this week on <i>Angel</i>:<br /><br />Con-nor li-ikes Fai-aith...<br /><br />Did anyone think that we were maybe getting <i>Angel</i>'s version of "Conversations with Dead People" when Wesley began talking to — and with — Lilah in "Salvage"?<br /><br />Faith has a habit of showing up in other people's unconscious minds.<br /><br />Now for an edition of making with the quotey that's not as long here as it is in my notes since so many great lines have already been repeated...<br /><br /><b><i>Buffy</i> 7.13 "The Killer in Me"</b><br /><br />Spike: "Who you gonna call?" [Buffy looks at him funny.] "God, that phrase is <i>never</i> gonna be useable again, is it." <br /><br /><b><i>Buffy</i> 7.14 "First Date"</b><br /><br />Buffy: "Or maybe he knows that I suspect he's up to something, and he's taking me out to kill me."<br />Willow: "Well, you'll have to dress for the ambiguity."<br /><br />Anya: "Observe my bitter ranting... Hear the shrill edge of hysteria in my voice!"<br /><br />Andrew: "What do you want from me, Jonathan slash The First?"<br /><br />Jonathan / The First: "Did you find the gun?"<br />Andrew: "Yes, uh... It was in Buffy's underwear drawer. She has nice things."<br />Jonathan / The First: "Show me."<br />Andrew: "Well, I didn't take any of them, but there were thongs, regular underwear..."<br />Jonathan / The First: "Show me <i>the gun</i>."<br /><br /><b><i>Buffy</i> 7.15 "Get It Done"</b><br /><br />Buffy: "The hellmouth <i>has</i> begun its semi-annual percolation. Usually it blows around May." [Just in time for the season finales!]<br /><br />Wood: "So you hold him here against his will?"<br />Buffy: "Well, he was evil, and, y'know, people got killed, and now he... <i>bakes</i>."<br /><br />Dawn: "Are you injured?"<br />Kennedy: "Just hurt."<br />[Uh... Somebody clue Kennedy into what synonyms are.]<br /><br /><b><i>Angel</i> 4.13 "Salvage"</b><br /><br />Broken-Horned Demon: "Couldja sign a little something for my hellspawn?"<br /><br /><b><i>Angel</i> 4.14 "Release"</b><br /><br />Fred: "I am so, so sorry."<br />Lorne: "Go on. It's the first good nap I've had since the apocalypse <i>started</i>."<br /><br /><b><i>Angel</i> 4.15 "Orpheus"</b><br /><br />Faith: "Dude. <i>You</i> just rescued a <i>puppy</i>."<br /><br />Willow: "Hi. You must be Angel's handsome yet androgynous son."<br /><br />Willow: "How've y'been?"<br />Cordelia: "Higher power. You?"<br />Willow: "Ultimate evil. But... I got better."<br />Cordelia: "You heard about Faith?"<br />Willow: "Coma again."<br /><br />Wesley: "I never... flayed. I had a woman chained in a closet —"<br />Willow: "Oh, well, <i>hey</i>."<br />Wesley: "No. It doesn't compare."<br /><br />VW: <i>psitin</i> — A non-violent protest held by espers.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-27539682333392712632011-12-09T17:02:07.143-05:002011-12-09T17:02:07.143-05:00Actually, I take back that line about Giles' d...<br>Actually, I take back that line about Giles' drawings being my favorite part of these episodes. I watched ahead, to see Willow appear on <i>Angel</i> in the proper order, and forgot that the shadowcasters appeared this week. I'd forgotten about them until the moment that Buffy opened that lock on the thing in Robin's momma's bag, and then suddenly had a wave of memory about how cool the scene was. Them <i>Buffy</i> folks can still surprise with the nifty, even in a final season that suffered from being the final season without more Joss Whedon involvement.<br /><br />Blam's thoughts of the day:<br /><br />The Shadow Men don't quite make sense, by the way. I mean, the First Slayer still appears as she did before, all aboriginal-like, and we're told that her creation dates to a time <i>long</i> ago, before history was really recorded (except, I guess, in mystical artifacts like this), yet the Shadow Men have trimmed facial hair and fairly ornate dress that doesn't really date them to circa Just As Humanity Rose Upon the Earth.<br /><br />So if Willow had actually fired the gun and killed her new gal-pal, would you have blamed Willow or Warren or Amy or some combination thereof? 'Cause whenever a Kennedy gets shot, there's bound to be a conspiracy theory.<br /><br />I love that Spike looks like so much more like Billy Idol with his vamp face on.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-13395236645695109772011-12-09T16:47:22.268-05:002011-12-09T16:47:22.268-05:00Colleen: Buffy says that people think she's &q...