tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post6962020031665804002..comments2024-02-04T05:13:04.501-05:00Comments on Nik at Nite: Buffy Rewatch Week 8Nikki Staffordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463618183850438914noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-59247045757960046072020-01-21T07:08:08.624-05:002020-01-21T07:08:08.624-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.ribbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03198571849485788318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-13748357292512026612011-02-28T21:29:47.306-05:002011-02-28T21:29:47.306-05:00I don't think Buffy was a 'real' vampi...I don't think Buffy was a 'real' vampire. I chose to think the clown wasn't real either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-15312094282563153792011-02-28T21:04:31.952-05:002011-02-28T21:04:31.952-05:00Was is just me or was Buffy acting a little overly...Was is just me or was Buffy acting a little overly bitchy toward Kendra in the beginning of What's My Line Part 2. I didn't understand why she whas being like that. Wouldn't it be kinda cool to not be the only Slayer in the world. And another thing I thought of was, shouldn't there be three Slayers. I say this because of what happened in Nightmares. She turned into a Vampire. And that means she was technically dead. So there should be three. How cool would that have been if they did something with that. I do suppose that when they woke the kid up that everything was set back as if it never happened so Buffy would have never become a Vampire and would have never died but I just thought that would have been cool.Spike952931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-19092762041620734822011-02-28T19:33:31.561-05:002011-02-28T19:33:31.561-05:00I didn't realize that the Yahoo group is still...I didn't realize that the Yahoo group is still there.<br /><br /><a href="http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/MrGordo/" rel="nofollow">Mr. Gordo</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-68559602346755663662011-02-26T20:35:21.542-05:002011-02-26T20:35:21.542-05:00First of all, Jane must watch LOST. That is a nece...First of all, Jane must watch LOST. That is a necessity. That is SO FASCINATING that the ice skating music is a rendition of the theme! I need to go back and rewatch that episode! <br /><br />I completely agree about the details surrounding the Slayer mythos being confusing. I actually didn't fully understand it in its entirety until reading Tales of the Slayers, and the Omnibus comics.<br /><br />But YESSSSS!!!! What's My Line? was the point where I knew for SURE that I was going to become a Buffy nut! From that moment on, it was an obsession. One of the best, most rewarding obsessions I've ever had!Sara D.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-67376708074770945862011-02-24T18:41:51.976-05:002011-02-24T18:41:51.976-05:00Just a few observations. In "What's My L...Just a few observations. In "What's My Line", petulant Buffy drives me crazy. The way she reacts to Kendra's arrival is annoying. Having said that, it is just how a teanager would act. "I hate my life...but you can't come and take away what's mine." Buffy IS the slayer, and Kendra showing up gives her a momentary identity crisis. I also love how serious Giles takes the assassins. He doesn't have time for Xander's constant littany of jokes.<br />Did anyone else feel disoriented when Giles and Buffy were in the graveyard during the daytime?<br /><br />On to Ted. When Buffy is "fine" and taking it out on the vamp, Giles comments, "It's staking time, really, don't you think?" I love this comment, because I often feel like Buffy takes forever to get to the staking, beating them to a "bloody pulp" in the process. <br />Buffy: "Vampires are creeps."<br />Giles: "Yes, that's why one stakes them." <br /><br />The scene between Buffy and Angel as she tapes him up is just plain adorable. <br /><br />I loved the look on Giles face when the vampire came straight at him while he and Jenny were on patrol. It looks like Giles just missed having his kidney punctured by Jenny's stay arrow. Tweed kevlar indeed.<br /><br />And when it's all said and done, and Ted is on the "scrap heap of life", Buffy and Joyce hang out on the porch eating...wait for it... celery. Right??? I guess they'd had enough tainted baked goods and felt the need to get back to mother nature.<br /><br />Evan...I loved your video. So funny. Makes me wish I was watching Buffy with others. I really loved the ending homage to the great John Ritter. Jack Tripper can cook for me any time. I *heart* him, and watched "8 Simple Rules" because of him. I now watch THE EVENT, and the only reason I'm hanging on to it is because of his son Jason. Quite a physical resemblence.Lisa(until further notice)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-29993877592985493892011-02-24T00:10:04.308-05:002011-02-24T00:10:04.308-05:00Evan, I want one of your video responses every wee...Evan, I want one of your video responses every week. I'll even host!Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11237588861234196289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-29288550261433068562011-02-23T23:50:53.543-05:002011-02-23T23:50:53.543-05:00@ Nikki re: Joyce- at first I was really upset wit...@ Nikki re: Joyce- at first I was really upset with her too about how inconsiderate she was being of Buffy's feelings. But, in this case, it wasn't actually Joyce thinking that, right? All along she'd been eating Ted's food which was drugging her into submission? <br /><br />I loved the episodes this week! Buffy's clothing is driving me crazy though! She goes from shooort skirts and braless to frumpy sweatshirts and overalls. I thought it was especially noticeable when she was next to the other slayer.<br /><br />I'm also glad to be seeing more of Oz, I hope he and Willow become a couple soon! And I was happy to see Giles and the computer girl (can't remember her name!) together againAECnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-61605325513251969112011-02-23T21:45:17.871-05:002011-02-23T21:45:17.871-05:00Efthymia: Re: negative thoughts toward Joyce, as I...Efthymia: Re: negative thoughts toward Joyce, as I mentioned in my opening post for the Rewatch, I was taking a lot of that back and watching her in a new light. But the thing about "Ted," and something that I think is actually important to BtVS (and possibly Ted's only important link to the overall storyline) is that it's easy to forget that Buffy is just a girl. She's got this huge responsibility, she's brave, and she's the protector of humanity. But she's also 16 years old. <br /><br />There are few things harder than discovering one of your parents is dating someone else. Every child just wants their parents to be together, and Buffy actually says that in this episode when Angel asks her if any date of her mother's would make her happy, and she says, "My dad?" <br /><br />Joyce is an adult, and someone who could have helped ease her daughter into meeting Ted. She lied to Buffy about "working late," she didn't talk to her ahead of time and instead gave Buffy the shock of finding her snogging him in the kitchen. Now, this is all very new for Joyce, too, and maybe sometimes she wants to forget she has a daughter and have a part of her life that's just for her. But when she disregards Buffy telling her that Ted threatened her, I think that's some pretty bad parenting. But that's just my opinion.Nikki Staffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04463618183850438914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-51656882937028963862011-02-23T21:31:53.828-05:002011-02-23T21:31:53.828-05:00Stacy: I actually explained the whole Slayer thing...Stacy: I actually explained the whole Slayer thing in the "Did You Notice" section of the post: Kendra is now the active Slayer, in that her death will bring on a new Slayer, but if Buffy dies, nothing happens.Nikki Staffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04463618183850438914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-44803930452772685002011-02-23T21:27:13.809-05:002011-02-23T21:27:13.809-05:00Sorry, guys, those links were all screwed up. I...Sorry, guys, those links were all screwed up. I've fixed them, and I hope you check them out again because they were hilarious and awesome. ;)Nikki Staffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04463618183850438914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-5770216719637513232011-02-23T13:55:24.158-05:002011-02-23T13:55:24.158-05:00Thinking and pondering some more... The Annoying O...Thinking and pondering some more... The Annoying One was a vampire in a child’s body, right? I just realized how very unique that was, at least in our story so far. Wondering about how that happened, his origin, etc. I mean, all of a sudden he was just THERE, back in Season 1. I’m further wondering just how unique he really was, if we’ll be seeing other evil, toothy junior vampires. (I don’t expect an answer, because that would be spoilery! Just typing out loud...)<br /><br />I'm real sorry about this. Ahem. My VW is Apoleney - what a beautiful, young Sicilian girl is called when she visits her American hillbilly relatives. (Fans of "The Godfather" will get that.)Marebabenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-14399948426255753672011-02-23T11:37:55.566-05:002011-02-23T11:37:55.566-05:00@Lesley: Thanks for the reminder about the demise ...@Lesley: Thanks for the reminder about the demise of the Annoying One. And I think you’re right about how gruesome it was for Angel, seeing the light grow and move towards him. It reminds me of the slow, drawn-out deaths that James Bond’s pompous enemies tried to orchestrate for him, which always backfired, because they were giving him plenty of time (and privacy) to work out how to escape.<br /><br />VW: zessimpt - something German!Marebabenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-42850180693075244102011-02-23T11:16:18.202-05:002011-02-23T11:16:18.202-05:00Hello!
