Zoe: Preacher, don't the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killing? Book: Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps.

'War Stories'


Buffy and Angel 1: BUFFYNANGLE4EVA!!!!!1!

Is it better the second time around? Or the third? Or tenth? This is the place to come when you have a burning desire to talk about an old episode that was just re-run.


Frankenbuddha - Nov 16, 2005 6:50:17 am PST #2444 of 10459
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Either he could taste more, or he craved the faux-humanity of it.

I think he also mentioned buffalo wings too, becuase they were spicy enough to be interesting.


Strega - Nov 16, 2005 6:52:47 am PST #2445 of 10459

Huh, it's a scan from alliterator. Small internet.

Per All Things Philosophical...:

  • According to The Watchers' Guide, this line was cut from [the Bronze scene in LTM]: Angel says, "I eat sometimes. Not for nutrition, just to pass the time." ...Then there's Spike and his Weetabix (Kansas, Feb 16 15:29 2000).
  • In IWRY, Angel explains that food has very little flavor when you're a vampire (as opposed to a mortal), implying he's tried it once or twice.
  • In IGYUMS, he eats a meal with a family unaware of his vampiric nature.

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I could go with the idea that if everything tastes blander, you seek out food with stronger flavors. So candy seems handwavable, but I'd have to strike the "with the heightened senses" line.

Mostly, I'm shocked he didn't go for Pez.


Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 16, 2005 6:57:24 am PST #2446 of 10459
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Who makes those juice packets that you puncture with a straw to drink?


Frankenbuddha - Nov 16, 2005 6:59:15 am PST #2447 of 10459
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Who makes those juice packets that you puncture with a straw to drink?

Capris Sun is the first that comes to mind, but I'm sure there are others.


Nilly - Nov 16, 2005 7:17:42 am PST #2448 of 10459
Swouncing

Srega already answered, but just for the fun of it (it's been forever since I searched for anything BtVS-related), off the top of my head (I'm sure there's more):

IWRY:

Angel: You know, I forgot how good it all tastes when you're alive!

Angel: Why didn't you ever tell me about chocolate and peanut butter?
Buffy: Well, I figured if your vamp taste buds couldn't really savor it, then it would only hurt you, you know?

The Prom:

Joyce: You don't drink? Beverages, I mean?
Angel: No, I do.

Hush:

Giles: I thought vampires were supposed to eat blood.
Spike: Yep. Well sometimes I like to crumble up the Weetabix in the blood - give it a little texture.


Connie Neil - Nov 16, 2005 7:19:09 am PST #2449 of 10459
brillig

I can see vampires missing chewing and satisfying crunchiness.


Frankenbuddha - Nov 16, 2005 7:23:27 am PST #2450 of 10459
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I can see vampires missing chewing and satisfying crunchiness.

Hee - all vampires are stoners.


Gris - Nov 16, 2005 11:15:20 am PST #2451 of 10459
Hey. New board.

I'm not sure if it was mentioned before, but last week's Entertainment Weekly reviewed the "Chosen Collection" DVD package. Says the release is poor (not enough extra goodness), but in the process praises the hell out of the show. A fun read.

There are some things you can't state often enough. The Aston Martin DB5 was the greatest Bond car ever. The Empire Strikes Back is the best Star Wars movie. And Buffy the Vampire Slayer is one of the seminal TV shows of the last 50 years. In the top 10. Not open for debate.


Mikey - Nov 16, 2005 1:48:25 pm PST #2452 of 10459
All this time, I thought Hunter was a bitch. Turns out she was just hungry.

Hush:

Giles: I thought vampires were supposed to eat blood.
Spike: Yep. Well sometimes I like to crumble up the Weetabix in the blood - give it a little texture.

I loved Giles' reaction to that.


Kathy A - Nov 18, 2005 7:03:33 am PST #2453 of 10459
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

If you don't have an EW subscription, CNN has picked up that boxed-set review here. I like this paragraph:

"Buffy" did what all great genre fiction does. It allowed us to look at ourselves through a fantastical lens, and see who we truly are: at once stronger than we thought we could be and weaker than we'd like to let on. And, as with most great genre fiction, the establishment just didn't get it.