IIRC from the commentary, "Gimme the Spielberg" was Joss's shorthand to the cameraman for "Give me a gorgeously lit, iconic shot of the central character that whomps the viewer in the heart and the gut," and the cameraman's response was that blue-lit zoom in on Buffy in the millisecond after taking Luke out, looking heartstoppingly cute but feral and unstoppable, which shot Joss fell totally and utterly in love with.
Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
Lilah ,'Destiny'
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.
JZ - Sep 13, 2006 8:37:42 am PDT #3621 of 10469
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
sumi - Sep 13, 2006 8:47:23 am PDT #3622 of 10469
Art Crawl!!!
Okay, so nobody actually said it in the episode?
Because that may explain why I don't remember it.
Topic!Cindy - Sep 13, 2006 9:35:02 am PDT #3623 of 10469
What is even happening?
Oh, good. Thanks, JZ.
SailAweigh - Sep 13, 2006 9:59:22 am PDT #3624 of 10469
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Ah, now that makes more sense. I do love that shot. Didn't they use it in the opening credits for a while?
Topic!Cindy - Sep 13, 2006 10:02:03 am PDT #3625 of 10469
What is even happening?
I think they did, Sail, as the power shot at the end of the credits sequence, maybe.
SailAweigh - Sep 13, 2006 10:04:25 am PDT #3626 of 10469
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
That sounds about right. I think it got replaced around season 3, though, with that shot of Buffy in "Hell" from the first episode of the season, "Anne." The lighting was very similar.
Gris - Sep 14, 2006 12:06:49 pm PDT #3627 of 10469
Hey. New board.
How did I not know that Once More with Feeling is playing at the IFC here in NYC on Friday and Saturday?
sumi - Sep 14, 2006 3:58:19 pm PDT #3628 of 10469
Art Crawl!!!
Oh, how fun!
Vortex - Sep 17, 2006 12:58:07 pm PDT #3629 of 10469
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
last watch and post. or are we doing it in Natter.
sumi - Sep 17, 2006 12:58:33 pm PDT #3630 of 10469
Art Crawl!!!
City Of just starting.