I watched the last two seasons of SG1 for Claudia Black and loved them, but I could never get into the earlier seasons. I liked Atlantis quite a bit. Universe is meh.
As for Buffy, I love it for the characters. I love it for the strong women it gave me. I love it for the humor and wit. I love the later seasons less because I feel all of these declined after Whedon gave up direct control in order to run other projects at the same time, but they are all still worth watching, IMO. The second and third seasons are best, IMO. Seasons 1 and 5 are pretty good. Season 4 was the dreaded high school to college transition, and they did it better than some shows, but far from the best. Seasons 6 and 7 are the seasons I tend to only rewatch specific episodes.
I like Buffy a lot, personally. It can be a bit uneven, but at its best, it's some damned fine TV. Mostly for reasons already mentioned: great characters and lots of wit. It also played around with a lot of genre and TV conventions in ways that ways that I enjoyed, and had a fair amount of dramatic and thematic heft to it, as well. I would definitely say don't let the vampires put you off, but I will add that "occult elements" are a pretty big part of the premise; it's that kind of a fantasy show. Whether they're likely to be genuinely problematic depends a lot on why you find them off-putting, I guess.
As for Stargate, I've only watched SG-1. Which can also be pretty uneven, and isn't really the kind of stand-out television that Buffy IMO is, but it can be a lot of fun. It's got decent characters and an excellent sense of humor, and it does a remarkably good job of taking tired old SF TV conventions and making them entertaining again, largely by virtue of accepting and embracing the fact that the audience is already pretty
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I've only seen SG-1 and I love it. It's not one of my big favorites but it has a very special place in my heart. I'd recommend checking it out but I'm not sure how well it has aged.
i hated sci-fi until I watched Buffy. it has it's crap episodes like any show, but when it's great, it's really, really great. The first season isn't so good - it's a bit of a horror pastiche at first - but once it start's coming into it's own, it's awesome.
As others have said - the characters. Buffy has some of my favourite characters of all time [Anya and Giles<3]. It's impossible not to adore them, even the ones who start out as horrible bitches like Cordelia, because they're all done so well.
It's also hilarious, genuinely frightening, very emotional, and very clever. I love the contrast between normal highschool teenage life and apocalyptic scenarios. I love that Joss takes the mickey out of his own concept in some episodes and the result is hilarious [such as in "The Zeppo"]
Ah, I grew up on this show. I could talk about it forever, i just love it.
Ah, I grew up on this show. I could talk about it forever, i just love it. Hello you - I knew you were awesome, but not this awesome! We should do tea some day and talk Buffy. ♥ (I have talked about it forever, almost literally... No really.)
I didn't see any Buffy until about two years ago. I'd made a point of steering clear of it when it was actually on TV for reasons that don't make much sense in retrospect, but as soon as I started watching it I realized that I'd been missing out. It's good, it's funny, and it's surprisingly deep sometimes.
I haven't seen season 6 or 7 yet (and given what I've heard about those seasons this is maybe a good thing?) I do want to see the famous musical episode at some point though... mostly because Anthony Steward Head is an awesome singer and him in musical anything is a recipe for pure awesome.
Er, that was a bit rambling, but the answer is yes, give it a try. As for Star Gate, I haven't seen much of it and found most of it a bit boring TBH but I've got plenty of friends who love it so I'd give it a try too. :D
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As for Buffy, I love it for the characters. I love it for the strong women it gave me. I love it for the humor and wit. I love the later seasons less because I feel all of these declined after Whedon gave up direct control in order to run other projects at the same time, but they are all still worth watching, IMO. The second and third seasons are best, IMO. Seasons 1 and 5 are pretty good. Season 4 was the dreaded high school to college transition, and they did it better than some shows, but far from the best. Seasons 6 and 7 are the seasons I tend to only rewatch specific episodes.
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As for Stargate, I've only watched SG-1. Which can also be pretty uneven, and isn't really the kind of stand-out television that Buffy IMO is, but it can be a lot of fun. It's got decent characters and an excellent sense of humor, and it does a remarkably good job of taking tired old SF TV conventions and making them entertaining again, largely by virtue of accepting and embracing the fact that the audience is already pretty ( ... )
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The first season isn't so good - it's a bit of a horror pastiche at first - but once it start's coming into it's own, it's awesome.
As others have said - the characters. Buffy has some of my favourite characters of all time [Anya and Giles<3]. It's impossible not to adore them, even the ones who start out as horrible bitches like Cordelia, because they're all done so well.
It's also hilarious, genuinely frightening, very emotional, and very clever. I love the contrast between normal highschool teenage life and apocalyptic scenarios. I love that Joss takes the mickey out of his own concept in some episodes and the result is hilarious [such as in "The Zeppo"]
Ah, I grew up on this show. I could talk about it forever, i just love it.
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Hello you - I knew you were awesome, but not this awesome! We should do tea some day and talk Buffy. ♥ (I have talked about it forever, almost literally... No really.)
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I haven't seen season 6 or 7 yet (and given what I've heard about those seasons this is maybe a good thing?) I do want to see the famous musical episode at some point though... mostly because Anthony Steward Head is an awesome singer and him in musical anything is a recipe for pure awesome.
Er, that was a bit rambling, but the answer is yes, give it a try. As for Star Gate, I haven't seen much of it and found most of it a bit boring TBH but I've got plenty of friends who love it so I'd give it a try too. :D
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