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I don't think that
Hex
really is in the same genre as Buffy. Because to me - good horror gets that, you know, it's supposed to be creepifying and stuff -- and
Hex
doesn't do that. For example -- there wasn't much creepifying stuff last week at all nor was there much plot or character stuff. And not NEARLY enough Colin Salmon. (I just watched
Match Point
last night: v. brief Colin Salmon AND lots of Harriet Jones! - I don't know the Harriet Jones actor's name.)
It's okay -- I'll have my season 1 Who disks back shortly and I'll feel better.
Has everybody seen this article? (I don't think it's been linked here yet.)
Dr. Who essay: [link]
It describes the 10th Doctor, and talks a bit near the end about spoilers for S2, but it's mostly about the history of meaning in the Who franchise (and how that franchise is transmitted) over the decades.
Also, it mentions Buffy in a flattering light, as a paradigm for modern metaphorical storytelling.
Amusing interview with "Sam" and "Dean" of Supernatural with an appearance by "Lex" from Smallville.
Because to me - good horror gets that, you know, it's supposed to be creepifying and stuff
Was Buffy all that scary most of the time, though?
I saw about half of the second episode, and they had a little ghost girl jumping out at people, or something. Not all that impressive, but I can't say that the giant mantis gave me nightmares, either.
No, but Buffy had plot and characters. . . this show has scenery.
Also, I don't think that Buffy was horror but it could do creepifying when it wanted to.
I watched the first 2 episodes of Hex and I'd say a serious Charmed is a good, quick explanation of it. Although Charmed had better character development.
Pretty scenery, not much character development yet, plot is plodding. It has had a couple of spooky moments, but not anything to the level of The Gentlemen (who are, arguably, the creepiest monsters on Buffy).
I think Hex is still trying to build its backstory and its world and is trying to stretch out the revelations and not shoot its wad all at once. That, however, is just dragging the show down. It needs some Stuff to Happen so that we can get to know the characters and start to care about what happens to them. Right now, I don't care about them.
I only watched the pilot of Hex. I wanted to like it, because, I don't know, witches, Nephilim, ghosts, I usually enjoy that stuff. But it was boring. I kept checking the time to see how much longer I had to go. And, since I don't care what happens to the characters, that was the end of that.
Dr. Who essay
Interesting. It does have some mild spoilers for DW S2, but nothing I hadn't figured out from general online fandom. I like her discussion of why Daleks were the best bad guys. I haven't seen enough of the Tenth Doctor to get a feel for him, yet.
No, but Buffy had plot and characters. . . this show has scenery.
I don't know what that has to do with what genre the shows are. That's the part I'm trying to understand. Hex isn't really horror since it's not scary, but Buffy wasn't horror either, so... I dunno. They both look like fantasy/horror to me.
Just to be clear, I don't think Hex is particularly good, from the little I've seen. But I think it's possible that someone who found most of the characters on Buffy to be, say, incredibly off-putting, might find the ones on Hex a bit easier to take. Hypothetically. That Times review that said "if you couldn't get into Buffy, you might like this" made a certain amount of sense. And by the same token, I could see where, if Buffy was your catnip, Hex probably wouldn't be.
