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- The Substitute - #6 »
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- On the Wagon - #14 »
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Well if they are going by the R2 art (which they have been so far) Giles is somewhat pictured on the part 1 of the vhs tapes of Season 7: http://www.blackstar.co.uk/video/item/7000000080303 Yup, That was the scary movie with clown. The book, as is often the case, was even scarier. Finding a clown walking along the side of the road at 1 am is definately a freaky occurence. Granted he could just be one of those masses without a car. Best, Lance Man cover artI agree,
Season four box set (region one) would have been better with more of the cast on the cover. Best, Lance Man
A whole lotta semi-related Buffy info!
Do you think it will help Viacom if I send them an affidavit saying that I immediately thought of Spike the vampire, NOT Spike Lee, when I heard about Spike TV? Natasha aka candygirl :: MSCL.com
Look, if this is weird for you, being tutored? I don't mind helping you a little longer. You could have sex with me if you really want to help...I guess that's a "no"?
Someone on another forum said that they were able to buy the Buffy S4 set at Walmart today, even though it isn't being released until next Tuesday!
Natasha aka candygirl :: MSCL.com
Look, if this is weird for you, being tutored? I don't mind helping you a little longer. You could have sex with me if you really want to help...I guess that's a "no"?
Walmart is know for putting movies on the shelf when they get them. I've gotten movies ahead of times there (The matrix was one that I got this way). "When I disagree with a rational man, I let reality be our final arbiter; if I am right, he will learn; if I am wrong, I will; one of us will win, but both will profit." - Ayn Rand
Well, I finally got to see the Buffy-finale yesterday (I watched almost the entire seventh season in one week - *that* was fun ) and IMHO, the 7th season was better than season 5 and season 6. I don't want to go into much detail here (and I haven't read the entire thread yet so I don't know what has been discussed here before), but I think it was an "okay" season. I really hoped they'd kill Buffy at the end, but instead they kill Anya (one of my favorite characters on the show) and Spike too (and now the writers have to come up with some weird story to bring Spike back from the dead to the ... ehm .. dead for "ANGEL") -- oh well, I guess I have to live with that.
But the rest was good, some nice CGI tricks and fight scenes in the Hellmouth, the very last scene was a little bit lame (no Sarah McLachlan song playing at the end - that can't be a Buffy finale ) - and the final showdown was too short. As for the entire season: Too few surprises. It was fun to watch, but the excitement of the earlier years was gone. The best seasons of "Buffy" were in my opinion seasons two and three - mostly because I'm a Willow fan and she had the best scenes in those two seasons. I can't imagine the show without Alyson Hannigan And today I received the season 3 box set (imported from the US - amazing how cheap it is over there, we have to pay twice as much in Germany) and the first thing I watched was the episode "Doppelgängerland" I literally shove the DVD into my DVD player the minute I got home... oh, 1999, those were the days... In direct comparision, season 7 of "Buffy" is almost a complete different show in all aspects - well, maybe except for Sarah Michelle Gellar, who didn't evolve a bit. (BTW: it's really about time for a high-density DVD medium - i feel like a DJ changing all those DVDs constantly) I'm still undecided whether to buy the season 4 box set -- as I heard, Fox didn't release a widescreen version in the US although the european PAL version is widescreen. According to postings in newsgroups, Joss isn't a big fan of the 16:9 format, composed all epsiodes for 4:3, but shot them in 16:9 (why is this all so difficult?). But I'm a fan of 16:9, so I'd have to buy the expensive PAL version... and all that for the lame "Initiative"-storyline? Damn, I have to cut back on these parentheses...
Sascha - there is info about the S4 widescreen vs. fullscreen issue on page 12 of this thread. I totally understand preferring widescreen, but having seen the side by side comparisons, I'm fine with BtVS in fullscreen.
I agree about the excitement being gone this season - it seemed like it plodded along and very little happened for weeks at a time, and even when something DID happen, they took a lot more time to deal with it than seemed necessary. Another Slayerette? Let's spend a whole episode on that. I don't mean to sound so...bitter, I guess...but Joss set the bar very high in previous seasons and this one didn't come close to his better ones. Of course, that doesn't mean I won't run out and buy every set as it is released on DVD because I MUST have them, even if some of them will only be for reference and not repeated obsessive viewing! Natasha aka candygirl :: MSCL.com
Look, if this is weird for you, being tutored? I don't mind helping you a little longer. You could have sex with me if you really want to help...I guess that's a "no"?
I am a big fan of OAR, but if Joss did not want them in widescreen from the get go then that is the OAR. It is about the director/creator's vision.
People are also upset that Angel isn't released widescreen, but from what I have read it didn't start airing widescreen till S3. So again, fullscreen is the OAR. Case closed. I am happy with fullscreen unless it was supposed to be widescreen. Sab, I am really surprised that you prefered Season 7 to Season 5. To me, Season 5 is just a tad behind Season 2 as best ever.
With 5, I don't believe there were any loose ends to speak of. And Glory was just the perfect mix of sugar and spice, ie a personable evil. The whole back story made sense, and Dawn had some purpose. And the ending was just perfect. Whereas, to me, Season 7 was a crap-fest.
And how could you not love the cheap, whorish, fashion victim ex-god of bad home perms with a skanky, lopsided ass that we call Glory?
Natasha aka candygirl :: MSCL.com
Look, if this is weird for you, being tutored? I don't mind helping you a little longer. You could have sex with me if you really want to help...I guess that's a "no"? hmmm....I thought she was kinda hot....
decide for yourself... http://www.gloryisagod.com/clare.html Thanks candygirl for pointing me to the postings with the widescreen comments.
I completely agree with you - but I'm going to have to a 16:9 tv soon, so there's a huge temptation to fill the entire screen with a picture I wasn't a big fan of the "Glory" character and storyline. But yeah, it's probably wrong to dismiss entire seasons as "bad" or "good". I agree with you, season 5 had some very good "Dawn"-episodes and "The Body", which is IHMO the best Buffy episode. But I didn't like the season ending - mostly because I knew that the show would go on and so it was clear that Buffy was going to be resurrected. It would be different if it had been the series finale. And the season opener "Buffy vs Dracula" was also very disappointing IMHO. (But always on a high level - a bad "Buffy" episode is still *way* better than most of the s**t that's airing these days...). Season 7 had some very good episodes too IMHO - not as good as season 2 or 3 though. Especially the episodes written by Jane Espenson ("Conversations With Dead People", "First Date", "Storyteller") were pretty good and her writing will probably be one of the few reasons to watch the "Gilmore Girls" spin-off in 2004. I don't think that season 7 has more loose ends than the seasons before (e.g. I don't see the "loose ends" JPP13 mentioned on page 15 of this thread as loose ends - IMHO they were all adressed or "solved" in later episodes (like Ghost-Joyce' prophecy about Buffy not choosing Dawn - well, she didn't choose her, she tried to send her away. And she admitted that she'd sacrifice the lives of Dawn and the Scooby Gang if necessary to beat the First) ). But you're right, the entire series has lots of loose ends with forgotten demons and characters. Anyway, I liked the concept of going "full-circle" of the last season, back to the beginning. But I guess I have to re-watch all seasons sometime to form a final opinion. A long time has passed since I watched season 4 or 5 and I tend to forget the good things and focus on bad things... Who is onlineUsers browsing this forum: No registered users and 38 guests |