Funny that you view ""Once More With Feeling"" as an unoriginal choice for best hour of tv ever... I said so at the time, and still hold it to be true.
I'm juts sorry you missed my impassioned diatribe in San Diego about how unbelievably badly that show ended - about why it broke down and where ALL signs showed it going, and what Joss copped out on...
Still, "Once More With Feeling" made it all worthwhile.
*uses only available icon*qe2August 16 2007, 01:34:08 UTC
I said so at the time, and still hold it to be true.
And I wholeheartedly agree. It just seems to be...hm. repetitively chic? in some circles around which I circle to find it so, and so I feel the need to apologize. Ridiculous, really.
I'm juts sorry you missed my impassioned diatribe in San Diego
As am I. Not that I'd have been the best audience ever for said diatribe, given that my knowledge of the canon arises from (1) direct viewing of s1, s2.5, and selected later eps (including the one where Spike and Buffy have house-destroying sex, which hurt my brain out of contest), (2) careful fic, and (3) regular perusal of mainstream entertainment weeklies. Still, I should think your soapbox time was something to see.
Re: *uses only available icon*leemoyerAugust 16 2007, 01:40:37 UTC
Now THAT question IS heresy. :)
The almighty San Diego ComicCon. Around what other event could Jessica Alba's aunt think I was talking about her niece when I was really talking about showing my portfolio to the appreciative and stunning (and geeky) Rosario Dawson?
There nothing like it if you know how to work it. And I've been training my peeps for years...
One of the pleasures of Buffy was the schema of the thing. That each season the villain became more and more dangerous. And then Joss fucked it over 8 ways from Sunday.
Re: *uses only available icon*qe2August 16 2007, 11:08:07 UTC
Now THAT question IS heresy. :)
Yeah, I thought it might be. I'm often woefully ignorant :-s. Always - well, usually - eager to learn, though, which should count for something, no?
Around what other event
...offhand, I can't think of a one. Huh.
I hope you've seen the end of Season 5 too?
Nope. I've seen bits and pieces after s2, but s2.5 is really where I got stuck. I have this problem, you see, which is that I don't much like Buffy herself. (As distinct from, say, the dialogue she utters, which I do like very much.) Tends to get in the way of my really revelling in the show. Probably also heresy, but there it is.
Re: *uses only available icon*leemoyerAugust 16 2007, 17:22:04 UTC
Entertainment Weekly has had a couple SanDiego ComicCon articles surrounding this year's event. Totally great show for me and my peeps. :)
As to Buffy - Intriguing. I came to Buffy late, and that was a good thing. Joss's naming foolishness cost him countless viewers. "Firefly" and "Serenity" my ass... Cheap irony does not equal viewers or intrigue - Ask MASH, Star Wars and Jaws...
I never really expected to like Buffy herself, but i really loved her Andriod double and grew to really respect the actress as time went on (but then I'm the leader type myself...). ANd the goofiness of Season 5 builds to a pretty impressive payoff (despite the horrible acting of the bad Goddess in question).
Re: *uses only available icon*qe2August 20 2007, 14:16:25 UTC
Totally great show for me and my peeps. :)
Heh. How would you define your peeps?
Joss's naming foolishness cost him countless viewers.
How so? Gotta admit, I rather liked the Firefly/Serenity duo.
grew to really respect the actress as time went on (but then I'm the leader type myself...)
Me, too - in some ways, at least. I just found her frustrating, and she never got far enough under my defenses for positive things to counteract. Also, at least in the initial few seasons (which, as I've said, are as far as I got), I felt like she led mostly because her followers thought she was supercool and wanted to bask in her aura, which irritated me completely out of proportion.
I suppose in some ways it comes down to this: I really didn't LIKE high school...
Re: *uses only available icon*leemoyerAugust 20 2007, 18:10:29 UTC
In this case, my peeps are the friends (usually younger and less experienced) for whom I serve as a sort of mentor. The 2 I've worked with most closely made up a whopping 40% of the callbacks at McFarlane Toys. And considering they'd seen some 200 people, scoring 40% is pretty damned amazing
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I'm juts sorry you missed my impassioned diatribe in San Diego about how unbelievably badly that show ended - about why it broke down and where ALL signs showed it going, and what Joss copped out on...
Still, "Once More With Feeling" made it all worthwhile.
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And I wholeheartedly agree. It just seems to be...hm. repetitively chic? in some circles around which I circle to find it so, and so I feel the need to apologize. Ridiculous, really.
I'm juts sorry you missed my impassioned diatribe in San Diego
As am I. Not that I'd have been the best audience ever for said diatribe, given that my knowledge of the canon arises from (1) direct viewing of s1, s2.5, and selected later eps (including the one where Spike and Buffy have house-destroying sex, which hurt my brain out of contest), (2) careful fic, and (3) regular perusal of mainstream entertainment weeklies. Still, I should think your soapbox time was something to see.
(What, by the way, was in San Diego?)
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The almighty San Diego ComicCon.
Around what other event could Jessica Alba's aunt think I was talking about her niece when I was really talking about showing my portfolio to the appreciative and stunning (and geeky) Rosario Dawson?
There nothing like it if you know how to work it.
And I've been training my peeps for years...
One of the pleasures of Buffy was the schema of the thing.
That each season the villain became more and more dangerous.
And then Joss fucked it over 8 ways from Sunday.
I hope you've seen the end of Season 5 too?
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Yeah, I thought it might be. I'm often woefully ignorant :-s. Always - well, usually - eager to learn, though, which should count for something, no?
Around what other event
...offhand, I can't think of a one. Huh.
I hope you've seen the end of Season 5 too?
Nope. I've seen bits and pieces after s2, but s2.5 is really where I got stuck. I have this problem, you see, which is that I don't much like Buffy herself. (As distinct from, say, the dialogue she utters, which I do like very much.) Tends to get in the way of my really revelling in the show. Probably also heresy, but there it is.
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As to Buffy - Intriguing.
I came to Buffy late, and that was a good thing. Joss's naming foolishness cost him countless viewers. "Firefly" and "Serenity" my ass... Cheap irony does not equal viewers or intrigue - Ask MASH, Star Wars and Jaws...
I never really expected to like Buffy herself, but i really loved her Andriod double and grew to really respect the actress as time went on (but then I'm the leader type myself...). ANd the goofiness of Season 5 builds to a pretty impressive payoff (despite the horrible acting of the bad Goddess in question).
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Heh. How would you define your peeps?
Joss's naming foolishness cost him countless viewers.
How so? Gotta admit, I rather liked the Firefly/Serenity duo.
grew to really respect the actress as time went on (but then I'm the leader type myself...)
Me, too - in some ways, at least. I just found her frustrating, and she never got far enough under my defenses for positive things to counteract. Also, at least in the initial few seasons (which, as I've said, are as far as I got), I felt like she led mostly because her followers thought she was supercool and wanted to bask in her aura, which irritated me completely out of proportion.
I suppose in some ways it comes down to this: I really didn't LIKE high school...
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