I'm loving the rewatch and wanted to p...Hello!<br /><br />I'm loving the rewatch and wanted to put my two cents in!<br /><br />1. Marvel Boy was actually defended by Foggy Nelson, Daredevil's law partner in that "New Warriors" comic.<br /><br />2. The "original Sawyer" line made me laugh only because Josh Halloway would make a guest appearance as a vampire in the "Angel" pilot. He picks up some girls at a bar, vamps out and is staked by Angel. And the guy who Darla kills in the opening moments of the "Buffy" pilot now stars in "CSI: New York."Mike_Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174990796443111115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-15649909994934243252011-02-23T11:13:25.030-05:002011-02-23T11:13:25.030-05:00Okay. Somewhere in the posting I got a piece of an...Okay. Somewhere in the posting I got a piece of another person's post. Weird.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-576990696663650742011-02-23T11:12:26.330-05:002011-02-23T11:12:26.330-05:00Not so with the Jamaicans I’ve heard. Not only are...<i>Not so with the Jamaicans I’ve heard. Not only are they easy to understand, I find their accent very pleasant to listen to.</i><br /><br />I have a friend who can switch from her everyday accent, to her 'going to Caribana' accent. The latter - not so easy to understand.<br /><br />I must ask her what she thought of Kendra.<br /><br /> Also- even though I might have sneaked onto the spoiler posts and read that Xander and Cordy get together, I still gasped when they actually kissed- both times...<br /><br />Efthymia, I think you have a point about Dru pushing Angel's buttons, but I still think she misses her family and resents him for what he did. Her perceptions are different than other vampires, with being crazy and all.Colleen/redeem147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-91734001033052919002011-02-23T11:10:43.221-05:002011-02-23T11:10:43.221-05:00@Marebabe - we've seen one vampire-death-by-su...@Marebabe - we've seen one vampire-death-by-sunlight. Spike locks the Annoying One in a cage and hoists him up into a beam of light. All we see afterward is a swinging, empty cage and a wispy puff of smoke. That scene made the death seem pretty fast (and painless?). On the other hand, as Angel is trapped and waiting for the light's advance into his dark corner, he seems to sweat a lot and grow weak. Maybe the effects are different depending on sunlight strength, age of vampire, etc.??Lesley Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05542182248820875369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-69266240321524053122011-02-23T10:35:53.646-05:002011-02-23T10:35:53.646-05:00@JS and most everyone else: Regarding the Jamairis...@JS and most everyone else: Regarding the Jamairish accent, when I first heard it, I just thought it was some sort of African accent. I’ve seen plenty of documentaries with African people speaking English, and it’s a good thing that those are always subtitled, because an American would quickly lose the thread of what they were saying without being able to read along. Not so with the Jamaicans I’ve heard. Not only are they easy to understand, I find their accent very pleasant to listen to.<br /><br />I thought the “overalls of sadness” were cute. I’ve worn regular overalls, like what carpenters and painters wear, and Buffy’s were styled differently, making them look like play clothes (to me) rather than work clothes. And I’m OK with people changing things up and wearing drastically different outfits as the mood or occasion warrants.<br /><br />@Colleen/redeem: TV and movies hardly ever get knife/sword-sharpening right. I don’t know why that should be. Maybe it’s because some care and attention is needed to really make a sharp edge. It takes some focus, and I think filmmakers prefer to show this little bit of business as a casual activity taking place in a scene where other things/dialogue are going on. They’re trying to make it look cool, but they usually just succeed in making it look fake.<br /><br />@Lesley: I don’t think we’ve seen this yet – What does a vampire death-by-sunlight look like? Would that be a puff of ash, too? <br /><br />Why, exactly, are none of the passers-by staring at Kendra and/or laughing and pointing? Her outlandish way of dressing reminds me of “My Cousin Vinny”, when Lisa says to Vinny, “Yeah, you blend!”<br /><br />@Efthymia: I really like your very eclectic taste in crushes. Oz, Spike, AND Giles!<br /><br />(That’s funny. Spell-check had a problem with “Jamairish” just now. What’s up with that?)Marebabenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-41692063013677731022011-02-23T10:00:28.809-05:002011-02-23T10:00:28.809-05:00Wow, it looks like I had A LOT to say this time......Wow, it looks like I had A LOT to say this time... Sorry for the triple posting!<br /><br />"Ted": OK, this isn't a great episode, but I never hated it - I can think of worse episodes, most of them in a future season that shall remain unnamed (although rewatchers probably know which one I'm talking about). What I personally don't like about this episode is the message it sends - "Kids, if you hate the person your parent is dating and think he/she is a monster, YOU'RE RIGHT!" No love for the single parents...<br /><br />Nikki, I remember your dislike of Joyce from your book, but so far I haven't been able to really blame her - and I'm saying this as a daughter (who very often finds her mother insufferable). In this episode, Buffy has already been very negative and shown open dislike towards Ted even before he threatened her for the first time; for Joyce, Ted treats her right, he (apparently) treats Buffy right, he treats her friends right and seems to show genuine interest in them, while Buffy is pouting and being rude. Buffy (to Joyce's knowledge) has burned down a school building, been in fights, lied and not been a very good student and still Joyce isn't all that strict with her. Yes, she does let Ted interfere a bit too much and does a lot of compromising, but she is human, therefore imperfect. Why can we forgive everyone else for being imperfect and not her? Plus, after Buffy "kills" Ted, Joyce doesn't freak out and go "My daughter is a psychopath!" (which I'm sure many parents would think in a similar case) but protects her from the police; she doesn't scream, she doesn't throw Buffy out of the house, she doesn't lock her in her room - considering she believes her daughter killed her boyfriend, she acts pretty decently.