Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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maya
timewasting fool (in every universe)
[ pedant ] No need for arguments, Buffy = fantasy, not SF.
Science fiction = features technology + science-related extrapolations of some kind.
Fantasy= features magic, fantastic supernatural beings and forces, usually no science- and if some kind of science is present, it usually circumvenes scientific plausibility/laws and is just a form of magic [ / pedant ]
Sorry to be so humourless on such a brilliant thread, but just felt it needed to be said...
Glitter
Goddess of rock!
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
I've been to buffy conventions before. The same bloke who runs them does the L Word conventions. 
it's good but I always felt the slang and cockneyisms never quite rang trueWhereas Spike's is by no means infallible, but very good. Apparently he auditioned with an English accent and they loved it (and had no idea he was American)!
My daughter has a friend called Drusilla
Reno
The In Kraut
What about Willow - she was all science and computers for several seasons
...and season 4 took more of a scifi approach.
Buffy is a blend of genres, but I always thought of it as a subversion of horror tropes first.
maya
timewasting fool (in every universe)
Aye, you may be right it's not 100% clear cut. (-Willow! xWhat about Willow - she was all science and computers for several seasons
)I admit I never managed to catch all the episodes- we had no video player until the year I left home, and we weren't allowed to watch Buffy because mum thought all popular culture featuring too much hotness and sexily clad folk wasn't good for us, so we had to sneakily watch it then turn it off as she entered the room- 
Reno
The In Kraut
I didn't even know there were L Word conventions. Does every cult TV show have them ? Are there The Wire conventions ?I've been to buffy conventions before. The same bloke who runs them does the L Word conventions.
Rebelda
Nearly as bad as Badgers
I agree, it winds me up no end that they always use 'ponce' wrong. There's another repeat offender but I can't think of it right now. No doubt it'll come to me at 4am
(eta: possibly 'nancy'?)maya I thought about saying fantasy, but I couldn't make it fit the sentence and the linguistic pedant in me wouldn't let it hang there
But the others are right anyway, it's a blend of genres - meta-genre much of the time.
Rebelda
Nearly as bad as Badgers
Does SMG ever have anything to do with them? She never features in the extra DVD interviews..I've been to buffy conventions before. The same bloke who runs them does the L Word conventions.
You'd have thought Anthony Head would have had a word. Unless he's far too posh to know his slangI agree, it winds me up no end that they always use 'ponce' wrong. There's another repeat offender but I can't think of it right now. No doubt it'll come to me at 4am
Glitter
Goddess of rock!
I agree, it winds me up no end that they always use 'ponce' wrong. There's another repeat offender but I can't think of it right now. No doubt it'll come to me at 4am
maya I thought about saying fantasy, but I couldn't make it fit the sentence and the linguistic pedant in me wouldn't let it hang there
Spike to the Buffybot 'Very posh!'
Reno
The In Kraut
She wasn't well liked on the set and kept apart from the rest of the crew and cast who were very close. Raving republican and all round unpleasant person if one believes the rumours.
Rebelda
Nearly as bad as Badgers
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
This comes across on the show I think. I don't dislike Gellar's acting, it's cartoonish but it does fit in with the overall feel of the show. All the best chemistry, timing and dramatic chutzpah is found elsewhere in the cast though.
Glitter
Goddess of rock!
Possibly. In Band Candy Giles does an inspired mockney accent that must have been his idea. It's a bit shit
He's dead now
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Giles: 'I have a friend visiting this weekend...'
Anya: 'An orgasm friend?'
Giles: 'Yes, that's precisely the most appalling thing you could have said.'
Anya: 'An orgasm friend?'
Giles: 'Yes, that's precisely the most appalling thing you could have said.'
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Possibly. In Band Candy Giles does an inspired mockney accent that must have been his idea. It's a bit shit
nothing will ever beat the gold blend adverts for Head cringe
tbh that probably worked in the later seasons anyway given Buffy's increasing isolation and loneliness, out of necessity as the Slayer
Manter
Lunch Mob
Giles is dead?He's dead now
Reno
The In Kraut
I never believe a single one of Gellars emotions, she always kept that deliberateness of a bad child actress (which she was) where you always see in the eyes what she is going to do next. She wasn't too bad on Buffy, though she is the reason why I never liked Buffy herself that much, but when she tried for a screen career it became obvious what a terrible actress she is.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
No, Robin Sachs who played Ethan Rayne.
Rebelda
Nearly as bad as Badgers
Bernie Gunther
Fundamentalist Druid
[ pedant ] No need for arguments, Buffy = fantasy, not SF.
Science fiction = features technology + science-related extrapolations of some kind.
Fantasy= features magic, fantastic supernatural beings and forces, usually no science- and if some kind of science is present, it usually circumvenes scientific plausibility/laws and is just a form of magic [ / pedant ]
Sorry to be so humourless on such a brilliant thread, but just felt it needed to be said...
To be even more pedantic, since fundamental principles of science prohibit both faster than light travel and reactionless (propellantless) engines, then most mainstream SF is actually fantasy too.
Once you allow FTL you might as well also have elves riding on pink unicorns ...
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Absolutely. Doesn't seem like it's totally dead though.
Glitter
Goddess of rock!
No, Ethan Rayne.
Everyone beat me to it
On another note did anyone see how fit Wesley got in Angel?
No wonder Alyson Hannigan married him!
