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stormwreath

(Transcript): BtVS 4.10 'Hush' Audio Commentary by Joss W.

May 03, 2010 20:38

And now for something completely different. Over the last year or two I've been transcribing the audio commentaries on the 'Buffy' DVDs. (You can find the rest through my 'buffy dvd commentary' tag). I started this one a while ago, but now I've finished it: the commentary for 'Hush'.

As usual, scene-setting information by me is in brackets, and I've ( Read more... )

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ceciliaj May 3 2010, 20:32:48 UTC

What a great project!

stormwreath May 3 2010, 21:31:08 UTC

Thanks! :-) I sometimes see people using quotes from these commentaries in their meta and essays, and linking back to my transcripts, which makes it all worthwhile. It's just a shame it takes so long to do each one...

beer_good_foamy May 3 2010, 22:06:27 UTC

Yay! This is one of my favourite commentaries, thanks as always for doing this.

And the very classic sense of guys with their "being very together" completely getting it wrong in the state of emergency; thinking they're behaving incredibly rationally and actually just panicking.

That - the scene with Forrest and Riley in the elevator - is actually one of my favourite Initiative scenes. They've correctly identified the situation; they've completely misunderstood how to deal with it. They apply technology where good old fashioned manual (or in this case pedial) labour is needed. It's not about the machines, it's about them.

stormwreath May 4 2010, 01:22:29 UTC

You're welcome! Though I always thought Maggie's pointing at the "In case of emergency use stairs" sign was more snide humour than sensible advice.

"Hey, Ri, we're needed downstairs! It's an emergency!"

"Let's go, then!"

"Uh, why are you taking the stairs?"

"You know the drill, soldier. If it's an emergency, we have to use the stairs."

*Ten minutes later*

"*puff* *gasp* Report-*puff*-ting for *gasp* duty *wheeze* Ma'am."!

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stormwreath May 4 2010, 01:23:20 UTC

You're welcome. :-)

ubi4soft May 4 2010, 02:46:41 UTC

Love the exposition scene and how they get away with a lot of stuff just because they were to funny!

Thanks for transcribing the commentary.

stormwreath May 4 2010, 13:15:52 UTC

I can imagine a WB executive with his head in his hands, giving Joss back his script saying "Don't blame me if the FCC sues us into oblivion..."
:-)

frogfarm May 4 2010, 10:35:19 UTC

You provide an awesomely invaluable service with these transcripts.

stormwreath May 4 2010, 13:16:03 UTC

:-)