Comments | gabrielleabelle: I live in the action of death.

gabrielleabelle

I live in the action of death.

Sep 10, 2009 21:27

Now that I got to rewatch it, here's some things I love about Restless:

- Putting aside the symbolism and foreshadowyness, I love how it feels like a dream. I've always had intense, vivid dreams that I usually remember for days with no problem. And, inevitably, fictional depictions of dreams never quite seem dreamlike. They're missing something. ( Read more... )

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gabrielleabelle September 11 2009, 04:37:46 UTC

lol! Joss always knows...always. :)

saena17 September 11 2009, 02:56:58 UTC

I was going to comment specifically, but just YES. Yes to all of it. :D So much love for this episode! I need to re-watch it sometime.

gabrielleabelle September 11 2009, 04:38:14 UTC

I strongly encourage a rewatch. Oooo...I should rewatch the Joss commentary, too. I love that commentary.

ofpaint September 11 2009, 02:59:33 UTC

This is my favourite episode ever. Everything is perfect.

gabrielleabelle September 11 2009, 04:38:28 UTC

*nods in agreement* :)

penny_lane_42 September 11 2009, 03:12:50 UTC

Yes! TV/movie!dreams are always much, much too coherent and not nearly weird enough to be anything like actual dreams. "Restless" is definitely the only one that measures up.

- Miss Kitty Fantastico and the Slow Walk of DOOM!!! I looove that! My favorite throw-away line in the whole of the show is in S7 when Dawn says the thing about crossbows and Miss Kitty Fantastico.

And Buffy laughing at it. SMG is the definition of adorable. I know everyone else goes on and on about Alyson Hannigan being too cute (which she is), but when SMG turns on the cuteness, I just become so unreasonably happy. Probably because it's more...hard won with her, you know?

A lot of filing and giving things names. Gah, I just love that line.

THE DESERT SCENE. HER SPEECH. YES.

- I'd be remiss if I didn't point out the one thing I don't like about the episode, and that's the POC as the snarling, menacing savage figure. It's very icky, especially considering the overwhelming whiteness of the rest of the show. I'm so glad you mentioned that. I ( ... )

gabrielleabelle September 11 2009, 04:39:48 UTC

but when SMG turns on the cuteness, I just become so unreasonably happy. Probably because it's more...hard won with her, you know?

I know! We so rarely get to see Buffy just being happy or laughing. It amazed me going back to S1 to see her smiling all the time. Because she almost never does in the later seasons. Well, not without a bunch of weariness.

penny_lane_42 September 11 2009, 05:17:17 UTC

I'm always startled by her cuteness. Like drunk!Buffy in "Life Serial." I feel like I always end up grinning at her just like Spike is.

Well, not without a bunch of weariness. My idea of what Buffy's future holds shifts all the time, but one thing remains constant: my hope for her is that she'll one day be able to smile without that weariness again.

gabrielleabelle September 11 2009, 05:23:25 UTC

My idea of what Buffy's future holds shifts all the time,

Mine doesn't. It holds lots of hot, kinky, fantastic sex with Spike. And that's sure to make her smile. ;)

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goldenusagi September 11 2009, 03:33:10 UTC

And, inevitably, fictional depictions of dreams never quite seem dreamlike.

Yes. They're always too obviously random, or too obviously trying to get a blatant message across, and end up being just a bunch of crazy things happening. Restless, though, it really FEELS like a dream.

gabrielleabelle September 11 2009, 04:41:27 UTC

Yep yep. Also, I've found most dream sequences in shows/movies have the person somehow too self-aware. Like they know it's a dream. Restless captures that complete complacency you get while in a dream. That, while things may not make sense, they still don't seem strange when you're in the dream. You just accept it.