<br /><br />I love "I have my own fun", because I often do! :)Efthymianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-34964545438363796222011-02-23T09:34:50.470-05:002011-02-23T09:34:50.470-05:00@Stacy: Yes, Buffy's out of the Slayer line no...@Stacy: Yes, Buffy's out of the Slayer line now, so her death would not activate another Slayer, only Kendra's would.<br /><br />Buffy still has her powers and she's stil inthe hellmouth, so she's stil a Slayer, just not in the normal way.Dusknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-22311391405999133812011-02-23T09:30:12.143-05:002011-02-23T09:30:12.143-05:00Now, on to the episodes comments:
"What'...Now, on to the episodes comments:<br /><br />"What's my line": I loved the fact that Buffy's very short death had already triggered the surface of a new Slayer: for me, it shows that (a)vampire (and-other-supernatural-creatures) slaying is so impotant for the fate of the world that the "position" cannot stay open even for a minute, and (b)Buffy can feel a little less lonely and the carrier of the weight of the world on her shoulders.<br />As to why Buffy doesn't leave the slaying responsibility to Kendra, or at least share it with her, after all her complaining, I think it was pretty clear that she felt really sorry for Kendra, because of the life she had been leading due to her Slayer preparation, and realised that her life wasn't all that bad, and she wanted Kendra to go and have a more normal life. At least, that's what I received.<br /><br />***OZ!***<br />I love the look he gives Willow when she sits on the couch next to him, I love that his hair is brown "sometimes", I love how he starts talking about animal crackers and then says "You have the sweetest smile I have ever seen!" and then continues talking about the animal crackers in an instant. I just really love Oz...<br /><br />Xander and Cordelia, with the name-calling and the kissing and the music and the more name-calling are so great! Why is it that completely opposite characters who argue a lot make such interesting fictional couples?<br /><br />Drusilla: I don't believe that she hurts for what happened to her family and that she is taking revenge when she tortures Angel; I believe that she talks about what Angel did to her because she knows that he now feels extremely guilty about it, and she is therefore using it as added emotional torture.<br />I never found it odd that Spike and Drusilla have this relationship and never saw them as different because of it: we had never before them gotten so close to vampires (apart from Angel) to know if they can form strong loving/sexual relationships, and we know that they can form strong attachments - the Master expressed pain and sadness after Darla was killed.<br /><br />These two episodes are the first to include all three of my BtVS crushes (Oz, Spike & Giles)together: they make me happy!Efthymianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-82032994295572236232011-02-23T09:22:39.406-05:002011-02-23T09:22:39.406-05:00Also- even though I might have sneaked onto the sp...Also- even though I might have sneaked onto the spoiler posts and read that Xander and Cordy get together, I still gasped when they actually kissed- both times...stacynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-36907992810508351182011-02-23T09:20:44.022-05:002011-02-23T09:20:44.022-05:00I was so happy to see John Ritter on the screen ag...I was so happy to see John Ritter on the screen again. Hated that he was a creep though.<br /><br />I'm a little confused about the slayer que. So Buffy is not the vampire slayer now since she died and Kendra became the slayer? And when/if Kendra dies another person will be slayer? So where does that leave Buffy? Just doing it for fun now?Stacynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-58645240477892496092011-02-23T08:56:52.661-05:002011-02-23T08:56:52.661-05:00The Great Accent Debate:
In Bianca Lawson's d...The Great Accent Debate:<br /><br />In Bianca Lawson's defence, Marti Noxon explains in the commentary for "What's my line" that the actress worked with a dialect coach (a very good professional, according to ms. Noxon), who taught her the accent of a specific region of Jamaica - because there are supposed to be many different accents depending on the region there - thus obscuring where Kendra comes from, leaving even the showrunners perplexed. Now, I don't know if this is just an excuse. Personally, having the privilege of not being a native english speaker and of living in a non-english speaking country, Kendra's accent never really bothered me (unlike the one to come in the end of this season, that had me cringing from the very beginning): she sounded Jamaik-ish, so I just explained it as an accent from "somewhere in the Carribean".Efthymianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-15046790123597152012011-02-23T05:47:24.614-05:002011-02-23T05:47:24.614-05:00I have loved all the rewatch-posts and I have beco...I have loved all the rewatch-posts and I have become to eagerly wait Wednesday mornings, when we in Europe read them, but this week it was simply great - can we, please, have Mr. Munday more often?<br />I never had so much trouble with Kendra's accent as I had with her clothing, she doesn't speak all the time, but we still have to watch her - 'dresses like Aladdin', indeed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com