<br>Colleen: <i>Buffy says that people think she's "still in love with Spike."</i><br /><br />Yeah, I hadn't remembered and was surprised by that line — given that it more than implies, syntactically, that she <i>had</i> been in love with him, which isn't something we've ever heard her say.<br /><br />Colleen: <i>How can a restaurant in a dark alley do any kind of decent business in Sunnydale?</i><br /><br />How can they have been walking so long through the center of town in li'l old Sunnydale and not gotten there sooner? How can Patrol Girl not have known it was there? I'm beginning to think that the Hellmouth changes the size and topography of Sunnydale just it like does with the high school's basement.<br /><br />Quarks: <i>What I don’t understand is how kissing Kennedy again resolves any of the emotional issues that Willow has surrounding Tara’s death</i><br /><br />It really doesn't make sense. Like you say, one kind-of has to hang their hat on Kennedy's kiss undoing the spell because it brought it about in the first place — as just an <i>act</i>, somewhat devoid of meaning — and take it on faith that Willow has resolved the issues that let Amy's spell be triggered. Somewhere in there is the sense that Willow <i>did</i> need to move on, to let Tara go, and to be <i>okay</i> with letting her go, but that didn't come through properly (no fault of Alyson Hannigan's). Even apart from how fans may feel about Kennedy being too soon or too different from Tara — or just "too Kennedy" — the way it's presented it's rather odd. The spell coming on because Willow has guilt over not being faithful to Tara's memory, that she's letting her go too quickly, fine; and the spell being overcome because Willow accepted that Tara will always be a part of her but that it's time to release her in a way, fine; both, however, don't compute together the way the episode came across.<br /><br />Quarks: <i>Buffy and the gang are about to go to war with the ultimate evil, loads of soldiers seem to have come to Sunnydale to deal with Spike’s chip, and Buffy doesn’t think to ask for any help in the battle?</i><br /><br />I'm not sure why that didn't even register with me, but, yeah, <i>duh</i>. There's a whole host of other characters, both seen previously in the series and simply presumed (like, given the proliferation of vampires and other demons throughout the world, the other "champions" [in <i>Angel</i> terminology] who must exist to battle them), who should be converging on Sunnydale to battle the First. But aside from the Bringers killing off Potential Slayers and the First arranging for the Watchers' Council to go boom, there's no good in-script reason that they don't. It's just that they're either tied to another series on another network or the writers simply chose to not show or even explain away other allies, just as they've tended to ignore the ramifications of things beyond the borders of Sunnydale in general all series long. <br /><br />VW: <i>pumince</i> — Finely chopped cougar. Mmm!<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-78007564777392469142011-12-09T16:42:41.892-05:002011-12-09T16:42:41.892-05:00I think that my favorite thing about this trio of ...<br>I think that my favorite thing about this trio of episodes is the return of Giles's drawings — one of the best parts of the awesomeness that is "Hush".<br /><br />Nikki: <i>Once again, Jane Espenson proves why she’s one of my favourite writers on television.</i><br /><br />Amen, sister!<br /><br />Marebabe: <i>Everyone with that book KNOWS that Spike is eventually gonna show up in Los Angeles.</i><br /><br />Unless, y'know, <i>Angel</i>'s next season doesn't actually take place <i>following</i> the events of this season of <i>Buffy</i> — or in the same reality. I'm just sayin'. 8^)<br /><br />Marebabe: <i>And Fred and Willow “yammering” together was way cuter than that puppy.</i><br /><br />So true.<br /><br />The Question Mark: <i>But I suppose it's all well and good, as long as someone kills Connor soon.</i><br /><br />Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!<br /><br />Colleen: <i>Giles comes off as a doofus when he talks to Chao Ahn. He should get Dawn to help - she's great with languages.</i><br /><br />Or Spike, if you really are what you eat...