Kaylee ,'The Message'
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.
I can remember looking forward to Buffy before it started because the movie was one that my friends and I would quote constantly ("Now it's retro", etc) and the buzz was that the TV show would be darker but still funny.
And, lo, it was, and it was good.
I had friends who started watching from the beginning, and kept telling me I should check it out, but I didn't listen. I caught a few episodes here and there, but it was the post-Columbine discussion in the media, and specifically the "Earshot" episode, that made me take a look again. By the end of GD1, I was in love, and I didn't even really know what the hell was going on. I watched "Angel" from "City of" clear through "Not Fade Away." Excuse me, I, I seem to have something in my eye.
I didn't watch until Season 5 (Willow has a girlfriend!). I did tune in once before that due to all the praise I was hearding, but it was the Halloween one when Willow was a ghost and Buffy was a Southern belle and it didn't do anything for me at the time.
It took me years to get into the X Files as well. The first one I saw was that one with the black dude who was sucking pigment out of people. I was hooked!
but it was the Halloween one when Willow was a ghost and Buffy was a Southern belle
I think she was supposed to be from one of those European countries that only exist in medieval movies with dragons.
my first ep was Becoming: Part II. i haven't looked back since.
I came to Buffy through pimpage from my friend B. We got to start at the beginning, but I watched seasons 6 and 7 in realtime. I was thrown by her name of all things. I loved it, of course, like I should have known I would.
I have now surpassed B (and most of my other friends) in my fannishness. I make no apologies either!
I'm not sure what prompted me to tune in for the pilot, since I didn't see the movie. Perhaps I saw some good buzz online, or a good review in the paper. At any rate, I tuned in and was hooked right away.
I caught a couple of episodes during S2 (Band Candy!), but I was a) sharing a tv, and b) put off by the name. I don't know whether I knew about the movie, but I certainly hadn't seen it. Then I got my own apartment and my own tv and could watch S3 in the privacy of my own space and that was that. I hooked a friend during the FX marathons so I could talk about it with someone, lurked on a couple of websites, and little by little found other friends were Buffy fans. I thought I was hanging out with my ex because he wanted to borrow my dvds; I didn't know we were "dating" until the 3rd date.
I missed the rewatch because my weekend plans got screwy. Sad now.
I saw the movie and thought Paul Reubens' death scene made it worth the price of admission. Watching Kristy Swanson bounce around in purple spandex was nice, too. I was surprised to hear about the TV series, then disappointed to find out it wasn't airing where I could watch it. I started catching up with it through the re-runs on FX in 1999. I think the first episodes I saw live were season 3.
Okay, I'm probably not going to W&P tomorrow (or maybe I will--who knows), as I watched Witch tonight. (W&P means not as much time for note taking. I took notes.)
So I give you possible discussion points!