Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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Need to swipe me telly back from someone first
girasol
Addicted to handstands!
Another one to celebrate 18 years... http://metro.co.uk/2015/03/10/18-reasons-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-was-the-best-show-on-tv-5095994
Although for me it's only about 1 year old When it first came out I watched an episode here and there, but never really got into it.
Although for me it's only about 1 year old
When it first came out I watched an episode here and there, but never really got into it.
Rebelda
Nearly as bad as Badgers
Oooh I've only ever read the soundbite, I've never heard the speech in full http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/womens-blog/2013/oct/29/joss-whedon-strong-women-characters
Forgive me if the article is shit, I didn't read it
Forgive me if the article is shit, I didn't read it
Forgive me if the article is shit, I didn't read it
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
I wanna go and watch that one where Buffy and Faith switch bodies.
kittyP
Pluviophile
I find myself getting really annoyed watching that episode.
Not coz it's bad but I want to scream "it's not Buffy you fools" all the time
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SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
I find myself getting really annoyed watching that episode.
Not coz it's bad but I want to scream "it's nut Buffy you fools" all the time
The acting in it is great I think.
kittyP
Pluviophile
Definitely!
So anyway, I have now read it. Sort of synopsis of the speech really. Which is just as well cos the online media is disablist and thinks posting links of speeches without transcribing them or providing subtitles is an acceptable carry on. And it isn't really.Oooh I've only ever read the soundbite, I've never heard the speech in full http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/womens-blog/2013/oct/29/joss-whedon-strong-women-characters
Forgive me if the article is shit, I didn't read it
But yeah. Joss Whedon *thumbs*
Mostly spot on but not sure about this bit:
Up to a point (and out of plot necessity really). She already knows what she is - but I don't think she knows who she is until much much later
Yeah. I think she's easily the best character in the first season or so because she's more formed than the others. But the development curve of the Scoobies and others is so much steeper and more interesting.
Spike's a proper slow burner of a character. Goes up like a skyrocket in the last couple of seasons eh.Yes. I hadn't really thought about it like that but I think you're right.
I think Spike is at the top (obvs
Giles' curve is interesting. From wise elder statesman to discarded has-been, to one of the gang again... and the little insights into his private emotional life are excellent
kittyP
Pluviophile
His best moment is when he gives the immobilised Ben the speech about how Buffy isn't like them as she couldn't kill a human, Ben says something like "not like us?" and Giles covers his mouth and nose and suffocates him!Spike's a proper slow burner of a character. Goes up like a skyrocket in the last couple of seasons eh.
Giles' curve is interesting. From wise elder statesman to discarded has-been, to one of the gang again... and the little insights into his private emotional life are excellent
Jesus yes, that was a proper shocker eh
When we see Willow go all bad we know it's either an alternative reality or the corrupting influence of magic. When Giles does this it's just... Giles. And all the more shocking for that
kittyP
Pluviophile
Yes. He does it for totally valid, noble reasons.Jesus yes, that was a proper shocker eh
When we see Willow go all bad we know it's either an alternative reality or the corrupting influence of magic. When Giles does this it's just... Giles. And all the more shocking for that
He had to because no one else will, but it's still cold and calculated.
It shocked me and made me love him even more at the same time.
Agent Sparrow
the age of slippers and migraines
Has this one been shared yet? Some of the comments are, for once, funnier and more spot on than the examples in the article.
http://the-toast.net/2015/03/24/every-argument-about-buffy-on-the-internet-from-1998-until-now/
http://the-toast.net/2015/03/24/every-argument-about-buffy-on-the-internet-from-1998-until-now/
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
indeed, the article is very very clearly written by blokes (otherwise there is no way they'd fail to mention Anya, possibly the best character in the show. Other than Kennedy)Has this one been shared yet? Some of the comments are, for once, funnier and more spot on than the examples in the article.
http://the-toast.net/2015/03/24/every-argument-about-buffy-on-the-internet-from-1998-until-now/
Sapphireblue
Well-Known Member
fucking hell, one of those comments:
Okay but the WORST THING IN MY WHOLE LIFE was when I read that Joss wrote an ending where Tara comes back to like but they couldn't film it because it didn't work with Amber Benson's schedule. At that moment I felt the walls around me crumble and the sky go dark. An infinite void in the center of my heart screamed once, and then was silent.
Okay but the WORST THING IN MY WHOLE LIFE was when I read that Joss wrote an ending where Tara comes back to like but they couldn't film it because it didn't work with Amber Benson's schedule. At that moment I felt the walls around me crumble and the sky go dark. An infinite void in the center of my heart screamed once, and then was silent.
Rebelda
Nearly as bad as Badgers
I'm sad tonight. So I'm watching Intervention - the one with the buffy bot - and then i will watch the one where Glory kidnaps Spike and Buffy kisses him at the end *teary smile*
E2a: hang on, it's the same episode
well I'm gonna watch them both anyway.
E2a: hang on, it's the same episode
well I'm gonna watch them both anyway.
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