<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-35599190708403165452011-12-07T21:48:26.026-05:002011-12-07T21:48:26.026-05:00@ EFTHYMIA: Yeah, Lion-o did get pretty annoying, ...@ EFTHYMIA: Yeah, Lion-o did get pretty annoying, yelling "Thunder, THUNDER" over and over and over again. And, like Connor, Lion-O got old pretty darn quick while everyone else around him didn't age a bit.<br /><br />Hmmm...does this mean that the Master who's impersonaing Coredlia is...Mumm-Ra?! Oh, snap, now THAT would be a hell of a crossover!The Question Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-78488580594772532522011-12-07T17:22:48.248-05:002011-12-07T17:22:48.248-05:00I didn't want to see the Angel gang on Buffy. ...I didn't want to see the Angel gang on Buffy. They were two different shows and the characters were played differently on them. Besides, they had enough to worry about in LA. <br /><br />But it wouldn't have happened anyway. There was finagling to get Willow on Angel - they were two different networks.Colleen/redeem147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-9155041976134541262011-12-07T14:56:37.904-05:002011-12-07T14:56:37.904-05:00I liked many aspects of this week's stories a ...I liked many aspects of this week's stories a lot, but I continue to have a feeling that Season 7 just doesn't hold up to past seasons for some reason. This week had some great moments, though.<br /><br />The episode with the story of the first slayer's origin (First Date ?) was very interesting to me this time and the first time around. I really liked the scene with the shadow figures and the way that the Buffy handles the situation with the Tribal leaders. The origins of the First Slayer fit in very well with the overall theme of the series and with past storylines, especially those dealing with the Watcher's Council, most notable Helpless. The actions of the Watcher's in that episode really resemble the actions of the Tribal leaders here very well.<br /><br />I also noticed that the black smoke representing the demon was a lot like the Man in Black from Lost just like First is reminiscent of him in the way that the First can inhabit dead people's appearances. I noticed some of this while watching Lost's last season, but it really came through even more noticebly during this rewatch of Buffy.<br /><br />The humor in Buffy is my favorite part of the show by far, especially the way it is always woven into most episodes even those that are fairly serious. I haven't felt that Season 7 has been as strong in this department, which is why I really enjoyed First Date. The non-stop humourous lines from several characters was great, and it felt like the Buffy of old to me in many ways even though I wasn't crazy about Xander's date (never knew she was a celeb and still couldn't place her). I adore the scenes with Buffy and Willow talking for instance and the way they relate to one another. I always miss these scenes in many of the episodes from later seasons, so it is so refreshing when we get them. As a result, for the first time ever I rolled my eyes and tisked Giles for putting a stop to the hilarity in First date when he chastised the group for not being serious enough in the face of the First Evil. He is right that they are facing someting really grave, but then again, when haven't they? How many end of the world scenarious have they faced in the past, and they have always been able to do so with humor. This is my problem with Buffy's sudden change into a drill sergeant role, too. She has faced some extremely serious situations before (look at Glory), and yet, she never turned militaristic on her group. I chalk this up to weaker writing this season. To sum up, I think the final season might have been stronger with more of the humor woven throughout each episode as it always had done in the past.<br /><br />My last comment is that I absolutely despise Kennedy beyond reason! Why does she have to be in every darn scene, standing there as if she is a Scooby. She ain't no Scooby and never will be!Suzannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-70514485514437711472011-12-07T14:36:52.271-05:002011-12-07T14:36:52.271-05:00@Quarks, thanks for your comments about Angel this...