When does Buffy get good?
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Agent Sparrow
the age of slippers and migraines
As a slight change of subject, I’ve just watched this whilst I wait for my coffee to kick in and yes, it’s definitely funny and watchable. But as the plot is preparing/putting on a musical, it’s also a completely different kettle of fish to Once More With Feeling.
That must've been after I stopped watching it. The one Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia is meant to be the other really good one.
Nonetheless, an interesting and less cringey way to how many other TV programmes approach musical episodes. 7/10.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Not for the likes of us
girasol
Addicted to handstands!
I watched it in my late 30s (might have been early 40s, can't remember) after being badgered into it. I thought Season 1 was shit, until towards episode 9, I think, when it all clicked into place. Since then I've watched the whole thing twice. And I even enjoyed season 1 in subsequent watches. There's something about the humour that I like... And the adults, especially Buffy's mum, how they dealt with it all was interesting to me, as an adult and a mother.
emanymton
A cat politely sat on the flaming gardener.
So I was going to joke that Kristy Swanson is the better Buffy but urm yikes.
en.m.wikipedia.org
I know Gellar is a right winger but not on this level I think.
Kristy Swanson - Wikipedia
I know Gellar is a right winger but not on this level I think.
Agent Sparrow
the age of slippers and migraines
I read the other day that Natasha Lyonne apparently auditioned for Buffy. That would have felt very different!
What I think is more well known is that SMG originally auditioned for Cordelia and Charisma Carpenter for Buffy.
What I think is more well known is that SMG originally auditioned for Cordelia and Charisma Carpenter for Buffy.
Yossarian
⏭️
Yep, maybe she voted Republican at some point but it definitely doesn't sound like she was on the Trump train in 2020
emanymton
A cat politely sat on the flaming gardener.
I could also just be completely wrong, but sure she was Republican. Of course a lot of more moderate Republicans have not followed the party into insanity, and maybe her views just changed.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
she was a registered Republican as recently as 2016 - she said it wasn't going to stop her voting for H Clinton
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
A "rhino", according to MAGA types
Err, 56 here
Just wanna add too that all the way through, I thought they captured heart-torn mind-fucked teenage angst perfectly, and I was genuinely taken back to those years. Urghh.I wouldnt be a fucking teenager again if you paid me.
Mrs Miggins
It’s all happening tomorrow
I think with a lot of these series, if you didn't watch at the time (or at least fairly close to the time), you've missed the boat.
Again, not really, cos I only watched it last year and loved it.
Mrs Miggins
It’s all happening tomorrow
Fair enough!!
Sapphireblue
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i didn't watch the first 2-3 seasons at the time and caught up when i was 17ish watching the 14(?) year olds and found the first season or two a bit young / crap but perservered cos it gets better. definitely very dark by the last few seasons, i remember the point i realised i needed to record the late friday version not the tuesday early evening version cos it was missing huge fucking chunks due to watershed.
The Octagon
Stop...Hammertime
I watch a few reactor-type youtube channels and most (if not all) get sucked into Buffy around S2.
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
My very hardcore Buffy fan friend has alerted me to the fact that there's a new makeup range coming out endorsed by the people who played Darla and Drusilla. £88 does sound a bit steep but you do get 45 shades for your money so maybe that's reasonable?
The colours and packaging look like they're aimed at teenagers but can't imagine many teenagers spending £88 on that. (I certainly wouldn't.)
Riley though. RILEY.
Dystopiary
putting up a hook to hang my hopes upon
T & P
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We decided to finally give Buffy a go last year, largely influenced by the enduring reverence of the show at both audience and professional critic levels. We ended up loving it, but most of us are subject to be influenced to some degree by popular opinion, and I wonder what my reaction to the show would have been if I’d been stranded on a desert island all this time and started to watch it afresh without knowing the first thing about it.
We’ve just started watching a recent Aussie/ Kiwi murder mystery series starring Lucy Lawless of Xena: Warrior Princess fame, and it occurred to me to wonder why that show hasn’t enjoyed a similar cult-like status. I only ever watched a few episodes of it but from a purely objective standpoint it feels of comparable quality, if not actually better.
We’ve just started watching a recent Aussie/ Kiwi murder mystery series starring Lucy Lawless of Xena: Warrior Princess fame, and it occurred to me to wonder why that show hasn’t enjoyed a similar cult-like status. I only ever watched a few episodes of it but from a purely objective standpoint it feels of comparable quality, if not actually better.
Her new show? Cos XWP definitely had/has cult status.
Sapphireblue
Well-Known Member
i watch the new show and really enjoyed it. can't remember what is was called offhand!
T & P
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It’s called My Life is Murder and she plays a police consultant. Easy watching Murder She Wrote type
Regarding Xena, I am sure it has cult status among its core fan base, but I have never noticed widespread acclaim of the kind Buffy has enjoyed.
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ATOMIC SUPLEX
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It's basically shit right up until that musical episode, which is most enjoyable.
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Then it goes right back to being shit again until the end.
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Then it goes right back to being shit again until the end.
emanymton
A cat politely sat on the flaming gardener.
But in order to understand that episode you need to have watched everything leading up to it.
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