@Quarks, thanks for your comments about Angel this week. That definitely gives me hope for season 5!Christina Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-68543733427268266902011-12-07T10:51:11.444-05:002011-12-07T10:51:11.444-05:00For the first time this week I did actually watch ...For the first time this week I did actually watch the ‘Angel’ episodes as well as the ‘Buffy’ ones, as these are some of my favourite ‘Angel’ episodes in this season, especially ‘Orpheus’. In terms of this season so far, I don’t particularly dislike the Beast plotline, although the Connor and Cordy plot is seriously ‘icky’. I wish I could say that this week is the turning point for the rest of the season, but instead I’ll just savour the moment and remind everyone that Season 5 is one of the best seasons of any show I’ve ever seen.<br /><br />One of the main reasons I like the episodes this week is because of Faith’s return. I wouldn’t say that Faith is one of my all-time favourite characters in either show, but she does bring a certain degree of humour into the show upon her return here, and it’s nice to see someone who can put Connor in his place. Also, one of the big themes on ‘Angel’ is redemption, so it’s appropriate that much of Faith’s character development happens on this show.<br /><br />Another great thing about this week’s episodes is Willow’s appearance. I have to say, I enjoyed seeing Willow in ‘Orpheus’ more than I have in ‘Buffy’ for a while. Although I love Willow, I think in ‘Buffy’ she has been hitting the same note for a lot of this season (i.e. needing to do magic but being too afraid to do so) so it is good to see her here being relatively important but without that issue being at the forefront. <br /><br />I have one slight complaint about ‘Salvage’. In prison we see Faith is attacked by an inmate using a Bringer’s knife, who says she needs the money. Are we supposed to believe that the First Evil is subcontracting the assassination of one of the two real Slayers to a prison inmate? Surely it could come up with a more reliable way, like sending the Bringers in, or trying to get Faith to kill herself, or appearing to somebody in the prison to scare them into killing Faith, instead of paying someone. <br /><br />The plot of having Faith inject herself with some kind of drug was quite clever in order to knock out Angelus when he drank from her was quite clever, I thought.<br /><br />I really enjoyed Angel’s ‘This is Your Life’ with Faith. Some of it was hilarious (Angel saved a puppy!) and it also gave some character development to both Angel and Faith (and Angelus). I also loved the fight between Angel and Angelus at the end, especially as Angel and Faith were having a conversation at the same time (“Anybody notice a battle with your alter-ego going on here?”).<br /><br />Overall, it was a good week of ‘Angel’ episodes this week. I probably won’t bother rewatching the rest of Season 4, except maybe the finale, but once Season 5 is on I’ll get back to watching every week as, and I’ve said this many times before, it is one of my favourite seasons of all time.Quarksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-39698583477810625892011-12-07T10:00:36.391-05:002011-12-07T10:00:36.391-05:00Buffy and the gang are about to go to war with the...Buffy and the gang are about to go to war with the ultimate evil, loads of soldiers seem to have come to Sunnydale to deal with Spike’s chip, and Buffy doesn’t think to ask for any help in the battle? Or even any weapons? I know Buffy has a thing against guns, but Potentials are dying left, right and centre. Surely they could use some help?<br /><br />I was probably being a bit stupid, but it never occurred to me that Giles could have been the First until this episode. I just assumed that Giles being attacked in ‘Sleeper’ (?) was going to come back later or was a plot that had been forgotten about. Of course, I watched it all on DVD, so I didn’t have weeks to think about it between these episodes.<br /><br />‘First Date’ really isn’t anything special in my opinion. It’s mildly entertaining at points when it feels like early ‘Buffy’, such as in the moments Nikki mentioned, but overall it doesn’t do anything for me. The Xander plot seems to come out of nowhere and not go anywhere and the same is true for the Andrew and the First plot. Principal Wood’s history is mildly interesting, but again I find that I don’t really care about it.<br /><br />‘Get it Done’ is probably my least favourite episode this week, it’s one which I dislike as where ‘First Date’ I’m just uninterested in. The main reason for that is that Buffy is acting like a real bitca in this episode. Her ‘Everybody Sucks But Me’ speech is in my opinion, one of her worst moments in the series.<br /><br />To an extent I can understand why she says what she says to the Potentials. She knows that the battle is going to be tough and that they aren’t ready to face the First. But, from what we see at the beginning of this episode, they seem to be progressing relatively well and doing all that they can. And, really, as Buffy is their leader it follows that if their training isn’t progressing fast enough it is her fault more than it is theirs. Having said that, most of the Potentials are very annoying so I don’t really have a problem with her putting them in their place. <br /><br />However, what I have a real problem with is the way she is treating the Scoobies. They’ve been with her through thick and thin, and Buffy would be dead at least twice over if it wasn't for them. Furthermore, everything which they do is out of choice, not because it is their destiny. Willow and Xander and Dawn and the others could leave whenever they wanted and the First wouldn’t come after them. Instead they stay and fight because it is the right thing to do. And often they make quite important contributions. So it frustrates me when Buffy acts as though they are just a burden to her, especially when she is offered the power needed to beat the First and turns it down because she doesn't want to risk becoming less human, despite having complained because Willow and Spike wouldn’t use their full strength for the same reason.<br /><br />We meet Chao-Ahn this week, who is a Chinese Potential Slayer, and it got me thinking: why aren’t there more international Slayers? The majority of the ones we’ve seen are American, with a couple who are British. China and India are the most populated countries in the world, so why aren’t there more Indian and Chinese Potentials? Or Australians? Or Russians? etc.<br />Dawn has some serious language skills. She taught herself Ancient Sumerian in, what, a day? <br /><br />Overall, personally I don’t find this a particularly good week of episodes. Next week, in my opinion, things start to pick up as we start to get near to the finale.Quarksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-51690535152012739702011-12-07T09:59:09.563-05:002011-12-07T09:59:09.563-05:00In my opinion this is probably the weakest week of...In my opinion this is probably the weakest week of Season 7 episodes. I think what Giles says at the end of ‘First Date’ is one of the main problems I have with this season. He basically says that it is time to stop having fun and making jokes and that they need to get serious. The thing is, ‘Buffy’ has always been able to combine humour with the serious drama that’s going on, so I feel that when it becomes too serious and starts to weigh heavily on the plot side at, arguably at the expense of some of the humour and the character development, it causes the series to lose something. That’s not to say that there isn’t humour in the show any more (generally in the scenes with just the Scoobies or Andrew), or character development, but I feel you have to look harder to find it.<br /><br />‘The Killer in Me’ is probably the best of the bunch for me this week. It’s nice to have Willow at the forefront of the plot, as she has kind of been in the background since ‘Conversation with Dead People’ or arguably before. And, once again, Alyson Hannigan’s acting is first class, especially in the scene at the end of the episode, which also has some great dialogue. The backstories are also relatively interesting and, avoiding one of my problems was with ‘Sleeper’, they break up the main plot of the episode.<br /><br />There are, however, a couple of things which I don’t like about this episode. The main one is that I don’t really understand the ending. I understand that the spell activated because Willow felt like she had let Tara die in her heart when she had stopped mourning her for a split second. And I understand that the spell turned her into Warren because that would be her greatest punishment (although it’s never clear whether that is because he killed Tara or because she killed him). I even roughly understand why the spell might have ended when Kennedy kissed Willow again, in that perhaps the spell ends when the initial cause happens again. What I don’t understand is how kissing Kennedy again resolves any of the emotional issues that Willow has surrounding Tara’s death, and they are never touched on again. Willow feels that she is letting Tara go when she stops mourning her for a second by kissing Kennedy, and she doesn’t want to move on from Tara because she loves her, so how does kissing Kennedy again change any of that? Sometimes ‘Buffy’ is good at showing what is going on in a character’s mind without having to say it explicitly, but this time it feels that we don’t even get a clue.<br /><br />Another big topic for discussion about this episode, it seems, is Kennedy. I never have any real problems with Kennedy as a character, per se, I think up to this point at least she is one of the less annoying potentials who isn’t constantly berating Buffy for not knowing what she’s doing (*cough*Rona*cough*), but I really don’t like her relationship with Willow. I think we would have a hard time accepting anybody with Willow after Tara, but especially somebody so different and especially so soon. It hasn’t even been a year since Tara’s death, and even though they try to sort of deal with it in ‘The Killer in Me’ I find it hard to believe that Willow would move on that fast. I mean, Xander and Anya haven’t really moved on from what happened with them and neither of them died, and I would think that Willow would be reluctant to start a relationship at this point in time, when it is entirely possible that Kennedy could die soon, knowing how much it hurt when her last girlfriend was killed. Also, as has been mentioned, I find it hard to believe that Willow would change the type of person who she dates so drastically, as Kennedy is so different from Oz and Tara, and from Willow herself. Finally, it really doesn’t say much for Willow and Kennedy’s relationship if Willow is flirting with Fred a few weeks after they get together.Quarksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-5073373246131690112011-12-07T09:21:12.861-05:002011-12-07T09:21:12.861-05:00It has been moved (Question Mark) and seconded (Ef...It has been moved (Question Mark) and seconded (Efthymia) that the Angel gang should’ve joined forces with the Buffy gang for the finale-to-end-all-finales. All in favor, signify by sighing wistfully and wishing that the Powers had seen fit to do it that way. * s i g h *Marebabenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-64249270971635399102011-12-07T06:22:57.499-05:002011-12-07T06:22:57.499-05:00"The Killer In Me":
I don't know wh..."The Killer In Me":<br /><br />I don't know why I find the "Who you gonna call" so funny everytime, but I do.<br /><br />I.Don't.Like.Kennedy!!!<br />I, too, have issues with Willow falling for her, primarily because she's so obnoxious, but also because it feels a bit soon (of course, I thankfully have no idea how long it takes to get over your murdered partner, but 6 months-ish doesn't feel long enough. Especially if the person you're moving on to is Kennedy). It smells of "Let's show the LGBT people who protested when Tara died that Willow is still a nice lesbian". Actually, I feel the introduction of Kennedy hurts more the LGBT people's image than the murder of Tara. But maybe that's just me.<br /><br />Andrew keeps getting funnier. The moments he's on screen are usually the highlights in these episodes for me.<br /><br />I also have to quote "You think I'm evil if I bring a group of girls on a camping trip and DON'T touch them?", because it's so great! =)<br /><br />You see "The Witch" in Season 1 and there's no way to predict that Amy will become... this.<br /><br />I remembered liking this episode less (because I only remembered the Willow parts -like I said, I have serious memory issues with this season), but I still wouldn't call myself a fan.<br /><br /><br />"First Date":<br /><br />Xander: "I'll just ask a random girl on a date completely randomly because we need over 40 minutes of episode and the writers have run out of ideas."<br /><br /><br />"Get It Done":<br /><br />The First Slayer sure is scary!<br /><br />'guestage'! :)<br />I can't believe how adorable I find Andrew!<br /><br />Buffy has often forgotten to show appreciation to her friends through all seasons, but this tops everything! She's annoying and ungrateful on a Harry-Potter-in-"Order of the Phoenix" level -and maybe even worse!<br /><br />@Question Mark: I would also have loved a reunion, and especially Cordelia and Angel deserved to be in the final BtVS fight. Different networks be damned!<br />And, come on, Snarf?! No one in Thundercats was lamer than Lion-O.Efthymianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-39206667572672224172011-12-07T02:32:52.799-05:002011-12-07T02:32:52.799-05:00Buffy--
In last week's comments, I said I like...Buffy--<br />In last week's comments, I said I liked Kennedy...and I did!<br />But holy cow, did that change fast!<br />She was at least a little bit nicein the last three episodes. Now, she's just a mean, nasty...b-word! (Can I say the b-word here? Ha!)<br /><br />These three episodes didn't really knock my socks off or anything. They had their funny moments, but I don't really have anything to add about them.<br /><br />Now Angel, on the other hand...Talk about a rollercoaster!<br /><br />I literally facepalmed at the reveal at the end of Salvage.<br />Really? THAT's where they're going this season? UGH.<br /><br />And then there was Orpheus...FINALLY! Easily the BEST episode of the season so far.<br />You know I'm a big fan of the flashback episodes, Faith was tolerable...even almost likeable...and it was wonderful to see Willow with the LA crew. <br /><br />It almost made me forget the horrible pregnancy plot. Almost. ;)Christina Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-11201369792501083862011-12-07T00:55:39.109-05:002011-12-07T00:55:39.109-05:00Thanks, colleen/redeem147! :)Thanks, colleen/redeem147! :)The Question Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-29579856606080115952011-12-06T22:40:26.714-05:002011-12-06T22:40:26.714-05:00Are we going to get an explanation as to why/how L...<i>Are we going to get an explanation as to why/how Lorne incorrectly read Angelus and thought Angel's soul had returned?</i><br /><br />Yep.Colleen/redeem147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-1441056813934274212011-12-06T22:38:35.439-05:002011-12-06T22:38:35.439-05:00Spike's "ow, ow" - what William said...Spike's "ow, ow" - what William said when Dru bit him. <br /><br />Don't get me started on Kennedy. Though I did once sit with Iyari and watch her eat a bowl of ice cream bigger than she is an complain about how much weight she'd gained since Buffy. Yeah, right.<br /><br />Unlike Dusk, Killer In Me is my favourite of this group. I think both Alyson and Adam are outstanding. Though it's a bit ironic that when she momentarily gives up on Tara she turns into Tara's boyfriend (okay, Amber's.)<br /><br />Robson looks very dead - in fact, he did when Giles arrived. I thought he was the First, at first. That whole thing could have been much better directed.<br /><br />Hey, the lead witch is Hyde's sister from That 70's show.<br /><br />I love the use of practical light in the initiative - they often did that on Firefly - built the lights into the set. Flashlights are a step further.<br /><br />Riley calls Spike assface? Pot, kettle....<br /><br />When Kennedy beamed to the backyard, all I could think of was "Ziggy, centre me on Willow."<br /><br />Giles comes off as a doofus when he talks to Chao Ahn. He should get Dawn to help - she's great with languages.<br /><br />The girls didn't know Spike had a chip - but they still trusted him enough to train with him.<br /><br />Giles wanted Buffy to find her own way in life - then gets angry with her when she does.<br /><br />Xander was right - that's rope for tying people up. Ashanti was in Bride and Prejudice, which isn't quite Bollywood but I still think it's cool.<br /><br />Buffy says that people think she's "still in love with Spike." Since she always denied she ever was, who is she fooling?<br /><br />Were the vampires near the restaurant the dancers from OMWF?<br /><br />How can a restaurant in a dark alley do any kind of decent business in Sunnydale?<br /><br />Doesn't Robin NOT see Spike in the rear view mirror?<br /><br />So a few drops of Xander's blood can open the seal, but all of Jonathan's can't?<br /><br />I think Andrew spends a lot of time mentally undressing Scott Bakula.<br /><br />Anya is again trying to hook up with Spike - she spent most of her existence defining herself by taking vengeance on men, and as a human in relationship with them.<br /><br />You'd think if Robin were raised by a Watcher he'd have a little more reaction to the council going kablooey.<br /><br />"Bring it On" - Eliza and Clare's movie.<br /><br />Xander says "Fonzie bear" - I guess that's the Muppet in the leather jacket.<br /><br />I think the shadow puppets are the best part of the episode.<br /><br />So, Slayers get their power from demon rape, forced by misogynistic men. Girl power, rah.Colleen/redeem147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-9128730838188359762011-12-06T22:32:10.656-05:002011-12-06T22:32:10.656-05:00Oh, and a question out there for any re-watchers:
...Oh, and a question out there for any re-watchers:<br /><br />Are we going to get an explanation as to why/how Lorne incorrectly read Angelus and thought Angel's soul had returned?The Question Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-82378914764124111242011-12-06T22:28:25.435-05:002011-12-06T22:28:25.435-05:00My favourite quote of the week: Willow attempting ...My favourite quote of the week: Willow attempting to boost Buffy's confidence by calling her "a frisky vixen".<br /><br />The Buffster is certainly building up a pretty cool team to take on the First. <br />In my fanboy dreams, though, Buffy would decide she needs all the help she can get and calls Angel & his team of do-gooders to come even the odds! How kick-ass would that have been?! I'd love to see Buffy and Cordelia take a few jabs at one another again, or see Giles and Wesley catch up on old times. Not to mention the sheer awesomeness that would be a conversation between Anya and Lorne :D<br /><br />Speaking of Angel, the show's been taking a lot of interesting twists lately. I find myself missing Wolfram & Hart's dastardly ways. Now that they killed off both Gavin & Lilah, it feels like something's missing. But I suppose it's all well and good, as long as someone kills Connor soon.<br />Seriously, if you combined Episode I Anakin Skywalker, Dawn Summers circa Season 6, Robin from "Batman & Robin", and Snarf from Thundercats, together they would STILL pale in comparison to the whiny, annoying mightiness that is Connor. I can't wait till he leaves the demon-hunting world behind to become a Madison Avenue ad man. At least his whining on THAT show is a bit quieter. :PThe Question Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-9410071874300141522011-12-06T21:15:32.653-05:002011-12-06T21:15:32.653-05:00Also people looking for Cordy answers wil get them...Also people looking for Cordy answers wil get them...the quality of those answers is debatable.<br /><br />Also Willow has more chemestry with Fred then Kennedy.<br /><br />Alyson and Alexis were engaged at the time of that episode, am I correct?<br /><br />"You think I'm evil if I take a bunch of girls out camping in the dersert and *don't* touch them?!?"Dusknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-53749184872878205612011-12-06T21:12:22.160-05:002011-12-06T21:12:22.160-05:00The Killer In Me is my personal least-liked.
Jos...The Killer In Me is my personal least-liked. <br /><br />Joss apparently wanted an anti-Tara but they went too far, it's completly unbelivable Wilow would go for someone with that bad atitide and understands so little about magic when it's so imporatant to her.<br /><br />Her reaction to being Warren makes litle sense. She doesn't regret killing him so why did Amy's spell go that route?. (also the morality debate of S6 wasn't that well recieved, especially since it was so soon after someone te fans grew atached to just got killed). Her feelings for losing Tara aren't really explored, the writers seem to fixate on her magical fallout now. She ends the episode still wanting Tara back, so why would thevery thing that transformed her turn her back to normal?<br /><br />Perhaps if they had done it like Willow commits to controlling her magic in honour of Tara it would have been better, but both Tara, and magical control aren't resovled. It does not close the Willow/Tara chapter at all.<br /><br />Also I believe it was Cynthea who said one of her biggest problems with Dawn at the start was she was just inserted to the group. Kennedy has the same problem, she's in every episode since her first appearence. Her behaviour is far from endearing, and it's constantly there. Jenny, Oz, Riley, Spike, Anya and even Cordy and Angel were slowly phased into being constantly with the gang, but someone with no deph as a character, and her relationship with Willow makes no sense, Kennedy just doesn't work.Dusknoreply@blogger.com